Heaven Domain (Iwan Cliff) novel Chapter 199

Chapter 199 Eleanor Duncan

Iwan was silent for a while and then said to Marlon Duncan, "Mr. Duncan, could you tell me in detail what you people have found about the holy temple my mother visited five years ago?"

Marlon frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Holy temple... holy temple, that's the name in ancient books. I'm wondering if you ever heard these words: The great events of a country lie in sacrifice and war. According to ancient books, a holy temple is a place where the imperial court offers sacrifice and worships the deceased ancestors. Different holy temples bear different meanings."

Marlon knitted his brows more tightly before saying, "But the location of every holy temple on this land is said to be where the fate of the land gathers. Ancient books say that there is a fate carrier in every holy temple. Most of the carriers are metallic items of all kinds, such as a dark iron sword or a shield. Yet, as of now, numerous wars have happened on this land. Therefore, most of the holy temples basically have long been destroyed."

"With the rapid development of science and technology and thermal weapons in recent history, more sacred temples have been destroyed. Now it's very hard to find a holy temple in the land of the Dragon Kingdom. And earthquakes, fires, river diversions, and other reasons have occurred over the hundreds or thousands of years. Now it's even harder to find an intact holy temple, but your mother probably found one five years ago and took one thing out of it. Later, when we found it, the temple was already in ruins. There was nothing left."

Iwan nodded and pressed, "Any other information? Why didn't you people find the place until five years later?"

Marlon shook his head, frowned more deeply, and said, "Sorry, we nine noble families can't figure it out. It seems that our subordinates suddenly found vibration waves a few months ago. Only then did we find it. After that, we paid a huge price and then found out that your mother seemed to have been there five years ago. But we really don't know anything more than that."

Iwan nodded and said, "Okay, tell me the location of the holy temple then."

Marlon said, "Okay. It is next to an ancient castle buried in the desert bordering the grassland in the north of the Dragon Kingdom. I'll send you the specific coordinates in a while. But indeed, there is nothing there, Domain Lord."

"North? The place where the most battles were waged in every one of the ancient dynasties?" Iwan's brow furrowed. Then he rose, looked at Marlon deeply, and said, "Mr. Duncan, I bid you adieu!"

"Lord Cliff, take care." Marlon struggled to stand up and bowed to see Iwan and Mr. Hugges off. Iwan nodded with "okay" before he left with Mr. Huggins.

When Iwan and Mr. Huggins were far away and completely out of the area where the Duncan family was stationed, Marlon and James both fell silent. Now, the top two family heads of the nine noble families of the past were standing face to face.

After a long while, James looked at Marlon with complicated emotions and said, "Marlon, you choose to enter the mundane world, but are you sure you can manage the job? In the eye of the outsiders, we nine noble families are very strong, but we are just the puppets of those behind us."

Marlon shook his head and said, "I don't know, but we can't always remain silent like this. We'll have to choose one anyway. Facing the war 300 years ago, my family cowered; facing the war 100 years ago, my family flinched. But I don't want to cower again this time. Whether it is right or wrong, I don't want to think further. Let's have a bet. If our family who go to the External Regions all die, then our family will also be almost over. Ho, ho... nothing seems to matter anymore."

James looked at Marlon again, and he had more complicated emotions. He had more things on his mind than Marlon. Marlon could make a decisive choice, but he could not.

After being silent for a while, Marlon looked at James and asked, "James, actually... you should also make a choice. If those hidden sects do want to fight against the Military Headquarters of the Dragon Kingdom, one party is bound to be destroyed. Is the Sky Sect your family is attached to really... reliable?"

James shrank his pupils, took a deep sigh, shook his head, and said, "I don't know. The general situation of the Dragon Kingdom today is different from before. Now, foreign nations that are tens of thousands of miles away can move their troops to the Dragon Kingdom. It's really different from the past."

James paused, looked at Marlon again, and asked, "Marlon, if you choose to enter the mundane world, what will you do if the Spiritual Cave you're attached to comes to give you problems?"

"Ho..." Marlon chuckled but didn't say anything. The outsiders viewed him as someone powerful and shining, but someone superior controlled him, didn't they?