Chapter 883: He’s Better Than Me
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Lin Yuan told himself that he won, a wistful expression appeared on his face.
Back when he had been running the spirit lifeform store on his own in the Xia Region, Lin Yuan struggled to even move an Usnea.
He had had to grit his teeth and push himself every time he buried energy ores with the Usnea.
A Normal quality Usnea that was not even a fey was not heavy. However, the Usnea’s roots were thick, and a big pot was required for the Usnea to grow well.
Combined with the soil, one pot of Usnea weighed about 12.5 kilograms. It had been a huge struggle for Lin Yuan, who at the time did not even have spirit qi.
Lin Yuan would need to pant and rest every time after lifting one Usnea onto the shelf. That was how he would spend his days.
At that time, Lin Yuan’s dream and motivation had been to properly run his store and earn enough to keep food in his stomach and support Chu Ci through her education.
Since she was his sister, Lin Yuan would overcome any obstacle in order to pay for her education.
Although running the small store would not allow him to provide Chu Ci with strong feys, it would have been possible for him to save up to buy her a defense-type fey.
But who would have thought that he would be standing amidst cheers and applause on the Martial Stage during the Guard Ye Banquet as the winner eight months later?
Lin Yuan felt that his entire journey had been a miracle.
Although luck had played a major role, Lin Yuan still wanted to go back to comfort his past self.
In the past eight months, Lin Yuan had not stopped to rest at all and spent all his free time in the Spirit Lock spatial zone evolving feys.
Regular people would not always be regular, and victors would not be satisfied with their achievements.
Lin Yuan did not look down on himself. However, he felt that he could no longer describe himself as a regular person.
But no matter what, he would remain the same person he always was.
The last eight months were just the beginning, a stepping stone that allowed him to gain more power and broaden his horizons.
While Lin Yuan was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly felt someone grab his limbs and lift him up into the air.
He looked down to see Liu Jie, Gao Feng, Long Tao, and Li Xuan.
Given all the combat skills and fighting abilities that he had gained, Lin Yuan only needed to roll over, and he would be able to land back on the ground safely.
But instead of doing that, he smiled and enjoyed being celebrated by his friends. He felt his tightly wound nerves loosen and relax.
Gu Lang did not immediately follow Liu Jie, Gao Feng, Long Tao, and Li Xuan onto the stage, but he eventually made his way up as well.
He walked over to Zong Ze and said calmly, “Your loss was inevitable. Even if you used the Heaven Crimson Fire at the beginning to release a sea of flames, you still wouldn’t have won. If Lin Yuan had used his final move right at the start, you also wouldn’t have been able to fight back because Senior Zuo Ming would have stepped in to protect you and declare you the loser.”
From the moment the fight ended, Zong Ze’s eyes had been fixed on Lin Yuan.
After he heard what Gu Lang said, Zong Ze replied, “He’s better than me! But I’m thankful for him. Without him, my Heaven Crimson Fire would not have been able to grow to adolescence. If I had missed this opportunity, I don’t know when the next one would appear.”
Gu Lang was stunned when he heard what Zong Ze said. After so many years of friends.h.i.+p, he knew that Zong Ze was stubborn from the inside out.
He never expected someone as arrogant as Zong Ze to admit that someone was better than him.
Because of this fight, the Heaven Crimson Fire had evolved to 4 Stars and grew to its adolescent stage. Zong Ze’s power was about to skyrocket, and he would be able to use resources to further increase the Heaven Crimson Fire’s Stars.
During the fight, Zong Ze had noticed that Lin Yuan started to become affected by the fire-elemental energy even with his strong resistance to fire after Zong Ze summoned his sacred source lifeform.
Lin Yuan had relied on his unknown source of vitality to continuously heal his injuries.
If the Heaven Crimson Fire’s Stars had been higher, Lin Yuan’s resistance to fire and waves of vitality would not have been so impactful.
Just as Gu Lang was about to comfort Zong Ze, he saw Zong Ze marching over to Lin Yuan.
Zong Ze inserted himself amongst Liu Jie, Gao Feng, Long Tao, and Li Xuan. Gu Lang could not help but be troubled by this scene.
It was already extremely out of character of Zong Ze to have taken the initiative to introduce himself to Lin Yuan.
How were they already so close after one fight?
Sheng Yin sighed as she gazed at Lin Yuan being lifted into the air.
No matter what Lin Yuan’s background was, he now had an Order of Radiant Light and had the opportunity to become either a Radiance Envoy or Radiance Knight.
In recent years, Sheng Yin had been working hard to become a Radiance Knight.
She knew that it was unrealistic for her to aim to become a Radiance Envoy with her purely healing-type abilities.
Now that Lin Yuan had the Order of Radiant Light, she had another strong compet.i.tor.
If Lin Yuan aimed to become a Radiance Envoy, someone would fall through the ranks and increase the compet.i.tion for aspiring Radiance Knights.
If Lin Yuan failed to become a Radiance Envoy, he would take up one of the spots to become a Radiant Knight.
There were still two years to go before the selection for Radiance Envoys and Radiance Knights. It would be easy for Lin Yuan to clinch one of the Radiant Knight spots even if he did not increase in power at all in the next two years.
As the pressure continued to weigh down on Sheng Yin’s back, Zhuang Qianhui said, “Sister Sheng Yin, I’ve decided! Lin Yuan shall be my man from now on! I’ll get my father to approach Lin Yuan for marriage the moment I return home.”
Sheng Yin stared in shock at Zhuang Qianhui and said solemnly, “Qianhui! You can’t just approach anyone for marriage. Where will your father even go to find Lin Yuan?”
Sheng Yin always knew that Zhuang Qianhui was spoiled. Not only was she used to being a princess, but she was also ditzy to boot.
But was she really so silly?
As such, Sheng Yin wanted to test to see if Zhuang Qianhui had guessed Lin Yuan’s ident.i.ty.