"The potion recovers so slow…" Qian Jin sighed to himself while churning the potion. In this sense, the mystic potion was much better! Yet it was painstaking to make. Besides, the ingredients were difficult to find. Eulalia once said there was a type of mystic potion that could set the bones as well as recover warrior connections and viscera in a short time.

"Is that true or false? Could it be so marvelous?" Qian Jin said to himself while shaking his head repeatedly, "Alas, as an apprentice I’m not competent enough. So if I don’t want to see these three guys poisoned to death, I’d better give up on trying this."

"Apprentice?" Grandma Medi looked at Qian Jin in curiosity, thinking that if this young man who was said to be a Level 7 Pharmacist called himself an apprentice, what would I call myself? A pharmacist novice who hadn’t crossed the primary threshold?

After the potion was made, Qian Jin waved to Grandma Medi and rushed for the room where the three guys were staying. The moment he pushed the door opened, he felt three strands of battle intents were colliding with each other.

Having drunk down the pungent potion, the three guys kept burping and wore a look as if they had just undergone a life-or-death battle.

"Qian Jin, are you determined to go to the Punitive Expedition Academy in Yulee State?" Duren Burg leaned across the quilts and said, "I have just discussed with Fanta that Heavenly-Wind War Academy is in fact another good choice, given that it ranks sixth among all the advanced academies and possess greater resources than Punitive Expedition Academy. Besides, as it doesn’t belong to a top academy, it won’t enroll too many bloodline warriors. The other day you killed Nila, I found that your real combat abilities were much stronger than your warrior power. So going to the Heavenly-Wind War Academy might be a better choice for you."

"Nope, I’ve already made up my mind to go to Punitive Expedition Academy." Qian Jin sat on the chair, laying his hands on the back of the chair and said, "I’ve promised several people to go to Punitive Expedition Academy. Additionally, my friend’s sister runs her family business in Yulee State. How could I ask her to abandon their family business? The business at every region place is scattered amongst different forces, making it difficult to squeeze in, which may trigger some b.l.o.o.d.y fights. I cannot be that selfish to put them in danger. After all, I have promised one elder person to go to Torrent Battle Fort and become a member of the Warrior Union."

"Torrent Battle Fort?" Duren Burg adjusted his sitting posture, "You mean Zachery? He is indeed a powerful guy, but he serves the Magic Union. If he was there when we fought against Nila, maybe neither of us would have been hurt."

Qian Jin silently nodded his head, thinking that Zachery was indeed a strong warrior! Why did someone like him try his best to protect the atrocious and arrogant female mage of the Magic Union, Abela? Was the Torrent Battle Fort so weak in Yulee State? Wasn’t it said that it was also a member of the so-called Eight Forces in Yulee State?

"The Eight Forces…alas…Zachery, we Torrent Battle Fort now ranks at the bottom level of the Eight Forces in Yulee State. I’m afraid that several years later there will be only seven forces in Yulee State when the Torrent Battle Fort is excluded from them…"

Sitting on the white-birch chair, Zachery silently looked at the President of Torrent Battle Fort whose hair had become completely h.o.a.ry. His trip to the Demon territory ended up in failure and had received a lot of complaints from the Magic Union.

"Didn’t you say that you met a young warrior with strong power?"

"Yes…" Zachery wore a hazy look as he was recalling his encounter with Qian Jin, "He is really a prodigious young person. He has become a Level 9 Demon Fighter at such a young age, and he is even capable of killing bloodline warriors…"

"Then is he…"

"I’m not sure whether he is alive or not…" Zachery shook his head, "A Two Star of the Dark Group died this time, which I feel has something to do with them. How could anyone be free from getting hurt in killing a Two Star of the Dark Group? Since the frontier is in chaos, I wonder whether he could come back alive. If he could come back alive, my confidence in relying on him to rejuvenate the Torrent Battle Form will be slightly increased."

"Is that true? Do you believe that the Two Star of the Dark Group was killed by him?"

"What?" Zachery wore a surprised face, "Does anyone else hold the same opinion as me?"

"Yes, that person has the same idea as you.

