After returning to the academy from Yujing City, having experienced the previous outburst in the main hall and then spending more than a day and night reading in the library, James Carter had gradually adapted to his current life. There was no choice but to adapt—after all, he had already come here and become this James Carter.

While he was considering what to do next, he suddenly felt the carriage slowly come to a stop, and then heard someone shouting outside.

Benjamin Scott—James Carter had a vague impression of him. He wasn’t in the same class as himself, Edward Grant, David Grant, or Alice Foster. They were in Grade One, Class A-1, while this Benjamin Scott was in Grade One, Class A-5, and was also one of the people constantly pursuing Alice Foster.

James Carter didn’t need to lift the curtain to look, because now his spiritual sense could detect everything within about twenty meters around him. Normally, someone at the Body Refining stage couldn’t possibly have externalized spiritual sense; at this stage, spiritual sense could only be used internally during cultivation, to gain some understanding of one’s own body—this was only possible after reaching the fifth level of Body Refining, when one attained the ability of internal vision.

Only after reaching the True Qi stage could spiritual sense gradually leave the body to probe the outside world. Generally, in the first three levels of the True Qi stage, one could at most sense three to five meters around the body; at about the sixth level, one could sense around ten meters; and only at the ninth level could one sense up to twenty meters around.

When using spiritual sense to probe, as long as the sense was strong enough, everything around would appear in the mind like a fully detailed three-dimensional image, incomparably clear. According to James Carter’s current understanding, the change in spiritual sense wasn’t simply due to an increase in power, but rather, as one’s cultivation level increased, the spiritual sense would also improve.

Although there was no concrete information yet about the relationship between spiritual sense and cultivation level, many sources pointed out that those with higher cultivation levels also had much stronger spiritual sense. Ever since James Carter listened to the quarter-hour debate of the Five Great Sages, he had clearly noticed changes in his own cultivation level. Because of this improvement, his spiritual sense could now almost reach the twenty-meter range that only the ninth level of the True Qi stage could achieve.

Precisely because his spiritual sense was so powerful, besides hearing Benjamin Scott and his followers shouting, he also overheard some of the conversations among the crowd gathering around.

“Wow, this is interesting. He just got back and he’s already being blocked.”

“What’s the big deal? There are plenty of people looking to cause trouble for James Carter these days.”

“Serves him right. Who told him to harass everyone’s goddess? If my family was powerful enough, I’d want to beat him up too.”

“Miss Fang already said she never wants to be harassed by James Carter again. Whoever helps her out, she’ll be extremely grateful. I heard even David Grant was invited for tea.”

...

Hearing these words, James Carter’s anger flared up instantly. He had just been reborn, and he really had no interest in dealing with the mess left by the previous James Carter’s idiotic pursuit of Alice Foster and the beatings he received. But it was clear that Alice Foster was the one pulling strings behind the scenes.

If nothing more had happened, James Carter wouldn’t even bother with it, because he wasn’t going to act or live like the original James Carter anymore.

But now this Alice Foster was targeting him again, damn it, trying to mess with the head of the family? Looks like this woman really needs to be taught a lesson.

“What’s wrong, too scared to come out and hiding inside like a turtle? If you’re afraid, croak like a frog three times and crawl into the academy, and I’ll let you off today.” At this moment, Benjamin Scott’s voice came from outside again.

“Shoubo, charge through.” Damn, you want to shout at me? James Carter didn’t hesitate at all and ordered Uncle Benjamin to charge through.

“Boom...” Without any warning, as soon as he heard James Carter’s command, and without the slightest hesitation, Uncle Benjamin, who was sitting at the front driving the spirit beast carriage, instantly urged the spirit beast to accelerate sharply.

“Hey... hey...”

“What are you doing...”

“Run...”

“Ah... bang...”

“Bang...”

...

There was a burst of chaos outside. The spirit beast carriage, though not at its top terrifying speed, was still frightening even with a slight movement. In James Carter’s view, this spirit beast carriage was as terrifying as a Lamborghini or Ferrari supercar. Even with just a few meters of acceleration, a collision would be extremely scary.

Fortunately, the people here weren’t as fragile as ordinary people on Earth, so it wasn’t fatal, but everyone—including Benjamin Scott—was sent flying.

They were knocked dizzy, and a few even suffered broken bones. Benjamin Scott, who was hit first and sent flying, didn’t fare any better—his folding fan was destroyed, his arm was broken, and it was obvious his chest bones were fractured as well. After landing, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Puh... Ren... Jie... you...”

“You what? If you’re a good dog, don’t block the road. Anyone blocking the road isn’t a good dog.” Only a villain can deal with villains, and only a true scoundrel can handle these spoiled brats. James Carter couldn’t be bothered to waste words with them, so he used the most direct and effective method. Then James Carter opened the carriage window and tossed out a few gold notes: “Take these for your medical expenses. If I weren’t worried about the academy’s reputation, I’d make you croak like a frog at the gate for three days. Uncle Benjamin, let’s go.”

Chapter 9: Let’s Poison Her

Just now, Benjamin Scott blocked James Carter’s way, clearly looking for trouble, and immediately a crowd gathered to watch the commotion.