17: Chapter 17 Calling someone else "Dad" in front of your own father?

Everyone widened their eyes, staring fixedly at the freshly minted first place on the stone pillar.

The crowd was in an absolute uproar.

"Holy crap, is this for real?"

"A Demon Challenge appears, and he actually managed to break the dungeon record?"

"I've never heard of such a thing!"

"What kind of god-tier move is this from the young master of the Lu family?"

"Didn't they say his Magic Pet was a Slime? Can a Slime even take on a Demon Challenge?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Just then, hum—

The pitch-black portal suddenly burst open.

The black curtain of light trembled violently, as if something was about to surge out.

Immediately after, five figures stepped out from within.

Walking at the very front was a young man with his hands in his pockets and a calm expression.

Not a single hair on his head was out of place, and there wasn't even a speck of dust on his clothes. He looked completely pristine, as if he had just come back from a stroll at home.

Shanji and the others following behind him were a bit disheveled, but there were no casualties.

Cleared a Demon Challenge.

With no casualties?

Many people crowded around, looking at Lu Yuan with curiosity.

"Young Master Lu, can you really only summon a Slime?"

"Student Lu Yuan, may I ask, how did you clear a Demon Challenge with only one Slime as your Magic Pet?"

"Did your Slime mutate?"

Facing the students' confusion, Lu Yuan paused his steps and uttered a profound truth.

"A Blue Silver Master once said: There are no trash professions in this world, only trash people."

Silence.

The scene turned deathly quiet.

A moment later, the crowd erupted completely.

In this world, profession awakening is the biggest gamble.

Everyone keeps telling them that profession grade determines everything.

No one has ever said: There are no trash professions, only trash individuals.

Countless low-level professionals went crazy over this.

They were all cheering Lu Yuan's name.

"Lu Yuan!"

"Lu Yuan!!"

"..."

In the crowd, Deng Tianhao watched Lu Yuan, who was surrounded like the stars around the moon, gritting his teeth with a twisted expression.

"Why, why no matter how hard I try, am I not as good as him?"

"I am not reconciled!!"

"Boss."

A lackey on the side sighed.

"I got news that Lu Yuan's Magic Pet consumed hundreds of millions in rare treasures just to strengthen its attributes."

Deng Tianhao: ???

"Damn it!"

Spending hundreds of millions to strengthen a Slime!

Are you crazy?!

...

Lu Yuan looked at Xu Qianqian, who had her head buried in her chest like a defeated rooster, a half-smile curling the corner of his lips.

"You lost again."

"Are you ready?"

Xu Qianqian's whole body stiffened.

She bit her lower lip tightly, her face flushed red, her voice as soft as a mosquito's.

"Da, Daddy..."

Lu Yuan tilted his ear.

"What? Speak up, I didn't hear you."

Xu Qianqian looked at that detestable face, so angry she wanted to go up and bite him!

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and shouted loudly: "DADDY!!!"

After shouting, she turned and ran, not daring to look back.

Lu Yuan laughed very happily.

He liked this about Xu Qianqian.

She was a good loser!

But just then, he suddenly felt a chilling killing intent wash over him. He looked up and saw a middle-aged man walking toward him with murderous intent.

Commander Xu Tianjiao looked at Lu Yuan with a gloomy expression.

This brat...

How dare he make my daughter call him daddy in public?

Lu Yuan gave a sheepish smile and waved at Commander Xu Tianjiao.

"Hi, Uncle is here too. Goodbye, Uncle!"

After saying that, he picked up his Slime and turned to run.

"Little Yuan!"

A figure walked over from the crowd.

Li Muyao grabbed Lu Yuan and pulled him tightly into her embrace.

"You brat, going into a dungeon for the first time was so dangerous, you scared Mom to death."

She held back the tears in her eyes, maintaining her composure in public.

Lu Yuan gently patted his mother's back and said with a wink:

"Mom, don't you know your son's strength?"

Li Muyao broke into a smile through her tears, gently tapped Lu Yuan on the head, and then cupped his face, looking him over from left to right, up and down.

"Are you hurt?"

"Let Mom see!"

Lu Yuan helplessly spun around.

"Mom, look, I'm perfectly fine, not a single hair is missing."

"Your son was invincible in the dungeon, killing everything in seconds, alright?"

Li Muyao was amused by Lu Yuan, laughing and crying at the same time.

City Lord Lu Feng also patted Lu Yuan's shoulder heavily.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"As expected of my, City Lord Lu Feng's, son. Well done."

City Lord Lu Feng looked at Lu Yuan's teammates.

Shanji hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Hello, City Lord Lu, we owe it all to Boss this time, otherwise we would have been dead for sure."

City Lord Lu Feng nodded slightly, "You guys went through it with Little Yuan, so it was hard work for you too."

Shanji waved his hands repeatedly.

"To tell you the truth, we didn't do anything in the dungeon, we were just tagging along. 99% of the monsters were killed by Boss."

Li Meng and the others also walked up, looking excited.

"We were just shouting '666' the whole time."

"Boss is too fierce!"

"City Lord Lu, you didn't see it, Boss beat that Demon BOSS until it was scurrying for cover and begging for mercy on its knees."

The Slime was listening from the side, its little face gradually wrinkling.

'Wait.'

'Why are you only praising Master?'

'Not a single word about yours truly?!'

'And on this leaderboard!'

'Where am I?! Does a Slime not deserve to have a name?!'

Li Muyao wiped away her tears, regaining some of her usual composure.

She took four crystal cards from her spatial ring and handed them to Shanji and the others.

"Thanks to you for accompanying Little Yuan into the dungeon this time. This is a Silver-tier membership card for the Treasure Pavilion. From now on, whenever you shop at the Treasure Pavilion, you get a 20% discount."

Shanji was stunned.

A Treasure Pavilion Silver-tier membership card?

This wasn't just a discount; it was a symbol of status!

Even his dad only had a Bronze-tier membership card.

Shanji hurriedly waved his hands.

"Auntie, we can't accept this. We really didn't do anything!"

The others also nodded repeatedly.

"Right, right, right, we were just shouting '666', how can we accept such a heavy gift?"

Lu Yuan smiled, "Take it. You guys are important too."

Hearing their Boss speak up and even praise them, Shanji and the others finally accepted the Treasure Pavilion membership cards.

"Boss recognizes us."

"I told you, we were important."

"Haha, we were killing it in the dungeon with Boss."

"..."

Lu Yuan smiled without saying a word.

Of course they were important.

This is a group dungeon.

Without you guys, this dungeon couldn't even be opened.

...

Compared to Li Muyao, City Lord Lu Feng was much calmer.

He took in the reactions of everyone.

Judging from the attitude of Shanji and the others.

This dungeon challenge relied entirely on Lu Yuan alone.

Lu Yuan took a Slime, cleared a dungeon for the first time, exceeded an SSS rating, and easily cleared a Demon dungeon.

This was simply unheard of!

It showed that Lu Yuan's 'profession mutation' was even more powerful than they imagined!

After returning, he must report this to the old man.