The snow leopard was ready to jump on the patients who stood in line.

Tony was pulling it hard to control.

Thankfully, Peak Master Natasha was already standing at the entrance of the healing tower.

She had been there for a while. Waiting for Tony. She is determined to punish Tony for the last night arrogance.

’This troublemaker,’ she thought, watching the distant wild snow leopard running toward her.

"He probably brought this beast to cause trouble... so I’d forget about the herbs. Running rampant in my tower on the first day— today he pays for it." Natasha muttered while staring at Tony with a serious look.

The white and massive leopard rushed straight towards Peak Master Natasha. Tony Clark on its back was acting his best to control the wild beast.

"Master... move!" One of the rank 5 doctor lady shouted nervsouly.

"Why is she not moving...!"

Everyone stared at Natasha who stood against the rushing snow leopard without any worry.

"Move...!" Tony also shouted as the Leopard lost it’s sense.

But Natasha didn’t move. She reached her waist with two fingers, flicked her wrist once— and three golden needles appeared between her knuckles, already in motion before Tony had time to shout another warning.

The needles flew in a tight triangle and buried themselves into three precise points on the snow leopard’s skull.

"Shooookkkk...!"

The leopard stopped like it had hit a wall. Every muscle locked simultaneously. It simply froze, a statue of fur and frozen momentum, close enough that Natasha could have reached out and touched its nose.

Tony, who had not been expecting an abrupt complete stop at full speed, shot forward on the leopard’s back and barely caught himself before falling on Natasha’s chest. He grabbed the fur at its neck, scrambled, regained his balance, and slowly— with considerable effort... climbed down to the ground.

He straightened up and looked at Natasha.

"Not bad, Master," he said, with a casual smile.

Natasha stared at him with a bit of anger.

"Tony." Her voice was very low. "What is this nonsense? Who gave you permission to cause a commotion inside the academy with an untamed beast?! Do you understand what the punishment is for this kind of disturbance?!"

"Peak Master, you’re misunderstanding the situation," Tony said with innocent look, like they were having a perfectly reasonable conversation. "I went to gather the herbs you assigned. While I was heading back, this leopard attacked me in the forest. I tamed it because I liked it— that’s all. I genuinely did not expect it to go wild after seeing this many people."

He said it so honestly and so simply that for one brief second it almost sounded reasonable.

Meanwhile... the Healing Tower entrance had filled with people.

Word of the commotion had pulled everyone within range— patients who had been hiding now peeked around corners and pillars, rank one and rank two doctors had stepped out of side corridors, helping nurses clustered near the entrance doors, and a growing crowd of rank three and four doctors stood further back, watching with wide eyes and urgent whispers.

"Is that Tony Clark?!"

"He rode that thing down the mountain path— I saw it from the third floor window! He almost dashed everyone on the way!!"

"How is he standing there smiling?! The Peak Master is right in front of him!!"

"He’s going to get destroyed. There’s no way she lets this go."

"Finally. Someone needs to put that boy in his place— first day and he’s already causing chaos across the entire academy."

A few of the rank three doctors nodded vigorously among themselves, already anticipating a very satisfying public correction.

Natasha crossed her arms.

"Do you think you can say whatever you like and I will simply accept it?!" she snapped. "A snow leopard is a ghost beast— it blends into snow and moves without sound. No one at your cultivation level tames a ghost leopard alone! Stop telling lies and take your punishment!!"

Tony sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"I don’t know whether you’ll believe me or not," he said. "But the truth is I tamed this leopard myself, and I’m keeping it as my mount from now on. The academy allows tamed beasts— I checked." He paused. "As for your task..."

He waved his hand. The storage ring opened and the thirteen herbs appeared in his palm in a neat bundle— fresh, cleanly separated, each one intact and properly handled. He held them out toward Natasha.

"These are the thirteen herbs you requested."

Natasha looked at the herbs... She said nothing for a moment.

They were perfect. Not just collected... selected properly, stems clean, no bruising, no contamination from other plants. Her own personal disciples, who were Rank Four and Five doctors rarely brought back quality like this. She could use these immediately for Emma’s treatment without any additional preparation.

She took the herbs without a word and examined them one by one.

But after seeing Tony’s face, she didn’t believe the act."He might have used servants Or a family member who knows herbs. There’s no other explanation." She decided.

But she had no proof of that. And the herbs were real, and they were here, and he had technically completed the task on time. She felt irritated as she lost a reason to punish him lawfully.

"Peak Master Natasha." Tony called out before she said anything. "I’ve fulfilled the task. If you don’t mind, I have a small request."

"What...?" she asked flatly.

"I want to treat patients." He met her eyes without flinching. "Can you allot me my own personal treatment room inside the Healing Tower?"

"Silence...!!!"

"Utter Silence...!"

Everyone’s brows furrowed. Even Natasha lifted her brows and stared at Tony with dumbfounded look.

"What did he just say...?!"

"A personal treatment room...?! Him?!"

"He wants to treat patients... is he serious right now?!"

The rank three and four doctors who had been looking forward to watching Tony get punished were now looking at each other with expressions of complete bewilderment.

"He’s lost his mind," one of them muttered.

"Peak Master please don’t allow it..." another said, low enough to stay anonymous but loud enough to be heard.

But the most frightened ones are the patients who stood in line for treatment.

A servant in the front row leaned to the side of rank 4 doctor and said, "Doctor, Tony said he will kill hundred patients a day when he first arrived at administration hall," she whispered. "I heard it from the Elder Jing. He said it himself— a hundred patients a day. Dead."

"Dead?!"

"That’s what he said!!"

The whisper moved down like a small fire.

One of the rank three doctors stepped forward slightly, unable to contain himself. "Peak Master... with all due respect, this is completely absurd. This person has zero healing background, zero medical training, and zero rank. Giving him a treatment room would be..."

"Yes, master... Please don’t give him a medical room."

"That’s right... master. Tony is a playboy..." One of the rich fat ladies who came for treatment also voiced her opinion.

More and more people joined to complain as they all opposed Tony’s request.

"Enough!"