Episode 8: A Miles to Walk Chapter 44 – Neighbors

The provincial city, Bazil, was the home base of the ancient Jax family that sat in the Northwest Province, where the Jax family could be considered as an emperor of the land. In the northwest province, the Jax family can be regarded as the king of the land. During the annual Jax family gathering, the children of all the side families arrive at the provincial city from all over the world.

In the northeastern part of the provincial city, the ancient castle that covers an extremely wide area is where the Jax family is located.

On November 14th, 10008 years of the Yulan Calendar, this day the Jax Clan was decked out in lights, the guards at the entrance were three times more than in the past, and there were often clan descendants from all over the sky and the north arriving as well.

“Sister, the clan’s castle can be much bigger than our one, at least ten times bigger.”

Keane sighed as he looked outside through the carriage’s window.

Inside this carriage were none other than Keane, Ayrin, and Jenny.

Jenny also looked outside through the window and nodded, “There are obviously more experts in the clan than there are in ours, I just don’t know if grandpa will attend the gathering this time.”

The grandpa that Jenny was talking about was none other than McKensie.

The clan’s annual gathering was not something that McKensie would necessarily attend, but two years ago McKensie showed up once. That one time had allowed Jenny, Keane, and the others to fulfill their desire to meet their cult hero.

“It’s quite possible, Erin has never met Grandpa.”

Keane held his wife’s hand.

The caravan turned around and reached the entrance of the castle, naturally stopping, and Jenny, Keane, and Erin knew the rules and all got out of the carriage in turn.

“Jenny!”

A cheerful, flirty voice rang out.

Jenny couldn’t help but frown when he heard this voice, but still squeezed out a smile and turned his head to look at the youth standing at the entrance of the castle with hair so bright it could be used as a mirror, “Cousin Albert.”

“Cousin Albert.”

Keane and Erin also saluted.

Albert, who was kind of human-looking. The education from childhood also made him have that ancient noble temperament. Just by looking at those eyes and face, one could determine that this person must have preferred beauty, resulting in his body being emptied.

But Albert. Albert is the eldest son of the patriarch of the Jax family nowadays, and is also the first heir.

The future Jax family patriarch. With such a status, who would dare to underestimate Albert?

“Jenny is getting prettier and prettier every year, Keane, Erin, you guys don’t just stand here, quickly come in.”

Albert enthusiastically brought Jenny’s group of people into the castle. ……

Because the family gathering was on November 15th, so many people rushed to arrive on the 14th, and on the night of the 14th, the entire Jax family’s castle was bustling like never before.

“Sister, where’s Trouble Albert?”

Jenny’s room. Keane walked in and saw Jenny standing at the window sighing, in his heart he somewhat understood what Jenny was thinking.

Jenny looked back at her brother and said with a frown, “That Albert has been unsuspicious, every time he attends a family gathering, he comes over to pester. These days are not easy.”

“Sister.”

Keane held his sister’s hand. Apologizing, he said, “I know that my sister is trying to stay with me for some more days, otherwise, my sister would probably have left with Big Brother Lei long ago.”

“Keane.”

Jenny petted Keane’s head, “Keane is even taller than sister.”

Keane lowered his head in silence.

From a young age, Jenny had always taken care of Keane, since arriving at the Holy Alliance. Their mother had been seriously ill and bedridden again, and Jenny had been a caretaker of Keane just like her mother.

The sibling bond was really deep.

“Jenny, Cousin Jenny.”

That voice of Albert rang out again.

Both Keane and Jenny frowned, a trace of unpleasantness on their faces. This Albert was really as annoying as a fly.

In the twinkling of an eye, Albert arrived at the door of the room.

“Jenny, oh, Keane is here too.”

Albert smiled and said, “Jenny. I’m having a small party in the back hall, Jenny. Come along and join us. I’ve even had several beautiful evening dresses prepared.”

Jenny shook her head, “No need, I’m a bit dizzy. Not feeling well.”

“What’s wrong with your body, let me take a look?”

That Albert actually wanted to go forward to touch Jenny’s forehead, Jenny immediately retreated two steps away.

Keane said with a low smile beside him, “Cousin Albert, Sister, she’s not feeling well, you let her rest here.”