"Which one?" Zachery’s body was quivering lightly, "You mean…"

"The person who is now living in Oakland, the one who declared that he will spend his entire life with his daughter to plant crops and feed birds."

"Fabreidis?" Zachery straightened his back, and wore an extremely excited look, as what he had heard was Fabreidis! The most promising warrior of the Torrent Battle Fort! Who had also won the admiration of the Warrior Union of the Zence Empire! He had reached Warrior Hall, and was crowned to be the strongest ordinary warrior closest to be a Saint Warrior!

"Yes, that guy also thinks this way. So I have sent the Torrent Ten Warriors to the frontier…"

"Torrent Ten Warriors…" Zachery grinned, as these ten warriors were the strongest forces in the Torrent Battle Fort except the President and the Vice President! Had they all been sent out? For the sake of a young warrior? Any casualty of these ten warriors would be a huge damage to Torrent Battle Form, given that the frontier was such a turbulent place.

"He said that if Qian Jin could be rescued, the cost of the entire Torrent Ten Warriors would be worthwhile." The President softly kneaded his forehead, "I also hear that he himself has carried a weapon and gone to the frontier as well."

"Fabreidis? He has gone to the frontier in private?" Zachery couldn’t stop his eyes from convulsing, and suddenly he rose up, "How could this be allowed? The bounty on Fabreidis's head that is set by the demons is a lot! If someone else knows about this…"

"Can you stop him from going to the frontier?" A look full of helplessness showed on the President’s face, "Would he leave the Torrent Battle Fort if anyone could stop him from doing such a risky thing? I really wonder what kind of person is Qian Jin, to have Fabreidis take such a risk? Why is Fabreidis so sure that as long as Qian Jin joins the Torrent Battle Fort, we won’t be bullied by the Blacksmith Union, and will even grow into an overwhelming force which rivals the Magic Union? Is he a blacksmith? But given his Level 9 Demon Fighter’s ident.i.ty, he shouldn’t have had the time to learn something else. So what is it?"

" Mr.Fabreidis has set himself in danger…" Zachery shook his head hard, "I’m really against this! Fabreidis’s value…"

"Now…" The President uttered a sigh, "We can only wait…"

"Wait?" Duren Burg lowered his head at the fractured bone on his chest, "Qian Jin, your potion is so unpleasant to drink. How long do I still need to wait for my bones to fully recover?"

"The bone is not the key matter, but your warrior connection and internal organs." Qian Jin looked at the other guys, "The same thing for you two. The damage of the warrior connections and the viscera is a truly serious matter. I’m afraid it may take at least twenty days for them to be fully recovered. And we cannot leave here until you are fully recovered."

"Twenty days…" Duren Burg frowned, "I’m afraid we can't catch up with the general exam?"

"Try your best." Qian Jin rested his jaw on the back of the seat, " Instructor Rodriguez has placed all his hope in this."

"Your academy?" Duren Burg screwed his lips, "I don’t mean to make you down, but your academy will be at the very bottom if you don’t go there."

Qian Jin raised his eyebrows, "That may not be the case. If everyone in the general exam behaves obedient, Oakland Mage and Warrior Academy may rank at the bottom without me. But if somebody b.i.t.c.hes around…"

"So what?" Duren Burg shook his head and released a bitter smile, "The candidates of your academy…"

Qian Jin uttered a smile and said nothing. If they were late for the general exam, their only hope would be placed in someone who might say something really offensive! And as long as Gloria was exasperated…

The Supreme Mage! The youngest Supreme Mage in the history of the Zence Empire! Her impregnable magic power would give everyone who looked down upon Oakland Mage and Warrior Academy a lesson that never ever should anyone view others in the old way.

"Do you have a hidden trump card?" Duren Burg looked at Qian Jin inquisitively, "How is he compared to you?"

"I’m not her rival when it comes to pure power." Qian Jin laughed.

"Oh?" A cunning smile danced on Duren Burg’s face, "That is to say, you have the confidence to defeat her in a life-or-death fight?"

"I may not necessarily be defeated…" Qian Jin shrugged his shoulder, "A warrior has its own advantages. In the case of my falling behind, aren’t I ent.i.tled to run away? The physical strength of the mages…I don’t mean to brag, but I can run ahead of them by several blocks even if I hop like a rabbit."

The three young warriors burst into laughter at the same time. Though Qian Jin was not as talkative as Duren Burg, he had the ability to amuse others by one single word or sentence.

"Great! Let’s go to Punitive Expedition Academy!" Duren Burg clapped his palm on the thigh out of excitement, which made him grimace in pain immediately, since the potion he had taken during the past three days was not effective enough to have him fully recover, "After arriving at Punitive Expedition Academy, let’s take a tour of the place where powerful Demon Beasts reside. The fight with Nila made me realize that on no occasion should I try my luck on the unique forces of the awakened Hydra Bloodline Warriors. I have to approach them selectively."

Qian Jin rested his jaw in his palm, and started meditating. The reasons for the Hydra Bloodline Warriors to have become one of the top ten bloodline warrior families in the Zence Empire lied not only in their innate bloodline awakening which was the closest to the ultimate awakening but also in that they boasted special abilities in their bloodline power.

Every time a Hydra Bloodline Warrior reached the bloodline power awakening, he would gain a special ability! And such abilities would remain unknown to everyone before the awakening was realized, which was different from the certainty of the special abilities to be acquired by other bloodline warriors upon their awakening.

Even the Hydra Bloodline Warriors themselves were not sure what kind of weird abilities would be generated during the next awakening of their bloodline power. Sometimes these abilities were both eye-catching and practical, but sometimes they would be of no use at all. The unpredictability of their special abilities had been puzzling the Hydra Bloodline Warrior Family for ages.

In order to solve this long-standing toughie, an intern mystic pharmacist was born to the Hydra Bloodline Warrior Family more than one thousand years ago, who was at the same time a rune artist novice!

This person ingenuously created a self-service awakening ability, in which a Hydra Bloodline Warrior would acquire his designated ability as long as he put on the magic core of a Demon Beast with special abilities and drank down some special potion in the awakening ceremony which had been modified.

However, this proved to be a highly dangerous activity, as many descendants of the Hydra Bloodline Warrior had died on spot in conjuring the bloodline power, indicating that this was not a mature or perfect awakening method.

"Do you want to go to the Hydra Bloodline Warrior Family?" Fanta Kunge gazed at Duren Burg, "So you have decided to alter your family name of Duren?"

Qian Jin also fixed his eyes on Duren Burg, as he knew that the Hydra Bloodline Warrior Family would by no means allow Duren Burg to enter the awakening altar of their family as long as he still bore the family name of Duren! Unless he discarded this family name! And accepted the family name of the Hydra Bloodline Warrior Family!

"How come? I was born with the family of Duren." Duren Burg frowned and said, "Isn’t there a way for me? Or else let’s try sneaking into their awakening altar?"

Sneak? The other three guys curled their lips. Do you deem the bloodline power awakening alter as a vegetable market that would allow anyone to go into easily? Was there any awakening altar of the bloodline warrior families that was free of intense supervision? Even the national army had to pay a high price to go into a family's awakening altar.

"Let’s leave this troublesome matter for later." Duren Burg slid down a lot from the bed, "What I expect for most is having a look at the Punitive Expedition Academy. However…"

Duran Burg turned his head at Cech Flet sitting not far away, "How do we deal with him? If his ident.i.ty of being the descendant of Humans and Demons and his Fallen Angle Bloodline Power are exposed to the outside, the court may send forces to arrest him at any time, even if he has just reached the primary awakening level."

"He won’t be seen through by anyone as long as he doesn’t exert his Fallen Angle Bloodline Power." Qian Jin looked at Cech Flet, "You really need to pay attention to this. We won’t tell anyone about your ident.i.ty, but if you carelessly disclose it…"

"I see. I hanker for a living." A strong look of hatred flashed on Cech Flet’s handsome face, "I have to come back to the Demons and have my revenge on the Elder Prince of Lucifer Empire."

