83: Chapter 83 Xiao Chuan, you've advanced to demigod?

After eating, Liu Ruyan didn't even return to her school dormitory; she took a taxi straight home.

Watching her hurried retreating figure, Zhang Chao said to Fang Chuan with deep emotion, "Chuanzi, with a combo like that, who could possibly withstand it?"

Fang Chuan smiled and patted his shoulder, "For brothers, I only ever give the sugar coating; the cannonballs are always reserved for outsiders."

Zhang Chao chuckled, feeling warm inside.

"Let's go, to my place! I need to hurry and tell my parents this good news! While I'm at it, I'll let them see the youngest general in our Dragon Country!"

...

Liu Ruyan's home.

When Liu Ruyan rushed into the house with an expression of irrepressible excitement and agitation, her parents, Liu Jianguo and Wang Xiuqin, were watching TV in the living room.

"This child, so rash, what happened?" Wang Xiuqin asked, looking at her daughter's flushed Face with some concern.

"Dad! Mom!" Liu Ruyan panted, and with a "slap," she slammed the stack of cards she was holding onto the coffee table.

"Look!"

Liu Jianguo and Wang Xiuqin leaned over in confusion.

When they saw the star ratings and races on the cards clearly, both of their expressions froze instantly.

"Four... Four-star Elves? Ten of them?!" Liu Jianguo's hand trembled, and he nearly knocked over his teapot.

"And fifty three-star ones! Good heavens!" Wang Xiuqin exclaimed directly.

As merchants who supplied medicinal herbs to the military, they knew the value of believer cards all too well.

This stack of cards was worth almost their entire life's savings!

"Ruyan, this... where did this come from? You didn't..." Liu Jianguo's expression changed, thinking of something unpleasant.

"Dad! What are you thinking!" Liu Ruyan said in a rush of anger, "This was given to me by my classmate, Fang Chuan!"

"Fang Chuan?" Liu Jianguo was stunned for a moment, "The top scorer in the joint entrance exam?"

"Yes! That's him!"

Liu Ruyan took a deep breath and told her parents everything that happened in the restaurant today, from beginning to end, in complete detail.

From Fang Chuan being awarded the rank of Major General, to the establishment of the Divine Soldier Legion, to the shockingly generous benefits, and finally that sentence, "I'll have General Wei Zheng personally have a talk with him."

Liu Jianguo and his wife, Wang Xiuqin, didn't close their mouths from start to finish.

Their expressions went from shock, to horror, to ecstasy, and finally settled into a daze.

The entire living room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a long time, Liu Jianguo dialed a number with some trepidation.

It was connected quickly.

"Hello, is this Lieutenant Colonel Li? It's Old Liu, Liu Jianguo... Yes, yes, yes, there's something I'd like to discuss with you..."

Liu Jianguo described the sequence of events in an extremely humble and nervous tone.

On the other end of the line, there was silence for a full half minute.

Just when Liu Jianguo was so nervous that his palms were sweating, Lieutenant Colonel Li's excited laughter suddenly came through the receiver, his tone even carrying a hint of flattery:

"Old Liu! Congratulations! I congratulate you on getting rich! Your family is about to produce a true Phoenix!"

"For Major General Fang Chuan to want your daughter, your family's ancestral graves must be smoking with good fortune! What are you hesitating for! Hurry up and have your daughter report for duty!"

"Don't worry about my side, it's a trivial matter! I'll file a report with the higher-ups later, don't worry! This is a good thing, a huge, wonderful thing!"

"In the future, when your family is wealthy, don't you forget about your old brother here!"

Listening to Lieutenant Colonel Li's Fired Up! and even slightly sycophantic words on the other end of the phone, Liu Jianguo was completely stunned.

He had originally thought that after he mentioned this, even if Lieutenant Colonel Li wasn't angry, he would at least be a bit displeased. After all, he was essentially breaking the agreement without notice, causing the matter he had helped with to go down the drain, and he would certainly lose Face.

He had even prepared a speech, ready to apologize in a low, submissive manner and promise some benefits, hoping to appease the other party's anger.

But he never expected that the other party's reaction would be... ecstasy?

And what was this about "ancestral graves smoking with good fortune" and "a huge, wonderful thing"?

This change in attitude was too fast!

"Lieutenant Colonel Li, are... are you not angry?" Liu Jianguo asked tentatively.

"Angry? Why would I be angry!" Lieutenant Colonel Li laughed heartily on the other end, "Old Liu, you are wise for a lifetime but confused for a moment! Do you know what kind of figure Major General Fang Chuan is now?"

