Replace me as the top scholar? Go talk to my Marshal Grandpa!

Wang Feixiang looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, his smile growing increasingly unrestrained.

He held it up in front of Yuan Tianzhen, waved it, and spoke as if he were teasing a stray dog:

"want to?"

Yuan Tianzhen stared intently at the jade pendant, the only keepsake his grandmother had left him.

He was still young when his grandmother passed away. He only remembered that the old woman's withered hands hung the jade pendant around his neck, saying that it was something that had been passed down in the Yuan family for several generations, and that it was very important and must be preserved and passed down.

He always remembered those words.

But he trusted Xu Ling too much, trusted his childhood sweetheart too much.

That's why he's standing here today.

"If you want it, kneel down and beg me." Wang Feixiang tilted his head, his face full of mockery. "Kneel down, call me grandpa, and maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll give it back to you."

The surrounding chatter suddenly grew louder.

Some people criticized Wang Feixiang for being too bullying, while others whispered that it was better to just stop watching.

But no one dared to step forward.

Yuan Tianzhen's face turned bright red.

His knees were trembling slightly.

The humiliation burned from the soles of his feet all the way to the top of his head, as if someone were pricking his back with needles.

He thought of his grandmother, and how the jade pendant had been rubbed and polished until it shone brightly in her hands.

Then he bent his knees and actually knelt down.

His knee slammed into the ground with a dull thud.

The onlookers all fell silent.

The person who was speaking earlier had their mouth open for a long time without closing it.

No one expected that this seemingly stubborn boy would actually kneel down.

Wang Feixiang was also stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter while holding his stomach.

Hahahaha~

He laughed so hard he almost fell over, patting the roof of the car as he laughed, as if he had seen the funniest thing in the world.

"You actually knelt down! I was just saying it casually!"

"Yuan Tianzhen, where's your backbone? Where's your top ten ranking in your grade? Hahaha..."

Yuan Tianzhen knelt on the ground, her fists clenched so tightly that her nails almost dug into her palms.

The pointing fingers and whispers around him felt like countless needles pricking him, but he swallowed all his emotions.

He gritted his teeth, his voice extremely low, as if squeezed out from the back of his throat: "Give me back the jade pendant."

Wang Feixiang finished laughing, straightened up, wiped his eyes, looked down at Yuan Tianzhen kneeling on the ground, and put on that smug expression again: "No."

Yuan Tianzhen's pupils suddenly contracted.

He stood up, his knees still covered in dust, and his voice finally crackled with barely suppressed anger: "You said you'd give it back if I knelt!"

"What I meant was, maybe I'll return it to you when I'm in a better mood." Wang Feixiang shook the jade pendant in his hand, his smile widening. "But I'm not in a good mood right now. Bark a couple more times, imitate a dog's bark, and maybe I'll feel better."

This was enough to make even the onlookers unable to bear it any longer.

An older woman shook her head and cursed, "What a terrible thing!"

The young students exchanged glances, and each saw anger in the other's eyes.

Suddenly, a girl with a ponytail, wearing a school uniform, and her face turned bright red stepped out from the crowd.

She pointed at Wang Feixiang, her voice trembling, "How can you be so shameless! You took someone else's things and didn't return them, and you even made them kneel down and bark like a dog? If you don't return them, I'll report you to the Extraordinary Bureau!"

Wang Feixiang remained completely calm.

He didn't even glance at the girl, but simply turned his head and gestured with his chin towards Xu Ling in the hovercar.

The car door opened, and Xu Ling stepped out.

The light pink dress shone brightly in the sunlight, but the expression on her face was colder than ice.

She stood beside Wang Feixiang, her gaze sweeping over the onlookers. Her voice was soft, but clear:

"The jade pendant was given to me voluntarily by Yuan Tianzhen."

"What I give away is mine; I can give it to whomever I want."

"Even if the Extraordinary Bureau comes, I am still in the right, and your report will be useless."

A commotion broke out in the crowd.

Someone muttered "Disgusting" under their breath, while others shook their heads and sighed.

The girl with the ponytail turned pale with anger: "You've been with him for so many years, don't you know what kind of person he is? That jade pendant was his grandmother's heirloom, didn't you know that when you took it? How can you say such things now, do you have any conscience?"

Xu Ling glanced at her expressionlessly: "Conscience? What's it worth?"

Wang Feixiang burst out laughing.

After laughing, he pointed at the girl with the ponytail, his tone full of smugness: "You still want to stand up for her? Let me tell you, the director of the Extraordinary Bureau is my uncle."

"I can get him to arrest you for obstructing official business with just one word, believe it or not?"

The girl with the ponytail's expression changed slightly.

She bit her lip, took a small step back, but still stood there defiantly, her voice lower than before, but she didn't back down: "You're breaking the law..."

"Illegal?" Wang Feixiang thought to himself that he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

He spread his arms, turned around, and raised his voice.

"In Xingquan City, I am the supreme law! Anyone who disagrees? Come at me!"

An overwhelming sense of despair and anger welled up within me.

This moment.

Yuan Tianzhen was furious.

In a fit of emotion, he actually took action and snatched the jade pendant back from Wang Feixiang.

Because he hadn't expected the man to make a sudden move, Wang Feixiang hadn't even had time to react. He was pushed and staggered, almost falling over. His face instantly turned extremely pale.

Xu Ling's expression also changed, and she pointed at Yuan Tianzhen, screaming:

"You dare to steal? Do you know what you're doing? I'm calling the Extraordinary Bureau right now to arrest you!"

She spoke with such conviction, as if the jade pendant originally belonged to Wang Feixiang.

Some onlookers couldn't help but spit out a "pui!" and others started backing away, not wanting to cause trouble.

Despite the scorn of the crowd, Xu Ling didn't care and took out her smart bracelet to contact the Extraordinary Bureau.

However, Wang Feixiang stopped her.

Xu Ling was puzzled.

Wang Feixiang sneered, "He dared to try and steal my things. Letting him go to the Extraordinary Bureau like this is letting him off easy."

Done.

He took a small vial of medicine out of his pocket.

The medicine was contained in a transparent glass tube; the liquid was pale red and shimmered faintly in the sunlight.

He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arm, and then, in front of everyone, injected the vial into his arm.

The moment the drug was injected, his body trembled violently, the veins on his neck bulged, and his muscles visibly swelled up as if they had been stretched open by something.

His aura surged from the seventh level of the Spirit Awakening Realm to the peak of the Spirit Awakening Realm, and even faintly touched the threshold of the Transcendent Realm.

Someone in the crowd recognized the object.

"This is a blood-burning potion! The latest kind on the market, one bottle costs over ten thousand yuan!"

As Wang Feixiang felt the surging power within his body, the ferocity on his face became increasingly apparent.

He cracked his neck, then looked at Yuan Tianzhen with a cruel smile.

"You hit me first."

Even if I cripple you now, the Extraordinary Bureau will only rule it as self-defense.

"If you dare to fight back, that would be even better. I'll make sure you can't even stay in the academy."

Before he could finish speaking...

He rushed forward, his fist aimed straight at Yuan Tianzhen's face!