Eternal Thief
chapter-376

At nighttime, a carriage entered the duke's estate without any commotion.

Two young demons disembark the carriage. One was slim and handsome while the other one was burly and looked average, but he had two long swords sheathed around his wrist.

These were naturally Feng (Ace) and Thomas. They just returned after their drinking season from the Life Wine Pavilion.

After Thomas told Ace about the truth about those soul pills' quota, he does as Thomas said and saved it for the king's domain. Ace was in a good mood after drinking good alcohol.

At this moment, an old ocean demon in white and blue attire with extraordinary conduct quickly approached them. He respectfully bowed and said, "My Lords, I'm the head butler of the Duke Mansion, Charlee!"

Thomas's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness and said, "So, it's Butler, Charlee. What do we earn the honor of making the famous head Butler pay a personal visit?"

Thomas knows this Butler Charlee was one of the most cherished and loyal servants of Livy, and he was quite arrogant. He won't give anyone face if he deemed them beneath Livy's status.

Furthermore, this Butler Charlee was not simple. He was a third-level diamond river core cultivator, a realm above the golden river core that can only be achieved with the Ordinary River (Formed with 8-Slates).

Simply put, anyone with the ordinary Marital River can skip the bronze river core and enter the silver river core directly and the last realm for these cultivators will be the Diamond River Core, and they had an 80% chance of entering the soul realm or embryo realm.

As for the Extraordinary River (Formed with 9-Slates), they can directly skip the silver river core stage and step onto the golden river core stage. Their last stage will be called the Platinum River Core, and they have over a 95% chance of entering the higher realm.

As for the Qi soul realm and soul embryo realm, only cultivators with the Golden Qi River Core or the Golden Soul River Core or higher can achieve these two realms.

These cultivators had different terms like if you enter the fifth realm with a golden river core then you'll form a Golden Soul or Embryo, similarly, Diamond Soul, or Embryo, and Platinum Soul or Embryo, respectively.

Qi Soul Realm and Soul Embryo Realm were further divided into nine small stages, from the first to third stages they called Minor Stages. The fourth to sixth stages were known as Intermediate Stages. The seventh to nine stages were known as Advance Stages.

As for this Charlee, he was at the very peak of the diamond river core realm and a hair away from entering the first stage of the diamond soul realm because it was obvious the ocean demon tribe doesn't have a cultivation technique to form a platinum river core.

Besides, just this seemingly small gap was akin to a chasm, and it wasn't easy to cross. Some remain to this level for their entire life, and Charlee was also quite old, so his chances of entering the soul realm were now fifty/fifty.

But just these fifty percent chances were enough to give Charlee a superior status in his tribe and earn him the goodwill of the Old Ocean Duke, and now he was serving his son as well.

That's why no one dared to mess with him in the ocean demon tribe, despite his status as a servant.

Charlee remained stoic despite Thomas's jeering comment and respectfully said, "His lordship sure like to jest. It's this old servant's honor to meet with two young heroes of our race. Especially the Rising Sword Earl."

Charlee's old eyes darted to Feng and an icy glint flashed past his eyes before it was completely gone.

However, Ace clearly felt the hostility and murderous intent from this old demon, and he sneered inwardly, 'So they saw me as a threat, heh. You all have no idea just how much of a threat I am to you all…'

Ace was determined to ruin this entire tribe and take revenge for Noa, and he knew as long as he did according to his plan, the ocean demon tribe was doomed or Livy and his followers at least.

Especially after he found out the royal zone was after him like a mad dog!

Thomas pursed his lips. "Cut the crap and tell us why you're here?"

He knows the enmity between Feng and the ocean demon tribe, and he also didn't have a good impression of this tribe because of Miler and other youngsters' arrogance.

Furthermore, now was too late to deal with Feng because firstly he was a noble demon with an earl title, and most importantly, Aura Duke was here himself to make sure of his safety and Livy won't dare to go too far.

