If Jiang Fan returned to the Jiang Family, he would definitely receive a share of the family's assets in the future.
No! Jiang Youtian secretly clenched his fists.
He had spent so long laying his plans and finally driven Jiang Fan out of the Jiang Family. How could he stand by and watch them take Jiang Fan back!
"Hehehe, I've figured it out." Wei Qi's words drew everyone's attention.
"Figured what out?" Jiang Youtian asked.
With a fully formed plan in his chest, Wei Qi said, "Lan Shengxue must have lied to us. Jiang Fan didn't pass at all."
Everyone found that answer hard to believe.
"How is that possible? Why would Lan Shengxue help Jiang Fan?"
"Exactly, that's completely impossible. We all know Lan Shengxue. She's always impartial. Besides, what makes Jiang Fan worthy of her bending the rules for him?"
Wei Qi continued, "Why is it impossible? Jiang Fan must have begged Lan Shengxue desperately to help him lie. He might even have gotten on his knees. Lan Shengxue simply had no choice but to play along."
Hearing this, everyone pictured Jiang Fan kowtowing to Lan Shengxue in the office earlier, begging for her help.
"Isn't he utterly shameless? He actually knelt and kowtowed to Lan Shengxue just to show off for a moment?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! I can honestly say I've never seen anyone with so little bottom line."
"How disgraceful. Truly disgraceful. What a waste of such a handsome face."
Listening to their comments, Jiang Youtian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After returning home, Jiang Youtian immediately told everyone in the Jiang Family that he had signed up for the martial track.
"Dad, I'm now a candidate for the special training class. You need to go to school the day after tomorrow to sign the paperwork and pay. Will you have time then?" Jiang Youtian asked.
Jiang Qifeng roared with laughter. "This is a major event in your life! No matter how busy I am, I'll make time to go."
"Butler Zhou, go order me a bespoke suit. I'll wear it there to make my son look good."
With that, he turned to Xue Ping and Jiang Hongyuan and her three sisters.
"Hurry and tell all our relatives and friends too. Share the good news."
Jiang Fan returned to the slums and also told Tang Fugui and the others that he had successfully signed up.
"Dad, you need to go to school on Friday to sign the paperwork."
"Good, good, good! I'll definitely go! Definitely!" Tang Fugui was so proud that he could barely close his mouth from smiling.
Tang Guo got up from her seat and sat beside Jiang Fan.
"Brother Xiao Fan, you're amazing! You're a candidate for the special training class now. If my classmates find out, none of them will dare bully me anymore. I'll even be able to swagger sideways down the street. Hehehe..."
Hearing this, Wang Shuqin gave her an exasperated look.
"You little rascal, don't go around making trouble just because you have your brother to back you up. You still need to keep yourself in check. Have you forgotten what the news just said? Donglang City hasn't been peaceful lately. Quite a few children your age have mysteriously disappeared. Our Ancheng is part of Donglang City. Although no children have gone missing in Ancheng yet, at this rate, it could very well spread here."
Tang Guo dreaded Wang Shuqin's lectures most of all. Pouting, she said reluctantly, "I know, I know."
"Oh, right, Dad. There's also a hundred-thousand-yuan registration fee."
That single sentence silenced everyone.
Tang Fugui gritted his teeth, then smiled at Jiang Fan. "Xiao Fan, don't worry. This money... I'll find a way to get it for you."
Even if he had to sell a kidney, sell his blood, or borrow from loan sharks, he would scrape the money together. No matter what, he could not hold back Jiang Fan's future.
Jiang Fan saw what Tang Fugui was thinking. He took out his phone and transferred a hundred thousand yuan to him.
Two seconds later, Tang Fugui received a notification that the money had arrived.
He opened his phone to look, then shot to his feet the next second.
"X-Xiao Fan, this-you-"
"Dad." Jiang Fan pressed down on Tang Fugui's arm and pulled him back into his seat.
"I earned this money through my own abilities too. Take it and pay the tuition first." At this point, Jiang Fan saw Tang Fugui about to speak, so he immediately continued, "I'm a member of the special training class now, and a genuine early-stage martial apprentice. Making money is much easier for me than for ordinary people. Later, I can take missions from some studios. Even casually earning a little would bring in a lot."
"No! Taking missions from studios is dangerous!" Tang Fugui rejected the idea outright.
"It's fine. I'll only go to very small studios and take simple missions. After all, I'm only an early-stage martial apprentice, and I'm still young, with limitless prospects ahead. How could I put myself in danger and throw away my life just to earn a little money? Anyway, Dad, don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
Jiang Fan's persuasion was not solely for Tang Fugui's benefit. He had indeed considered joining a studio.
Making money was one aspect. More importantly, he wanted to hone his actual combat skills.
However, he had no plans to do so yet. After all, with his current strength, he could at most put up a fight against a late-stage martial apprentice. If he encountered a martial artist, even as a spirit master, he would end up dead or crippled.
So he would at least wait until his strength improved further before trying to join a studio.
After all, he still had Chen Wenhua as his money pouch. He could find some time in a couple of days to drop by their house and casually get a little money first.
Seeing how insistent Jiang Fan was, and how reasonable his words were, Tang Fugui abandoned the idea of trying to persuade him further.
"As long as you know what you're doing. This money-ah, I'll hold on to it for now."
Tang Fugui was utterly unwilling to take his child's money, but with registration imminent, this was the only option for now.
After dinner, Jiang Fan followed his routine, first going to the Crazy Old Man to furiously farm 3,000 points, then heading to Plow Mountain to train.
Meanwhile, inside a castle-like villa, Lan Shengxue was cultivating in her training room.
Perhaps because Jiang Fan had spurred her on during the day, she trained far harder that night than usual.
Lan Shengxue took out a Qi and Blood Raw Stone and worked hard to absorb it.
Once the crimson Qi and Blood Raw Stone lost its original color and became an ordinary, dull stone, Lan Shengxue opened her beautiful eyes. She walked over to the qi and blood testing machine, unleashed unprecedented strength, and slammed a fist into it.
Bang-
An explosion-like sound rang out from Lan Shengxue's room, jolting everyone in the villa awake at that moment.
"An earthquake?"
"No way, right? We've never had an earthquake in Ancheng before."
As everyone buzzed with discussion, Lan Shengxue's gaze landed on the qi and blood testing machine's display.
200N!
Just then, Jiang Fan, who was climbing the mountain, suddenly heard a system notification in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You inspired a classmate to break through to the next realm, doing a good deed. Points +100]
Huh?
Jiang Fan stopped in his tracks.
What the hell?