A pill formula?
The Sheng Family Head had not expected the people from Heavenreach Sacred Academy to come for a pill formula.
Still, plenty of people had already examined it. Letting someone from Heavenreach Sacred Academy take a look hardly seemed like a big deal.
But... the Sheng Family had left early during Heavenreach Sacred Academy's last opening ceremony, and he still was not sure where the academy stood on that.
"If you want to see the pill formula, that's no problem."
"But... why should I show it to you?"
"What does our Sheng Family gain from helping your Heavenreach Sacred Academy grow stronger?" the Sheng Family Head asked with a smile.
Gain?
"Has your Sheng Family learned to be afraid now?"
"If that's the case, why did you drift along with the tide back then?" Chen Changan asked with a sneer.
"Your Heavenreach Sacred Academy pushed us so aggressively. Were we supposed to let you butcher us as you pleased?"
"Ghost Abyss isn't something you can take away with a few words."
"If not for our ties through the Sacred Academy Alliance, do you think we would have simply left?" the Sheng Family Head said coldly.
"Hahahaha! So by that logic, should Heavenreach Sacred Academy thank you for sparing our lives?"
"You just want to use me to get a promise from Heavenreach Sacred Academy—that after we've seen the formula, we'll leave an opening in the net for your Sheng Family to escape."
"What's the point of talking so tough?"
"Playing the whore while demanding a monument to your chastity? Wanting to have it both ways?"
"Do you know how much of a clown you look like when you keep putting on that tough front?"
At Chen Changan's words, the Sheng Family Head's expression darkened. "Your Heavenreach Sacred Academy