At midnight, Luo Feng was chatting with Xu Xin. At this moment, his laptop also received the final ranking of this month’s Black Dragon ranking list. Luo Feng glanced at it, and his position was 68th. Clearly, in the last forty minutes, the ranking did not change much.
Luo Feng was happy tonight.
However, Candice returned to his residence with an ugly expression.
Inside Candice’s building, in the study room.
After taking a shower, Candice sat in front of his laptop. The computer had already received two video chat requests. Candice glanced at them. One was from the headquarters of the Bolinas family, and the other was from his aunt, “Venina Bolinas”, who was currently living in China.
He clicked to accept his aunt’s invitation.
“Aunt,” Candice greeted with a smile.
“Candice, my dear, long time no see,” Venina said warmly.
Candice had a very good relationship with his aunt. Since childhood, his father and mother did not get along, and they soon divorced. Candice was raised by Venina from a young age. To him, Venina was both an aunt and like a mother. His strong abilities were also partly due to her deliberate guidance and education since childhood.
“My dear, you don’t look very well,” Venina said.
“Mm, a bit,” Candice nodded.
“The family side is very dissatisfied with you because of Luo Feng,” Venina said with a smile. Candice could not help but curse, “I knew those old guys would trouble me. At the end of last month, the family asked me to invite Luo Feng. Yes, I rejected that proposal. Even if I had stepped forward, it would not have worked. Luo Feng has already rejected all major families.”
At the end of March, when Luo Feng had just joined the training camp, one of the core families of the HR Alliance, the Bolinas family, had intended to invite him.
But at that time, Candice and William had conflicts with Luo Feng. How could Candice be willing to personally invite him?
“There are always people in the family who like to find fault with you,” Venina said casually. “Don’t take it too seriously.”
“My brothers and younger brothers are all eyeing my position. They all want me to make a big mistake so I lose my position as first heir,” Candice said coldly.
In a super family financial group like Bolinas, internal competition was extremely fierce.
“My dear, don’t worry. I fully support you,” Venina smiled. “And within the clan, many also support you. You are now in the world’s top training camp, and your performance is quite good. Don’t worry. After you graduate, with more experience, you will naturally be able to take over the entire family.”
“Mm,” Candice nodded.
“You ranked well this time. Work hard and try to break into the top 30 this year,” Venina encouraged.
“I will work hard,” Candice replied.
His aunt and uncle were his strongest supporters.
“Aunt has one thing I want to ask for your help,” Venina said, her expression turning a little serious.
“What is it?” Candice asked in confusion.
Venina sighed. “You know your younger brother William was killed.”
“Mm,” Candice knew about it.
“I want you, while you are in the training camp, to pay a bit of attention to this Luo Feng. If you discover that he might be a ‘spiritual念师’, you must tell me immediately,” Venina said. Luo Feng’s sudden rise had indeed attracted the attention of Venina and Li Yao, which was why they asked Candice for help.
“Spiritual念师?” Candice said in shock. “Aunt, do you suspect Luo Feng is the killer?”
He knew about the extremely high bounty.
“If he is a spiritual念师, then he is almost certainly the killer,” Venina nodded.
“I don’t think it is very likely that he is one,” Candice frowned. “But aunt, don’t worry, I will keep an eye on him.”
The entire month of April was extremely competitive for the first 28 days, but the rankings were already set. In the last two days, the 29th and 30th, the students were relatively relaxed.
On the 29th, at 8 a.m., inside a small training hall on the second floor of Nine Heavy Tower.
“Senior brother.”
“Senior sister.”
After Luo Feng entered the training hall, he greeted the other three students already inside. Soon, two more arrived. There were six in total, four of them Chinese and two white. Among them, three were girls, making up half of the group.
For the training camp, this female ratio was quite rare.
“Luo Feng, you actually reached 68th place, amazing!” a tall, muscular Chinese youth said, giving a thumbs up. “Really amazing.”
“Junior brother,” said a white girl with long brown hair, smiling at Luo Feng in fluent Mandarin, “Everyone has been talking about you this morning in the cafeteria. I didn’t realise before that you were so strong. I want to learn from you. How about we train sword techniques together this afternoon?”
“Janet, are you interested in Luo Feng?” another white girl laughed. “Luo Feng, Janet is asking you out. Don’t miss your chance.”
“So what if I am?” Janet raised her eyebrow.
“Oh.”
