William Grant was locked in an internal struggle when, on the brocade couch, Sister Lane slowly turned toward him and gave him a charming, gentle smile, her eyes brimming with allure and tenderness.

Seeing William Grant remain motionless, Sister Lane teasingly curled her finger at him.

That slight beckoning, however, stirred up a raging storm, overturning all of William Grant's rationality.

……

Afterwards, William Grant sat on the bed, feeling as if he had just plunged into the Mirror of Romance, entangled with Sister Lane in the exquisitely decorated boudoir.

It felt both real and illusory, impossible to describe clearly.

The merging of their dual energies, the union of spirits and intentions, was like entering a supreme, wondrous realm. Inside his body, essence and energy flowed into spirit, then from spirit back to energy, cycling endlessly.

What William Grant was certain of was that this act was not only harmless to the body, but actually purified his essence and strengthened his soul.

This secret art was truly exquisite. Through this kind of exchange, spirit, energy, and essence would all grow stronger, and the avatar Sister Lane would also become more powerful.

A master-level Sister Lane could even enter his brow and help him condense a talisman.

For cultivators, the first key to cultivation and spellcasting was visualizing the talisman in the spiritual world.

Only a fully formed talisman could gather and circulate the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

William Grant had inherited part of the original host's memories and knew that talismans were the key to cultivation and spellcasting.

With Sister Lane's help in condensing talismans, he could save a great deal of time and effort in visualization—an enormous benefit!

However, this kind of secret art inevitably carried certain implications, which clashed a bit with the moral education William Grant had received.

So, he did feel a little embarrassed.

But then again, Sister Lane smiled at him and even beckoned him with her finger—who the hell could resist that!

Chapter 4 Sister Lane

Taking advantage of his optimal state, William Grant began to sit in meditation and cultivate the Five Elements Technique.

The Five Elements Technique circulated the powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, corresponding to the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and spleen, while simultaneously visualizing the corresponding Five Elements talismans in his mind.

Each type of elemental energy—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—had to be circulated once. Completing a full cycle of the five elements took about three minutes.

For each cultivation session, at least thirty-six cycles were needed to make any progress.

Guiding spiritual energy through the body along a fixed route with spiritual consciousness, while visualizing the corresponding talismans, was actually very difficult.

Fortunately, the original host had cultivated since childhood and had a solid foundation. William Grant had inherited this part of the memory, so his cultivation these past few days had gone smoothly.

This time, as soon as William Grant willed it, Sister Lane appeared deep within his brow.

Through the Great Avatar Deity technique, he and Sister Lane shared an invisible yet extremely close connection. Whatever he thought, Sister Lane could naturally act accordingly.

William Grant had Sister Lane help him visualize the talismans while he ran thirty-six cycles of the Five Elements Technique.

Without an accurate timing device, by his own calculation, this session took only about thirty minutes.

That was more than four times as efficient as cultivating on his own.

Moreover, Sister Lane's cultivation results were even better.

By the end of the day, William Grant had cultivated three times, completing one hundred and eight cycles of the Five Elements Technique.

Looking again at the front of the Mirror of Romance, he could see that his Five Elements Technique had indeed improved a bit.

William Grant was overjoyed with this result.

Since arriving in this world, he hadn't slacked off in his cultivation for even a few days.

After all, cultivation was the foundation, and he was deeply interested in extraordinary powers.

But after several days of practice, his cultivation hadn't improved at all.

No wonder the original host had to rely on pills to level up—his aptitude really was lacking.

Moreover, with Sister Lane's help in visualizing talismans, his spellcasting speed had greatly increased.

A ball of flame flickered on William Grant's fingertip, like a lighter being switched on and off.

On his other hand, a faint mist of water appeared and vanished at will—this was the Water Manipulation Technique.

At this point, for low-level spells like Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation, William Grant didn't even need to recite incantations or form hand seals; he could cast them instantly.

From the original host's memories, these two spells, though low-level, were the foundation for many other techniques.

For example, the Cleaning Technique was a high-level variation of Water Manipulation.

William Grant repeatedly practiced all the spells he knew, savoring the wondrous thrill of wielding extraordinary power.

After more than a day of this, William Grant gradually calmed down from his earlier excitement.

As good as Sister Lane was, she couldn't help him refine pills. For now, he still needed to find a way to make some elixirs.

It was said that the proprietress was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, just one step away from Foundation Establishment. In this small Feima Market, she was famous for her fighting prowess.

Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation were both unranked spells, and being able to cast them instantly was useless.

If the proprietress just stood there and let him attack, he probably couldn't even harm a hair on her head.

Besides, Shopkeeper Clark was a disciple of the Lianyun Sect, and his master was a guest elder of the Lianyun Sect.

Their social connections were very close—this wasn't something that could be solved by fighting.

On the other hand, Shopkeeper Clark and his wife wouldn't do anything to him either. At most, they'd hand him over to his master.

Thinking of that master he'd never met, William Grant couldn't help but shiver.

According to the original host's memories, if Shopkeeper Clark sent him back, that master would definitely break both his legs.

Sneak out of Feima Market?

Feima Market was a newly established marketplace by the Lianyun Sect, located deep within Tengshe Mountain, two or three thousand li from the sect itself.

Tengshe Mountain was crawling with demon beasts and terrifying evil spirits.