While William Carter was wondering what Henry Carter had gone to do, Henry Carter returned.

“小三, what did you do this morning?” Henry Carter asked indifferently.

William Carter replied, “I went out to exercise. I go for a run every morning.” This wasn’t exactly a lie; he had indeed gone out to ‘train’.

“Mm.” Henry Carter didn’t press further and said flatly, “You don’t need to practice forging today. Pack your things. Tomorrow, Old Jack will take you to Nuoding City.”

William Carter was taken aback. “Nuoding City? For what?” The last time he’d gone to Nuoding City was about a year ago, when Old Jack went to buy supplies and took him along to broaden his horizons.

Henry Carter glanced at him and said, “Don’t you want to learn the abilities of a soul master? Old Jack will take you to Nuoding City’s Junior Soul Master Academy as a work-study student. There, you’ll learn what you want to learn.”

Hearing his father’s words, William Carter’s heart suddenly raced, a hard-to-describe excitement welling up inside him. The inability to break through Xuan Tian Gong had always been his biggest concern, and the soul rings of soul masters were clearly an opportunity.

“Dad, why did you change your mind?”

Henry Carter retorted, “So are you going or not?”

William Carter said, “But if I go, there’ll be no one to cook for you.” At this moment, he understood that the reason his father got up so early today was actually to find the village chief, Jack.

Chapter Four: The First Hidden Weapon of William Carter in Another World (Part Two)

Henry Carter said coldly, “Do I still need you to take care of me? Just go. This is the path you chose. Every year, Saint Soul Village has one spot; not using it is a waste. The forging methods I taught you will let you find work as an apprentice in any blacksmith shop in the city. That should cover your tuition and meals.”

Although Henry Carter spoke coldly, William Carter’s eyes still grew hot. Over the past few months, even though Henry Carter’s attitude hadn’t changed much, as he taught him forging, this tall, aged man before him increasingly felt like a real father. Of course, he wanted to learn about soul masters, but at this moment, he was also reluctant to leave his father.

Henry Carter said, “I’m letting you go to Nuoding on one condition. You can only go if you agree to it.”

“I agree,” William Carter said without hesitation.

Henry Carter frowned slightly. “You agree so easily without even asking what my condition is? As a man, you must do what you promise. Don’t be someone who makes promises lightly.”

William Carter replied naturally, “No matter what Dad asks me to do, I’ll agree. Dad must be doing it for my own good.”

Henry Carter was slightly stunned. William Carter spoke casually, but it was precisely that natural trust that caused a subtle change in his emotions.

“No matter how you cultivate your soul power in the future, I want you to promise me: you must not add any soul rings to your hammer martial soul, nor let anyone see it appear. And never let anyone know you have twin martial souls. Can you do that?”

William Carter was taken aback. “What about the Blue Silver Grass martial soul?”

Henry Carter said, “You can use and cultivate the Blue Silver Grass martial soul as you wish, and add any soul rings to it. With twin martial souls, it’s not necessary for both to have soul rings to continue cultivating soul power. As long as one martial soul has a soul ring, the bottleneck in soul power will disappear.”

William Carter said, “So, from now on, I’ll only use the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, right?”

Henry Carter nodded. “Unless your life is in danger, don’t use that hammer.”

“Alright, I promise you.” William Carter nodded solemnly. For him, whether or not he cultivated his martial soul or used soul rings wasn’t the issue. As long as he could find a way to break through the bottleneck of Xuan Tian Gong, that was enough. His Tang Sect hidden weapons didn’t need the assistance of martial souls.

In others’ eyes, Blue Silver Grass might be a useless martial soul, but William Carter had never been frustrated by it. Once Tang Sect hidden weapons were cultivated to a certain level, the saying “plucking flowers and picking leaves can hurt people” was not an exaggeration—it was real. Blue Silver Grass was condensed from soul power, that is, Xuan Tian Gong’s internal energy. As long as his internal energy was sufficient, he would have an almost unlimited supply of hidden weapons.

“All right, let’s eat,” Henry Carter said.

The family was not exactly destitute, but not far from it. William Carter really didn’t have much to prepare—just tidied up his patched clothes and that was it.

However, that day he didn’t just pack as Henry Carter said; the sound of forging still echoed in his room. In order to be able to make all kinds of hidden weapons in the future, William Carter understood that he could only rely on himself. The forging skills his father taught him absolutely needed diligent practice. Before his hidden weapon skills reached their peak, the quality of the hidden weapons themselves was crucial. Especially for super hidden weapons like the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus, even the slightest error was unacceptable.