In just three days, she had managed to break through from the eighth to the ninth level of Gathering Origin. That was truly impressive talent, since each stage became harder to break through the further one advanced, like rowing upstream.

With a soft sound, the curtain was lifted, and Emily Thompson walked out. A powerful aura surged from her body—she had just broken through and could not yet fully control her surging strength.

“I broke through!” she said to Henry Langley, her pretty face filled with joy and pride.

To cross a minor realm in just three days, especially from the eighth to the ninth level, was indeed something to be proud of.

She looked at Henry Langley, hoping to hear a word of praise from him.

But her joy and pride vanished in an instant. Her face turned as if she had seen a ghost, and she pointed at Henry Langley, exclaiming, “You, you, you, you—you’ve reached the fourth level of Body Refining!”

She remembered clearly that before her seclusion, Henry Langley was only at the second level of Body Refining. Besides, the medicinal herbs from Zhu Hexin had only been delivered yesterday morning. So, at most, from healing his spiritual root to breaking through to the fourth level of Body Refining, Henry Langley had only taken a day and a night.

To break through two minor realms in just a day and a night—compared to that, what did her three-day breakthrough even count for?

Everyone said that the eldest young master of the The Langley Family was a typical good-for-nothing, but if this kind of progress was still considered trash... then what did that make her? Trash among trash?

“You, you, you’re at the fourth level of Body Refining now!” Her voice was trembling.

—If someone had told her a day ago that she would be shocked because someone broke through to the fourth level of Body Refining, she would have scoffed. But if you added the premise that he advanced from the second to the fourth level in a single day, she would have thought it was the biggest joke in the world.

She had thought Henry Langley’s miracles were used up, but she was once again utterly astonished.

Henry Langley nodded, replying calmly, “Yes, what about it?”

Don’t be so nonchalant! Emily Thompson instantly felt like she was going crazy.

Chapter 0012: Father Returns

Bang bang bang bang—just then, there was a rapid knocking at the door.

Henry Langley walked over and opened the door. It was a young servant. He had already given orders that no one should disturb him unless necessary, so he asked, “What’s the matter?”

“The master has returned!” the servant said hurriedly.

A surge of excitement instantly welled up inside Henry Langley, an urgent desire to see that man—a reaction from the body’s instincts.

“Father...” he murmured. He had inherited this body, along with its bloodline and responsibilities.

He turned to Emily Thompson with a bright smile and said, “Yutong, come with me to see my father.”

A blush immediately spread across Emily Thompson’s pretty face, making her feel like a nervous bride meeting her in-laws. Pah, pah, pah! She quickly spat in her heart—how could she feel that way? There was nothing between her and this guy.

“Where is Father?” Henry Langley asked the servant.

“In the main hall.”

Henry Langley headed toward the main hall, his steps growing faster and faster, from walking to running, a strong sense of longing in his heart. The moment he rushed into the hall, he saw a man in his forties standing tall and proud, with a strong build, handsome features, and an imposing presence.

At that moment, Henry Langley couldn’t tell if it was the body’s instincts or his own longing for family as an orphan in his previous life, but his eyes grew moist. The connection of blood made it effortless to call out, “Father!”

“Han’er!” Douglas Langley laughed heartily, striding over to give Henry Langley a hug. But he immediately looked surprised and said, “Why are you still at home? Shouldn’t you have gone to Huyang Academy?”

This was a father. This was fatherly love!

Henry Langley greedily savored his father’s embrace. In his previous life, with Douglas Langley’s cultivation, he wouldn’t have even qualified for a glance from him. But now, he was so moved that his eyes brimmed with tears. He finally let go of his past identity and embraced his new life.

He was no longer a solitary wanderer without family. He had a father—a loving father who would risk his life for him!

He wiped the corners of his eyes, shook his head, and said, “I don’t want to go to Huyang Academy.”

“Why?” Douglas Langley asked. He knew his only son’s spiritual root was too poor. Despite all his efforts, Henry Langley’s cultivation had never improved, and there was nothing more he could do. He had racked his brains to get Henry Langley into Huyang Academy, hoping that with the academy’s endless resources, he could forcefully raise Henry Langley to the Gathering Origin Realm. Only then could he rest in peace after a hundred years.

But now Henry Langley was saying he didn’t want to go to Huyang Academy, which made him angry—poor talent was one thing, but if he didn’t even have the will to improve, then there was truly no hope.

Of course, Henry Langley couldn’t say that in his previous life he was a Heaven-Man Realm expert, with countless top-tier cultivation methods and martial skills in his mind, and had even obtained a heavenly scripture that would take ten thousand years to comprehend its first level. What could he possibly learn at Huyang Academy?

If he really said that, Douglas Langley would probably think he was possessed.

“Yutong, come, come, come—this is my father.” Noticing Emily Thompson, he quickly waved her over, changing the subject.

“Yutong greets the head of the Ling family!” Emily Thompson said with a graceful bow, performing the courtesy of a junior.