But what Brian Cooper never expected was that his own father rushed over and slapped him hard across the face.

After the slap, Frank Cooper looked at Henry Newton and said, “Mr. Niu, Mr. Niu, it’s all my son’s fault. I apologize to you.”

“Hmph, Frank Cooper, this is just the beginning!”

After Henry Newton finished speaking, he looked at Jason Carter and said, “Let’s go, let’s go inside and have a drink.”

He had originally planned to take a walk outside, but unexpectedly ran into this situation. Jason Carter realized that he still had some lingering feelings for Emily Thompson in the past, but after what happened today, those feelings had completely disappeared.

“Alright, let’s go drink!”

Jason Carter also wanted to get thoroughly drunk, as a way to say a final goodbye to his past.

Watching Jason Carter being surrounded by everyone as he walked inside, the three people standing there all looked visibly shaken.

Brian Cooper didn’t understand why his father had hit him, while Emily Thompson looked complicated—she felt as if she had missed something. Frank Cooper, on the other hand, looked ashen, knowing that from now on, the The Cooper Family might really be in huge trouble.

“Why, why!”

No matter how hard he tried, Frank Cooper couldn’t understand why Jason Carter, who had spent three years in prison, would end up like this after getting out.

Chapter 9 Seeking Medicine

Jason Carter had no idea how much he drank. When he woke up the next day, it was already very late. Looking out the window, he saw a bright sunny day, and the sunlight streaming in through the window felt warm on his body.

Rubbing his temples, Jason Carter gradually recovered. He really had drunk too much last night.

Lying there, letting the sunlight bathe him, Jason Carter began to think about his future path.

Yesterday was truly the first time Jason Carter had completely let go. After waking up, he felt a sense of clarity in his heart. The matter with Emily Thompson had been removed from his mind and would no longer affect him in any way.

Now he had some money, enough for his little sister’s college tuition, and enough to help his family improve their living conditions. He could finally start thinking about his own future development.

Jason Carter understood that, as someone who had been to prison, his path in society would be much narrower. Of course, if he wanted to hang around with the big brothers he knew, that was also a way out. But Jason Carter knew in his heart that the path he wanted to take was completely different from theirs.

Cultivation!

This was an idea Jason Carter had long had. Since he had obtained such an opportunity, he would walk down the endless road of cultivation.

While in prison, Jason Carter had been practicing a set of cultivation techniques he had acquired, called the “Transcendence to Immortality Technique.” Strangely, this technique was divided into two parts: the first part was called the “Transcendence Technique,” and the second part was the “Immortality Technique.” So far, Jason Carter had only obtained the first level of the “Transcendence Technique.” According to the inherited knowledge, to get the later techniques, he would have to master the earlier ones first.

The content of the “Transcendence Technique” was already quite substantial. Jason Carter had been practicing it in prison, but all it did was make his body stronger. He could sense some qi, but it was far too weak compared to what the technique required.

After studying it for a while, Jason Carter realized that each level of the technique required medicinal liquids or pills as an aid; otherwise, it couldn’t be mastered.

Now that he was out, it seemed he needed to get those medicinal aids as soon as possible.

Actually, last time when he went into the mountains, Jason Carter had already started looking for various herbs. However, the mountain village he was in wasn’t a medicinal mountain, so he could only find a few types of herbs. The most important one was a hundred-year-old ginseng, which was simply impossible to find in the hills behind their village.

As long as he had the aid of medicinal herbs, he could reach the first level of Qi Refining, and then he could directly absorb spiritual energy from the heavens. Only then would his path of cultivation truly begin.

After thinking for a while, Jason Carter got up, washed up, and then walked out of the room.

“Mr. Wang, Mr. Cao and the others are upstairs having tea. They said that when you wake up, please come up.”

A sweet-looking young woman saw Jason Carter come out and quickly came over to greet him.

Led by the young woman, Jason Carter arrived at the top floor.

The place had been renovated, with lots of green plants and soothing music playing, which lifted his spirits.

Jason Carter saw that Henry Newton and the others were already sitting there chatting and laughing.

When he saw Jason Carter come in, Henry Newton laughed and said, “You kid, you drank so much last night!”

Jason Carter greeted everyone and sat down, saying, “I forgot to prepare some hangover medicine. If I had, this much alcohol would have been nothing.” Being with them, Jason Carter felt quite at ease. He could tell that there was genuine concern in everyone’s eyes.

“Does it really work that well?”

Unexpectedly, several people looked at Jason Carter, clearly very interested in this hangover medicine.

“Of course it works. I just don’t have the herbs. Otherwise, I could make some right now.”

Edward Clark looked at Jason Carter and said, “Tell me what herbs you need, and I’ll have someone buy them right away.”