At the most critical moment, although he was still caught off guard, he managed to dissipate most of the force from the staff. As a result, he only suffered minor injuries!

Among his master's disciples, including himself and Henry Turner, there were three in total! The one who poisoned them was the eldest senior brother! Charles Stone!

A sharp, icy glint flashed in William Carter's eyes as he silently recited these three words in his heart: Shi, Qian, Shan!

His expression suddenly turned as grim as a winter's day, growing colder and colder. A faint murderous aura swirled around him. Henry Turner was right beside him, and for some reason, in the sweltering summer heat, he suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold, shivering involuntarily.

Chapter 3: The Hypocrite

Because at this very moment, their master had received a “Spring and Autumn Pill” from the sect; as the name suggests, whoever takes it can gain a year’s worth of pure cultivation!

It was a reward for their master completing a sect mission. He remembered his master once saying that taking such medicine would no longer benefit him, so he wanted to choose one among his three disciples to take it.

The Spring and Autumn Pill—William Carter felt a wave of sorrow in his heart. This kind of trash that no one in the Upper Three Heavens would even bother to pick up had become the reason for the eldest senior brother to frame the two of them!

He remembered that in his previous life, this Spring and Autumn Pill still ended up in the hands of the eldest senior brother, Charles Stone...

It wasn’t until Henry Turner suddenly died in an accident, and when he went to pay his respects at Henry Turner’s grave, he accidentally saw the eldest senior brother there as well. Speaking to Henry Turner’s tombstone, he revealed this matter, which William Carter overheard by chance. Only then did he realize that the eldest senior brother he and Henry Turner had always respected was actually such a despicable person!

Thinking of this, William Carter sighed inwardly. In his previous life, he and Henry Turner had been so foolish...

Charles Stone was thin and looked very capable, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old. Usually, he treated William Carter and Henry Turner extremely well; on the surface, this eldest senior brother seemed even closer than a real brother.

But who would have thought it was all fake! From beginning to end, he had been using William Carter and Henry Turner! His usual pretense was all for the sake of stepping on the two of them at the crucial moment, monopolizing the sect’s cultivation resources!

William Carter also knew why Charles Stone did this. He was determined to enter the inner sect of Tianwai Tower and obtain the status of an inner disciple. Then he could become the eldest senior brother among all the inner disciples of Tianwai Tower and enter the place where the Seven Yin Converge!

As long as he entered that place, he would be the next sect master candidate! In every generation of Tianwai Tower, only one disciple could enter!

Charles Stone had an obsessive pursuit of power! In his eyes, he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals!

The three of them, William Carter included, were all outer disciples of Tianwai Tower. By normal standards, there was absolutely no way to enter the inner sect. For Charles Stone to get in, he had to stand out again and again in the sect’s disciple competitions, until the very end!

This was also how Tianwai Tower had always motivated its disciples to strive for improvement.

So, although the Spring and Autumn Pill could only increase one year of pure cultivation, for these young disciples, a year’s worth of pure cultivation was enough to leave their peers far behind!

In his previous life, Charles Stone succeeded. He climbed step by step from an outer disciple, eventually entering the inner sect and qualifying to compete for the position of eldest senior brother.

But just four years later, for some unknown reason, Tianwai Tower was suddenly besieged by all the major sects and wiped out overnight!

William Carter, gravely injured, fell unconscious and was buried under a pile of corpses. When he finally woke up, three days had passed.

At that time, Tianwai Tower was still ablaze, the fires not yet extinguished. After three days of fierce burning, the main building finally collapsed completely, nearly crushing the immobile William Carter beneath it.

But after the collapse, deep in the foundation, the tip of a sword was revealed, gleaming brightly! It seemed to carry a devilish allure...

That was the first segment of the Nine Tribulations Sword.

By sheer luck, William Carter obtained the tip of the Nine Tribulations Sword, and from then on began his rise... But by then, he was already twenty years old!

And that collapsed foundation, in William Carter’s memory, was exactly where the Seven Yin Convergence of Tianwai Tower was located!

The very place Charles Stone dreamed of entering!

A faint smile appeared at the corner of William Carter’s mouth as he murmured, “This place where the Seven Yin converge, Charles Stone, in this life, it’s mine!”

Since he had been reborn, and four years had been gained, how could he waste them? He had to obtain the Nine Tribulations Sword ahead of time! And to get the Nine Tribulations Sword, he had to enter the inner sect, gain the status of eldest senior brother, and then enter the Seven Yin Convergence!

There was no other way!

“What did you say?” William Carter’s voice was extremely low, so Henry Turner didn’t hear him at all. He just saw his lips move and couldn’t help but ask.

“I said... the sky is so blue! The earth is so thick! The purple bamboo is so beautiful! The flowers smell so sweet! Henry Turner, you’re really dashing... Hahahaha...” William Carter leapt up, suddenly bursting into loud laughter, his clear voice echoing far away.

In that instant, William Carter was filled with excitement! All the regrets of his previous life would be made up for in this one!

Qingwu, wait for me!

In this life, I won’t let you down!

I want you to know, you are more beautiful than the sword! I want you to know, in this world, you are the most beautiful! The most beautiful!