Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

This is a degrading act.

"Notify headquarters."

After some deliberation, headquarters called first.

"Minister Niu, we have something to report to you..."

"Is it about ordering the Tier 3 Twin-Winged Tiger Crystal Core? I already know that while they were placing the order with your Tianyun Street Martial Arts Shop, they also notified headquarters."

Regarding this crystal core, first remove it from the shelves, then each of you should call back to say that the crystal core has been sold out and apologize to them.

After receiving confirmation, Minister Niu hung up the phone immediately.

The Warrior Shop is also located in Zhongzhou City of the Central Kingdom.

Moreover, the Central Government and the Central Investigation Department, which belong to the government, were also very familiar with Zhang Chaoqiang's situation and even shared the same thoughts.

Observing that Zhang Chaoqiang seemed to have some interest in the crystal core, he decided to buy it and give it to him as a gift.

Given Zhang Chaoqiang's qualifications, all they could do was take care of him while minimizing disruption to his normal life and studies.

Although they are in different departments, they all have more or less thought about guiding Zhang Chaoqiang to join in the future, which is why they made this order—spending a little money to do someone a favor and build up familiarity.

However, the official martial arts shop of the Central Kingdom also shares the same idea.

The higher-ups assigned Minister Niu, who was stationed in Tian'an City, to personally deliver the crystal core to Zhang Chaoqiang's home tonight, making excuses for others.

Chapter 97 Dating

In the secluded valley, the battle between the students of Class 1-2 and the monsters intensifies.

When they actually faced these monsters with flesh and blood, they realized that these beasts, in large groups, were not easy to deal with.

Not everyone is like Zhu Bobi and his customers.

As for Zhang Chaoqiang, he wasn't originally in the evaluation scope, and apart from Jin Jia, not many people paid special attention to him.

The most important thing is to find the den of the burrowing scale beast while figuring out how the six members of the group can cooperate to kill the monster.

"hiss…"

Cheetahs have a very strong desire to attack; to humans, they possess the most primal, ingrained hostility.

When facing such a monster, the students from both classes would inevitably be scratched by its claws and sharp teeth. After all, it was their first trial. Therefore, when Jin Jia observed that Zhang Chaoqiang did not use the collected crystal cores to help the other students, he was very careful.

He then focused his attention on the students, so that he could deal with any special situations that might arise immediately.

Some students, lacking combat experience, were nearly torn to pieces by the monsters' siege. When the golden-armored warrior rescued them, the students, covered in sweat and still shaken, finally understood what true combat meant.

So treacherous.

"This secret realm is very typical, with three kinds of demonic beasts, each with its own characteristics. The cheetah beast focuses on speed, the earth-burrowing scale beast hides, and the most crucial one is the deformed ape. Don't be fooled by their uniform size of only four or five-year-old humans; an ordinary adult can easily exert strength equivalent to 250P of spiritual power!"

Lin Ru did the same, urging the students of Class 2 to be full of energy and enthusiasm.

"Pay attention to teamwork. Haven't you noticed that these monsters basically operate in groups with clear division of labor? Going it alone is definitely unwise..." Lin Ru looked somewhat worried, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"What about them?"

After a great deal of effort, the six students in Class 2 finally managed to kill the two deformed gorillas, and then, panting, pointed to four figures in the distance.

The four figures were positioned sparsely, fighting one-on-one, and one of them was fighting in a particularly appalling manner.

There was clearly no cooperation whatsoever. They lacked any semblance of offensive or defensive skills, teamwork, or any semblance of teamwork.

One of the teammates slapped the student who asked the question.

After a pause, Lin Ru remained silent, and he realized that those people were customers from Class 1, Zhu Bopi and others, all of whom possessed extraordinary spiritual power and combat experience. Wherever they went, the corpses of demonic beasts they stirred up swept over them.

Before they knew it, the students had already started to get started. Through the trials of combat, their experience in real battles and their understanding of the world would become more thorough.

Only at this time did poor Tom—no, the handsome Golden Armor Teacher—have the time to stand and chat with Lin Ru under the pretext of doing so.

“This secret realm may not be large, but it’s enough for these students to test their skills.” The two stood on a mountainside, the golden-armored man raising a smile that no one else could see, and spoke gently to Lin Ru.

Lin Ru replied politely: "Yes, Teacher Jin, the Wild Valley Secret Realm contains more than 700 monsters of three kinds. They are sparsely distributed and not very dangerous, but they are still quite challenging and stressful."

It seems these kids are much better than the previous year's students. It's all thanks to Teacher Jin's excellent teaching; Class 1 is brimming with talent.

Jin Jia chuckled: "Teacher Lin, don't say that. Your class is not bad either. I estimate that the outcome this time is uncertain, and there is still a lot of suspense."

Lin Ru smiled gracefully. If Zhang Chaoqiang were here, he would definitely recognize that this smile had appeared frequently on Old Chen's face before, when he was facing his parents.

A signature expression of inner turmoil, yet a forced, polite smile on the face.

