61: Tell him to get lost!

"Kill me with his own hands?"

Looking at Jiang Hanhan's receding back, a look of surprise briefly crossed Chen Jiangping's sinister face before he let out a disdainful sneer:

"A mere trash who only realized Extreme Strength Major Achievement at fifteen. Even if he truly has a Martial Dao Enlightenment, his Foundation is poor. Who knows if he can even reach First Rank in the future."

"He wants to kill me? Let him train for another ten thousand years!"

Chen Jiangping sneered.

But the next day... *Bang!*

"Chen Jiangping!"

Inside a luxurious secret chamber in the Wanxiang Tower, Chen Jiangping, who had just been treated by a Wanxiang Tower alchemist, was sitting cross-legged and cultivating.

Suddenly, a roar rang out. Immediately after, a middle-aged man in purple robes with an ordinary face kicked open the door in a rage and stormed in:

"Damn it! Chen Jiangping, look at what you've done!"

With that, the middle-aged man in purple threw a letter at Chen Jiangping.

Seeing this, Chen Jiangping frowned and was about to lash out, but noticing the man's unusual expression, he picked up the letter to read.

The next moment, he couldn't help but cry out:

"What! That Lin Yi realized Limit Breaking last night? Zhao Haihong has already personally handwritten a letter to the Heavenly Mountain Sect today, requesting them to admit him into the Tianshan Pavilion?"

Looking at the contents of the letter, Chen Jiangping's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Reaching the Limit Breaking Realm at fifteen—with such Aptitude and the cultivation of the Tianshan Pavilion, as long as he doesn't perish prematurely, achieving First Rank is practically guaranteed.

If Lin Yi truly had a Martial Dao Enlightenment and reached this level in just over half a year, he would have a chance to enter the nine provinces latent dragon ranking and even Breakthrough beyond the First Rank in the future!

This talent was even slightly higher than his own.

"That damn Lin Yi, how could his talent be so high?"

"Zhou Feng, are you sure this news is real? Could someone be spreading rumors?"

As he spoke, Chen Jiangping stared fixedly at the Myriad Phenomena Tower Master, his face full of distortion, jealousy, and madness.

"How could it be a rumor!"

Seeing Chen Jiangping's expression, which was so jealous it looked like he wanted to eat someone, the Myriad Phenomena Tower Master became even more enraged:

"This news was personally delivered by the Dongshan Martial Academy early this morning. By now, every major power in the Dongshan Prefecture City likely knows about it."

"Furthermore, according to the reports, when Lin Yi Breakthrough to Limit Breaking, it was witnessed by Vice Dean Zhao of the Dongshan Martial Academy and 'cold chi sword' Jiang Hanhan—who is second on the Qingzhou Latent Dragon Ranking and thirty-first on the nine provinces latent dragon ranking."

"And who is Jiang Hanhan? Even if someone were to spread rumors, who would dare use his name? Unless they're tired of living!"

"This... it's actually true!"

Hearing this, no matter how much Chen Jiangping didn't want to believe it, he had no choice now.

His eyes were vacant, and he was somewhat dazed.

But after a moment, he suddenly burst into wild laughter:

"Hehe! Haha! Hahahaha!"

"It seems my pressure this time actually forced out an extraordinary Genius!"

"A Genius who Breakthrough to Limit Breaking at fifteen, and possibly through Martial Dao Enlightenment, reaching this Realm from near Extreme Strength in just over half a year. Tsk tsk, truly impressive!"

"But what a pity. So what if your talent is high? I'm over a decade ahead of you. As long as you don't Breakthrough beyond First Rank, you're destined to be forever trampled under my feet!"

"What! Chen Jiangping, what do you mean by that?"

Hearing this, the Myriad Phenomena Tower Master's expression changed:

"Based on what you're saying, you don't intend to reconcile with Lin Yi?"

He had come to find Chen Jiangping specifically to have him apologize to Lin Yi and compensate him with a large amount of resources to satisfy him.

Even if he didn't expect them to turn swords into plowshares, he at least couldn't let Lin Yi quit the Wanxiang Tower in a rage.

That's right!

A contracted Genius like Lin Yi indeed had the right to leave the Wanxiang Tower if they encountered something like what Chen Jiangping did.

