Before Brian Carter was born, Robert Carter and Emily Wright had already adopted Grace Carter.

The young couple, without having a child of their own, had already adopted a little baby girl.

Brian Carter felt there must be a story behind this, but he didn’t know the reason.

When Grace Carter was three years old and had already been tested for her Star Soul talent, Emily Wright unexpectedly became pregnant and had Brian Carter.

It really was an accident.

After Brian Carter grew up, he heard his parents talk about this many times. The couple both felt it was so amazing... They clearly hadn’t wanted another child...

So, Brian Carter’s name came about quite naturally.

But after all, he was their own child. Watching him grow up day by day, how could they not love him? When Brian Carter was three or four years old, Emily Wright suddenly had a whimsical thought: If one day she and Robert Carter grew old, and their son and daughter depended on each other and never separated, wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing?

But during one discussion, Grace Carter overheard them.

That’s how Grace Carter learned about her own background—she wasn’t their biological child. But this little girl, starting from the age of seven or eight, actually considered herself the daughter-in-law of the Zuo family...

As Brian Carter grew up year by year, how could he not understand Grace Carter’s feelings? Maybe love or whatever didn’t really apply... right? It should simply be that Grace Carter couldn’t bear to leave this family, and wanted to repay her parents for raising her... right?

So, even though she was extremely talented, Grace Carter absolutely refused to join any sect for cultivation, no matter which sect, no matter how lofty the cultivators who came to persuade her, Grace Carter always flatly refused.

I’m staying right here. I belong to this family. I’m not going anywhere!

Emily Wright and Robert Carter had long since regretted it deeply.

They’d delayed their daughter’s future!

Who could have imagined a little girl could be so stubborn?

If it weren’t for the fact that Grace Carter’s cultivation speed hadn’t slowed down, Robert Carter and Emily Wright would probably feel even more guilty.

And precisely because of this, when Grace Carter brought up marrying Brian Carter again, Robert Carter finally spoke sternly!

...

There was a bang at the door.

Brian Carter went out.

Only then did Grace Carter breathe a sigh of relief, feeling her face a little hot.

Leaning against the back of the door, her pretty face flushed, she touched her chest, thinking of how Brian Carter had almost pressed his paw down just now, her face turned even redder, and she muttered, “If you dare to press down, you’re dead!”

“Two worlds... what two worlds!” Grace Carter’s pretty face grew redder and redder. “Hmph, coward!”

After spacing out for a while, she finally hurried out as well. After all, it was a critical moment for breaking through the Yin-Yang boundary, and she couldn’t slack off; she still had to go to the Star Martial Academy for hard training.

When she went out, she returned to her usual cold, distant expression, as cold and bright as the moon in the sky.

Right at the door, she flashed and disappeared.

...

“Blood from the fingertip, flawless jade, the fish of yin and yang, the heart of the stars...”

Brian Carter muttered as he walked out the door.

It had to be said, this world was still a wonderful place.

At the very least, flawless jade here wasn’t as expensive as in the dream world; the most valuable stones on the Star Soul Continent were Star Soul Stones, and things like jade were just prettier rocks, not worth much at all.

As for the heart of the stars, that was even easier—it was Star Soul Jade! There was plenty of it in Dad’s shop.

Although there were high-grade and low-grade ones, at his current stage, he didn’t seem to need anything too high-grade.

And besides, Dad’s shop had plenty of them.

Convenient!

As for blood from the fingertip? Just a cut! And that fish of yin and yang—he could draw it himself!

Hahahaha...

For just eight thousand Star Yuan, Brian Carter bought a piece of top-quality white jade, almost as big as a palm-leaf fan and nearly transparent, which he’d had his eye on for a long time. Adding his own private savings and the ten thousand that Grace Carter gave him, Brian Carter actually still had a balance of seven thousand left.

He immediately felt rich and powerful.

Then he carried it straight to his dad’s Star Soul Stone shop.

“Changlu Star Soul Stone Shop.”

Yep.

That was the shop’s name, perfectly matching Dad’s laid-back personality—just named after himself, simple, straightforward, and practical.

...

“Doggie?” Robert Carter was unloading goods, and when he saw his son come in, he was quite pleasantly surprised. “You’re just in time, come help me move these inside.”

“...”

Brian Carter curled his lips. What timing. Just happened to catch them unloading—what luck... Oh well, time to accept his fate and get to work!

A whole big heavy-duty cart, nearly a thousand tons. Star Soul Stones were much denser than high-grade jade; a fist-sized piece weighed over a hundred pounds.

So, although the cart didn’t look like it held much, it was extremely heavy.

The neighboring shop owners all came over to help.

“Dad, you and the uncles can move the small ones, I’ll handle the big ones.”

Brian Carter worked up a sweat, rushing to do more, carrying everything into the shop. In the end, there were a few super-large Star Soul Stones weighing tens of thousands of pounds each, and father and son, panting, managed to move them down with the help of several others. Everyone was so tired they were sticking out their tongues.

“If I’d known, I would’ve asked Sister Xiao Nian to come...” Brian Carter stuck out his tongue. If Grace Carter were here, she could have carried the whole cartload with one hand.