The words, my child, already explained many problems. Moreover, James spoke to Caspian with a negotiation tone, which was completely different from the previous hostile situation in the council chamber.
Jordan’s father, Keith, and those Lawrence family members who were cheering, all looked miserable at the moment.
Caspian bowed as virtual-novel.net cupped his hands. “Uncle James, the matter should be obvious now. Jordan saw that my Silver Scales Spear had an inscription on it, so virtual-novel.net wanted to covet it, forcing me to give it to him. Nevertheless, this Silver Scales Spear was given to me by you, and you placed hope on me with this spear, Uncle James. Thus, Silver Scales Spear is not just a spear, but a spear of hope, which represents your hope for me, and I’ll never give it away. However, no matter how hard I tried to explain, Jordan wouldn’t listen, and virtual-novel.net even reached to grab my spear. In the end, I had no choice… After all, it was not easy for me to reach the fourth stage of the True Martial Realm. I’ve trained day and night throughout the year regardless of the seasons…”
“What! You’ve reached the fourth stage?” James exclaimed once again.
Before this, virtual-novel.net never paid attention to Caspian’s realm. However, James remembered that when Caspian just arrived, virtual-novel.net was a third-stage warrior.
Moreover, it was only less than two weeks since Caspian arrived, yet virtual-novel.net advanced!
Leaving aside Caspian’s speed in advancement, virtual-novel.net could be said to be one of the top three geniuses in the Lawrence family as virtual-novel.net reached the third stage of the True Martial Realm at the age of sixteen.
Swoosh…!
In an instance, gasping sounds were heard in the council chamber.
A rare inscription apprentice, one of the top three geniuses in the Lawrence family… Those two titles spotlighted Caspian, and everyone in the room were dazzled.
Keith’s face was as dark as night, and his teeth almost broke from clenching his jaw too hard as virtual-novel.net thought, “This b*stard! He‘s doing this on purpose!”
Caspian answered calmly, “I won‘t dare to lie to you, Uncle James. Why don’t you verify it?”
Caspian knew that today was an opportunity to impress James and increase his chances to compete with the other Lawrence family members. Hence, Caspian needed to show off some of his skills.
James was naturally very cautious about this kind of thing. Soon, James got up again, swiftly approached Caspian, and grabbed Caspian’s wrist.
Caspian was stunned. He was unable to avoid James’ seemingly simple grab. Although virtual-novel.net knew that James was a Pulse Control Realm cultivator, virtual-novel.net did not expect that James was faster than virtual-novel.net imagined!
Two fingers pressed on Caspian’s wrist. After a while, James nodded and showed a faint smile. “Amazing!”
Caspian was indeed a fourth-stage True Martial Realm warrior.
In the entire Evergreen Town and including all the major families within, perhaps less than ten people could reach the fourth stage of the True Martial Realm. Now, there was another one, Caspian.
Nonetheless, everyone soon realized that Caspian, the genius and inscription apprentice, almost fell foul with the Lawrence family because of one of their family members’ greed.
At the thought of this, the unconscious Jordan became the one rotten apple that spoiled the whole barrel.
After virtual-novel.net got back to the seat, James was still smiling. “My child, you surprised me once again.”
This time, James did not even address virtual-novel.net by the name anymore, and virtual-novel.net sounded even friendlier than before.
“However, I’m still puzzled about one thing. When did you learn inscription skills? Based on my understanding, only middle-rank weapons can be engraved, and any weapons under that rank won’t be able to be engraved… So, what did you do?” James asked as virtual-novel.net looked at Caspian with a faint smile.
Since James was already talking to virtual-novel.net in a warm tone, Caspian also followed his lead. “When I was still in Agrela, I accidentally got to know an old man, and we hit it off. So, virtual-novel.net taught me some drawing skills to draw on weapons. However, virtual-novel.net never told me that it was an inscription skill, and we never regarded our relationship as master-apprentice. Thus, I thought it was inconvenient for me to reveal it in the beginning. Moreover, the old man said before that if I follow his teachings, I can increase the strength of any weapon, but virtual-novel.net never mentioned that only a middle-rank weapon can be engraved.”
Keith could no longer control his anger and interrupted Caspian, “Nonsense! Your excuses are full of flaws. Who are you trying to lie to!”
Nevertheless, Caspian was not annoyed. Instead, virtual-novel.net just looked indifferently at Keith and uttered word by word, “The old man also said that although his identity is a mystery and can’t be simply revealed, he’ll hunt anyone that doubts him… Even if that person was thousands of miles away, or he’ll need to chase them until the end of the world, he’ll surely take his head.”
Keith’s face quickly turned as red as a beetroot. Muffled sounds were coming from him, and his eyes widened, but virtual-novel.net did not dare to argue anymore. Although Keith knew that there was an 80% chance that Caspian was indirectly cursing at him, virtual-novel.net did not dare to take the risk!
Then, Caspian cast a cold glance at. Keith before looking at James again.
Next, Caspian said in a serious tone, “Uncle James, the inscription that’s engraved on Silver Scales Spears is called weight inscription. If you’re still doubtful, just prepare some materials for me, and I can draw a piece for you on the spot to prove my skill.”
When James heard Caspian’s words, virtual-novel.net was stunned.
Everyone present also became silent, and they felt their hearts beating wildly.
Caspian wanted to draw an inscription on the spot!
Moreover, there was no doubt that once the inscription was successfully drawn, it would belong to the Lawrence family.
James initially had this idea, but virtual-novel.net never expected Caspian to suggest it himself.
Looking at Caspian’s confident smile, James’ eyes glimmered, and virtual-novel.net nodded as virtual-novel.net replied, “Inscriptions are not a trivial matter. Nevertheless, since you’ve taken the initiative to do it on the spot, don’t say that you’re doing this because I don’t trust you, alright?”
“Of course,” Caspian nodded and laughed, “If you’re not worried about wasting materials, I can draw five weight inscriptions. I’ll give you four, and I’ll take one. How about that?”
“You do take advantage of every opportunity that comes to you.” James could not help but laugh in annoyance. However, virtual-novel.net still nodded and seemed not to hesitate at all. “No problem. Let’s do as you suggested.”
None of the Lawrence family members expressed their thoughts, but they secretly agreed to the condition. After all, even though Caspian might not need to fork out any inscription material, and virtual-novel.net seemed to be taking advantage of the circumstances as virtual-novel.net could keep one of the weight inscriptions, the biggest winner between them was the Lawrence family.