Chapter 185: A Peaceful Life (Let's continue with a big chapter, I want to increase the average)

"The Feng Family's cultivation technique is quite unique."

In his past life, Lin Chao had incarnated into almost all the major powers of Jiuzhou to study their ways.

It could be said that he had gathered the strengths of all Jiuzhou.

Among these few reincarnations, the one in Jiuzhou had provided Lin Chao with the most accumulation.

Various Daoist Methods were mastered and integrated.

It was precisely by relying on the accumulation from Jiuzhou that he was able to become strong in this world so rapidly.

"The Feng Family's technique is somewhat similar to beast taming, yet completely different."

With Lin Chao's current discernment, this complex cultivation technique was very simple for him; he understood it at a glance.

"Let's try practicing it."

Lin Chao closed his eyes and began to circulate the Feng Family's technique.

In the distance, Yuan Kong sat on a fire hydrant, looking like an elderly wanderer.

"Tell me, when do you think Master will be able to break through to the First Layer?"

Hong Yin stepped on the ground with his left foot, slightly lifted his right foot, and tapped his toe; hearing Yuan Kong's words, Hong Yin held up one finger.

A smile appeared on Yuan Kong's aged face: "With Master's talent, one hour is indeed enough.

I wonder, when we leave Ge'en City and head to Xinghai City, will Master be able to break through to the Third Layer?"

Hong Yin did not speak, waiting quietly.

It was only a one-hour wait to get the result, so he was not in a hurry.

But the next second, Hong Yin's heart skipped a beat; he lifted his raised foot and placed it on the ground, then looked at Yuan Kong.

At this moment, Yuan Kong also looked at Hong Yin, and the two met each other's eyes, both seeing the surprise in the other's gaze.

"Master has broken through to the First Layer?" It was Yuan Kong who spoke, his voice still carrying disbelief.

After saying this, he immediately closed his eyes.

When a contracted person breaks through, it also brings many benefits to them as Ghosts, granting a small increase in strength.

At this time, he closed his eyes, sensing his own body.

The Ghost Qi on his body began to boil, and his Spirit Body was slightly expanding.

He knew this was a sign of increased strength and expanded potential.

Yuan Kong told himself to stay calm.

Master had only broken through the First Layer.

This kind of growth could be said to be negligible, almost to the point of being ignored.

However, ten breaths later, Yuan Kong opened his eyes; he looked at Hong Yin and met Hong Yin's eyes.

"You speak first!" Hong Yin said.

The muscles on Yuan Kong's aged face twitched: "One percent."

Hong Yin also rarely grinned: "Just the First Layer, and it's one percent, and this speed of breakthrough..."

Hong Yin was usually a man of few words, but now he had become talkative, which showed the shock in his heart.

"Just breaking through the First Layer gives one percent; what will it be at the Seventh Layer?" Yuan Kong's smile was twisted, carrying a chilling air. "Old man Qikang once bragged in front of me that he had contracted a genius of the Feng Family, and when he broke through to the Third Layer, he gained one-thousandth of his strength.

Now, what does this make me?"

Hong Yin's gaze was profound.

He was already certain that this master of his far surpassed Feng Shanyue.

At this moment, he felt a sigh in his heart: if his sister hadn't contracted with Feng Shanyue back then, but had waited for Feng Yan, would his sister's ending have been different?

At this moment, the Ghosts contracted by Lin Chao had different expressions, and all of them showed wild joy on their faces.

One must know that just breaking through the First Layer could bring them such obvious growth.

Later, if this Master continued to grow stronger, their strength would certainly skyrocket as well.

"Master is so handsome and refined; I wonder what type of woman he likes?"

"I wonder if Master is interested in men?"

Among the Ghosts contracted by Lin Chao, many began to have other thoughts.

Coupled with the constant influence of Lin Chao's three talents, the loyalty of these Ghosts to him was beyond doubt.

On the other side, Lin Chao continued to practice.

Cultivating the Feng Family's technique required coordination with the contracted Ghost.

