"Heh, if you say so, is that all?" Zhou Hong couldn't be bothered to say more. He assumed his guidance was complete and turned to leave.
"Wait a moment." The chairman hurriedly called out to Zhou Hong.
"Is there anything else? You've already finished your guidance," Zhou Hong asked, turning back.
"That... you have an opportunity now. I wonder if you'll cherish it," the chairman said with a laugh.
"What opportunity?"
"I'm in need of a final disciple. I'm quite satisfied with you. I came for an inspection today, and there's an important matter: I want to take you as my final disciple. Zhou Hong, what do you say?"
Zhou Hong frowned deeply. He thought he was just receiving some guidance, but he didn't expect the chairman to want him as a final disciple. Zhou Hong was immediately annoyed.
"Zhou Hong, this is a rare opportunity for you. Regardless of anything else, I am the sixth-ranked powerhouse in Jiangnan Province. If you have me as your master, you will undoubtedly be able to rise."
"Hahaha, aren't you afraid your tongue will get twisted by the strong wind?" Zhou Hong couldn't help but laugh loudly.
The chairman's expression changed. He seemed surprised that Zhou Hong would say such a thing.
"Zhou Hong, you are insolent! I'm kindly offering to take you as my disciple, and you treat me with such an attitude." The chairman seemed unable to comprehend. If it were anyone else, they would have already knelt down and called him master.
"What qualifications do you have to be my master? You're not even qualified to be my disciple," Zhou Hong sneered.
"How arrogant! I am the sixth-ranked expert in the entire province. So many people want to be my disciple and can't, yet you not only don't cherish it but dare to mock me. Do you think you're so great just because you won the Martial Cultivation Competition? Do you know that champions are produced every year, in every place? In the whole of Huaxia, what are you?"
"Stop talking, or I won't be polite," Zhou Hong, too lazy to argue with the chairman, turned to leave.
"Stop," the chairman shouted.
"Is there anything else?"
"Did I let you go?" The chairman's face showed anger. He had been slandered, and Zhou Hong dared to leave?
"What more do you want?"
"You slandered me, and you think you can just walk away?"
"Heh, I'll give you a piece of advice: even if Heaven inflicts misfortune, it can be borne, but one cannot live after bringing misfortune upon oneself." A cold glint flashed in Zhou Hong's eyes.
"That saying is more fitting for you."
Zhou Hong, too lazy to waste any more words on him, instantly moved. He kicked the chairman in the stomach. The chairman immediately flew out and hit the wall. Fortunately, Zhou Hong hadn't used much strength, otherwise, the wall might have been broken.
After landing, the chairman suddenly woke up and looked at Zhou Hong with disbelief.
"How could this be?" the chairman asked, bewildered. When Zhou Hong kicked him, he hadn't even been able to react.
"Do you think I'm just the champion of the martial arts competition?"
"Who exactly are you?"
"Do you know how the seventh-ranked powerhouse in the provincial ranking, an old man named Tang Chaomeng, died? He forced me to be his grandson-in-law, or he threatened to kill me. Then I kicked him to death. Do you want to go accompany him?"
"What?" The chairman looked at Zhou Hong in disbelief.
"Hmph!" Zhou Hong snorted, too lazy to bother with him any further, and walked out of the room.
The chairman finally got up from the ground, feeling a sharp pain in his abdomen. He was incredibly shocked and couldn't seem to recover for a long time. If he hadn't experienced it firsthand, he wouldn't have believed that Zhou Hong was such a powerful person.
"Zhou Hong, what did the chairman say to you?" asked the dean, hurrying over after Zhou Hong left the room.
"Nothing much, he just gave me some guidance," Zhou Hong didn't reveal the truth.
"Then congratulations. Receiving guidance from the sixth-ranked powerhouse in the province must have been very fruitful. This is an opportunity others can only dream of."
"Heh, indeed!"
Just then, the chairman came out of the room. He heard Zhou Hong's words and looked embarrassed. He was no match for Zhou Hong at all. However, he was also wondering who Zhou Hong was and why such a strong person was hiding here.
Zhou Hong didn't even glance at the chairman again and walked towards Qiao Xiaoyu and the others.
The dean quickly went up to the chairman and said, "Chairman, you've worked hard. I've prepared a humble meal at the hotel. Please accompany me to the hotel."
"No need, I'm leaving now." The chairman had no appetite to stay for dinner and turned to leave. He felt embarrassed just looking at Zhou Hong now.
"This...!" The dean was stunned, not knowing what had happened to make the chairman's attitude so cold.
"Zhou Hong, did the chairman really guide you in the room just now?" Qiao Xiaoyu asked when Zhou Hong approached her, Qin Mengxue, and the others.
"Heh, yes."
"Then how was your gain?"
"It was alright. Let's go. Don't you guys want to show off at the Martial Cultivation Academy? Now we'll go find those geniuses from the Martial Cultivation Academy and fight them." Zhou Hong said.
"Forget it, let's go back and continue practicing martial arts," Qiao Xiaoyu shook her head.
At that moment, Qin Mengxue's phone rang. It was from her grandfather, the elder of the Qin family.
"Hello, Grandfather," Qin Mengxue answered after a moment's hesitation.
"Mengxue, come back to the family quickly. There's something important," the elder of the Qin family said urgently on the phone.
"What important matter?"
"Just come back quickly. It concerns your lifelong happiness and the future of the family," the elder of the Qin family said directly.
Qin Mengxue frowned. Hadn't she already registered her marriage with Qian Jie?
"Grandfather, are you mistaken? I've already registered my marriage with Qian Jie. What does this lifelong happiness you speak of have to do with me?"
"Things have changed. Now you have a chance to become a maid attending a young genius in Jiangnan Province. Hurry back and seize the opportunity."
"That's absurd! What young genius in Jiangnan Province?"
"Do you have to question it until the end? Fine, I'll tell you on the phone. There's a Young Genius Ranking in Jiangnan Province. This ranking is extremely demanding. You must meet two conditions to be on the list. The first condition is that you must be between 18 and 25 years old. The second condition is that you must be at least at the seventy-seventh level of the Martial Practitioner realm. To put it bluntly, the weakest person on the Jiangnan Province Young Genius Ranking is enough to instantly defeat Zhou Hong. Oh, and these young geniuses in Jiangnan Province don't bother participating in provincial competitions because they've already been admitted to top martial cultivation academies in the capital. It's not that I look down on Zhou Hong, but Zhou Hong is not on the same level as them."
At this moment, Zhou Hong was standing not far away and heard Qin Mengxue's phone call. He couldn't help but find it amusing. Why was the elder of the Qin family mentioning him again and comparing him?
"This is truly ridiculous!" Qin Mengxue was so angry that she wanted to hang up. First, they forced her to register her marriage with Qian Jie, and now they wanted her to come back, talking about seizing an opportunity.