Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 67: Chapter 61: The Strange Voice

”Lin Feng, if there are any other conditions, feel free to raise them?”

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Jun, who originally thought this matter was a sure thing, did not receive a response from Lin Feng, and his tone started to show some urgency.

After being rejected by Lin Feng yesterday, he wasn’t angry. After briefly exchanging pleasantries with Elder Jiang and Zhang Ling, he took his leave.

On his way back to the branch office, he immediately contacted his leader through his phone, who was Vice Minister Chen in charge of contracts at the Wind-Grabbing Club, hoping to sign Lin Feng with an A-level contract first.

However, Minister Chen wasn’t too concerned initially about his views and speculations.

Somewhat aware of Lin Feng, Minister Chen had heard about Lin Feng’s videos of defeating martial artists, and Lin Feng’s extraordinary combat talent surprised him. Plus, with the Thirty-Six Body Refining Techniques, Lin Feng’s martial arts talent was undeniable.

Yet, like many netizens, he believed Lin Feng was bluffing and didn’t believe a poor kid living in Shore District would give up the Earth Chart’s Cloud-Stepping Beast.

In his perspective, Lin Feng was merely trying to earn some advertising fees and actually lacked the talent to become a Demon Spirit Master.

Even if he possessed the talent, he absolutely couldn’t refine an Earth Chart Demon Spirit.

It wasn’t until 2 a.m., when news surfaced on the martial artist forum about Lin Feng endorsing Huating, that Jiang Jun called again. Only then did Minister Chen take it seriously and reported it to the board.

At 3 a.m., Jiang Jun, along with two vice ministers of the club, the team coach, and the team manager, held a one-hour video call.

After watching Lin Feng’s combat videos and reviewing information from the martial artist forum, the club voted and finally agreed with his suggestion to offer an A-level contract.

However, it was just an A-level threshold contract.

A ten-year deal worth six billion New Coins with a 60-40 split disappointed Jiang Jun.

Understanding Lin Feng, the proud youth daring to place himself alongside Ye Qiu, would likely look down on this contract.

But, being merely a branch head, he couldn’t change the board’s decision.

Jiang Jun originally planned to invite Lin Feng for a conversation in the afternoon, never expecting Lin Feng to quickly ascend the Glory Rookie Chart, earning Blue Moon Guardian qualification.

Especially the analysis and evaluation by the Glory Professional Alliance on Lin Feng, which shocked and even horrified him.

He realized not just himself, but seemingly everyone underestimated Lin Feng.

At this point, he started to worry.

However, this time, the board seemed more anxious than him. They soon called, not only raising Lin Feng’s A-level contract but also adding a supplementary agreement. If Lin Feng could refine an Earth Chart Demon Spirit in the future, the contract would be elevated to S-level.

A ten-year, forty-billion contract with an 80-20 split.

Among the current five starting members of the Wind-Grabbing Team, none of their initial contracts with the team matched Lin Feng’s.

This time, the Wind-Grabbing Team intended to groom Lin Feng as an All-Star player; otherwise, they wouldn’t offer such a contract.

Jiang Jun couldn’t understand what other reason there was to hesitate with such a sincere contract.

”The club will help you find the Earth Chart Water Series Demon Spirit you want, at any cost.”

”Besides, the team’s future combat style will be planned based on your professional direction,” Jiang Jun advised.

”I don’t want to join the club so soon, thank you.”

Faced with Jiang Jun’s promises, Lin Feng couldn’t find any reasons to refuse, as all reasons seemed far-fetched.

He was different from Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu was a martial arts genius, having already refined the 46th-ranked Thorny Demon Dragon from the Earth Chart, and as the son of the Ye Group, lacked no resources. Therefore, even without joining a club, it wasn’t a major issue for him.

At that time, Ye Qiu not joining a club wasn’t just about bidding his time but also choosing a club that best suited his combat style in the future.

