Chapter 1233: Chapter 1231: Who Is He (3rd Update)

“I hope to achieve a good result in the basic entry examination.” Subsequently, Lin Yanran cast aside her smile, and a hint of anticipation along with a touch of worry emerged on her cold yet charming face.

The basic entry examination for Yanxu Palace is not simple, with ten thousand people being assessed at once, and various top prodigies appearing, making it difficult to attain a high ranking.

“It would be great to rank within the top hundred.” Lin Yanran yearned somewhat; with ten thousand being assessed and only one thousand being recruited, those in the top hundred can directly become disciples of the Xuan Palace in Yanxu Palace.

Yanxu Palace has four categories of disciples: Human, Xuan, Ground, and Xuan.

Human Palace disciples are the most yet the weakest, akin to the feeling of being part of the Outer Sect and servants, offering no great prospect, unable to cultivate the top martial skills of Yanxu Palace, possessing meager martial cultivation resources. Once in Human Palace, one can only endure until a certain opportunity arrives to pass even harder assessments to enter Xuan Palace.

On the other hand, Xuan Palace disciples receive the top treatment newcomers can enjoy in Yanxu Palace. Once in Xuan Palace, one is nearly above others; just by working hard, one might enter the Underground Palace or even the Heaven Palace within a thousand years.

Lin Yanran was still confident in her own strength, mainly due to her age.

During the new student assessment, age is partly considered. For instance, if the full score for a certain test is 100, getting a score of 90 while someone else scores 80 doesn’t necessarily make you better. What if you are ten thousand years old and the other person is only twenty?

Lin Yanran’s greatest advantage is her age, only in her early twenties. At this age, her assessment results only need to place within the top three hundred to possibly rank within the top hundred in the final standings.

Lin Yanran’s greatest concern was the aid from other Lin Family members outside of herself.

It was reported that this Yanxu Palace examination requires hunting demon beasts.

A single hero still needs three helpers. Competing for the number of demon beasts hunted, obviously, one’s strength matters on one hand and having good help matters on the other.

Her helpers would undoubtedly be the other nine Lin Family members among the ten slots, yet aside from her, the other young Lin family members, although somewhat decent, overall are not too strong. Her worry was that her helpers couldn’t aid her when needed.

Lin Yanran sighed with a hint of bitterness and thought about the Xiao Family.

The Xiao Family is an untouchable family in Purple Feather City. Although not a First-Order Power, the Xiao Family is very strong, comparable to some First-Order Powers. Just because Elder Master Xiao is low-key and does not flaunt, their score in Lingji Pavilion does not reach the level of a First-Order Power.

The younger generation of the Xiao Family includes four individuals in the Fixed Character Eternal Domain, truly formidable. In comparison, the Lin Family, aside from her Lin Yanran, has not a single individual in the Fixed Character Eternal Domain.

After pondering extensively, Lin Yanran finally shook her head and left the pavilion; she needed to continue cultivating.

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Two days later.

Early morning.

In front of the Lin Family mansion.

Under the drizzle of the morning sun, a vibrant youthful spirit filled the air.

The head of the Lin Family, Lin Zhenke, stood at the forefront. An elderly man, Lin Zhenke showed no signs of decay, instead exuding essence, Qi, and spirit, dressed in a purple robe, his presence imposing without anger.

Standing beside Lin Zhenke was the Young Miss of the Lin Family, Lin Yanran, along with nine others including Su Chen who had received the recommendation slots.

Besides Su Chen, the others were Lin Hua, Lin Gaofeng, Lin Que, Lin Li, Lin Teng, Lin Yao, Lin Ping, and Lin Xu.

These eight, aside from Lin Yao, Lin Ping, and Lin Xu being in the Ninth Level Mid Stage of the Eternal Dominion Realm, the remaining five were in the Peak Phase.

Only Su Chen stood out, being in the Eighth Layer of the Eternal Dominion Realm, somewhat out of place, especially since Su Chen was not from the Lin Family.

