Zu An was stunned. “We’re waiting for someone?” he asked. “Who are we waiting for?”

“Xie Xiu,” Shang Liuyu replied.

“Xie Xiu?” Zu An took a while to process this information. “So, the principal even managed to get Xie Xiu to tag along with us! This principal is truly wise! With him around, it would be so much easier to take over Plum Blossom Sect’s holdings.”

Although Xie Xiu’s usually behaved somewhat frivolously, he was still the city lord’s son. His presence would help to smooth most of the official procedures along.

Shang Liuyu shook her head. “Luofu didn’t arrange for him to come. She wanted you to be the one to invite him.”

“I have to invite him?” Zu An was dumbstruck.

“Yes.” Shang Liuyu smiled. “The academy can’t just announce to the world that it has accepted your seven-and-a-half million taels...