Fifteen-Year-Old Lin Lei

Having met Lin Lei when he was eight and a half, Fengyun naturally found opportunities to get acquainted with Lin Lei and Beibei after Lin Lei came to Finley City to enroll at Ernst Academy.

And because of Lin Lei, he had also become friends with Yale, George, and Reno.

Well, that was also the main reason his intelligence network had extended into places like Azure Paradise and Heaven on Earth!

After all, Yale, the son of the president of the Dawson Merchant Guild, one of the continent's three great merchant guilds, was never short on money. He always spent his money in high-end places like these.

Yale's status, combined with George's background as a direct descendant of the Huashi Family, an old political family of the Yulan Empire, and Reno's background as a direct descendant of the Dunstan Family, a military family of the O'Brien Empire, made the Darkness Church behind Fengyun believe that they were well worth approaching.

After confirming that Fengyun had quite a good relationship with the three of them, the organization directly assigned him his first truly meaningful mission: build strong relationships with the three of them.

When Fengyun received the assignment, he was utterly speechless. He was a spy of the Darkness Church, arranged from childhood to infiltrate the Light Church. Then, through a twist of fate, he had been placed in the military, abandoning the Priest path originally planned for him.

After barely making something of himself, his first proper mission was not to steal classified information about the Light Church's ace knight order. Instead, it was a mission completely unrelated to the Light Church: maintain friendly relations with Reno, George, and Yale, and try to become closer to those three brats.

Receiving that mission also made him once again feel the extraordinary nature of the child of destiny. When he had read the original novel, he had only thought of Reno, George, and Yale as three characters meant to advance the plot.

Among them, Yale had the most scenes. George was practically useless, while Reno merely served as the point that introduced Desli.

Now that he had transmigrated into this Coiling Dragon World and received this absurd mission, Fengyun suddenly realized that not only did these three occupy the three most promising paths—military, politics, and commerce—but they also respectively represented the Dawson Merchant Guild, the Yulan Empire, and the O'Brien Empire, three superpowers.

If any ordinary person could become close friends with even one of them, they would never need to worry about their future prospects.

Yet these three people had all been arranged to become roommates of the protagonist, Lin Lei. If Lin Lei had not grown too quickly—so quickly that by the time the three rose to prominence, he had already become a Saint Realm expert renowned across the continent—the original novel might have given them far more attention.

However, Fengyun did not take this mission too seriously. He felt that his main task was still to cling to Lin Lei, the future controller.

As for Yale and the other two, he felt it was enough to interact with them normally. With Lin Lei as their connection, their friendship would naturally deepen over time.

If he deliberately tried to befriend them because of their identities, it might instead create problems in his relationship with the three of them.

When Fengyun spotted Lin Lei and the others, Lin Lei's group naturally spotted him as well.

Lin Lei, who came to Azure Paradise only to drink and eat and never touched any of its other offerings, immediately walked over to Fengyun and greeted him. "Hey, Brother Yun, where have you been these past couple of days? I couldn't find you even when I went to your Special Warfare Camp."

Beibei, perched on his shoulder, squeaked noisily, seemingly echoing Lin Lei's words.

Yale and the others also came up to greet him. "Little Yun, we heard that you, the Light Shadow Swordsman, saved two young noble ladies in the Monster Mountain Range again this time, and even personally escorted them back."

"I asked around, and they're both quite pretty. Did you take a fancy to either one?"

Fengyun shook his head, saying he had not taken a fancy to either of them. He had simply happened to be heading back as well, so they had traveled together along the way.

Reno handed Fengyun a glass of wine. "Brother Yun, I'd say that reaching the peak of Level 4 at your age without a family backing you is already impressive enough. There's no need to spend all your time cultivating, and you definitely don't need to worry that doing that kind of thing will drain your vital essence and hinder your cultivation."

"At our age, enjoying life while we can is what really matters. Just give the word, and Yale and I will pick out the sweetest girl for you today."

After speaking, he glanced around. Seeing that no one was nearby, he leaned closer to Fengyun and whispered, "Don't worry about losing vital essence. I specifically had my family send over some secret medicine. I've already tried it, and the effect is great. No matter how much you lose, it can replenish it all."

He even wore a knowing lecher's grin, leaving Fengyun rather helpless!

Only the most steady and reserved George said nothing. He exchanged a glance with Fengyun, and everything was understood without words.

Seeing the way Reno and Yale looked as though they would handle everything for him tonight so long as he spoke, Fengyun said directly, "I've set myself a goal. Before I turn sixteen and come of age, I'll apply to leave the Special Warfare Camp and join the Glory Knight Order."

"There's only a year and a half left until I come of age. I can't afford to relax and waste my energy now. Brothers, don't get in the way of my future!"

Lin Lei promptly added, "That's right. Based on your goal, Brother Yun, this next year and a half is exactly when you need to work hard."

"With your talent, I think there's a strong chance you'll break through to become a Level 5 Warrior during this period. Don't waste your energy where you shouldn't."

Among his friends, only Fengyun came here to have fun without ever touching women, and only Fengyun cultivated as diligently and seriously as he did. It gave Lin Lei a strong sense of kinship.

He did not want his only kindred spirit to be led astray!

"Since I made another breakthrough a few months ago, let's fight again. This time, I'm confident I can beat you, Brother Yun."

Seeing Lin Lei's excited and utterly confident expression, Fengyun calculated the timing and knew that Lin Lei had broken through to become a Level 5 Mage.

He could only sigh inwardly. If he had not finally broken through to the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy during this trip to the Monster Mountain Range, then even though he could still defeat Lin Lei with his greatest speed, flawless fundamentals, and exceptional control over himself, he would probably have suffered a little at Lin Lei's hands.

After all, a Level 5 Mage was already a high-level mage. If Lin Lei could use his Level 4 Warrior strength to withstand the casting delay in Fengyun's attacks—

Then when faced with Level 5 magic, Fengyun would have to end up in a somewhat sorry state no matter what!

He would not be able to crush Lin Lei as overwhelmingly as he had in their previous challenges, much less effortlessly defeat him in an instant as he had back in Wushan Town.

Just as he was about to accept the challenge, planning to thoroughly teach him a lesson after reporting his situation to the organization and cherish this chance to openly bully the future controller while he still could—

George, who had never been much of a talker, suddenly spoke. "I think since we finally caught this kid, Third Brother, you should tell him the important matter first!"

Fengyun asked in confusion, "An important matter?"