With their identities confirmed, the subsequent meeting between the three individuals went much smoother.
Jonathan activated his technique and soon met up with Hayden and Joshua.
Once they both regained their balance, they parted their lips to speak almost simultaneously.
“Why are you here?”
“The spiritual energy tide is what you’ve been looking for, right?”
The trio froze once those words were out of Jonathan and Hayden’s mouths.
“What spiritual energy tide?”
Hayden turned to look at Jonathan in confusion.
Joshua was baffled as well.
“Jonathan, you sensed the spiritual energy tide?”
“You didn’t?” Jonathan blurted out, equally bamboozled.
In Jonathan’s estimation, the origin of the spiritual energy tide was the very thing that Joshua had been searching for. However, it became clear that the reality was quite different from what he had anticipated.
“What… does that spiritual energy tide feel like?” Hayden asked, curiously turning to face Jonathan.
Jonathan extended his hand to gather a gentle ball of spiritual energy. With a light push, the spiritual energy dispersed and washed over Hayden’s body.
Hayden could only blink in a daze at Jonathan.
“Is this a spiritual energy tide? Isn’t it just a spiritual energy fluctuation?”
Jonathan nodded before staring at his hands blankly.
“If we were to expand the range of this spiritual energy fluctuation to hundreds of miles, it would transform into a spiritual energy tide. Did you not sense it earlier?”
“I didn’t…” said Hayden with a shake of his head before he turned to Joshua. “Joshua, did you?”
Joshua shook his head again. “I really didn’t.”
At that, Jonathan became perplexed.
Logically speaking, considering the vast extent of the spiritual energy tide, even if Hayden and Joshua were uncertain about its nature, they should have been able to sense something.
Still, Jonathan was not going to dwell on the matter for too long.
“Let’s set aside this perplexing matter for now,” Jonathan replied. “I’ve come here specifically to see you. While I may not know the exact purpose of your visit to Delisgar Ridge, I presume that the eight respectable families have already deduced your intentions. I don’t want to witness you willingly walk off a cliff. Remember, you can only exact your revenge if you stay alive.”
Upon hearing Jonathan’s words, Joshua smiled.
“Tell me, Jonathan, what plan do you have?”
Meanwhile, Hayden was watching them as if he was a child listening to two adults speaking.
While Hayden could still be considered naive, Joshua and Jonathan were far from the definition of that.
Their words were weighted, and even Jonathan himself was tired out by the conversation.
After staring at Joshua for dozens of seconds, Jonathan let out a sigh.
“F*ck, who said that it’s easier to talk to smart people? Aren’t you tired of having to use your brain all the time?”
With a small smile, Joshua answered, “Right back at you.”
At that, Jonathan finally decided to tell Joshua everything that was on his mind.
Jonathan understood that being overly calculative when dealing with someone like Joshua might undermine the trust they had built between them.
It would be better for him to openly share every detail of his plan with Joshua instead.
In the meantime, Hayden was looking at Jonathan as if the latter had grown a second head.
The several possible outcomes of River Onxy’s battle. The set up of Yaleview Army and the eight respectable families. The upgrade to the cultivation level of Asura’s Office’s members. The reinstatement of Joshua as the ultimate commander-in-chief to establish a new order.
Despite the lack of detailed plans and the presence of numerous variables, the magnitude and formidable nature of Jonathan’s strategy were evident in his thoughts.
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