Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 2296

A priceless Blackstar Crystal had been consumed just like that, and Andrew could only sigh helplessly.

Ezekiel had brought this Blackstar Crystal to Chetvine with clear intentions. It was either meant as a valuable gift for someone or for some other important purpose. But now, Andrew had gotten the benefit for nothing.

Despite that, Andrew's problem still remained unsolved. The Blackstar Crystal had been completely useless against the seal on his energy core.

It seemed he would still need to make a trip to the Grand Auction House under the Reyes family. Then, he could find the mysterious person who had sealed his energy core years ago. Alternatively, he could contact the Eastern Wanderer from the Umbral Peak Sect and ask for guidance.

However, both of these paths were extremely troublesome and difficult. Even with Andrew's intelligence and abilities, he found them quite challenging.

First, the Reyes family was not easy to mess with, and the Eastern Wanderer was a behind-the-scenes expert of the Umbral Peak Sect. Hence, meeting him would definitely involve many complications.

Second, the relationship between the Reyes family and the Lloyd family was not exactly good. If Andrew went directly to their door, he would definitely be refused outright. Worse yet, it might even trigger a conflict.

Andrew was not afraid of conflicts. At worst, he could just tear off all pretenses and act with ruthless determination. But right now, making enemies for no reason in Chetvine would be harmful and pointless.

At the very least, it would not help with the final seal on Andrew's energy core.

After thinking it over repeatedly, Andrew could not find a suitable solution and could only take things one step at a time. Perhaps he could contact Reginald.

As soon as this thought occurred to him, Andrew did not hesitate and went straight to find Sheena.

"Sheena, you have my dad's phone number, right?"

Sheena was sitting with her legs dangling outside the pavilion, swinging them back and forth while eating an orange. She glanced sideways at Andrew and asked, "Why do you want Uncle Reginald's number?"

She added, "You know perfectly well that he is a busy man right now, running for his life all over the world. He doesn't have time to deal with you."

Andrew nodded in understanding and turned to leave.

Sheena suddenly called out, "Wait, Andrew, you know he recently married into a family in Vestra, right?"

Andrew's face darkened as he said, "I've heard something about it."

The fact that Reginald had married into a family in Vestra left him somewhat bewildered. He did not know if it was because he had run out of money and could only sell himself, or if there was some other reason.

Nonetheless, Andrew was certain that Reginald had done it willingly. If he had not wanted to, no force in the world could have made him.

Sheena giggled behind her hand. "Uncle Reginald didn't just marry into any family. He married into Vestra's richest royal household. That's all I'll say, but Grandpa was the last one to speak with him."