A Mortal’s Medicinal Elixirs

Chapter 16 Breaking the Killing Formation at Prosperity Villa

William narrowed his eyes I know Mia the best! Those boys have feelings for her, which I understand, bur- I hope they don’t interrupt her studies”

Mr. Craig was taken aback, for that was supposed to be his advice. He coughed in embarrassment and said, “What I meant was“

Mr. Craig. I understand You’re worried that those boys with bad grades might affect Mia’s studies. How about this? I’ll talk to the principal and have her transfer to a different class. What do you think?”

He stared at Mr. Craig, who was shocked and hurriedly explained, “No, that’s not what I‘

“I understand.” William did not give him a chance to speak. “I won’t give you trouble. Let’s go with that.” Then, he left the meeting room with Mia.

William, where are we going?” she asked.

“Home”

She was startled, “Am I dropping out?”

He explained. “Don’t worry about it. Later, I’ll request a class transfer. The class you’re in right now is a huge mess, and Mr. Craig is not helping. By the way, you should take the chance to sign up for the National Math Competition. I looked it up, and it’s in two weeks. You can still sign up for it, but you have to ramp up the training.

He knew because he looked up the information online. Candidates who made it to the top 200 were eligible to participate in the National Math Olympiad. The top candidates from that Olympiad would be joining the national training camp and making their way to the International Math Olympiad.

Mia was dumbfounded. “William, these are top students who train for more than a year under professional coaches. How could I possibly win?”

“What are you afraid of? I’ll get an expert to coach you.”

Expert? What expert is that? Oh, I’m going crazy.

Before the siblings left, Gwendolyn suddenly suggested, ‘Mr. Barrett, I might be able to help you.”

He halted and said, “Oh? Can you?”

She smiled softly. “I participated in the Math Olympiad before. If you don’t mind, I can coach your sister. How does that sound?”

“You?” William was in disbelief. “Did you win anything?”

She chuckled. “I was the second runner–up in the whole of Igneus. Is that impressive enough for you?”

He was amazed by her achievements and agreed to the idea. “Fine. I’ll have to trouble you.”

way, you’d better get her transferred to a different class if you want her to go

too.”

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happy to hear that.

Mia to go through some guidebooks for the math competition while he rushed over to the train station. He had agreed to

Justford, he found Aidan waiting at the entrance with another middle–aged man. The man was not elderly, but half of

were introduced to each other, William went up and greeted Anjur personally. “Hello,

hand tightly. “Barrett! I’m so grateful to you. Are you capable of

me. Don’t worry.” He turned to Aidan and asked, “Have you

trunk,” Aidan answered and waved. “It’s almost noon. Let’s get

Anjur appeared anxious as he shakily took out the items requested by William from the trunk. In contrast, William calmly laid out the vermilion sand and animal horn powder, which he turned into a paste with the help of

bethe creator shifted his Qi to enter a meditative state and drew the symbol in one attempt; only then would he produce an effective talisman. The spirits might laugh at someone who did not know the secret to effective talisman

creation originated from the Book of Talisman from the Way of Heaven and Earth. He would connect the Qi from the Way of Heaven and Earth to produce harmony between the sky and earth. With that, he could

amulet, he saw a layer of extraordinary power on the talisman via his

whom he wanted to bring along with some tools for

color had drained from his face. He finally understood the amount of energy needed for talisman creation as his body was worn out after working on twenty of them.

you alright?” Aidan asked,

break, he asked, “Mr. Wright, has your

flashed a bitter smile. “It’s hard not to make enemies when you’re running a business, but I never had any serious conflict with 6thers

you ever gotten in

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never superstitions before this. After the incident at Prosperity Villa, however, I hired a lot of experts and paid them handsomely, but none could solve my problem. He added. “Barrett, don’t worry I’ll

big deal. Aidan is a good friend of mine,

out.”

on the chest. After that, he made two more for Aidan and Anjur. The Vitality Talismans would protect the

was to excavate

talismans, the group villa on the top of the hill, where the body of the ghost mother rested.

started digging with the machinery while William stood guard by the side. Aidan walked up with a new attitude and sounded more respectful when he addressed him. “William, I

on the market, you stand a chance to repay all your debts

I thought that you’re such

learned about this