16: coincide?

Lin Yan opened the box and took a look inside.

A third-grade Spirit Medicine.

Old Man Duan, you're really something.

Then he scrolled through his contacts and tapped on the name 'Lian Chuan' in his short friend list.

Very quickly.

The video call connected.

"Brother Yan!!"

A face that looked very honest and simple filled the entire screen.

He turned his head and yelled towards someone beside him.

"Hurry up!"

"Cheng Zi!"

"Brother Yan is on video!"

Another handsome face, slightly more stern and aloof, appeared.

"Brother Yan!"

Excitement, still clearly visible and not yet faded, was written on both their faces.

"We knew you could definitely do it!"

Lian Chuan's simple, honest face filled the screen again, unleashing a barrage of enthusiastic words.

"So awesome!"

"Young King!"

"And you created history while also breaking the record."

"Even our school is going crazy over it right now!"

"They say you'll definitely become a King Rank powerhouse in the future!"

Lin Yan raised his chin slightly.

"Of course!"

Immediately.

All three of them laughed.

"Hahaha!"

After a while.

Lin Yan sat down on the sofa.

"Where did you two run off to?"

"You didn't even reply to my birthday messages yesterday."

As soon as he asked this question.

Xue Cheng and Lian Chuan exchanged a look.

"Chuan Zi, go close the door."

"Sure thing."

Hmm?

Having grown up with them since childhood, Lin Yan quickly understood that the two were probably about to say something important.

He sat up a little straighter.

"What's wrong?"

"Ran into trouble?"

Xue Cheng shook his head and glanced at Lian Chuan, who had returned to his side.

"Brother Yan."

"Do you still remember the marks on me and Chuan Zi's bodies?"

Lin Yan nodded.

"Of course I remember."

"You have a sword on your chest, and Chuan Zi has a saber on his."

"It was precisely because of this that you two chose your weapon directions when you were kids."

"When you grew up, you discovered you really did have talent with swords and sabers."

"What about the marks?"

Xue Cheng and Lian Chuan exchanged another look and simultaneously pulled down their shirts.

"Brother Yan, look."

Lin Yan's eyes focused intently.

"They're gone?"

The two nodded.

"Yes."

"Right at midnight yesterday, just when our birthday started."

"Chuan Zi and I were Cultivating."

"Suddenly, our bodies felt like they were on fire at the same time, and we passed out."

"When we woke up, this is how we are now."

Lin Yan's heart gave a jolt.

If you asked which two words he was most sensitive to.

It was undoubtedly 'birthday'.

One choice.

Two days later, the Young King.

These two brothers who grew up with him in the orphanage, they wouldn't also... Lin Yan hesitated slightly, but still asked.

"How do you feel?"

Since these two guys brought it up themselves, they probably didn't intend to hide it from him.

Lian Chuan answered immediately.

"It feels huge, Brother Yan!"

"Our cultivation directly jumped from the fourth level of the second rank to the sixth level of the second rank!"

"And that's not all."

"We clearly feel our spiritual power affinity has undergone a qualitative change too."

"Also, also!"

Both of them focused their minds simultaneously.

A cyan-colored precious sword and a crimson battle saber appeared in their hands.

"spirit weapons!"

"We obtained spirit weapons!"

After he finished speaking, Xue Cheng continued.

"Brother Yan."

"We were hesitating whether or not to go find the School Leaders."

"Then we heard your news."

"Do you think we've also undergone an Acquired Awakening like you?"

"Should we go find the School Leaders?"

Lin Yan wore a thoughtful expression and didn't answer his question immediately.

Cultivation level soaring, talent improving.

These two points really did seem like an Acquired Awakening.

But.

These two were already SS-grade, and now they're Awakening again?

Has something like this ever happened before?

And also.

The two spirit weapons that suddenly appeared.

If you said this had nothing to do with the marks they'd had since childhood, which had now completely disappeared.

He wouldn't believe it even if you beat him to death.

Finally, the timing.

On their eighteenth birthday... the same as the time he obtained his cheat.

Seeing his thoughtful action.

Xue Cheng and Lian Chuan both tactfully remained silent.

