The Man's Decree

Chapter 9 A House For You

“Mr. Chance, just let me know what you need. As long as I can fulfill it, I will not refuse,” William quickly declared.

At that moment, Josephine queried, “Mr. Chance, what do you need the calligraphy brush and cinnabar rosary for?”

After all, both items didn’t look like they were required for medical treatment, and they were also widely available.

“Josephine, Mr. Chance has his reasons for writing them down. You shouldn’t question him!” William admonished her with a glare.

“It’s all right.” Jared smiled. “They are used for treatments, too. However, they aren’t just any ordinary brush and rosary. They have to be imbued with spirituality for them to work.”

“Imbued with spirituality?”

Josephine and William were dumbfounded, as they had no idea what Jared meant.

When he saw how confused they were, Jared explained, “Everything in this world will live and die, and all of them contain spirituality. Even items deemed inanimate by men can have spirituality as well. However, it can only form under very strict conditions.

“Let’s take this chair I’m sitting on as an example. If I sit on it and meditate for decades, it would gradually be imbued with spirituality too.”

would not understand, he illustrated the concept in

same as what is shown on TV? At one of the trees where the immortals reside, it will gain spirituality after some time and even turn into

speechless at the way Josephine described

didn’t exist, especially

hit the nail on its head,” Jared replied with a

three years with Draco, he finally realized that there

the Focus Technique. As long as he continued to train in them, he might actually become

expect Josephine to get it right. If anyone else talked to him about spirituality and immortals, he would have scoffed at them. However, since it was Jared who brought it up,

even give Jonathan, who was still kneeling on the ground, a look. Even though Jonathan was not particularly evil, he was unable to take on any real responsibility. Hence, Jared didn’t intend to accept him as his student. Moreover, he would not simply

palm strike by

went by, William began to feel that he was growing weaker to the extent of having difficulty breathing. As a result, he

to his family, William hid the news from them. That was also why Josephine was unaware of her father’s

the attacker was a martial artist who had managed to cultivate internal energy. From the looks of it, he had wanted to kill William. Fortunately, William’s immense wealth had allowed him to afford potent health

accept me as your student!” Jonathan

were so numb that

look. “You should get up. I won’t accept anyone as my student, but feel

him prostrate for such a long time. Therefore, he

delighted with Jared’s response and thanked him profusely,