Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 1172 The City of Peace is Not Peaceful

Chapter 1172: Chapter 1172 The City of Peace is Not Peaceful

As Justin Campbell announced the start of the auction, the attention of all the guests in the Campbell Family auction hall shifted from Wyatt Barnes and Winnie Romero onto the auction stage.

Soon, the first auction item was presented, drawing the gaze of everyone, including Wyatt Barnes.

With just a glance, Wyatt Barnes withdrew his attention.

The first auction item was a bottle of "Grade One Pill Medicine." Even through the pill bottle, his spirit was able to easily discern the details of the pill medicine.

Purity less than "seventy percent" for Grade One Pill Medicine.

In Wyatt Barnes’s eyes, this was no different from trash.

However, what Wyatt Barnes saw as trash did not mean others viewed it the same way; in fact, to many people, it was a ’treasure’ worth spending a great deal of Top-grade original stones to acquire.

"I bid twenty Top-grade original stones!"

"Thirty stones!"

"Fifty stones!"

...

The bottle of Grade One Pill Medicine, deemed trash by Wyatt Barnes, was ultimately bought for the high price of one hundred and twenty Top-grade original stones, causing Wyatt Barnes to sigh with astonishment.

Such trash, let alone one hundred and twenty Top-grade original stones, he wouldn’t even take it if it cost a single lesser-quality original stone.

Pill Medicine and Spirit Weapons are different; the quality of a poor Spirit Weapon can be reforged, but not that of Pill Medicine.

The auction was in full swing.

However, within the Campbell residence in the City of Peace, there was no peace at all.

As a corpse was brought into the Campbell family estate, the entire Campbell family was shaken. All members of the Campbell family’s upper echelons who were staying in the family estate and were not in seclusion gathered together.

In the main hall of the Campbell family, seated at the head was an old man dressed in a gold-trimmed green robe, who looked extremely vigorous, with an imposing presence that emanated naturally from his brows without anger.

This old man was Zac Campbell, the current patriarch of the Campbell family in the City of Peace!

Below him, a group of people gathered together. Among them were old and middle-aged men, all of whom were elders of the Campbell family.

Now, they were surrounding a corpse lying on the ground.

This corpse was not unfamiliar to them.

Liam Campbell, an elder of the Campbell Family, and the son of the Grand Elder.

"Who did this?" an elder of the Campbell family asked, his eyes wide with disbelief as he looked towards Zac Campbell, seated at the head.

He could hardly imagine who would be so daring.

To kill the only son of their Grand Elder!

For a moment, the other Campbell family elders also turned their gaze to Zac Campbell, equally curious.

Their Grand Elder was known as a powerful figure throughout the City of Peace and its surrounding areas.

In their eyes, daring to kill the son of their Grand Elder was akin to courting death.

"That’s not clear for now," Zac Campbell responded, shaking his head to the curious looks from the other elders.

"Not clear?" Zac Campbell’s response had the Campbell family elders completely dumbfounded.

"Patriarch, what do you mean by that... are you saying we don’t even know who killed Liam Campbell?" one of the Campbell family elders furrowed his brows and inquired.

"If that’s really the case... then the Grand Elder, wouldn’t he be unable to find the murderer to avenge Liam?"

"If the Grand Elder comes out of seclusion, he certainly won’t be able to accept this fact."

...

Before Zac Campbell could speak, the other Campbell family elders had already begun to discuss among themselves.

"The murderer is currently in our Campbell family’s auction house," Zac Campbell said, silencing the room in an instant.

A moment later, a Campbell family elder was the first to regain his composure, his eyes flashed with a cold light, and said:

"Patriarch, the Grand Elder has dedicated his life to our Campbell family... now he is in secluded cultivation aiming for a breakthrough. His only son has been killed; we should capture the murderer and await the Grand Elder’s decision after he emerges."

This suggestion from a Campbell family elder received the agreement of the other elders.

"If this matter were so simple... do you think I would have called you all here?" Zac Campbell swept a faint gaze over the group of Campbell family elders and asked.

For a time, the Campbell family elders fell silent.

"Patriarch, could there be some kind of difficulty?" a keen-minded elder soon inquired.

"Indeed," confirmed Zac Campbell with a nod before saying, "Liam was killed backstage at our Campbell family auction house... Liam died while Justin Campbell was also present."

Justin Campbell!

The manager of the Campbell family auction house!

Also, a powerful elder of the Campbell family.

Indeed, if someone was not strong, how could they take on the role of managing the ’Campbell Family Auction House,’ an important institution for the Campbell family?

"Justin Campbell, an elder, was present? And the murderer still managed to kill Liam Campbell?"

Several Campbell family elders gasped and their pupils unconsciously shrank.

Justin Campbell, a Seventh-Order Martial Emperor; among the Campbell family, his strength was ranked in the top ten.

"According to what Justin says... the assailant made a move so quickly that even he didn’t have time to react. The assailant’s strength is not beneath his, and could even be stronger," Zac Campbell spoke gravely.

"Including our patriarch and the Grand Elder, plus the three Supreme Elders of our Campbell family, all are stronger than Elder Justin... shouldn’t dealing with that person be easily done?" confidently stated several Campbell family elders.

"Of course, I’m aware of that," said Zac Campbell. "But the problem is, the identity of the person who killed Liam is likely not simple."