Charlee's expression didn't change at all, and he remained respectful despite Thomas's rude tone. He said, "His Highness invites Rising Sword Earl for tea."

Ace's eyes flashed with anticipation. No one knows what he was thinking.

Before Thomas could retort and refuse, Feng spoke coldly, "What if I don't want to?"

Charlee's expression finally turn cold as he said, "Then I'm afraid I have to go back and report it to His Highness. He's quite eager to meet with Rising Sword Earl, and he might pay a personal visit himself then."

Thomas smirked coldly, "Hehe, then let him come. I want to see what he can do."

However, Feng spoke at this moment, which shocked both Thomas and Charlee.

"Hahaha… I also want to meet with His Highness. I have long heard about his glorious name. Brother Thomas, you go first. I'll be going to meet with His Highness Ocean Duke."

"But why?"

Thomas didn't understand why Feng would put himself in danger, because even if Livy came knocking on their door, Maddux would be there as well as Aura Duke, so Feng's safety was guaranteed.

But if he goes to Livy alone, no one knows what can Livy do, and he might really attack Feng for the greater good of his clan and there were a high chance he won't be punished harshly became his father Old Ocean Duke was now one of the blade envoys, Ocean Blade Envoy, under Demon King!

Feng merely chucked and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. How could something happen to a noble demon in duke's estate, right, Butler Charlee?"

Butler Charlee's brows frown slightly when he saw Feng's ambiguous smile and felt this brat was not so simple.

But he still replied respectfully, "Why, of course. Who dares to hurt Rising Sword Earl in our ocean demon estate? I can guarantee His Lordship's safety."

Thomas nodded helplessly, "Fine, but I will also inform grandpa and Uncle Aura Duke about it."

He deliberately raised his voice at the end.

"Heh, do as you please." Feng nodded and looked toward Charlee, "Let's go, we can't let his highness wait."

"Please."

Butler Charlee respectfully escorted Feng.

Thomas quickly left as well to report this development to Maddux.

As Ace was moving deeper into the duke's estate, he was observing everything. The onlookers would only think he was just admiring the view.

Feng said at this moment, "Tell me, Butler Charlee, you're the head housekeeper of the duke's mansion, right?"

Charlee didn't know why this brat was being too chatty, but he still replied, "Yes, I managed the whole mansion's day-to-day work. It's not worth mentioning."

'Not worth mentioning? Heh, look how proud you are,' Ace scoffed.

He said, "I must be quite tiring, and you might not get the chance to cultivate at all."

Charlee was perplexed and replied, "Yes, but because of duke's kindness, he granted me some staff members to make my work less tiring."

Feng merely nodded and ask another worthless question, "I really envy you guys. You see, in my tribe, we didn't have any kind of territory or lavishing buildings. Heck, we didn't have proper cultivation chambers with high-grade soundproof arrays. The cultivation environment is not good as here at all, and I bet his highness has the most lavishing cultivation chamber, and he will remain in there most of the time, right?"

"It's only natural. As chief of an entire tribe, he had to continue to improve. But don't worry, Rising Sword Earl will get good cultivation chambers in Blade King Domain." Said Charlee briefly.

"Heh, I really looked forward to it as well." Feng wore a longing face.

Charlee sneered inwardly. 'He is still just an amateur who wants status. No matter how much he accomplishes or how wily he is, he's just like anyone else who wants power and luxury.'

At this moment, Feng bought out a glowing red stone and asked Charlee, "This is a Light Crystal."

Charlee was really stumped at this moment and pursed his lips. "I know, but why did you take out a light crystal? There are plenty of light lamps here."

"Haha, it's a kind of ritual. You see, whenever I was going to meet someone, I blow up a light crystal like this."

Feng crushed the red crystal with a smile, and a bright red light enveloped both Charlee and him before everything returned to normal in an instant.

Charlee really wanted to slap Feng for just what he said, but he controlled himself since it harmed nothing, and it was just a light crystal. He could only endure!

Charlee's eyes spasmed, and he said with a stiff face, "Quite a unique ritual, my lord."