The next day.
Yi Tian woke up in his bed in his new home and was about to reach instinctively for his phone to check the time.
Suddenly, a refreshing fragrance wafted into his nose.
"You're awake?"
A clear, pleasant voice rang out from the living room. Through Yi Tian's bleary vision, a beautiful woman with a slender figure walked in, wearing white casual clothes.
"Want some breakfast?"
"Why... are you here?"
Yi Tian stared blankly at Bai Qiu Li. Usually, waking up to a beautiful woman beside his bed was the sort of scene that only happened in an interactive video game featuring beautiful women.
Holding a bowl of unidentified food, Bai Qiu Li explained:
"Mr. Wei said you're extremely important now. Someone needs to stay close to protect you and look after you. Nothing can be allowed to happen to you!"
"I said I'd protect you, so here I am."
Yi Tian fell silent in thought. "..."
With the two of us together, who's protecting whom is still up for debate, isn't it?
Still, since Wei Yuan had arranged it, he would presumably take responsibility for everything.
His stomach happened to be a little empty. Yi Tian looked expectantly at the food Bai Qiu Li had brought, but his expression abruptly changed the next moment.
"Is this... animal feed?"
"It's a salad I put together especially for you!"
"It's nutritionally balanced and meets a class holder's daily requirements!" Bai Qiu Li declared righteously.
Yi Tian wore a grave expression, seemingly torn between eating a bowl of fodder and wasting food.
"Mr. Wei said he's arranged a team of class holders for you today. They'll focus on helping you level up so you can advance your class as soon as possible..."
It wasn't just Bai Qiu Li. Even Wei Yuan believed Yi Tian must have some kind of support class and would level up slowly on his own.
After all, being able to change other people's classes was already incredibly powerful. Surely he couldn't also be a beast in combat?
"Power leveling?" Yi Tian shook his head. "That won't be necessary. I'm already level 10."
"That fast?!"
Bai Qiu Li's eyes widened. "I ran a Hell-difficulty dungeon five times yesterday, and I only just reached level 10."
Yes, thanks to you...
Yi Tian silently thanked her, then cleared his throat. "By the way, what's your first-tier advancement quest?"
Different classes had different advancement quests, and the higher the class's quality, the harder its quest.
"My quest is to clear a dungeon nobody has cleared before..."
"As expected of a legendary class. That really is a tough quest."
Great Xia had entered the supernatural era two hundred years ago. Every new dungeon brought enormous rewards to class holders, prompting guilds and adventuring teams alike to eagerly challenge them.
There was only one reason a dungeon remained uncleared: it was hard!
Even so, Bai Qiu Li remained full of fighting spirit.
Yi Tian was looking forward to it too. A dungeon's first clear was bound to bring him plenty of funds!
"Perfect. Why don't we find a team and see if there's a suitable dungeon we can clear?"
Qingshan No. 2 Middle School.
The entire campus was now brimming with a spirit of hard work. The reason was simple: the college entrance exam would begin in six days.
For most students, the exam determined the quality of their university and how far they could go in the future. It was a major turning point in their lives.
For the moment, nearly every slot in the school's few low-level dungeons had been booked by students grinding levels.
Families with more money would also hire power-leveling teams for their children.
Yet at the school gates, one such team, consisting of two men and a woman, kept turning down one customer after another.
"Bro, the other power-leveling teams have already done several dungeon runs. Why isn't our client here yet?"
One of the young men sat casually against the wall and complained indignantly:
"Making us wait this long!"
"I don't care who shows up today-they're paying extra!"
The other young man was a little older and appeared to be the leader of the three. He warned him sternly:
"Jiang Che, behave yourself! The higher-ups consider this client very important!"
"We've already signed the confidentiality agreements, haven't we? As long as we finish the job smoothly, we'll be well rewarded. Stop complaining!"
Sitting on the ground, Jiang Che muttered, "They're still paying extra..."
Just then, Yi Tian and Bai Qiu Li walked over.
Along the way, Yi Tian had been looking for promising recruits. Since [View Résumé] only let him inspect one person at a time, their progress had been slow.
After all, he only needed one more person with golden potential to advance, and he was getting impatient.
At the sight of Yi Tian, the older young man's eyes lit up.
"You're Mr. Yi, correct? Hello!"
"We're the power-leveling team from the Spark Martial Academy. I'm Jiang Xing, a level 25 epic-class Dual-Guns Ranger."
Yi Tian readily stepped forward to shake his hand, realizing these were the people Wei Yuan had hired to help him level up. Unfortunately, he didn't need that service.
After instinctively checking his résumé, Yi Tian discovered that Jiang Xing actually had purple potential!
An epic class, purple potential, and two years since acquiring his class, yet he was only level 25?
When Yi Tian voiced his confusion, Jiang Xing gave him a somewhat helpless smile.
"My abilities are limited. Since reaching the higher tiers would be difficult anyway, I might as well earn a little money power leveling."
Class holders above the first tier couldn't join these teams, so many power levelers stopped advancing, keeping themselves at level 25, below the second tier, to help newcomers level up.
His expression suggested there was more he couldn't easily explain, but since he didn't volunteer it, Yi Tian didn't press him.
Jiang Xing continued the introductions. "This is my younger sister, Jiang Han, a level 25 Shield Swordsman."
The rather petite Jiang Han exchanged a nod with Yi Tian.
Although Yi Tian didn't need them to power level him, these three were genuinely capable. They could also team up with Bai Qiu Li to tackle an uncleared dungeon.
Finally, Jiang Xing pointed at the remaining young man.
"This is my younger brother. Get up! ...Jiang Che, a level 25 Elf Priest."
He kicked Jiang Che up from the ground.
Jiang Che was about 178 centimeters tall. He seemed to have suffered from malnutrition as a child, with a thin frame, fair skin, and a somewhat youthful face, but his physique clearly showed a foundation in martial arts.
At the sight of him, Yi Tian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help exclaiming:
"A martial arts genius ended up as an Elf Priest?"
At the same time, Jiang Che's résumé appeared before Yi Tian:
------ [Name: Jiang Che] [Basic information: Male, 19 years old, from Qingcheng, Great Xia. Class: Elf Priest] [Potential: Gold (martial arts prodigy)] [Life history: An orphan taken in by the head of the Spark Martial Academy and an heir to ancient martial arts. Possesses exceptional martial arts talent and comprehension, but is particularly interested in making money. His dream is to open a new martial academy for the old academy head.] [Investment opportunity: Legendary class-Martial Arts Grandmaster (20 funding points)] ------
He hadn't expected to find someone with golden potential in a power-leveling team!
Yi Tian was thrilled. With this, the last piece he needed for his class advancement had fallen into place.
Jiang Che, however, was rather indignant. To him, Yi Tian's words sounded more like mockery.
His mood instantly soured. "What's wrong with being an Elf Priest? I'm great at it!"
"Whoever you are, you don't get to mock someone else's class for no reason!"
"Jiang Che!" His older brother, Jiang Xing, shouted, hastily stopping him.
But Yi Tian didn't mind at all. He simply kept looking at Jiang Che and said directly:
"I can change your class. Do you believe me?"
At those words, all three siblings froze.
Jiang Che, in particular, stood stunned for two full seconds.
The next moment, he couldn't help rushing up to Yi Tian, cupping his fist in his other hand with excitement in his eyes.
"I, Jiang Che, have wandered for half my life, lamenting only that I had yet to find a worthy lord..."
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