Chapter 36: Friends?

  "Aren't you reluctant to part with it?"

  Shen Lengxin continued to stare blankly out of the window, muttering to herself.

  Seeing Shen Lengxin like this, He Lao's eyes also showed some joy. Thinking of Shen Lengxin from the past, he couldn't help but sigh. Since Shen Lengxin witnessed her mother's death when she was young, her emotions had completely sealed off that innocent heart of hers.

  No matter who he saw, he always had a cold expression, even his father Shen Lang was no exception.

  This made Shen Lang extremely self-reproachful and guilty, not only did he fail to protect his wife well, but now even his only daughter had to bury her emotions. In the end, it was still him who failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a husband and father. The only thing he could do was try his best to satisfy Shen Lengxin's demands.

  Shen Lengxin, after closing off her emotions, devoted herself to studying various aspects of the Xuanqi Continent's knowledge, particularly enjoying mathematical problems and often creating and solving them on her own. Unbeknownst to her, this led to her accidentally discovering an application for equations.

  Unfortunately, as time went on, the questions she came up with became increasingly difficult, to the point where even she herself couldn't solve them no matter how hard she tried. Due to her obsession with mathematics, Shen Lengxin suddenly had an idea - she hoped that someone could solve the problems she had come up with.

  Shen Lang, in order to fulfill his daughter's wish, of course strongly supported her, but because he had many enemies, he was also afraid that others would know that Shen Lang's daughter had gone outside, so he didn't dare to be too high-profile. He opened a wine shop here and secretly arranged for He Lao to protect Shen Lengxin.

  He Lao has been watching Shen Qingxin grow up, and Shen Lang is very reassured to have He Lao by Shen Qingxin's side. Even if the enemy family sends out those old monsters, they will find it hard to harm a single hair on Shen Qingxin's head. Even if he can't defeat them all, He Lao alone is enough to hold out until he brings people to rescue him.

  Shen Lengxin came up with the idea of a test to quickly resolve the doubts in her mind, but unfortunately, after three years, no one was able to meet her standards. In these three years, the most capable person could only solve four questions, and did not even reach her basic goal of solving the first nine questions.

  Although Shen Lengxin spent the past three years learning about other aspects of knowledge, making her knowledge more abundant, her attention to mathematics has never diminished, unfortunately, no one has ever achieved it.

  However, just today, someone suddenly reported that the nine questions she had set were solved by a young boy in less than half a minute.

  The result was far beyond Shen Lengxin's expectations. These questions would have taken her more than half an hour to think about, but the other party had solved them in less than a minute. Moreover, the last question, which had taken her half an hour to figure out, was solved by the other party in just over ten minutes. The other party's strength had reached a height that she could only look up to but not reach.

  Then, Shen Lengxin suddenly had an urgent desire to see Lin Feng in her heart, so she immediately sent someone to bring Lin Feng in, and then what happened earlier occurred.

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  He Lao had seen everything that Lin Feng did, and he secretly admired Lin Feng's talent. He hadn't expected that the other party would have such a gift, being able to create his own words and having a unique way of solving problems was even more astonishing to him. In all these years, he had never seen such a method of solving problems, it really was a case of "the world is so big, there's nothing strange about it".

  "Miss, that young man is indeed not bad. Not only is he knowledgeable and often says things that even I, an old fellow, can't understand, but I also feel that his abilities are more than just superficial." Old He smiled and stroked his slightly graying beard, praising Lin Feng.

  "Isn't his strength at the Seventh Level of Xuanbing?" Shen Lengxin felt somewhat surprised, she had clearly sensed that Lin Feng's strength was indeed at the Seventh Level of Xuanbing, so why did He Lao say that his strength wasn't simple?

  He Lao chuckled and shook his head slightly, feeling a little delighted at Shen Qingxin's change. Normally, Shen Qingxin wouldn't say more than three words to him in a day, and that was usually when he initiated the conversation. He hadn't expected that this time, just talking about Lin Feng, Shen Qingxin would ask him two questions on her own initiative, which was a first. Perhaps even Shen Qingxin herself wasn't aware of this obvious change.

  At this moment, his eyes involuntarily became somewhat blurred, and then the thick Xuan Qi in his body evaporated the water vapor, continuing to say, "Miss, your cultivation realm is still low, it's normal that you can't detect it. That's just his superficial cultivation, his true strength is not like that."

  "Judging from the amount of Xuan Qi in his body, he should have learned the Xuan Jie Gong Fa. Although this level of Gong Fa is everywhere in our family, his actual strength is not just that. I vaguely feel that there is a strange energy inside him, and once this energy is triggered, he will instantly possess at least three times the strength, probably no less than a disciple of Xuan Shi 4th or 5th level."

