Chapter 189: Money Can’t Buy Master’s Happiness!

"I’m sorry, but I might have to refuse you."Ling Feng shook his head, showing almost no hesitation as he flatly rejected the proposal.

"This..." Liang Huanzhi furrowed his brows, completely taken aback. He had never anticipated that even after invoking the relationship between the True Dragon Academy and the Imperial Family, Ling Feng would still remain unmoved.

"Young brother, you should consider it carefully."

After pondering for a moment, Liang Huanzhi added, "Perhaps you aren’t aware, but that legendary first talent of the Empire, Yaan Jinghong, he’s our True Dragon Academy’s pride. With your talents, if you were to receive the nurturing of our True Dragon Academy, you might well become the second Yaan Jinghong in the future."

"Oh? Is that so?" Ling Feng, originally slightly hesitant, immediately made up his mind upon hearing the name Yaan Jinghong.

Become the second Yaan Jinghong?

Go be your grandpa for all I care!

A cold expression appeared on Ling Feng’s face as he declared decisively, "Academician Liang, you may go now. I definitely will not attend!"

"Why?!" Liang Huanzhi, clueless that he had said the wrong thing and hit a nerve with Ling Feng, didn’t understand why Ling Feng suddenly turned hostile.

"Why, you ask?" Ling Feng took a deep breath and cleared his throat, "Because I feel like it! There’s no treasure dearer than my own happiness!"

Liang Huanzhi’s mouth twitched a few times at that retort. Faced with the aphorism ’No treasure dearer than my own happiness,’ he finally ran out of things to say.

"Fine, fine, fine! I hope you don’t regret this later!"

Liang Huanzhi snorted and left with a flick of his big sleeve.

This was, after all, Heavenly Position Academy’s territory; he couldn’t just take action and rob them openly. In fact, this act of trying to poach from the Heavenly Position Academy was already quite immodest.

Meanwhile, hidden under the shade of trees a hundred meters away, Academician Ye Guichen and another old man dressed in a golden robe stood together, having witnessed everything that had just occurred.

Around them, a faint Primordial Qi slowly circulated, blocking out all traces of their presence, which is why neither Ling Feng nor Liang Huanzhi, the assistant dean of the True Dragon Academy, had noticed them.

"This kid, he really is an interesting character," Ye Guichen chuckled, appearing somewhat restrained in front of the man in the golden robe.

Within the Heavenly Position Academy, only those at the level of assistant dean and above could wear golden robes.

"Indeed, and he is someone worth cultivating," said the old man in the golden robe, eyes narrowed into a smile. "That Liang Huanzhi, though somewhat exaggerating, wasn’t entirely off the mark. Given his True Qi talent, Ling Feng’s achievements might indeed rival Yaan Jinghong in the future. However... the future Yaan Jinghong might reach another level entirely."

"Yaan Jinghong is certainly the most terrifying prodigy of the Sky White Empire in the last thousand years, with an Innate Holy Body. Such talent, alas... It’s just a pity that this boy only has a Human Spirit Body, wasting his Saint Level True Qi talent. As far as I know, Yaan Jinghong’s Physique, Comprehension, and True Qi Talent are all of Saint Level," Ye Guichen sighed softly.

"Our academy also discovered an individual with a Mutant Bloodline this year, didn’t we? Fortunately, we found her in time and have kept her safe," he continued with a sly chuckle, "In a few years when that girl is cultivated, she’ll definitely shock the other academies!"

Ye Guichen nodded, "Exactly. That girl’s Black Cat seems to have a mutated Holy Beast Bloodline. The girl’s background is probably quite Mysterious."

The old man in the golden robe smiled slightly, "I do know a bit about her background, it’s just a pity that her memory seems a bit fragmented. However, nurturing her properly, if we can get in good standing with that Mysterious family in the future, it will be beneficial to both our Heavenly Position Academy and the entire Sky White Empire."

"Assistant Dean, are you referring to that family?" Ye Guichen’s eyelids twitched, as if catching on to something.

"Not to be spoken of, not to be spoken of," the old man in the golden robe replied with a Mysterious smile, glancing towards Ling Feng. Suddenly, he noticed a disheveled old man walking towards Ling Feng and immediately leaped up in shock, "That... that Old Madman, what’s he doing going over there!"

"Who?" Ye Guichen turned his head to look and was immediately scared out of his wits, "It can’t be. Has Ling Feng caught the attention of that old guy?"

The elderly man in the golden robe exchanged a glance with Ye Guichen, both revealing a hint of sympathy.

Those selected by that old fellow often end up very...

"It’s over, it’s all over! A promising talent finally appears, and he caught the eye of that Old Madman!" Ye Guichen clenched his fist but lacked the courage to step forward and stop the situation.

"Let’s leave it to fate. I hope that Ling Feng’s luck will hold out," the elderly man in the golden robe let out a soft sigh. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴovel(ꜰ)ɪre.nᴇt

The "Old Madman" they were talking about was named Yan Cangtian!

Just like his name, he was an incredibly formidable existence; his seniority was even higher than that of the dean.

His strength was also considered second to none within the Heavenly Position Academy!

However, this fellow was obsessed with Alchemy and often concocted all sorts of messed-up Elixirs before finding people to test them.

Out of a hundred people he selected for his trials, perhaps one or two might benefit, maybe enhancing their cultivation or improving their talent. But the rest, the majority, were basically ruined.

Many a genius had fallen at the hands of this Old Madman.

Gradually, the students of the Heavenly Position Academy grew extremely fearful of him, deathly afraid he’d experiment on them.

Later on, he simply used himself for his trials, which caused his cultivation to come and go unpredictably, and his mind seemed to become a bit loopy, giving the students of the academy a bit of "safety".

However, because his seniority and potential strength when recovered were much too significant, the dean and vice-deans could only turn a blind eye to his doings.

Meanwhile, after Ling Feng had drained Liang Huanzhi from True Dragon Academy, he returned to his seat and began to meditate quietly.

Ouyang Jing, although somewhat regretful, believed that as long as he could stick with Ling Feng, his future would surely not be worse than it would be at any True Dragon Academy.

Just then, a disheveled elder with a torn sack on his back and an ancient, yellowed text in his hands marched directly towards Ling Feng, his eyes rolling wildly until he finally fixed his gaze on him.

This man was none other than the Old Madman Yan Cangtian mentioned by Ye Guichen.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Yan Cangtian strode forward to Ling Feng, pushed his white hair out of his face, and said in a grumbling tone, "Kid, stick your butt out!"

Ling Feng caught sight of the ancient book in Yan Cangtian’s hand and his eyelids twitched; he exclaimed in surprise, "Senior, is that Medical Skill in your hands the long-lost ’Medicine King’s Scripture’?"

"Huh?" Yan Cangtian looked at Ling Feng incredulously, "You, at your young age, know about the ’Medicine King’s Scripture’?"

"I know a little," Ling Feng smelled the strong scent of medicinal herbs on Yan Cangtian and was extremely startled, considering Yan Cangtian to be an extraordinary medical expert.

"Good kid!" praised Yan Cangtian. But in the blink of an eye, his face changed as he frowned and repeated, "Kid, stick your butt out!"

Ling Feng’s mouth twitched, but he thought that these Senior Experts usually had their quirks so this one was probably no exception. He hastily shifted to the side, courteously and humbly saying, "Senior, you..."

Before he could finish, he saw Yan Cangtian digging at the spot where Ling Feng had been sitting and then grabbing a weed and bursting into huge laughter, "So lucky, so lucky today! To think I would find a golden velvet sunflower stem here!"