Chen Lang gave a greeting, then walked out from inside barefooted. The moment his soles stepped on the rock and made contact with the ground, ring-shaped lightning patterns spread outward one after another.
"Just broke through, so it's still a bit hard to control..."
Looking at this continuously radiating lightning power, Chen Lang said with a trace of slight helplessness.
"What!?"
Chen Ming, who had originally wanted to come over and carefully ask where Chen Lang had gone these past six months, heard him mention a breakthrough along with the lightning swirling around his body at that moment.
He also froze in place, followed by a cry of surprise: "You couldn't possibly... have broken through to the High-level!?"
"Mn."
Chen Lang nodded.
Because the energy he required was massive, the exact moment he broke through the nebula was the only reason it caused such a violent commotion.
Of course, he himself was unaware of it.
Upon reaching the High-level, magic was no longer completely restricted to the fixed forms of star maps and star trails; mages could freely change it according to their own will, though this skill still required a lot of practice.
This was the control of the High-level.
The moment Chen Lang broke through, he had already mastered the operation method of this skill, but... given that he had just broken through right now, he was not yet able to retract and release it smoothly.
"My god!!!"
Chen Ming's whole person felt terrible!
Three years—Chen Lang had only used a little over three years to reach the High-level!
You had to know that many mages at this age found breaking through to the Intermediate Level alone enough to be smug about!
Chen Ming's voice was not soft, and almost everyone present heard it clearly.
Most of those present were of the same age as Chen Lang; some were older than him, and some were younger. But at this moment, every single one of them looked at him as if gazing at a monster.
Simply unbelievable!
This teenager of only eighteen years had now become an expert in the magic world!
The news of Chen Lang's breakthrough quickly spread back to Chen Jin in the capital.
Even Chen Jin, at the moment he learned this news, smiled from ear to ear!
The Chen Family hadn't merely produced a thousand-li steed; this was clearly a black dragon!
Amidst his excitement, Chen Jin thought of the World Academy Competition being held this year. Compared to the current academies, undoubtedly, this grand event was instead much more suited for Chen Lang's trial by fire!
Although the trainees had already finished their trials by now and were just waiting for the opening of this grand competition, it was somewhat against the rules for the Chen Family to insert someone into it at this time.
Yet, coming back to it, fighting for the glory of the country was everyone's duty!
Chen Jin turned his head to look at Li Yan beside him: "Xiao Li, go contact Shao Zheng. My Chen Family is nominating a younger generation member to fight for the country's glory!"
Li Yan was stunned at first, because for this session of the academy tournament, the outstanding younger generation of his Chen Family had all been eliminated...
But very soon, he thought of something, and asked with a somewhat incredulous feeling: "Does the master want Young Master Chen Lang to participate in the World Academy Competition?"
Chen Jin nodded and said: "That's naturally the case, or else rely on those trash?"
Speaking of this, Chen Jin felt somewhat angry.
Such a large influential clan as the Chen Family, yet a generational fault in talent actually appeared!
Among the new generation, almost none could be brought out.
Fortunately... Heaven blesses the Chen Family!
From the time Chen Lang awakened his magic, he had let Chen Jin see his difference. Precisely because of this, Chen Jin paid even more attention to Chen Lang.
That's right, compared to anything else, this was the most crucial point!
Recalling what happened back at the Element Sanctuary and the fact that Chen Lang had already advanced to the High-level at this time, both were enough to demonstrate his extraordinariness!
"Master..." Li Yan hesitated for a moment.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you hesitating and stammering?"
"Master, Young Master Chen Lang is only eighteen years old right now. Even four years from now, he can still participate in the next session..."
Without waiting for Li Yan to finish speaking, Chen Jin said: "Xiao Li, I understand your meaning. Exactly because of this, I want him even more to go and temper himself on the stage of the World Academy."
Naturally, he also had his own thoughts.
Today's little academies could no longer accommodate a talent like Chen Lang at all!
He did not require Chen Lang to be exceptionally brilliant in this competition, but he wanted him to match himself against peer geniuses from around the world!
Of course, judging by Chen Jin's understanding of Chen Lang, passing the preliminary rounds shouldn't be a problem at all.
"Go and arrange it." Chen Jin did not give Li Yan another chance to talk nonsense, and spoke again.
"Yes."
A High-level of Chen Lang's lineage might suffer a disadvantage, but if the software is insufficient, the hardware can make up for it...
Bashu.
At this moment, Chen Lang, who had just broken through, came out and his first task was naturally to stuff his face with food first.
No matter what kind of mage they were, and no matter how powerful, they still needed rest and food just like normal people.
Perhaps a mage could go without proper rest for a long time, but they couldn't go a single day without eating.
During these six months of cultivation, the compressed biscuits in Chen Lang's portable space had all been used up... One could imagine how his mouth had truly gone bland to the point of tasting like nothing!
Now that he had left seclusion, good food was naturally the most important thing!
After eating and drinking his fill, he tidied himself up.
For the sake of growing stronger, he really had lived like a wild man, immersing himself alone for half a year!
If it weren't for the fact that the Magic Power absorbed after reaching the High-level was no longer quite sufficient, Chen Lang actually felt he could continue cultivating in quiet seclusion.
Because in the midst of cultivation, he had long since lost the concept of time...
Chen Lang had originally planned to lie down comfortably for a few more days, but unexpectedly, the next day Li Yan came in person to pick him up and return to the capital.
He knew that the matter of his breakthrough to the High-level would inevitably attract the attention of the family's upper echelon, but he truly didn't expect them to be in such a fiery, rushed hurry to have him go back!
Even though he was cursing inwardly, he still ended up following them back into the clan.
To use the words of his past life, this was probably a case of being a person in the pugilistic world, unable to act as one pleases...
"Old Master, dragging me back in such a fiery hurry, is there some very urgent matter?"
Even though Chen Lang wore a smile, how could the Old Master fail to hear a trace of grievance in his tone?
Chen Jin didn't mind this at all, and patiently said: "You brat... the reason I hurried you back is because there is good news."
Chen Lang looked at him, his heart showing a slight trace of curiosity.
"Follow me. Since you are already High-level, the magic tools and magical equipment on your body are also due for some replacements."
Hearing this, the grievance in Chen Lang's heart dissipated quite a bit. After all, being able to get new equipment, there was no reason to still keep his bad mood.
The two walked one after the other, and very soon arrived at the clan's Precious Artifact Hall.
"Family Head."
When they arrived at the entrance, a figure materialized upon a chair. The other party hadn't expected Chen Jin to come here, and his face showed a somewhat surprised look.
Chen Jin glanced at the other party, then said: "Open the door. I am bringing Xiao Lang to take a few pieces of equipment."
The old man responsible for guarding this place glanced at Chen Lang, but without lingering much, he turned his head and began operating the array here...
PS: I also hope book friends can be a bit patient. I wrote his energy as abundant not to suppress his cultivation realm. Can High-level in a little over three years be called suppressing cultivation?
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