There are too many teammates who are complete losers.

Chapter 47 Summer Vacation Intensive Training

A week has passed since that night.

Lu Youhe has been in a great mood these past few days; it's the first time he's been this happy in the last six months.

After their mother passed away and Lu Chusheng ran away, they were evicted by their landlord. The brother and sister lived under the overpass for a while, which, although it happened half a year ago, felt like a past life.

She never imagined that she would be able to go back to school, and with her brother no less.

There was a knock on the door, and Lu Ren's voice came from outside:

"Lu Youhe, are you done yet?"

"Okay, all done, coming right away!"

"Then I'll head out first."

Lu Ren stretched, twisted his shoulders, and walked out of the room. He looked at the garden outside in the summer morning, lush and green, with light reflecting off the water like leaping koi. A sparrow landed on a branch and pecked at its wings.

He looked over, and just as a thought formed in his mind, he raised his hand, and the sparrow fluttered its wings and landed on his arm.

Within a week of breaking through to the Candle Illumination Realm, and in just over half a month, all his attributes had increased from 39 to 50 points. This was something he could achieve with his 50 points in Affinity for Living Beings, allowing him to easily become close to small animals even without any skills.

A week ago, Shen Yaoxing told him that because of some clan tasks, she would be going to Linjiang Vocational School to study for the third year next semester, and then take the National Vocational High School Joint Examination in June next year. She had to get first place in the examination for the Shen family.

In Lu Ren's understanding, it means that the young lady was forced by her family to take the college entrance examination and was required to become the top scorer in the country.

Logically, this has nothing to do with him, but it makes sense to mention the requirements for the professional examination.

Professionals never work alone; they participate in various forms of competitions in a team setting, and this joint entrance examination is no exception.

Of course, there are also separate competitions, such as warriors competing against each other, and mages competing against each other, but whether it's the general public or professionals, the team competitions are always the most popular.

Shen Yaoxing chose Lu Ren, hoping he could help her win the crown, which meant he would go to vocational high school with her and then participate in the national joint examination a year later.

She actually thought that a nobody like her, a mere ordinary professional, could lend her a hand in a national league that gathers the nation's most talented young people and the pride of powerful clans... Miss, you're something else.

However, over the past month, he had received so many favors from Shen Yaoxing, and in the end, Shen Yaoxing even saved Lu Youhe. Now that Shen Yaoxing had made a request, he had no grounds to refuse.

Not only must he accept it, but he must also do everything in his power to help the young lady achieve her goal.

With three weeks left before vocational school starts, Lu Ren needs to cram a lot of professional knowledge into his studies.

During the day, they also had to follow some of Shen's instructors to learn various combat skills and experience.

Besides combat-related matters, he also had to take time to learn the etiquette and rules of the aristocratic class, because in half a month, he and Lu Youhe would be enrolling in Linjiang Vocational School as Shen Yaoxing's attendants.

Although it is a modern society, the gentry must still maintain their dignity and strictly adhere to the strict rules of etiquette for their respective social classes.

Male disciples were fine, but noblewomen from aristocratic families faced a lot of formalities. For example, Shen Yaoxing, a daughter of a first-class aristocratic family, had to be accompanied by two servants, otherwise she would be considered to have lost her moral character and her family's status would be shaken.

There is a strict hierarchy among the powerful families. In the Yu Kingdom, the highest-ranking families are naturally the seven super-class families, followed by first-class families like the Shen family of Linjiang and the He family of Jizhou, then second-class families like the Lin family, and some small families that have been demoted and declined.

When noble ladies went to study, those of the highest rank would bring three to five attendants, those of the first rank would bring two to three, and those of the second rank would bring one. There were strict rules regarding the number of attendants; you could not bring too many, but you also could not bring none.

As a member of the Shen family in Linjiang, if you go to school without a single servant, it would be unbecoming of a noble lady. You would be breaking the rules and would be attacked by other aristocratic families.

Oh, except for the Ji family of Tiandu. The Ji family were all military men, and the clan was full of roughnecks. They didn't associate with other aristocratic families, and other aristocratic families didn't like to associate with them either.

Shen Yaoxing's personality was not as affected as other young ladies from wealthy families, and she did not like to bring servants to school, so she hoped that Lu Ren and his sister would fill in for her.

Therefore, in addition to cramming on professional matters, Lu Ren also had to learn the etiquette and rules of being a servant.

In essence, the two were more like "book boys" in ancient times, accompanying young ladies as they studied.

Lu Ren is currently living with Lu Youhe on the Shen clan's land. He trains during the day and attends tutoring classes at night. Since he is now a servant, the Shen family has plenty of money to support him.

