The title of unparalleled

Cui Xianglong threw the last piece of goose wing into his mouth and smacked his lips twice.

“Sigh, President Lin, why does this goose look so much like the white swans you raise?”

Lin Yandong hadn't thought about it initially, but after President Cui Xianglong’s reminder,

he suddenly realized.

“Shit!”

“My treasures!”

Lin Yandong rushed frantically toward the flock of swans.

Less than two minutes later, Lin Yandong walked back with a dark expression.

He sat down without saying a word.

Damn it,

he wanted to explode in anger,

but he didn't have the face to do so.

After all, he had been the one eating the most enthusiastically just now.

Half the roasted goose had gone into his stomach.

Lin Yuan and Sun Xu remained silent, heads bowed, eating fish.

Since the three of them sat down, Lin Yuan and Sun Xu hadn't touched the goose with their chopsticks.

They focused entirely on the fish.

Mu Tianxing was amused by the sight of the two.

“You two, don't you know these swans are President Lin's darlings?”

Lin Yuan looked up, his face full of innocence.

“What are you talking about, Elder? This is just a big goose.”

“I just bought it from the vegetable market.”

Hearing this, Lin Yandong crossed his arms and let out a heavy “Hmph.”

“A big goose it is then,” Mu Tianxing said, shaking his head with a smile.

This kid is shrewd, truly shrewd.

“Alright, I won't joke with you anymore.”

Mu Tianxing pointed at Lin Yandong and Cui Xianglong to introduce their identities.

“Lin Yandong, President of the Tianfeng City Professional Association.”

“Cui Xianglong, President of the Soaring Dragon Guild.”

Lin Yuan and Sun Xu naturally knew the identities of the two men.

They weren't fools; the photos of Tianfeng City's top bigshots were posted on the first page of the Professional Forum.

Both of these gentlemen were in the front row.

Lin Yuan looked extremely excited.

“So it's President Lin and President Cui! I've long admired your names! They are as famous as thunder!”

Sun Xu added from the side, “President Lin and President Cui are truly distinguished gentlemen.”

Mu Tianxing: ... Cui Xianglong: ... Lin Yandong: ... Didn't you get that backward?

Shouldn't those words be spoken by the elders to you?

You said it all, what are we supposed to say now?

Mu Tianxing pointed to himself. “My name is Mu Tianxing, President of the Peerless Guild.”

Speaking of which, Mu Tianxing deliberately paused,

wanting to give the two of them a chance to exclaim in surprise.

Lin Yuan scratched his ear.

“Peerless Guild!”

“Never heard of it.”

It wasn't really that Lin Yuan was inexperienced.

After all, information about the Peerless Guild belonged to a relatively high-end stratum,

and teachers in school wouldn't discuss these things with them.

So it was normal for Lin Yuan not to know about the Peerless Guild.

Although he didn't know about the Peerless Guild,

Lin Yuan felt that if an old man was still the Guild President,

the guild couldn't be that strong.

Sun Xu looked suspiciously at Mu Tianxing, who was wearing a security uniform and had an unruly expression.

“E-Elder, is your Peerless Guild involved in the security industry?”

This question nearly choked Mu Tianxing to death.

“What do you know? I'm doing this to hide my identity,” Mu Tianxing said proudly.

“My safety is crucial to Xia Kingdom and even the entire Blue Star.”

“I absolutely cannot let the news of my presence here leak out.”

Hearing Mu Tianxing's words, Lin Yuan chuckled internally.

He sure can brag.

Lin Yandong, arms crossed, spoke up from the side.

“This is Mu Tianxing, President of the Peerless Guild, a top guild in Xia Kingdom, and a Level 60 Paladin.”

“He only looks like this because he was afflicted by the Curse of Aging.”

“The reason he came to Tianfeng City is that there is a Dungeon here capable of slowing the Curse of Aging.”

A Level 60 Paladin!

This was a super bigshot.

“Hello, bigshot!” Lin Yuan and Sun Xu stood up and bowed toward Mu Tianxing.

“Hmph.” Mu Tianxing gave a light snort.

“If this were before I was cursed, neither of you would even be qualified to see me.”

