Brian Carter couldn’t be bothered to explain further to Benjamin Foster. Now that William Foster had been delivered, he didn’t linger and turned to leave.

“Stop!”

Benjamin Foster shouted harshly, suddenly stepping forward, reaching to lock Brian Carter’s cervical spine.

However, before he could get behind Brian Carter to restrain him, the sharp sword in Brian Carter’s hand, carrying a dazzling flash, swept across to block Benjamin Foster’s attack. If Benjamin Foster dared to take another step, he would surely collide with the sword’s edge and be injured.

“You dare draw your sword against an elder!”

Benjamin Foster’s eyes narrowed. His move, which had been aimed at capturing alive, instantly turned more ruthless. He aimed to crush Brian Carter’s right shoulder blade in one strike, crippling his arm.

“Buzz!”

The sword hummed softly.

Brian Carter’s swordplay shifted. No matter how Benjamin Foster changed his moves, Brian Carter’s blade met him head-on. The two exchanged several moves, and although there was no real contact, the expression of Benjamin Foster, the elder of the 卓 family, quickly grew grave.

This scene caught Matthew Foster’s eye, and a glint of surprise flashed across his face.

“Brian Carter, your father has already sent a letter to Miss Bennett. If you’re not afraid of embarrassment and truly want to win over Ethan Brooks, then go to Miss Bennett and accept her training. With your talent, if you focus on cultivation, you’ll be no weaker than any inner disciple of the Hunyuan Heavenly Sect!”

Matthew Foster spoke, his voice transmitted by a special method directly into Brian Carter’s ear.

Brian Carter glanced at Matthew Foster...

It seemed that, although Brian Foster’s father was extremely strict with him and even expelled him from the 卓 family, in the end, it was all to protect him—blood is thicker than water.

Unfortunately...

The real Brian Foster was already dead...

“You—”

Brian Carter’s sword vibrated, forcing Benjamin Foster to retreat. Taking advantage of this, he stepped back as well. “None of you can keep me here. This matter ends here.”

With that, he leapt away.

“Stop!”

Benjamin Foster shouted angrily, quickly moving to block Brian Carter, and yelled at the other two enforcers at the Bone-Washing level, “What are you two standing there for? Help me stop him!”

The two enforcers, upon receiving the order, quickly closed in, but Brian Carter’s figure flickered and he slipped out of their encirclement. With a single leap, he widened the distance. Benjamin Foster gave chase, but before he could even get out of the street, he had already lost sight of Brian Carter, his face turning quite ugly.

On the other hand, Matthew Foster watched as Brian Carter calmly retreated from the encirclement of Benjamin Foster and the two enforcers, and his eyes lit up: “It seems Brian Carter has reached the Bone-Washing realm. Probably thanks to that Bone-Washing Pill. Besides, his actual combat ability is truly beyond my expectations... Maybe it’s true that he defeated Henry Foster and Samuel Foster... If he had shown this talent earlier, the clan leader would have already used the inner disciple token to send him to the Hunyuan Heavenly Sect. Now that he’s found his resolve after disgrace, I wonder if it’s too late...”

...

Yunlin Pavilion.

One of the top restaurants in Yunhuang City, with astonishing influence. Its branches had already spread throughout the entire Lorin Kingdom. It was said that sixty percent of its annual profits were offered to a true disciple of the Hunyuan Heavenly Sect in exchange for that disciple’s protection, which allowed the restaurant to flourish across the kingdom.

At this moment, in an upper-class guest room, Ethan Brooks was speaking with an elderly man.

The old man appeared to be around sixty, but there was an unfathomable aura about him. Even as he stood before Ethan Brooks with the deference of a servant, he could not hide the air of a true expert.

“Mr. Scott, I’m not in a position to handle this matter myself, so I must trouble you with it.”

It seemed Ethan Brooks had just finished explaining what she wanted to do. At the end, she respectfully cupped her hands to the old man before her.

This old man was named Andrew Scott, a servant of Elder Zhuri Zhenren of the Hunyuan Heavenly Sect. Because he was adept at reading his master’s intentions, he was valued by Zhuri Zhenren despite his limited cultivation.

However, “limited cultivation” was only in the eyes of Zhuri Zhenren. In reality, he was already a martial arts grandmaster who had fully mastered the Blood Exchange stage. It was only because the bloodline in his body had never awakened and he could not condense true qi that he remained unable to transcend the mortal body and enter the Six Realms of Longevity. When Ethan Brooks wanted to come to Yunhuang City to clear her name, Zhuri Zhenren sent him to protect her.

“Miss, your decision is absolutely correct. Although Brian Foster missed the golden age for cultivation and his future achievements will be limited, no one knows if he might encounter some opportunity and soar to greatness. There are countless examples in history of abandoned martial artists rising to power, especially in recent years, with the mysterious ‘Chaos Temple’ becoming increasingly active. In our Eastern Wasteland alone, over a hundred people have been revealed as Chaos Children of the ‘Chaos Temple’, not to mention those still hidden in the shadows... Settling this early is indeed the best way to ensure lasting peace.”

“Chaos Child...”

Hearing Andrew Scott mention this, Ethan Brooks’s heart skipped a beat. “Sir, just now when Brian Foster was fighting Jin Wu and junior apprentice Xu Keran, he forcibly raised his cultivation from the Bone-Washing realm to a level not inferior to the Organ-Refining stage. It was very much like the legendary sacred art that only Chaos Children at the tenth level of Chaos can practice. Could it be... that by some stroke of luck, he joined the ‘Chaos Temple’ and became a Chaos Child?”