Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 261: The Law of the Jungle

Chapter 261: Chapter 261: The Law of the Jungle

At this moment, Wyatt Barnes finally caught on.

Perhaps there exists competition among the various peaks within the Seven Stars Sword Clan.

Fact proved Wyatt’s conjecture to be correct.

Cain Wright slowly explained: "Within the Seven Stars Sword Clan, apart from the main peak, the Heavenly Pivot Peak, some of the outer disciples atop the other six sword peaks, every year, hold an ’Outer Disciple Fight’. The Outer Disciple Fight is divided into two stages... The first stage is for the strongest ten individuals to emerge from each peak."

"These ten individuals will participate in the second stage of the ’Outer Disciple Fight’. The second stage of the Outer Disciple Fight will be a battle between the six peaks, a battle between sixty of the most outstanding outer disciples!"

As he came to this point, a bitter smile emerged in the corner of Cain’s mouth.

The outer disciples of the Heavenly Authority Peak haven’t secured first place for a long time...

"The Outer Disciple Fight?"

Several people’s eyes lit up, but there were also some who shook their heads.

"We have just entered the Seven Stars Sword Clan, if we participate in the Outer Disciple Fight now, it would only result in suffering."

"In another few years, we might be able to put up a show in the Outer Disciple Fight."

...

Those shaking their heads whispered among themselves.

"Humph!"

Hearing these words, Cain Wright scoffed, "Listen well, not every outer disciple eligible to participate in the ’Outer Disciple Fight’ of the Seven Stars Sword Clan... Only those who have been initiated into the sect for less than three years are eligible to sign up for it."

Initiated into the sect for less than three years?

Hearing Cain Wright’s words, some newly admitted outer disciples of the Seven Stars Sword Clan nonchalantly said, "Even so, among the outer disciples are those who have reached the fifth or sixth level of the Original Pill Realm."

"Indeed, for us, there’s not much difference between encountering those in the fifth or sixth level of the Original Pill Realm and encountering those in the seventh."

"However, in this case, we should be able to make a name for ourselves in two years’ time."

"That does make sense."

...

Of course, some outer disciples also had high hopes for the future, imagining themselves performing brilliantly in the Outer Disciple Fight.

"Elder Wright, when is the next ’Outer Disciple Fight’?"

Wyatt Barnes looked at Cain Wright, asking with curiosity.

He was interested in this Outer Disciple Fight. As the top sect in the Royal Country, the Seven Stars Sword Clan was likely not stingy in terms of rewards.

Cain Wright, originally wearing a somewhat grim expression, softened a little upon hearing Wyatt’s words. He turned his gaze towards Wyatt and said, "The next ’Outer Disciple Fight’ will take place in half a year."

Wyatt nodded.

Cain Wright looked away and shook his head. He had once thought that the one to ask him this question would be someone confident in participating in the Outer Disciple Fight in half a year’s time.

But seeing Wyatt’s young age, he dismissed the thought. In his opinion, a youth not yet twenty, no matter how gifted he might be, was likely only a martial artist of the first level of the Original Pill Realm. Half a year later, he didn’t know whether he could even break through to the second level.

Such a person wouldn’t be able to achieve anything in the Outer Disciple Fight.

Even the top ten places of the Heavenly Authority Peak would be beyond his reach.

"Confidence is a good thing, but when it goes overboard, it becomes arrogance."

Warren Hudson was taken aback when he heard Wyatt asking Cain this question. After snapping back to reality, he couldn’t help but mockingly speak out.

Wyatt Barnes remained calm and unperturbed as if he hadn’t heard Warren’s words at all.

In half a year’s time?

By then, he should be able to break through to the ’fifth level of the Original Pill Realm’.

Finally, Wyatt, following behind Cain, reached another stone platform on the mid-level of the Heavenly Pivot Peak.

This stone platform was rather narrow. Over twenty people standing close together made it feel quite crowded.

Behind the stone platform was a bridge completely made of chains, known as a ’rope bridge’, leading to a sword peak on the south.

"Is that the Heavenly Authority Peak?"

Wyatt Barnes looked at the distant mountain shrouded in mist, his eyes lit up.

This mountain peak, standing there, seemed to transform into a sharp sword piercing the heavens, giving off an unparalleled sharpness that was enchanting.

"Let’s go!"

Elder Cain took the lead, guiding a group of outer disciples onto the rope bridge.

As they all stepped onto it, the bridge began to sway.

"So high up!"

"God! If we fall from here, we’ll definitely be smashed to pieces!"

"Nonsense! That’s obvious!"

...

Suddenly, apart from Wyatt, the rest of the newly initiated outer disciples of the Seven Stars Sword Clan cried out in amazement.

A few of them turned pale.

"Are there acrophobics in this world too?"

Wyatt Barnes shook his head, his gaze landing on the other end of the rope bridge...

This rope bridge, if not three or four hundred meters long, spans from the Heavenly Pivot Peak to the Heavenly Authority Peak, undeniably an enormous feat to accomplish.

"This suspension bridge should have been built by those who have reached the Peep Naught Realm or above."

A notion struck Wyatt Barnes, he seemed to visualize that during the founding of the Seven Stars Sword Clan, one after another cut through the void, holding onto iron chains...

Indeed, the ones who planted the trees are not always the ones reaping the shades.

Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but sigh.

On the side stood Cain Wright, his gaze quickly fell on the young man in purple and froze completely.

