But at this moment, what he felt was that he hadn’t absorbed even the slightest bit of spiritual energy from the outside. It seemed that there was a pure and thick aura within his body, and when he cultivated, this aura would fill his meridians. This aura was like threads of hot water, automatically pushing out the impurities in his body, then clearing his blocked meridians, and then circulating through his meridians.

He didn’t know how much time had passed when Henry Clark suddenly felt his whole body tremble, and he abruptly opened his eyes.

The world suddenly became clear, making him completely forget that the aura circulating in his body just moments ago had already disappeared.

An incredibly light and relaxed feeling surged in his heart. Even if Henry Clark were a fool, he would know that he had unknowingly succeeded in gathering qi, and had already become a first-level Qi Gathering cultivator.

Is cultivation really this simple? No, if it were this simple, he wouldn’t have been unable to gather qi for so many years, and there wouldn’t be so many people in the entire Cang Qin Kingdom unable to gather qi.

Henry Clark calculated the time he had spent cultivating. He was certain it hadn’t been more than a day, yet in this short day, he had reached the first level of Qi Gathering. No one would believe this if he told them—what on earth was going on?

At this moment, Henry Clark had already forgotten about the strange odor from the impurities expelled from his body, and instead sat in place, deep in thought. Not only was he not a fool, but he also knew very well how to protect himself. Even before his rebirth, Henry Clark knew he was different from others, because he had a photographic memory and an unparalleled ability to comprehend things.

It was precisely because of this extraordinary and frightening ability that Henry Clark dared not draw attention to himself. He only wanted to live an ordinary life, and after his younger sister graduated from college, he planned to seek a simple life for himself. He knew very well what his abilities meant—if he revealed even a little, he would immediately become the focus of everyone’s attention. From then on, he might never again be able to live the free, ordinary life he wanted.

This was also why Henry Clark would rather work on a construction site than use his abilities to make money. He knew that once you started, it would be hard to stop, and eventually, he would be noticed. If it hadn’t been for his encounter with Grace Harper, he wouldn’t even have wanted to go to college. The only thing he hadn’t expected was that after his heartbreak, he would be reborn in such a place.

Henry Clark was certain that his cultivation was different from others. Others absorbed spiritual energy from the outside, but he had a pure and thick aura within his own body, which allowed him to quickly gather qi and reach the first level. His lifelong caution made Henry Clark want to figure out what was going on. It seemed as if there was a spring within his body, providing this pure aura that greatly increased his cultivation speed, even making his aptitude irrelevant.

Unfortunately, Henry Clark knew very little about cultivation. The only information he had came from the memories of his previous self, which was pitifully little. His previous self definitely hadn’t had good aptitude—otherwise, he wouldn’t have waited until now to gather qi. Yet for him, cultivation was so simple. The only possible explanation was that something had happened during his rebirth.

Henry Clark recalled that yellow beam of light that had shot down from the sky—perhaps his rapid cultivation was related to that yellow light.

Putting aside these things he couldn’t figure out, Henry Clark walked out of the house and began to wash his body. After washing himself with well water, he discovered that some of the scars on his skin had actually faded, and his skin seemed much fairer.

Although Henry Clark had never gathered qi before, he was a student at Cang Qin Two-Star Academy and came from the Ning family, so he wasn’t completely ignorant about cultivation. He knew that a cultivator’s wounds would heal quickly, but never as fast as his had. The scars on his body had been very clear just yesterday, but after reaching the first level of Qi Gathering today, they had faded significantly—this was unusual.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps approached, clearly heading for the courtyard where he was staying. Henry Clark was startled. He had been living here for several days and no one had ever come by. Now that someone was coming, it was obviously for him. Henry Clark didn’t have time to think, and quickly ducked into the house, hurriedly putting on clean clothes.

Just as Henry Clark finished getting dressed, Julia Foster anxiously pushed the door open and entered.

“Why did you come back?” Henry Clark relaxed a little when he saw it was Julia Foster. Ever since offending that Walter Hayes, he had been feeling uneasy.

Julia Foster saw that Henry Clark was fine and also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She spoke in a calm tone, “I heard you offended that Walter Hayes…”

Henry Clark thought Julia Foster was about to scold him, so before she could finish, he took the initiative to say, “He was the one who provoked me first. Even if it happened again, I would still step in to save someone.”

Letting a little boy be trampled to death by a unicorn right in front of him, when he could have saved him—Henry Clark simply couldn’t do it. That would be the same as standing by and watching someone die. For him, if he really let that little boy be trampled to death before his eyes, he would never be able to forgive himself.

To Henry Clark’s surprise, Julia Foster didn’t scold him. Instead, she softened her tone and said, “Walter Hayes holds an unusual status in Cang Qin Kingdom. If you stay here, it’s a dead end for sure. Eh…”