The words of the Elder of Transmission made the three people present suddenly realize the truth, feeling that this method was truly ingenious.

“These things, I really shouldn’t be telling you, but for the sake of Lillian, I’ll just say it directly. Don’t go spreading it around. Also, as far as the Great Zhou family is concerned, it doesn’t really matter who we send into the Great Zhou family. What matters is whether the person sent in truly has talent.

Also, this doesn’t mean there are only two spots. As long as the requirements are met, three or four is not a problem. Charlie, Henry, I have high hopes for both of you as well. Give it your all and see what happens. A month is enough to change many things.”

William Carter spoke again, his tone earnest and heartfelt.

After hearing these words, Charles Carter and Henry Carter couldn’t help but get excited, to the point that they even forgot about their own severe injuries.

……

Starlight twinkled; the night was already deep.

The mountains were desolate, overgrown with thorns.

Two young girls supported Edward Carter, stumbling forward step by step.

Their dresses had already been torn by the thorns, and their jade-like legs were streaked with blood.

In the darkness, they couldn’t see any direction, only knowing to keep moving forward.

This night seemed especially long, the darkness stretching far ahead, as if there was no sign of dawn.

Edward Carter seemed completely unresponsive, like a walking corpse, letting the two girls support him as they went on.

At first, there had been a place arranged for them, seemingly a ‘place of house arrest’, but now, even that was gone.

None of the three had any spirit stones on them, and two of them were too weak to even truss a chicken. In such a world, survival itself was difficult.

“Miss Grace, why hasn’t young master woken up yet? His body is sometimes burning hot, sometimes ice cold… Will he be able to hold on?”

Penny was panting, her emerald green dress soaked with sweat and clinging to her body, revealing her delicate figure.

In this pitch-black environment, the faint glimpses of her beauty seemed even more alluring.

“He… was injured in his heart meridian by that Elder of Transmission. I’m afraid his meridians have snapped, and for now… there’s no saving him.”

The white-clad girl Grace spoke in a faint voice, and as she spoke, she couldn’t help but sigh.

“Miss Grace, then… what should we do? It’s all my fault, this lowly servant. If it weren’t for me, young master wouldn’t be like this. I deserve to die—”

Penny seemed to go mad, crying and murmuring, tears streaming uncontrollably like a spring, soaking her collar.

Tears and sweat flowed endlessly, but could not stop her grief and heartache.

“Penny, it’s not your fault. If they wanted an excuse, no one could stop them. In fact, Edward Carter has already shown great restraint. Otherwise, with his stubborn nature before, he would have risked everything long ago.”

Grace’s voice was gentle, yet carried a unique power to comfort Penny, gradually calming her down.

“Miss Grace, I know you’re the young lady of a great family. Can you teach me… swordsmanship? Whether it’s medicinal sword cultivation, physical sword cultivation, formation sword cultivation, or spell sword cultivation, it doesn’t matter. As long as I can become strong, as long as I can—avenge young master!”

Penny spoke with determination, her gaze now as sharp as a sword, filled with fierce resolve!

She was an innocent, naive girl who knew nothing, but life had forced her into such a desperate situation.

“Don’t worry, everything will get better.”

Grace remained calm, her gaze gentle and full of affection as she looked at Edward Carter.

At this moment, as she spoke, she glanced around as if sensing something. Then she bent down, took out a golden, radiant pill from an unknown place, and was about to feed it to Edward Carter.

But suddenly, her fair, jade-like hand paused, then moved slightly, and the pill was withdrawn. At this moment, Penny was still a bit surprised and confused, but in the next instant, she saw Edward Carter’s entire body surging with energy, sometimes like burning fire, sometimes like freezing ice, rapidly alternating between hot and cold. Then, this energy of cold and heat directly formed a circle, with an unknown arc in the middle, and two points of light at either end of the arc!

Though they didn’t know what it was, both Penny and Grace felt that this circle seemed to contain unfathomable laws of the Dao!

While the two were still stunned and shocked, the arc spun and merged into Edward Carter’s body. Immediately, the purplish-red and deathly pale colors on his face faded away, replaced by an indescribable healthy flush.

“Young master, you’re awake?”

“Edward Carter, you’re awake?”

As soon as he woke up, he heard two gentle and excited voices by his ear.

Edward Carter showed a gentle smile, nodded, and said nothing.

Earlier, he hadn’t actually been unconscious, nor was he gravely injured—just ordinarily hurt. But he knew the situation was dangerous, and he had to find a chance to escape that den of tigers and wolves, so he pretended to be seriously wounded.