LORD CHESTER COMES BACK

Hugh Garner was already 150 years old, but standing there, he seemed like an eighty-year-old gentleman, obviously achieving the true essence of returning to simplicity! Even more, Jun Chester couldn’t feel any cultivator’s aura from Hugh Garner, which meant that, like him, he had reached the realm of unity with nature! How could this be?

Hadn’t Martin Garner said before that Hugh Garner had only understood ten syllables of the Emperor Token? Now it seemed… more than ten syllables? He had clearly thoroughly understood the Emperor Token! At this moment, Martin Garner was standing behind Hugh Garner. Seeing Jun Chester, he gave a polite bow, chuckled and said, “Master, long time no see!”

Jun Chester nodded at Martin Garner and once again set his eyes on Hugh Garner. A strange feeling arose. Hugh Garner stood about twenty meters away from Jun Chester, but if he hadn’t seen him standing there, Jun Chester would not have sensed any aura from him at all! It was truly astonishing!

Jun Chester and Hugh Garner had not seen each other for twenty years. Recalling the scene of their last meeting, combined with the situation of this meeting… A strange expression appeared on Jun Chester’s face. Just then, Hugh Garner leisurely walked towards Jun Chester with a generous smile on his face and asked, “What, don’t you recognize this old man after only twenty years?” Jun Chester hesitated for a moment, bowed to Hugh Garner and said, “Mr. Garner.” Hugh Garner nodded in satisfaction and walked over.

As he spoke, Hugh Garner laid his eyes on Lyvia, smiling, he asked, “Young lady, you must be Jun’s wife, right?”

Lyvia glanced at Jun Chester.

Jun Chester said, “This is Mr. Garner.”

Only then did Lyvia bow to Hugh Garner and softly say, “Mr. Garner.”

Hugh Garner, with a smile, looked Lyvia over and said, “Jun has a good eye.”

Lyvia shyly replied, “Thank you.”

Hugh Garner nodded and then extended his hand, a box the size of a thumbnail suddenly appeared in his palm. He said to Lyvia, “I came in a hurry, and I don’t have any decent gifts. This is a pill that I once gave to Jun. Now, I’m giving it to you as a welcome gift.”

Lyvia hurriedly said, “This, I can’t accept this.”

Hugh Garner laughed, “This was originally Jun’s. Some time ago, he had Martin Garner deliver it to me. Now, I’m giving it to you; it’s a bit like re-gifting!”

Although the box was not opened, Jun Chester guessed that the pill inside was the one he had obtained after crushing the Emperor Token of the Garner family.

Why didn’t Hugh Garner use this pill?

In the end, Lyvia did not refuse Hugh Garner’s kindness.

After Hugh Garner gave the pill to Lyvia, he looked at Jun Chester again. As if guessing what he was thinking, he laughed, “Jun, you haven’t answered my question. Coming here and seeing these Nanite Stones, are you surprised?”

Jun Chester nodded and said, “Not only am I surprised by everything here, I’m also confused. Why do you… seem like nothing is wrong? It’s not like what Martin Garner said.”

Hugh Garner laughed, turned to Lyvia and said, “Lyvia, may I have a word with Jun?”

Lyvia replied, “Of course.”

Hugh Garner nodded and smiled, saying to Jun Chester, “Let’s go, find a quiet place to answer your questions.”

Jun Chester nodded and went with Hugh Garner to a corner of the exhibition hall.

Standing with his hands behind him by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the exhibition hall, Hugh Garner didn’t wait for Jun Chester to ask and said, “What you want to ask most is about the Nanite Stone I gave to your mother years ago, isn’t it?”

Jun Chester said, “Yes, what exactly happened?”

Hugh Garner was silent for a long time before saying, “Your mother was a woman of extraordinary talent. The secret patterns carved on the Nanite Stone I gave her were even more obscure than the Emperor Token I gave you. Yet, your mother was able to unlock its secrets.”

Jun Chester asked, “What secret?”

Hugh Garner turned to look at the white jade Buddha in the middle of the exhibition hall and said, “Everything here, all these Nanite Stones, originated from the Map Stone I gave to your mother. Simply put, you can consider the Map Stone, carved from that Nanite Stone, as a treasure map!”

At this point, Hugh Garner squinted his eyes and added, “However, the treasure obtained from that Map Stone did not fall into your mother’s hands, but into the hands of the Chester family!”

Hearing this, Jun Chester’s face turned cold, he asked, “So, my mother’s death was not due to illness, but because someone hurt her?”

Hugh Garner thought for a moment and said, “Perhaps.”

Jun Chester frowned, “What does that mean?”