Boiling Albert stayed in place for a moment and nodded with a smile, “That’s good.”

And then stared at Keane, “Keane, come out with me for a moment, Cousin Jenny, rest well, if there is anything you need, feel free to order your subordinates.”

Spinning around, he glanced at Keene.

Teng Keene nodded and went out with Albert.

In the Wen Garden.

Hok Albert walked alongside Keane, remaining silent, and Keane could only remain silent as well.

After a long time ……

“Keane, how does it feel to be the County City Lord?”

Albert abruptly inquired.

Keane was stunned, then comprehended, “It feels okay.”

Albert nodded with a smile, “Of course it’s good, managing millions of people, Keane, you have to know that the entire Northwest Province only has a total of ten county cities. County city lord, this is a fat position. Many people are eyeing that position, after all, our Jax family is a big family.”

Keane nodded thoughtfully.

The Jax family kept branching out, so naturally there were more people from one generation to the next. In the beginning, Keane’s father, Earl Weed, because of his close relationship with the contemporary family patriarch, he was eventually lucky enough to get the position of the city lord of that county.

In fact, the position of the county’s city lord is entirely decided by the Jax patriarch.

After all, the Northwest Province was single-handedly controlled by the Jax family.

“Keane, you should know that my younger siblings, quite a few of them have reached adulthood, such as my third brother, who is now only a squadron leader of the city guards. All of them can very much want to be the county city’s city lord.”

Albert looked at Keane with a wry smile.

Keane understood what Albert meant.

“Not only my younger siblings, but also my uncles, they didn’t compete with your father back then, but they never gave up.”

Albert looked at Keane: “Keane, I think highly of you. But you should also know that you have to give in order to get.”

Keane was silent.

“Keane, you can sit in the position of city lord. But I, the future patriarch, can also bring you down.”

Seeing Keane’s silence, Albert couldn’t help but say in a cold voice.

“Cousin Albert, feel free to say what you want.”

Keane squeezed out a smile and said.

Albert laughed, “Haha. You are my cousin, of course I won’t force you to land. I just want, for us to be close to each other, for example, let your sister marry me as well. What do you think?”

Keane’s heart burst with anger. He had known Albert’s intentions for a long time, Jenny was the kind of gentle, beautiful, kind-hearted woman, especially after practicing water magic, that temperament became more and more charming.

Albert could have been watching all the time.

However, Albert is now in his thirties and has three wives. Even if his sister married Albert, she would still be a house-filler.

What’s more. Sister was going to go with Linley.

“Cousin Albert, I’ve told you in the past, sister, she has someone she likes.”

Keane said helplessly.

“Joke.”

Albert sneered, “Keane, if your sister has someone she likes, why hasn’t she gotten married until now? And even if there is someone she likes. Just kill them directly.”

Albert’s heart can always read Jenny, a beautiful woman and a magician. To know after practicing magic, this life expectancy will become longer, it is estimated that even to sixty or seventy years old, Jenny is still at most thirty years old young woman’s appearance. Such a wife. Albert certainly wanted to.

“Can’t be killed, the person my sister likes is a ninth level powerhouse.”

Keane said with a hard heart.

“A ninth level powerhouse?”

Albert’s eyebrows lifted.

This was troublesome, if he, Albert, was the contemporary patriarch, he could completely call on the family’s strongest guards to kill a rank nine powerhouse. But he was only an heir, and those who could call on very few people were not too strong.

“Keane, don’t lie.”

Albert looked at Keane coldly.

Keane bowed slightly, “Cousin Albert. I absolutely did not lie. I can’t do anything about the fact that my sister likes him. Cousin Albert. I’ll leave you alone and take my leave.”

Albert snorted coldly. Eyeing Keane as he left.

“It’s been five years.”

Albert looked in the direction of Jenny’s room, “This time, definitely don’t let Jenny slip away again. So what if a ninth level powerhouse dares to come to my Jax family to spread wildness?”

Albert’s eyes had a wolf-like ferocity in them.

On the day of the fifteenth, Linley went to the Dawson Chamber of Commerce’s garrison in the morning and sent a person to Cloud Peak Town through that Elder token to tell Sessler and the others about his delayed return.

And then Linley stayed quietly at the Nell Hotel.

