"Lin Feng, today is our Lin Family's Star Ceremony, why don't you seem excited at all?"
Boyang City is exceptionally lively today, as people from various other cities have been arriving one after another. All major restaurants and inns are fully booked, all because today, the number one family in Boyang City, the Lin Family, will be holding the Star Ceremony for the younger generation.
The Star Ceremony is a grand event. When boys and girls reach the age of fourteen, they can participate in the Star Ceremony. Those who succeed will henceforth ascend to a higher level to pursue the ultimate, while those who fail will have limited achievements in the future.
Above the sky lies the Nine Heavens Galaxy, with countless stars. The Star Ceremony is conducted to connect with these stars and to be infused with the power of the stars, thus obtaining various strong abilities, ranging from the weakest to the strongest, classified from First Grade to Ninth Grade. There are legends of even higher levels beyond Ninth Grade, such as Xuan Grade, Marquis Grade, General Grade...
Normally, every teenager would be both excited and nervous, even the top talent of the family, Lin Zihua, is no exception. After all, they are all fourteen-year-old teenagers, yet Lin Feng alone remains utterly calm.
Lin Feng is calm for no other reason than that he has experienced all of this before.
In fact, everything happening now is exactly what he has already gone through. He has been reborn.
He has returned to his teenage years, to when he was fourteen. Just seven days ago, he had come to terms with this reality.
"However, Red Sleeve Empress, I did not expect you to be so treacherous. I treated you like a dear friend, but behind my back, you used a beauty trap to instigate the naive Time-Space Star Monarch to kill me! A scheme where both parties are harmed. According to your plan, after the great battle between me and the Time-Space Star Monarch, our stars were supposed to become your spoils of war, weren't they? However, unfortunately for you, you didn't anticipate that the Time-Space Star Monarch would actually possess the heaven-defying ability to reverse time and space!!"
A sharp gleam burst forth from Lin Feng's eyes. The Red Sleeve Empress, known as the top female warrior, calling herself the Empress, her star is an extremely rare and robust existence capable of plundering the stars of others!
He, the Demon Dragon Emperor, the Time-Space Star Monarch, and the Red Sleeve Empress, were known as the three prodigies of the mainland. The three of them were inseparable, best friends who together roamed everywhere between heaven and earth, reaching up to pull the moon from the heavens, diving into the oceans to grasp the leviathans, a truly beautiful tale.
"Red Sleeve Empress, is our two hundred years of friendship so fragile?"
Lin Feng sighed with emotion, and he even felt it absurd that he hadn't seen through a person's true face in two hundred years.
"Is it your selfish desire for the great path that has made you so heartless, or have you been pretending all along in the two hundred years before me? If that's the case, then why did you save me from the brink of despair back in the day?"
Lin Feng has many doubts in his heart, but now there is no one to answer them.
As of now, he has returned to his youth, and all he knows is that, with the strength of the Red Sleeve Empress, she has already become a famous powerhouse.
"Red Sleeve Empress, our friendship of hundreds of years now dissipates like smoke! The grace you once showed me also vanishes into thin air, and should we meet again in the future... it will be an undying feud!!"
The gleam in Lin Feng's eyes flickered fiercely as he watched a chubby fellow beside him puzzlingly looking at him. Lin Feng suddenly remembered this guy's name, a companion of his youth, Lin Panghu, the grandson of the Third Elder of the Lin Family, and his best relationship was from that faction of the family.
In this Star Ceremony, if Lin Feng's memory served him right, this kid connected with a Sixth Grade Star. Though not the best, it was certainly within the top three of the family. After Lin Feng left the Lin Family, he lost contact and had no idea if this fatty had become the master of the number one brothel in Hu Ben Country, living a life of debauchery each day.
But to Lin Feng, this Star Ceremony was the beginning of a nightmare.
"Why are you not talking, kid? I've felt something was wrong with you seven days ago; you've been zoning out in your room and not even coming out to drink. Aren't you the one who loves the courtesan girl from Chunhua Pavilion who entertains but does not sell herself? Right, I have something to tell you about Hua Yang..."
"Next up, Lin Panghu!"
Lin Panghu wanted to say something more to Lin Feng, but the Elder presiding over the ceremony called his name.
"Here it comes! Finally, my turn, may all ancestors bless me."
