“Mr. Lewis said what to do, so we’ll just follow his instructions.” David Newman, seeing him come to ease the tension, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, “William Newman, you must not act recklessly. Of those items, you may choose only one! The rest must be returned to your brothers. From now on, you must never act so willfully again!”

“And what about you all?” Ethan Lewis looked at the rest of the The Newman Family members.

Under his gaze, those The Newman Family members who had previously clamored for William Newman to be punished could only nod helplessly, making it clear they would follow his arrangements.

“That’s good.” Ethan Lewis smiled and nodded gently, giving William Newman a meaningful glance, and said warmly, “Alright, listen to Uncle Lewis. Take whichever spiritual artifact you like, and return the rest to your brothers.”

William Newman pouted, looking reluctant, and secretly glanced at Grace Newman.

Grace Newman glared at him fiercely. “If you dare mess around again, just wait and see how I’ll deal with you!”

William Newman shrank back, seemingly only afraid of Grace Newman, and didn’t look back again. He casually picked up a beast bone from the pile of spiritual artifacts and immediately stepped aside.

His indifferent attitude suddenly made everyone realize that he didn’t seem to care much about those seven spiritual artifacts at all.

What he seemed to enjoy was… merely the process of snatching them from everyone else.

Seeing that he had picked the lowest-grade beast bone, many The Newman Family members’ eyes lit up. While mocking him as foolish in their hearts, the gloom on their faces eased a little.

“Wah!”

Just as he stepped aside, the The Newman Family children, who had long been unable to hold back, finally dared to rush forward and snatch up the remaining six spiritual artifacts they had been eyeing.

Chapter 4: Ethan Lewis’s Confusion

Afternoon.

After complaining for a while, Grace Newman saw that William Newman had eaten and drunk his fill and fallen into a deep sleep, so she could only stop, unwilling as she was.

The beast bone that William Newman brought back from the lottery event was always clutched in his hand, but Grace Newman never noticed any sign of spiritual resonance between William Newman and the beast bone.

“What an idiot, he snatched so many high-grade spiritual artifacts, but didn’t even pick a good one in the end…” Grace Newman muttered under her breath.

“It’s useless. Even if he took the highest-quality pearl, it wouldn’t do him any good. None of those seven spiritual artifacts are suitable for him. I knew from the start that letting him participate in the lottery would yield nothing.” At that moment, David Newman’s voice sounded from outside the door.

“Father, Mr. Lewis.” When Grace Newman turned around, she saw David Newman and Ethan Lewis of Lingyun Sect entering together.

David Newman looked lovingly at William Newman, who was lying on the bed fast asleep, and sighed softly, his face darkening as he said, “A few days ago, I secretly tried to determine the child’s spiritual attribute, but…”

He paused, then continued, “Perhaps my cultivation is insufficient, but I couldn’t sense any spiritual fluctuations in him at all. At that moment, I knew that even if he participated in the lottery, he probably wouldn’t gain anything.”

“That’s why I didn’t fight hard to let him participate in the lottery.”

Grace Newman was stunned and said in confusion, “But after I begged you, Father, didn’t you still…”

David Newman gave a bitter smile. “I was still unwilling in my heart, still hoping for a miracle. Now it seems, I was overthinking it.”

“It’s all my fault,” Grace Newman said self-reproachfully.

At this moment, she finally realized that David Newman loved William Newman just as much as she did, and she finally understood that in order to give William Newman even the slightest chance, David Newman was willing to clash with the rest of the The Newman Family once again.

Even though he knew his efforts might be in vain.

“Let me take a closer look.” As Ethan Lewis spoke, he had already walked to the window and reached out toward the sleeping William Newman.

A hazy white glow emanated from Ethan Lewis’s left palm, the gentle luster making his hand look like white jade.

Ethan Lewis’s hand gently pressed on William Newman’s lower abdomen. He squinted his eyes, his expression focused, and the spiritual power in his palm, as fine as hair, slowly seeped from William Newman’s lower abdomen into his limbs and bones.

William Newman, in his sleep, seemed quite comfortable. His chubby little face showed a look of enjoyment, and he even started snoring, as if he were having a sweet dream.

The warm, jade-like white glow gradually radiated from within William Newman’s flesh, making him look like a porcelain doll under the light.

However, David Newman and Grace Newman, looking at William Newman at this moment, were both frowning with worry.

They knew very well that the jade-like glow all came from Ethan Lewis’s spiritual power.

That spiritual power had traveled throughout William Newman’s body, and since it hadn’t triggered any other changes, it meant that there was no other spiritual fluctuation hidden within William Newman.

After a while, Ethan Lewis gently withdrew his hand and turned to shake his head at David Newman.

Both David Newman and Grace Newman looked devastated.

“By rights, it shouldn’t be like this. I know my junior sister’s talent—not only in Black Cloud City, but even in our Lingyun Sect, her talent was outstanding. Even if she had a child with an ordinary mortal, her child should have inherited some of her gifts. It shouldn’t be like this.”

Ethan Lewis was also full of confusion. “But I examined him very carefully, and truly didn’t sense even the slightest special spiritual fluctuation in William Newman’s body.”