Divine-level Base

"So, you’re saying he rejected my proposal?"

Inside a luxurious villa in Shuijing City, a strapping youth with a buzz cut and heroic features coolly spoke, his arm around a mature, stunning woman.

This heroic-looking youth was Han Leiying, one of the Three Heroes of Shuijing High School.

The "Three Heroes and Seven Prodigies" were the ten most outstanding young geniuses at Shuijing High School. The Three Heroes were the top three among them, each one an exceptional talent destined for a limitless future.

Fang Jue said, "Yes, Boss. He rejected your proposal and was quite disrespectful."

Han Leiying let out a cold laugh and pushed the beauty from his arms. "Shu Feng... I thought he was someone of substance. I never imagined he’d be such a shortsighted fool. Since he’s asking for a death wish, so be it. Both of you, leave me."

"Yes!"

Fang Jue and the stunning woman left the room.

Han Leiying spread his fingers, and a Demon Mirror materialized. With a wave of his hand, the mirror began to emit a mysterious, unfathomable dark glow.

A flat voice emerged from it. "Young Master, you wished to see me?"

Han Leiying said, "I want you to get Shu Feng of the Guardian Flame’s Lei Jiang Branch transferred out of Shuijing High School! I want him dead! Shu Feng is just from the Lower Class. Killing him won’t cause any repercussions."

"Yes, Young Master!"

The Demon Mirror’s dark glow flashed once, then it went still.

A strange glint flashed in Han Leiying’s eyes. ’Shu Feng, you chose not to do this the easy way. Since you won’t sell me that Little World, then you can just die. Once you’re dead, I’ll conquer it myself. With an achievement like that, I’m guaranteed to become the Han Family’s Patriarch!’

「Ten days later, in Room 203 of Building 7.」

Li Xuan Yi asked, "Shu Feng, did you offend Han Leiying and Zhuo Mingyao?"

Shu Feng asked, "Why do you ask?"

Li Xuan Yi said, "I was going to invite you to join the Celestial Mirror Society, but Han Leiying and Zhuo Mingyao teamed up to veto it."

Shu Feng asked, puzzled, "The Celestial Mirror Society?"

Ever since returning to Shuijing High School, Shu Feng had been busy breaking through to new realms, cultivating, and studying all sorts of subjects, especially genetic biology. As a result, he was out of the loop on many school matters.

"The Celestial Mirror Society is one of the three major societies at Shuijing High School. It’s where the school’s top geniuses gather, and there’s no shortage of students from Noble Families. Joining gives you access to an incredibly vast network of contacts."

"Furthermore, the Celestial Mirror Society at Shuijing High School is intricately linked with the one at Shuijing University. If you join the high school’s Chapter, it’ll be much easier to get into the university’s Chapter later on," Li Xuan Yi said.

Shu Feng said, "Han Leiying offered to buy my territory in the Erosion Realm for one billion yuan. He claimed that holding onto it would get me killed and that he was doing me a favor. But I turned him down."

"That guy’s methods are truly shameless."

Li Xuan Yi frowned slightly. "But he’s not just fearmongering. Shu Feng, a territory in the Erosion Realm is the foundation of a Noble Family, one of the requirements for establishing one. That kind of prize is enough to make many Noble Families go crazy."

Shu Feng smiled. "I’ll just hide out at Shuijing High and then Shuijing University for the next few years, training nonstop. I’ll emerge from my seclusion once I reach the Spirit Sect Realm. If I advance to the Spirit Sect Realm, how many people will still dare to cause trouble for me?"

Li Xuan Yi chuckled. "If you advance to the Spirit Sect Realm, you’re right, basically no one would dare to bother you."

An expert at the Spirit Sect Realm was powerful enough to become a Noble Family’s Patriarch, a provincial governor, or even an Imperial General. Basically no one would dare to provoke such an individual lightly.

That Badge World was just a broken Little World with scarce resources. The strongest there could only cultivate to the Spirit Sect Realm. It wasn’t considered a particularly powerful territory, not enough to drive people mad.

Legend had it that the Little Worlds conquered in the Erosion Realm by the Qianyuan Republic’s Royal Luo Family and a few ancient Gate Valve Noble Families had incredibly deep foundations, capable of producing terrifying experts of the Spirit Saint Level. Now *that* was the kind of Little World that made people green with envy. Without a Spirit Saint Level expert to stand guard, it was impossible to hold onto.

「One month later.」

Shu Feng frowned as he read the letter in his hand. ’They want me to go to the Leiyin Republic as an exchange student for half a year, and to secretly investigate the disappearance of Guardian Flame members.’

On Blue Star, there were currently three co-existing superpowers: the Qianyuan Republic, the Brentania Republic, and the Jiasen Republic.

Beyond these three superpowers, Blue Star was also home to many first-rate powers and numerous smaller nations.

The Leiyin Republic was a small country situated on the border between the Brentania Republic and the Qianyuan Republic. It had a population of about five million and a relatively developed economy.

’Could this be a ploy to lure the tiger from the mountain?’

Suspicious, Shu Feng immediately called Captain Zhou Yang of the Lei Jiang Branch to confirm the order’s authenticity.

Zhou Yang confirmed the order was authentic and that it had gone through all the proper channels before being issued to Shu Feng.

This meant that unless Shu Feng wanted to betray the Guardian Flame, he had to carry out the mission. The Guardian Flame was one of the official Spiritualist organizations in the Qianyuan Republic. It was filled with experts and possessed immense power. If he betrayed them, Shu Feng would have no place left in the Qianyuan Republic.

Shu Feng frowned. ’According to the unwritten rules in the Guardian Flame, the high school and university years are a training period. We’re not supposed to be forced into missions. But I have no power, no influence, and few connections. So if someone wants to target me by transferring me out of Shuijing High School, I have no choice but to obey.’

’But the one thing they don’t know is how strong I really am!’

Shu Feng smirked to himself. On the surface, he was merely a Spirit Warrior Level genius. Even though he had defeated Spirit Master Level practitioners like Li Xuan Yi and Zhao Zixing, his combat strength was still perceived as being only at the Spirit Master Level.

Shu Feng had conquered the Badge World using the power of the Steel Beast, but no one else knew just how powerful that Steel Beast truly was.

Moreover, experts from the Badge World would be severely weakened upon arriving on Blue Star. Spirit Sect Level experts like Ye Mingxi and Tage Mulis would probably be unable to defeat even a single Spirit Warrior if they came to Blue Star. They had no way of guessing Shu Feng’s true strength.

Following his instructions, Shu Feng applied to Shuijing High School for the exchange program in the Leiyin Republic, and his application was approved without a hitch.

At the Platinum Beach resort, three people sat beneath a spacious beach umbrella.