While speaking, he hurriedly added, “Come, come, come, I’ll take you to see the on-duty Principal first, and your admission letter is still at your school. In a moment, we’ll notify the Principal and the media, and hand it to you in front of the reporters.”

“No need to trouble yourself.”

Samuel Thompson replied.

“It’s no trouble at all! This is a big event for our entire Yaoyang High School, even for all of Yaoyang City.”

As he spoke, the Teacher quickly led Samuel Thompson toward the Principal’s office.

Yaoyang City is one of the twelve cities in the Keli Province. Having the provincial top scorer in the college entrance exam come from their city is a great honor for both the education department and the government.

Under the guidance of the Teacher, Samuel Thompson soon arrived at the office of Vice Principal King.

This Principal King, upon seeing Samuel Thompson, was also quite delighted, and inevitably exchanged some insincere pleasantries.

Samuel Thompson responded calmly and got straight to the point: “Principal King, I’d like to know if the school or the government has any rewards for my achievement in the college entrance exam?”

“Yes, yes, yes! Of course! Our school has already set the agenda to award you a fifty-thousand-yuan scholarship, and in addition, the government will also give you a thirty-thousand-yuan reward.”

“Fifty thousand, thirty thousand…”

This amount did not bring any joy to Samuel Thompson.

“Does Charles University have any preferential policies for me?”

“As for Charles University… you’ll need to communicate directly with the admissions office’s Mentor Grant. Mentor Grant has spoken with us by phone and left a number. If you need, I can help you get in touch right away.”

Principal King said enthusiastically.

Samuel Thompson nodded.

At that, Principal King took out his phone and dialed the number of Charles University’s admissions office Mentor Grant. After a conversation with Samuel Thompson, a series of preferential plans were agreed upon, but even so, in the end, Samuel Thompson still had to pay as much as fifty thousand in tuition fees.

Charles University is the best university in the Kingdom of Shaya, bar none.

At the same time, throughout the entire ASEAN region, Charles is also one of the top universities, with world-class faculty and research capabilities.

Every year, two-thirds of the students from the country’s twenty-four provinces choose to enter Charles University, and even top students from other countries travel great distances to study at Charles. Therefore, although Samuel Thompson was an outstanding top scorer, it was still not enough for Charles University to grant him any special privileges.

That day, witnessed by numerous media outlets, Samuel Thompson received the scholarship and the admission letter to Charles University from the hands of the Principal.

After another day, Samuel Thompson received the thirty-thousand-yuan reward from the city.

This sum of money slightly alleviated Samuel Thompson’s urgent financial difficulties.

After leaving the education bureau, Samuel Thompson glanced at the time.

5:20 p.m., August 23rd.

With the matters in Yaoyang City resolved, Samuel Thompson didn’t return to the apartment he had already vacated, but instead took a bus to the bus station.

Unfortunately, around five o’clock is rush hour, and the roads were congested. By the time Samuel Thompson arrived at the bus station, the last bus to the town had just left.

Standing at the bus station for a moment, Samuel Thompson looked up slightly.

6:05.

In August, it doesn’t get completely dark until nearly eight in the evening.

“Just thirty or forty kilometers.”

Samuel Thompson started walking toward the town.

His brisk walking speed could reach fifteen kilometers per hour, and since he wasn’t tied down by anything at the moment, he could use this long trek to temper his body and blood, while also studying the second level of martial arts, the Subtle Realm. He treated it as a form of training.

With that, he set off immediately, leaving the city.

Time passed, and soon an hour had gone by. Samuel Thompson was already five or six kilometers out of the city.

At this moment, as Samuel Thompson moved forward, he sensed something, paused, and his gaze fell on a car that had just driven past him.

If he remembered correctly…

This was the fifth time this car had passed by him—three times going, twice returning.

“Wild Wolf Society… the Chi family?”

Samuel Thompson muttered under his breath.

Glancing at his still-swollen right hand, he was silent for a moment, then prepared to leave the main road and take a side path.

But just as Samuel Thompson had walked less than thirty meters down the side path, a sedan quickly approached from the distance, stopped instantly on the side of the main road, and then four people got out and headed straight for Samuel Thompson.

The leader was, unsurprisingly, an old acquaintance of Samuel Thompson.

The head of the Chi family, Liam Redmond.

Chapter 11: Encirclement

“My vigilance was a bit low…”

Samuel Thompson reflected to himself.

It was obvious that these people from the Chi family had come for revenge.

But…

After scanning the four people, Samuel Thompson did not focus on the main culprit, the Chi family head Liam Redmond, but instead fixed his gaze on a middle-aged man of about forty, dressed in a loose long robe, exuding an aura as deep as an abyss.

As he stared at the middle-aged man, the man was also staring at him.

Their gazes met and clashed in the air, stirring their auras, and in an instant, they each gained a vague understanding of the other.

Very strong!

This was a man even stronger than the deputy director Terry of the Changkong Martial Arts School.