Over in a beautiful underground pce, the woman looked at Adam. "You''re far too reckless, Adam. You''re going to stay put in this pce from now on. At least, you''re not going anywhere before that cultivator leaves."


    "Why should I?"


    Adam glowered at his mother. "I just killed a few mortals! They''re no more than lowly animals to me! Why aren''t you on my side?"


    The woman stared at Adam. "I know you''re all grown up now, Adam. You''re not a kid anymore, and I''m sure you understand the universe has its rules. This Earth we''re on is just a lower dimension. We might be the most powerful presence here, but the universe will punish us if we make mistakes."


    "It''s so unfair! Why can those cultivators get away with killing people, but we get punished for it?"


    "It''s more than fair. You and I got our powers naturally by absorbing them from nature, not through great efforts spent on cultivation. We are blessed by time and space to be the shadows of the axis on which the universe turns. That makes us different from regr cultivators, and thus we cannot just kill people as we please."


    "Shadows of the universe''s axis? Ha!"


    Adam scoffed. "So what? I could kill all the people of Anderson Town if I wanted to! What are you going to do about it? You''re too weak and cowardly, Mother. I''m going to kill Wilbur Penn, and you''ll finally see how strong I am."


    "You stay right there!"


    Adam turned to leave without another word, but the woman took out a ck cube that she hurled at Adam. The magic cube trapped Adam inside it at once, and he could not escape no matter how much he struggled.


    "Mother! Mother, let me out!"


    "You''re still too young, Adam. There are some things you don''t understand yet. I hope you can use the next few days to reflect on your actions in the cube."


    The woman turned to leave. She knew that she would not be able to change Adam''s mind and could only trap him in the magic cube. Once she gave Wilbur some sort of exnation in three days and convinced him that the matter was solved, Wilbur would naturally leave the town.


    It would not be toote for her to let Adam out then. She would just have to make it up to himter.


    Adam glowered as he watched his mother leave. "I guess you think those mortals are more important than me, then! Well, I''m going to kill them all!"


    Adam took two steps backward, looking at the walls of the cube in front of him. He reached out to Barker through the spirit contract. "Barker, give me your spiritual energy."


    "Of course, Mister Adam."


    Barker sent his spiritual energy into Adam''s body. The next second, a me appeared in Adam''s grasp as he smirked. "You''ll never have expected Barker and me to have signed a spirit contract, Mother! I can borrow his powers to use as my own, too!"


    Boom!


    The me struck the cube, filling it instantly with rampant spiritual energy. Within just a dozen seconds, the cube had dissipated into nothingness as Adam stepped out of its confines.


    Three dayster, Wilbur opened his eyes to the sight of the woman''s face on the wall of the cave. "It''s been three days. Do you have an answer?"


    "I''ve disciplined Adam, and he''s promised me that he''ll never hurt the people of Anderson Town in the future. I think we can call an end to the misunderstanding between the both of you now."


    "A misunderstanding, huh?" Wilbur snorted. "I would hope a misunderstanding like that doesn''t happen again."


    "It won''t, Mister Penn. I promise you something like this will never happen again." "That''s great, then. I hope you keep your word."