Henry Carter's character had been noticed by him, so three years in advance he took Henry Carter as an inner disciple, and moreover, he was the old man's only disciple. In other words, given time, Henry Carter would not only inherit all of the sick old man's teachings, but after the old man ascended, he would become the master of Sitting-Forget Peak, ranking among the top ten elders of the Qingcong Immortal Sect.

This made Henry Carter the envy of everyone. They all said he had incredible luck—one small act of kindness had brought him a tremendous opportunity.

But fate is unpredictable and full of surprises. The sick old man suffered from a serious illness and had always been in poor health. Only three years later, he could no longer withstand the illness and passed away.

After that, their mountain peak was left with only Henry Carter, whose cultivation was weak and unable to support the situation.

Some in the sect were jealous, especially of the inheritance from Henry Carter's peak. They reported to the sect leader, who then removed Sitting-Forget Peak from the records. The other peaks divided up its inheritance and secret treasures, and Henry Carter, with no one to rely on, was expelled.

In their eyes, Henry Carter's cultivation was low, and his family was not influential—he was like an ant, not worth considering.

What they didn't expect was that Henry Carter had already received the true inheritance from the sick old man.

That inheritance was the Great Illness Immortal Technique.

This was a unique cultivation method. It didn't require meditation or refining qi, nor did it need alchemy or taking pills. Instead, it specifically sought out those with serious illnesses in the world, absorbing the sickness within them to cultivate.

People with serious illnesses often had evil energy accumulating in their bodies, which destroyed their vitality day after day, making their conditions worse. But Henry Carter could extract this evil energy and use it for cultivation.

So while the world feared illness like a tiger, in Henry Carter's eyes, those sicknesses were like one elixir after another.

However, different people and different illnesses produced different results. This technique divided the world's sick into nine grades. The higher the cultivation and the more severe the illness, the better the elixir refined from their sickness. For example, the wisp of sickness from Master Leng's body allowed Henry Carter to refine a second-grade elixir, which benefited his cultivation as much as a priceless top-tier spiritual pill.

Of course, when absorbing sickness, Henry Carter had to act within his limits. If the sickness was too severe and he couldn't refine it after absorbing it, the sickness would remain in his body and harm him instead. Back then, his master had been too eager for progress and forcibly refined a seventh-grade elixir, but failed, contracted a serious illness, and struggled for seven years before finally succumbing.

"Along the way, I've refined five first-grade elixirs and three second-grade elixirs. My cultivation is about to break through to the seventh level of True Qi!"

Henry Carter calculated, a smile appearing on his face as he raised his gourd and took a sip of wine.

Cultivators are divided into four realms: True Qi, True Spirit, True Treasure, and True Immortal.

Henry Carter had not been cultivating the Great Illness Technique for long, and while he was on the mountain, it was inconvenient to collect sickness, so his progress was slow. When he left the mountain, he was only at the fourth level of True Qi, an average cultivation. But after coming down, he collected some sickness, refined it into elixirs and took them, causing his cultivation to soar. He had now reached the peak of the sixth level of True Qi, about to break through to the seventh, which made him outstanding even among the Immortal Sect.

You should know, even Edward Bennett, who had become an inner disciple, was only at the sixth level of True Qi.

When leaving the mountain, Edward Bennett's cultivation was something Henry Carter could only look up to, but now, Henry Carter had already surpassed him.

After all, for Edward Bennett to cultivate, he either had to spend a fortune buying all kinds of spiritual herbs and refining pills, or painstakingly refine qi, so his progress was naturally slow. But for Henry Carter, there were countless seriously ill people in the world, which meant he had countless elixirs.

As for the Three Rules and One Commandment, they were rules left by his master before dying, which Henry Carter had to follow.

According to his master, the Great Illness Immortal Technique actually evolved from an ancient demonic art, so he must act cautiously, or great disaster would follow.

"Time to go home..."

Henry Carter looked off into the distance at Four Symbols City, sighed, and quickened his pace.

Inside Four Symbols City, the scenery was as before, bustling and lively. As Henry Carter walked down the street, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

But he missed his family, so he didn't linger and hurried home.

"Stop! Who are you? How dare you trespass at the Meng residence?"

In front of the Meng family gate, two servants stood guard. When they saw Henry Carter approaching, they immediately shouted.

Henry Carter stopped and smiled, saying, "Samuel Carter, George Carter, you two bastards don't recognize your young master?"

"You are... you are the second young master?"

The two servants were stunned at his words. Gradually, they recognized him from his features, and were overjoyed, hurrying to greet him.

"My son is back? Where is he?"

With the servants surrounding him, Henry Carter entered the Meng residence. Just past the central courtyard, a ball of flesh rolled toward him.

It was the short and fat Mr. Carter, who doted on Henry Carter the most. As soon as he heard he was back, he threw away his pipe and rushed out.

"Aiya... my son... it really is my son who's back..."

From afar, Mr. Carter saw Henry Carter, his chubby face trembling, almost bursting into tears.

"Father, I'm back!"

Henry Carter stopped and bowed to Mr. Carter.

After crossing over, Mr. Carter had always treated him with great affection, and he had come to accept this father in his heart.

"It's good you're back, it's good you're back..."