“Grand Steward—” Henry Langley looked over coldly. “This spot for Tiger Sun Academy was bought with my father’s life. Right now, my father is fighting for his life in the Purple Light Valley, and yet you shamelessly snatched this spot away. Don’t you feel your face burning with shame?”

“Insolence! How dare you speak to me like that?” Clark Langley shouted at once.

Emily Thompson hadn’t paid much attention to this matter before, but now that she had made an agreement with Henry Langley, her attitude naturally changed. She spoke up: “Steward Langley, what exactly is going on here? I need an explanation!”

Clark Langley could pretend not to hear Henry Langley’s words, but he couldn’t ignore Emily Thompson’s.

She was the representative of Tiger Sun Academy, and her strength surpassed his. What right did he have to treat her words as if they were nothing?

He hurriedly said, “Here’s what happened: this boy is the son of the Han family head, Douglas Langley, so Douglas Langley acted out of personal interest and privately gave this spot to his son. I was only thinking of the bigger picture, to let this spot serve its true purpose!”

“What a fine ‘bigger picture’!” Henry Langley sneered. “Clark Langley, do you have no shame? This spot was bought with my father’s life—what does it have to do with the family, and why do you need to meddle? You just want to give this spot to your own grandson, so that in the future he’ll surpass my father in cultivation and help you seize the position of family head.”

“Trying to play both sides—acting like a whore while putting up a chastity memorial! The height of shamelessness!”

After being so thoroughly and fiercely scolded by Henry Langley, Clark Langley was trembling all over with rage, nearly coughing up blood.

“You little bastard, how dare you insult me?” Clark Langley was filled with fury.

To be cursed at, nose to nose, by a good-for-nothing—if he didn’t severely punish Henry Langley, he’d be sick with anger.

Henry Langley just smiled faintly, then turned to Emily Thompson and said, “I have no interest in entering Tiger Sun Academy. This spot’s deal is off—let Tiger Sun Academy compensate with some spirit herbs instead.”

“Agreed!” Emily Thompson nodded. To fully cultivate a student would require a massive amount of spirit herbs anyway.

“No!” Clark Langley immediately shouted. “This spot belongs to Martin, none of you can take it!”

“Old dog, are your ears broken? This spot was clearly bought by my father—what does it have to do with you?” Henry Langley snorted, then looked at Emily Thompson and said, “Next, this is my first order to you.”

He paused, then said, “Restrain this old dog for me. I want to slap this shameless old thing a few times!”

Emily Thompson only hesitated for a moment before nodding. “Alright!”

Henry Langley had already shown his sincerity by giving her two precious secret techniques, so naturally she had to show her sincerity as well.

What? Emily Thompson really agreed to become Henry Langley’s follower?

‘Follower’ sounds grand, but in reality it just means servant or attendant! For a genius of Tiger Sun Academy to willingly become someone else’s follower—how unbelievable was that?

But that was the truth. Emily Thompson had already stood up, her beautiful eyes fixed on Clark Langley, her graceful figure radiating a powerful fighting spirit.

“Sister Thompson, don’t be fooled by this kid!” Martin Langley called out from the side, his face full of shock. He simply couldn’t accept that a woman as talented as Emily Thompson could be tricked by Henry Langley’s sweet talk!

Especially since this stunning beauty was the one he had been desperately trying to pursue. Now it felt like he’d swallowed ten thousand flies—utterly miserable.

“Will you surrender, or shall I make a move?” Emily Thompson said coolly.

Chapter 0005: Fiercely Slapping the Old Dog

Emily Thompson was absolutely confident. She was at the eighth level of Qi Gathering, while Clark Langley was only at the sixth. Though it was just a difference of two levels, one was late-stage Qi Gathering, the other mid-stage—a whole major gap.

Clark Langley was both angry and alarmed. “Miss Thompson, are you really going to help this little bastard?”

“Old dog, watch your mouth.” Henry Langley said lazily from the side.

This made all four of Clark Langley’s group furious—he kept calling him ‘old dog’, yet demanded others watch their language. Was this not the classic case of the magistrate being allowed to set fires, but the commoners forbidden to light lamps?

So domineering.

Henry Langley smiled faintly. So what if he was domineering? In his previous life, he was famous for protecting his own—always siding with family over reason. In front of outsiders, he would always defend his own people; right or wrong could be discussed behind closed doors.

For Clark Langley and his family to bully them so much—how could he possibly swallow this?

Emily Thompson didn’t reply, but her graceful figure floated forward, her fair hand striking out toward Clark Langley. She looked like a fairy descending to earth, without a trace of anger, appearing ethereal and otherworldly.

But Clark Langley absolutely didn’t feel that way. Cold sweat was pouring down his forehead. He was mid-stage Qi Gathering, but she was late-stage—a gap that could not be crossed.

Still, Clark Langley had no intention of letting himself be slapped by Henry Langley, this useless junior, so he had to fight back with all his might, or at least try to escape.

Bang!

He unleashed the Ling family’s ultimate technique, “Triple Turn Palm,” and charged at Emily Thompson.

This was a mid-grade Yellow-rank martial art, one of the Ling family’s three great techniques. It was with these three techniques that the Ling family had risen to become one of the two great families of Cangyun Town—their power was naturally formidable.