Leaving

Today, the Qin Family received a visitor!

That's not the main point. The main point is that this guest was personally received by Old Master Qin himself.

This made everyone in Lanjiang City extremely curious about the identity of this guest who suddenly visited the Qin Manor.

Soon, after only a short while, the guest left, and the Qin Family's eldest young master, Qin Shaofeng, left with him.

Afterward, everyone understood what was happening from the Qin Manor.

It turned out that the young man was a student from Lianyang Academy. He had come to Lanjiang City this time to escort Qin Shaofeng to Lianyang Academy for an assessment.

They had long heard that Lianyang Academy was going to hold its enrollment assessment soon, and Qin Shaofeng was eligible to participate.

The people of Lanjiang City were incredibly excited about this, looking forward to their City Lord joining Lianyang Academy and becoming one of its students.

Even in a small city like Lanjiang City, Lianyang Academy's reputation was still incredibly dazzling. Becoming a student there was considered an extremely glorious achievement in the eyes of everyone in Lanjiang City.

Now that their City Lord had such an opportunity, how could they not be excited?

On the other side, Qin Shaofeng, who had left with the young man, was not calm in his heart.

Finally, I'm out!

Glancing back at Lanjiang City behind him, Qin Shaofeng felt a sense of emotion.

The thought of the little girl crying like a little kitten just now even deepened that emotion.

"Wuwu~!"

With a soft whimper, a small snow-white head poked out from Qin Shaofeng's embrace. It was Qin Shaofeng's Battle Beast, the Hundred Spirits Demon Fox, Bai Xue.

As Qin Shaofeng's Battle Beast, and with good aptitude, Qin Shaofeng naturally kept Bai Xue by his side to nurture her well.

The little girl actually understood this point, and it was even she who took the initiative to let Bai Xue follow Qin Shaofeng.

Qin Shaofeng had originally planned to let Bai Xue accompany the little girl.

But he didn't expect that the little girl, despite seeming muddled, was actually thinking of him in every way!

Thinking of this, Qin Shaofeng couldn't help but smile slightly.

"You're smiling," Bai Xue seemed to feel that her comfort was working. She retracted her small head and burrowed back into Qin Shaofeng's embrace to sleep soundly.

"Heh, this little guy is quite spirited!"

The young man noticed Bai Xue's every action.

In fact, the young man was extremely surprised at the moment.

He could tell Bai Xue's realm at a glance.

She was only a mid-level Demonic Beast, yet she possessed a spiritual intelligence usually found only in Demonic Beasts of the Spirit Vein Realm. This was the same situation as his Golden Feathered Eagle, Little Gold.

But the problem was that his Battle Beast, the Golden Feathered Eagle, possessed a trace of the bloodline of the ancient divine beast, the Golden-Winged Giant Peng. This was why it had a different spiritual intelligence from ordinary Golden Feathered Eagles, allowing it to communicate briefly with him, its master, at the advanced Demonic Beast realm.

Could this Spirit Fox also possess some powerful bloodline?

The young man couldn't help but guess, but then he shook his head and dismissed the idea.

How could that be possible?

Low-level Demonic Beasts with powerful bloodlines were extremely rare. How could one appear in a small city like Lanjiang City?

It was simply impossible; I must be overthinking things!

"Spirited?" Qin Shaofeng was slightly stunned, then smiled, "I don't think so. I just know this little guy is quite greedy and always picks the best things to eat."

Hearing this answer, the young man also smiled slightly, truly believing he was overthinking things. He was about to say something else when he was interrupted by a sharp cry.

"Chirp!"

Above Qin Shaofeng and the young man, a joyful cry suddenly came, followed by a gust of wind. A huge dark shadow suddenly obscured the sky above them.

This is...

Qin Shaofeng's heart suddenly leaped. He was even more startled when he looked up and saw a giant golden eagle.

"Don't be nervous, this is my Battle Beast, Little Gold!"

Seemingly noticing Qin Shaofeng's nervousness, the young man explained.

Battle Beast?

His heart stirred, and his eyes lit up slightly. Fiery Golden Eyes activated.

Golden Feathered Eagle: Advanced Third Layer Demonic Beast

Master: Lian Chenghao

However, that was all the information he got.

An advanced third-layer Demonic Beast was equivalent to a human at the Xiantian Third Layer realm.

Although Qin Shaofeng had visited the Beast Arena in Lanjiang City quite a few times during this period and obtained many mid-level Demonic Beasts from Steward Fang, giving him some experience without leaving Lanjiang City, Qin Shaofeng himself had only just reached the Houtian Eighth Layer realm.

Player: Qin Shaofeng

Level: Houtian Eighth Layer, 50/8000

Inner Qi: 2750/2750 (Houtian Seventh Layer has 550 Inner Qi, Yi Jin Jing provides a fivefold bonus)

Talent Spirit Root: Thunder Body

Skills: Fiery Golden Eyes, Yi Jin Jing, Little Li Flying Dagger, Alchemy...

Battle Beast: Hundred Spirits Demon Fox

Equipment: None

Quests: None

Points: 300

Title: None

These are Qin Shaofeng's current stats. As for the title, after handing over the City Lord's official seal of Lanjiang City to Qin An, Qin Shaofeng was no longer the City Lord of Lanjiang City.

