Chapter 4: The Aloof and Gifted High School Sophomore

  Ning City, although there is a city in the name, it is actually just a small town on the southwest border of Longhua Kingdom. The population is only around 100,000. According to the kingdom's regulations, this place does not yet qualify for a designated lord to manage, and only a few ordinary tax officials are responsible for some resource allocation matters. Other major and minor affairs in the city are jointly managed by the Hu family and several other large families.

  Ningcheng is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a strategic location. If viewed from the map, it looks like a small shrimp wrapped in a thick pouch. However, this place is also considered a sensitive area by all surrounding empires, and even slight provocation can lead to everyone rising up.

  To the north lies Qingyuan Mountain, rich in mineral resources and a coveted location for several powerful families. To the south lies Longjia Mountain, home to various ferocious beasts and an abundance of medicinal herbs, attracting countless adventurers. To the west lies Hengduan Mountain, with its treacherous terrain resembling a giant knife that cleaves Dragonhua Empire and Panshuo Empire in two. Both empires have stationed large numbers of elite troops here to guard against surprise attacks from the other side, which could penetrate deep into imperial territory.

  Only the easternmost Tou Mountain was also a place of wonder, but it is unknown how many years ago a great figure once had a great battle here, and countless top masters fell, staining the entire mountain range with blood, which has not faded for thousands of years. From then on, this place seemed to be cursed by heaven, and no grass grew on the top of the mountain.

  It was precisely because of this that a thousand years ago, after the ancestors of the Hu family occupied this mountain, other families did not have too many opinions. Anyway, Ningcheng had rich resources around it, and there was no need to fight with the Hu family here.

  The forbidden land of the Hu family, Moon Hollow Cave, was located in a rather secluded area of Tu Shan. At this moment, inside the cave, a young man with green hair had his mouth wide open and let out a mighty roar.

  This man was naturally just Hu Gao, who had just arrived in this strange world. He never thought that between his two collarbones, there would be an extra piece of meat, and it seemed to have grown there naturally, and couldn't be pulled out no matter what.

  Hu Gao could only exert himself to lower his head, trying to get a clear look at the jade pendant, but he couldn't succeed, and at most, he could only see a small green corner.

  Is this a coincidence with the jade pendant on the mural? Is this what they call the benefits of being a crosser? The legendary golden finger?

  "Can't believe there's a Golden Finger that doesn't come with instructions? What a dishonest merchant! I'm an engineering student, for crying out loud!" Hu Gao tried all sorts of methods - blowing on it, dripping blood, turning left thirty times, turning right thirty times - but the jade pendant remained completely still.

  Just as he was extremely anxious and entangled, a series of loud noises suddenly came, accompanied by terrifying whistling sounds, and even the ground under his feet began to shake violently, almost knocking him over.

  With such a big commotion, could it be that there are wild sports enthusiasts in the vicinity who are studying new moves and producing a butterfly effect that triggered an earthquake?

  Hu Gao couldn't help but curse, having just entered this world for less than a day and already encountering such an event, it was really too frustrating. Moreover, he was still in the cave, what if it collapsed, wouldn't he be trapped here?

  Thinking of this, Hu Gao couldn't bear to investigate further and hurriedly ran out of the cave. Perhaps it was too long since he last exercised, but when he ran out, his whole body was like a dead dog, with both hands propped on his thighs, panting heavily.

  "Halt!"

  A loud shout scared Hu Gao, he looked up and saw a young man who seemed to be around his age pointing at him with an icy finger just a few steps away.

  This young man's head was much bigger than Hu Gao's, with a handsome and angular face, fair skin, but with a hint of evil aura, making him look particularly cold. A pair of eyes flashing green light scanned the surroundings, like a wild wolf searching for its prey.

  People used to say that Hu Gao was cold, but now he's finally seen what it means to be truly cold. He forced himself to calm down. This is the forbidden area of the Hu family, with layers of restrictions outside. How did this guy get in?

  Isn't this a forced entry? Recalling the intense sounds and tremors from earlier, Hu Gao opened his mouth wide, and with a single move of his Orchid Finger, he could break through all the seals surrounding the Hualong Forbidden Land. This young man's martial power was boundless, and with just a flick of his finger, he could end this journey through the void. Was Heaven playing tricks on him, making him cross over to savor the taste of being a low-ranking official in another realm?

  The cool boy stared at Hu Gao, his tightly furrowed eyebrows wrinkled, "Kid, answer my question, or die!"

  Hu's heart skipped a beat. If it was really an outsider who had risked entering the forbidden area, they must have had ulterior motives. They probably knew about the arrival of the Hu tribe's guardian deity and wanted to come early to strangle it in the cradle. This plot he had seen many times before in his past life.

  Looking at this young man who was more than a head taller than himself, he smiled and calmly said: "Who sent you? Are you here to pay respects to the heir of the Hu family?"

  "Pay respects? Haha, let me tell you, I am Lang Zu's number one genius Lang Sheng. Today, I have come specifically to kill the successor of your Hu tribe. Quickly, tell me where he is?"

  The aloof young man burst out laughing disdainfully, not putting that so-called "Hutu successor" in his eyes at all, with an air of arrogance in his eyes. However, he would never have thought that the ten-year-old boy in front of him was the person he had been searching for by flipping through the forbidden land.

  What the f**k! Hu Gao almost got scared to death, this young man from Lang's family is probably a second-year student, and he actually claims to be the first genius. The most perverted thing is that he actually came alone to the forbidden land of the Hu tribe, damn it, heaven is really unfair!

  What's even more exaggerated is that this self-proclaimed Lang Sheng, a cold and arrogant young man, released an astonishing amount of pressure, almost suffocating Hu Gao to the point where he nearly knelt on the ground, his chest feeling stuffy, as if his heart was about to jump out. He's just an ordinary person, how can he withstand such devastation?!

  "I... I know where he is." Hu Gao knew he couldn't hold out any longer and had to stall for time while waiting for rescue, he didn't want to die just like that. He hastily raised his hand and pointed at the sky, saying with a serious tone: "I was sent to take care of the successor, yesterday after he entered the forbidden land, he hid himself in the sky above. There are many mechanisms and restrictions up there, as soon as he flew up I couldn't see him anymore."

  Affected by his previous life's concept, he felt that the defensive capability of a region mainly lies in air defense. Unexpectedly, the restrictive mechanism above this forbidden land should be even more powerful.

  This young man of the Lang clan can break through the surrounding seals and come all the way to the forbidden land, but facing the seal in the air, it's not necessarily possible to break through, and maybe even be counter-killed by the seal.

  "Are you telling the truth? If I find out you're deceiving me, I'll dig out your five organs and eat them alive right in front of you." Lang Sheng said fiercely, glancing up at the sky.

  "How dare I deceive you, at that time I also heard the priest let him stay in the sky, so as to recover his strength faster." Hu Gao's heart was calm, but on the surface he looked like he was about to cry, as if he had been intimidated by Lang Xiong.

  "Hmph, good thing I came early!" Lang Sheng let out a cold hum, and a blood-colored glow suddenly burst forth from his body, surging through him. Then, with a fierce stomp of his foot, his body shot up like a rocket, carrying a terrifying piercing force, straight into the void.