Suddenly, Samuel Brooks's eyes flew wide open, and a hazy yellow light enveloped his entire body—majestic and imposing, making it hard for anyone to look directly at him. An extraordinarily powerful aura radiated from him as he grabbed Ethan Brooks's arm and asked urgently, “Morris, do you really have a way to cure me?”

It seemed that, even during all these years of recuperation, Samuel Brooks had never stopped practicing his profound energy techniques. This yellow glow was proof that he had already reached the level of an Earth Profound expert. Although he was only at the beginner stage, considering his age, it was already a remarkable achievement!

In the entire Tianxiang City, how many Earth Profound experts were there in total?! For Samuel Brooks to reach the Earth level at just thirty, he could truly be called a prodigy! Not to mention, he had a severe defect in the meridians of his lower body—if not for that, his strength would surely have reached an even higher realm!

Ethan Brooks's arm creaked under the pressure, nearly fractured by Samuel Brooks's immense strength, yet his expression remained calm, as if it wasn’t his own flesh and blood, showing no sign of pain. He smiled and said, “There’s not much hope, but it’s worth a try.”

Samuel Brooks suddenly realized what he was doing and quickly let go, looking at his own hand with a puzzled expression. He looked at Ethan Brooks and asked, “You’re not in pain? Why didn’t you cry out?”

“It hurts!” Ethan Brooks replied calmly. “But would crying out make it stop hurting? If it could, I’d definitely scream as loud as I could. Unfortunately, it can’t!”

Seeing the calm on Ethan Brooks’s face, Samuel Brooks was taken aback. He looked at him deeply, then suddenly burst out laughing, “Haha! Now I’m actually starting to believe you really might be able to cure me.”

This nephew seemed different from before! Samuel Brooks said to himself in his heart.

“For now, what you need to do is have a servant give you a full-body massage three times a day—morning, noon, and night. It’s best if the servant has some martial arts background, and they must follow the meridians, not missing a single spot. Then, every night, soak in scalding hot water for an hour without interruption. After a while, during which I’ll make some preparations, we can begin your treatment. How does that sound?” Ethan Brooks smiled.

Samuel Brooks gradually calmed down and said firmly, “Alright! Morris, your third uncle will trust you this once!” He slowly clenched his fists and said, “Even if it doesn’t work, I’ll accept it.” There was one thing he didn’t say: Even if you’re just toying with me, I’ll accept it.

A sliver of hope is still better than none at all!

“All these years, haven’t you sought out any doctors?” Ethan Brooks asked, a bit puzzled. After examining Samuel Brooks, he found the situation was truly grim. The meridians in his lower back were completely blocked, and there seemed to be some sinister drug slowly corroding his internal meridians. If not for careful maintenance, his muscles would have already completely atrophied by now, leaving him utterly crippled with no hope of recovery! But for such an illness, if a skilled doctor had seen it, even if they couldn’t cure it, they should at least have been able to recognize it.

“More than just a few! Nearly every renowned physician in the Empire has seen me. My meridians were sealed by a vicious technique, and I was secretly poisoned with a strange, nameless toxin—leaving me unable to live or die…” Samuel Brooks said bitterly. “My father tried several times, but he could never break the sinister seal on my meridians. As for the nameless poison, there’s no cure at all. The only thing that can be done is to use the strongest profound energy to force it out. That might be the only way to heal me.”

“Then why…?” Ethan Brooks started to ask, but stopped himself.

“The one who ambushed me was already a Heaven-grade expert ten years ago. To break his seal and force out the poison would require a Supreme Divine expert to go all out! But Supreme Divine experts are legendary, almost never seen. What’s more, after treating my injuries and being affected by the poison, the Supreme Divine expert who helped me would lose half their strength—forever, with no hope of recovery!”

Samuel Brooks gave a bitter laugh. “What Supreme Divine expert would make such a sacrifice for me? Morris, reaching the Supreme Divine level is as hard as ascending to the heavens! Who would willingly cut their own cultivation in half for someone else?”

“That’s truly vicious! Letting you know there’s hope for a cure, but making it as good as hopeless…” Ethan Brooks shook his head and clicked his tongue in amazement. “It seems this person’s hatred for you is far from ordinary! To torment you with such a sinister method! Their goal must be to leave you with no way to live, and no peace in death!” He paused, then suddenly asked, “Is this person a mortal enemy of the Brooks family?”

“Morris, how… did you learn about the method to treat me?” Instead of answering Ethan Brooks’s question, Samuel Brooks’s eyes flashed with pain as he deliberately avoided the topic, simply looking Ethan Brooks up and down. “You seem like a different person today!”