The next morning, Chi Chen and Lin Bai got up early. The training of the previous two months had already instilled in them the habit of getting up early to get beaten up, well, to train early.
Just after the two finished washing up, someone knocked on the door and then brought in a luxurious breakfast.
After wolfing down their food, Chi Chen and Lin Bai, carrying long knives wrapped tightly in cloth, found the butler who had been receiving them.
Chi Chen asked:
"Excuse me, could you find us an open space or a training room?"
Upon hearing this, the butler glanced at the two of them with some surprise, but quickly led them to a spacious training room.
The training room was divided into more than twenty areas, and there were more than a dozen people inside at the moment.
"This is a training room used by the guards within the manor. If you two wish to train, you can do so here. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now and come back to pick you up at lunchtime!"
After leading the two to the training room, the butler left to attend to other matters.
Inside the training room, Chi Chen and Lin Bai watched the dozen or so people sparring for a while, but quickly lost interest. Although their fighting skills were not bad, they were still far behind when Zhang Rong and Chen Sheng trained them.
It wasn't that Chi Chen and Lin Bai were arrogant and looked down on the guards' sparring; rather, it was because Zhang Rong and Chen Sheng had raised their standards to be far too high.
However, this was all achieved by Chi Chen and Lin Bai enduring two months of beatings.
"Two new guys have arrived? I haven't heard anything about our team bringing anyone in!"
"So young? Judging from their appearance, they're no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, right?"
While Chi Chen was observing the security personnel, they were also discussing the unfamiliar faces of Chi Chen and Lin Bai.
They were somewhat interested in Chi Chen and Lin Bai, because their security team hadn't had any new recruits for a long time.
Now that they see that new people might be coming, they all have some ulterior motives, especially the last few who joined, who have some inexplicable smiles on their faces.
"Liu Feng, go and give them a try!"
Just as Chi Chen and Lin Bai were about to untie the cloth strips covering their long swords in preparation for sparring, one of the security personnel, a noticeably older man, gave an order to a muscular man next to him.
Upon hearing this, Liu Feng laughed even more heartily. He could finally get his revenge on the veteran players for all the hardships he had endured when he first joined the team.
"Hey, you two, come here!"
Liu Feng stepped forward and, amidst the somewhat envious glances of the others, roared at Chi Chen and Lin Bai, displaying an imperious manner.
Hearing Liu Feng's shout, Chi Chen and Lin Bai stopped what they were doing, and then looked around to make sure that they were the only two people there.
Chi Chen pointed to himself and Lin Bai, still somewhat puzzled, and asked:
"Were you calling us just now?"
Seeing this, Liu Feng's face immediately showed a hint of impatience, and he said:
"Who else could it be but the two of you? Are you deaf or brain-dead?"
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen frowned and exchanged a glance with Lin Bai, both of them somewhat puzzled as to why the other party was treating them so arrogantly.
They haven't done anything since they came in; they've just looked around. Is it not even allowed to look?
Although Chi Chen and Lin Bai disliked Liu Feng's actions, they thought that since they were only staying at the Xiang family manor, it was best not to cause trouble for others.
Therefore, the two men, carrying their long swords, walked forward and stopped a dozen meters away from Liu Feng. Chi Chen, looking at Liu Feng and the dozen or so people behind him who clearly wanted to watch the show, said:
"We're here. What can I do for you?"
Although Chi Chen didn't want to cause trouble, he naturally wouldn't give Liu Feng a pleasant look in the face of his attitude.
Upon seeing this, Liu Feng was slightly taken aback, then revealed a somewhat amused smile and said:
"Oh, so you're a troublemaker? Kid, is this how a newcomer should talk to us?"
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen and Lin Bai immediately understood that the other party was treating them as newcomers to the manor's security.
"I think you've misunderstood..."
Chi Chen opened his mouth, about to explain, when he heard the people behind Liu Feng start to jeer.
