Chapter 168: Military Family, Heading to Nanhong City
Ning Yiyi went home to show off to her grandfather.
She had become a two-star lieutenant, which was quite impressive.
After leaving the White God’s courtyard, Lin Moyu contacted Jiang Taotao to confirm their departure time for tomorrow.
He didn’t return to the dormitory, but took the teleportation array back to Fortress No. 1.
In Fortress No. 1, many people were still discussing the [Battlefield Ghost King] incident.
Lin Moyu listened as he walked, hearing quite a bit of news.
"Did you hear? They say the Dynasty Guild’s leader came and was furious."
"I heard that too. Seems their team was looking for the [Battlefield Ghost King], but ended up getting wiped out."
"That’s right. The [Battlefield Ghost King] was killed by someone else, while the Dynasty Guild’s team disappeared. What else could it be but getting wiped out?"
"The Dynasty Guild suffered big losses this time. I heard even their young guild leader who came to train died."
"With his son dead, their leader must be going crazy. Wonder who did it."
"Whoever did it, I have to say well done. Serves them right for always bullying us independent players."
The Dynasty Guild had a very bad reputation among career holders.
Most career holders were happy to see them in trouble.
Lin Moyu knew this matter probably wouldn’t end here.
Let them investigate if they want. He just needed to avoid exposing himself as much as possible.
He didn’t regret killing Wang Zihao at all.
Lin Moyu spent military merits to use the official skill training grounds and began summoning skeleton warriors.
100 skeleton mages were enough.
With 30 slots left, Lin Moyu planned to use them all for skeleton warriors.
10 skeleton warriors per round, then meditation to recover spirit power.
The official skill training grounds were far superior to the university’s junior skill training hall. Each meditation only took a little over an hour to fully recover spirit power.
After just three hours, Lin Moyu left the official skill training grounds.
His summoning space was now full.
170 skeleton warriors, 100 skeleton mages, like a huge army.
Each a gold medal fighter, giving Lin Moyu strong confidence.
After finishing this, Lin Moyu returned to Summer Capital University.
He hadn’t been able to rest well these past days in Battlefield No. 3.
Tonight, he would have a good sleep.
"Lin Moyu!"
Just as he reached the dormitory area, he saw Xia Yang, Feng Xiu, Zuo Mei and others walking over in a line.
Two others were with them.
One dressed as a knight, one a support.
Xia Xue asked, "Where have you been? We haven’t seen you for many days."
Lin Moyu said calmly, "I went to Battlefield No. 3."
Feng Xiu was shocked, looking incredulous, "You actually went to Battlefield No. 3!"
Then he saw the military badge on Lin Moyu’s shoulder. He suddenly stood at attention and saluted Lin Moyu, "Private Feng Xiu, greetings sir."
The others looked at Feng Xiu strangely.
Xia Xue asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Feng Xiu said, "He’s a lieutenant, I’m a private. When seeing a superior officer, I need to salute."
Feng Xiu pointed at his own shoulder, which also had a military badge.
White with no stars.
The most ordinary private.
When Lin Moyu first met Feng Xiu, he felt his demeanor was different from ordinary people.
"So you’re from a military family."
Feng Xiu nodded, "Yes, the Holy Sword Feng family. Our ancestors were all soldiers, generation after generation."
Lin Moyu asked, "What are you all going to do now?"
Xia Xue said, "We’re heading to Nanhong City tomorrow. We plan to practice tactics one more time, hoping to get good results."
"If only you didn’t level up so fast. Otherwise we wouldn’t need to go to so much trouble."
Lin Moyu smiled slightly, "Good luck then. I’m sure you’ll do well."
After Lin Moyu left, Feng Xiu sighed, "He’s probably the youngest lieutenant in our Divine Summer Empire."
Xia Xue didn’t quite understand, "Is lieutenant very difficult?"
She knew nothing about military matters.
Feng Xiu sighed, "Very difficult. Killing one normal demon below level 40 gives 100 military merits."
"Lieutenant requires at least 10,000 military merits, and he’s a two-star lieutenant, meaning at least 20,000 merits."
"You tell me if that’s difficult."
"Many level 40 career holders haven’t even reached lieutenant."
The others were shocked.
From their education since childhood, they knew demons were very powerful.
Killing one was already very difficult, let alone hundreds.
This wasn’t just a little difficult.
Hope flashed in Feng Xiu’s eyes, "How did he manage it?"
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The next day, Ning Yiyi came to find Lin Moyu for breakfast early in the morning.
She was bouncing around happily, in a very good mood.
Clearly something pleasant had happened after she went home yesterday.
"I really surprised Grandpa yesterday."
Ning Tairan was indeed shocked by Ning Yiyi.
Going from private to two-star lieutenant in just a few days, how could he not be shocked?
Ning Yiyi wasn’t a top-tier career holder who could wipe out a bunch of demons with one skill.
She was only level 26.
Lin Moyu smiled, "Then what happened?"
Ning Yiyi said while stuffing food in her mouth, "Then I told him about what happened these past days, and Grandpa got angry. He said he was going to tear down the White God’s home."
What did that have to do with anything?
Why tear down the White God’s home? Lin Moyu couldn’t understand at all.
What was the connection?