But Lin Chao did not need that; at this time, he had already contracted hundreds of Ghosts, so this step was completely unnecessary.

He only needed to accumulate and then break through.

Ten minutes passed.

Lin Chao reached the Second Layer.

One hour passed.

Lin Chao reached the Third Layer.

Two days passed, and Lin Chao stopped practicing.

He opened his eyes: "Fifth Layer."

That's right, according to the Feng Family's cultivation technique, Lin Chao had practiced in one go to the peak of the Fifth Layer.

He was only one step away from the Sixth Layer.

However, the cultivation for the Sixth Layer could not be done step-by-step; he needed to go to the Feng Family and borrow the Void Pool.

Lin Chao stopped practicing.

Outside the room.

Hong Yin stretched her body, a hint of ruddiness appearing on her pale face: "Double."

With the master merely breaking through to the Fifth Layer, his strength has already increased by double.

This is extremely terrifying.

One must know, back when Feng Shanyue broke through to the Seventh Layer, his sister's strength increased by one-third.

That was already terrifying enough.

Now, following this master, his strength has directly more than doubled within two days.

Moreover, the increase in potential is now immeasurable, but absolutely terrifying.

Yuan Kong narrowed his eyes slightly, his aged face seeming to grow a few years younger: "To be honest, I now somewhat don't want the master to contract more Ghost."

Benefits are best enjoyed by one Ghost alone.

Yuan Kong naturally has his own selfish motives as well.

"The more Ghost the master contracts, the more his strength increases," Hong Yin added.

Yuan Kong laughed loudly: "Just joking, I will naturally be loyal to the master, even if it costs me half my life."

The master's increase in strength brings many benefits to them, the contracted Ghost.

These benefits are naturally also controlled by Lin Chao.

Lin Chao can make a certain Ghost receive a smaller share, or make a certain Ghost receive a larger share.

Take now for example, Yuan Kong can feel that the strength Hong Yin gained is a bit more than his own.

This did not exceed his expectations; after all, Hong Yin is an old-timer who has followed the master, having followed for longer than him.

It is just that the master will break through again later, and Yuan Kong is thinking about how to obtain a higher share next time.

Lin Chao walked out of the room, and immediately, a female Ghost came to greet him.

"Master, the Sun outside is hot, this servant will hold an umbrella for you." The one speaking was Tao Lan, and she was holding an umbrella in her hand.

Lin Chao looked over, slightly surprised: "You put on makeup?"

Tao Lan lowered her head: "The master's eyes are like torches, good eyesight."

As she spoke, one of her hands was still pinching the corner of her clothes.

Lin Chao glanced at Tao Lan, feeling quite helpless inside: "Let her hold the umbrella for me instead."

Lin Chao pointed to a female Ghost nearby.

Lin Chao is not obsessed with looks, but he also cannot stand... that kind of frightening makeup.

Originally, Tao Lan's attire was already like a Ghost, exceptionally scary.

Now, with makeup on, it even has a bit of a "corpse makeup" feel.

Lin Chao is certain that letting Tao Lan hold an umbrella for him would definitely attract many gazes, and might even scare people.

Lin Chao does not care about the gazes of the outside world, but while his strength is still very weak, he does not want to be too conspicuous.

"This makeup of mine, I worked hard to learn it from a beauty blogger for an hour before I got it done."

Nearby, the tall female Ghost could not help but laugh: "Sister Tao Lan, I think it's better if you don't wear makeup; you are already very beautiful."

"Really?"

"Really."

The tall female Ghost is named Nuo An; she followed Lin Chao for a while, then withdrew.

Lin Chao naturally would not let a female Ghost hold an umbrella for him all the time.

The Sun in the sky is not very hot either.

Now, he walked out of the room, breathing the fresh air, feeling full of energy.

He also discovered that the attitude of all the Ghost toward him had changed quite a bit.

A few female Ghost even appeared before him wearing revealing clothes and exaggerated makeup.

Unfortunately, Lin Chao only gave them a faint glance; he was not interested and did not feel anything.

