“Hmm...” Upon hearing Shawn Carter say that, Emily Johnson tilted her head slightly and thought for a moment. Indeed, although she had won every duel over the past few years, Shawn Carter had never once avoided a fight.

“Well then, but you made me wait for six hours, and you even skipped out on the duel and getting beaten up, so you owe me double... no, triple compensation. You have to go shopping with me for three days. There are a few new markets in the south I haven’t visited yet.” After thinking it over, Emily Johnson decided to believe Shawn Carter, but it was clear she wasn’t going to let him off the hook so easily.

Hearing this, Shawn Carter couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time. Emily Johnson was the youngest daughter of Jiang Ziang, the head of the Jiang family, another major clan in the Six Clans Alliance. The Jiang and Wu families were close and often visited each other. Shawn Carter couldn’t even remember what had happened when they were little—back then, neither of them had started cultivating yet, and when Shawn Carter visited the Jiang family, he somehow ended up hitting Emily Johnson. He had long forgotten the reason, but the two-year-old Emily Johnson remembered it clearly.

She started cultivating at three, and when she saw Shawn Carter again at four, she immediately challenged him to a duel. Shawn Carter was two years older than Emily Johnson, and when he saw this little girl who came to play at his house actually challenge him to a duel, and with such a look of deep resentment, he was baffled. He wanted to know how he had hit her back then, but Emily Johnson refused to say. In the end, Shawn Carter had no choice but to duel her. At that time, he was already six and had been cultivating for nearly three years, so Emily Johnson was no match for him.

But after that, every six months, Emily Johnson would definitely challenge Shawn Carter to a duel. She was a genius in the Jiang family, and after she turned seven, Shawn Carter never won again. Shawn Carter was always laid-back and preferred playing over cultivating, so he couldn’t keep up with Emily Johnson. However, because of these regular duels, he managed to maintain an above-average level among the younger generation of his clan. By now, these duels had become more of a habit for him.

As for the shopping, that was a prize Emily Johnson came up with after she started winning all the duels. She realized that Shawn Carter didn’t really care about winning or losing, but once, after she won and made Shawn Carter go shopping with her, she spent several hours browsing, and Shawn Carter was clearly miserable. So from then on, the prize for losing a duel was that Shawn Carter had to accompany her shopping for a whole day.

“Th-three times...” When Emily Johnson said triple, Shawn Carter felt his head swell again. But seeing Emily Johnson’s determined look, and thinking about how she said she waited for six hours, that meant she had waited at their agreed dueling spot for half a day before leaving. Then, recalling the strange things happening in his body now, Shawn Carter could only smile wryly and nod in agreement.

“You agreed!” As soon as Shawn Carter agreed, Emily Johnson was delighted and immediately said, “But this is just the punishment for missing the last duel. The duel itself still has to go on, so let’s postpone it for half a month. I need to go into a short retreat anyway. Oh, and I heard from the ancestor that your family’s internal ranking ceremony is about to start. We’ll duel after your ceremony.”

“Alright, alright, but as always, no hitting the face.” Shawn Carter didn’t have the energy to say much more and quickly nodded, repeating their usual rule out of habit.

“Of course, I always follow the rules of the duel, unlike you.” Emily Johnson lifted her little face seriously. Although she was young, she could tell that Shawn Carter was really in a hurry, so after saying her piece, she stepped aside to let him pass.

“Accidents... ha... accidents...” Shawn Carter smiled bitterly, thinking of what had happened yesterday. There was really no way to explain it to Emily Johnson, so he decided to see the ancestor first and find out what he had to say.

“Oh right, is your arm okay? Were those people just now Eric Carter and his gang again? Are they under Jack Carter? Tell me, where are they?” As Shawn Carter walked past her, Emily Johnson suddenly remembered what she had seen from a distance earlier. She glanced at Shawn Carter’s left arm and quickly asked.

“Hmm, I’m fine?” Shawn Carter paused, having walked a few meters away. Hearing Emily Johnson’s question, he stopped, looked at her, and nodded. “Why do you want to find them?”

“What else? I’m going to beat them up!” Emily Johnson’s aura surged slightly, her internal energy stirring. Her red cloak fluttered, and she clenched her delicate, doll-like fist. A layer of blue energy shielded her body, no weaker than Eric Carter’s full strength just now.

“Beat them up?” Shawn Carter knew this little girl too well—she definitely wasn’t joking. Even though she was nearly two years younger than him, she was absolutely a genius in the cultivation world. At such a young age, she had already broken through to the Human Spring of the Three Springs Realm a year ago, and had now opened the Earth Spring. She was already at the mid-stage of the Earth Spring Realm, the first in the Jiang family in a thousand years.

“That’s right.” Emily Johnson nodded firmly, a flash of anger in her eyes. “Other than me, anyone who bullies you, I’ll beat them up. I can hit you, but if anyone else does, I’ll beat them up. Not just them—when I get the chance, I’m going to settle the score with Grace Quinn for playing dirty.”

“Uh...” Shawn Carter couldn’t help but laugh and cry at this. What did she mean, only she was allowed to beat him up? It was as if he deserved a beating.