Lian Chenghao

Chapter 036: Lian Chenghao

A guest had arrived at the Qin Family today!

That was not the important part. The important part was that Old Master Qin himself had personally received this guest.

The people of Lanjiang City were all extremely curious. Just what was the identity of this guest who had suddenly visited Qin Mansion?

Very soon, after only a short while, that guest left. At the same time, the Qin Family's Eldest Young Master, Qin Shaofeng, departed with him.

Only afterward did everyone learn from Qin Mansion what had happened.

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

They had long heard that Lianyang Academy would soon be holding its admissions assessment, and Qin Shaofeng was qualified to participate.

The people of Lanjiang City were incomparably expectant of this, hoping that their city lord could join Lianyang Academy and become one of its students.

Even in a small city like Lanjiang City, Lianyang Academy's great name still shone brilliantly. In the eyes of everyone in Lanjiang City, being able to join Lianyang Academy and become one of its students was an incomparably glorious matter.

Now that their city lord had such an opportunity, how could they not look forward to it?

Meanwhile, Qin Shaofeng, who had left with that young man, was anything but calm inside.

Finally, he had left!

Turning back to look at Lanjiang City behind him, Qin Shaofeng felt a trace of emotion rise within him.

Especially when he thought of how the little girl had cried until she looked like a little tabby cat, that trace of emotion deepened even further.

"Woo~!"

With a soft whimper, a tiny snow-white head poked out from Qin Shaofeng's arms. It was Qin Shaofeng's War Beast, the Hundred Spirits Demonic Fox, Baixue.

As Qin Shaofeng's War Beast, and one with fairly good aptitude to begin with, Qin Shaofeng naturally had to keep Baixue by his side and nurture her properly.

The little girl had understood this as well. In fact, she had even been the one to suggest that Baixue follow Qin Shaofeng.

Originally, Qin Shaofeng had planned to let Baixue stay behind with the little girl.

But unexpectedly, although that little girl seemed muddleheaded, she had actually been thinking of him in every way!

At the thought of this, Qin Shaofeng could not help smiling faintly.

Perhaps sensing that her comfort had worked, little Baixue withdrew her tiny head and burrowed back into Qin Shaofeng's arms, quickly falling asleep again.

"Heh, this little fellow is quite spirited!"

Everything Baixue did had been noticed by the young man.

In truth, the young man was extremely surprised.

He had seen through Baixue's realm at a glance.

She was merely a Mid-level Demonic Beast, yet she possessed the intelligence generally found only in demonic beasts of the Spirit Meridian Realm. It was the same as his Golden Feather Eagle, Xiao Jin.

But his War Beast, the Golden Feather Eagle, possessed a trace of the bloodline of the ancient sacred beast, the Golden-Winged Giant Roc. That was why it had intelligence unlike ordinary Golden Feather Eagles and could briefly communicate with him, its master, while still at the realm of High-level Demonic Beasts.

Could this spirit fox also possess some powerful bloodline?

The young man could not help making that guess, but then he shook his head and dismissed it.

How could that be possible?

Low-level demonic beasts with powerful bloodlines were exceedingly rare. How could one appear in a tiny place like Lanjiang City?

This was absolutely impossible. I must be overthinking it!

"Intelligence?" Qin Shaofeng froze slightly before smiling. "I do not think so. I only know that this little fellow is quite greedy. She picks nothing but good things to eat."

Hearing that answer, the young man smiled as well. Feeling that he had indeed overthought things, he was about to say something else.

But at that moment, a sharp cry interrupted him.

"Chirp!"

A delighted cry suddenly rang out above Qin Shaofeng and the young man. Immediately afterward, a fierce gust of wind swept down, and an enormous black shadow suddenly covered the sky over them.

This was...

Qin Shaofeng's heart jolted. When he raised his head and saw that enormous golden eagle, he was even more startled.

"Do not be nervous. This is my War Beast, Xiao Jin!"

Seeming to notice Qin Shaofeng's tension, the young man explained.

A War Beast?

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

Golden Feather Eagle: High-level Third Layer Demonic Beast

Master: Lian Chenghao

That was all the information there was.

A High-level Third Layer Demonic Beast was equivalent to a human at the Houtian Third Layer.

Although Qin Shaofeng had visited Lanjiang City's Beast Arena many times during this period and obtained quite a few Mid-level Demonic Beasts from Steward Fang, gaining some experience without even leaving Lanjiang City, he had only just reached the Houtian Eighth Layer.

Player: Qin Shaofeng

Level: Houtian Eighth Layer, 50/8000

Inner Qi: 2750/2750 (the Houtian Seventh Level possessed 550 points of Inner Qi; Yi Jin Jing increased it fivefold)

Talent Spiritual Root: Body of Thunder

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

War Beast: Hundred Spirits Demonic Fox

Equipment: None

Mission: None

Points: 300

Title: None

These were Qin Shaofeng's current attributes. As for that title, after handing Lanjiang City's city lord seal to Qin An, Qin Shaofeng was no longer the Lord of Lanjiang City.

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

At the Houtian Eighth Layer, when using Fiery Golden Eyes, he could at most inspect information about someone at the Innate First Layer.