Among the twenty Outer Sect disciples he brought who had just joined the Seven Stars Sword Clan, this young man in purple was the youngest. Yet, standing on this suspension bridge, he was undoubtedly the most composed.

If this young man in purple had always been a disciple of Seven Stars Sword Clan, walking on the bridge with such ease, he would not have found it strange.

But this young man in purple was here for the first time, stepping onto the bridge as easily as walking on flat ground.

You must know, the abyss beneath this bridge is a whopping ten thousand feet deep!

Even when he first joined the Seven Stars Sword Clan and became an Outer Sect disciple of the clan, walking on the bridge had made his heart shudder uncontrollably.

"What’s your name?"

Finally, unable to control himself, Cain Wright turned to Wyatt Barnes and asked.

This young man was somewhat beyond his understanding, he had been at the Seven Stars Sword Clan for many years, and this was the first time he had such a feeling for someone who had just pledged to the Clan.

"Elder Wright, are you asking me?"

Taken aback, Wyatt Barnes saw Cain Wright nodding at him, he smiled faintly, "My name is Wyatt Barnes!"

"Wyatt Barnes? Wyatt? Your name indeed has a domineering air!"

A rare smile spread on Cain Wright’s face.

"Elder Wright, you flatter me."

Wyatt Barnes smiled faintly, neither humble nor proud.

"Hmph!"

Warren Hudson, seeing Cain Wrightwas casually chatting with Wyatt Barnes, had a hint of jealousy flash across his eyes. He had been a disciple of the Seven Stars Sword Clan for two years and Cain Wright had never spoken to him so amiably.

"It seemed like you were standing in a daze gazing at the bridge just now, what were you thinking?"

Cain Wright looked at Wyatt Barnes while stroking his goatee, he curiously asked.

On hearing this, Wyatt Barnes’s gaze landed back onto the bridge. He smiled faintly, "Actually, I wasn’t thinking much... I was just considering that this suspension bridge is at least three or four hundred meters long. It must have been built by a group of experts who have advanced beyond the Peep Naught Realm. Otherwise, such a feat would be unattainable."

"Sheesh!"

Before Cain Wright could respond, Warren Hudson gave a scornful laugh, "Our Six Suspension Bridges of the Seven Stars Sword Clan are famous throughout the Green Forest Royal Country... who doesn’t know that these bridges are the result of craftsmanship by experts beyond the Peep Naught Realm?"

The others also looked at Wyatt Barnes, their eyes held a mix of surprise.

Wyatt Barnes didn’t pay them any mind and just shook his head and chuckled.

Only Cain Wright took a deep look at Wyatt Barnes and asked, "Didn’t you know about our Seven Stars Sword Clan’s ’Suspension Bridges’ before?"

Wyatt Barnes shook his head, "Elder Wright, I am not from the Green Forest Royal Country. I am from a kingdom under the jurisdiction of the Green Forest Royal Country... Up till today, I have only heard tales of the amazing ’Suspension Bridges’ of the Seven Stars Sword Clan."

"If that’s the case, your observation skills are quite sharp."

Cain Wright nodded, completely taken aback in his head.

This young man, not even twenty years old, came from a kingdom under the jurisdiction of Green Forest Royal Country?

When did a small kingdom manage to breed such a martial arts prodigy?

"Hmph! So, he’s just a ’country bumpkin’ from a small place."

Warren Hudson sneered, feeling even more disdainful.

In his eyes, what could a guy from a small kingdom possibly achieve?

Wyatt Barnes naturally noticed Warren Hudson’s disdain, but he maintained a calm demeanor, completely ignoring it.

Seeing this, Warren Hudson became even more brazen...

He thought that Wyatt Barnes was acting like this because he was afraid.

At this point, the group had crossed the suspension bridge and arrived at Heavenly Authority Peak.

Emerging from the bridge, they were greeted by a spacious stone terrace with a building standing on it.

Listening to Cain Wright’s explanation, Wyatt Barnes came to realize that this place was where disciples of the Heavenly Authority Peak habitually purchase or trade Pill Medicines, as well as buy or exchange spiritual artifacts.

Here, one can either spend money to purchase Pill Medicines and spiritual artifacts, or exchange materials for them.

In the northern region of the Seven Stars Sword Clan, there lies an endless primitive forest filled with various ore deposits and medicinal plants, an inexhaustible treasure trove...

The disciples of the Seven Stars Sword Clan, unless they come from extremely wealthy backgrounds, would enter the forest to look for materials in exchange for practicing Pill Medicines and to enhance their skills by finding spiritual artifacts.

Of course, this primeval forest is also inhabited by a large number of Fierce Beasts.

It is said that deep within this forest, there are also numerous Demon Beasts.

Thus, this primeval forest has also become the regular training ground for many disciples of the Seven Stars Sword Clan.

"You can use the Heavenly Authority Peak’s disciple tokens that you’re holding to claim the clothes for the Outer Sect disciples... After getting the clothes, you can find your own dwelling on the Heavenly Authority Peak to serve as your cultivation ground. You’re allowed to seize others’ cultivation spots but killing is forbidden!"

By the end of it, Cain Wright’s gaze had grown sharp.

"We can snatch other people’s cultivation ground?"

Many of the newly joined Outer Sect disciples of the Seven Stars Sword Clan were taken aback.

"It seems like the Seven Stars Sword Clan tacitly endorse the competition among its disciples..."

Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but sigh, the environment within the Seven Stars Sword Clan was just like the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest.