Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 98: Chapter 87: The Meeting and Yun Kai’s Return Home

In a conference room that can accommodate hundreds of people, almost all the school leaders of Jiangxin Middle School are present.

Among the ten leaders, five are middle-aged, four are overweight, three are heavy smokers, and the pungent smoke has spread throughout the conference room.

At this moment, a video is playing in the conference room.

The video features Lin Feng as the protagonist, starting with his usual training, then his rise to fame at the Thunder Martial Arts Dojo, and earning the qualification of the Blue Moon Guardian. Accompanied by intense discussions, the atmosphere in the meeting is noticeably tense.

”What do you think about this matter? Feel free to share your opinions,”

says Zheng Yishan, the principal of Jiangxin Middle School.

Zheng Yishan is fifty-seven years old, but his strong physique and full head of black hair make him appear in his prime.

Jiangxin Middle School has 300,000 students. Every year, some graduates become powerful martial artists, some become leaders in Jiang City, so as the principal, whether in terms of social status or development prospects, he is not inferior to municipal leaders.

Having been in this position for ten years, aside from connections, Zheng Yishan’s abilities are evidently exceptional. Over the years, Jiangxin Middle School has gradually developed, showing a trend of ranking third.

From the beginning as a teacher to becoming the director and then the principal, Zheng Yishan has come a long way. He has mentored hundreds of thousands of students and has seen all kinds of geniuses, but he has never heard of a student daring to negotiate with the school, even directly asking how much it costs to be the top scorer in the college entrance examination.

Undoubtedly, Lin Feng broke the record.

Zheng Yishan listens while looking at a report card in his hand.

”Class 7 of Senior Three, the 16th college entrance exam test: Body cultivation Seventh Rank, Culture score: 189 points, Physique score: 212 points, Practical Combat score: 150 points, Total score: 551 points.”

Such a report card would rank around 500th in the senior year, hardly worthy of his attention, but no one expected that the owner of this report card, Lin Feng, is now famous in Jiang City.

South Yeqiu, North Lin Feng. He has heard this name many times recently.

In recent days, many people have approached him to inquire, some with such high status that even he has to flatter them. He originally thought he was paying enough attention to Lin Feng, but it turned out that this was far from enough!

”I think it’s appropriate to provide some resources and financial support. After all, if we can secure the title of top scorer in the college entrance examination, it will greatly benefit the school.”

”Indeed, remember that there’s only one top scorer in the national exam. Not just our school, but even in Jiang City, no one has ever achieved it.”

”If we secure the top scorer, Jiangxin First Middle School will become famous nationwide, and Jiang City will too. The next fiscal aid and resources will likely double.”

”It’s worth giving resources, but we still need to warn that Lin Feng. After all, he was painstakingly trained by the school, and having talent and strength doesn’t mean he can dare to negotiate with the school; he’s too bold and ungrateful.”

Everyone expressed their opinions, and there wasn’t much disagreement over whether Lin Feng could become the top scorer after studying the video and materials.

Most people agree, as the benefits of truly securing the top scorer title are obvious. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it would raise Jiangxin Middle School to a new level, both in fame and comprehensive strength.

Now the main question is, how much should be given?

How large is Lin Feng’s appetite?

”Teacher Ji, what do you think?” Zheng Yishan asked Lin Feng’s homeroom teacher, Old Ji.

Being the top scorer in the college entrance exam doesn’t necessarily mean being a super genius, nor does it guarantee a future as a Martial King.

True super geniuses are even specially recruited by the Three Heroic Academies without having to take the college entrance exam, but it’s undeniable that every year’s top scorer receives significant attention.

After all, among millions of candidates each year, only one becomes the top scorer.

It’s the same for Jiangxin Middle School and even more so for the base city.

In today’s Huaxia’s twelve base cities, although united, there are various ’open and covert struggles’ behind the scenes.

From the ranking of each base city’s guardian divine artifacts, annual Glory Rookie rankings, Glory Team rankings, to the strength comparisons of each base city’s Son of the City, all are media focal points, and the college entrance exam top scorer is no exception.

If Jiangxin First Middle School could earn this title, it would undoubtedly be a great source of pride for Jiang City.

Being asked by the principal, Old Ji was slightly nervous. Originally, with his qualifications, he wasn’t eligible to attend this meeting, but as Lin Feng’s homeroom teacher, he was specially permitted.

Under everyone’s gaze, Old Ji paused before answering, ”Everyone has seen Lin Feng’s report card, and the martial arts talent can be discerned since junior high. Lin Feng has hidden it for nearly six years. Such mentality and willpower, I believe neither threats nor temptations will have any significance to him!”

Some leaders fell silent. Zheng Yishan’s expression remained unchanged, nodding at Old Ji, indicating he should continue.

”Lin Feng’s results have always hovered around the 500th rank, and only the top 100 in the year group receive school aid, so he has never received school assistance. Every year, he has paid his tuition, so in another respect, Lin Feng doesn’t owe the school.”

”After Lin Feng earned the Blue Moon Guardian title, I prematurely offered him the resources provided to the top 100 in the senior year group, but he refused to accept them!”

”Lin Feng has turned down offers from three S-rank clubs, including a contract from Ju Xing, rated A-level.”

”A high school senior endorsing a single advertisement surprisingly fetches an endorsement fee of 18 million!”

”He even gifted his desk mate a house worth millions!”

”Lin Feng told me that if our school isn’t sincere, he believes other schools would be interested!”

Old Ji stated slowly.

He was self-aware, knowing that with his identity and status, his opinion had no decisive power. If Lin Feng chose to leave, he might be implicated for giving his opinion, so he merely presented the facts.

But it was precisely these facts that made the leaders, who thought everything was under control, exchange glances, seeing the gravity and concern in each other’s eyes.

”How much should be given?”

Zheng Yishan exhaled a breath, the whole person seemingly hidden in the smoke as he asked, his tone for the first time somewhat serious.

From Old Zheng’s words, he had gained a deeper understanding of Lin Feng.

Without a doubt, this unique genius with rare temperament and talent cannot be subdued or tempted by any means.

A house worth several million can be given just like that, with such confidence, the resources they offer might not even catch Lin Feng’s eye.

After all, he’s just a middle school principal. To ordinary students, he is unattainable, a leader who can decide their fate, but if Lin Feng doesn’t attend Jiangxin Middle School, he can completely ignore him.

To a genius who received the Blue Moon Guardian and dared to refuse the Three Heroic Academies, his identity and status are truly insignificant!

”Twenty million then, it has to be at least higher than his endorsement fees!”

”It must be thirty million, if the offer is too low and he walks away, it’ll be troublesome.”

”I think fifty million, I heard First Middle School offered the same conditions to Ye Qiu!”

Zheng Yishan listened to the discussions, and after a long while, he finally said: ”Teacher Ji, you go and negotiate with Lin Feng, the school’s bottom line is no more than fifty million.”

Is fifty million worth a top scorer’s title in the college entrance examination?

To all schools, it is naturally worth it.

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The sky was dyed blood red by the setting sun, the horizon like a raging flame.

From a distance, the Yun Mansion located in the southeast of Jiang City looked like a giant golden castle, dazzling and magnificent.

The Yun Mansion spans over a hundred acres, with vermillion gates, a golden plaque, and a pair of red-painted twin-winged lions three people tall at the entrance. This ancient style evokes a sense of solemnity.

To have such a large quadrangle mansion in the prime land of Jiang City is enough to showcase the strength of the Yun Race. As a family that once had an extraordinary powerhouse in its ancestry, despite its recent decline, the Yun Family’s strength and heritage remain formidable.

”Home at last...”

Outside the quadrangle, Yun Kai stood still, his expression somewhat complex.

For him, home is his only refuge, but at the same time, he most dislikes going back home.

The Yun Family, with over five hundred years of history, houses tens of thousands of clansmen in the Yun Mansion, all sharing the same ancestral blood, but sometimes even colder than strangers.

Yun Kai turned around, and not far from him, his clansmen, relatives, and friends were watching him with a strange gaze, their words full of sarcasm and disdain, undisguised. Even more excessive and cruel than schoolmates’ gossip, because he heard the word ”bastard”!

Such conversation was without any guise, with no regard, as if these people simply didn’t care about the potential trauma such words could cause to an underage boy’s heart.

This harm has silently altered Yun Kai’s personality and values irreparably.

”Bastard, is it?”

Yun Kai’s lips curled upwards, revealing a peculiar smile.

His relatives actually called him a bastard?

How utterly ridiculous!

A peerless genius who inherited the ancestral extraordinary bloodline and talent was actually called a bastard by his clansmen.

Even some cleaning aunties and garden-tending staff dared to look at him with such disgust and schadenfreude?

Is there really any meaning left for him to continue living in this family?

”Truly pathetic!”

Yun Kai shook his head and sighed, his tone laced with a trace of self-mockery and hatred.

”Strange, Yun Kai seems a bit different today?”

Many people observed Yun Kai, their eyes holding slight confusion. Obviously, they noticed Yun Kai’s change.

In the past, Yun Kai would have kept his head down, silent, quietly enduring it all, but today, he stood straight, with his head held high, his face unchanged, his eyes exuding a strong sense of confidence.

Yun Kai carefully observed the faces of his relatives and clansmen, noting those who sneered or showed disgust, all remembered in his heart, his face showing no resentment or anger, doing nothing and saying nothing in rebuttal, he remained very calm.

As calm as usual.

Because he had gotten used to it.

Since the day he was born, it seemed he had grown accustomed to such looks and words, which have accompanied his growth.

But Yun Kai really wanted to know, when they meet again, what expression will these people use to face him.

And what expression should he use to face them?