66: Chapter 64 A Lineage

Early this morning, ACE Hotel — still "Pink Dawn".

The room lingered with the residual scent of roses, intertwined with the uniquely sweet and fresh aura of a young girl.

Lin Yan was woken up by a tickling sensation.

The jade beauty in his arms did not know what dream she was having, rubbing her little head back and forth against his chest, her golden hair brushing past his neck, stirring up another wave of restless thoughts in him.

Jiang Nannan was sleeping soundly, her long eyelashes resembling two small fans, casting faint shadows beneath her eyes.

Her cherry lips were slightly puckered, as if acting coquettishly or asking for a kiss; the young girl's breathing was even and gentle, her warm breath hitting his chest with a hint of an elusive sweet fragrance.

Seeing this, Lin Yan's heart softened, and he could not help but reach out, his fingertips gently brushing across her cheek.

Her skin was delicate and smooth, like a shelled egg, or fine mutton-fat white jade, and the texture was simply wonderful.

His fingertips slid down her cheek, grazed her exquisite collarbone, and then slowly moved further down...

"Mm…"

With a soft and tender groan, Jiang Nannan's long eyelashes trembled as she slowly opened her drowsy eyes.

"Brother…"

The young girl's voice carried the hoarseness of just waking up, soft and tender, making one's heart itch.

She instinctively shrank closer into Lin Yan's arms, her nose rubbing against his warm chest like a spoiled kitten.

"Awake?"

Lin Yan gave a low chuckle, tightening his arms to firmly encircle her in his embrace while gently stroking her.

"Mm…"

Perhaps because they had tossed and turned too hard last night, Jiang Nannan, having just woken up, lazily slumped in Lin Yan's arms, not wanting to move at all.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Yan lowered his head and asked softly by her ear, his warm breath hitting her delicate earlobe.

"N-Nothing…"

Jiang Nannan's voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, carrying a hint of shy reproach.

"Really not thinking about anything?"

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow, teasing her on purpose, and gently twirled his fingertips, causing her to shiver slightly.

"Mm~"

Jiang Nannan let out a soft cry, glaring at him bashfully as she grabbed his mischievous hand under the covers: "Brother, you've become bad…"

"Oh?"

Lin Yan turned his hand over to hold her jade fingers, a smile lurking in the depths of his eyes as he said meaningfully: "I'm bad? Then who was it… last night crying out to be on top…"

"Ah! You're still talking!"

Jiang Nannan was both angry and shy, quickly reaching out to cover his mouth, her cheeks flushing so red it looked like blood was about to drip out.

Lin Yan chuckled low, the vibration of his chest transmitting through his palm, making Jiang Nannan even more bashful.

After making a fuss for quite a while, the two finally got up.

Jiang Nannan picked up brand-new clothes to wash up in the bathroom, while Lin Yan leaned against the head of the bed, admiring the beauty's graceful figure as the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up.

...

Once the two of them were properly tidied up and had breakfast in the hotel restaurant, they walked hand in hand toward the academy.

Walking along, Jiang Nannan seemed to suddenly remember something, raising her head to look at Lin Yan and saying: "Brother, you guys should be having the New Student Assessment soon, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Yan nodded slightly, his expression calm as he said: "Mm, the group assignments are this morning, so I need to go to the class in a bit."

Hearing this, Jiang Nannan blinked, saying with a somewhat dawning realization: "Time really flies…"

"In the blink of an eye, a full three months have already passed since you started school."

Lin Yan smiled and didn't say anything, only tightening his grip on her hand slightly more.

...

Walking all the way to the academy gate, Jiang Nannan stopped, looked up at Lin Yan, and said softly: "Brother, be careful during the assessment tomorrow."

Lin Yan rubbed her hair and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you know my strength; I'm just going through the motions."

Hearing this, Jiang Nannan smiled faintly, nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Regarding Lin Yan's strength—no matter which aspect—she was the person who understood him best.

And precisely because she understood, there really was nothing to worry about.

Until Jiang Nannan's figure disappeared around the corner, Lin Yan also turned around and strode towards the classroom of Freshman Class 1.

Come to think of it, as a "new student", he hadn't been to the classroom for a long time.

Compared to other new students, these past three months of his were truly… colorful!

The trip to the Far North, refining the otherworldly flame, Buddha Wrath Fire Lotus, slaying Teacher Zhou Yi and executing Teacher Fan Yu...

Thinking carefully about it, nearly two months had already passed since the conclusion of the Teacher Zhou Yi incident.

During this period of time, Lin Yan had invested most of his time and energy into analyzing the spirit ring together with Electrolux.

If Teacher Wang Yan hadn't suddenly come to find him yesterday to notify him about the New Student Assessment, he would have almost forgotten that in name, he was still just a Shrek new student.

Speaking of Teacher Zhou Yi, Lin Yan couldn't help thinking of another matter.

That was the promise Principal Yan Shaozhe made back then — to thoroughly investigate the matter of lax supervision over Teacher Zhou Yi.

So much time had passed, and the investigation into this matter naturally ended long ago.

The final result was both "unexpected" and quite "reasonable".

The person originally responsible for monitoring Teacher Zhou Yi and Teacher Fan Yu was a Spirit Saint.

Of course, cultivation wasn't the main point.

The main point was — this person's identity was Elder Xuan's grand-disciple.

So look at that!

Since this person was from the Holy Spirit Cult Grand Elder's lineage, subsequent matters became very reasonable.

This Spirit Saint stared at Teacher Zhou Yi for a few days, and after finding nothing amiss, he would sneak off to the Star Dou Great Forest every few days to dig up bird eggs and hunt game for Elder Xuan.

It was precisely because of his frequent unauthorized absence from duty that Teacher Zhou Yi was given an opportunity, allowing her to run out of the academy and hire assassins.

Upon learning the truth, Lin Yan was left speechless at the time.

Elder Xuan truly lived up to his name, truly… if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked!

Afterwards, when Elder Mu En learned of this absurd truth, he directly summoned Elder Xuan and scolded him from head to toe.

As for that Spirit Saint, he was naturally beaten half to death by the scolded Elder Xuan, and then sent off to goodness knows what corner of the world.

When all of this was finalized, Lin Yan's ultimate compensation was none other than the top-grade 30,000-year fire-attribute Spirit Bone that Principal Yan Shaozhe had previously brought out.

Who would have thought that this Spirit Bone would take many turns and ultimately end up in his hands!

...

With his thoughts flying all the way, Lin Yan quickly arrived at the classroom door of Freshman Class 1.

Pushing the door open and entering, basically everyone else in the classroom had already arrived, gathering in twos and threes to softly discuss the upcoming New Student Assessment.

Upon seeing Lin Yan, whom they hadn't seen for a long time, walk in, the classroom suddenly fell quiet for a moment.

A moment later, two figures immediately rushed forward.

"Brother Lin!"

"Brother Lin, I've missed you to death!"

Little Fatty Chen Beixuan and Ye Liangchen surrounded him on the left and right, their faces full of excitement; that speed was as if a 100,000-year-old female rabbit was chasing them from behind.

Because Lin Yan basically hadn't returned to live in the dormitory during this period of time, after not seeing each other for three months, at a first glance, the changes in these two, Little Fatty and Skinny, were truly not small.

Although Chen Beixuan was still his round self, there was a bit more composure between his brows; meanwhile, Ye Liangchen had become much sturdier, the whole person looked more energetic, and his gaze was also a bit sharper.