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Without any specific reason, Zoie felt a chill in her heart, so she whispered, “Be careful. Then, she and Bradley led a few trembling students down the stairs, There was quite a distance between William and the middle-aged man. They stared at each other without moving.

"I was just wondering why that young man wants to harm people, so it turns out someone is manipulating him in secret. William expressed his opinion. "What was your goal in killing innocent students?" "I didn't expect that someone would cto investigate when it's been six years since the incident happened," the middle-aged man responded in a magnetic baritone voice with cadence.

"Why did you suddenly appear here? So that you can keephere?" William asked.

"Yes," the man replied calmly. "That vengeful spirit was the result of my seven-year planning. Yet, you sent it to the afterlife. Do you think I can spare you?" William nodded. "I'm not really a part of the martial world, but I happen to know switchcraft. If you. want to fight me, con quick. Don't waste my time." Suddenly, the man burst out laughing. "Do you know that I have placed restrictions on this entire building? None of the people who cwith you can leave." "Is that so?" William remained calm. Even in the darkness, he could clearly see that the man had a piece of talisman stuck to his back, which meant that he was not a real person but a corpse controlled by someone else.

He then secretly observed the entire building with his third eye and found a skinny older man right below him, muttering incantations while staring upward.

"You're cursing me?!" shouted the furious William. “It's still not too late to give up now." The moment he said that, he stomped on the concrete ground, and a large piece of concrete, along with sdust, fell.

Underneath him, the skinny older man was chanting a spell, so he was caught off guard. Immediately, he rolled aside.

As William descended from the sky, he landed with a foot on the man's back.

With a crack, the skinny old man's spine was broken, and he collapsed on the spot, defecating and urinating himself.

Although the man knew witchcraft, his skills were really ordinary, only at the level of the Strength Realm. William easily defeated him.

Then, William stepped forward and inserted several needles into the older man's head. The light in his eyes gradually disappeared, and his face was filled with fear. "How did you know I was hiding down there?" William didn't bother to explain at all; he slapped the old man in the face and asked, "Old man, were you cursingjust now?" 1/5 87%1 Chapter 40 Expensive Pills man said with a resentful expression.

With another slap, William shattered all of his teeth and caused blood to flow from his mouth. "You said you placed a restriction here?" There's no restriction. I lied. The old man's arrogance significantly diminished after being hit twice.

Then, William demanded, “Tell me. Why did you kill those girls?" "I cultivated the 'Ghost Path, and that boy had a natural soul that was perfect for refining vengeful spirits. To make the vengeful spirit stronger, I needed to kill more people and absorb their souls to strengthen the vengeful spirit," the old man explained.

Hearing that. William snorted and reached out to search the man. He found a willow wood plaque that was polished and shiny, looking like an ancient artifact, Shocked, the old man exclaimed, "Don't touch it!" As William examined the plaque, he discovered a stream of spiritual light inside that he didn't recognize. So, he asked, "Is there something inside this?" "This is a ghost plaque passed down in my Evil Spirit Sect, and it seals a powerful malevolent spirit," the man replied.

However, William didn't believe a word he said and kept the willow wood plaque while asking, “Did you also kill the man upstairs?" "He was a teacher at the school who worked late tonight, so I killed him and used a corpse-controlling talisman to control him and attract your attention." "You deserve to die a thousand times over!" William shook his head. “Killing people without any humanity is truly despicable." With that, he swiftly struck the older man several times. Not only did he strike him with Hidden Poison, but he even pierced him with several needles, ensuring that he wouldn't live more than six hours.

The old man screamed in agony, "What have you done to me?" At that moment, Bradley and the others heard the commotion and rushed over. They were shocked to see the classroom in such disarray.

Zoie asked, "William, who is this old man?" "He's a killer. There's a body upstairs, and he's the one who killed him. Hurry and go to the second floor." Hearing that, Zoie and Bradley quickly ran upstairs while William leaped up to the second floor through a hole in the ceiling, removing the talisman from the back of the corpse.

As soon as the corpse-controlling talisman was removed, the person fell to the ground, his blue-black skin. indicating that he had been dead for a while.

Then, he jumped down from the hole and continued to search the old man. This time, he found a magic treasure bag with many items inside. He didn't examine them closely, but he kept the bag right away.

When the older man saw that William was searchin through his things, he was infuriated and anxious.

2/5 Chapter 40 Expensive Pills "My Evil Spirit Sect has many skilled practitioners. If you dare to do this to me, the Evil Spirit Seet will not spare you!" Annoyed by his words, William struck him unconscious with a slap, At this point, Bradley had already found the corpse and called for backup from the police station.

Since William couldn't stick around, he said, "Don't mentionlater.

Bradley understood that William didn't want to get involved in the case, so he replied, "Don't worry. I'll say that I found the body and that Zoie and I caught the killer. You should go hfirst." "I'll drive you," said Zoic.

However, William waved his hand and rejected her. "No need. I'll take a cab." With the potential threat resolved, he could finally feel at ease. Mia can now go to school without worrying.

He took a cab back home, and when he arrived. Melisenna and Mia were already asleep. So, he took a shower and went to the courtyard across the street.

At this moment. Jose was still practicing. When he saw William, he quickly approached him to ask about any doubts he had during his cultivation. Since he had already perfected the Macrocosmic Orbit, he wanted to enter the next realm, the Rhythmic Breath.

The so-called 'Rhythmic Breath' was a breathing technique that had always been kept secret, just like the one that William was practicing. It was a highly advanced breathing technique.

