Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1892 A Secret Talk

Soon enough, the news that Rocky had easily passed the test of the Heavenly Demon Tower wasimmediately reported to the king by a warrior that was guarding the tower.

Therefore, when Rocky and Layla arrived at the palace, they were welcomed with stares of awecoming from the elders and ministers of the royal family. Even the king could not hide his shockupon seeing that Rocky was already before him.

"Your Majesty, I have successfully gone through all the floors of the Heavenly Demon Tower. Now,as we have discussed, please entrust me with the task of protecting the Purgatorial Tripod,” Rockysaid directly right after saluting to the king.

"I actually did not expect you to pass through the Heavenly Demon Tower at all, but it seemed that Iunderestimated your real strength,” the king remarked. He was well aware that anyone who couldcomplete the test of the Heavenly Demon Tower should at least have a strength equivalent to thepremium stage of the Shura Realm. When he talked with Zain previously, his son mentioned thatRocky had been hiding his real strength all along, and he even possessed a divine treasure. In fact,the king did not really believe it until now.

The main reason why he asked Rocky to do this task was to test if he really possessed that kind ofstrength. Now that he had witnessed this with his own eyes, the king even assumed that Rocky wasthe strongest among the Godly Geniuses. But it seemed that Rocky was deliberately hiding his realstrength so that the other fiefs would not replace out about it.

"Your Majesty, he has done what you have asked him. Please honor the agreement,” Laylaimmediately expressed her support to Rocky, fearing that the king would come up with another ideato make things more difficult for them.

"Of course, I will. You have successfully come out of the Heavenly Demon Tower, so I can bereassured that you can guard the Purgatorial Tripod. However, this is only temporary. The momentthat we settle the matter regarding Enoch, I expect that you will return the tripod so that it can besealed again,” the king demanded firmly.

"I understand," Rocky immediately agreed. In fact, it should not be a big deal right now since heknew that Phillips soul wasn't really sealed in the Purgatorial Tripod. But of course, he could not letanyone know about this secret. Otherwise, it would just create much bigger chaos and panic.

"All right. You are free to leave now," the king declared, waving his hand to dismiss them.Afterward, Rocky and Layla left the palace.

"So, what are you doing now? Are you going back to Leader Gilbert's mansion?" Layla asked withhints of reluctance in her voice. Rocky had only stayed in her palace for a few days, but she hadenjoyed their time together. Although they did not really spend much time talking to each other,Layla still got to know Rocky in a better sense.

"Hmm. I have to visit the Genie Fief first before I go back to the Ghost Fief.” "The Genie Fief?

What are you going to do there?" Layla asked with furrowed brows.

"Well, I'll just tell you when I successfully finished my business there,” Rocky replied with a faintsmile, deliberately keeping Layla in suspense.

Then, he summoned Rubygon and left the Royal Land while Layla sent him off.

Just as Rocky said, he went straight to the Genie Fief to visit Adrian and prove his commitment.According to their plan, even before the mission at the Ghostly Demon Land, Adrian pretended toswear his loyalty to Zain. With this, Rocky could have a chance to split the prince's forces from theinside.

After two days of traveling, Rocky finally arrived at Adrian's mansion. However, instead of paying apublic visit, Rocky sneaked into the mansion so that no one would see him.

With Rocky's stealthy skills, he was able to reach Adrian's study without anyone noticing him. There,he saw the leader reading some documents.

As he entered the study, Adrian was obviously surprised by Rocky's sudden visit. Since he knew thatthe young man’s purpose for coming was pretty important, Adrian immediately ordered his men toshut the mansion so that he and Rocky could talk in private.

"Congratulations, Odin! I heard all of your great contributions when the king asked the candidatesto enter the Ghostly Demon Land.” Based on what Adrian just said, Rocky assumed that the newsabout him obtaining the Purgatorial Tripod had already reached throughout the nine fiefs.

"Thank you. But I have to say that I have doubts whether this is a good thing or not..." Rocky saidwryly.

"You kind of lost me. What do you mean?" Adrian asked out of curiosity.

"I'm sure that you also heard that I brought out the holy treasure that sealed Phillip's soul. Am Iright?” Rocky openly asked, knowing that this piece of information must have been spread outalready.

