“What do you want to do?” A strange, deep voice sounded in the young man’s ear. Immediately after, the blade under his neck lifted slightly, forcing the young man to raise his head even higher.

“Miss Yan’s fiancé is a barbarian. We’re not convinced, so we wanted to go teach that barbarian a lesson.” The young man clearly felt a chill from the bottom of his heart. His companions didn’t make a sound, nor did they dare to act rashly, obediently answering.

No need to ask—it was obviously out of jealousy. Several young men who secretly liked Emily Brooks were unwilling to accept that William Carter, this barbarian, had become Emily Brooks’s fiancé, so they wanted to go and teach him a lesson.

William Carter had already mentally prepared for this. From the way Emily Brooks had so enthusiastically arranged his accommodation, he knew there would definitely be a pile of trouble to follow. Sure enough, it was only the second morning, and someone had already come knocking.

The three youngsters weren’t especially vicious; they just wanted to teach William Carter a lesson. It seemed that there would be even more trouble in the future, and who knew what endless tricks would be used against William Carter. William Carter really didn’t want to spend his days idly playing these youthful games with a bunch of seventeen- or eighteen-year-olds.

“Consider yourselves lucky today!” William Carter was quite annoyed, but didn’t know how to put an end to everyone’s ideas all at once. He could only give the young man a hard blow, knocking him out.

These guys weren’t actually weak. At least, when William Carter ambushed the first and second youths, their resistance was no less than his own. It was just that they were caught off guard and happened to run into the professional William Carter, so they were taken down silently.

William Carter had no doubt that if it were the William Carter from Earth, he might not have been able to take down all three so easily. The reason for his success was absolutely related to yesterday’s successful visualization and the use of the Peiyuan Pill’s medicinal power to temper his body.

The three young men woke from unconsciousness to find themselves dumped in an inconspicuous corner of the street. They got up, looking at each other, not knowing what to say. They had planned to teach someone a lesson, but before even seeing their target, they’d been taken down by some unknown expert and thrown here. What was this?

Who did it? There was almost no need to ask—it was definitely the barbarian they’d wanted to teach a lesson. But no one wanted to admit it was him, and in their current state, anyone with a shred of dignity couldn’t bring themselves to say it out loud. The three could only agree that none of them would ever mention this humiliating incident, then hurriedly and sheepishly left. Fortunately, no one had seen them, so it wasn’t too embarrassing.

Other than the three at the time and William Carter, no one knew what had happened that dawn.

Early in the morning, in a large house in town, a young man woke from his sleep. It was the same young man who had bumped into William Carter at the entrance of Baoqing Yutang—the local The Brooks Family’s direct descendant, James Brooks. This was his home.

Ever since Olivia Brooks arrived here, James Brooks had been stunned by her beauty at first sight, admiring her deeply and determined to marry no one else. He didn’t even know how many times he’d fought with other young men who secretly liked Olivia Brooks for this reason, and had long regarded Olivia Brooks as his own forbidden treasure, not allowing anyone to approach her easily.

He never expected that after Olivia Brooks went out once, she would bring back a barbarian, and even claim he was her fiancé. How could this be tolerated? James Brooks was nearly furious to the point of bursting.

Especially after learning that William Carter was just someone who had fused with a low-grade remnant soul, James Brooks’s anger reached its peak. A good-for-nothing dared to covet the woman he loved?

That was why, when William Carter went out, James Brooks took the opportunity to fiercely warn him at the entrance of Baoqing Yutang. If William Carter knew what was good for him, he’d give up on Olivia Brooks as soon as possible. Otherwise, James Brooks wouldn’t mind letting William Carter know what true regret was.

As soon as he opened his eyes, James Brooks felt an itch on his neck. At first, he thought it was the hair of the woman beside him and brushed it away a few times, but it didn’t help. Half-awake, James Brooks sat up and used both hands to feel around his neck.

It was a slip of paper. James Brooks didn’t think much of it, assuming it had blown onto his neck during the night, and casually tossed it aside. His movement woke the woman beside him, who sat up and, not bothering to dress herself, hurried to help James Brooks get dressed first.

Only then did James Brooks fully wake up. Glancing casually, he noticed there was writing on the slip of paper he’d just thrown away. Picking it up and looking at it, his pupils instantly shrank several times.

“I’ve already washed my neck. Have you?” That was what was written on the note. Just these few simple words nearly scared James Brooks out of his wits.

From the wording, it was clearly in William Carter’s tone. But when had William Carter put this note on his neck? James Brooks had no idea. In other words, if William Carter had placed a dagger instead of a note at that time, James Brooks’s head would have been gone in his sleep.

At this thought, James Brooks’s legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground. What kind of skill was this? How was it done? Why hadn’t he heard a single sound?