Chapter 49: It's Exactly the Relationship You're Thinking Of

Mu Yunlan's sudden question made Tantai Mingyue freeze for a moment. She was about to reflexively answer that there was no relationship, but then she turned her head and caught sight of Mu Yunlan's expression, and as if possessed, she replied:

"The kind of relationship you're thinking of."

After saying that, her own face couldn't help but suddenly flush crimson.

After spending these days together, Lu Zheng's strength had left a deep impression on her. She had already felt a ripple during the beast tide that day, and as they continued interacting over these days, the admiration and reverence in her heart had grown even more pronounced.

Now, seeing a rival like Mu Yunlan appear, she instinctively wanted to defend her position.

Even though she didn't have any position yet.

Hearing Tantai Mingyue's answer, Mu Yunlan's body jolted as if struck by lightning, as though something beloved had been snatched away, making her heart ache, leaving her with an empty, hollow feeling.

However, she was a clever girl.

After noticing Tantai Mingyue's expression and recalling her words from just now, Mu Yunlan realized something. Calming herself, she smiled and said, "Oh, so it's just an ordinary friendship! Let me introduce myself — my name is Mu Yunlan, I sat in front of Lu Zheng for all three years of high school, you could say we're childhood sweethearts!"

These words clearly carried the intent of a declaration of war.

As the granddaughter of the Grand Master of the Moon God Pavilion, Tantai Mingyue was not the type to back down. She immediately fired back:

"Sitting in front of someone hardly makes you childhood sweethearts — you're just an ordinary classmate, nothing more."

One ordinary friend, one ordinary classmate — the two girls exchanged a glance, simultaneously let out a cold snort, and stepped forward from either side, squeezing Yang Dong and Wang Jun away from Lu Zheng.

Left behind, Yang Dong and Wang Jun looked at these two girls and inexplicably felt a chill run through them — untouchable, absolutely untouchable!

Dong Fangniaoniao was currently level 49, the same as Yang Dong. She recalled Uncle Fu's words from that day, that Lu Zheng's level had likely already reached nearly 50, and looking at the situation now, his strength was clearly far from ordinary.

Thinking of a possibility, she couldn't help but blurt out, "You — you haven't already completed your second class advancement, have you!?"

Wang Jun rushed to answer, "Of course! My boss completed his second class advancement over twenty days ago!"

Hearing this, the other Gold Badge students all underwent drastic changes in expression. Sun Zheng in particular, who had been insufferably arrogant just moments ago, was so frightened that he dropped straight to his knees.

"Brother, I was wrong! My tone was a bit aggressive just now, I offended you, I'm very sorry!"

A ruthless figure who had completed a second class advancement over twenty days ago — such a person was absolutely an Epic-tier or above professional. With that kind of talent, he was absolutely not someone Sun Zheng could afford to provoke.

The previous national first-place finisher was only level 57. Throughout history, only three professionals had completed a second class advancement before the college entrance exam, and every single one of them became a powerhouse in their own right. Apart from one who fell in battle, the other two were now among the Empire's Five Strongest.

So when he heard that Lu Zheng had already completed his second class advancement, Sun Zheng was scared stiff, his spine turning cold, nearly wetting himself.

However, the fright was not yet over.

A figure descended from the sky, and everyone hurriedly bowed.

"Greetings, Lord Saint!"

Fu Cangli nodded to the crowd, then looked at Lu Zheng and said with a smile,

"During the assessment later, you absolutely must not use too much power, or the dungeon might collapse under your strikes. Reconstructing the college entrance exam dungeon would be extremely troublesome!"

Lu Zheng immediately agreed upon hearing this, "I'll remember, Master."

Fu Cangli swept his gaze over Sun Zheng and the others, then gave one more word of caution before departing.

"Don't bully them." Lu Zheng's base attributes were extraordinarily strong — Fu Cangli could sense it. Thus, he had already classified Lu Zheng at the powerhouse level, not merely as a disciple or student. In his view, no matter which student laid a hand on him, it was really Lu Zheng bullying them.

Hearing Fu Cangli's words, Lu Zheng was rather speechless — he hadn't done anything at all.

He shot an annoyed glance at Sun Zheng, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Stop kneeling, get up! Lest my Master say I'm bullying you again!"

Sun Zheng wanted to stand up, but he truly couldn't stand up right now.

He had thought the identity of a second-advancement powerhouse was terrifying enough, never expecting that this person was also the disciple of a Saint-tier professional, the Dragon Blood War God. With such a status, provoking him was really no different from courting death.

If Lu Zheng flew into a rage, not just himself, but his entire family would likely suffer a devastating blow!

Yang Dong meanwhile exclaimed, "Holy crap! Boss, when did you become a Saint's disciple? That's the Dragon Blood War God! The pride of Liyang City, the number one figure in all of Fengdu City! Such huge news, and you didn't even tell me!"

Mu Yunlan, standing to the side, was also shocked inwardly — she hadn't expected Lu Zheng to have this layer of background as well.

Wang Jun took the opportunity to say smugly:

"Haha! I've known about this for a long time! This was always a secret before."

"I've known for a long time too."

Tantai Mingyue said, deliberately looking at Mu Yunlan.

Yang Dong and Mu Yunlan looked at Lu Zheng with complicated expressions. The latter quickly waved his hands and said:

"Alright, now everyone knows. The most important thing right now is the college entrance exam. Don't think about all this nonsense, focus up, let's go — it's time to board the bus."

The number of Gold Badge students was enough to fill one bus. The person in charge led the students aboard, heading toward the location of the top-tier difficulty assessment dungeon.

In midair, several people watched the vehicle depart. Vice City Lord Chen Dongming spoke with a laugh, "After more than half a month apart, it seems Mr. Fu's disciple has greatly improved in strength. Back before his second class advancement, he already achieved ninth place in total damage output during the beast tide. By now he's probably around level seventy or eighty, right?

First place in this prefectural exam is undoubtedly his, and even first in the entire Alliance is possible. Allow me to congratulate Mr. Fu in advance — to take such a fine disciple, one can have no regrets in this life!"

As for first place in the city exam, he didn't even mention it — it was a foregone conclusion, not worth saying more about.

"Haha! It's not bragging if I say this — I'll put it right here: first place in the entire Alliance this time will belong to none other than my disciple, Fu Cangli's!"

Fu Cangli was not a modest person. Proud since childhood, he didn't do modesty at all. He knew that Lu Zheng had already reached the max level of 100 and could have undergone his third class advancement long ago. If not for the concern that the third-advancement quest was too dangerous, he would likely have become the first professional in history to complete a third class advancement before the college entrance exam.

But even at just second advancement, every candidate who had completed a second class advancement had become the overall Alliance first-place finisher of their year!

If a level-100 Lu Zheng still couldn't take first in the entire Alliance, then he would have to go to the Imperial Capital and argue it out, to see exactly what kind of shady dealings had occurred.

City Lord Fang Xuanbin had only recently learned that Fu Cangli had taken on a disciple. Hearing him boast about his disciple so, he immediately laughed and said, "I've been quite busy lately, so this is my first time meeting your disciple. I must take this opportunity to get to know him well — perhaps after he graduates, I could lure him over to serve here, and our Fengdu City would have two Saints stationed within! Haha!"

Everyone chimed in agreement upon hearing this, and together they headed toward the Gold Badge students' trial dungeon assessment site.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Lu Zheng, surrounded by the crowd of Gold Badge students, was the first to begin the assessment.

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