Fanta Kunge said in a low voice, "I don’t mean to make you down. But you’ll have to rely on natural awakening to activate your bloodline power, and you won’t have any opportunity of approaching the Lucifer Awakening Altar. And neither of us are capable of making such altar, since it entails not only high rune competency but also a series of techniques such as forging which are possessed only by the supreme masters. To the Elder Prince…"

"I know…"Cech Flet replied in a lightly melancholic voice with his eyes quietly fixed on the ground, making him appear inexplicably handsome.

"There is another problem." Duren Burg said, "Cech Flet has no legal status in the Zence Empire. If he wants to become stronger and more dauntless, he has to go to a school to learn fighting techniques. But in accordance with the Zence law, the fighting techniques we acquired at school cannot be taught to others in private."

"I’ll settle down the schooling issue." Qian Jin sprawled across the seat back, and recalled Fabreidis. Wouldn’t he, the guardian of Oakland, refuse to write one more recommendation letter to Torrent Battle Fort? There were several cases of introducing students from Torrent Battle Fort to war academies. Strictly speaking, a number of warrior apprentices would join the Warrior Union afterward, thus the war academies were obliged to respect the Warrior Union.

"Alas!" Duren Burg looked at Cech Flet in excitement, "Will you attack the Zence Empire after acquiring certain skills and techniques?"

Cech Flet rolled his eyes, showing no concern to this question, and then he said faintly, "Those I hold hatred towards are the Demons. And it is you, people from the Zence Empire who saved my life. I’m quite clear of that."

"That's good." Duren Burg wriggled his body like a bean worm, opened his mouth and yawned, "I’m feeling tired…I want to sleep."

The other two warriors also looked tired, so Qian Jin rose up and walked out of the room. Standing on the street of Ruin City and looking around, Qian Jin murmured, "Ruin City used to be a place existing only in the books. Now that I have come here, I’m obliged to take a look around. Though it has long been occupied by bandits, there may still be something that was overlooked by them. A lot of people discover huge treasures in the works of the traveling poets…"

There was still a long time before his routine activity of entering the endless world, and Qian Jin couldn’t hold down his curiosity of searching out in the Ruins. In accordance with the introduction to numerous cryptic pa.s.ses and hidden paths he read in the books, Qian Jin strolled around in Ruin City and every now and then he would stop and pat the walls or the floors with his palms to see whether these buildings were constructed hollow and whether there were any secrets hidden behind these walls or under the floors.

"What are you looking for?"

Hayen Brianna’s voice suddenly came behind Qian Jin not far away and then there rang a series of harsh footsteps.

Qian Jin bent over, raised his head, turned back and saw the shapely figure in a hot and tight canary-colored warrior outfit. An awkward smile shone on Qian Jin’s face, as he was caught rummaging someone else’s house without the permission of the host. "hehe…I have read piles of stories written by the traveling poets…"

"You are looking for treasures?" Hayen Brianna squatted beside Qian Jin and filled the air with her faint body fragrance, The first time I discovered this place, I was as excited as you and had also rummaged here and there. However, there is nothing except a box of gold coins"

"Really?" Qian Jin felt despondent, but kept observing the walls and saying to himself, "Is there only one box of gold coins in such a s.p.a.cious place?"

Hayen Brianna propped on her knees to rise up, showing her s.e.xy figure, "I used to hold the same idea as you, but I didn’t find anything else. After several months of rummaging in vain, I totally gave up."

"Oh…" Qian Jin kept glimpsing around, "Do you mind me searching this place again?"

"No, I don’t care. But there is one thing I need to straighten out with you." Hayen Brianna patted Qian Jin’s shoulder, and said as Qian Jin stood up, "The outside world has become more tumultuous and you’d better stay indoors."

"More tumultuous?" Qian Jin frowned, "Someone else from the Dark Group died?"

Hayen Brianna nipped her slender and appealing waist, "You could say that. Since last night, warriors of the Zence Empire kept rus.h.i.+ng into the frontier. Some of these warriors fought with two bandit groups and killed thirty bandits off."

"So appalling?" Qian Jin felt a little shocked. As far as he’s concerned, the bandits of the frontier boasted strong fighting ability and were pretty agile in horse techniques. In the case of falling behind, they could run away from the battle, couldn’t they? They are being extinguished completely indicated that those who tried to escape ended up failing.