The moment the white‑robed youth appeared, many officers whispered.

They envied the captain’s coming rise and also took pleasure at the prospect of his sworn enemies getting hammered.

Hearing the whispers around him, the captain felt a surge of pride.

He looked at his godson with a light smile and asked, “Xiao Jian, I heard from your dad you evolved to Ordinary Tier Five a few days ago, impressive.”

“Not bad, just normal evolution speed.”

Luo Yongjian clasped his hands behind his back and smiled calmly, the very picture of a grand wuxia hero.

The captain said, “That speed isn’t normal, it’s too fast, at that rate you’ll probably evolve into an advanced creature by the second term of your junior year.”

As he said it he raised his voice on purpose lest colleagues miss it.

They were all green with envy and dreamed of a godson to cling to.

No godson, a godfather or godmother would do, even an old sugar‑baby would not be impossible.

Sadly, most people were not that lucky and could only dream.

Feeling the envious gazes, the captain’s mouth corners almost flew to the sky, he was overjoyed.

Luo Yongjian at his side was almost breathless with delight.

He had loved aura farming since grade school.

He aura farmed at school.

He aura farmed in his neighborhood.

He aura farmed in the street.

Wherever one could, he was aura farming.

He loved wuxia heroes precisely because their cool factor was high and they could aura farm.

He even became Great River Province’s top scorer thanks to the obsessive urge to aura farm in his heart, driving him forward every day to train with full motivation.

That identity let him aura farm anywhere and be the center of attention everywhere and it hugely satisfied his vanity.

“Right, Xiao Jian, besides you, two other Shanhai U freshmen are joining tonight’s operation, including a very pretty girl, I’ll take you to meet them.”

At that, Luo Yongjian’s eyes lit up and he lifted a hand to tidy his flowing hair, then puffed his chest and could not wait to show off in front of the pretty girl.

Posing and showing off for pretty girls is what every teen loves to do.

The only difference is whether it looks forced.

Soon the captain and Luo Yongjian walked into the tea area at the corner ahead.

The moment he came into view, Luo Yongjian deftly let out a touch of biological pressure, making his hair flutter as he made a dazzling entrance like a long‑haired sword hero.

Then he looked with a faint smile at the two seated ahead, ready to show off his aura in front of the pretty girl his godfather had mentioned.

But at his first glance, before he could show his aura, he froze, dumbfounded.

‘Crap. It was Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.’

Who could he flex for now.

He was mortified, his face full of discomfort, not knowing how to face the two ahead.

“Xiao Jian, let me introduce, this is … hm, are you feeling unwell, you don’t look good.”

The captain broke off, noticing how unnatural Luo Yongjian looked.

Luo Yongjian scratched his hair and forced a smile, “It’s nothing, I just didn’t expect to see two acquaintances here and I’m a bit surprised.”

“So you know them.” The captain was surprised.

“Mm, I do.”

Then Luo Yongjian did the introductions in reverse, “This pretty girl is Nanguan Province’s top scorer and my classmate and the boy beside her is this year’s Freshman King at Shanhai U.”

‘What… Freshman King.’

The captain’s eyes bulged; he thought he had misheard.

The nearby officers were the same, all stunned.

Seeing his godfather stunned, Luo Yongjian explained, “Believe it or not, Brother Chen single‑handedly blew up the entire Gifted Class during the opening trial and crushed his way to the Freshman King title, the school brass were all shocked.”

“For real…”

The captain was full of disbelief.

‘How could the provincial runner‑up become Shanhai U’s Freshman King. When did Nanguan Province get so overpowered? It had to be a joke.’

Nearby officers wore the same look of disbelief and thought Luo Yongjian was joking to entertain everyone.

“It’s true, Brother Chen is scary strong, the Gifted Class students could not match him at all, everyone says he’s the strongest Freshman King in Shanhai U’s history and he’s the strongest by a huge margin.”

Luo Yongjian called him Brother Chen over and over, his face full of respect, with no desire to compete with Lin Zichen for glory.

He loved to aura farm but he knew his place.

He knew a firefly could not compete with the bright moon, so he wisely refrained from making a fool of himself.

Seeing his godson so serious and not joking, the captain wanted to crawl into a hole.

Lin Zichen was the strongest Freshman King in Shanhai U’s history.

Yet he had just lectured him and even said his godson could be Lin Zichen’s backer.

He felt like he had been struck by lightning, it was mortifying.

With officers around them staring in shock, Lin Zichen sensed danger and immediately downplayed it, “That’s exaggerated, I was just in good form that day and barely took the title thanks to the right time and place and people, if we did it again I probably couldn’t do it.”

He feared the officers would keep hyping him up and spread his name nationwide.

Then the cults nationwide would fixate on him and life would be miserable.

Luo Yongjian was no fool and followed his lead, “Haha, I overstated it, there was a bit of luck in Brother Chen getting the title, our Gifted Class was busy infighting and wearing each other down and he reaped the fisher’s benefit.”

‘Good at reading the room.’

Lin Zichen gave Luo Yongjian that label in his mind.

* * *

In the time that followed.

The few of them in the tea area chatted idly.

Lin Zichen kept downplaying how awesome it was to be Freshman King, insisting he had just picked up cheap points, afraid the officers would spread the hype and give him trouble.

Luo Yongjian and Shen Qinghan were very perceptive and cooperated, helping him play it down.

They chatted and chatted.

In the blink of an eye.

It was 11 p.m.

‘Time to go capture the drug traffickers.’

The officers participating tonight were fully armed and drove to an abandoned factory on Shanhai City’s outskirts to smash the traffickers’ nest in one go.

Before departure, the captain handed out a set of bulletproof gear to the three and told them to suit up.

Shen Qinghan put it on obediently.

Lin Zichen did not need it and said he would pass.

Luo Yongjian had planned to wear it, but seeing Lin Zichen go without, he followed suit.

He might not be as awesome as the Freshman King, but he was a provincial top scorer and bulletproof gear killed the cool factor.

His biological level was Ordinary Tier Five and as long as he was not one‑shotted in the head by a heavy sniper rifle his life would not be in danger.

This was a chance to aura farm that he would not waste.

He would let these mere‑mortal officers witness the strength of a Shanhai U Gifted Class student.