Lin Ru naturally knew that Zhang Chaoqiang was not participating in this performance evaluation, but Jin Jia did not want the scores of the two classes to be too disparate.

Both of them knew the truth, but one wanted to be upfront about it while the other wanted to pretend to be oblivious.

In certain areas, their skill levels are comparable to the difference in spiritual power between Zhang Chaoqiang and Shen Guoqi.

Time slipped away in awkward conversation.

Something's not right. Where are Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue?

Within a range of over fifty kilometers, even a fourth-level martial artist would likely need considerable time to fully explore it. Therefore, Zhang Chaoqiang and his companion would only gradually disappear from sight once they reached a more distant location.

Zhang Chaoqiang is right; sometimes being love-struck is more terrifying than being stupid.

Jin Jia felt somewhat uneasy, not because he was worried that Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue would be in danger.

Instead, there was a strange feeling. Although Zhang Chaoqiang wasn't someone who liked to cause trouble, he wasn't entirely at ease knowing that he couldn't see the other party right under his nose.

He found Zhu Bobi and his three companions, who were wandering around the collapsed, desolate land searching for monsters, but without much success. They had nothing else to do at the moment.

"Zhu Bobi, where are Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue?"

"They've gone off to date."

……

"Going to date, huh... Jin Jia finds it hard to imagine what kind of mental state Zhu Bobi was in when he said that."

Turning to look at the customers, he received their unanimous approval.

"It should be. There's a strange sense of desolation here. It's a rare sight, so it's not surprising that two people would go there for a date."

"It's really not good to disturb them on their date," Jin Jia pondered.

"Teacher Jin, our class will definitely win this battle. Our group has collected 20 crystal cores, which is probably the most among the two classes."

"However, for some reason, the deeper we went, the fewer monsters we encountered..."

The customer was puzzled. He deliberately approached the female students in Class 2, thinking of showing off in front of them, but the frequency of the monsters appearing was getting smaller and smaller, and he could hardly use his skills.

Jin Jia and Lin Ru analyzed: "This is normal. Most of the monsters you've killed are cheetah beasts and deformed apes, but there are relatively few burrowing scale beasts. They are good at hiding in the outer and middle areas. The other two types of monsters also mostly appear in the outer and inner circles. You can continue to explore forward, but you must be careful..."

Try to cooperate as a team, and also look for Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue.

Before and after giving instructions…

With another glance, Jin Jia realized that Pang Lei and Rong Yue were gone too…

"Where are they both?"

"They haven't found any monsters yet, and they've gone on a date..."

Golden Armor: "..."

That's why Zhu Bobi dared to say that; other students would never have dared to reveal that others practiced early in the morning.

Time slowly passed as Jin Jia and Lin Ru walked and observed, in addition to the students' reports.

A damned situation was discovered: the deeper the students went into the inner circle, the more traces of the monsters they could find, but no actual monsters; even if they did, they were just corpses.

What about the monsters in this secret realm?

Chapter 98 Development

"Zhang Chaoqiang, what do you think of the scenery here?"

The two of them sat alone on oddly shaped rocks on the upper part of the mountainside, the scorching heat making their bottoms burn.

Tan Yue's legs swayed like swings under the stone. Seeing that Zhang Chaoqiang did not answer, she asked again.

"not so good."

After sitting for a while, Tan Yue stood up first and said:

Should we continue?

"continue."

"The monsters you killed don't count towards your score, and you've wiped out all the monsters in this area? Do you want to go deeper?"

Tan Yue glanced at Zhang Chaoqiang's bulging pockets.

It contains about two hundred ordinary monster crystal cores.

Zhang Chaoqiang had already raised the 30 yuan.

Zhang Chaoqiang felt a burning sensation in his throat and eyes, caused by overuse. Looking back at the area he had passed through, he saw it littered with the corpses of demonic beasts, all Zhang Chaoqiang's handiwork. In his hand was a piece of lemongrass.

The diffusion ability spread the scent of lemongrass, which masked the bloody smell in Tan Yue's nasal cavity.

With two or three hundred demonic beasts, Zhang Chaoqiang recited the sutras for salvation more than two hundred times. Although he couldn't remember them all, even if he was just making things up, he still had to speak aloud.

This is not only a subconscious habit, but it also provides Tan Yue with some psychological comfort.

He killed enough monsters, collected enough crystal cores, and successfully broke through his growth value.

From a slight advantage to:

[Far Ahead]: 102/5000

[Trainer]: A designated person who continuously trains a certain skill or behavior, increasing the body's three dimensions by 0.2. This does not conflict with [Instructor].

The breakthrough in growth value brought him new goals, but now, the growth value he gains from killing ordinary monsters is negligible.

Without hesitation, Zhang Chaoqiang set his sights on Tan Yue, with whom he had been communicating and providing guidance.

As for developing a particular skill or behavior.

After thinking it over, Zhang Chaoqiang realized he was being a bit foolish; there was clearly no need to overthink it…