God-Tier Fishing System

"By the way, there is one thing I don't understand," Stormjade family head said, eyes narrowing with suspicion.

"Sun Moon Lake's influence only affects those at or below the Tribulation Transcendence realm. With your strength, young friend, Sun Moon Lake is powerless against you."

Ethan's reply was casual and almost playful. "Master Stormjade, don't worry yourself too much. I only came here to fish."

With that, Ethan turned and began to leave.

Only the Stormjade family head, Eunice, Luna, and a few others remained behind—left behind, confused.

"Fishing… are you trying to bluff me?" the Stormjade family head wondered inwardly, but said nothing aloud, instead smiling and affectionately embracing Ethan.

Ethan hadn't gone far when the head of the Emberveil family's voice rang out sharply.

"Little friend Aether! Wait a moment. We have something you must help us confirm."

Ethan halted, turning to face the direction of the call.

"What matter could that be?" he asked, curious.

"The sixth elder of the Emberveil family wishes to retest your bone age," came the calm reply from the head of the Emberveil family.

"We suspect your bone age may actually exceed fifty years and you used a secret technique to hide it."

Ethan frowned ever so slightly. It was clear now that the subtle nod Oswin had given to the Emberveil family earlier was no casual gesture—it was a test, a trap.

A disgusting ploy to belittle him.

Still, Ethan's bone age was genuinely under fifty, so no matter how much testing was done, the truth would remain.

"Very well," Ethan agreed.

Leaping onto the stone platform, he moved toward the stone pillar, the place where bone age was traditionally measured.

The gathered crowd buzzed with excitement.

"Of course! Why hadn't I thought of that earlier?"

"The strength Aether displays, rivaling the Pavilion of Heavenly Secret's disciples—how can he truly be under fifty years old? Surely he must be some ancient monster, practicing for hundreds of years!"

"That's worrying indeed. With his power, how could the three great families dare deny him a place? They'd only risk his wrath of their clan's."

"Yes, the Emberveil family's arrogance is unbearable!"

Meanwhile, the sixth elder of the Emberveil family appeared—a figure both mesmerizing and formidable.

A voluptuous woman draped in a purple robe, her complex headdress lending her an air of witch-like mystery.

Purple eyes burned with a strange brilliance—the source of a unique spiritual method.

Although she had reached only the half-step of the Mahayana realm, her mental energy was fierce.

She could sense even Oswin's presence—a nearly impossible feat.

Her power to detect breath and physical condition sharpened by proximity.

If she could touch her target, the effect was even stronger.

"Excuse me," Ario Embersaid said as he stepped toward Ethan with the sixth elder. "Please extend your hand. she will be the one to perform the investigation."

Ethan's sharp eyes flicked first to the Emberveil family head, then to the sixth elder.

She was an impeccable figure—appearance graceful, with a temperament both calm and commanding.

Though not as stoic as Seraphina, she surpassed Luna and Eunice in temperament.

Ethan squinted slightly and asked, "Can't you speak?"

Cecilia's brow furrowed in surprise—perhaps displeasure—at the question.

"Aether, why resist our test? Could you be hiding your bone age?" Ario Emberveil, the family head, pressed.

With a chuckle laced with derision, Ethan replied, "And if I did hide it, what then?"

Ario's expression soured. His face, already narrow and sharp, seemed pinched even more tightly under his scowl.

"Just extend your hand and be cooperative. This is for the clarity of all challengers in Sun Moon City," Cecilia pressed.

Her voice was soft but with an icy edge—like a bell's chime that carried a sliver of warning.

"Oh, so the sixth elder of the Emberveil family is not a mute," Ethan remarked wryly, extending his palm.

Without hesitation, Cecilia grasped his hand and used her spiritual technique.

The crowd tensed as the test was performed.

Her purple eyes flickered with growing surprise.

"Bone age only in his early forties," she muttered, almost to herself.

Too young.

Many began cultivation around six or seven years old. Ethan's cultivation spanned barely over thirty years.

Yet he wielded such immense power.

How could it be?

Doubt and confusion twisted her thoughts—had she erred? Or was Ethan employing some secret weapon or technique to mask his true bone age?

Her voice cut through the murmurs again.

"Your Excellency… please remove all spiritual weapons and mental defenses both on your body and mind."

Ethan's eyes sharpened, flames of anger suddenly igniting within.

With uncanny speed, he seized Cecilia's neck.

Before she could react, her body was lifted into the air, suspended like a helpless kitten.

She bit her lips fiercely, spiritual energy radiating wildly in an attempt to break free.

But Ethan's grip was absolute, unyielding.

Though she was a half-step Mahayana cultivator, commendable in her own right, she was powerless beneath his strength.

What terrified her most was the devouring force—some strange power engulfing her spiritual energy, draining it relentlessly.

"Onyx?" Ethan's voice echoed in his mind.

A sultry voice replied, "It's delicious. I like this woman's spiritual energy. Let me feed on it."

Ethan made no protest—in the blink of an eye, he allowed it.

The elegant sixth elder of the Emberveil family, a paramount figure halfway through the Mahayana realm, was now helpless in Ethan's grasp, utterly humiliated.

Stunned murmurs rippled through the onlookers.

"This Aether is brutal!"

Ario Emberveil sprang to his feet, furious.

"Aether, what are you doing? Don't be arrogant!"

Ethan's cold eyes fixed on Ario, his gaze sharp enough to cut steel.

"Arrogance? You think you can afford to offend the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and still have the right to insult me?"

"Haha, you don't dare to offend Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, so you think you can afford to offend me?"

Each word carried a killing intent so thick that the blood of those nearby chilled.

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