Chapter 152 – Seven Great Aunts, Eight Great-Aunts! Old Acquaintances Meet in Blood Fiend City!

If Lu Ming were to be admitted to Fengdu University, the Lu family would produce an extraordinary figure. If he were to become a City Lord in the future, the entire Lu family would immediately rise to prominence alongside him.

If he were to become an Inspector of a province, they would truly laugh in their dreams!

They would leap from the commoner class to become a powerful and influential family, completing a class Leap, and from then on, the fate of the entire Lu family would change.

If they didn’t start currying favor now, would they really wait until the results were out? By then, it would be too late!

Everyone was no fool. Saying a few nice words now wasn’t difficult—it didn’t cost anything—and was all about providing emotional value.

Lu Shushan’s face glowed with delight, and he laughed heartily, never having felt such exhilaration in his entire life as he did today!

“It’s starting! It’s starting!”

“Everyone, quiet!”

Uncle shouted loudly, reminding everyone, and the living room immediately fell silent.

Lu Shushan’s expression tightened, forgetting his pride for a moment, and he turned to look at the giant-screen TV he had specially bought. The screen switched, and the live broadcast indeed began, displaying the scene of the Federation Grand Examination.

“Has it started?” Lu Shushan’s nerves instantly tensed up, feeling somewhat anxious.

Mother Lu said uneasily, “Where’s Xiao Ming? Where is he? Why can’t I see him?”

As she spoke, she searched the screen but only saw tens of millions of examinees soaring into the sky, flying toward Blood Fiend City. There were too many people, densely packed—how could she possibly spot her son, Lu Ming?

“Sister, it’s only just begun. We can’t even see the ninety thousand examinees from Ghost Mountain City, let alone Xiao Ming!” Uncle shook his head.

“That’s right. We might not see him throughout the entire Grand Examination. The live broadcast only focuses on those examinees who perform exceptionally well or have something special about them. It’s not realistic to give everyone screen time!” Brother-in-law said. He had watched every session of the Federation Grand Examination and was somewhat of an expert, knowing a lot about it.

“By the way, where’s Xiao Sheng? Isn’t he coming home for such a big event?” Uncle looked at Lu Shushan. He hadn’t seen Ye Sheng since entering the house and found it strange.

Lu Shushan snorted coldly but said nothing, not mentioning at all that they had moved to a villa without telling Ye Sheng.

“Let’s watch the broadcast!” Mother Lu said nervously.

…

City Lord’s Mansion.

In a conference room, the Upper Echelon nobles of Ghost Mountain City had gathered today. In front of them was a giant screen, live-streaming the grand spectacle of the Nanming Province examination—the scene of tens of millions of examinees soaring into the sky and flying toward Blood Fiend City.

However, as they watched this scene, the Upper Echelon nobles in the conference room were all gloomy, their moods slightly suppressed.

Lan Tingxu paced around the conference room and sighed at the sight. “Everyone, at this point, we can only leave it to fate.”

Xu Chang nodded. “Although there are no 4th Revolution Giant Tier examinees in this Grand Examination, we have quite a few High-Tier Super-Limit Prodigies. If we carefully avoid cities with 4th Revolution Giant Tier examinees in the second round, there’s still a chance.”

“It’s not that simple!” Shangguan Wushang leaned back in his seat, a glint of sharpness occasionally flashing in his eyes.

Xu Chang sneered, “Old Ghost Shangguan, then tell us, what should we do this time?”

Shangguan Wushang clasped his hands together and said bluntly, “It’s already started. Didn’t the City Lord also say? Leave it to fate! Whether we achieve good results or not doesn’t matter anymore!

All I ask is for my Shangguan Jianyun to be admitted to Fengdu University—that’s enough.”

“With just him alone, he probably won’t survive the second round’s free-for-all!” Xu Chang continued with a cold sneer.

“Alright, you two should stop bickering. Let’s just start the live broadcast!” Lan Tingxu rubbed his forehead. These two families had been openly and covertly competing for years, never ceasing for even one moment.

The other upper echelon dignitaries of Ghost Mountain City all had unfathomable, shifting gazes, their thoughts unknown.

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Blood Fiend City, the examination site for this Federation Grand Examination in Nanming Province.

Blood Fiend City was enormous. Viewed from the dark star domain, it might appear smaller, but once truly inside, it was absolutely a massive city capable of accommodating hundreds of millions of people.

At this moment, in a dilapidated basement.

A flash of bloody light, and over ten figures appeared simultaneously.

After these figures appeared, their eyes were still dazed, unconsciously surveying their surroundings. But soon, they grew alert, realizing they had already entered Blood Fiend City—the Grand Examination had officially begun!

Their performance from now on would determine the course of their entire lives.

Among the over ten figures, Ye Sheng, dressed in white robes, also appeared in this basement. After the teleportation ended, he was the first to regain his senses. His eyes sharpened as he surveyed the surrounding environment.

This was a basement filled with the smell of mold and dampness, dimly lit and cluttered with various items—likely the basement of some household.

Being underground, it was impossible to immediately determine their exact location within Blood Fiend City; they would need to go outside to find out.

Then, Ye Sheng looked at the over ten figures who had appeared, and his expression involuntarily froze.

“Brother Ye, I didn’t expect we’d meet again so soon!” Xu Xingchen gave an awkward smile as his gaze met Ye Sheng’s.

Just a few seconds earlier, he had loudly bid farewell to Ye Sheng, saying they would meet again if fate allowed. Who would have thought that merely seconds later, they would see each other again—truly too soon, making it rather awkward!

He was currently sitting diagonally across from Ye Sheng. Both of them were among the first to regain consciousness, and their eyes met.

“What a coincidence!” Ye Sheng shook his head.

Although this teleportation was random, it wasn’t completely scrambled. Those teleported together were all from the same city.

The over ten figures before them were all examinees from Ghost Mountain City. The chance of encountering Xu Xingchen again wasn’t particularly small.

Ye Sheng withdrew his gaze from Xu Xingchen’s face and continued looking at the others. Soon, his eyes narrowed again, and this time, his breathing even quickened slightly.

Because he saw a familiar person!

She stood in a corner, her skin as white as snow, her jet-black hair cascading like a waterfall. As before, she seemed unchanged, her expression as aloof as ever.

As Ye Sheng’s gaze turned toward her, Shangguan Ying’s beautiful eyes also swept over coldly. Their eyes met.

“Shangguan Ying!”

“Ye Sheng?” The icy look in Shangguan Ying’s eyes visibly faltered upon seeing Ye Sheng, and she recognized him as well.

The two had been high school classmates for three years—there was no reason not to know each other, although… the total words they had exchanged didn’t exceed ten.

“You also participated in the Federation Grand Examination?”

A moment later, the sharp light in Shangguan Ying’s eyes receded as she spoke with some surprise.

During high school, Ye Sheng had been just an ordinary person. His family didn’t have the means to arrange an early Class Change Awakening for him! Among all the classmates, he had always been like a supporting leaf.

However, Shangguan Ying had a rather deep impression of Ye Sheng, because she could always see something different in his eyes—something that shouldn’t be present at his age. It was somewhat profound and even transcendent!

This was strange and had once left her puzzled.

If Ye Sheng knew she had such thoughts, he could only smile wryly. The reason was simple: he had lived two lives and witnessed two entirely different worlds.

Such experience was not something everyone could possess!