December 28...
"Xiao Ai, Luo Feng made it to rank 73 on the rankings! He's amazing!!!"
Xu Xin excitedly wrapped her arms around Xu Ai's slender waist and spun around several times.
Xu Ai was helpless. It took a while before Xu Xin finally put her down.
"Only rank 73?"
"Hm?"
Could Xu Ai actually have high hopes for Luo Feng?
Xu Xin looked at Xu Ai, puzzled.
"For someone in their first month at the Elite Training Camp to make it into the top hundred is already an achievement worthy of a genius among geniuses. And he's ranked 73rd, no less. In the past, only my mentor managed to do better."
"It's a shame, though. Candice and his gang have been targeting Luo Feng. Otherwise, he could probably have climbed a few more places."
Xu Xin went on explaining.
Xu Ai thought it over and understood why Luo Feng, who had already reached the Fourth Layer of Thunder Blade, had stalled at rank 73.
The first reason was Hen Ren's manual. Its detailed techniques for achieving a tenfold Force Amplitude had raised the standard of instruction at the Elite Training Camp. This batch of trainees was clearly stronger than every previous one.
The second reason was that it was only December. The senior trainees hadn't graduated yet, while the new trainees were still improving. Luo Feng's rank of 73 was already outstanding.
If he'd enrolled in March or April, after the senior trainees had graduated, Luo Feng could probably have made it into the top fifty...
The last reason was still Candice and the others targeting him, which had greatly reduced the number of prey Luo Feng managed to hunt.
It was a real shame...
"...And what about you?"
"Me? Uh... rank 92..."
Getting that rank in her first month at the Elite Training Camp was actually quite impressive, but Xu Ai had expected her to make the top eighty.
Xu Ai sat down on the sofa and patted her thigh, telling Xu Xin to come over without being asked.
Xu Xin pouted and reluctantly came over, then lay across Xu Ai's lap.
Smack, smack, smack!!!
Much better!
The frustration she'd felt while Xu Xin was hugging her had passed, and Xu Ai felt a lot happier.
Xu Xin couldn't be bothered to get up either, so she stayed sprawled across Xu Ai's lap.
"Xiao Ai, Luo Feng's so talented. What if we recommend him to our mentor and have him take Luo Feng on as a disciple?"
"That wouldn't be a good idea..."
Xu Ai shook her head. She could give him pointers, but taking him on as a disciple was out of the question.
Hen Ren was only at the Planetary Level. Even if she was invincible at that level, she still wasn't very powerful.
With that level of strength and little knowledge to draw on, Hen Ren was better off not taking Luo Feng as a disciple.
Before long, Babata would accept Luo Feng as a disciple on Hu Yanbo's behalf.
Though Hu Yanbo's knowledge and resources might not measure up to those of the Marquis Immortals of the Five Great Forces, as an Immortal, his knowledge far surpassed what Hen Ren could offer at this point.
Otherwise, Hen Ren might end up asking Luo Feng to pass on his inheritance to her. That would be embarrassing...
After all, she'd barely been his master before she needed her disciple to show filial respect to her...
Never mind. With Xu Xin's mentor as an ally, and Hen Ren's talent, getting her hands on some inheritance wouldn't be difficult. There was no need to take him on as a disciple.
"Junior Sister!"
A knock sounded at the door. Xu Xin climbed off Xu Ai's lap and ran to open it.
A blonde girl stood outside.
"Janet, what brings you here?"
Xu Xin asked, puzzled.
Janet glanced into the room and greeted Xu Ai, who was sitting on the sofa, before answering Xu Xin.
"You know Luo Feng made it to rank 73 in the Training Camp, right?"
"Yeah, the news has spread all over the Training Camp."
Xu Xin nodded.
Janet smiled and said:
"Luo Feng made it into the top hundred in his first month at the Training Camp, and he even came in at rank 73. We have to celebrate. Let's meet in a private dining room at the cafeteria at midnight."
"Sure, I'll definitely be there."
"Of course you will. You're the leading lady."
Janet teased her. Over the past month, all the trainees had noticed the ambiguous relationship between Luo Feng and Xu Xin.
They hadn't made their relationship official, but everyone considered them a couple.
"Don't be ridiculous. There's nothing going on."
Xu Xin shot Janet a look. She and Luo Feng were more than friends but not quite lovers. Luo Feng had never confessed to her, after all!
As for the reason...
Xu Xin glanced at Xu Ai, who had moved closer...
"Then I'm coming too..."
Xu Ai rested her head on Xu Xin's shoulder, looking aggrieved.
She might have turned a blind eye to the flirtation between Luo Feng and Xu Xin, but she couldn't just let Luo Feng have his way.
What if Xu Xin went by herself and didn't come home that night!?
There was no way Xu Ai would let that happen. She had to tag along!
"Sure, you're more than welcome. Luo Feng's the one paying, anyway."
Janet said with a smile.
Perhaps because Xu Xin had also joined the Elite Training Camp, Janet didn't feel anything special toward Luo Feng, much less see Xu Xin as a rival.
That was why she felt perfectly at ease teasing Luo Feng and Xu Xin.
"Let's go. I'll go get Teacher Jiang Fang first. She's an important person tonight, after all. She taught Luo Feng, such a talented disciple."
"I didn't have much to do with it."
Jiang Fang smiled as she came out of the neighboring building.
"Luo Feng was already very talented. It was just his saber technique that held him back a little. I only helped him a bit. It was nothing."
"Come on, your little bit of help was exactly what he needed."
Xu Ai rolled her eyes at her.
In less than a month, Luo Feng had gone from having a shaky grasp of Basic Level saber techniques to reaching Specialist Level. His talent was probably the main reason, but Jiang Fang's teaching skills couldn't be denied either.
"Xiao Ai, are you jealous? Well, it's hard to blame you when Luo Feng's so talented."
Jiang Fang teased her, but Xu Ai was unhappy with that.
"My sister's talented too. She's ranked 92nd!"
"Yes, yes, Xiao Xin's very impressive too."
Jiang Fang looked at Xu Xin and nodded.
"You've put a lot of effort into this."
With her experience, Jiang Fang could tell that Xu Xin had very poor combat instincts. Yet in her first month at the Elite Training Camp, while the senior trainees were still there, she'd still managed to make the top hundred.
Xu Ai must have put in a lot of effort to help her.
Xu Ai thought that went without saying!
Xu Xin had been punished by her many times over the past month. The punishment was having to lie across Xu Ai's thighs, and Xu Xin had gotten so used to it that she could do it like a pro!
"Come to think of it, I almost forgot. We can make Luo Feng pay a little more and celebrate Xiao Xin's achievement too!"
Only then did Janet remember that Xu Xin had also made it into the top hundred in her first month at the Training Camp. She was a super genius in her own right!
Luo Feng was just so dazzling that people had overlooked Xu Xin...
"Let's go. We should head over now. They've probably got everything ready."
Janet beckoned to them, then headed toward the cafeteria.
The group made their way to the Nine-Story Tower, where the private dining rooms were perfect for hosting a banquet.
When Xu Ai, Xu Xin, and Luo Feng had first arrived at the Elite Training Camp, their welcome banquet had been held there.
Incidentally, Chu Qiang had paid for it, and had also tried to recruit Luo Feng.
There had been no need to recruit Xu Ai and Xu Xin. Given the ties between the Xu Family, Hen Ren, and the military, they were already practically part of the military.
It was the same familiar private dining room, but this time Luo Feng was the one treating everyone.
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