80: Hiding one's shortcomings

"Brat, do you know what you missed?"

After Celestial Master Zhang and Fang Qiong left, Li Wuchang immediately demanded an explanation.

Seeing Li Feng's lowered head, the anger in his heart gradually subsided.

He sighed, "Forget it. You're an adult now. You made your own decision. Just don't regret it later."

In this parallel world, the legal age of adulthood in any country is 16.

"Student Li Feng, congratulations on taking first place in this novice assessment and bringing honor to our school. After discussions among the school leaders, we have decided to award you a scholarship of 10 million Dragon Kingdom coins."

Just then, the principal of First High School walked over, shaking Li Feng's hand tightly.

The principal, usually so aloof, was now smiling brightly, holding Li Feng's hand and unwilling to let go.

Even now, he still felt it was a bit unreal.

A peerless genius had appeared in his school, even startling the gods.

It was not hard to imagine the terrifying heights Li Feng would reach in the future.

And First High School, as Li Feng's alma mater, would naturally benefit, its future status rising with the tide.

And he, as the principal, would also become famous because of Li Feng.

So.

Unreal as it was, it didn't stop him from getting closer to Li Feng.

10 million Dragon Kingdom coins was the highest reward he could offer.

This was by no means a small sum, enough to instantly make an ordinary person a wealthy individual.

Among the 1.4 billion people in Dragon Kingdom, those with assets of tens of millions would not exceed 100,000.

"Hiss~"

Sure enough, a gasp of cold air was heard.

Most people were shocked by the principal of First High School's generosity.

Just then, the City Lord of Chao Xiong City also arrived, praising Li Feng profusely and adopting a very humble posture.

Those who could become City Lords were at least Ninth-grade Lords.

At this stage, he was indeed much stronger than Li Feng.

But Li Feng's future would definitely surpass his, so he dared not act presumptuously or put on airs.

"Look, the will of heaven's reward is out."

Just then, an exclamation caught everyone's attention.

Including Li Feng, everyone looked at the light screen.

【Sector 023 Ranking Board】

【Novice Assessment Ranking】

First Place: Li Feng 【Calamity Controller】, Reward: Mythical-grade Building Blueprint * 1, Seventh-grade Troops Blueprint * 1, Seventh-grade Gem * 1, Teleportation Scroll * 100!

Seventy-third Place: Sun Yun 【Elf Super Cute】, Reward: Legendary-grade Building Blueprint * 1, Fifth-grade Troops Blueprint * 1, Fifth-grade Gem * 1, Teleportation Scroll * 20!

...These rewards will be directly sent to each Lord's personal backpack.

However, the personal backpack cannot be opened on Earth.

To check the specific building blueprints, one would have to wait until the next time they entered the Endless Continent.

In addition, there were also Seventh-grade Troops blueprints and gems.

The second Seventh-grade Troops was also obtained.

After leaving the novice assessment, those second-generation Lords would receive resource support from their families, greatly enhancing their strength.

However, even some top-tier noble families.

They would usually only provide a few Seventh-grade Troops altars to their descendants, which was already quite good.

After all, the higher the grade of the Troops altar, the more precious it was.

Even top-tier noble families could not provide a large number of high-grade Troops to their descendants all at once.

After all, a family needs hundreds of years of accumulation to have enough resources to cultivate its descendants.

And a family that has accumulated for hundreds of years would have thousands or even tens of thousands of members.

Therefore, unless an exceptionally brilliant successor appeared, even a top-tier family could not cultivate all its descendants at all costs.

But Li Feng, without relying on anyone, had already obtained two Seventh-grade Troops, comparable to the descendants of top-tier noble families.

As for the final Teleportation Scrolls.

As long as a coordinate was entered, one could ignore distance and instantly teleport to the destination.

The Endless Continent was very, very large.

It was even expanding and growing every moment.

Some Lords from vastly different eras, wanting to visit each other's territories, would break their legs trying to travel by themselves and still wouldn't arrive.

At this time, they would have to rely on Teleportation Scrolls.

Thus.

The one-month novice assessment officially concluded.

Li Wuchang took Li Feng and left.

Passing by Wang Yong, Li Wuchang suddenly smiled brightly.

"Wang Yong, my nephew isn't bad, is he?"

Saying that, he also patted Wang Yong's shoulder.

Previously, he had been severely ridiculed by Wang Yong.

Although he didn't say anything on the surface, he was extremely frustrated in his heart.

He never expected Li Feng to be so capable, allowing him to regain his face in front of Wang Yong.

Wang Yong's face was ashen, and he didn't utter a single word.

He just glared fiercely at Wang Chen and then quickly left.

He didn't have Li Wuchang's composure.

If he stayed any longer, he feared he would lose control on the spot.

"Haha!"

Li Wuchang laughed heartily, all the pent-up frustration in his heart gone.

Feeling refreshed, he took Li Feng back home.

"Xiao Feng, did you awaken an SS-grade talent?"

As soon as they returned home, Li Wuchang eagerly questioned him, his eyes shining.

He had, after all, once been a high-grade Lord, so he knew a thing or two.

Relying solely on Beedrill, it would have been impossible for Li Feng to take first place in the novice assessment, let alone obtain 365 million points and break the record.

Therefore, in his opinion, Li Feng could only have awakened an SS-grade talent.

An S-grade wouldn't be able to achieve this, and an SSS-grade was too high for him to even consider, so he concluded that Li Feng had awakened an SS-grade talent.

"Yes, I awakened an SS-grade talent [God of Insects' Favor], and I was lucky enough to open a special ruin and gained great benefits."

Li Feng nodded, saying with an unchanging expression.

An SSS-grade talent was too heaven-defying; everyone who awakened one, without exception, eventually became a god, and a powerful one among gods at that.

Once the outside world learned that he had awakened an SSS-grade talent, it would inevitably cause a huge upheaval.

It might even trigger a war among gods.

This was far more shocking than him obtaining 365 million assessment points.

After all, while 365 million points were terrifying, the awakening of an SS-grade talent combined with opening a special ruin was acceptable to outsiders.

Because Lord Goethe, five hundred years ago, was a living example.

He hadn't awakened any talent, and even his Troops were just Fourth-grade Bloodthirst Bats.

But precisely because he accidentally opened a special ruin, he ultimately obtained over 50 million assessment points, winning first place in one fell swoop and setting a record that had not been broken for five hundred years.

Therefore, Li Feng had long made up his mind.

Whenever anyone asked, he would say he had awakened an SS-grade talent and was lucky enough to open a special ruin.

Indeed.

Li Wuchang believed Li Feng's words without a doubt, and at the same time, marveled at Li Feng's good fortune.

And their conversation, without any surprise, fell into the ears of a group of important figures who were monitoring them.

And this was all within Li Feng's calculations.

His words were not only for Li Wuchang but also for those hidden in the dark... (Some readers have commented that the uncle is a bit whiny. What do you, dear readers, think? Does it annoy you?)