"Liu Feng, what's going on? You're dragging your feet. If you can't handle it, I'll take over!"
"Exactly, who cares if he's a troublemaker or not, just teach him a lesson first. Have you forgotten how you were beaten when you first came in?"
"Haha, hurry up and finish, we still have training!"
Hearing the jeers behind him, Liu Feng gave Chi Chen a smug smile and said:
"Newcomers should have the attitude of newcomers. Let me teach you today."
The moment Liu Feng finished speaking, he rushed towards Chi Chen.
Seeing this, Chi Chen also showed a hint of helplessness on his face. There was nothing they could do; this wasn't something they were doing to cause trouble.
We can't just stand there and take a beating, can we?
Just as Chi Chen was about to make a move, Lin Bai made the first move.
"Chi Chen, you don't need to handle this kind of trash. Watch me!"
Lin Bai pushed off with his feet and instantly shot forward.
Chi Chen was slightly taken aback, then stopped in his tracks, looking helplessly at Lin Bai's figure rushing out.
"Um?"
The moment Lin Bai rushed out, Liu Feng had a bad feeling, because Lin Bai was much faster than him.
However, there's no turning back once the arrow is released, and Liu Feng naturally couldn't suddenly stop in front of so many people behind him.
He refused to believe that a mere kid could beat him.
Lin Bai and Liu Feng quickly closed in on each other. Liu Feng swept out a leg, aiming directly at Lin Bai's waist.
Seeing this, Lin Bai remained calm and his expression did not change at all, because in his eyes, Liu Feng's movements were too slow.
Lin Bai slightly turned to the side, easily dodging Liu Feng's sweeping attack, and then took a step forward to stand in front of Liu Feng.
"not good!"
Liu Feng's eyes changed, and he realized something was wrong. He quickly stretched out his arms to block in front of his chest.
Lin Bai threw a punch, which landed squarely on Liu Feng's arms as he was just getting into position.
"How is this possible?!"
Liu Feng felt a sharp pain in both arms and was instantly thrown back. His eyes were filled with disbelief, because the power of Lin Bai's punch was far beyond his imagination.
Liu Feng's defenses were blasted open by Lin Bai's punch, which slammed into his chest without slowing down at all.
Liu Feng took a solid punch from Lin Bai, his body instantly staggering backward for more than ten meters before collapsing to the ground. He forcibly suppressed a metallic taste in his throat.
"Sorry, I couldn't stop!"
After easily defeating Liu Feng, Lin Bai did not pursue him but remained where he was, responding to him with the same smile Liu Feng had given him earlier.
Upon seeing this, Liu Feng's already flushed face instantly turned even uglier; the other party had delivered a resounding slap to his face.
Chi Chen smiled slightly at Lin Bai's smug look. Although Lin Bai's close combat ability was not as abnormal as his, after two months of training by Chen Sheng, anyone who underestimated Lin Bai would suffer a great loss.
Because Lin Bai's forbidden ability is a relatively long-range annihilation, in order to prevent Lin Bai from being helpless when the opponent gets close to him in battle, Chen Sheng has spent the past two months working hard on Lin Bai's close combat skills.
It's just that Lin Bai hasn't had a chance to show off because Chi Chen's close combat skills are too dazzling.
"So, do you still need to teach us newbies the rules?"
Seeing that the security personnel seemed stunned, and recalling their earlier behavior, Lin Bai felt a surge of anger. Since he had already beaten someone, he didn't mind making things worse; he could simply stop staying at the Xiang family manor.
Chi Chen was also taken aback when he saw this. Lin Bai had gotten too arrogant!
Upon hearing this, the dozen or so people all looked at Lin Bai and Chi Chen with unfriendly expressions.
The man who had come out earlier, Liu Feng, stepped forward and said with a somewhat unpleasant expression:
"Kid, don't think you're something just because you beat up a piece of trash. Don't be so arrogant!"
