“I’ll go buy it myself.”

David Bolton was genuinely curious to see what exactly Henry Clark wanted with the jade stones—what kind of trick was he up to?

In less than half an hour, David Bolton returned carrying a hemp rope bag, which contained more than a dozen fist-sized pieces of raw jade, and dumped them in front of Henry Clark.

Henry Clark said nothing. He picked up a piece of raw jade and began carving it according to the image in his mind. He wanted to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, which would allow him to quickly recover his vital energy. At the same time, when refining the Hundred-Solution Elixir, if the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was denser, he could also increase the time he could channel his energy into the furnace.

A hundred years on Earth.

Especially in the later years spent with his wife, he had devoted a great deal of time to carving, so his jade carving skills had long since reached a master level. In just a quarter of an hour, he had finished carving a dragon-shaped jade sculpture, which looked incredibly lifelike and vivid.

“This jade carving…”

James Bolton and John Foster both showed looks of disbelief, their minds completely captivated by the jade sculpture. Even David Bolton widened her eyes in utter astonishment.

That speed…

That craftsmanship…

They had seen many master carvers at work, but had never witnessed such terrifying speed, nor anyone who could carve with such exquisite realism. This was clearly a statue, an inanimate object, yet in their eyes, this rather strange-looking dragon… seemed almost alive.

Henry Clark had no time to ponder their thoughts. He focused all his attention on carving, and soon produced a tiger-shaped jade sculpture, a sparrow-shaped jade sculpture, and a tortoise-shaped jade sculpture.

What Henry Clark was about to set up was the “Four Sacred Spirit Gathering Array,” a formation he had developed during his last hundred years on Earth. Its power surpassed that of the Three Talents Array, Four Symbols Array, and the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array. However, he was no longer as powerful as before, so the Four Sacred Spirit Gathering Array he could set up now would be much weaker.

But…

For now, it was enough.

Afterward, Henry Clark had the three of them leave the side courtyard, and with incredible speed, he set up the Four Sacred Spirit Gathering Array. The moment he activated the formation, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within several kilometers seemed to be summoned, surging toward the side courtyard where Henry Clark was.

“What a pity! My strength is too weak. The true power of this Four Sacred Spirit Gathering Array isn’t even one percent of what it was at my peak.” Henry Clark felt a faint sense of regret.

However.

Outside the array, James Bolton and John Foster both felt a wave of shock rise in their hearts. After exchanging a glance, their eyes fell on Henry Clark again, as if they were looking at a monster. With their cultivation, they could keenly sense the direction of the spiritual energy’s flow, which meant that the array Henry Clark had set up was a success.

But!

Henry Clark’s cultivation was clearly only at the third level of Qi Refining, so weak it was almost negligible. How had he managed to set up a formation?

In the cultivation world,

The hierarchy of cultivation realms was clear: eighteen levels of Qi Refining, nine levels of Postnatal, nine levels of Innate. Beyond that were the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages. Currently, throughout the entire Sky Net Empire, Foundation Establishment cultivators could be counted on one hand, and there was only one at the Core Formation stage—the ancestor of the Sky Net Empire’s royal family, rumored to be a four-hundred-year-old monster.

“Just playing tricks.”

David Bolton actually had decent talent for cultivation, but she had wasted a lot of time on business, so her cultivation wasn’t very high and she had yet to break through to the Innate realm. As a result, she couldn’t sense the faint flow of spiritual energy in the air.

“Shut up.”

James Bolton’s expression changed, and he barked sternly, “Little Clark is right. If you don’t know, don’t speak. Don’t embarrass yourself.”

“Father…”

David Bolton looked dumbfounded, as if she couldn’t believe her ears. When had her always gentle father ever scolded her like this?

James Bolton pointed toward the side courtyard and said sharply, “You haven’t reached the Innate realm yet, so you can’t sense the flow of spiritual energy. But I can tell you clearly, Little Clark has successfully set up the formation and can draw the surrounding spiritual energy here. If you step into the array, you should be able to feel that the concentration of spiritual energy in that area is steadily increasing.”

He succeeded?

He’s just a kid… and he managed to set up a formation?

David Bolton was dumbstruck, completely bewildered.

Chapter 0006 Grace Young

Two hours after setting up the array, Henry Clark had fully replenished his depleted vital energy. His cultivation was so weak now that it actually saved him a lot of time. Saving a life was a race against time—Mrs. Bolton was on the brink of death, and since he had already received his reward, he immediately chose to refine the Hundred-Solution Elixir a second time.

In the end.

At the very moment his energy was exhausted for the second time, Henry Clark successfully refined the Hundred-Solution Elixir.

“Keep it safe.”

James Bolton put away the elixir with a complicated expression and offered a sincere thank you. He now deeply regretted his decision to stand by and do nothing when the eccentric Robert Foster set fire to the Rare Medicine Shop. If he had helped put out the fire back then, not only could he have preserved the favor of that distinguished person, but he might also have formed a good relationship with Henry Clark.

A golden-scaled dragon is never meant for a pond.

He had met countless people in his life, and it was as if he could already see a peerless genius about to emerge, someone he himself might one day have to look up to.

What a pity.

There are thousands of medicines in the world, but none that can cure regret.