  If Lin Feng had heard what He Lao said, he would probably have been scared out of his wits, his hands and feet trembling uncontrollably, and exclaimed, "What kind of person is this He Lao? Why did he see through almost all my trump cards?"

  Although Old He didn't say it all correctly, basically there's not much difference. What he cultivated was indeed the Xuanjie Gongfa, and his doubling skill can trigger four times the power when activated, which is basically not much different. The only thing that might be a bit off is that Old He probably just neglected his physical strength.

  Su Xin, Lin Feng is no longer here, otherwise he would definitely make him lose sleep and appetite.

  Shen Lengxin listened and felt slightly surprised, she didn't think Lin Feng had such strength, although in her opinion, Lin Feng's strength was nothing special. However, she knew where she was born, and how could Lin Feng compare to her? It was precisely because of this that she felt such surprise.

  After a long time...

  "He Lao, you go down first." Shen Lengxin suddenly said calmly.

  "Alright, miss."

  He stroked his white beard and continued to chuckle, "Miss, it's actually not a bad choice for you to be friends with him." He also hoped that Shen Lengxin would continue to change because of Lin Feng, so he could see the carefree and innocent Shen Lengxin from childhood again.

  With a whoosh, that figure vanished instantly, just like it had appeared, mysterious and elusive, with no clue as to its whereabouts.

  Shen Lengxin was already used to it and wasn't surprised at all, she just saw her staring blankly out the window at the endless sky, saying in a voice that only she could hear, "Friend...?"

  Lin Feng walked out of Shen Lengxin's room and returned to the tavern, where he went to the counter, took out his token, smiled at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, would you please help me brew ten jars of that wine called Qingfeng Zui?"

  To be honest, that clear breeze had triggered Lin Feng's alcoholism. In his past life, he hadn't been stingy with drinking with his gang of friends, and his capacity for liquor was also honed during that time. Unfortunately, those people were no longer around now. Thinking about this, Lin Feng couldn't help but let out a sigh, lightly shaking his head, and stopped thinking about these things.

  The wine here is really good, can be drunk on the road when thirsty. Originally, it was no problem for oneself to pay for these wines out of one's own pocket, but having taught those three misses for so long, shouldn't they give some reward? So, Lin Feng used his token to directly order ten jars of Qingfeng Drunkenness from the shopkeeper, thinking in his heart that this was a reasonable and satisfying reward.

  The shopkeeper took Lin Feng's token and looked at it, scaring him so much that his hand almost shook and dropped the token. Luckily, he was quick-witted and caught the token just in time. He respectfully handed it back to Lin Feng with both hands and said, "Young Master, please hold on to this, I'll go get you ten jars of Qingfeng Drunkenness right away."

  After the shopkeeper left, Lin Feng suddenly heard a crisp and pleasant surprise sound.

  "Lin Feng, you're out."

  Lin Feng turned his head to take a look, and a beautiful woman appeared in front of him, with an expression of joy that was unmistakable. This place, along with Lin Feng's most familiar woman, probably only had this one here.

  Lin Feng was slightly surprised and asked in confusion, "Didn't I tell you to go back first? Why are you still here?"

  No, the beautiful woman in front of Lin Feng was indeed Xiao Xueqing from the Xiao family. What puzzled Lin Feng was why Xiao Xueqing was still here; he had clearly told them earlier that after meeting the young lady here, he would return to his sect. Why was she still here?

  Xiao Xueqing was very happy to see Lin Feng again, but who knew that Lin Feng's tone seemed like he didn't want to see her. She immediately became angry and lovely, with some redness in her eyes, and said indignantly, "How could you not want to see me? Fine, since that's the case, I'll just leave then."

  After that, Xiao Xueqing turned and left, secretly resenting Lin Feng for not understanding the nuances of relationships. Previously, she had returned home, but she didn't know why, after returning, Lin Feng's figure kept appearing in her mind, especially when Lin Feng broke the record at the test meeting today, his calm and composed demeanor stunned the whole audience, making her infatuated.

  She couldn't help but walk in the direction of the wine house, and unexpectedly ran into Lin Feng again. The excitement in her heart can be imagined, but she didn't expect that as soon as Lin Feng opened his mouth, he told her to go back, which immediately made her feel a wave of grievance and resentment, and tears almost fell from her eyes on the spot.

  Lin Feng was stunned to see this scene, Nima, what's going on here? I didn't hit you or scold you, why are you crying? Indeed, it just proved the old saying of the "revolutionary" youth: women are a group of unreasonable creatures.

  Everyone, sorry about this, but today will just be one chapter. I have no choice, I'm a student and had classes this morning, physical testing this afternoon, can't write during the day, and my stored drafts are all used up, so I could only write at night. However, with my crippled hands, writing slowly isn't an exaggeration, in just one night, I was only able to write this much, and for that, I also don't have the face to ask for votes shamelessly, it's like this today.