Regarding Lin Yan, they trusted him unconditionally from the bottom of their hearts.

It wasn't just because they grew up together in the orphanage.

It was more a kind of innate sense of familiarity and allegiance.

This feeling was indescribable.

Lin Yan's gaze shifted.

He scrolled through his contact list.

"Principal."

"Are you free?"

"I have something to discuss. Come over."

...Principal's Office.

Duan Tiancheng was receiving a young man in black martial attire, who wore a lazy smile on his face.

"Old Duan."

"This school you're running."

"Pretty good luck, huh!"

Duan Tiancheng smiled.

"Well, I thought even after retiring, I could still contribute a bit to the Organization."

He took a sip of tea.

"All the information has been verified, right?"

"I told you, this kid is fine."

The lazy young man shrugged.

"Procedure."

"You know how it is."

He was just about to say something else.

"Ding-dong."

A soft chime.

The young man tactfully picked up his teacup and started drinking.

Duan Tiancheng raised an eyebrow.

Unless it was from a specially designated contact, there would be no notification.

Who was looking for him?

He opened the communication on his wristband.

"Principal."

"Are you free?"

"I have something to discuss. Come over."

Lin Yan's voice sounded in the Principal's office.

"Pfft!"

"Cough... cough..."

The young man coughed a few times.

"Old Duan."

"You have quite the relationship with your students."

Duan Tiancheng gave him an annoyed look.

"Lin Yan."

What's with this kid.

Turning the world upside down, is he?

The young man's expression paused.

Duan Tiancheng replied to the message.

"I'm free."

"Where?"

"Ding-dong."

The reply came quickly.

"Come to my villa."

"Bring a few talent stones."

"Okay."

Duan Tiancheng closed his wristband.

"talent stones?"

The young man raised an eyebrow.

"What does this kid want those for?"

Duan Tiancheng pondered for a moment.

"Only one possibility."

"He wants to test someone else."

"And it needs to be kept confidential."

He looked at the young man, his eyes flashing.

"You just finished checking his information."

"Who do you think this 'someone else' could be?"

"...You guys head out."

Lin Yan looked at Xue Cheng and Lian Chuan on the video call.

"Okay, Brother Yan!"

Lian Chuan gave a thumbs-up.

"Still gotta hand it to Brother Yan."

"Even the Principal can be ordered around casually."

Lin Yan laughed and scolded.

"Hurry up."

He directly hung up the video call.

The smile on his face disappeared as he slowly raised his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through the roof towards the starry sky.

Actually, it wasn't just Xue Cheng and Lian Chuan.

He had also felt a special closeness towards the two of them since childhood.

This was also the reason the three of them had always been extremely close.

He had always thought it was because they arrived in this world at the same time, plus their ages and circumstances were the same as his.

Looking at it now.

Sixteen characters, four Chinese people, the starry sky.

Was it really a coincidence?

Amidst his wild thoughts.

"Kid."

"Open the door."

Lin Yan withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath.

It was still that same saying.

Strength.

His eyes returned to calm as he stood up and opened the door.

"You're the Principal."

"And there are doors in your own school you can't enter?"

Duan Tiancheng walked straight inside, saying with annoyance.

"What do you take me for?"

"If I barged into every student's residence whenever I wanted, wouldn't that be chaos."

He glanced at the empty living room.

"What?"

"Planning to break my talent stones again?"

Lin Yan gestured for him to take a seat.

"Didn't expect you to be so fast."

"Sit first."

"It's not me who's going to test."

"It's two brothers I grew up with."

A gleam of light flashed in Duan Tiancheng's eyes.

"Magic Martial University."

"Xue Cheng, Lian Chuan?"

Lin Yan wasn't surprised.

"Yes."

His information was already simple.

If Duan Tiancheng couldn't even find this out, he'd be pretty useless.

"Aren't they both SS-grade?"

"Also."

"Why do they need to come to me?"

Lin Yan looked at his expression of pure innocence.

"Old Man Duan."

"Has anyone ever told you."

"When you pretend, not only does it look fake, it's also ugly."

Duan Tiancheng's face stiffened.

Damn!

Brat.