Lin Chao went into a coffee shop, holding his computer, enjoying a quiet life.

On the computer, red lines and green lines crisscrossed.

He was looking at the stock market.

In this society, strength is the most important, but money is also very important.

Lin Chao looked at the stock market, thought for a moment, and randomly invested in a military industrial enterprise.

Possessing the talent for Investment and Wealth Management, he is not afraid of losing money at all.

The coffee arrived, and Lin Chao drank the cold coffee, feeling that life was very comfortable.

The current him is like an Ordinary mortal.

Of course, this mortal's life is also lived quite well.

He looked at the stocks, occasionally checking the companies behind them.

After pondering for a while, he bought some stocks.

Time spent looking at stocks passes very quickly; just then, a middle-aged man nearby could not help but lean over: "Little brother, you like playing the stock market too?"

Lin Chao glanced at the man; he was dressed in a low-key manner, but his clothes looked expensive at a glance.

"Yeah, just looking around, investing some money."

The middle-aged man could not help but say: "Little brother, take this old brother's advice, don't play the stock market in the last two years.

The general market environment is not good, and stock prices will likely plummet.

It's fine to invest a little occasionally, but it won't do if you invest too much.

Besides, that Nanhua Chemical you just bought, this enterprise has had big problems with its operations recently, and the stock price will likely crash."

"Is that so?" Lin Chao smiled, "I don't have much money, just playing around."

Ordinary people in the stock market mostly act as leeks.

Those with connections might be able to earn a little pocket money, but earning big money is very difficult.

Of course, this "big money" is relative to Lin Chao.

When he casually invests money into the stock market, he is certainly not just looking to earn that bit of stock price appreciation.

At the same time, it is also to set a marker, to harvest shares later depending on the situation.

"It's fine to play around, but don't play too big," the middle-aged man said, while taking out his business card. "Little brother, I am Qian Jianjin from Zhongyan Biotechnology. Let's keep in touch."

After saying this, the middle-aged man answered a phone call and eventually left the coffee shop.

"Zhongyan Biotechnology?"

Lin Chao looked it up; it was a listed company.

Moreover, the business this company engaged in was related to Clones.

Behind it, there was a vague official background.

"It's a pity, I don't have the qualifications to reach into this kind of enterprise yet," Lin Chao sighed.

Ordinary enterprises might have difficulty with financing and cannot find investors.

But some enterprises are not lacking in investors.

Those enterprises, when looking for partners, do not just look at whether the other party has money; they look more at background and the other party's channels.

For an enterprise like Zhongyan Biotechnology, which involves an official background, it is not easy for the current Lin Chao to intervene.

Lin Chao continued to watch the computer, occasionally investing some money.

Outside, Qian Jianjin hung up the phone and sat in a sedan.

He casually picked up his phone to check the stock prices, when suddenly a piece of information appeared before him.

He was slightly stunned: "Nanhua Chemical hit the daily limit? Is the market maker offloading?"

However, after he clicked into it, he was immediately stunned and dismissed his previous guess.

"Who made such a big move to buy seventy million, directly pulling Nanhua Chemical to the daily limit?"

For some reason, Qian Jianjin suddenly thought of the young man he had seen in the coffee shop earlier.

At this moment, the phone rang again.

Qian Jianjin's expression became helpless: "Miaomiao, Dad is also doing this for the country.

Yutu was just a Clone; she died in the Demon Cave, and that was something I could not avoid."

"No, I just didn't mean to discriminate against Yutu.

I know she saved your life and you and she were like sisters, but..."

On the other end of the phone, a beeping sound came through, and Qian Jianjin let out a sigh.

"Miaomiao, it really isn't that Dad is heartless."

"My Lord, we have already dispatched representatives to contact Nanhua Chemical to discuss the acquisition," Nuo An said, wearing a black hip-hugging skirt, her thighs slender, looking exceptionally eye-catching in the coffee shop.

Lin Chao nodded: "Mm, your identities are fine, right?"