He glanced at A Li, who stood nearby as rigid as a spear.

A hint of surprise flashed in Mu Tianxing's eyes.

A Fourth-tier Summoned Beast. You kid, you hide things deeply enough.

No wonder Cheng Feng offered him SS-rank treatment right away.

With a Fourth-tier Summoned Beast present, the Level 20 Class Transfer Mission was no problem at all.

Perhaps this kid would become the first Summoner in human history to complete a Class Transfer.

This also fit the image of the Peerless Guild members.

Mu Tianxing pondered for a moment.

He took out an Electronic Wristband engraved with the word 'Peerless' and tossed it to Lin Yuan.

“This is the membership token for the Peerless Guild.”

“After the College Entrance Examination, as long as the wristband is still in your possession, you will be rewarded with an S-rank Skill book and a set of platinum equipment.”

Receiving the wristband, Lin Yuan asked, “Why after the College Entrance Examination? Are people going to try and steal it?”

“That's right.”

Envy flashed in Cui Xianglong's eyes.

“'Peerless, Peerless,' it means unmatched in the world.”

“Every member of the Peerless Guild is an absolute prodigy of their generation.”

“This upcoming College Entrance Examination will be your touchstone.”

“Achieve first place, suppress all Professionals across the entire Blue Star, and earn the name 'Peerless'.”

Speaking of this, Cui Xianglong sighed.

He and Mu Tianxing were born in the same era.

In that era, everyone lived under the shadow of Mu Tianxing,

which established his formidable reputation as the Light of the Soaring Heavens.

Today, Mu Tianxing actually gave the Peerless Wristband to Lin Yuan.

Did Mu Tianxing really believe that merely relying on a Fourth-tier Summoned Beast was enough to crush all the Professionals in this generation of Blue Star?

“Unmatched in the world.”

Lin Yuan repeatedly chewed on those four words.

“That's quite interesting.”

“I'll take the wristband. I've already reserved first place.”

It wasn't just for an S-rank Skill book and a set of platinum equipment.

He simply wanted to seize the title of Peerless.

“Oh, quite confident,” Mu Tianxing smiled slightly.

“A friendly reminder: you must operate as a solo team.”

“That suits me perfectly.”

Lin Yuan hadn't planned on finding teammates anyway.

Why look for teammates?

He would have to worry about their safety.

Unless teammates had abilities like Sun Xu's Possession Ability, they would only be a burden.

Mu Tianxing stood up and patted Lin Yuan's shoulder.

“I heard that someone over in Shanhe City has already reached Level 18.”

“They will probably reach Level 20 in about a month.”

“It is highly likely they will complete the First Class Promotion Mission before the College Entrance Examination.”

“The College Entrance Examination is two months away. You need to step up your efforts.”

Step up my efforts?

Isn't it just leveling up?

How big of a deal is that?

Just run a few more Nightmare Dungeons and everything will be fine.

Completing the First Class Promotion Mission before the College Entrance Examination,

that's like the Tathagata Buddha catching the Great Sage Sun—as easy as flipping one's hand.

Having achieved his goal, Mu Tianxing walked away, hands behind his back and head swaying.

Cui Xianglong and Lin Yandong followed him out.

Before leaving, Lin Yandong gave Lin Yuan a warning look:

Don't you dare eat my swans again.

“Take care, bigshots!”

Lin Yuan smiled and waved his hand.

After the three had gone far away, Sun Xu exclaimed while holding his phone,

“Holy crap, Brother Lin, look quickly.”

Lin Yuan leaned his head over and saw the content on Sun Xu's phone screen:

“President of the Peerless Guild—Humanity's Strongest Paladin”

“Light of the Soaring Heavens—The Holy Guardian Who Shatters Darkness”

Sun Xu clicked on the short video within the post.

A golden-armored Paladin, bathed in divine light, stood above the sky.

Opposite him was a dense, dark legion of Gargoyles.

Over thirty thousand Gargoyles obscured the sky, making it seem as though darkness had fallen.

Facing the constantly encroaching Gargoyle Legion,

the Paladin merely struck once,

and swept away the darkness from the sky.