Being able to inspect this Golden Feather Eagle's name and realm was already considered rather lucky.

Because he had once used Fiery Golden Eyes on the young man before him, Lian Chenghao.

But aside from a string of question marks, not even a name had appeared. Lian Chenghao had told him his name himself.

Therefore, Qin Shaofeng sincerely admired this senior brother from Lianyang Academy.

Judging from his appearance, Senior Brother Lian Chenghao was at most twenty-three years old, only seven or eight years older than Qin Shaofeng. Yet this young man's cultivation was impossible to see through.

Qin Shaofeng had even learned from his grandfather that even the old man himself seemed unable to see through Lian Chenghao's true cultivation. He only knew that Lian Chenghao was far stronger than him.

A person like that simply could not emerge from Lanjiang City.

This was a true genius!

However, Qin Shaofeng was not discouraged!

Instead, he felt rather excited.

So this was the strength of a Lianyang Academy student!

Lanjiang City was still too small. Only by going out into the world could he witness its splendor.

Thus, at the moment he left, Qin Shaofeng had made up his mind. He absolutely had to pass the assessment, join Lianyang Academy, and become an official student of Lianyang Academy.

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

After all, Lianyang Academy would offer some degree of care to the families of its students. In turn, even the Lianyang Kingdom would show them much consideration.

This was also one of the reasons the people of Lanjiang City so eagerly hoped Qin Shaofeng could join Lianyang Academy.

With Xiao Jin's arrival, Lian Chenghao and Qin Shaofeng officially set off.

Lianyang Academy was extremely far from Lanjiang City. If they relied on ordinary means of transport such as carriages, they would never arrive without two or three months of travel.

It was precisely because of this that, whenever Lianyang Academy held admissions, those with recommendation slots were mostly picked up by students from Lianyang Academy.

Of course, they only picked people up; they did not send them back.

Once someone successfully passed the assessment, they became part of Lianyang Academy and naturally would not leave the academy anytime soon.

If they failed the assessment, they did not count as members of Lianyang Academy. Why would the academy care for them again and take responsibility for sending the failures home?

At Xiao Jin's speed, returning to Lianyang Academy would take at most half a day. Before that, however, Lian Chenghao still needed to pick up two other people along the way.

Unlike ordinary students, Lian Chenghao was an exceptionally outstanding student at Lianyang Academy. He did not need to take on tasks such as picking up and escorting assessment candidates.

But this time, Lian Chenghao had his reasons.

One reason was that a junior member of his master's wife's family had turned fifteen this year. The family had already permitted him to go out and gain experience, and because of Lian Chenghao's master's wife, he had chosen Lianyang Academy.

The other reason was that, years ago, Lian Chenghao's eldest senior brother had been surrounded by a large number of demonic beasts during a mission. Though he had barely escaped, he had suffered severe injuries.

Fortunately, his eldest senior brother's life was not yet meant to end. He had been saved by a nearby city lord who had come out to hunt.

To repay the debt of saving his life, Lian Chenghao's eldest senior brother had made a promise at the time, saying that he would fulfill three reasonable requests from that city lord.

The first request had already been completed several years ago. Now came the second: allowing that city lord's son to enter Lianyang Academy.

A junior from his master's wife's family and the son of his eldest senior brother's lifesaving benefactor—those were Lian Chenghao's true tasks.

As for Qin Shaofeng, Lanjiang City was merely rather remote and happened to lie along the route to the place where his master's wife's family lived. That was why Lian Chenghao had brought him along as a convenience.

In truth, Lian Chenghao had not cared much about someone from such a remote small city. In his view, Qin Shaofeng had no chance at all of passing Lianyang Academy's assessment.

Picking him up was merely in accordance with Lianyang Academy's rules.

What he had not expected was that when he met Qin Shaofeng, he discovered that Qin Shaofeng had actually reached the Houtian Eighth Layer.

A realm like the Houtian Eighth Layer was nothing at Lianyang Academy.

But for a remote little city like Lanjiang City, it could be considered a genius unseen in a hundred years.

However...

Glancing at Qin Shaofeng, who sat behind him, Lian Chenghao smiled lightly to himself.

Houtian Eighth Layer?

That brat probably could not even compare to him. If he were compared with Little Junior Sister, he would be even less than nothing.

Still, with his circumstances, becoming a Star Student would not be difficult.

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

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

What a lucky brat!

After sighing inwardly for a while, Lian Chenghao finally stopped thinking about it.

There was no need.

No matter how much he thought, it had nothing to do with him. After all, given Qin Shaofeng's level, after this time, there would probably never again be any intersection between them.

At this moment, Qin Shaofeng, seated on the Golden Feather Eagle's back, had no idea what sort of image he had formed in Lian Chenghao's mind in such a short time.

Not only had his cultivation realm been seen through, but even his future achievements seemed to have been calculated.

For an ordinary person, Lian Chenghao's judgment would probably become reality.

But was Qin Shaofeng an ordinary person?

If Qin Shaofeng had known Lian Chenghao's earlier thoughts, he would probably have merely smiled faintly and not cared at all.

With the system, even Qin Shaofeng himself did not know what heights he would reach in the future. How could others possibly see through him so casually?