“Amber, why are you here with Opal?” Harleen approached Amber Barnes and asked.
During their time at Ether Mountain, Harleen and Felicia had received a lot of help from Amber Barnes.
“Well, am I not welcome?” Amber Barnes smiled and asked.
“Don’t tease me, Amber!” Harleen replied loudly. “It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, I’ve missed you!”
“You still have that sweet tongue!” Amber Barnes laughed again.
“Hi, Opal, Amber!” Ivy greeted the two of them.
“Ivy, it seems like you’re completely carefree and enjoying yourself now!” Amber Barnes looked at Ivy and said with a smile. “Be careful, you might be summoned back to Ether Mountain by your teacher!”
“That won’t happen!” Ivy playfully smiled. “I often talk to her on the phone.”
“You two girls are doing well, it looks like the spiritual spring has been a great help to you!” Opal said with a faint smile.
“Thank you, Opal, for your praise!” Harleen and Ivy responded with a smile.
“Hey, both of you have already broken through to the Ninth Rank?” Amber Barnes sensed their cultivation and had a surprised expression.
“It’s all thanks to Billy, otherwise, Harleen and I wouldn’t have made such rapid progress!” Ivy replied.
“Billy Boy, you can’t just focus on others, you need to work on your own cultivation too, you’re still too weak!” Amber Barnes nodded and looked at Billy. “You’ve only reached the First-rank Saint Realm. Hurry up! Or the old man will bring you back for closed-door cultivation!”
Upon hearing her words, Judge and Soul Chaser both coughed not because Amber Barnes mentioned that Billy’s breakthrough speed was slow, but because of the way she called him, “Billy Boy”. Probably only a few ladies from Ether Mountain would address Billy that way.
“Uh, I’ll work on it.” Billy’s mouth twitched slightly.
After a brief pause, Otis Hum, Judge, and Soul Chaser were introduced to Amber Barnes.
“Bob Boy, I heard you have a girlfriend now?” After greeting Amber Barnes and Otis Hum, she looked at Bob and spoke.
“Amber, you seem to be well-informed!” Bob felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing the address. “I’ll bring her next time for you to meet.”
“What’s there to meet? If there’s a girl willing to be with you, you should be secretly happy!” Amber Barnes retorted.
Bob was silenced by her words.
Harleen and Ivy both suppressed a smile. After a few more exchanges, the group continued walking towards the valley.
After a while, they entered the valley and walked further inside, only to see an area filled with snow and ice floating in the air. The visibility was very low, making it impossible to see the specific situation inside. Clearly, it was the so-called maze mentioned by the man from Northfortia earlier.
Then, Billy spent about twenty minutes to find the eye of the formation and break the maze.
“Thank you, Lord Dragon!” the people from Glavale said as they saw Billy. They knew that Lord Dragon had come to save them and bowed in respect.
“No need for formalities, everyone,” Billy raised his hand.
“Thank you, Lord Dragon!” they responded again before turning to greet Otis Hum.
Afterward, Billy learned the detailed story from them, which confirmed his previous guesses. They were forced by the people from Northfortia to survey the spiritual stone veins so that they could reap the benefits. It saddened Billy to know that several of them had already been killed by the people from Northfortia earlier that morning.
“Mr Hum, please give a call to Lord Reynolds and ask him to send more people over,” Billy said, then turned to Otis Hum. “This spiritual stone mine is not small, let’s not waste it!”
“Alright!” Otis Hum took out his phone to make the call.
Next, Billy and Ivy began treating the injured people. It took them about two hours to finish. Afterward, Billy and his group got into the car and left, while Otis Hum stayed behind with the other people to wait for reinforcements from the city.
“Opal, how’s everything in the capital city lately? Anything happening?” Billy asked in the car.
“Not much,” Opal shook her head.
“Any major movements from the hidden clans and sects recently?” Billy continued.
“No major movements, but they send people to the capital city every few days to meet with the Prime Minister.”
“To meet with the Prime Minister? What do they want?” Bob asked.
“What else? The power of the capital city is growing stronger, and they are getting anxious!” Amber Barnes said with a faint smile. “They want to negotiate with the capital city and are willing to cooperate by sending people to the Polar Domain. But their condition is that the capital city guarantees their interests.”
“What conditions?” Judge asked.
“I’m not sure of the specifics, but it’s probably just about securing their interests.” Amber Barnes shrugged.
“They really think highly of themselves. What qualifications do they have to negotiate with the capital city?” Soul Chaser sneered.
“If they don’t behave, the next time we go back, we’ll wipe them all out and let them negotiate with the King of Hell!”
Bob choked, “Soul Chaser, are you gonna wipe out the Ravenwood family and Hidden Dragon Sect as well?”
“Well, slip of the tongue, my mistake!” Soul Chaser grinned, “Besides those two!”
Chuckling, Amber Barnes pursed her lips and then turned to Billy with a sudden remark. “Billy Boy, is there something going on between you and the young miss from the Scott family?”
“Uh…” Billy’s mouth twitched slightly.
“Billy, Amber is asking you a question!” Harleen, beside him, smirked and spoke up.
“Well, uh, Amber, what do you mean?” Billy sensed the coldness emanating from Harleen and immediately responded, “I’ve only met her twice in total, what could be going on?”
Seeing the couple’s expressions, Amber Barnes couldn’t help but giggle. After finally calming down, she continued, “Don’t be so nervous, I didn’t say there was anything special between you and her. Just that, a few days ago when she went to the capital city, she specifically inquired about your whereabouts from the prime minister. From the way she looked, it seems like she was looking for you.”
“What could she want with me?” Billy was slightly taken aback.
“I don’t know,” Amber Barnes shrugged in response.
“Do you want to give her a call and ask?” Harleen asked with a smile.
Billy’s mouth twitched again, “No need, we’re not that close!”
Ivy couldn’t help but laugh. “Billy, why not just ask? What if she needs something urgent?”