"Rest assured, My Lord, we are Ghosts after all.

Moreover, the Jing Country Family and the Academy are targeting each other and are already riddled with holes; it is really simple for us to want a suitable identity."

"Mm." Lin Chao closed the computer.

"Let's return to Ge'en City."

"Okay."

Nowadays, most of the Ghosts contracted under Lin Chao have already gone to Xinghai City.

Only about twenty Ghosts remain to take care of Lin Chao's daily life or prevent accidents from happening.

One day later.

"Feng Yan, you're finally back!"

Fang Yuan held his head high, looking at Lin Chao, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and laughed heartily.

"You look like a human now, even wearing glasses, and gold-rimmed ones at that."

"How come you were willing to come to my place?" Lin Chao said casually.

"After you passed the Awakening test, you disappeared," Fang Yuan said, a trace of dissatisfaction on his face. "Do you know? I also passed the Awakening test."

Fang Yuan said, holding his head high.

For such a happy event, he naturally wanted to share it with Feng Yan.

Lin Chao smiled: "Not bad."

He naturally knew that Fang Yuan had also passed the Awakening test.

"This time at our school, a full four people passed the Awakening test. That old guy, the principal, is overjoyed. Do you want to go to the school? The school has a bonus of tens of thousands for you," Fang Yuan said excitedly.

Lin Chao shook his head: "Too lazy to go."

Fang Yuan gave a thumbs up: "As expected of my good brother, you have class.

We are about to become Supernaturals; we aren't lacking those tens of thousands.

Let's go, brother will take you to have some fun."

Lin Chao glanced at Fang Yuan: "Not going."

"Haha," Fang Yuan laughed loudly, revealing a suggestive look. "I'm kidding. I have Tingting now; I'm no longer interested in those places of pleasure."

Lin Chao smiled and patted Fang Yuan on the shoulder: "Cultivate well in the future."

"Naturally," Fang Yuan's face was filled with smiles, brimming with longing for the future. "If we return to Ge'en City in the future, we must keep in touch. Maybe, in the future, this Ge'en City will be the world of us two brothers."

Lin Chao smiled.

"By the way, Feng Yan, Huang Qingfeng invited us to get together, are you going?" Fang Yuan thought of something and brought it up.

Huang Qingfeng is the one whose relative at home is a Transcendental.

When Lin Chao left the examination hall, he had met Huang Qingfeng once.

"I won't go." Lin Chao shook his head.

"Then... I won't go either." Fang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then steeled his heart.

Actually, he still somewhat wanted to attend Huang Qingfeng's invitation.

But since his good brother wasn't going, he naturally wouldn't go either.

Lin Chao glanced at Fang Yuan and said nothing.

He naturally knew that this deskmate of his was young, hot-blooded, and very loyal to his friends.

If one were young, having such a brother would be quite nice.

As for now... it was also nice.

"Which Academy were you admitted to?" Fang Yuan asked, "The principal analyzed it for me and said I could probably only get into an Ordinary Academy.

So, I applied to ten Academies and was finally admitted to Night Trace Extraordinary Academy."

Night Trace Extraordinary Academy is an Ordinary Academy.

If Academies were divided into 985, 211, Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 universities.

Night Trace Extraordinary Academy could only be considered a Tier 2 university.

"I... Dark Light Academy." Lin Chao did not hide it; there was nothing to hide.

"Dark Light Academy!" Fang Yuan widened his eyes, "Feng Yan, that is one of the Ten Great Extraordinary Academies, were you admitted?"

Lin Chao smiled: "The admission notices for the Ten Great Extraordinary Academies come relatively slowly, let's wait a bit longer."

"Feng Yan, don't mess this up!" Fang Yuan was very worried.

"Don't worry."

Having returned to Ge'en City for a few days, a crowd of people came to Lin Chao's home every day.

At first, it was teachers from school, later it was some wealthy people in Ge'en City, saying they wanted to sponsor Feng Yan's university education.

There were even some wealthy Shang bringing their daughters to see Lin Chao.