As for Lin Feng, yet to refine a demon spirit, the only way to secure an Earth Chart demon spirit based on his efforts, besides joining a Glory Club, was to participate in next year’s Awakening Day.

But even then, attending the Awakening Day next year wouldn’t guarantee such good luck, as Earth Chart demon spirits were rare and hard to come by.

Therefore, after saying ”thank you” again, Lin Feng forcefully hung up Jiang Jun’s call.

It wasn’t long after hanging up that the phone rang again from the same number—clearly, Jiang Jun hadn’t given up.

The phone rang for a while before automatically hanging up with no one answering.

Meanwhile, after the Wind-Grabbing Club, many clubs and martial arts dojos also started calling, including Ju Xing and Thunder.

But their sincerity and terms were inferior to Wind-Grabbing’s, and Lin Feng straightforwardly refused them with ”not as good as Wind-Grabbing.”

Subsequent calls kept pouring in, prompting Lin Feng to consider changing his phone number.

From the moment Lin Feng got into the car, during the not-so-long journey, his phone was constantly abuzz, prompting the driver to glance back curiously at Lin Feng during a red light, though failing to recognize him.

Putting his phone on silent mode, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Since entering the Glory Rookie Chart, he seemed to have suddenly become highly sought after.

When Lin Feng got off the car and arrived at the agreed location, Zhou Fu was already waiting there.

”Lin Feng, you’ve given me quite a surprise!”

Zhou Fu wore a beaming smile. Just yesterday, they had signed the contract, and today, many came because of his reputation, resulting in his restaurant being fully booked.

With Lin Feng’s selection to the Glory Rookie Chart, one can imagine how bustling business would be tonight.

Considering Lin Feng’s current value, his endorsement fee would undoubtedly exceed 18 million, not to mention a lifetime endorsement.

Zhou Fu realized he’d made a huge profit from this deal.

This was the reason why he was waiting under the scorching sun at midday for Lin Feng.

If it were yesterday, he wouldn’t have behaved this way.

”Happy for both of us.”

Lin Feng understood why Zhou Fu was so delighted, but it was a win-win outcome.

If Zhou Fu hadn’t offered him the 18 million endorsement contract yesterday, he would still be under the stigma of being a fraud, and the attention wouldn’t be so high, nor would it attract the Glory Professional Alliance’s concern, let alone enter the Glory Rookie Chart.

So, in truth, he should be thankful to Zhou Fu.

”Haha, then let’s not waste any time. This is Designer Zhang, responsible for this ad shoot.”

Zhou Fu introduced the twenty-four or twenty-five-year-old young man beside him to Lin Feng.

After brief courteous exchanges, Lin Feng, Zhou Fu, and a shooting team drove to Zhou Fu’s Huating Restaurant.

On the way, Lin Feng roughly understood how the advertisement would be shot.

In short, it was a story-based advertisement, with simple content that would air on Jiang City’s urban news, lasting just thirty seconds.

The ad’s plot could be summarized in three scenes.

The first scene shows Lin Feng eating at Huating Restaurant, packed and bustling, business thriving. Here, facing various delicacies, Lin Feng has only one line: ”Delicious and affordable.”

The second scene, after satisfying his hunger and thirst, he visits a small martial arts dojo.

The third scene, he’s wearing his white T-shirt battle robe, beating up a martial artist.

No female lead, no romantic plots, no acting skills required, no complicated set designs, no extras needed, so the shooting was very fast, finishing in under two hours.

After the shoot, Lin Feng declined Zhou Fu’s dinner invitation and left promptly.

Just then, Lin Feng’s phone vibrated slightly. He took it out to see, and although the number wasn’t saved, the phone number was familiar to him.

His eyes slowly turned cold, and a faint, intriguing smile curved at the corner of his mouth.

Lin Feng answered, but remained silent.

”Is this Young Master Lin Feng?”

A unfamiliar voice came from the phone.

Though unfamiliar, how could Lin Feng forget this voice?

He would never forget it in his lifetime.