After all, contracted Geniuses only have a cooperative relationship with the Wanxiang Tower; they aren't subordinates.

Now that Lin Yi had been so insulted by a Vice Tower Master in the Wanxiang Tower, choosing to quit was perfectly normal. Even if a master above the First Rank from the Wanxiang Tower came, they couldn't find fault with Lin Yi.

Given the talent Lin Yi had displayed, if he stayed in the Wanxiang Tower, he would be a Prodigy surpassing even Heaven-Grade contracted Geniuses.

Once the higher-ups discovered that their Dongshan Prefecture Wanxiang Tower had driven away such a Genius, even Zhou Feng, a First-Rank Master with high status, would be severely punished.

Thinking of this, Zhou Feng became even more furious, his eyes fixed on Chen Jiangping.

But to this, Chen Jiangping only gave a cold snort:

"Humph! Reconcile? How?"

"Just last night, Lin Yi had Jiang Hanhan personally come to find me."

"Afterward, Jiang Hanhan not only personally cut off one of my ears but also threatened me, saying the reason he didn't kill me wasn't to let me go, but because Lin Yi said he would kill me with his own hands in the future."

"Tell me, can I reconcile with him?"

"What!"

Hearing this, the Myriad Phenomena Tower Master, Zhou Feng, was also completely despondent.

Being able to ask someone else to kill him but choosing not to, opting instead to do it himself in the future—this showed just how heavy Lin Yi's killing intent and hatred for Chen Jiangping were!

With such killing intent, reconciliation between the two was clearly impossible.

"Damn it! Truly damn it! Chen Jiangping, you damn fool! Just wait for the higher-ups to hold you accountable!"

Zhou Feng cursed, then slammed the door open with a *bang* and rushed toward the Dongshan Martial Academy.

Although he knew that after this incident, the hope of Lin Yi continuing his contract with the Wanxiang Tower was slim.

But out of fear of punishment, he still planned to try and fight for it.

After all, there's always a chance. What if it actually worked?

Zhou Feng thought to himself.

But... "I won't see him!"

In Lin Yi's courtyard at the Dongshan Martial Academy, looking at the messenger servant from the Wanxiang Tower before him, Lin Yi spoke coldly:

"Tell your Tower Master to get lost!"

"Yesterday, when I went to ask him for help, he wouldn't see me. When I was being humiliated by Chen Jiangping, he was nowhere to be found."

"Now that my problem is solved and I've Breakthrough to the Limit Breaking Realm myself, he shows up? Where in the world is there such a convenient deal?"

"Tell him that from now on, I, Lin Yi, am severing all ties with the Wanxiang Tower! There will be no further connection between us!"

"In the future, if anyone from the Wanxiang Tower interferes in the struggle between me and Chen Jiangping, it will be a fight to the death! Now get out!"

Lin Yi waved his hand, not bothering to pay any more attention to the messenger. His words were blunt, showing not a shred of respect for Zhou Feng, the Myriad Phenomena Tower Master and First-Rank Master.

Because even putting aside Jiang Hanhan behind Dean Zhao Haihong, with his current talent alone, the Heavenly Mountain Sect would value him immensely, even if they didn't treat him like a precious treasure.

He was just a mere First Rank. As long as Lin Yi didn't drive him to a dead end, he wouldn't have the courage to make a move against him.

As for the contract with the Wanxiang Tower?

Humph! That's even less important.

After all, the Wanxiang Tower was notoriously stingy toward external Geniuses. It was only because they possessed certain rare resources that they could attract Geniuses to join.

But with his attribute panel, the most important resource for him was silver. Even when he initially joined the Wanxiang Tower, it was because Chen Fengyuan offered the most silver, not because of some bullshit rare resources.

Now that he had broken ties with the Wanxiang Tower, major powers like the Zijing Merchant Guild and the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce were likely already rubbing their hands together, ready to recruit him at any moment.

And the silver they would offer this time would definitely be more than the Wanxiang Tower's bullshit Heaven-Grade Genius contract!

"I wonder how much silver the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce and Zijing Merchant Guild will be willing to offer. How many new talents can I evolve? I'm really looking forward to it!"

As these thoughts flowed, a smile appeared on Lin Yi's face.