“It’s you?”
Ye Fan, who was about to enter the Jianghuai City branch of the Star Martial Hall, heard a voice behind him, a voice that was three parts surprise and seven parts disdain.
He was too familiar with that voice.
Once, she had affectionately and sweetly called him Brother Ye Fan.
Now, however, it carried a look of disdain and deep indifference and detachment.
Ye Fan turned his head to look, and it was none other than the ungrateful woman, Jin Lian.
And by her side.
Now, stood a handsome young man with broad shoulders, a slender waist, and a dashing aura.
A faint smile graced his face, seemingly warm, but in reality, it revealed an uncontainable arrogance.
“Is this the Bai Mufeng who ranks third among the sophomores at Jiangnan Martial University?”
Ye Fan’s heart stirred, and then he simply couldn’t be bothered with Jin Lian.
Now.
Ye Fan felt that saying even a single word to Jin Lian was a waste of breath.
“Damn it!”
Jin Lian saw that Ye Fan had completely ignored her.
This made her feel as if her pride, having awakened an S-grade Spiritual Aptitude and being revered as a favored daughter of heaven, had been trampled upon.
Moreover, the old Ye Fan used to care for her deeply.
He truly treated her like a little princess.
But now, he had abandoned her as if she were a worn-out shoe.
This infuriated her greatly.
I can abandon you, but who allowed you to ignore me?
“Stop!”
This command.
It didn’t come from Jin Lian, but from the young man in white beside her, Bai Mufeng.
“Kid, who allowed you to be so rude to my sister Lian?”
Bai Mufeng spoke quite domineeringly.
As he spoke.
He nudged his foot, and a sharp, shuttle-shaped stone on the ground tore through the air, fiercely stabbing towards Ye Fan’s back.
【Bai Mufeng, Lingxi Realm Fifth Layer, Qi and Blood Value: 655 Cal.】
Suddenly.
Bai Mufeng’s attributes appeared before Ye Fan.
“So strong!”
Ye Fan was slightly surprised. After his Awakening of the Nine Star Hegemon Body yesterday, he had directly Broken Through to the Lingxi Realm First Layer.
His strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.
However, his current Qi and Blood Value was only a little over 125, so he was definitely no match for this Bai Mufeng!
Moreover.
After Cultivating the Void Refinement Art last night, Ye Fan’s Mental Energy had significantly improved.
In an instant, as the flying stone approached, he felt a needle-like sense of danger.
“Whoosh.”
In the nick of time, thanks to Ye Fan’s powerful Mental Energy.
He predicted the trajectory of that sharp stone’s back-stab in advance and narrowly dodged it.
“Pfft.”
That stone, like a bullet, struck the marble not far away, directly piercing a thumb-thick, deep hole.
One could imagine that if it had hit Ye Fan, it would definitely have blasted a bloody hole in him.
This made Ye Fan’s eyes grow cold as he looked at Bai Mufeng.
Seeing Ye Fan’s disheveled appearance, Jin Lian’s rosy lips curved slightly upward.
“Heh, his luck is quite good.”
Bai Mufeng commented lightly.
He thought that Ye Fan had dodged his casual attack due to sheer dumb luck.
“I’m not afraid to tell you, my uncle is an Instructor at this Star Martial Hall. If I wanted to, you wouldn’t even be able to step through the doors of this Star Martial Hall.”
Bai Mufeng said proudly.
Upon hearing this.
Jin Lian, who was nestled like a small bird, looked at Bai Mufeng with an appropriate amount of starry-eyed adoration.
This made Bai Mufeng feel very pleased.
“Whether he can enter the door or not is not up to you.”
“Of course, it’s not up to your uncle either.”
Just then.
A slender figure walked out from within the Star Martial Hall.
It was Instructor Wu Xie.
Upon seeing this person, Bai Mufeng was also slightly surprised.
He knew that this person had some friction with his uncle, but his status was comparable to his uncle’s.
However, he heard from his uncle that his days seemed to be not so good recently.
“Greetings, Instructor Wu.”
“Greetings, Instructor Wu.”
Bai Mufeng said respectfully.
