Chapter 316 Surpassing Dad is a Must
After reluctantly seeing Ah Chen off, Caesar and Evan both felt a void in their hearts, just as the cook, Laurie, rushed over with good news:
"Mr. Evan, did you watch the live stream of the weapon refiner assessment online? Oh my, let me tell you, the young mistress's sister, Miss Lele, got first place!"
"Our family has produced the youngest fifth-tier weapon refiner in history! Wow, that's amazing!"
Upon hearing this, Evan quickly turned on his wristwatch and brought up the live stream. The holographic projection was projected onto the projection wall in the living room, where he saw Lele spreading her peacock tail feathers, covering the entire examination center and audience area. It was truly breathtaking!
“Evan, I heard that this girl seems to want to open a weapon-refining workshop. Could you find someone to help her out and save her some trouble?”
If this girl grows up, she will definitely remember the kindness of Ah Chen and her sister, and open doors of convenience for our Lan Dun family.
"You should know that even a ninth-tier expert would have to show her the utmost respect if she were a grandmaster of weapon crafting," Caesar said.
"What?! Patriarch, you actually think so highly of her?" Laurie exclaimed in surprise.
"Who knows? The reason why our Lan Dun family has been able to continue for over a thousand years is precisely because our ancestors had the insight to recognize talent."
My attitude towards talent is that I will not overlook even the slightest possibility.” Caesar’s eyes gleamed with wisdom.
He rushed to see his great-grandson with Evan, not expecting much from Achen's birth mother. However, after sending Evan to test the waters, he received an unexpected and important piece of information.
Zuo Shan is able to grow plants even in extremely cold weather, which alone makes her superior to many idle socialites who only know how to dress up.
Even those powerful young ladies from noble families might not be able to match her skill. After all, the Lan Dun family has no shortage of high-level superhumans. Even if they don't have enough of their own children, they can use various means to recruit some loyal ones.
For example, Matt, who works under Modi.
However, in the wasteland where food is scarce, there is only one woman who possesses planting skills and knows how to use them to fight for custody of her child.
For this reason, Caesar did not interfere much with how Zoshan raised his children for the next five years.
Of course, he also wanted to use this time to verify whether his grandson's feelings for this woman were just a momentary impulse or whether he could live his life without her.
As it turned out, Modi really did fall for it, so as his grandfather, he naturally had no choice but to grant his wish.
Now that Lele, a staunch supporter of Achen and Zuo Shan, is also proving herself worthy, Caesar feels overjoyed.
The Lan Dun family is guaranteed a worry-free life for at least a century!
To Evan's surprise, Lele found him again and made it clear that she would return the large defensive artifact, the Peacock Spreading its Tail, to him after the exhibition in three months.
“This is a magical artifact you crafted. We only provided a raw material at most. We cannot accept this artifact,” Caesar immediately objected.
If the Lan Dun family really did that, wouldn't it be the same as bullying that young girl?
Lele shook her head and thanked them earnestly: "Patriarch, Mr. Evan, I was able to pass the test and get this result today thanks to the Blue Sparrow Silk Ore you provided for me."
It was the moment I saw it that I had the inspiration to create a magical artifact like the peacock spreading its tail.
"It was because of the forging of this magical artifact that I was able to break through to the fifth rank in one fell swoop. I should thank you all, so this magical artifact should rightfully belong to the Lan Dun family."
"Oh! You're too honest, child!" Caesar exclaimed.
He no longer refused, but instructed Evan to keep a low profile when helping her with various matters, so that the young girl would not know that it was him who helped, so as not to put more burden on her.
Half a month later, the Happy Forest Weapon Refining Workshop, jointly opened by Pan Duole and Master Liu, officially opened. Taking advantage of the popularity of the Peacock Display exhibition, the workshop became very popular as soon as it opened.
The reason for choosing this name is that Lele had heard her older sister tell the story of Liangshan Marsh, in which there was a very lively place called Happy Forest.
Then Lele felt that her name contained the character "Le" (乐), which means happiness, and Master Liu's name, Liulin, contained the character "Lin" (林), so she chose this name.
Zuo Shan laughed so hard his stomach hurt after hearing her explanation, but that's another story.
On the other side, the academy officially started classes, and the freshmen met for the first time countless legendary "other people's children" who were hailed as geniuses of the Green Algae Star.