In fact, when the recommendation slots were announced, the entire Lin Family was puzzled, with some even causing trouble for Su Chen. Of course, they were stopped by the Young Miss Lin.

Still, Su Chen receiving this slot indeed drew a lot of jealousy and misunderstanding.

Of course, no one dared question the Young Miss Lin; Lin Yanran’s position in the Lin Family was undeniably high.

“Yanran, no need for excess words, just do your best.” Suddenly, Lin Zhenke spoke, turning to Lin Yanran with a look of encouragement and indulgence—his affection for this granddaughter genuine, and pride in her evident.

Next, Lin Zhenke’s gaze turned stern, focusing on Lin Hua and others, particularly giving Su Chen a glance: “Your primary task is to cooperate with the Young Miss!!! Follow her in everything! Do you hear me?”

Lin Zhenke never counted on Lin Hua and others genuinely entering Yanxu Palace, and even if they did manage to get in, it would likely be only into Human Palace, offering little utility. What he wanted was for Lin Hua and the nine others to absolutely obey and assist Lin Yanran, thus contributing to her results.

“Yes!!!” Lin Hua and others nodded heavily, loudly affirming, Su Chen shouted once as well.

“Hahaha… Old Man Lin, long time no see.” At this moment, from afar came hearty laughter.

The members of the Huang Family had arrived.

Lin Zhenke, together with Lin Yanran and others, had been awaiting the members from the Huang Family.

It was agreed that ten members from the Huang Family and ten from the Lin Family would go together for the Yanxu Palace examination.

“Old Man Huang, you do seem quite vibrant.” Lin Zhenke also laughed, as a shorter elder wearing a round-topped hat and dressed in a long deep yellow robe walked over steadily.

Beside him were ten young individuals.

Among these ten, the most striking was the young man in white, tall and upright, with a smiling face, sporting some mustache, phoenix eyes, with hair tied up. This person was in the Fixed Character Eternal Domain Second Layer, at the Later Stage of this layer, both in strength and aura being exceptional.

This person was Huang Chen.

The young man first glanced at Lin Yanran, then respectfully looked at Lin Zhenke, bowing: “Grandpa Lin!”

“Good! Not seen for a period, you progressed from Second Layer Mid Stage to Later Stage, another breakthrough! Not bad!” Lin Zhenke said satisfactorily, “During the examination, please take good care of Yanran.”

Standing beside Lin Zhenke, Lin Yanran’s face showed some trace of displeasure.

She genuinely did not think highly of Huang Chen, yet her grandfather was intent on fostering a bond between them, which she found irritating.

“You can trust me, Grandpa Lin.” Happiness flashed in Huang Chen’s eyes; he naturally understood Lin Zhenke’s intention to foster a relationship between him and Lin Yanran, he solemnly responded.

Lin Hua and others remained silent, looking at Huang Chen, slightly bowing. Towards Huang Chen, there was still some respect, as in a world where the strong are revered, respect is given accordingly.

Moreover, judging by the family head’s attitude, it was likely that Huang Chen would be the Young Miss’s future husband, the son-in-law. Could they dare not to respect him?

However, one person did not bow.

It was naturally Su Chen.

Su Chen did not have the habit of bowing to others without reason.

This led Huang Chen to notice Su Chen, feeling somewhat displeased that while others bowed, Su Chen stood apart. Nonetheless, he did not show it and instead curiously asked Lin Yanran: “Yanran, who might this brother be?”

He knew all the outstanding young members of the Lin Family, but Su Chen was not among them.

As Huang Chen looked towards Su Chen, others also turned their gaze to him, making Su Chen the focus of attention for a moment.

“He is Su Chen, Yanran’s love interest.” In the next second, a playful and mischievous glint appeared in Lin Yanran’s beautiful eyes as she spoke with a smile.

[Continue the exciting story tomorrow]