The Invisible Mogul novel Chapter 1475

“The underground festival has been around for a long time, and every time this festival is held, it’s usually in conjunction with the emergence of certain powerful resources!” explained Julian.

“Powerful resources? Could you be referring to the training resources necessary for those who wish to train themselves to achieve spiritual enlightenment?” asked Gerald with a nod, seemingly understanding what Julian was getting at.

“Indeed, but the reason the festival is held isn’t limited to the emergence of regular training resources either, sir! At times, the festival is also held when magic artifacts capable of destroying the world are found! While such items are certainly tempting for ordinary people to purchase and boast about, they’re invaluable treasures to those training to attain spiritual enlightenment!”

“With that said, there’s always competition when it comes to such resources. It’s the reason why those training to attain spiritual enlightenment choose to ignore their agreements during times like these and abruptly join society in order to compete for the resources!”

“Naturally, there are also ordinary people who wish to obtain such magic artifacts. Speaking of which, I’m not sure if you already know this, but as long as a powerful family owns such a magic artifact, there will definitely be a cultivating family who supports them from the shadows. While the buyer would certainly get protection, the truth is, the cultivating family usually ends up remotely controlling everything that happens within the buyer’s family!” detailed Julian.

Upon hearing that, Gerald found himself nodding. After all, from what he now knew, though the Crawfords owned a few magic artifacts and things appeared to be fine on the surface, the truth was that there had always been another Crawford family who had been secretly supporting them.

On the other hand, if an ordinary family acquired similar magic artifacts, they’d surely face the danger of being reduced to nothing but a puppet.

“So that’s the reason you’ve been concealing your identity after entering society, right? Because you’re aware that several people—who are also training to attain spiritual enlightenment—have rushed over and are very possibly already among us with their identities concealed?” asked Gerald.

“Sharp as always, sir. Regardless, had I not kept a low profile and ended up getting discovered by others who are also training to attain spiritual enlightenment, they’d surely lay endless traps for me or even besiege me the second they’re able to!” said Julian.

“I see… The Waddys are the ones responsible for providing the platform for these contenders, correct? Are they trying to allow for reasonable resource allocation using certain methods in advance?” asked Gerald.

“That is correct, sir. You could say that the underground festival is similar to a martial arts conference. During the actual event, many of the participants—who are actually people training to attain spiritual enlightenment—will be disguising themselves as wealthy or even ordinary people. From what I’ve gathered, many of them will also be relying on the prestige of influential families in order to get a better chance of competing.”

“If the rumors are true, then the winner of the competition—or the winning family—will also be given the dominant right to take the lead in discovering the miracle on Tierson Mountain! That’s a big deal since such an honor would only ever be granted to someone with the rank of a martial arts leader outside the competition!”