Huo Zhili must have listened to Huo Ni裳's account of how she met Lin Chen, and then prepared a sumptuous family banquet to entertain him. During the banquet, Lin Chen learned that Huo Ni裳 was originally going to kill the demonic beast alone as a kind of coming-of-age ceremony.

If she succeeded, it would mean that she had grown up.

Lin Chen became interested and asked, "Manor Lord, does everyone in the Dragon Spirit Kingdom go through this kind of ceremony?"

"Doesn't Young Master Zhang know?"

Huo Zhili looked over in surprise.

"I don't know. I've been living in the mountains with my mentor and this is my first time coming down." Lin Chen made up an excuse.

Huo Zhili looked as if he understood, and then smiled: "No wonder Young Master Zhang is so strong. That's right, we do have such a tradition in our Dragon Spirit Kingdom. When we reach a certain age, we must personally kill a level 100 Boss demon beast as a sign of our adulthood. This time, thanks to Young Master Zhang's timely rescue, those four villains, Yuelagon, have been wanted for a long time. This time, Young Master Zhang has eliminated them, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people. If Young Master Zhang has nothing to do, you can stay in the manor for some time. I can help you report the wanted reward."

"Okay, I'm just afraid of disturbing the Manor Lord."

Lin Chen thought for a while and agreed, also saying, "I may go out at night to level up by killing monsters. This is an assignment left by my mentor."

"Understood."

Huo Zhili smiled and said, "Young Master Zhang, feel free to stay in the manor and go out whenever you need to... You are my granddaughter's savior, how can there be any talk of disturbing? If Young Master Zhang doesn't mind, I would like my granddaughter to become your apprentice. I see that she doesn't obey anyone, but she admires you quite a bit. I wonder if it's convenient for Young Master Zhang?"

Take her as an apprentice?

Lin Chen was surprised.

The people of this Dragon Spirit Kingdom act quite directly.

But Lin Chen hesitated.

He agreed to stay just to find a way to get close to Huo Zhi Jin, the head of the Huo family.

He wasn't very interested in Huo Ni裳.

But now that Huo Zhili had made such a request, Lin Chen couldn't find an excuse to refuse...

Mainly because he didn't understand the way the people of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom did things, and he was afraid that a random refusal would have bad consequences.

Seeming to see Lin Chen's embarrassment, Huo Zhili said to him, "This granddaughter of mine has lost both her parents. Back then... alas, it's a long story. Young Master Zhang should be able to see that although she is a member of the Huo family, she doesn't have any fire magic talent. This is because her background is rather special. To be honest, I have been looking for a famous teacher for her all these years, but I haven't found anyone suitable for her talent."

Only then did Lin Chen remember that Huo Ni裳 used sword qi when she was fighting earlier.

Logically speaking, she should be a kind of magic swordsman.

However, Huo Ni裳's sword qi was very different from that of a magic swordsman.

It was very similar to a new profession that Lin Chen had never seen before...

Could it be that this Huo Ni裳 has a natural hidden class?

Are there such people?

Lin Chen didn't know either.

But there was no doubt that he wanted to know.

Lin Chen said, "I can try, but I'm afraid I'll mislead her."

"Oh, I believe that with your ability and strength, you definitely won't."

Huo Zhili was very happy, and immediately said to Huo Ni裳, "Why don't you quickly become an apprentice?"

"Master, please accept tea from your disciple!"

Huo Ni裳's movements were also clean and neat.

Lin Chen took the teacup and drank it in one gulp.

Afterwards, Huo Zhili was very happy and took the initiative to say to Lin Chen, "This child has a natural talent. When she was a child, she could use a tree branch to strike out powerful sword qi from a distance. However, my brothers and I found some magic swordsmen, but found that her talent is not like that of a magic swordsman."

"A natural talent... could it be a natural hidden class?"

Lin Chen asked the question in his mind.

"Hidden class?"

Huo Zhili looked puzzled and asked, "What is a hidden class?"

"Oh, it's a new talent."

Lin Chen was puzzled.

Could it be that for the people of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom, there is no such thing as a hidden class?

Thinking about it, that made sense.

These people were not players.

They should know what their classes are.

For example, when Lin Chen arrived in the Ice Kingdom, didn't Moi quickly recognize him as a Sky Walker!

After thinking about it, Lin Chen thought that using the term "new talent" to describe Huo Ni裳's situation would be the most appropriate.

"It is indeed a new talent that we have never seen before, but we don't understand how this talent was born, or how it should be used, so her strength is still not strong..."

Huo Zhili said regretfully, "It's a pity that back then... alas, her mother passed away too early. She used to show this talent of hers, but her mother's talent was not as prominent as hers."

"Could it be related to her mother?" Lin Chen couldn't help but guess.

After all, Huo Zhili and the rest of the Huo family did not have the appearance of Easterners. After looking around, Lin Chen found that only he and Huo Ni裳 had black hair and black eyes in the entire manor.

"She looks like her mother."

Huo Zhili didn't talk much about this.

Lin Chen already had a guess in his heart.

Then, he felt a little apprehensive...

Perhaps Huo Ni裳's talent was just a common talent inheritance, or a talent mutation, for the people of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom, but in Lin Chen's view, this was a big deal!

Why?

