Li Yu had a pretty good impression of her. There were several times when David Brooks wanted to make a move against him and William Clark, but she always stepped in to stop him. If it weren’t for her, he and William Clark would have suffered more losses at David Brooks’s hands.

Seeing her come to stand beside him, Emily Thompson took the initiative to ask, “Senior Sister Carter, is there something you need?”

Disciples from Baiyun Temple were not formally admitted to Kunlun, so they didn’t have to address each other as senior or junior brothers and sisters in daily life. If the relationship was average, they would just call each other by name; if closer, they might use brother or sister.

Senior Sister Carter smiled brightly and said, “Here’s the thing—there’s a task with a generous spirit coin reward, and we still need a companion at the Qi Refining stage. I wonder if Junior Brother Thompson is interested?”

Items in the cultivation world couldn’t be bought with mundane gold or silver. Spirit coins served as the currency of the cultivation world. If you wanted to buy pills, magical tools, cultivation techniques, etc., you needed spirit coins, which could be purchased from Elder Harris.

The only way for Emily Thompson and the others to obtain spirit coins was to take on some tasks within the temple.

Although Emily Thompson really needed spirit coins, he didn’t agree right away. Instead, he first asked, “What’s the task?”

Senior Sister Carter smiled and said, “Yesterday, a wealthy patron came to the temple, saying his new house was haunted and asked us to help exorcise the ghost. He made a generous incense offering to the temple. The reward for this task is as much as one hundred spirit coins. After the task is completed, Junior Brother Thompson can get twenty spirit coins.”

Emily Thompson had long since rebuilt his worldview and knew that this world did have demons and ghosts. Some powerful demons and ghosts could even rival top cultivators. However, this was Daoist territory—no matter how strong a ghost was, it wouldn’t dare act recklessly here. At most, there would be some wandering spirits, who couldn’t even harm people and could be easily dealt with by someone at the Qi Refining stage.

Generally, such minor exorcism tasks only required one person; two would be safer, but three would be a bit excessive, since more people meant splitting the spirit coins further.

For this kind of task, Senior Sister Carter had no need to ask Emily Thompson—she was simply looking out for him.

Emily Thompson didn’t like to refuse others’ kindness, nor would he turn down spirit coins. Besides, the reward for this task was indeed impressive, so he nodded and said, “Thank you, Senior Sister Carter, I’ll join.”

Senior Sister Carter said happily, “Great! This task is urgent, so there’s no time to lose. Let’s set out right away.”

Emily Thompson thought for a moment and said, “Senior Sister Carter, could we add one more person? I’d like to bring William Clark along. His spirit coins can come out of my share.”

He certainly wouldn’t forget his good brother when it came to earning spirit coins. To avoid affecting others’ interests, he could only take a smaller share himself.

Hearing that Emily Thompson wanted to invite William Clark, Senior Sister Carter agreed without hesitation and generously said, “If Junior Brother Clark is coming too, that’s even better. I can give each of you fifteen spirit coins…”

William Clark had no objections to Emily Thompson making the decision. The two of them went back to their rooms to pack up, then headed to the entrance of Baiyun Temple, where Senior Sister Carter was already waiting for them.

Standing beside Senior Sister Carter was another figure—David Brooks.

As the two most handsome faces in Baiyun Temple, Emily Thompson and William Clark walking side by side was quite a sight, making people’s eyes light up. Senior Sister Carter came forward with a smile and said, “Junior Brother Thompson, Junior Brother Clark, you’re here…”

David Brooks stared in disbelief. “The other two companions Junior Sister Carter mentioned are them?”

Senior Sister Carter said, “Don’t worry, Junior Brother Thompson and Junior Brother Clark’s reward will come out of my spirit coins. Senior Brother Brooks’s fifty spirit coins won’t change.”

Although David Brooks was a bit annoyed, he couldn’t say much. The task was accepted by two people together, and as long as his interests weren’t affected, Sophia Carter could bring as many people as she wanted—an extra person was just more help.

But he had originally seen this task as a chance to be alone with Junior Sister Carter. He hadn’t expected her to bring along two eyesores—especially the two he disliked most in the entire Baiyun Temple…

Emily Thompson had already reached the Qi Gathering stage. David Brooks had nothing to say to him. He looked at William Clark and said to Sophia Carter, “Junior Sister Carter, I have to say, Emily Thompson is one thing, but William Clark hasn’t even reached Qi Gathering. Bringing him along will just be a burden, won’t it?”

William Clark glanced at him and said calmly, “Who says I haven’t reached Qi Gathering?”

As he finished speaking, his body slowly floated up, rising at least three feet off the ground. David Brooks stared in shock at the scene. “You—you’ve reached Qi Gathering too!”

He looked at William Clark, then at Emily Thompson. Both had entered the Qi Refining stage. He probably had no chance for revenge now. If he provoked them again, he’d likely get another beating.

David Brooks was so angry he nearly ground his molars to dust, a low growl coming from his throat: “You two really are damned…”

Chapter 6: Exorcising a Haunted House

Baiyun Mountain, on the mountain path.

David Brooks flew ahead alone, listening to the sound of a girl’s silvery laughter coming from behind from time to time. He couldn’t help clenching his fists, his face growing darker.

Emily Thompson and William Clark had gone too far. Never mind the two-against-one bullying, but even the Junior Sister Carter he liked had been lured away by them. If he didn’t get revenge, he wasn’t a real man!

“I never realized before that Junior Brother Thompson was so interesting.” On the way down the mountain, Senior Sister Carter covered her mouth and laughed softly, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she looked at Emily Thompson.