When Zhang Hao walked to the Heavenly Fragrance Courtyard, he found the sounds of the girls coming from inside the room.
"Diao Zhu!"
"An eight..."
Zhang Hao: "..."
Zhang Hao was completely speechless at this moment. He knew that the girls were all playing Eighty Points, and they were playing with great enthusiasm.
Walking into the room, none of the girls noticed him. What's more, Zhang Hao found that one of them playing was actually Song Sitian.
When did this girl, Song Sitian, join the card-playing army?
It was still Song Sitian who was sharp-eyed and the first to spot Zhang Hao.
"Young Master, you're back. After I finish this round, I'll come find you," Song Sitian said apologetically to Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao was amused and exasperated, waving his hand at Song Sitian and saying, "Okay, you play. Don't mind me."
Song Sitian stuck out her tongue at Zhang Hao sheepishly.
Zhang Hao gave a wry smile. He hadn't expected this Eighty Points to be so popular, even Song Sitian had fallen for it. However, Zhang Hao also felt this was normal. Playing cards had a history of hundreds of years on Earth. It could be said to have prospered endlessly. Even in the 21st century, when entertainment was very developed, many people liked to play cards during their leisure time. Much less the girls who had just found it novel.
After a round ended, Song Sitian came before Zhang Hao, looking at him somewhat sheepishly and saying, "Young Master."
Zhang Hao nodded slightly, looking at Song Sitian and asking with some surprise, "When did you also learn to play cards?"
Song Sitian glanced at Zhang Hao, stuck out her tongue, and said somewhat sheepishly, "Young Master, these past few days, when Ye Yunshang, Gao Xinyu, Ning Xue, and Sister Qiu Yu were playing, I was the substitute! Eighty Points, as you said, requires four people, doesn't it? A few days ago, Sister Qiu Yu went home, so they pulled me in to play."
Zhang Hao looked at Song Sitian and asked with a smile, "How is it? Is it fun?"
Song Sitian immediately nodded vigorously and said excitedly, "Yes, it's very fun."
"Hehe, alright! There are plenty of maids at home, you don't have to keep looking after me. Go play with Yunshang and the others?"
Upon hearing this, Song Sitian looked at Zhang Hao in great panic, almost on the verge of tears, and said, "Young Master, are you blaming Sitian?"
Zhang Hao looked at Song Sitian's frightened expression and said somewhat speechlessly, "What are you thinking? Young Master is just telling you that Young Master doesn't treat you as a real maid, so when you're at home now, you can relax a bit and don't have to think only about taking care of Young Master every day."
When Song Sitian heard that Zhang Hao wasn't blaming her, she finally relaxed. She smiled at Zhang Hao and said, "Young Master, Sitian understands."
Ye Yunshang also walked up to Zhang Hao and said to him, "Zhang Hao, have the matters been resolved?"
Zhang Hao nodded slightly and smiled, "It went quite smoothly."
Ye Yunshang heard Zhang Hao say this, and it was somewhat vague. She furrowed her delicate brows but didn't ask further. She just said to Zhang Hao, "Zhang Hao, Dean Lan sent an urgent letter for you. I happened to encounter it, so I took it first. Now that you're back, take a look!"
Zhang Hao was also a bit strange upon hearing this, wondering what Lan Haiping's purpose was in sending such an urgent letter. Thinking of this, Zhang Hao quickly tore open the letter that hadn't been opened yet. However, when he saw the content of the letter, he couldn't help but frown.
Three Great Academies Exchange Competition
It turned out that the Three Great Academies Exchange Competition was held before every Sect assessment. The various academies could also use this to probe each other's strength, and this time was naturally no exception.
Originally, with Tianwu Academy's foundation, they weren't afraid. However, this time, almost all the experts on Tianwu Academy's Man Rankings and Earth Ranking were killed by Zhang Hao. It could be said that there weren't many geniuses left in Tianwu Academy's Inner Courtyard. With this, Lan Haiping would inevitably lose badly, so he hoped Zhang Hao could rush back by then.
Seeing this, Zhang Hao couldn't help but give a wry smile. He himself didn't really like participating in this kind of thing. However, this matter really did have something to do with him. If Zhang Hao hadn't almost plowed through the Man Rankings and Earth Ranking when he broke into the Martial God Tower, Lan Haiping wouldn't be so anxious this time. Therefore, for Zhang Hao, both personally and publicly, he had to bear this responsibility.
"What is it?" Ye Yunshang asked, looking at Zhang Hao with some curiosity.
Although Yunshang had received the letter first, she hadn't read its contents. Therefore, she was also curious about the content of the letter at this moment.
Zhang Hao shook his head and told Ye Yunshang the content of the letter.
Ye Yunshang pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhang Hao and said, "Zhang Hao, don't you dislike the people from Tianba Academy? This time, Tianba Academy will definitely come to our Tianwu Academy to show off their strength. You'd best find a way to make them lose Face. That way, the higher-ups of Tianwu Academy should have a much better impression of you."
Ye Yunshang's words strengthened Zhang Hao's resolve.
Coming out from the girls, Zhang Hao went to look for his Grandpa Zhang Yaobang. This time, Zhang Hao had gone to the Balong Empire without telling his Grandpa beforehand, so his Grandpa must be extremely worried now.
In Zhang Yaobang's room.
"Zhang Hao, your Grandpa doesn't even know what to say to you. For such a big matter, why didn't you discuss it with Grandpa?" Zhang Yaobang looked at Zhang Hao with some blame.
Zhang Hao said to Zhang Yaobang with a grin, "Grandpa, don't be angry. It's not good if you get angry and harm your health. Come, your grandson will massage your shoulders for you."
Zhang Yaobang was helpless and scolded Zhang Hao with a smile, "You little rascal, you've liked this trick since you were young."
Although he said that, Zhang Yaobang still fell for Zhang Hao's trick. His originally stern Face couldn't help but break into a smile.
"Tell me, what was the result?" Zhang Yaobang was still very concerned about the outcome of Zhang Hao's trip.
Zhang Hao gave his Grandpa a faint smile and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. From now on, the Nangong Family won't trouble us anymore."
"What? Zhang Hao, what do you mean?" Zhang Yaobang's expression was somewhat startled.
"Grandpa, from now on, there will be no more Nangong Family. The Nangong Family has been removed from the Northern Region," Zhang Hao said calmly.
"Did you do it, Zhang Hao?" Zhang Yaobang asked somewhat startled.
"Mm!" Zhang Hao admitted.
"Oh!"
A storm raged in Zhang Yaobang's heart. He naturally knew that the Zhang Family and the Nangong Family were completely incomparable. It could be said that a thousand Zhang Families might not be able to match one Nangong Family. The Nangong Family was the foremost Family below the imperial Family in the Balong Empire. It had been passed down for a thousand years, and its foundation was by no means comparable to a small Family like the Zhang Family.
But such a Family was actually destroyed by his own grandson. If Zhang Hao wasn't his grandson, he would absolutely not believe these words and would only think it was nonsense. However, since the words came from his own grandson's mouth, Zhang Yaobang naturally believed it.