"He is the young general personally approved by the National Lord and personally commissioned by General Wei Zheng! He is the future hope of our Dragon Country, and the future pillar of the Zhenxi Military Region!"

Lieutenant Colonel Li's voice was full of emotion and envy.

"To be honest, Old Liu, I have to thank you. If it weren't for your family's Ruyan, I wouldn't have had the chance to connect with General Fang. Rest assured, your family's business won't have any problems. How about this, for future transactions, we'll give you a two-point profit margin."

"From now on, your family is General Fang's people; make sure Ruyan performs well!"

Liu Jianguo was dumbfounded.

Only now did he truly realize how terrifying the weight represented by Fang Chuan's "Major General" rank and the name "General Wei Zheng" actually was!

That was power beyond what he could understand at his level.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Jianguo was still a bit dizzy, feeling like he was dreaming.

Wang Xiuqin and Liu Ruyan looked at him nervously.

"Dad, what did Lieutenant Colonel Li say?" Liu Ruyan asked in a low voice.

Liu Jianguo let out a long sigh of relief, a look of relief appearing on his Face. He looked at his daughter, his eyes filled with gratification and pride.

"He said... he said our family is about to produce a true Phoenix."

"From now on, the military will give us a two-point profit margin on our business, which could earn us nearly eight million a year."

...

Meanwhile, Fang Chuan and Zhang Chao returned to Zhang Chao's home.

Zhang Chao's parents, Zhang Zishan and Chen Rong, were very happy to see Fang Chuan arrive.

"Xiao Chuan is here, sit, sit!" Chen Rong enthusiastically pulled Fang Chuan to sit down, cutting fruit and pouring tea, treating him like her own son.

"Godfather, Godmother." Fang Chuan greeted the two elders with a smile.

Zhang Zishan patted Fang Chuan's shoulder, looking him up and down, and smiled gratifiedly, "Good lad, we heard about the joint entrance exam, well done! You've brought honor to our Zhang family!"

The family laughed and chatted, the atmosphere very harmonious.

Zhang Chao couldn't wait to tell them about Fang Chuan establishing the "Divine Soldier Legion" and inviting him to join.

"Dad, Mom, Chuanzi is a Major General now! The country specially established a legion for him, called the Divine Soldier Legion! He wants me to go over and be a soldier for him. What do you think, should I go?" Zhang Chao deliberately kept them in suspense.

"What? Major General?!"

Zhang Zishan and Chen Rong's reaction was identical to that of Liu Ruyan and her parents earlier, perhaps even more shocked.

Because they were a true military family, and Zhang Zishan was a Peak Demigod powerhouse who had been grinding in the army for half his life, they knew better than anyone what the words "Major General" meant.

"Xiao Chuan, is what Chaozi said true?" Chen Rong held Fang Chuan's hand, her voice trembling.

Fang Chuan nodded, "Yes, Godmother, I was just commissioned this morning."

"Good! Good! Good!" Zhang Zishan was so excited he said the word "good" three times, and he slapped his thigh, "Go! You must go! Is that even a question?!"

He looked at his son, his eyes full of expectation, "Chaozi, being able to serve as a soldier for your brother is your blessing! Once you enter the military, you must show twelve times the spirit and work hard! You absolutely cannot embarrass Xiao Chuan, do you hear me!"

"Don't worry, Dad! I understand!" Zhang Chao straightened his back.

Watching their son's spirited appearance, Zhang Zishan and Chen Rong both showed gratified smiles.

They knew that their son's future had already embarked on a completely different path because of Fang Chuan.

"You are grown up now. You can make your own decisions about your future path, and we will support you both," Chen Rong said with emotion.

Zhang Zishan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and his gaze fell on Fang Chuan once again.

Suddenly, his gaze froze, staring fixedly at the center of Fang Chuan's forehead.

The skin there was as smooth as jade, but in his perception, he could clearly sense an imperceptible, illusory flame mark slowly burning.

That was... a Demigod Divine Fire mark!

It was the mark of a Demigod!

Zhang Zishan's hand holding the teacup shook violently, and the hot tea spilled out, but he didn't even notice.

On his Face appeared an expression ten times more shocked than when he had heard "Major General" just moments ago.

The entire living room went silent instantly because of his sudden reaction.

Chen Rong and Zhang Chao looked at him in confusion.

"Old Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

"Dad?"

Zhang Zishan didn't answer them; he just stared fixedly at Fang Chuan, his Adam's apple bobbing, and asked in disbelief:

"Xiao Chuan, did... did... did you advance to Demigod?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the house immediately fell into a deathly silence.

Chen Rong and Zhang Chao's eyes instantly widened, and they looked simultaneously at Fang Chuan's forehead.