Jin Lian, beside him, also quickly followed suit.
“Ye Fan was specially invited by me. So, can he enter the door now?”
Wu Xie glanced at Bai Mufeng.
When his eyes swept over Jin Lian beside Bai Mufeng, he sensed the rich spiritual aura around the girl.
He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
“This girl has at least A-grade Spiritual Aptitude.”
It truly is the rich getting richer.
Soon, the annual Instructor comprehensive evaluation was about to begin.
And this year, one of the Instructors would be selected to serve as the Director of the Star Martial Hall.
A promotion in position would naturally lead to more resources.
Not only would their status be elevated.
It would also allow their Martial Dao to advance further.
According to the accumulated contribution points over the years, the hottest candidate for this Director competition was him, Wu Xie.
And also, Bai Nuli, Bai Mufeng’s uncle, who was standing right in front of him.
However, Bai Nuli had recommended his nephew, Bai Mufeng, and signed a D-grade contract with the Star Martial Hall.
If he were to bring in another little girl with A-grade Spiritual Aptitude this time.
Then his contribution points would definitely leave him far behind, pulling ahead decisively.
Moreover, given the past situation where the two of them didn’t get along well.
If Bai Nuli were to rise to power, he would definitely not have an easy time.
“Phew, I’ll just treat a desperate case as a live one.”
Wu Xie glanced at Ye Fan.
Last night, he had sensed Ye Fan’s extraordinary nature.
He hoped this kid wouldn’t disappoint him.
“Ahem, Wu Xie, as an elder, aren’t you being a bit undignified by scaring a Junior?”
Just then.
A voice, slightly tinged with Yin and Yang, came.
“Uncle.”
Bai Mufeng was immediately delighted to see the newcomer.
【Bai Nuli: Lingxi Realm Eighth Layer, Qi and Blood Value: 1600 Cal.】
“Heh heh, first your good nephew obstructs the person I specially invited from entering the Martial Hall for the test.”
“Then it’s you, Bai Nuli, making false accusations without asking for reasons.”
Wu Xie snorted coldly.
Just then, Bai Mufeng gave Jin Lian a meaningful look.
Jin Lian immediately understood.
“Instructor Wu, I’m really afraid you’ve been deceived.”
“This Ye Fan didn’t Awaken his Spiritual Aptitude after half a year in the Jiangnan Martial University training camp. Yesterday, he was even kicked out of the training camp early and had to pay 200,000 in training fees.”
Jin Lian looked at Ye Fan with disdain.
“Oh?”
Bai Nuli’s expression immediately brightened: “This is the little girlfriend Xiao Feng mentioned to me, the S-grade Spiritual Aptitude girl Jin Lian, right? Not bad, really not bad.”
Wu Xie’s face grew even darker.
S-grade Spiritual Aptitude?
A Martial Artist with such Spiritual Aptitude would have the chance to Cultivate to the Mountain and Sea Realm in the future.
“Deceived or not, we’ll know once we try. After all, Martial Artists speak with strength.”
Ye Fan spoke.
His words made Wu Xie’s face look a little better.
“This tall young man seems to have a lot of confidence, doesn’t he?”
“Old Wu, why don’t we make a bet? Whoever loses will give the other the treasure we discussed last time, how about it?”
Bai Nuli said with a confident smile.
“...Bet then, who’s afraid of whom!”
Wu Xie gritted his teeth.
If he lost, he probably wouldn’t be able to stay in this Linjiang City Star Martial Hall anymore.
And that item would be useless then.
“I’d also like to give a friendly reminder that our family paid for Jin Lian’s cultivation expenses for the past three years. We can be said to have been kind to her.”
“But now that she has Awakened her Spiritual Aptitude, she directly kicked our Ye family aside.”
“In the future, this girl might also attach herself to other strong individuals and abandon your Bai family, tsk tsk tsk...”
Ye Fan sneered.
It was rude not to reciprocate, so he planted a thorn in the other party’s heart.
“Ye Fan, you!”
Jin Lian gritted her silver teeth.
Bai Nuli’s brows also furrowed upon hearing this.