"Good, Taryn, then the mission of winning glory for our Broken Sword Peak is entrusted to you!"

"Hold on, hold on." Alex truly could not listen anymore. He put down his wine cup and asked puzzledly.

"When did I say I was going to participate in this Elemental Trial?"

"If I remember correctly, over half a month ago, you already asked me once, and I explicitly refused, right? I do not have the slightest interest in this Elemental Trial. Senior, you should pick another outstanding disciple to win glory for you."

Sylra instantly wore a face full of misery. He knew that with this brat’s lazy personality, he definitely would not agree easily.

Aya still had a face full of righteous indignation and tried to persuade him. "Junior Brother Taryn, just participate! The Peak Masters of the other peaks bullying our Broken Sword Peak and bullying our Senior Sylra like this, is that not equivalent to bullying the two of us?"

"Senior Sylra treats us well. As his juniors, we are duty-bound to vent this anger for him!"

Alex glanced at Aya, his face full of disappointment at her failure to live up to expectations.

You little girl, how can you be so dense? This Sylra is the most senior predecessor in the entire Divine Blade Sect. His seniority is even slightly higher than Sect Master Magnus’s.

Would those small fries like Aerin, Nerin, and Torin dare to bully him?

This old man clearly boasted in front of everyone during the meeting without discussing it with me first.

So he had no choice but to deliberately use this method, intentionally trying to provoke me into acting as his hired thug.

It is one thing that you, little girl, are not siding with me, but you are actually being used as a weapon by this old man. Truly endearingly naive and silly.

Seeing that Aya was still bitterly persuading him, Sylra also hurriedly continued. "Taryn, just work hard a bit and participate!"

"When a man dies, his bird faces the sky. If he does not die, he lives for ten thousand years! We might not fight over a piece of food, but we must fight for our dignity!"

"Senior Sylra, I truly have no interest in any Elemental Trial." Alex firmly stated his stance once again.

"If someone else comes to our Broken Sword Peak to clamor and cause trouble, then I will definitely make a move. It would be my inescapable duty."

"But things like this Elemental Trial for fame and profit are truly meaningless to me. Therefore, Senior, please choose someone more capable!"

Seeing that Alex’s attitude showed no signs of wavering, Sylra was completely helpless. He could only sigh and say bitterly.

"Then alright. It seems the Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel that the Sect Master specifically brought back from the Southern Wasteland will just have to cheaply benefit those greenhorn brats."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing these words, Alex’s eyes suddenly opened wide, and he asked with deep interest.

"Senior, what did you just say?"

"The Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel." Sylra shrugged.

"A treasure that the Sect Master specifically brought back from the Five Streams Barbarian Tribe in the Southern Wasteland, acting as the reward for the champion of this Elemental Trial."

"I heard this item has an extraordinary tier, is invaluable, and possesses the unpredictable power of gods and ghosts. It is just a pity that it is going to fall into the hands of those greenhorn brats. What a reckless waste of heaven’s treasures."

Sylra sighed while turning to leave helplessly.

Alex immediately downed the wine in his cup in one gulp, teleported forward to stop him, and smiled faintly. "Senior Sylra, wait a moment."

"As a member of Broken Sword Peak, taking on the heavy responsibility of winning glory for our peak is naturally my inescapable duty!"

"I will represent Broken Sword Peak and participate in this Elemental Trial. I will definitely snatch the championship back for you!"

Seeing Alex’s righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Sylra instantly cursed endlessly in his heart.

I knew it. This kid is purely a master who will not release the falcon until he sees the hare. For him, any method is not as useful as tangible, concrete benefits.

In fact, Sylra truly wronged Alex. Alex really was not the kind of country bumpkin who would get greedy the moment he heard about a treasure.

Rather, this Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel was indeed an extremely useful item.

To be exact, it was a foreshadowing.

In the original novel, Knox obtained the Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel during his early days in the Divine Blade Sect.

At first, this thing was of no use at all. It could not increase cultivation, nor could it be used in combat, so it was thrown into Knox’s storage ring to gather dust.

As a result, later on, after ascending to the Immortal Realm, this thing came in immensely handy.

The Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel could contain five different kinds of elemental power and fuse their powers into one.

After Knox proved his Dao and ascended to the Immortal Realm, the strongest bosses he faced were the Five Elements Venerables: the Eastern Raging Fire Saint Venerable, the Western Wild Sea Saint Venerable, the Southern Forest Saint Venerable, the Northern Golden Wheel Saint Venerable, and the Central Barren Earth Saint Venerable.

These Five Great Venerables were all powerhouses who had proved their Dao using elements and had half a foot stepped into the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

In the Immortal Realm where Saints walked everywhere, they solidly belonged to the category of powerhouses.

After ascending, Knox offended the Five Elements Venerables under various coincidences, causing all five to want his life.

At a life-and-death critical moment, he inadvertently awakened the true function of the Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel.

He used the Wheel to collect the power of the Raging Fire Saint Venerable to deal with the Forest Saint Venerable.

He collected the power of the Barren Earth Saint Venerable to deal with the Wild Sea Saint Venerable.

Relying on the mutually generative and restrictive characteristics of the Five Elements, he stubbornly defeated the strong as the weak, repeatedly escaping under the encirclement and achieving counter-kills.

Ultimately, after killing the Barren Earth Saint Venerable, he also successfully proved his Dao and became the first Great Emperor in ten thousand years.