William Carter swallowed the Spring and Autumn Pill and immediately felt a tremendous medicinal power surge up, instantly coursing through his limbs and bones. All the meridians in his body expanded, and a torrent of energy rushed fiercely toward his dantian...

He couldn’t help but give a wry smile in his heart: This spiritual medicine is indeed effective. Although it only increases one year’s worth of cultivation, for someone at my current level, that’s already a considerable amount of power. If it were an even higher-grade spiritual medicine, I’m afraid my meridians really wouldn’t be able to withstand it...

Within his dantian, the sword soul of the Nine Tribulations Sword suddenly radiated a wave of excitement, and then, as if an inexplicable tendril extended out, William Carter felt the medicinal power flow into the Nine Tribulations Sword like a hundred rivers converging into the sea, not a single drop left behind.

He was momentarily stunned, thinking to himself: Could it be that the Nine Tribulations Sword actually likes this sort of thing? In my previous life, not to mention anything unusual like this, the sword soul hadn’t even appeared. But now, it’s come out all at once, and even wants to rob me?

Is all this medicinal power being fed to the Nine Tribulations Sword? Am I not getting any benefit at all?

Just as he was thinking this, the dim sword body of the Nine Tribulations Sword in his dantian, after absorbing the power of the spiritual pill, trembled with an illusory light, and then from the hilt spat out a concentrated stream of energy. It was only a tiny thread, as fine as a hair, but William Carter could feel that this stream contained immense power...

Although it wasn’t as abundant as the Spring and Autumn Pill’s medicinal power, its purity was a thousand times greater! Just this tiny bit actually raised William Carter’s cultivation from the peak of Martial Disciple Third Grade to the middle of Martial Disciple Fourth Grade!

Granted, the rank was low and didn’t require much energy to advance, but to directly rise by a whole grade still surprised William Carter! If it were just the raw medicinal power of the Spring and Autumn Pill, there’s no way it could have directly raised him by a whole grade!

Could it be that this sword soul can refine and purify medicinal power? Or is it something else? How strange...

Immediately, the Nine Tribulations Sword lazily spun around in the dantian and then quieted down. The emotion it transmitted was actually a bit dissatisfied, full of disdain, clearly not impressed by this “meager” medicinal power...

William Carter could clearly sense the Nine Tribulations Sword expressing its disdain with the human gesture of rolling its eyes... This guy is really hard to please...

Chapter 7: Senior Brother Has a Stomachache?

William Carter slowly opened his eyes.

“Junior Brother Chu, how did it go?” Charles Stone hadn’t noticed any sign of William Carter advancing and hurriedly asked.

For some reason, when most people break through, even the slightest reaction will cause their energy to fluctuate violently, but after being transformed by the Nine Tribulations Sword, this medicinal power actually allowed him to break through a grade without a sound...

William Carter’s gaze was calm, but inside he was thinking: This... this is a great way to trick people. If everyone thinks I’m only third grade, but in reality I’m fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth... how awesome would it be in a fight.

“It doesn’t seem to have much effect... still Martial Disciple Third Grade. And the medicinal power was too fierce, I couldn’t control it, and lost a lot.” William Carter suppressed his inner delight, furrowed his brow, and sighed, forcing himself to sound disappointed: “What a waste. If I’d known it would be so ineffective for me, it would’ve been better if you, Senior Brother, had taken it...”

Charles Stone’s eyes widened, his eyeballs nearly popping out, his mouth agape, making a couple of “huh huh” sounds. His face flushed red, then turned pale, and finally he stood up, looking very unwell as he said, “I’m going out for a walk.”

With a swish, he left.

“Senior Brother doesn’t look too well...” Henry Turner’s two odd eyebrows twitched up and down, and he looked suspiciously at Charles Stone’s back. “What’s wrong with him?”

“Senior Brother seems really tired these days.” William Carter stroked his chin and said deeply, “His heart is weary. Judging by his face, he probably has a stomachache. Maybe it’s that time of the month for him...”

“Oh... Senior Brother worries too much; sigh, here in our Purple Bamboo Garden, Master doesn’t care about anything, and Senior Brother has to handle everything. No wonder he’s so tired.” Henry Turner’s big ears actually flapped up and down as he nodded in agreement. “It really is tough. A stomachache is possible. Hmm, William Carter, that time of the month... which days are those? How come I didn’t know Senior Brother had this problem?”

Henry Turner asked curiously.

“Well... you’ll understand when you grow up. Kids shouldn’t pry into adult matters, especially grown-up matters. Got it?” William Carter put on a stern face and lectured him seriously.

Henry Turner’s uneven eyebrows danced up and down a few times, showing his confusion, then he muttered a couple of words under his breath, not sure what he said, and fell silent.

William Carter’s eyes turned, and he started thinking of another plan.

He remembered that in his previous life, Charles Stone had once accidentally discovered a Golden Blood Ginseng in the Purple Bamboo Garden, and later boasted about it, saying it was on the cliff wall behind the mountain...

Although Golden Blood Ginseng doesn’t increase cultivation, it can expand the meridians! And once a Golden Blood Ginseng over fifty years old is consumed, its medicinal power lingers in the meridians, and with every advancement in cultivation below the Martial Warrior level, the meridians will expand significantly!