Chapter 189: Money Cant Buy Happiness!

Chapter 189: Money Can't Buy Happiness!

"I'm sorry, but I'll have to decline your offer."

Ling Feng shook his head, showing almost no hesitation as he firmly refused.

"This..." Liang Huanzhi furrowed his brows. He had never expected that even after mentioning the relationship between Zhenlong Academy and the imperial family, Ling Feng would remain unmoved.

"Young friend, you should reconsider."

After some thought, Liang Huanzhi suggested, "Perhaps you're not aware, but the Empire's number one legendary genius, Yan Jinghong, is our pride at Zhenlong Academy. With your talent, if you were to receive our academy's cultivation, you might just become the next Yan Jinghong."

"Oh? Is that so?" Ling Feng, who had been hesitating slightly, immediately made up his mind upon hearing the name Yan Jinghong.

Becoming the next Yan Jinghong?

Become your dad!

Ling Feng's demeanor grew frosty as he asserted firmly, "Academician Liang, you may leave. I will absolutely not go!"

"Why?" Liang Huanzhi had no idea what he had said wrong to trigger Ling Feng, and why Ling Feng had suddenly turned hostile.

"Why?" Ling Feng took a deep breath, clearing his throat before stating, "Because I'm happy! Money can't buy happiness!"

Liang Huanzhi's mouth twitched at the phrase "money can't buy happiness," and was finally rendered speechless.

"Fine, fine, fine! I hope you don't regret this in the future!"

With a disdainful snort, Liang Huanzhi flung his sleeves and left.

This was Tianwei Academy's territory, and openly snatching someone away was out of the question. As a matter of fact, attempting to recruit from Tianwei Academy in this manner was already unethical.

Meanwhile, a hundred meters away, under the shade of a tree, Academician Ye Guichen stood alongside another elderly man dressed in golden robes while witnessing everything unfold.

Around them, faint elemental qi circulated, isolating all presence. Thus, neither Ling Feng nor Liang Huanzhi noticed their presence.

"This young man is quite intriguing," Ye Guichen chuckled, feeling somewhat restrained in the presence of the elderly man in the golden robe.

Out of every one-hundred subjects he experimented on, perhaps only one or two would reap some benefits, enhancing their cultivation or refining their talent. However, the vast majority of the subjects were essentially ruined.

Many geniuses have fallen victim to this old lunatic.

Gradually, the students of Tianwei Academy became extremely fearful of this old lunatic, afraid of being ruined by him.

Later on, he even started testing the pills on himself, resulting in fluctuations in his cultivation, and his mind seemed to become somewhat erratic. This made the students in the academy feel somewhat "safer."

Nevertheless, owing to his seniority and formidable cultivation recovery, both the director and vice-director of the academy were compelled to turn a blind eye to his actions.

...

Seeing as how Ling Feng successfully drove away Liang Huanzhi from Zhenlong Academy in a fit of anger, he returned to his original seat and began to meditate quietly.

On the side, Ouyang Jing, though feeling somewhat regretful, believed that as long as he could hang around with Ling Feng, his future prospects would surely not be worse off than attending Zhenlong Academy.

Just then, an unkempt old man with a tattered cloth bag slung over his shoulder, clutching a yellowed ancient tome, locked his wild, darting eyes onto Ling Feng.

This person was none other than the "old lunatic" mentioned by Ye Guichen, Yan Cangtian.

Stomp, stomp, stomp!

Yan Cangtian strode over to Ling Feng, reached out to tousle his hair, and grumbled, "Brat, move your ass!"

Before Ling Feng could wrap his head around the old man’s words, his gaze fell upon the ancient book held by Yan Cangtian. His eyes twitched as he exclaimed, "Senior, could it be that your medical skills are derived from the lost Classic Formula of the Medicine King?"

"Hmm?" Yan Cangtian scrutinized Ling Feng incredulously. "You, at such a young age, are familiar with the Classic Formula of the Medicine King?"

"I have some knowledge of it," Ling Feng replied, detecting the rich herbal scent emanating from Yan Cangtian and feeling greatly astonished as he already regarded him as a remarkable medical expert.

"You're quite the clever lad!" Yan Cangtian praised momentarily, but his expression quickly changed as he furrowed his brows, saying, "You brat, I said to move your ass!"

Ling Feng's mouth twitched slightly, but knowing that esteemed seniors often had peculiar habits, he and Ouyang Jing quickly shuffled aside, courteously addressing, "Senior, may I ask..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Ling Feng watched as Yan Cangtian dug up the spot where he had been sitting moments ago, and then pulled out a wild grass root while laughing heartily. "How fortunate! Today is truly my lucky day. I never expected to dig up a stalk of Golden Velvet Flower Stem here!"