Chapter 9: What

In the resting area outside Luolan Forest, Cheng Rushan was sitting there chatting with the principals of several other high schools.

Several principals sat together, brewing fine premium oolong tea, and began to brag to each other.

"Today is the first day of the Newbie Dungeon; I'm really curious what level the first place can reach."

"Just compare it with the highest record from the past few years."

"In the past few years, didn't Li Xinghe reach level 5 inside the dungeon on the first day?"

"Not only Li Xinghe, but also Jiang Ruo from last year reached level 5."

"This year's hot picks are definitely Jiang Chen and Lu Qingyu; as soon as today ends, checking their levels will let us infer the upgrade speed."

"Think about Shenlong University: on the first day you need to reach at least level 5, or higher, otherwise you have no chance of being admitted to Shenlong University…"

For ordinary students, because the first day is for adaptation, many ending up at level 3 is already quite remarkable.

The higher the level, the more experience points required for the next level.

Accordingly, the upgrade speed will become slower and slower.

For Baiyun No. 1 Middle School, regarding Jiang Chen and Lu Qingyu, Cheng Xiaozhang Rushan's expectation for them is to reach level 5 or higher on the first day.

Only then do they have a better chance to aim for Shenlong University, reaching level 12 or even higher within a week.

Listening to these principals guessing here, Cheng Rushan also began to wonder in his heart.

He remembered that Jiang Chen's is a hidden profession, but he didn't know what level that hidden profession could reach on the first day.

In the instance

Within that time, 12 hours counts as a day, meaning we see how many levels these freshmen can gain in 12 hours.

Boom!

Just as the principals were chatting and guessing, a very powerful aura descended upon them.

Everyone was startled in their hearts.

Only Cheng Rushan remained expressionless and gave a greeting.

"It's the head of the Lu family; please come over and take the seat of honor for tea!"

It was Lu Weichuan, the current head of the Lu family in Baiyun City, and also the father of Lu Qingyu.

After Lu Weichuan sat down, he also exchanged a few polite remarks with the other principals.

His whole body exuded an aura of authority befitting a superior.

Cheng Rushan brewed a cup of tea for Lu Weichuan.

"Head of the Lu family, you came this time to see Lu Qingyu, right?"

Lu Weichuan nodded.

"Lu Qingyu's three years of high school have been thanks to Cheng Xiaozhang's care."

Cheng Rushan was also very humble.

"It's not just care; Lu Qingyu herself is exceptionally intelligent and gifted, and this job change directly made her a Gold Combat Job."

Lu Weichuan also felt quite proud: "I had originally said I'd go to the school to personally witness Lu Qingyu's job change, but because something came up at the last minute, I ended up breaking my promise, sigh…"

The Lu family is a big clan; as the head, he certainly has many affairs to attend to outside.

"The Lu family head's visit now is also to cheer Lu Qingyu on, right?"

"Today is only the first day they've entered the Newbie Dungeon; these 12 hours, I don't know what level they can reach…"

"If you want to get into Shenlong University, you must reach at least level 5 today!"

Lu Weichuan lightly nodded; he is very confident in his daughter, especially her never‑give‑up attitude.

"By the way, Cheng Xiaozhang, I heard that during yesterday's job change at Baiyun No. 1 Middle School, there appeared a unique hidden profession?"

"I don't know how the traits and talent of this profession are."

As soon as this was mentioned, Cheng Rushan's face instantly broke into a smile like a chrysanthemum.

"That unique hidden profession is the Necromancer Summoner; it has never appeared before, and upon successful job change one can immediately summon Skeleton Warriors, but there is no reference data for actual combat strength—we'll have to wait until they exit the instance to learn more…"

Cheng Rushan's remark was rather conservative; he had encountered hidden professions before, but he never expected it to turn out to be a useless one.

Yesterday Jiang Chen changed to the Necromancer Summoner, giving everyone the impression that it wasn't very strong.

Moreover, summoning those undead creatures first feels very dark and evil.

Lu Weichuan having some thoughts is also quite normal; Cheng Rushan chuckled.

"Head of the Lu family, you don't need to worry too much; Jiang Chen has a good personality at school, and his academic performance has always been on par with Lu Qingyu…"

"Oh, by the way, the one who got into Shenlong University last year was his sister, Jiang Ruo."

Lu Weichuan nodded, then relaxed a little; he still trusted what Cheng Xiaozhang said.

"The summoned entity has already gone too far; we can't continue to go deeper."

At this moment, in the Loran Forest Instance, the Skeleton Monster released by Jiang Chen is already far away from him.

It had stalled and could no longer continue exploring; Jiang Chen then realized and roughly estimated the distance between himself and the Skeleton Warrior.

Finally Jiang Chen discovered that he must keep the summoned entity within 500 meters.

Otherwise, afterward he would be unable to gain experience, he

had no choice but to stand up and start personally leading the team.

"This time, shorten the distance to the Skeleton Warrior; don't stay so far—keep it within 100 meters."

A faint golden light flashed, and Jiang Chen leveled up again.

In just three or four hours, he had already reached level 4.

His Spirit attribute also reached 80 points, the Summon Queue expanded to 40, and the two skills, Soul Burn and Skeleton Revive, both rose to LV4.

Jiang Chen didn't idle; he resumed summoning skeletons, anyway the Summon Array is now large enough.

But now summoning a single Skeleton requires 25 points of Spiritual Power.

The skeleton warriors tightly gathered around Jiang Chen grew increasingly numerous.

They formed a skeleton army, which surprised Jiang Chen somewhat; this combination not only did not lower the efficiency of grinding monsters for experience, but actually greatly increased it.

As Jiang Chen ventured deeper into the instance, the levels of the monsters appearing inside also kept increasing.

Monsters around Divine Power Level 6 and above began to appear in large numbers.

But the strength attribute of the skeleton warriors, under the Perfect Buff talent, has reached a terrifying 450.

"Slaying the Silver-horned Rhinoceros, Experience Value +50"

"Slaying the Fang-toothed Mad Leopard, Experience Value +40"

"Slaying the Whirlwind Winged Snake, Experience Value +60"

Facing the skeleton army, even monsters of Divine Power Level 6 and those of levels 1 and 2 made no difference.

On the contrary, in terms of numbers, the more monsters the better; killing them is more efficient and experience is gained faster.

Jiang Chen just summoned another three skeleton warriors, making a total of thirteen tirelessly grinding monsters.

"Looks like today's these 12

"I should be able to reach level 8 in about these hours..."

"After reaching level 8, there's hardly any experience left to gain in Luolan Forest; it looks like I have to go grind monsters in the wild!"