"Yes, I heard. But according to the reports, you only had to do it because of Prince Enoch's collusionwith the demonic race. Don't worry. I'm not someone who will judge you without being objective.”"However, do you also know that the king had forced me to hand the holy treasure over to thepoint that we almost had a falling out?”

"I guess I understand what was running on the king's mind. The holy treasure has been guarded bythe royal family for several thousand years. You can't expect him to entrust this very importantmatter to someone outside the royal family,” Adrian reasoned with logic.

"I also understand that part. But have you ever suspected that the king might have anotherintention for sending us to the Ghostly Demon Land? He said that it was to select the throne'ssuccessor, but isn't this method already outdated and even banned years ago?" Rocky asked as ifinsinuating something.

"What exactly are you getting at?" Adrian asked with narrowed eyes. He knew that Rocky was tryingto say something, but he did not want to tell it directly.

"Well, after we entered the Ghostly Demon Land, the teleportation array was suddenly destroyed. Itturned out that a member of the demonic race was responsible for this. Then, inside that barrenplace, almost all of us died. If you think about it, all of those unfortunate events would have neverhappened if the king did not suddenly change his mind and turn the selection into that quest,”Rocky stated, but his point was still a bit vague.

"Didn't he say that he just wanted to select the most suitable successor, so he chose to do it thatway?" Adrian replied with a little hesitation in his voice.

"Yes. That is what he said before we entered the Ghostly Demon Land. But after I and Layla cameback first and presented Phillip's soul power to him as he requested, the king is still reluctant todeclare who the successor will be. If you ask me, it totally defeats the purpose of taking the quest tothe Ghostly Demon Land,” Rocky directly pointed out.

"Now that you say that, I have to say that it is indeed weird. It is kind of unfair to the candidates,especially to Princess Layla," Adrian admitted. In fact, when Adrian got the news that Layla's teamwas the one that completed the quest first, he thought that the princess was undoubtedly going tobe selected as the next ruler. If only that happened, Rocky would have already fulfilled his promiseto Adrian.

"Right now, Enoch has already started his rebellion, which in turn puts the royal family in totalchaos. At this crucial moment, I think it's time for the nine fiefs to take sides. Let me be blunt. Thereason why I came today is to make sure that our agreement hasn't lost its effect yet.”

"I am a man of my word! Of course, I won't turn my back on you. However, I also have to make surethat you can keep your promise,” Adrian suddenly remarked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, you are in luck because that is actually part of the reason why I am here. Just as I said, thetime is now ripe for us to make a move. As promised, I will eventually make you the leader of threefiefs," Rocky declared with confidence.

"For real?" Adrian's face instantly lit up upon hearing Rocky's words. If this came true, the Genie Fiefwould become a superpower in the Shura Race.

"You have my word. But of course, I also need you to do your part. Don't worry, it's not somethinghard for you. You just have to play a sympathy-getting ploy,” Rocky said with a mysterious smile."Hey, what is this sympathy-getting ploy all about?" Adrian immediately frowned in confusion."First of all, I am planning to merge all the forces under Prince Zain's command. But in order toachieve that, I will need your cooperation so that I can persuade the other two fiefs," Rocky brieflyexplained.

"So, what exactly do I have to do?" Adrian asked straightforwardly.

Then, Rocky leaned into him and whispered something. Shortly after, Adrian's eyes brightened, andhe began to nod repeatedly.

"As long as you can do what I said, all of the fiefs who support Prince Zain are going to be underyour control,” Rocky strongly emphasized.

"I understand. Just wait for the good news. I won't let you down!"

"Then, I will expect that. By the way, is Gloria here in your mansion now?" Rocky suddenly asked."Oh, yes. She is actually cultivating in seclusion.”

"Really? When did that girl become so diligent?" Rocky asked in a teasing tone, but he was actuallyimpressed with the sudden change in Gloria's attitude.

"Ha-ha! I guess she must have been too worked up after attending the Spiritual Emperor Contestback then. As soon as she came back, that is all she did,” Adrian recounted, slightly shaking hishead.

"Well, that is good for her. She must have realized that there are more powerful warriors than her,so she wanted to improve herself. Anyway, I shall take my leave now. I will wait for the good newssoon enough." After saying that, Rocky eventually got out of Adrian's study.

Then, he sneaked out of the mansion again without anyone detecting him.