"My master never taughtabout Rhythmic Breath cultivation. Even he himself stopped at the level of the Macrocosmic Orbit. Still, he said sbreathing techniques in this world are unfortunately controlled by spractitioner families and sects; hence, they're kept secret. Sigh, if only I learned a breathing technique." Regarding the affairs of the martial world, William's understanding was actually not as good as that of Jose, so he asked, "As you said, because most of the practitioners don't know any breathing techniques, they cant only reach the level of the Macrocosmic Orbit?" Jose nodded. "That's right. Practitioners who can use the Qi Rhythm Breath are extremely rare, and those who can use Qi Emanation are even rarer." After sthought, William said, "Alright. I'll teach you a set of breathing techniques, but you can't pass them on to anyone else." According to the Way of Heaven and Earth, there were four types of breathing techniques, including lower-level, middle-level, upper-level, and supreme-level breathing techniques. What he used was the supreme-level breathing technique, and the Way of Heaven and Earth only recorded one type, which was extremely difficult. He had only just started to learn it and was not proficient yet.

After sconsideration, he decided to teach Jose a set of middle-level breathing techniques. In fact, even the lower-level breathing techniques were better than ssects' and families' breathing techniques, as those techniques were not mainstream.

Jose kneeled when he heard that William was going to teach him a breathing technique. "Thank you!" There was a saying that 'techniques cannot be light passed on, so for William to teach him a breathing 3/5 Chapter 40 Expensive Pills technique was enough to change his fate.

After receiving his thanks. William taught him the secret technique.

Jose was overjoyed when he learned the breathing technique. That night itself, he successfully broke through to the Rhythmic Breath Realm, advancing his cultivation.

On the other hand, William continued to work on opening the secondary meridians in his left arm.

The next morning, he drove Mia to school as usual, and sure enough, Jarnes was waiting for him. After Mia left. James hurried over with a smile. "Mr. Barrett, did you bring the medicine?" Before William chere, he had kneaded a few black pills with potash and flour. He opened a small bottle and poured out three black pills, which looked like mud balls, saying. "These are the medicine I made. Take them, and your illness will be cured." When James heard that, his eyes lit up. "Really?" "Of course, William replied seriously.

Without delay, James took the medicine bottle and swallowed the pills in one gulp. At that moment, William secretly removed the needle and patted him on the back, saying. "Take it slow. Don't rush." Immediately, James felt a sense of relief in his body. He quickly took out a mirror and checked his face, discovering that his nose and mouth were gradually returning to their original positions.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, his face returned to its normal appearance. Overjoyed, he exclaimed, Your medicine is really effective, Mr. Barrett!" "Of course, it is. However, you need to take it twice. In half a month, you need to take it again; otherwise, it may relapse." "Right, right. We need to consolidate the treatment." He quickly agreed, then blinked at William. "You won't chargefor the second batch of medicine, will you?" "Why would I?" William replied. "I only charge that 150 thousand." Hearing that, James breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked around and said, "I have a suitcase with 150 thousand in cash in my car." William hadn't expected him to bring cash, but he nodded and followed him to the car, where James took out a suitcase.

150 thousand was 1,500 banknotes, so it was pretty heavy to carry. After he had taken a glance and saw that there was no problem, he threw the suitcase directly into his trunk.

As he closed the trunk, he turned to the wincing James and said, "James, tell your son to stop bothering my sister. With his looks, do you think my sister would be interested in him?" Embarrassed, James quickly said, "Yes, yes. I'll talk to that kid. If he doesn't listen, I'll beat him up. Then, he took another step forward and asked, “William, are you very close with Miss Zuch?" Gwendolyn's father was the mayor of the city, so he had always wanted to establish a connection with him but had no.opportunity to do so.

4/5 Chapter 40 Expensive Pills Since William wasn't interested in getting involved in these matters, he simply said, "Not particularly." Instantly, James let out an "Oh' and couldn't help but feel disappointed.

After that, William waved goodbye to him and went to treat Walter. He then took a short break at noon before continuing to treat Colleen in the afternoon. In the evening, he still had to treat his mother. All three treatments consumed his Qi, leaving him very exhausted.

After three consecutive days of treatment, Walter's injuries had already healed, and he only needed to take his medication on schedule every day. As for Colleen, her condition had also improved a lot, and she no longer needed daily treatment. She only needed to be treated once a week in the future. On this day. Mia was going to the Kreim Capital to participate in a math competition, so William got up early to prepare breakfast and planned to personally send her to the Kreim Capital.

Jason was driving on this trip with the accompanying teacher sitting in the passenger seat and William and Mia sitting in the back.

The teacher was a male teacher in his 30s named Herman Webber. He had rich experience in cultivating Math Olympiad students, "Mr. Barrett, Mia's test scores have been particularly good in the last few tests. I believe she will definitely win first prize." Hearing that, William said with a smile, "Really? You teachers have worked hard. It's just because you guys taught her well."

Herman quickly said, "It's not just that, mainly because Mia is smart. I have tutored several students previously, but she has the most agile mind, ohl by the bes mind, Oh by the way, a few days ago, a girl named Jinsisted on findingto tutor her. Her grades are not bad, but she lacks mathematical talent, so I gave up after tutoring her for a few days. After all, Math Olympiad still depends on talent." When he mentioned Janet, William thought of what had happened previously, so he asked, “Mia, she didn't trouble you these few days, did she?" Mia shook her head. "Maybe the principal talked to her. She didn't provokeanymore, but I feel like she looks X atwith weird eyes, like she hates me! Send Gifts 30