Merging with Demon Spirits-Chapter 73 - 67: Return to School

Chapter 73: Chapter 67: Return to School
The morning sun is bright but not dazzling.
June 8th, Tuesday.
For the 300,000 students of Jiangxin First Middle School, it’s just an ordinary day.
But for those in senior year, about to face college entrance exams, many of them have gradually recovered from the excitement or disappointment of Awakening Day.
However, when they walk into the school gate, whether from senior grades or junior grades, everyone is fervently discussing like they’ve been injected with adrenaline.
At this moment, every corner of the campus is filled with the name Lin Feng.
"Did you watch Jiang City’s news yesterday?"
"How could I not watch it? Lin Feng, he’s my idol!"
"Isn’t your idol the president of the Elite Martial Arts Club, Wang Wenxuan?"
"Wang Wenxuan didn’t make it to the Glory Newcomer Chart! Besides, he isn’t as handsome as my Lin Feng."
In the campus, at a pavilion beside an artificial lake, five girls sat on benches, eating breakfast and chatting, occasionally exclaiming in surprise.
Such discussions are everywhere in Jiangxin First Middle School. Whether they like Lin Feng or not, it can’t be denied that Lin Feng has become the city’s hottest topic.
Not only students, even the teachers are no exception.
On the top floor of the senior year teaching building is the teacher’s lounge. Inside the 300-square-meter lounge, fifty to sixty teachers aren’t preparing morning classes but are sitting on sofas, gathered together, also chatting leisurely.
The topic of idle chat is also Lin Feng.
In terms of buzz these two days, Lin Feng is undoubtedly the number one person.
Due to Lin Feng, the school’s name frequently appeared in Jiang City news, its reputation soaring.
"Old Ji, your luck really makes people envious! Achieving a Song of Solomon wasn’t enough, now there’s Lin Feng, two hero indicators."
A plain-looking female teacher said enviously.
Old Ji, who she referred to, was a middle-aged man in his forties, slim in stature. Upon hearing this, he laughed heartily, saying, "It’s not certain yet."
Hero indicators refer to the indicators of the Three Heroic Academies.
Jiangxin First Middle School stipulates that if a student is admitted to one of the Three Heroic Academies, as a homeroom teacher, there’s a cash reward of 50,000. If both Song of Solomon and Lin Feng get admitted, that’s 100,000, which is equivalent to over half a year’s salary, naturally enviable.
To Old Ji’s answer, many teachers showed disdain. What you’re saying might be uncertain, but why is your expression brimming with confidence, as if you’re sure of it?
"Old Ji, as Lin Feng’s homeroom teacher, you must know him well. Do you think he can really refine an Earth Chart Demon Spirit?" A male teacher asked curiously.
Not only them, but all Jiang City residents are curious about this question.
If Lin Feng can refine an Earth Chart Demon Spirit, undoubtedly, he will become the darling of all Glory Clubs.
"I don’t know if the news is true, but Lin Feng’s martial arts talent is beyond doubt." Old Ji sighed a bit.
Actually, he knows nothing about Lin Feng.
In the senior year group, a class has over 600 people, and as a homeroom teacher for three classes, nearly 2,000 students, how could he recognize them all?
Lin Feng isn’t a genius, nor does he have any background, naturally not drawing his attention.
If it weren’t for the news, he wouldn’t even know his class has such a hidden figure.
"This kid, he’s truly a romantic."
The female teacher laughed, "If true, that girl will surely regret it."
"Not necessarily, although Song of Solomon hasn’t entered the Glory Newcomer Chart, she refined an Eighth Grade Enchanting Butterfly, comparable to a Ninth Grade Demon Spirit, plus signing with Ju Xing, her future’s bright, as for Lin Feng, not necessarily!"
"That’s also true, it all depends on what grade of Demon Spirit Lin Feng can refine."
As teachers drink tea and chat leisurely. Behind them, Xu Wei, dressed in professional attire, stood silently, saying nothing, her pure eyes flashed with surprise and joy.
The lounge is for all teachers to rest, but Xu Wei, having just graduated from university, as an intern homeroom teacher, born poor, does not dare to sit on the sofa chatting comfortably like other teachers.
Moreover, to ensure she can stay at Jiangxin First Middle School after her internship, she diligently serves tea and water to other teachers.
At this moment, the simple Xu Wei doesn’t know, even if she performs well, without connections, she can’t stay at Jiangxin First Middle School. The other teachers know this too, but none tell her, enjoying Xu Wei’s services with peace of mind.
"Lin Feng is so excellent!"
Seeing other teachers discussing her student as the topic, Xu Wei felt very happy.
As a living homeroom teacher, she only manages one class, which is senior class seven.
Old Ji has no impression of Lin Feng, but she has focused on the boy for a long time, or rather, she pays attention to each student in her class.
But she never imagined the boy would be so excellent.
Lin Feng’s achievements, relate to Old Ji’s reward, but have no relation to her, yet even so, when she hears the amazement and praises, she still shows a faint smile.
She is simply happy for Lin Feng.
Perhaps also feeling proud of her excellent student.
Even if she is just a small assistant teacher.
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When Lin Feng and Gao Hai appeared at the school gate, they became the focus of everyone’s attention.
A few days ago, those once sympathetic and gloating stares, now turned into admiration and envy.
"Brother Feng."
At the school gate, Yang Fan, who was waiting early with his three generals, walked enthusiastically towards them.
Lin Feng entered the Glory Rookie List, as a core member of the Jianghu Martial Arts Club, he was naturally very excited.
His confidence in the future development of the news agency also grew stronger.
"Good morning!" Lin Feng greeted.
Lin Feng regarded Yang Fan highly.
