Reborn as the Candle Dragon, I became the strongest academy guardian beast.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, only three days remain until the martial arts tournament.

Amidst much anticipation, the Education Bureau has finally announced the details of this year's martial arts tournament.

This year's martial arts tournament will be held in the Green Mountain Secret Realm.

Each school sends twenty students into the secret realm, and they are ranked according to their total scores.

The news caused an uproar throughout the martial arts academies of Ningchuan City!

Mystery!

Unlike dungeons that are difficult to complete and have relatively scarce resources.

The secret realm is a small world that descends upon Blue Star through a spatial rift. It is a vast space with abundant resources, including spirit ores, spirit plants, and all kinds of rare materials, which are priceless and unavailable for sale.

In the past decade, martial arts tournaments have mostly taken the form of arena battles or dungeon crawling.

This is the first time the Education Bureau has been so generous in using the secret realm as the venue for a martial arts tournament.

This means that this martial arts tournament will be a rare opportunity for all schools!

……

Qinglong Academy.

After receiving the news from the Ministry of Education, Zheng Yuanshan quickly drafted a list of twenty students.

At the very front of the line were Lin Fan, Xu Liyue, Chu Yunfeng, and Kong Bowen.

Zheng Yuanshan took the list and found Su Chen.

In the past few days, Su Chen has also gotten to know some promising students at Qinglong Academy and has invested in several of them who have reached the level of excellent and rare.

"Fan Heng from Class 3, Luo Tingxuan from Class 9, Ding Wanru from Class 12..."

Seeing that these people's names were all on the list, Su Chen nodded in approval.

"Old Su, there's one more thing."

Zheng Yuanshan put away the list, then took out a letter from his pocket.

"This morning, a senior colleague approached me and asked me to pass on this letter to you."

"This senior is named Nangong Jianchen, the principal of Xinghai Academy. He wants to invite you to serve as the guardian beast of Xinghai Academy. He said that as long as you agree, he is willing to offer any conditions."

Zheng Yuanshan gave a brief introduction to Xinghai College.

Xinghai Academy is the premier martial arts academy in the entire Shanhe Province. Its faculty and overall strength are enough to rank it among the top ten prestigious universities in China.

Nangong Jianchen's name is even more renowned.

The old man was an eighth-level martial arts grandmaster and a famous martial arts sword immortal in China.

The letter was handed to Su Chen, and even the usually composed and experienced principal of Qinglong Academy showed a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

Will Su Chen agree?

From any perspective, Qinglong Academy is far inferior to Xinghai Academy today.

Without a doubt, going to Xinghai Academy is the better choice for Su Chen.

However, Zheng Yuanshan had already regarded Su Chen as a friend.

He never imagined that the moment of parting would come so soon.

"Xinghai Academy?"

"I'm not interested."

To Zheng Yuanshan's surprise, Su Chen refused without even glancing at him.

Not to mention that Su Chen couldn't find the option to change the academy on the system interface.

More importantly, he finally found four investment targets of epic quality.

This also includes a chosen one and a future empress.

How could I possibly give up so easily?

Upon hearing this reply, Zheng Yuanshan stood there stunned.

He could sense that Su Chen was serious.

Zheng Yuanshan paused for a moment, then said nothing more, simply tucking the letter back into his pocket, a smile of unprecedented relief appearing on his face.

"I see."

……

After talking with Zheng Yuanshan, Su Chen went to the martial arts training ground.

The training ground was unexpectedly quiet today.

Xu Liyue, Chu Yunfeng, and Kong Bowen all stopped what they were doing and looked at Lin Fan.

At this moment, Lin Fan was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, his body surrounded by wisps of purple electric arcs.

"This kid is about to break through!" A hint of surprise flashed in Su Chen's snake eyes.

Lin Fan's aura surged like a tidal wave, steadily approaching the third tier from the ninth level of the second tier.

Su Chen narrowed his golden vertical pupils and instantly activated the Eye of the Demon God.

In addition to being able to see the investor's attribute panel, the Demon God's Eye also possesses many other abilities such as X-ray vision and penetrating illusions.

After activating the Eye of the Demon God, Su Chen's thoughts passed through Lin Fan's body and landed in his mind.

The images in one's mind are a projection of one's inner self, and are therefore often closely related to one's martial spirit.

But Lin Fan's heart was somewhat different.

What appeared before Su Chen was a vast and boundless sea of ​​stars.

Countless enormous stars hang in the sky, some dazzling and bright, some dark and deep, some burning fiercely, some as blue as ice...

Among them, fourteen stars shone the brightest.

The Seven Killings Star, Broken Army Star, Honest Star, Greedy Wolf Star, Purple Star, Heavenly Mansion Star, Martial Star, Heavenly Minister Star, Sun Star, Giant Gate Star, Heavenly Secret Star, Lunar Star, Heavenly Beam Star, and Heavenly Harmony Star.

They moved slowly along their respective trajectories, radiating an ancient and mysterious light, as if they had existed here since time immemorial.

Lin Fan stood in the center of this sea of ​​stars, as insignificant as a speck of dust.

He gazed up at the starry sky, a look of awe in his eyes.

Just then, an old man's laughter rang out beside me.

"Hahaha, I never imagined your heart was like this. Just as I suspected, you are a descendant of my old friend!"

"Old friend?"

Lin Fan was slightly taken aback.

He didn't know who the "old friend" that Bai Lao was talking about was.

Lin Fan had never seen his father since he could remember.

Even his mother disappeared suddenly when he was five years old, leaving behind a ring and never being heard from again.

From then on, Lin Fan was always alone.

His initial reason for becoming a martial artist was to fulfill a promise he made to his mother when he was young.

"Old Bai..."

Just as Lin Fan was about to say something, a crimson star suddenly lit up among the countless stars in the sky.

The starlight pierced through the boundless starry sky and flowed into Lin Fan's body.

Although Lin Fan did not recognize this star, its name inexplicably appeared in his mind—Seven Kills!

In a flash, he seemed to see an old general clad in golden armor, guarding a lonely city, facing 100,000 enemy soldiers without changing his expression, fighting a bloody battle, his armor stained red with blood.

The Seven Killings star signifies fierce battles and overwhelming fighting spirit, growing ever more courageous with each battle!

Meanwhile, in the real world, Lin Fan's aura steadily increased.

The purple lightning surrounding him suddenly surged, crackling and exploding, carving scorched craters into the ground.

A mysterious crimson light enveloped his body, mingling with the purple lightning.

Second tier, nine levels.

Third tier!

As Lin Fan's aura steadily rose to the third level, the lightning around him gradually subsided, and the mysterious crimson light slowly dissipated.

Almost simultaneously, the system's crisp electronic voice rang in Su Chen's mind.

[Ding! Lin Fan has broken through to the third tier.]

[Ding! Lin Fan's aptitude has been improved, from Legendary to Mythical]

[Congratulations, host, you have received 20000 evolution points.]

[Reward received: The Secret of Concealing Breath]