Facing a top expert, a slight misstep could lead to being exploited.
He certainly didn’t want his hand to become the breakthrough point.
Prince Philip glared fiercely at Tang Fei, saying, "Are you playing tricks on me?"
"What do you mean?" Tang Fei, looking completely perplexed, asked aloud.
"I said to withdraw at the same time... I held back my energy, why didn’t you?"
"I did... Everyone saw that, I held back..."
"You held back later than I did..."
"That can’t be helped..." Tang Fei said, "You were counting down, and by the time you reached three, you had already prepared to withdraw... I had to follow your cue, naturally, I’d be slightly slower...."
"Besides, sound also takes time to travel... It takes some time for my ears to hear your sound, how could it be perfectly synchronous with yours?"
Prince Philip knew that this kid had outsmarted him.
But such tactics were too subtle; you simply couldn’t find any evidence.
He had always been the hunter, yet unexpectedly, he ended up pecked in the eye by the geese.
This truly was a poor start, having just arrived in the Phoenix Empire and already suffering a mute loss at the hands of a non-entity.
Prince Philip’s eyes turned grim as he stared at Tang Fei for a while, then said, "It seems we need to have a good conversation at the Heavenly Path Exchange."
That statement had a threatening tone.
"No matter what you think, my senior brother said he intends to firmly take first place," Tang Fei replied just as boldly.
"Your senior brother?"
"Shen Xinglan," Tang Fei said with a smile. "Prince, you must be quite familiar with this name, right?"
Seeing Tang Fei’s smile, a surge of hatred brewed in Prince Philip’s heart.
He had suffered at the hands of Shen Xinglan before, and Shen Xinglan must have boasted of his glorious achievements in front of his junior brother. Otherwise, why would he mock him ?
Prince Philip was unaware that Tang Fei had no idea about the conflict between him and Shen Xinglan; his actions were purely to draw hatred towards Shen Xinglan.
After all, many things in this world can be shifted.
The more you love someone else, the less you love me.
The more you hate someone else, the less you hate me.
He hadn’t lied; Shen Xinglan did indeed intend to take first place...
"That’s exactly my intention," Prince Philip said solemnly. "I’m keen to see if Shen Xinglan has improved over the years..."
"My senior brother won’t disappoint you."
Prince Philip didn’t want to engage in a verbal spat with Tang Fei any longer and turned to Zhong Tianyi, saying, "Brother Tianyi, I’m feeling a bit tired, I’ll head back to rest."
"Alright, you do need to conserve your energy and strive to make a splendid showing at the Heavenly Path Exchange and achieve better results," Zhong Tianyi said aloud.
He couldn’t wish Prince Philip to win the championship, for after all, he was a member of the Royal Family and they were competitors.
If the Aus Empire achieved the best outcome, what would they do then?
Philip glanced towards Sheng Xinhua, saying with all due politeness, "It’s been an honor to meet such a beautiful lady as Miss Sheng. I hope we have the chance to meet again."
"We definitely will," Sheng Xinhua replied.
Philip nodded, then turned with his people and left.
He didn’t even bother to check on the status of the Giant Tower...
Zhong Tianyi’s gaze seemed thoughtful as he looked at Tang Fei and asked, "You did that on purpose, didn’t you?"
"What do you mean?" Tang Fei asked aloud.
"When Philip said to withdraw, did you deliberately delay for a moment?"
"Prince, how could you think that way? How could I possibly do such a despicable and shameless thing?" Tang Fei said with a face full of grief.
"I am also a cultivator, even if I don’t like him, I will defeat him fair and square in the arena... How could I possibly do such a thing?"
"Besides, he was the one who provoked me first... I just wanted to shake his hand amicably to express our local greeting customs. But then, he suddenly started to use violence against me..."
"Prince, could this possibly be my fault? I am the victim here..."
Mr. Sheng also spoke up in support, saying, "Exactly, you saw it with your own eyes. How could you still wrongly accuse Tang Fei? Tang Fei is one of our own, and we should speak up for our own, shouldn’t we?"
Zhong Tianyi smiled playfully and said, "I was just curious, I just asked casually. Don’t take it to heart..."
"I naturally trust our own, and I hope that you will achieve good results at the Heavenly Path Exchange Conference."
"Thank you, Your Highness. I will definitely not let you down."
"That’s good." Zhong Tianyi nodded and looked at Sheng Xinhua, asking, "Do you still want to play for a while?"
Sheng Xinhua pointed at the mess on the ground and said, "It’s already , how can we continue playing? I’m planning to send them back..."
"Oh? Since when does a lady send off a gentleman? I’ll have someone send them back. Then you can ride in my car back."
He disliked Tang Fei being with Sheng Xinhua.
Sheng Xinhua was the woman he admired, yet she remained unattainable to him and was always mixed up with a guy from the Old Land.
Besides, it was late at night, and they had all been drinking. Men and women alone together could easily lead to trouble.
As for Little Fatty...
He didn’t care about him at all.
He knew that no matter how bad Sheng Xinhua’s taste was, she would not like a man like Little Fatty. She wasn’t into that type.
"No need, we’re on the way..." Sheng Xinhua said, "Besides, I’ll just use the autopilot, so I don’t have to drive myself."
Tang Fei gave Sheng Xinhua an apologetic look and said, "Sorry to trouble Mr. Sheng. If only I had a Flying Car of my own, then I wouldn’t bother Mr. Sheng to send me home in the middle of the night..."
It’s just a Flying Car. I’ll have someone send one over to you tomorrow.
Zhong Tianyi gave Tang Fei a deep look, then said to Sheng Xinhua, "I’ll go back first."
After Zhong Tianyi left, Sheng Xinhua sighed softly and said, "Why provoke him? No matter what, he is Phoenix’s brother... If you and Phoenix want to be together, you still have to get past him..."
"Besides, he is the Second Prince of the Empire... Although that position doesn’t relate to him, if he wants to cause you trouble, it would be very easy..."
"With your current strength and cultivation realm, trying to compete with a Prince... would be very difficult..."
Tang Fei looked at Sheng Xinhua and asked, "Does groveling work?"
"Grovel?" Sheng Xinhua widened her eyes at Tang Fei.
What kind of vile words is this kid saying?
Why is it that the first time I hear it...
I find it a rather sexy posture?
"Oh, I mean bowing and scraping, flattering, and trying every possible way to please and appease him..." Tang Fei explained, "Do you think that would work?"
Sheng Xinhua pondered for a moment and said, "It should be useless... They have too many such people around them... Unless you can grovel in some new way."
"Moreover, from what I know about him, if you do that, he might despise you even more... People are really a bundle of contradictions. If you don’t take him seriously, he feels disrespected. If you take him too seriously, he feels like you’re buttering him up..."
"Right? Also, he has never liked me, even hated me... I can feel that hate... just like the prey I hunt can sense my hostility toward them..."
"If it wasn’t for him deliberately outing my identity in front of Philip, suggesting that I am the dean’s student... would Philip have come into conflict with me? Would he have tried to gauge Bai Lu’s strength through me?"
"That’s also a reason why I’ve never liked him." Sheng Xinhua said, "Petty."
"Exactly, if you want something, just shout it out loud. If you want to defeat someone, stand up boldly and face them." Tang Fei agreed.
Sheng Xinhua looked at Tang Fei with a half-smile, her eyes playful, "So, like you openly and bravely ambushing Prince Philip?"
"How can you say that? You are smearing my innocence..." Tang Fei became agitated and said, "Take back that statement immediately."