“Haha, Luo Feng, junior brother, don’t miss the opportunity,” the others teased.
In the training camp, female students were rare, and male students were usually very willing to marry female students, because anyone who could enter the elite training camp would definitely become a War God in the future. If War Gods married War Gods, their children would also have a good future.
Luo Feng could only smile wryly.
Western girls were indeed more bold than Eastern girls.
Instructor Jiang had a total of six disciples. Because she was Chinese, she usually accepted Chinese students. Occasionally she would accept students from other countries or base cities, but those were usually female students.
“Teacher.”
“Teacher.”
Instructor Jiang, wearing a purple training suit, walked in with a smile. “Today is the 29th. All six of you are here. Mm, Luo Feng, very good, really good yesterday.”
The sword technique class ended at 10:30.
Everyone gradually left.
“Luo Feng, stay for a moment,” Jiang said. The other five students left, leaving only Luo Feng and Jiang in the training hall.
“Teacher,” Luo Feng looked at her in confusion.
Jiang smiled warmly. “Luo Feng, you managed to reach 68th place in your first month, and you are only 19 years old. You also come from a poor background without special resources. I can imagine that many countries and organisations around the world will try to recruit you.”
“Mm,” Luo Feng nodded.
“However, I want to remind you of something,” Jiang said.
“Please tell me,” Luo Feng replied.
“This elite training camp was established by the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo. Although the dojo has agreements with various countries and the HR Alliance for fair competition in talent recruitment, for someone like you, the dojo will not easily allow you to join other organisations. I also advise you not to accept offers from others. It is best to join the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo.”
Although Luo Feng was already a member of the dojo.
It did not mean he had to stay there forever. After entering the elite training camp, he had the right to accept invitations from other organisations.
“Why?” Luo Feng asked.
“Because the benefits the dojo gives you will be the best,” Jiang smiled.
“The best?” Luo Feng was curious.
Usually only organisations with weaker backing try to offer higher salaries to keep talent.
Would the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo really offer the best treatment?
“Of course,” Jiang nodded. “Because our leader is the strongest person in the world. In places like ancient civilisation relics and rare treasures, the leader always obtains the most. For example, dragon blood. The only organisation in the world that publicly sells and supplies dragon blood is our leader.”
Luo Feng blinked twice.
From Jiang’s words, it seemed that the dojo leader, Hong, was the richest person in the world.
“Just wait. In the next day or two, the upper management will probably summon you,” Jiang said.
In virtual space.
Inside a large conference hall, the floor was silver, the walls were silver, and even the huge round table was silver. Only the six chairs were pure black, as if they could swallow everything. At this moment, five of the chairs were occupied by five men in white robes.
The ceiling of the hall showed an endless starry sky.
Among the five white-robed men, there were three Chinese, one white man, and one black man.
“Everyone, this is Luo Feng’s profile,” one of the Chinese white-robed men said.
“His trial tower level is 2.9, and his punch force level is 2.8. That means his combat strength multiplier is 8.12, which is considered ‘excellent’.”
A black-robed African man nodded. “His monster hunting record points are comparable to third-year students. His combat multiplier is excellent. Even though it is just entering that level, it already matches the average fourth-year students. Combined, he ranks 68th.”
“Inspector Wang, I agree with recruiting Luo Feng, but your proposed benefits…”
“Frankenstein, I think my offer is not low.”
The five white-robed men continued their discussion.
If any War God of the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo saw this, they would be extremely excited. This was the legendary highest-level meeting of the dojo, the Round Table Meeting. Only six people were qualified to attend, the leader Hong and the five great inspectors. The five inspectors were all beings beyond War Gods.
The leader and five inspectors were the highest level of the dojo.
Any one of them could make an entire country wary.
Usually, the Round Table Meeting was held by the five inspectors. The leader rarely intervened. Since the inspectors were scattered around the world, the meeting was conducted in virtual space, so most War Gods had only heard of it, never seen it.
“Five inspectors,” an electronic voice sounded.
Silence.
The five inspectors looked up. In the starry sky above the hall, five documents floated down and landed in front of them. The electronic voice continued, “This is the leader’s decision regarding Luo Feng. If you have objections, report to the leader. If not, execute the decision.”
“Any objections?”
“No.” “No.” “No.” “No.” “No.”
The five inspectors quickly scanned the documents and responded one after another.
“Then Inspector Wang, execute immediately,” the electronic voice said.