Hugh Garner said softly, “I’m not very clear either. For these years, I’ve always believed that the Map Stone had long fallen into your hands, which is why your progress has been so rapid. But it seems… that’s not the case! But you don’t need to worry, since I’ve left the capital and came to this city, it means that what should be yours, will be yours, and nobody can take it away!”

Jun Chester was silent for a moment, then asked, “Have you been hiding your strength all along?”

Hugh Garner laughed lightly, “Of course! Otherwise, if another monster appears in this world wanting to kill you, I won’t even have the qualifications to help you!”

Jun Chester didn’t respond.

Hugh Garner patted Jun Chester’s shoulder and said, “Under the heavens, there are two cultivation methods that can help humans reach the other shore that I know of. The first one is the Emperor Token of my Garner family and the second is Nanite Energy! The former ultimately leads one to the realm of unity between man and heaven, drawing energy from heaven and earth with every breath. The latter utilizes the achievements of others and the essence of external things for self-enhancement! I have been practicing the former for a hundred and forty years!”

Jun Chester paused, then said, “Emperor Token, I’ve reached its limit, it’s too slow!”

Hugh Garner suddenly became stern and said, “Nanite Energy is the way of evil and must not be cultivated! We are master and disciple, this is our second meeting. The first time, I led you through the door, this time, whether you heed my words or not, it’s your life at stake! I am old and I can’t manage too much!”

Jun Chester asked, “Can the two methods be combined?”

Hugh Garner shook his head, saying, “Those who practice both will reach the Luminescence limit and endure great pain. In as much as three years or as little as three months, they will die from the explosion of their meridians!”

Jun Chester chuckled lightly, saying, “So, that’s why I was willing to retreat deep into the Bastille Highs, using the terrain of the Cinder Chapel Illusory Hall to painstakingly cultivate both methods.”

Hugh Garner’s face changed suddenly, and he reached out and grabbed Jun Chester’s wrist.

Jun Chester instantly felt a stream of energy, like a gentle flow, enter his wrist. He was puzzled. Was he checking his cultivation?

But just as Jun Chester thought so, Hugh Garner looked at him in shock, his voice trembling, “How… how did you do it?”

Jun Chester smiled, “I transformed energy into needles, opening all the meridians in the body. Initially, I used Harmonization for tempering, then Luminescence, Resonance, Emptiness, Unification, one by one, every year, every month, every day, every hour, every second!”

Upon hearing this, Hugh Garner’s face instantly turned numb as if a wind had swept across it.

The next moment, tears flowed from his eyes!

Jun Chester laughed and asked, “Why are you crying?”

Hugh Garner said, “How much suffering must you have endured to reach your current state!”

Jun Chester smiled and said, “On the stage, amidst the cheers of thousands, glory is limitless. But behind it, one must naturally endure the unbearable pain of ordinary people. Otherwise, how could one’s abilities come out of thin air?”RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

Having said this, Jun Chester took Hugh Garner’s wrist and said softly, “Hugh Garner, in this life, apart from my mother and my wife, you are the person who has treated me the best. I’ll take care of the things that follow, you, just watch quietly!”

Hugh Garner opened his eyes wide and cursed, “Damn! I didn’t misjudge you back then!”

Jun Chester laughed and said, “First wipe your tears, you’re so old, still crying, it’s really embarrassing!”

Hugh Garner glared at Jun Chester and said, “It’s just sand in my eyes!”

Jun Chester chuckled and suddenly said, “All along, there’s been a woman in a black robe following me. Her eyes look a lot like my mother’s. Do you know who she is?”

Hugh Garner was slightly taken aback and said, “Capture her and ask, then you’ll know.”

Jun Chester was silent for a moment, sighed, and said, “The needles in my body have not dissipated, I can’t catch her.”

Hugh Garner was puzzled, “The needles in your body have not dissipated? What do you mean?”

Jun Chester hesitated for a moment and said, “I’ve been suppressing my power with a secret method. If those needles in my body were to dissipate, I’m afraid the world could not contain me!”

Hugh Garner’s eyes widened again, his voice trembling, “Your current power, it’s not your true strength?”

Jun Chester calmly said, “One third of it, maybe. But… if I get all the Nanite Stones in this Medical Conference, one third will become one fourth. Too strong, it’s lonely!”

Just as Hugh Garner was about to say something, there was suddenly a huge commotion from behind them!

It seemed like someone was sent flying and crashed into an exhibition stand.

Both Jun Chester and Hugh Garner turned to look. The person who crashed into the stand, shattering the glass, was Martin Garner!

The person who sent him flying was a middle-aged man dressed in a fur coat in the middle of summer!