Ning Yiyi explained, "He said the White God sent you to such a dangerous place, and I went along, without telling him."
So that was it. Lin Moyu couldn’t help laughing.
"But it’s fine. The two of them have been bickering for who knows how many years. They’re used to it."
"A few days ago they went to the Ancient Roman Church together, razed it to the ground, and thoroughly killed that Rogus guy."
Lin Moyu was even more speechless.
Bai Yiyuan hadn’t told him about this.
Needless to say, it was all done for him.
Lin Moyu knew clearly that Bai Yiyuan treated him very well.
Ning Yiyi also told Ning Tairan about killing Wang Zihao, while cautioning him not to tell anyone.
Ning Tairan of course agreed readily, otherwise the consequences would be severe.
After eating, Ning Yiyi bought a bunch of food, reasoning that they should be prepared in case they weren’t used to the food in Nanhong City.
Lin Moyu smiled and let her be. It wasn’t a big deal.
As one of the few super cities in the Divine Summer Empire, Nanhong City wasn’t much inferior to the capital Summer City.
Over a hundred teleportation arrays were lined up, with countless career holders constantly emerging.
The Divine Summer Empire had prepared very thoroughly for this 100th Career Holder Tournament.
They built many facilities to accommodate the career holders coming from all over the world to participate.
Plenty of accommodation, plenty of food, all the best.
And it was all free.
This demonstrated the Divine Summer Empire’s great strength. A grand empire, incomparable to ordinary small countries.
"So many people!" Ning Yiyi stared wide-eyed with curiosity.
She had never seen such a scene before. Countless heads packed together, all career holders.
Jiang Taotao smiled and said, "This is just for career holders below level 40. High-level career holders who have completed second transition are in another area, with no fewer people."
For career holders, reaching level 70 and completing third transition might be difficult, but most could achieve second transition.
It could be said that career holders below level 70 accounted for over 95% of all career holders.
So when designing level groupings for the Career Holder Tournament, only career holders below level 70 were considered.
Career holders above level 70 wouldn’t participate anymore.
Then career holders below level 70 were divided into groups of 10 levels each for the competition.
This seemed relatively fair.
The rules had been passed down for hundreds of years. Now at the 100th tournament, no one raised objections anymore.
Jiang Taotao had already thoroughly understood the competition rules and accommodation arrangements.
She was like a big sister, leading everyone to Summer Capital University’s residence.
Along the way, she explained the specific competition rules to everyone.
"This time the rules are unprecedentedly grand, surpassing any previous tournament."
"According to incomplete statistics, over 100,000 teams will participate."
The others all looked shocked upon hearing this.
Ning Yiyi stuck out her little tongue, "So many people. How long will it take to finish?"
Lin Moyu couldn’t help patting her head.
If she could think of this problem, how could the empire’s higher-ups not have?
They must have countermeasures.
Jiang Taotao smiled and said, "That’s why there will be preliminary selections tomorrow."
"Only teams that pass the preliminaries will be qualified to stay and continue competing."
"Though we don’t know the specific rules for the preliminaries, the empire has announced that over 90% of teams will be eliminated."
"I think the difficulty of the preliminaries will be quite high. We should be prepared."
Ning Yiyi calculated, "Even if 90% are eliminated, that’s still 10,000 teams. That’s a lot."
Miao Yu giggled, "The empire said over 90%. 99% is also over 90%."
Jiang Taotao added, "The empire also said that all teams will face exactly the same difficulty in the preliminaries. It depends on real strength, with no luck involved."
"The empire declared to the whole world that the tournament will be absolutely fair."
Three women chattering away.
They discussed non-stop along the way, chirping away, giving Lin Moyu and Duan Gao no chance to interject.
Lin Moyu didn’t talk much anyway, so he just listened.
But Duan Gao couldn’t hold back. He tried to interject several times, but was shut down by Miao Yu each time.
Later he also quieted down and just listened, no longer speaking.
Over a hundred teams from Summer Capital University came to compete this time.
Five people per team, a huge procession.
Lin Moyu searched among the crowd, finally showing slight disappointment. He didn’t see Lin Mohan in the crowd.
Ning Yiyi noticed the disappointment in Lin Moyu’s eyes and held his hand, "Don’t worry, we’ll definitely run into her."
Lin Moyu nodded, "Maybe she hasn’t arrived yet."
The group arrived at Summer Capital University’s residence.
For this competition, the Divine Summer Empire had built many residences to accommodate the career holders.
Jiang Taotao went to handle the procedures and got room cards.
Each residence had five independent small houses, perfect for five people to live in.
After handling the procedures, they went outside to familiarize themselves with the surroundings.
Career holders were constantly coming and going in the residence area.
As far as the eye could see, they were all career holders below level 40.
Clearly career holders above level 40 had their own residence area.
Ning Yiyi came running over, "I asked around. The top academy teams aren’t here."
"But it’s confirmed that top academy teams are participating. After we pass the preliminaries tomorrow and the competition officially begins, we can go watch their matches."
"The list will be out by then."
Ning Yiyi had specifically asked around. She knew Lin Moyu wanted to find Lin Mohan.
"Thank you."
A dissatisfied voice suddenly came from nearby, "If you want to show affection, go do it somewhere else. If you want to roll in bed, go to your room. Don’t stand here blocking the way."