Even more extreme, some wealthy women came to his room to cry and complain about their hardships.

Lin Chao remained very calm; his life had not changed much, but he could still feel the gap caused by the change in status and position.

This world is, after all, a world of Transcendentals.

None of his former classmates dared to make jokes about Lin Chao in the class group chat anymore.

Such changes meant nothing at all to Lin Chao.

"Fang Yuan has already gone for trial training, I still have to wait another ten days."

Lin Chao looked at the bright Sun outside, walked out of the room, sat in a restaurant, ordered a bowl of duck blood rice noodles, and slowly began to eat.

Life had always been very peaceful.

On the restaurant's television, the news was playing.

"The parliament has officially passed the 'Clone Rights Draft', which means that Clones can enjoy more rights, such as free bus rides and free subway rides."

"The Clone rebel organization Sun has been officially wiped out, and the leader Yu Guang has been officially arrested."

News about humans and Clones has always been a hot topic today.

The rights of Clones have become a point of concern for the entire population.

Lin Chao watched the news and sighed softly.

The conflict between humans and Clones has never been the focus of this country.

Or rather, the upper echelons never took Clones seriously at all.

Those who take it seriously are the Ordinary people and the Clones themselves.

Lin Chao was eating his rice noodles when a voice entered his ears.

"Sir, a Sixth Tier Clone is approaching you, should I intercept?"

"No need." Lin Chao didn't care and continued eating his rice noodles.

Not long after, a disheveled old man entered the noodle shop.

His clothes were tattered, revealing quite a bit of skin.

He scanned the noodle shop, then found a place to sit, separated from Lin Chao by only one table.

"Boss, bring me a... bowl of duck blood rice noodles."

"Coming right up."

Before long, the piping hot duck blood rice noodles were served.

The old man picked up his chopsticks and slurped them up, looking like he was eating with great relish.

He ate very quickly and very cleanly, not a drop of soup was left; in the end, he even licked his chopsticks, still wanting more.

After finishing the bowl of duck blood rice noodles, he let out a satisfied burp, clearly enjoying it.

At this moment, he looked up at the news on the television, a mocking smile appeared on his face, and he cursed: "Bullshit councilors."

After saying this, he stood up, walked to the spot where Lin Chao was, and sat down.

Lin Chao also looked up at this old man, his gaze deep.

He was a bit curious, why did this old man appear on his side?

Does it have anything to do with Jian Yi?

The old man sat next to Lin Chao and burped again, smelling of duck blood rice noodles; at this moment, a look of vicissitudes appeared on his face, and he spoke slowly: "Do you think there is any difference between humans and Clones?"

There are many differences between the two.

It also involves many things, and the web of interests is complex and intertwined.

"There is no difference," Lin Chao replied.

Jian Yi is a Clone, and Fang Yuan is a human.

To him, both are living beings; it is merely a matter of closeness and distance.

Hearing Lin Chao's answer, a smile appeared on the old man's face: "It is fortunate you answered this way, otherwise I might have killed you."

"Feng Shanyue did me a favor, but I am unwilling to hand our future over to an... outsider."

Lin Chao looked at the old man, his heart calm, and he had many guesses in his mind.

"Do you know about the Dawn Bringers?" At this moment, the old man spoke, his voice carrying a hint of excitement.

Lin Chao did not speak.

He knew of the Dawn Bringers, having learned of them from that demon, Moyuan.

"There are five Dawn Bringers in total, and they are the future of this world." The old man's eyes shone, "Feng Shanyue snatched a spot for his child!"

Lin Chao was silent.

Based on his investigations during this period, he naturally knew what the Dawn Bringers were.

The Dawn Bringers are five special individuals, and only they can wield the Heaven Severing Artifacts.

This also means that these five Dawn Bringers are very likely to become the five strongest people in the Qiyuan World.

Thanks to the three big bosses 【Flying Rainbow Amber】, 【Reincarnation Extraordinary Person 147 Come Again】, and 【Only Love You】 for their repeated tips!

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