Lin Panghu took a deep breath and headed towards the ceremony; there stood a giant crystal with nine Crystal Stones embedded on it, corresponding to stars ranging from First Grade to Ninth Grade.
As long as the person being tested drops a drop of blood on it, the crystal will accurately determine the Grade.
Lin Panghu bit his finger and, under everyone's gaze, dropped a drop of blood onto it. Instantaneously, the crystal radiated a brilliant light as six of the nine Crystal Stones lit up, and then a huge bear shadow was projected from the crystal.
"Yes, it's the Powerful Vajra Bear of the Sixth Grade Star!"
Suddenly, an old man from the crowd stood up abruptly, his face full of excitement—he was the Third Elder of the Lin Family, the grandfather of Lin Panghu, and he too was plump and white.
Lin Panghu himself was stunned for a moment before he violently leaped up with excitement, resembling an ecstatic baboon.
Seeing this, Lin Feng barely smiled, thinking to himself that since he has returned to his youth, he would embrace it. Having reached the peak in his former life, and with an additional lifetime's worth of memories now, his achievements in this life were bound to be no less. As for what Lin Panghu had wanted but hesitated to say to him just now, Lin Feng knew exactly what it was.
The Shen Family of Hua Yang County City wanted to betroth their eldest daughter to him.
The Shen Family was indisputably a major clan in Hua Yang County City. However, the Family Head had no sons, only two daughters. The eldest daughter possessed noteworthy talent, her beauty comparable to orchids and lilies, gentle and demure, and was known as the top goddess of Hua Yang County City, having connected with a Seventh Grade Star.
And Lin Feng, the second Young Master of the Lin Family, indeed matched well in status, making the Shen Family keen on forming a strong alliance with the Lin Family.
What no one anticipated was that just when the two families were on amicable terms, almost at the point of finalizing the engagement, a shocking event occurred—Lin Feng, the distinguished Young Master of the Lin Family, connected with a First Grade Star!
"Next up, Lin Feng!!"
After Lin Panghu finished his test, it was Lin Feng's turn.
"He's the Young Master of the Lin Family, so handsome."
"I heard he's quite talented, not the first in the Lin Family, but definitely in the top echelon."
"I wonder which Grade of Star he will connect with. So far, the highest seems to be Lin Panghu with a Sixth Grade Star!"
"He must be at least Sixth Grade, after all, the Family Head of the Lin Family is Boyang City's number one expert. Even the City Lord of the City Lord Mansion is merely his equal. I heard he's a Seventh Grade Star—after all, like father, like son."
Seeing Lin Feng, the crowd started discussing. Among them were inevitably many local dignitaries and representatives of other major and minor clans, all eager to see what the Lin Family's future generation is capable of, so they would know what to expect.
Seeing their curious and even eager gazes, Lin Feng felt a headache brewing. These same people, who thought he had awakened a First Grade Star, would later mock and ridicule him more than anyone else, calling him trash. In his past life, he was derided by this crowd to the point where he didn't even dare to go out.
But now, none of that mattered anymore. A First Grade Star? A Grass Snake Star? Such crowd, who have never seen the world, couldn't recognize that it was the Demon Dragon Star with limitless potential!
Whoosh!
Lin Feng directly dripped a drop of blood on it, and instantly, many Lin Family Elders stood up subconsciously. As young representatives of the family's future, it was imperative for Lin Feng, the Young Master of the Lin Family, to set a good example. Otherwise, how would the family be convinced to follow him in the future?
Amid the anxiously expectant stares, the nine Crystal Stones on the crystal began to flicker rapidly, looking as if they were about to explode at any moment. Such a miraculous sight made the crowd subconsciously quicken their breathing.
Such a strong reaction, even Lin Panghu did not show such intensity before. Could it be that this is a presence stronger than a Sixth Grade Star?
That's impressive, truly deserving of the Young Master of the Lin Family!
The group of Elders turned red with excitement, their bodies trembling.
The representatives from the other families were all on tenterhooks—not out of excitement, but nervousness, their palms sweating with tension. Damn it, could the Lin Family produce another existence that surpasses the Sixth Grade? Could every descendant of the Lin Family be so outstanding? Could it be that the Lin Family is truly an irreplaceable presence?
Whoosh!
A long, thin phantom soared into the sky, leaving everyone bewildered as they stared at this Star. What kind of Star was this, resembling a snake?
Upon seeing the flickering Crystal Stones on the crystal, everyone's eyes widened in shock.