88: The spirit stones have arrived.

"I'm hungry..."

A thought broke Lin Chuan's reverie.

"I almost forgot..."

Lin Chuan quickly controlled the energy fruit to fly into Old Hei's mouth.

After eating more than a hundred, Old Hei finally closed its eyes contentedly, its expression one of extreme enjoyment.

"Damn, Old Hei is eating more and more."

More than a hundred energy fruits only managed to feed Old Hei, it seems that advancing consumes a lot of stamina.

"Old Hei, how many do you need to reach Two-Star?"

"???"

"..."

The Xuanwu Bloodline is already activated, and you still can't count?

"Never mind, I'll just feed it first."

Finally, after feeding it another hundred energy fruits, Old Hei finally reached Two-Star.

At this point, Lin Chuan's energy fruits were once again running low, with only a single digit left.

"Converting that, 50 Spirit Stones were just enough to go from One-Star to Two-Star. Based on past experience, reaching Nine-Star will probably cost over ten thousand Spirit Stones in total."

Lin Chuan gasped, looking at the thousand-odd Spirit Stones in his storage ring, feeling that he was too poor... Exiting the sea of consciousness space, Lin Chuan stretched his body.

He felt his physical fitness had significantly improved, and he had even grown a few centimeters taller.

His skin was also more resilient; even if an ordinary person tried to cut it with a knife, they probably wouldn't be able to.

"Awesome!"

After a brief warm-up, Lin Chuan rested.

The physical improvements provided by his Rank were enough for strengthening his body; he didn't expect to fight Yao Beasts in close combat.

Just then, Lin Chuan's phone suddenly received a message.

"Lin Chuan, come to the school."

It was from Lan Lan.

Coincidentally, Lin Chuan had planned to stroll around the school anyway.

He had finally reached Silver Rank; how could he not get a wave of likes?

As for the increase in strength brought by the upgrade, Lin Chuan estimated that the students in District 81 didn't care at all.

He already crushed Black Iron Rank; did it matter if he was Silver or not?

What was important was to let Lan Lan know how hard he worked; perhaps she would be happy and reward him with a few thousand Spirit Stones or something, that would be great...

"Boss Lin Chuan..."

"Boss Lin Chuan..."

Along the way, students from Third High School stopped to greet Lin Chuan.

Unbeknownst to him, he was already the recognized boss of Third High School.

"Principal, what do you need me for?"

Pushing open the door to the principal's office, Lin Chuan went straight to the point.

"Naturally, it's good news..."

Lan Lan didn't finish her sentence and almost choked, "You're Silver Rank?!"

"Ah."

Lin Chuan indicated it was easy.

"This... Let me think, you've only been at the school for 3 months, right? When you first arrived, you were only Black Iron Five-Star."

Lan Lan took a sip of tea to calm herself.

"Yes, didn't you say, Principal, that my promotion to Silver Rank would only benefit the school?"

"That's true... but is this the time to be talking about that?"

Finally, Lan Lan was relieved; it didn't matter anymore.

If it was unscientific, then so be it; it wasn't her concern anyway.

"I called you here for this..." With that, Lan Lan handed a Spirit Stone savings card to Lin Chuan, smiling as she said,

"Here, these are the Spirit Stones you extorted from First High School."

"What do you mean 'extorted'?" Lin Chuan said as he took it. "This is what I deserve. Lei Dian refused to fight, and my loss was too great."

"You wouldn't have been able to advance to Silver Rank earlier, but you held back just to swindle First High School, would you?"

Lan Lan seemed to understand something.

If Lin Chuan had challenged as a Silver Rank, Lei Wanjun would definitely not have had so many reservations, and even if Lei Dian lost, it wouldn't have been a big deal.

Even now, if Lei Wanjun knew Lin Chuan had already advanced, he might not have sent the Spirit Stones. Even if he did, it would have been under a different pretense.

It must be said, this was a fortunate accident.

Before Lin Chuan went to challenge, he hadn't thought so much.

Firstly, it was to get his revenge, and secondly, it was just to fleece them.

He checked the balance on the card; it was exactly one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.

With these, Lin Chuan's assets directly doubled, which was enough for Old Hei to advance several more Ranks.

"Principal, do I have any other rewards?" Lin Chuan looked at Lan Lan eagerly.

He was truly poor now.

"You'll get your share. Five hundred was the original amount, I'll add another five hundred to celebrate your promotion to Silver Rank."

"Thank you, Principal."

Having received another thousand Spirit Stones, Lin Chuan was overjoyed.

"Do you remember what we talked about back then? You said you'd advance to Silver Rank before the College Entrance Examination, and I said I'd even do it for you, Principal. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, you actually achieved it!"

Lan Lan sighed with a smile.

"Principal, we were just joking then, don't take it seriously."

"Don't worry, my old bones can last for decades, I won't make things difficult for you. However, I still want to take you somewhere."

With that, Lan Lan stood up and walked out of the room.

Lin Chuan quickly followed, vaguely knowing where Lan Lan was taking him.

The two walked to the small mountain behind the school, along the mountain path, passing by graves.

Finally, they stopped in front of a grave at the mountain peak.

The grave had no other decorations, just a simple tombstone.

'Tomb of Li Changqing'

"This was the previous principal of Third High School. More than twenty years ago, Third High School achieved its most glorious results under him, becoming the number one in District 81. However, unfortunately, the Beast Tide twenty years ago destroyed everything. To cover the students' evacuation, he fought three Monarch Rank Yao Beasts alone with one sword.

And he had only just Broken Through to Diamond Rank, with only one Monarch Rank Sword Spirit."

Lin Chuan was silent.

With his personality, he wouldn't make such a sacrifice, but it didn't prevent him from feeling respect.

"I brought you here not to give you any pressure or burden. I just want Old Li to see the most outstanding student of this generation and be happy."

"I understand, Principal." Afterwards, Lin Chuan stood directly in front of the tombstone, then respectfully bowed three times.

"Senior sacrificed himself for righteousness; it is admirable. Junior reveres you." With that, Lin Chuan directly took out a barrel of spirit wine, 'whoosh whoosh whoosh' pouring half a barrel in front of the tombstone, then raised the barrel and drank deeply.

Lan Lan: "..."

She hadn't expected Lin Chuan to do this and was completely bewildered by this action.

"Alright, the thought is enough."

She could tell that the wine Lin Chuan poured out was the same as what he gave her, a top-grade spiritual item, too wasteful.

As the spirit wine evaporated, the surrounding Spiritual Qi became much denser.

"Principal, don't worry, I have plenty of this wine, *hic*..."

Lin Chuan had chugged too much at once and was a bit drunk.

"Oh, this child..."

Lan Lan smiled and shook her head, then summoned her Imperial Beast.

A cyan-blue Luan bird instantly appeared before the two. Lan Lan grabbed Lin Chuan and stepped onto the bird's back, then flew towards Lin Chuan's villa.

It wasn't until Lin Chuan was sent home and lay on the sofa that he remembered he hadn't paid attention to checking the Luan bird's attributes earlier.

However, it didn't matter; there were no suitable skills anyway... At this moment, Lin Chuan just wanted a good sleep.