"Hmm?"

As soon as Zac Campbell spoke, he inevitably drew the attention of all the Campbell Family elders. "A guest of no simple status?"

"According to the family disciple who brought back Liam Campbell’s corpse, the person who killed Liam was a guest who had come to our Campbell Family auction house to consign items..." Zac gradually revealed, pausing momentarily.

"Guest?"

"Since he was a guest, why would he kill Liam?"

"Could it be that Liam provoked him first?"

...

A chorus of Campbell Family elders asked curiously.

"Today, there were two guests who came to consign items at our Campbell Family auction house..."

Faced with the perplexity of the Campbell Family elders, Zac recounted everything he knew about the situation.

This included the fact that the guest who killed Liam had consigned a Grade One Spiritual Weapon that could amplify strength by ’ninety percent’ and a Grade One Pill Medicine with a ’ninety percent’ purity, all of which he detailed.

Of course, he did not omit the part where Liam had been overcome with greed and attempted to embezzle the guest’s consigned items.

Whoosh!

As Zac finished speaking in one breath, the great hall of the Campbell Family erupted into an uproar.

The complexions of many Campbell Family elders turned sour, and even more were flushed with embarrassment, as if mortified by something.

"Disgraceful! This is truly disgraceful!"

"Liam has not only lost face for himself but has also dragged our Campbell Family’s reputation through the mud! If the guest spreads word of this, who will dare to consign items at our Campbell Family auction house in the future?"

"Although I respect the Grand Elder, regarding this matter, I can say only that... Liam got what he deserved!"

"Yes! He got what he deserved!"

...

After understanding the full story, many Campbell Family elders shifted their blame squarely onto the deceased Liam, each filled with righteous indignation.

"Silence!"

At Zac’s stern shout, calm was restored to the hall.

"This incident, even if Liam was at fault, he has already paid the price with his life... So, I hope no more is said about his wrongdoings," Zac declared, scanning his gaze around the hall.

Immediately, the Campbell Family elders fell silent.

"Family head, you just mentioned... that guest said that the Grade One Spiritual Weapon capable of amplifying power by ’ninety percent’ was crafted by a Grade One Artifact Refiner from his Sect?"

One of the Campbell Family elders looked at Zac and asked.

"Correct."

Zac nodded, "This is what the family disciple sent by Justin Campbell reported... Furthermore, Justin suspects that the Return-Life Pill with ’ninety-one percent’ purity also came from the hands of a Grade One alchemist in that person’s Sect."

Whoosh!

At Zac’s words, it was as though a stone had been thrown into a lake, causing ripples of changing expressions across all the faces of the Campbell Family elders.

"If that is indeed the case... then doesn’t his Sect possess two extraordinarily talented Artifact Refiners and alchemists? Heavens! Just how powerful such a Sect must be."

Many Campbell Family elders murmured in awe.

"That is why, until we ascertain his background, not only should our Campbell Family avoid offending him, but even when the Grand Elder emerges, we cannot allow the Grand Elder to trouble him," Zac remarked towards the end, his expression wary.

The Campbell Family elders deeply agreed.

"Family head! Family head!"

Just then, an urgent voice came from outside, breathless and clearly belonging to someone who had just hurried back to the Campbell household.

"Hmm?"

Zac raised an eyebrow in response, "Come in."

In a moment, a Campbell Family disciple who appeared in a rush entered the hall, and upon seeing the gathering of Campbell Family elders, his demeanor inevitably became somewhat restrained.

"Have you come looking for me in such a hurry because something happened at the auction house?" Zac recognized the person as responsible for the Campbell Family auction house and asked.

Auction house?

At Zac’s mention, all the Campbell Family elders turned their gaze to the newcomer, curiosity gleaming from their eyes, wondering why he had hastily returned to the family to seek the family head.

"Yes."

The returned Campbell Family disciple nodded frantically.

"Speak!"

Zac commanded.

"Family head, the guest who killed Elder Liam Campbell and the woman with him have killed the Junior Sect Master of the True Martial Sect and those with him at our Campbell Family auction house," the Campbell family disciple blurted out the news in one go. He had come back specifically to report this.

As soon as the Campbell Family disciple finished speaking, there was dead silence throughout the hall.

The Junior Sect Master of the True Martial Sect?

"Which Junior Sect Master? Is it the one in charge of the True Martial Sect’s enterprises in our City of Peace, ’Jasper Evans’?" Zac, as the family head and one of the most powerful figures in the Campbell Family, was the first to react and asked.

Jasper Evans, the eldest son of the Sect Leader of the True Martial Sect.

Normally, he stayed in City of Peace, managing the True Martial Sect’s enterprises there, and was himself a formidable individual, ranked not below the overseer of the Campbell auction house, Justin Campbell.

"No."

The Campbell Family disciple shook his head with a bitter smile, "It was Jackson Evans! The youngest son of the Sect Leader of the True Martial Sect."

"Justin Campbell has already had Jackson’s body sent to the True Martial Sect’s enterprises in City of Peace... By now, Jasper probably has already seen his brother’s corpse," the disciple continued.

"Jackson Evans?"

Zac’s eyes flashed as he murmured softly, "It seems, our City of Peace is destined to be anything but peaceful today."