Because this was very likely related to the survival of all mankind on Blue Star!

One question was...

When Blue Star humans continue their offspring, can they copy or mutate their talents to the next generation like the people of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom?

If so, wouldn't it be possible for newborns from Blue Star to have... natural hidden classes?

This was indeed not a small problem!

But if Blue Star humans cannot copy or mutate their talents to the next generation?

Then the survival prospects of Blue Star humans in this new world would be in jeopardy. After all, if people can replicate and mutate their talents, they may become stronger and stronger. For example, Huo Ni裳, Huo Zhili said that her mother's sword qi talent was not as prominent as Huo Ni裳's.

"What is the relationship between talent inheritance, mutation, and genes? Are we Blue Star humans at a disadvantage or an advantage in this regard?" Lin Chen thought to himself.

It wasn't that he was worrying unnecessarily for the people of Blue Star.

Lin Chen himself was originally a Blue Star human.

Who knew if he would have descendants in the future...

Besides, who would be willing for their genes to be weaker than others!

This question made Lin Chen determined that in the future, he would have the residents of Tianyue City study it carefully.

For now, Lin Chen stayed in the manor.

After everyone went to rest, Lin Chen took advantage of the night and left the manor alone again.

However, Lin Chen also felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at him as he left in the dark manor...

But Lin Chen didn't care.

He began to head north, where the Taihu Estuary Mountains were located.

The gathering place of demon beasts.

And this place used to be a county town of Blue Star humans.

A small county town.

Now it must have been destroyed.

The demon beasts occupied this area.

Lin Chen continued to kill Bosses, while letting Yang Yourong out to devour the undead. Now Lin Chen's cultivation habits were similar to those of necromancers, who only came out at night.

Because he wanted to cultivate a Ghost King!

Yang Yourong had a big appetite.

Advancing didn't seem so easy.

There were tens of thousands of undead in this small county town, but they couldn't help her advance.

She was still at the peak of Ghost King.

On the other hand, Lin Chen leveled up to level 170 overnight.

Progress in soul cultivation was still slow.

Mainly because the levels of these Bosses were too low in front of Lin Chen now, and Lin Chen's level couldn't keep up with the speed at which he devoured souls to cultivate, so now Lin Chen gained very little experience points from killing these Bosses and devouring their souls.

After sweeping through this small county town, Lin Chen felt that the demon beast Bosses around Tianyue City had been cleared out by him, and even if there were still some Bosses, they wouldn't be enough to threaten the current Tianyue City in the beast tide.

So, he returned to Huo Zhili's manor.

Lin Chen stayed here for a few days.

Until the day of the beast tide arrived.

During these few days, Lin Chen would occasionally guide Huo Ni裳, but more often he learned many of the rules of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom through contact and conversation with the people of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom in the manor.

As well as the way the people of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom interacted with each other.

In general, everything was based on strength.

What came after strength was background.

It was said that Huo Ni裳's mother was a beggar back then, and was later brought into the Huo family by Huo Ni裳's father, starting as a servant. Therefore, Lin Chen found that among the third generation of descendants in the Huo family, Huo Ni裳 didn't have many friends.

And after Lin Chen thoroughly understood Huo Ni裳's abilities, he felt that Huo Ni裳's sword qi talent was very strange... It always gave him the feeling that he had seen it in many martial arts TV series and movies.

Her sword qi could penetrate the body, and even solidify. Although the attack ability was not strong yet, it was indeed lacking targeted training.

Lin Chen even couldn't help but guess what Huo Ni裳's mother's identity was.

Or, what race was she?

Lin Chen knew that there were many different races of people in "New World".

For example, the Holy Maiden of Light race.

They were also people.

But they were a unique race.

In the Dragon Spirit Kingdom, there was no discrimination in this regard.

Everything depended on strength.

Jin Qiang had expressed his welcome to the Holy Maiden of Light race.

If this was the case, then what race should Huo Ni裳's mother belong to?

He thought about his map-running experience in "New World" in the past, and the various NPCs he had seen, and recalled it for several days, but he still couldn't think of any useful information.

"Perhaps..."

Lin Chen suddenly thought meaningfully, "Should I let a resident of Tianyue City try to woo a Holy Maiden of Light to see if their combination can bring new talents?"

But who should he find?

Lin Chen definitely couldn't do it himself, Liu Mengyao was still there!

Then...

Zhang Chunlin?

But this guy had already found a girlfriend.

On the other side, Zhang Chunlin, who was working hard to direct everyone to deal with the monster siege, was inexplicably thinking, "Who is thinking of me, boss? Impossible, this guy won't even come back for the monster siege... Fortunately, these monsters look very weak, how come they are missing arms and legs?"

After sneezing three times in a row, Zhang Chunlin also felt a little strange.

He was dealing with the monster siege!

Could he be more serious?

The key was that he kept sneezing, and the monsters were so weak...

He really couldn't be serious!

Today's update is complete, but I'm not very satisfied with the writing. One is that it's too rushed, and the other is that the story is not told satisfactorily.

In your words, there is no cool point.

However, some of the information in this chapter will become the key to advancing the plot later.

Everyone can look forward to tomorrow's update...

The protagonist will obtain a powerful skill through a special dungeon because of Huo Ni裳's talent!

It's related to sword qi!

(End of this chapter)