You, a member of the Shen family of Linjiang, can't let me go hungry, can you?

Of course, it's impossible to get full while eating, but Lu Ren's situation is special. He can receive a bronze-level spirit bone every day, which is enough to fill him up for the whole day. If he gets hungry, he can go to the cafeteria for a few more meals as snacks. He lives a very comfortable life.

Black iron-grade spirit remains cost a few hundred to a few thousand, while bronze-grade spirit remains cost tens of thousands. In other words, just feeding them would cost tens of thousands a day!

I must study even harder and repay the young lady's kindness!

There are two types of training during the day: Lu Ren takes all nine subjects and rests for one day a week.

The blonde girl who lived next door happened to come out and greeted him, "Good morning, Lu Ren!"

Good morning, Miss Ji.

"Training again? That's really hard work!"

"Miss Ji, are you going out to play today?"

"Hmm... Linjiang is very beautiful and bustling, but there's not much to do there."

"I see."

"Never mind, Lu Ren, wait for me, I'll train with you today!"

The Shen family of Linjiang is Ji Liguang's maternal clan, and she came to Linjiang with a mission: to help Shen Yaoxing compete for the national high school professional league championship next June.

Therefore, this competition may involve some matters related to the aristocratic clans, and there may be other secrets hidden within it.

People in this world value bloodlines, and the ties between aristocratic families are even closer. Generally, if a child of an aristocratic family awakens to their father's profession, they will stay with their father's family. If they awaken to their mother's profession, they will change their surname and return to their mother's family.

This is a customary rule among all aristocratic families, and even some small clans and households with a long history follow this set of operating principles.

Because children from aristocratic families could not determine their future careers before the age of 18, they would frequently travel between the two families when they were young.

For Ji Liguang, the Shen family of Linjiang was her second home.

A few minutes later, Ji Liguang also came out of her room.

She changed into a white sports vest, with a white corset underneath that was barely visible. Her lower body was covered by black sports shorts that were only partially visible from under the hem of her vest, revealing her long, straight legs that shone with a jade-like hue in the morning sunlight.

Even in the internet age, it's rare for women from wealthy families to dress with such a high level of skin exposure, but the Ji family of Tiandu has always disregarded the etiquette of the aristocratic class.

"Let's go, Lu Ren. What are you going to practice today? I'll practice with you."

"Let's start with a morning run. I plan to run 20 kilometers around the Shen clan's territory while carrying weights."

"Ugh, running, how boring."

It's worth mentioning that, besides Lu Ren and Ji Liguang, there were also two young men who looked like Shen's guards running around the clan's territory early in the morning.

The young man, who had been running for an unknown amount of time, was also carrying a heavy load and panting like two dead dogs as he passed by the two men.

Ji Liguang couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "These two guards from the Shen family are exhausted but still running; they're truly amazing!"

These two were running around every day, but Lu Ren guessed that they were probably not doing it voluntarily, because Lu Ren recognized them. They were the same searchers he and Shen Yaoxing had met two months ago, who could distinguish between the 'real Silver Horn' and the 'fake Silver Horn'.

Lu Ren looked at his palm and suddenly recalled many things, then shook his head to shake those images away.

"Let's go, let's run!"

"By the way, Lu Ren, how did you and your aunt meet?"

This person is a bit of a chatterbox.

Talking is the worst thing you can do while running, but she kept trying to strike up a conversation with him.

He was also carrying weights, including two 250-kilogram gold-plated wrist guards, and he was walking at a pace of one minute per minute. He got a little irritated after talking too much.

After Ji Liguang learned that he was carrying a load, he insisted on having the load transferred to him.

After removing the weights, Lu Ren felt much lighter.

As a result, Ji Liguang, carrying a 1000-pound weight, acted as if nothing had happened and kept nagging next to Lu Ren.

"Lu Ren, while you're staying here, have any of those clueless members of the Shen family ever jumped out to mock you or anything?"

"Are there any sullen faces, saying things like, 'Why do you think you deserve to be the young lady's servant? I want to challenge you!'"

"Lu Ren, why is that tree so tall? Have you ever been over there? I don't know why, but I feel like I can't get over it."

She kept subtly speeding up, then, realizing Lu Ren was falling behind, she slowed down a bit and said:

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I run too fast? Let's slow down then."

Not long after, he started speeding up again and repeated what he said.

"Sorry, sorry, I accidentally ran too fast again. I didn't expect you to be unable to keep up."

Lu Ren: "..." This guy is a bit cunning.

We're both at the early stage of the Candle Illumination Realm, but the other person is carrying a weight. If I can't keep up, it would be too embarrassing.

Damn it! Don't underestimate a middle-aged man's competitive spirit!