When Liu Feng heard the man call him trash, his face turned even uglier, but he didn't say anything in rebuttal. After all, he had been defeated by Lin Bai in one move, and he was too ashamed to speak.
"Then you do it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Bai put his hands in his pockets and looked at the man with a smile that seemed to be disdainful.
"Kid, you asked for this!"
Seeing this, the man grinned maliciously, took a sudden step, and released a burst of spiritual power that instantly rushed towards Lin Bai.
"And he's a user of forbidden abilities?"
Lin Bai was slightly surprised to see this, but the other party's realm was only at the Bright Lamp stage, and his spiritual power was much weaker than when he and Chi Chen were at the Bright Lamp stage.
After the man released his spiritual power, his muscles bulged suddenly, and he instantly grew larger, his whole body brimming with power.
"Muscle strengthening in sequence 105?"
Chi Chen immediately recognized the person's forbidden ability. It was a forbidden ability specifically designed to enhance strength, and it was considered a relatively common type of forbidden ability.
A fist the size of a sandbag was aimed straight at Lin Bai's face, but Lin Bai calmly pulled his hand out of his pocket, and even yawned as if he was getting impatient.
"You're asking for it, kid!"
The man roared, feeling that Lin Bai's actions were an insult to him, and he wanted to punch Lin Bai in the nose.
"Smack!"
As the fist arrived, Lin Bai instantly pulled out one hand and slapped it directly on the back of the fist, deflecting the fist's movement.
Then Lin Bai dodged and burrowed into the man's chest, delivering an upward elbow strike that precisely hit the man's chin.
Then, amidst the man's incredulous gaze and the sharp pain in his jaw, Lin Bai sent him flying, his two front teeth flying out.
"Thump!"
Then, to the utter astonishment of the others, the strongest among them clutched his chin and crashed heavily to the ground.
With just one move, Lin Bai defeated the man without even using his mental power.
"Well, I can't stay here any longer! I wonder if the captain will be angry when he finds out!"
Chi Chen walked over to Lin Bai and gave the smug Lin Bai a dose of sobering medicine.
"No way!"
Lin Bai then belatedly realized that if Zhang Rong got angry and challenged him to a fight, he wouldn't be able to withstand it like Chi Chen.
"Now you know fear?"
Chi Chen rolled his eyes at Lin Bai.
Just then, at the entrance of the training room, a middle-aged man in a security team uniform followed a boy in sportswear who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old.
"Young Master Ming, you'll be attending the new recruit training at the Secret Slayer Bureau in a few days. With your strength, I'm confident you can easily secure the title of Newcomer King and earn a spot in the Spirit Wind Squad!"
The middle-aged man smiled obsequiously at the boy beside him, who was half a head shorter than him, and when he mentioned the Secret Bureau of Slaying, a look of longing appeared on his face.
"Of course! I'll definitely take the Rookie of the Year award in this rookie training!"
Upon hearing this, the young man's face showed a look of great satisfaction, and he replied with his nose in the air.
The middle-aged man was named Ye Lin, the captain of the security team in this training room, and the boy he was flattering was Xiang Ming, the young master of the Xiang family.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Suddenly, Ye Lin noticed a strange atmosphere in the training room. He looked around and saw Chi Chen and Lin Bai with their backs to them, as well as the two people lying on the ground.
"Is there anyone else who dares to cause trouble here?"
Even from their backs, Ye Lin could tell that Chi Chen and Lin Bai were not members of his team.
Xiang Ming, naturally noticing the situation inside and Ye Lin's puzzled expression, asked:
"how?"
Ye Lin expressed his doubts, and Xiang Ming also looked at Chi Chen and Lin Bai, then showed a slightly interested smile. He was also certain that Chi Chen and Lin Bai were not members of the Xiang family's main branch, or at least not core members.
"Interesting! Let's go see what's going on!"
Xiang Ming took the first step, and Ye Lin quickly followed.
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