At this moment, the courtyard gate was open, and in the distance, a squad of patrolling soldiers was passing by the entrance. Upon hearing the order, they immediately prepared to rush in. Leading them was the youngest patrol captain in the Duke Zhen Guo’s residence, Richard Brooks. Although he was not yet twenty, his height of 1.8 meters and bear-like, robust build, along with a face as sharp as if carved by knife and axe, made him look fierce—especially with a huge scar running from his forehead across his left eye. This scar made him appear even more intimidating for his young age. Hearing the shouts from inside the courtyard, the soldiers behind him straightened up, ready to rush in and see what was happening.

“That voice... it’s the young master...”

“Captain Luo, something’s happening with the young master...”

...

The moment Richard Brooks heard the order, his body tensed up as well. Who had the guts to cause trouble in the Duke Zhen Guo’s residence? But when he turned and saw William Clark standing in the distant courtyard, the fierceness and killing intent in his eyes instantly faded. Instead, his thick brows drew together. When he heard his subordinates about to rush in, he couldn’t help but tremble, clenching his fists tightly.

“All of you, stand still. Who told you to move?” Richard Brooks’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was deep and carried great authority. The men behind him all stopped, looking at Richard Brooks in confusion.

Richard Brooks glared angrily at the person standing in the distant courtyard. The The Clark Family was the war god family of the Blue Cloud Empire, the war gods in the hearts of all soldiers. But this person before him had brought shame to the war god family—he was their disgrace.

“But Captain Luo, the young master just gave an order...”

“Soldiers only obey military orders. He...” Richard Brooks glanced at William Clark in the distant courtyard, snorted angrily, and led his men away.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the courtyard was tense, and few people noticed Richard Brooks and his group. The servants in the outer courtyard anxiously looked inside, while the two guards at the main gate and the two at the inner gate immediately rushed in.

“Arrest me... haha...” Hearing William Clark’s words, Samuel Grant was not afraid at all. Instead, he burst out laughing, as if he had just heard the funniest joke of his life.

Upon receiving William Clark’s order, the guards at the inner courtyard gate and the two soldiers at William Clark’s courtyard gate rushed in at once. These soldiers were not the usual retainers raised by ordinary families; each of them had fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Although they were just ordinary soldiers, each possessed strength above the sixth level of the Body Transformation stage.

In every stage of cultivating vital energy, the third, sixth, and ninth levels were the hardest bottlenecks to break through, and the Body Transformation stage was no exception. Countless people were stuck at a certain level for life. The first three levels of the Body Transformation stage doubled a person’s strength, and with diligence, one could reach them just by training the body. Breaking through to the third level, those below the sixth level were more than three times stronger than ordinary people, and from there, they officially began cultivating vital energy.

Above the sixth level of the Body Transformation stage, one possessed more than ten times the strength of an ordinary person. Most importantly, their attacks carried some vital energy, making them incredibly powerful—just their physical strength alone could easily shatter stone.

“Young Master Clark, did someone hit you on the head? I, Samuel Grant, am neither a servant nor a soldier of your The Clark Family. I am a disciple of the Yun Dan Sect, and I only came to your The Clark Family as a guest elder out of respect for Mr. Clark Sr..” As Samuel Grant spoke, he glanced disdainfully at the surrounding soldiers. Their killing intent was strong, but after all, they were only at the Body Transformation stage. He himself had already reached the third level of the Bone Refinement stage, with vital energy infused into his bones, as strong as metal and stone. Did these few little soldiers really think they could capture him?

Yun Dan Sect? Such small alchemy sects were as numerous as cattle on the continent. William Clark had never heard of it. Searching through the chaotic and obscene memories of the original host, he finally learned a bit. The Yun Dan Sect was the largest alchemy sect in the Blue Cloud Empire. It was said that its founder had fought alongside the founding emperor, and the sect had once produced a ninth-level alchemist. The current sect master was a seventh-level alchemist.

When Samuel Grant mentioned the Yun Dan Sect and saw William Clark frown slightly, his expression grew even more smug. The Yun Dan Sect was definitely one of the superpowers of the Blue Cloud Empire—even the The Clark Family wouldn’t dare provoke them lightly.

“Yun Dan Sect, huh?” William Clark walked over to the little girl who was desperately trying to gather the spilled medicine from the ground. Watching her ignore her injuries as she tried to scoop up the medicine, William Clark’s gaze toward Samuel Grant grew even colder. He glanced at the medicine dregs on the ground, then at Samuel Grant: “Does the Yun Dan Sect teach you to use fifth-level demon beast tiger blood and pass it off as seventh-level demon beast tiger blood? Does the Yun Dan Sect teach you to use fifty-year-old polygonum multiflorum and claim it’s three hundred years old? Does the Yun Dan Sect also teach you to mix a yin-cold herb like spiritleaf with the heat attribute of tiger demon blood? Didn’t your master tell you that this would cause the cauldron to explode?”

The soldiers didn’t understand, but the little girl seemed to know something about medicine and froze instantly. Samuel Grant, on the other hand, was completely dumbfounded. How could he know? The cauldron had already exploded, and all the medicine was basically destroyed. Even if an alchemist came, it would be impossible to tell the exact age of the ingredients. Could it be that this kid had secretly sent someone to investigate him and found out he’d been stealing their family’s medicinal materials?