But this was no problem for William Carter, because he could directly absorb the spiritual energy overflowing from the Seven Luminaries Grass. Even though a large portion of the energy had already dissipated into the world, the small amount he could absorb was of great use to William Carter, who was about to begin an intense body-tempering regimen!

In just this short while, William Carter, who had been extremely weak and pale from excessive blood loss after being hit, had completely recovered. His face now had a healthy flush, and he felt his body brimming with strength!

It was just that the action itself looked a bit indecent.

“What a pity this body’s foundation is so poor. I could only absorb this little bit of spiritual energy before I couldn’t take in any more!” Half an hour later, William Carter reluctantly sat up, his eyes still fixed on the clump of Seven Luminaries Grass, unwilling to give up.

This only made him more determined to pursue his plan of intense body-tempering!

“Before the Seven Luminaries Grass fully matures, I must reach the peak of body-tempering!” William Carter carefully stroked the emerald green leaves of the Seven Luminaries Grass as if caressing a newborn baby, secretly making up his mind!

He firmly believed that with the help of the Seven Luminaries Grass’s spiritual energy, he could definitely reach the ninth level of body-tempering within two months. Only then would he have the power to protect himself in front of the mysterious expert who crippled his Yangqiao meridian!

As for fully restoring the Yangqiao meridian, he already had a plan. As long as he used the spiritual energy released when the Seven Luminaries Grass matured to cultivate to the first level of Qi Refining, then refined the grass into Seven Luminaries Pills and took a few, supplemented by a unique healing technique, his meridians would be as good as new.

Since he couldn’t absorb any more spiritual energy from the Seven Luminaries Grass for now, William Carter simply stood up, patted his butt, and said with a smile, “Baby, I won’t keep you company tonight. I’ll come for a rendezvous after I’ve used up all my spiritual energy tomorrow!”

Anyone who didn’t know better would think he was saying goodbye to his lover.

Feeling the changes in his body after absorbing the spiritual energy, William Carter realized his strength was now twice what it had been when he left the car accident scene!

He strode forward with his head held high, swinging his fists energetically, thinking to himself that this was the strength an eighteen-year-old should have!

After walking several hundred meters along the riverbank, William Carter saw a small bridge. Crossing it, he returned to the main road, and from there, it was only a few minutes’ walk to the school.

William Carter soon arrived at the school gate. As expected, the main entrance of Qingshui City No. 1 High School was tightly shut. He hadn’t planned to enter through the front anyway; after glancing at the gate, he continued walking forward.

Peering through the railings at the vast playground, he saw it was completely silent and empty—a perfect spot for climbing over the wall.

Thinking of how the weak William Carter had fallen and bruised his butt climbing the fence a few days ago, William Carter shook his head helplessly, then nimbly climbed over the wall into the school and headed straight for the boys’ dormitory building.

The main entrance to the boys’ dormitory was also long closed, so William Carter had to go around to the iron gate outside the dorm. With a clatter, William Carter jumped inside.

The old man guarding the dorm was already fast asleep. Even if he wasn’t, he wouldn’t bother; in high school, not only boys but even girls climbing over the iron gate to return to the dorm late at night was a common sight.

After entering, William Carter looked up at his dorm building. He saw a few rooms faintly lit, knowing those were classmates burning the midnight oil in preparation for the college entrance exam!

Recalling his days in the cultivation world, training day and night to advance from an outer disciple to an inner disciple, William Carter sighed inwardly, “Survival of the fittest—looks like it’s the same in every world!”

With that thought, a determined look flashed in William Carter’s eyes. He swaggered through the side door of the boys’ dormitory, which seemed never to be closed, and headed straight up the stairs to the third floor.

Listening to the chorus of snores, sleep-talking, and teeth-grinding from each dorm room, William Carter walked all the way to the door of dorm 305 and gently pushed it.

It didn’t budge—clearly, it had been locked from the inside. William Carter’s face darkened, and he raised his hand to knock softly.

After knocking for a while with no response, William Carter frowned slightly and knocked harder.

At that moment, a boy inside the dorm had already been awakened by the knocking. He was even sitting up, knowing it must be William Carter returning. He wanted to open the door for him but sat there hesitating.

His name was Henry Clark.

Last night, before lights out, the dorm leader of 305, Edward Grant, had suggested teaching William Carter a lesson: if he didn’t return before lights out, they’d lock the door and not let him in.

This nasty suggestion was immediately and enthusiastically supported by the other three roommates, who usually looked down on the timid William Carter and couldn’t wait to see him make a fool of himself.

Only Henry Clark, who had always felt sorry for William Carter, weakly objected, “Isn’t that a bit much? We’re all classmates, and the college entrance exam is coming up…”

Edward Grant gave Henry Clark a contemptuous look and said, “That idiot? College entrance exam? We’ll be lucky if he doesn’t drag us down!”