The senior students didn't even glance at the new students, and walked past the training field with their heads held high.
Little Fatty Young Master Jing looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, a rare hint of melancholy in his eyes: "Sigh! When will I ever be able to advance to the intermediate class!"
"Pfft! I think you should think about how to advance to the second year of the beginner class first." Ah Chen mercilessly slapped him on the shoulder.
“We can’t count on the first monthly exam. According to statistics, the person who advanced the fastest in the history of Xiangyun Academy is your own father, Uncle Modi. He advanced to the second grade in three months,” Jing Junyi said.
Motiland Shield has always been an idol in the hearts of these little ones, and a role model that parents often talk about to educate them.
"How long did it take him to advance to the intermediate class?" Ah Chen asked, immediately intrigued.
"Six months."
"That's not right. I heard that it's harder to level up the higher you go, so why did he only take three months to level up the last two levels?" Ah Chen asked.
"I heard that the first three months were because he wasn't used to being away from his mother, but once he got used to it, his leveling speed naturally increased." Young Master Jing knew his idol's childhood stories like the back of his hand.
"If that's the case, then I'll have to advance to the intermediate class within four months?" Ah Chen suddenly became worried.
"Huh? What do you mean? I don't understand." Young Master Jing looked bewildered.
"We can't afford to lose to enemy number one, can we?" Ah Chen muttered to himself.
From infancy, he considered his own father his number one enemy. That man who loved to steal his mother's attention was indeed his nemesis!
Even when it comes to reading, he has to be the first to set a record that's hard to break, but he's never satisfied with not surpassing it, it's so annoying!
Zuo Shan noticed that her son's attitude towards studying had become exceptionally serious ever since school officially started.
With her son studying so hard, the mother naturally couldn't fall behind.
In combat classes, she would diligently learn fighting techniques and the application of supernatural abilities each time.
After class, she became a good sparring partner, which also helped her improve her close-combat skills.
After her son fell asleep at night, she repeatedly tried to manipulate her supernatural abilities to precisely break down the medicinal herbs and control the degree of fusion between herbs with different properties.
A month later, Achen and the first-year students in the beginner class took their first monthly exam.
After a month of hard work, all my efforts finally paid off.
After the assessment results came out, Ah Chen indeed got A's in both academic and combat subjects, successfully advancing to the next grade and starting second-year classes next month.
Of course, the reason why Ah Chen was able to pass the cultural subjects test so smoothly was because his Uncle Mao Li had already started teaching him to recognize characters and do arithmetic through games when he had just learned to speak.
As for combat training, thanks to his tough nature since childhood and his love for playing around with boys, Caesar and Evan specially taught him martial arts after they arrived in the central area. They would also accompany him to train every day when he returned to the old house on his days off.
Most importantly, he has an exceptional ability to grasp the art of combat.
As for his superpowers, needless to say, he was able to create his own skills even as an infant, making him absolutely invincible among his peers!
Among the first-year students who took the exam with him, there were three others who performed quite well: Meng Rui, Kong Lingling, and Tsuzaki Kaori.
Meng Rui is a math prodigy who gets an A in his academic subjects. His superpower is water-based, but his awakened skill is remote control.
For example, he can manipulate passing clouds, causing water vapor in the clouds to fall rapidly and form rain, or he can manipulate the water in a river to create waves or something.
However, this ability is rather useless in the early stages, and its combat power is extremely weak.
However, his control over water reached a level of precision, which is why he received an A in his ability assessment.
What really held him back was his fighting skills; his physique was simply too weak. Even with precise mastery of fighting techniques, he still only received a C grade.
According to the rules of Xiangyun Academy, students must achieve two B grades in the monthly exam to be eligible for promotion, while students in other academies only need to achieve two C grades to be promoted smoothly.
Kong Lingling received an A in combat skills but failed in academic subjects, barely managing a C-.
Tsuzaki Kaori got a C in combat skills, an A- in her special ability assessment, a B- in combat class, and an A in academic class. As a result, she missed advancing by a hair's breadth.
When she saw Ah Chen advance smoothly, she cried her heart out, but she became even more certain of her initial judgment:
This Ah Chen is a stumbling block for her at the academy. She regrets not poisoning him to death that time!
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