For the sake of humanitarian brilliance, William Grant is even willing to give away Deer Antler Powder for free. Mainly because the ingredients for making Deer Antler Powder are not worth much anyway.

However, people like Old Baker would never feel grateful. Giving him Deer Antler Powder for free would only make him greedier.

Judging by the timing, Old Baker should be coming over in the next couple of days.

William Grant originally didn’t think much of Old Baker, but last time, seeing Old Baker looking fierce as a wolf made him extremely wary.

There is order in the Pegasus Market; generally speaking, no one would openly commit murder there.

But in private, it’s a different story.

From the original host’s memories, people often died unnatural deaths in the Pegasus Market. No one would bother to investigate the killer.

People like Old Baker, who have spent years hunting in the mountains, make their living with their lives on the line. They are truly dangerous.

The most dangerous thing is that Old Baker is very greedy and short-sighted. Maybe just a few dozen low-grade spirit stones would be enough to provoke Old Baker's murderous intent.

It’s like someone throwing nails on the highway just to make money from tire repairs. He wouldn’t consider how dangerous it is, or rather, he simply doesn’t care about the risks.

It’s not that William Grant is paranoid; even in the modern society of his previous life, there were all sorts of public security issues.

Let alone in this chaotic Pegasus Market, where almost everyone knows magic.

It’s as if everyone is fully armed—pistols, rifles, grenades, rocket launchers, you name it.

In such an environment, William Grant naturally lacks any sense of security. What’s worse, it seems he doesn’t even have a decent pistol...

At first, he racked his brains to make up for the deficit in pills.

Later, after discovering the original host’s relationship with Mary Clark, he finally felt relieved. At least Mary Clark wouldn’t really do anything to him!

With Deer Antler Powder, the deficit in pills could always be made up. This was no longer something to worry about.

Now, the most important issue was personal safety.

The Five Elements Technique increases cultivation by a little each day, but it would still take several hundred days to level up.

Moreover, an increase in cultivation doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in combat power.

William Grant listed out all the spells he knew, and only the Fire Manipulation Spell had any offensive power, but it was pitifully weak.

The Feather Step Spell could make the body as light as a feather, allowing for high jumps—very convenient for jumping over walls and onto roofs, with the effect lasting about ten minutes.

This spell is useful, but not particularly so.

The Lightning Dragon Grasp, unless he could grab the opponent in one go, had a high chance of rendering the opponent unable to resist.

He had never fought since childhood and had absolutely no combat experience. To reach out and grab an opponent as a cultivator was just too risky.

The Great Idol Divine Technique was even less suited for direct combat.

The only combat skill the original host had mastered was the Clear Wind Sword Technique.

William Grant looked at the pine-patterned steel sword in front of him. It should be a pure steel blade, three feet long, with beautiful pine wood grain patterns, and weighed a full seven jin.

It was more than enough for hacking at people. Even ordinary iron armor could be pierced with a fierce thrust.

William Grant had tried it; with the flow of magic power in his body, his strength, endurance, and agility were all far beyond those of ordinary people.

But among cultivators, he was just a weakling at the second level of Qi Refining.

Wielding the pine-patterned steel sword, William Grant skillfully performed a flourish and sheathed the sword.

The original host had practiced swordsmanship for some time, so these simple moves were easy to execute.

William Grant tried to use the Lightning Dragon Grasp to draw the sword. The blade flashed as it left the scabbard, but it didn’t achieve the effect he had hoped for.

The Lightning Dragon Grasp was fast, but limited to the fingers, palm, and wrist.

Swordsmanship required coordinated movement of the whole body—waist, back, shoulders, upper arm, forearm, and hand all needed to exert force together.

No matter how fast the Lightning Dragon Grasp was, it was hard to make use of it in such a full-body movement.

This left William Grant a bit disappointed.

If only the Lightning Dragon Grasp could be used in swordsmanship, his combat power would increase dramatically.

Unfortunately...

William Grant was sitting on the bed, pondering how to become stronger, when he suddenly heard a very faint sound.

After cultivating the Great Idol Divine Technique, his senses had become extremely sharp.

Normally, he wouldn’t notice such faint, natural sounds.

Only abnormal changes would immediately trigger his alertness, allowing him to sense many subtle changes in the outside world through his six senses.

William Grant couldn’t see what was happening outside, but through the subtle changes in sound, he could sketch out the situation in his mind.

Someone had just climbed over the wall into the courtyard, moving lightly.

Was it Old Baker again?

He had a feeling that it wasn’t Old Baker this time, because the “feel” was different.

Here, “feel” didn’t mean smell, but rather a sense formed from all sorts of information combined.

William Grant nervously gripped two talismans and approached the window. Peering carefully through a crack in the window paper, he looked outside.

A woman dressed in black was walking lightly toward the door.

The woman looked to be about thirty, with gentle features and a graceful, alluring figure. As she walked, her waist swayed with a certain charm.

William Grant was stunned. Who was this? Why did she look so familiar?

Chapter 10: The Friendship of Gentlemen

William Grant had a problem: the original host’s memories were incomplete, so there were many things and people he didn’t remember.

Since this woman looked familiar, the original host must have known her.

He just didn’t know what their relationship was.

Judging by her appearance, he couldn’t help but feel she wasn’t exactly proper.