There was no trace of embarrassment on Leo’s face as he grinned.
“You know there’s a reward for every completed task. So, what do you want?” Abel found himself at a loss for words due to Leo’s behavior.
Clearing his throat, Leo said, “Last time I went to the WONDER Treasury, I saw two Star Grass plants.”
“Okay. After we return, I’ll have them delivered personally to you,” Abel replied generously.
“Thank you very much,” Leo said with a smile.
Abel turned to Thunder Dragon and the others and announced, “We’ve completed our mission of killing Black Poison King. Everyone who participated will receive their reward. Let’s pack up and head back to Ofard.”
After returning to Ofard that night, everyone rested after dinner in their respective rooms.
The next morning, Abel, Iron Tower, Barrow, Thunder Dragon, Fire Rose, Chad, and Cale returned to the capital. Juliet returned to the Black Miao Clan to handle post-event affairs, while Leo headed back to Langstel on his own.
There was a direct flight from Ofard Airport to Langstel.
While waiting at the airport, Leo flipped through his phone album and his gaze lingered on a particular photo. It was a photo taken by Leo himself with his phone during the wedding photoshoot in Maple Forest Coast, featuring Sophia.
In the photo, Sophia leaned against the trunk of a maple tree, slightly tilting her beautiful face with a gentle and serene expression. The setting sun in the background highlighted Sophia’s perfect figure, making her look incredibly beautiful.
Sophia, after I resolve the matters with the Koken family, I will definitely propose remarriage to you! If, at that time, you still wish to be my wife…
“Dingling…”
Suddenly, Leo’s phone rang, snapping him out of his trance-like state while gazing at Sophia’s photo. The caller ID showed Coral’s name.
Leo pressed the answer button, and Coral’s pleasant voice came through, “Leo, where have you been?”
From Coral’s question, it could be inferred that she had definitely been to the Nameless Clinic before making the call.
“I’m currently in Ron State’s Ofard City,” Leo replied truthfully.
“Ofard?” Coral sounded momentarily surprised, then quickly said, “That’s great!”
“Are you in Ofard too?”
“No, Nicola returned to Ron State a few days ago. Something happened in her family, and I was wondering if you could help and go check on them,” Coral said with concern in her voice.
“What happened in her family?” Leo’s eyebrows furrowed.
Coral replied, “Nicola’s father suffered a serious injury. She didn’t give me the specific details, so I’m not entirely sure.”
Leo couldn’t simply stand by when something happened to a friend’s family. He nodded and said, “Coral, don’t worry too much. I remember Nicola’s family is in Spring City, right? I’ll catch a connecting flight there right away.”
“That would be great! I’ll call her now and ask her to pick you up at the airport.”
“Sure, tell her I’m taking the Ofard flight to Spring City.”
After hanging up the phone, Leo immediately went to the service counter to change his ticket.
At five o’clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at Spring City Airport. As Leo walked out of the airport hall, he saw a familiar and beautiful woman with short hair.
Nicola also spotted Leo and waved at him, saying, “Leo, over here!”
Leo quickly walked toward Nicola.
Time had flown by, and Leo and Nicola hadn’t seen each other for quite some time.
Nicola still had her signature short hair, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and slightly tight jeans. She looked youthful and beautiful. However, the liveliness that used to be in Nicola’s eyes was gone, and her face showed visible signs of exhaustion.
Nicola wasn’t alone to pick up Leo. Standing next to her was a middle-aged man who rarely smiled, presumably Nicola’s bodyguard.
“Nicola, don’t worry. I can heal your father’s injury,” Leo said with a smile on his face, offering reassurance.
“Leo, thank you for coming.” Nicola had a great deal of trust in Leo, and a smile finally appeared on her weary face.
Then, Nicola introduced the middle-aged man beside her. His surname was Haggai, the steward of the Pater family, and Nicola referred to him as Rowan.
Under Rowan’s lead, Leo and Nicola got into a parked Mercedes-Benz car on the side of the road.
In the back seat of the car, Leo turned his head to look at Nicola sitting beside him and asked, “Nicola, how did your father get injured?”
A hint of sadness flashed in Nicola’s eyes as she replied, “My father was injured by an elder from the Iron Sword Sect.”
“Iron Sword Sect? Is that a martial arts sect? What level are they?” Leo asked again.
“Iron Sword Sect is a top-tier martial arts sect with a history of thousands of years. It is said that the elder of the Iron Sword Sect has already reached the Warrior King Realm,” Nicola answered.
Nicola’s response surprised Leo.
In the realm of martial cultivation, from low to high, the levels are: Warrior, Martial Artist, Great Martial Artist, Warrior General, Warrior Venerable, Warrior King, Warrior Sect, Warrior Saint, and the legendary Warrior God Realm.
Among them, Warrior, Martial Artist, and Great Martial Artist belong to the Human Realms; Warrior General, Warrior Venerable, and Warrior King belong to the Earth Realms; and Warrior Sect, Warrior Saint, and Warrior God belong to the Heaven Realms.
Each realm represents a qualitative change in power.
Once a Martial Cultivator enters the Heaven Realms, it is equivalent to stepping into a higher dimension and can easily suppress those in the Earth Realms and Human Realms.
In short, a Warrior King is incredibly powerful.
Even though Leo was a Cultivator and had currently reached the Great Spirit Master Realm, he had little chance of winning against a Warrior King.
Now, let’s discuss the hierarchical divisions of martial arts sects.
Third-rate martial arts sects have at least three Martial Cultivators at the Great Martial Artist Realm. If they have fewer than three Great Martial Artists, or not even a Martial Cultivator at the Great Martial Artist level, then they are considered as low-grade sects.
Second-rate martial arts sects have at least three Martial Cultivators at the Warrior Venerable Realm.
First-rate martial arts sects have at least three Martial Cultivators at the Warrior Sect Realm.
As for the Pater family, although Jason has reached the Warrior Sect Realm, they still couldn’t be considered a first-rate martial arts family because they only have one Warrior Sect member.
Top-tier Martial Arts Sects must have at least three Martial Cultivators at the Warrior King Realm.
Legendary Martial Arts Sects possess Warrior Saints and even Warrior Gods!
If the elder of the Iron Sword Sect is truly a Warrior King, then the Iron Sword Sect is undoubtedly an extraordinary force.
For the Pater family to offend the Iron Sword Sect, it is definitely a terrifying situation.
“Why would the elder of the Iron Sword Sect injure your father?” Leo was somewhat puzzled.
First-rate Martial Arts Sects generally do not bully the weak due to their own status.
Nicola organized her thoughts and explained the reason for the incident.
It turned out that the Pater family had discovered a vein under the Grand Mountain, and after professional exploration, it was found to contain a large amount of Spirit Jade.