"Why would they assign him a mission like this?"
"I know he can choose whether to accept it, but didn't you already send Luo Puxin?"
Inside a car bound for Luoshan County, Si Wenyi held up her phone and spoke coldly.
In the back seat, a black-clothed youth sat with a sword in his arms, resting with his eyes closed.
"I know, but he isn't ready to come into contact with Ancient God Beasts yet." Si Wenyi continued speaking, then hung up and tossed her phone onto the passenger seat.
In the back seat, the youth's eyes cracked open slightly. "Sister Si Wen, Deputy Chief Shen said that on the road to becoming stronger, we can't fear any danger."
Si Wenyi pressed her lips together. "I know, but he's only seventeen."
"When I was seventeen..." The youth with the sword spoke up. "You weren't this concerned about me."
Si Wenyi fell silent.
"I get it." The youth with the sword chuckled softly. "He's a relative of yours?"
"No!"
"Then he must be Deputy Chief Shen's relative."
"No."
The youth with the sword fell quiet. Then he flickered into motion and appeared atop the car, saying mildly, "Then he's just too talented. I heard he ventured into a Fifth-Class Zone on his very first try and made it to the Seventh Gate. He really is a genius.
"That's the only reason he'd be getting so much attention.
"If he's more talented than me, then he's worth more than me."
His voice drifted in from outside the car. Si Wenyi's red lips parted, but she couldn't find a thing to say.
"Don't worry. Geniuses usually value their lives. He won't accept the mission."
"He already accepted it." Si Wenyi glanced at the Martial Merit Badge in her hand. For some reason, she