These days, the tasks he gave Yang Fan were completed excellently; although the plans and photos on the martial artist forum were provided by him, Yang Fan was indispensable in quickly entering the Glory Rookie List.
Although Yang Fan’s talent was average, Lin Feng believed that this youth, dedicated to the gossip industry and with a well-planned career, would surprise everyone in the future.
At the beginning, Lin Feng created the Jianghu Martial Arts Club merely to seek out some students with backgrounds and confront the Elite Martial Arts Club.
Now that he’s entered the Glory Rookie List, he’s no longer worried about threats. But he does not intend to abandon the Jianghu Martial Arts Club.
Having refined the Nightmare, Lin Feng was like having a cheat tool, always breaking through, as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi continuously flowed into his body, nurturing every cell.
This was the talent Lin Feng dreamed of, but what worried him was that he couldn’t control this absorption.
He couldn’t stop it at all.
The Nightmare had its own consciousness, even though it was refined by Lin Feng, it was constantly releasing its innate abilities.
Lin Feng tried to refrain from absorbing the Spiritual Power within him, but eventually found that the Spiritual Power wouldn’t dissipate automatically without his absorption, but rather would be absorbed by the Nightmare.
In other words, if he didn’t become strong, the Nightmare would become strong.
And Lin Feng’s Soul Power was far from enough to meet the Nightmare’s needs. It could be described as a drop of water in the ocean.
This cheat-like talent required a vast amount of Soul Power to support it; without Soul Power, the Nightmare would devour Lin Feng’s soul as its power source.
Lin Feng estimated that if he didn’t hunt Demon Beasts in the Otherworld to obtain Demon Spirits, he would need to consume a Soul Nourishing Pill every other day.
One Soul Nourishing Pill costs 200,000 New Coins; on average, Lin Feng would spend 6 million a month, and 72 million New Coins a year.
And as the Nightmare grew stronger, the amount of New Coins spent would likely be even larger.
Lin Feng suspected that Ye Qiu might have fallen due to being unable to provide the Soul Power needed by the Nightmare, resulting in his soul being devoured.
The Ye Group had assets worth hundreds of billions, and Ye Qiu, as the son of the chairman, was a soul cultivation genius whose Soul Power quantity was dozens or hundreds of times stronger than Lin Feng’s; even he could not feed the Nightmare, so Lin Feng certainly couldn’t.
Lin Feng had very little Soul Power, so he could only buy Soul Nourishing Pills to feed the Nightmare.
Yesterday, when refining the Nightmare, he prepared 50 Soul Nourishing Pills, and now only 6 were left.
He had 4 million left in his account, enough to buy 20 Soul Nourishing Pills, totaling only 26 pills, merely enough for 26 days’ worth of ’meals’ for the Nightmare.
Not even a month!
Lin Feng urgently needed money, a large amount of money!
To many people, a high school student club is trivial, but Lin Feng had great expectations for it, considering it a prototype of his future influence.
Many of his plans depended on the Martial Arts Club to be realized.
At present, his Martial Arts Club only had two core members.
Gao Hai was his most trusted brother, Lin Feng could trust him without reservation; in the future, Gao Hai would take on the role of supervisor.
While Yang Fan would serve as an analyst and even a strategist.
"Hello, Brother Feng." Yang Fan was accompanied by Little Mushroom Head and others who also shouted with an idolizing expression.
He was the big boss among big bosses; for those with average talent, cozying up to such a colossal figure meant that no one at Jiangxin First Middle School would dare bully them.
Lin Feng nodded to Little Mushroom Head and others, which made Little Mushroom extraordinarily joyful and proud; to them, speaking with Lin Feng was enough to boast, didn’t they see the envious expressions from many onlookers?
Lin Feng, like a superstar, walked slowly toward the senior-class teaching building under everyone’s gaze. From time to time, juniors would come up asking for autographs, but before Lin Feng could respond, Gao Hai and others tactfully refused. With so many people watching, giving autographs would be unmanageable.
"Brother Feng, look, those girls don’t seem right." Beside Lin Feng, Gao Hai softly reminded him.
Even Lin Feng was somewhat surprised, noticing that many girls were looking at him in an unusual way.
Very unusual.
Were they going to eat him?
Why did their gaze look so intimidating?
In the crowd, Mo Xun and others were gazing at Lin Feng’s back with complex expressions.
Merely a few days had passed, and just when they had decided how to retaliate against Lin Feng, the youth they thought they could easily manipulate had suddenly become an exceptional genius, and even entered the Glory Rookie List, securing the eligibility for the Blue Moon Guardian; now, they dared not lay a hand on Lin Feng at all.
"Brother Mo, are we just going to let it go?"
Ji Yu looked at Lin Feng’s back with a trace of resentment in his eyes. He had been beaten up by Lin Feng, not only breaking his right arm but also fracturing his ribs; although reconnected, it would definitely affect his college entrance exam performance.
Facing the gaze of his brothers, Mo Xun remained silent for a moment, then said: "Wait until he exits the Glory Rookie List; let’s confirm its authenticity before taking further action."
As long as Lin Feng remained on the Glory Rookie List, Mo Xun couldn’t and dared not make a move.
If he did, it wouldn’t just impact him, but could even implicate his parents.
Mo Xun at this moment was inclined to let matters rest.
Though proud, he wasn’t foolish; he understood leaving some room for future reconciliation.
It’s not about fear; simply, it’s not worth it to provoke a potential strong opponent over a minor conflict.
However, if the rumors were fake, he would definitely make Lin Feng pay the price.
Although Ji Yu was unwilling, he rationally kept silent, only praying in his heart: "Fake, it must be fake, next month he’ll be kicked out of the Glory Rookie List!"