This was also the result of his discussion with Old Master Qin.

With his Houtian Eighth Layer realm, using Fiery Golden Eyes could at most reveal information about the Xiantian First Layer realm.

It was already considered lucky that he could identify the name and realm of the Golden Feathered Eagle before him.

He had also used Fiery Golden Eyes on the young man before him, named Lian Chenghao, once.

But all he got was a string of question marks, and not even his name; he had to tell him himself.

Therefore, Qin Shaofeng truly admired this senior brother from Lianyang Academy from the bottom of his heart!

Judging by his appearance, this senior brother Lian Chenghao was at most twenty-three years old, only about seven or eight years older than him. Yet, such a young man's cultivation was unfathomable.

Qin Shaofeng had even learned from his grandfather that even the old man himself couldn't see through the other party's true cultivation, only knowing that he was much stronger than him.

Such a person could not possibly appear in Lanjiang City.

This was a true genius!

However, Qin Shaofeng was not discouraged!

He even felt a little excited.

This was the strength of a Lianyang Academy student!

Lanjiang City was always too small; he could only see the wonders of this world by leaving it.

Therefore, the moment he left, Qin Shaofeng made up his mind that he must pass the assessment and join Lianyang Academy as a formal student.

Moreover, this would also bring considerable benefits to Lanjiang City and the Qin Family.

After all, Lianyang Academy would provide some care for the families of its students, and by extension, the Lianyang Kingdom would also offer more support.

This was one of the reasons why the people of Lanjiang City eagerly anticipated Qin Shaofeng joining Lianyang Academy.

With the arrival of Little Gold, Lian Chenghao and Qin Shaofeng officially set off.

Lianyang Academy was a very long distance from Lanjiang City. If they relied on ordinary means of transportation like carriages, it would take at least two to three months to reach it.

Considering this, most of the time, those with recommendation slots during Lianyang Academy's enrollment were picked up by existing Lianyang Academy students.

Of course, this was only picking them up, not sending them back.

Once they successfully passed the assessment, they would become part of Lianyang Academy and naturally wouldn't leave for a short period.

If they failed the assessment, they wouldn't be considered part of Lianyang Academy, so why would Lianyang Academy bother to send the failures back?

With Little Gold's speed, it would take at most half a day to return to Lianyang Academy. However, before that, Lian Chenghao had to pick up two other people along the way.

Unlike ordinary students, Lian Chenghao was an outstanding student in Lianyang Academy and didn't need to pick up examinees for tasks like this.

But this time, Lian Chenghao had a purpose.

One reason was that a junior from his master's wife's family, who was fifteen this year, had been allowed by his family to go out for training. Because of Lian Chenghao's master's wife, he chose Lianyang Academy.

The other reason was that his senior disciple had been surrounded by a large number of Demonic Beasts during a mission years ago. Although he managed to escape, he was seriously injured.

Fortunately, his senior disciple's fate was not sealed, and he was saved by a City Lord who was hunting nearby.

To repay the life-saving grace, Lian Chenghao's senior disciple made a promise at that time to fulfill three reasonable requests from that City Lord.

The first request was completed several years ago. Now, for the second request, his son was to be admitted into Lianyang Academy.

The junior from his master's wife's family and the son of his senior disciple's savior – these were Lian Chenghao's true missions.

As for Qin Shaofeng, it was only because Lanjiang City was relatively remote and happened to be on the way to the place known by his master's wife's family that Lian Chenghao brought him along.

In fact, Lian Chenghao didn't pay much attention to people from such a remote small city. In his opinion, Qin Shaofeng had no chance of passing the assessment for Lianyang Academy.

Picking him up was merely out of Lianyang Academy's regulations.

It was just that he didn't expect that upon meeting Qin Shaofeng, he discovered that Qin Shaofeng actually possessed the Houtian Eighth Layer realm.

A realm like Houtian Eighth Layer was nothing in Lianyang Academy.

But for a remote small city like Lanjiang City, this could be considered a once-in-a-century genius.

However...

Glancing back at Qin Shaofeng, who was sitting behind him, Lian Chenghao chuckled inwardly.

Houtian Eighth Layer?

This, he probably couldn't even compare to that kid. If he were compared to the junior sister, he would be nothing at all.

But given his current situation, becoming a Star Student wouldn't be difficult.

If nothing unexpected happened, in twenty years, he should be assigned to a decent small city.

From this perspective, it was several times better than inheriting that Lanjiang City of his.

What a lucky kid!

After a moment of quiet sighing and reflection, Lian Chenghao stopped thinking about it.

Because there was no need to.

Thinking more wouldn't change anything for him; after all, it was only to this extent. After this incident, they likely wouldn't have any further interactions.

Qin Shaofeng, currently sitting on the back of the Golden Feathered Eagle, had no idea what kind of image he had in Lian Chenghao's mind in this short period.

Not only had his cultivation realm been seen through, but it seemed even his future achievements had been predicted.

If this were an ordinary person, Lian Chenghao's predictions would likely come true.

But was Qin Shaofeng an ordinary person?

If Qin Shaofeng could know Lian Chenghao's thoughts from before, he would probably just chuckle lightly and wouldn't care at all.

With the System, even he himself didn't know what heights he would reach in the future, so how could others easily figure it out?