There were a dozen separate courtyards at the back of the Nair Hotel, and these separate courtyards belonged to the higher class of residences, and Linley was living in one of them.

In the courtyard, Linley finished carving a stone sculpture, and then danced around in the courtyard with his Black Yu Heavy Sword.

Bebe and Heilu were all lazily lying on the ground.

After dancing for a long time, Linley stopped, pondering in his mind, “It’s been more than a year since I reached the peak of level eight, and in the last month, I’ve always had the feeling that I was going to break through, but I’ve always been so close to the feeling.”

For the average person, the difference between peak level eight and level nine might not be much.

But for the Ultimate Warrior, the difference between peak level eight and level nine was too much. As soon as they entered rank nine, they stepped into the Holy Realm after dragonization.

“I can’t be impatient, my earthly cultivation speed is already fast.”

Linley’s heart was still calm, eyeing the south, Linley thought of his brother Walton again, “When I reach level nine, I’ll set off for the imperial capital and see my brother. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen Walden.”

Ever since Walton had left home at the age of six and traveled to the O’Brien Empire with his butler, Grandpa Healy, the two brothers hadn’t seen each other.

And now Walden was twenty-two, and would be twenty-three in a month or so.

“Eh?”

Linley suddenly turned his head to look at the courtyard walls.

One of the hotel’s courtyards was leaning against each other, a courtyard wall separating the two courtyards, and at this time the guest of the courtyard next to Linley was climbing the courtyard wall, his head peering through the wall towards this side.

This guest was a lovely elfin young girl, whose ebony eyes were looking towards Linley’s side, before locking onto the black-striped clouded leopard lying on the ground.

“Wow, what a big leopard.”

That young girl very deftly jumped and landed from the courtyard wall before bouncing and running towards Blackru.

“Don’t touch.”

Linley droned.

The young girl stopped and smiled at Linley, “Big brother ah, I haven’t seen such a cute and big black panther yet. Can you let me touch it?”

This young girl had a head of silver colored hair, her eyes were even more animated, her face often had a mischievous smile, and she was dressed as a female warrior.

Linley looked at the silver-haired girl critically.

A warrior’s strength was difficult to determine from appearance, but Linley could tell from this young girl’s breath that this young girl was at least a level seven warrior, or even higher.

“Heilu doesn’t like to be touched.”

Linley said indifferently.

The silver haired girl couldn’t help but frown before her nose wrinkled up and she hummed, “I don’t believe it, my teacher’s magical beasts are often touched by me.”

Said the silver-haired girl then directly rushed towards Black Ru.

“Roar Black Ru steeply stood up, revealing the sharp fangs, the ghostly cold eyes staring at the silver-haired girl.

The silver-haired girl was so frightened that she immediately took two steps back.

“I told you, Blackru doesn’t like to be touched. Alright, you’d better go back to your own place.”

Linley directly gave an eviction order.

The silver-haired girl spread a smile at Linley and said, “I heard Master say that panther-type magical beasts are very powerful, so you must be very strong, big brother. Can I ask you for some lessons?”

“Teach?”

Linley didn’t like his life being disrupted by others.

“Introduce yourself first, my name is Light Blue.”

The silver-haired girl said with a cute squint.

“You can call me Lei, but I don’t have time. You’d better go back.”

Linley said still very coldly, a young girl, yet at least a rank seven warrior.

This wasn’t simple.

The silver-haired maiden helplessly bristled, “Oh, got it.”

And then she turned around, but she was troubled in her heart, “This Linley is really cold, it’s hard to get close, but I won’t give up so easily, I’ll try to kill him as simply as I can.”

This silver-haired girl was none other than Lan Tama.

It was just that in terms of temperament, Lan Tama had changed too much, the cold angel from the beginning had now become cute and lively. It had to be said that she was great at acting.

“Ah, big brother Lei, you know stone carving.”

Seeing a stone sculpture that Linley had completed next to him, Lan Tantan immediately ran over excitedly and stared at it excitedly, “My teacher loves stone sculptures the most, but he doesn’t know how to carve.”

As he said this, Lan Zhan also looked at the stone sculpture carefully with curiosity.

Linley’s brows furrowed.

This silver-haired girl was really annoying!