“Logan Bennett sir? If you are not satisfied with the arrangements to visit the Martial Hall, our marquis residence has also prepared other programs for you. The number one swordmaster of Great Qi returned to the capital four days ago, and is currently exhibiting his collection of over a thousand treasured swords at the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce’s North City exhibition hall! As the Sword Saint of Great Qi, Logan Bennett sir is surely a lover of swords—why not go to the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce to appreciate them? If you find one suitable, you can buy it, thus preventing a treasured sword from gathering dust and allowing it to shine with the glory it deserves!”

The sword appreciation event at the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce would be very tempting for any swordsman, but at this moment, Logan Bennett’s attention was completely absorbed by Ethan Brooks, who was practicing boxing in the courtyard!

Volume One: Meteor Festival

Chapter Four: The Hidden Master Who Never Shows Himself

Ethan Brooks, a person with no sense of presence whatsoever in the marquis residence, had nonetheless attracted the full attention of Logan Bennett, the renowned Sword Saint!

Others might not notice, but Logan Bennett, whose true cultivation had already reached the peak of the ninth level of the Qi Path, could see everything clearly!

At this moment, every movement of Ethan Brooks in the courtyard, though seemingly chaotic and without any pattern, displayed a level of coordination between body and movement that had reached the very limits of human capability. Moreover, after each move, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the courtyard would flow slightly within a small area. Although, with his current cultivation, he could not be certain whether this flow was caused by the man practicing boxing before him, he knew for sure that it was related to him.

To stir the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

This was a wondrous state that only a master of the Dao of Alchemy could achieve!

Judging by his aura, this young man before him did not seem to have reached the level of a grandmaster in the Dao of Alchemy, but in terms of comprehension of realms alone, he was definitely a notch above Logan Bennett himself, who had advanced to the peak of the ninth level of the Qi Path and was known as one of the three greatest young experts in Great Qi!

“I never expected that there would be such a master hidden in the Marquis of Wuwei’s residence. It seems this trip was not in vain… My master once said that there are countless hidden masters in this world. Even those who have trained their bodies from the first to the ninth level of the Qi Path in just over a decade are not rare. They simply live in seclusion, single-mindedly pursuing the path to immortality and the Golden Core, ignoring worldly affairs. I didn’t believe it before, but now…” Thinking this, Logan Bennett immediately asked, “Young Master Brooks, may I ask who this outstanding young man is?”

“Young man?” Owen Brooks frowned slightly. Although he didn’t quite agree with Logan Bennett calling Ethan Brooks an outstanding young man, considering it might just be a polite remark from Logan Bennett, he still replied, “His name is Ethan Brooks, my father’s seventh son, so he should be my seventh younger brother… but he…”

“Ethan Brooks…” Logan Bennett’s eyes lit up slightly. “Is he the one chosen by General Xu’s daughter, Ivy Foster, one of the three beauties of Great Qi, as her ideal husband?”

Owen Brooks’s mouth twitched a little, but he still answered patiently, “Yes, he is the husband chosen by Miss Ivy Foster!”

“Miss Foster truly is a heroine among women. When I heard that she ultimately did not marry Ryan Bennett, the Qi Path expert, but instead married a young marquis named Ethan Brooks from your residence, I felt a bit regretful. There are so few in Great Qi who are worthy of Miss Foster. But now, it seems Miss Foster really has a discerning eye!”

“Uh…” Owen Brooks, a master at the seventh level of the Qi Path, suddenly found his mind unable to keep up.

How…

How come, from the words of Sword Saint Logan Bennett, he seems to hold his otherwise unremarkable seventh brother in such high regard…

Finally, Grace Cooper, Logan Bennett’s junior sister, could not hold back any longer and asked, “Senior brother, you think so highly of Ethan Brooks—is there something special about him?” As she spoke, she took another careful look at Ethan Brooks, who was practicing boxing in the courtyard. “His every move shows no sign of true qi being revealed or leaking out. Clearly, he is just an ordinary practitioner who has not yet advanced to the sixth level of the Qi Path and developed true qi. There are many such practitioners in our Great Qi dynasty, aren’t there?”

Logan Bennett’s gaze still did not leave Ethan Brooks in the courtyard. “That’s not necessarily the case. As far as I know, some practitioners at the Qi Path level have refined their true qi to the utmost, able to control every bit and every trace of it. When they strike, not a hint of true qi leaks out; only when it lands on the target does it erupt all at once, instantly dealing a heavy blow to the opponent.”

“Such Qi Path experts, who have refined their true qi to such a level of perfection—how many can there be in the entire Great Qi dynasty…” At this moment, Grace Cooper seemed to catch the hidden meaning in Logan Bennett’s words. She let out a sound of surprise and exclaimed, “Senior brother, you can’t mean that this young man is one of those masters whose control over their true qi has reached the level of complete perfection… He…”