Announcement!

Chapter 40: Announcement!

"Since the format remains unchanged, let's now discuss the venues of the examination." Another executive spoke up.

"Is there a need to do that?" Another executive was confused since the venue details had remained unchanged for the past several centuries.

"Yes, a secret realm has opened up near XYZ city. The environment there isn't suitable for exams due to a lack of strong security."

Many executives who learned that information for the first time couldn't help but groan in displeasure. Even though only one city had issues, they would need to make many changes in the venues.

After around an hour, sixty venues were selected for the examination, and unfortunately for Fang Yuan, Yellow Peach City wasn't one of them. Their venues had been changed to the neighboring Green Bear City.

The Green Bear City was a major city with several Golden Core level cultivators in charge. As one of the major cities, it also had the major branches of the seven major sects of the Federation.

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Fang Yuan frowned, looking at the paper in his hands. Since Fang Yuan was one of those who were eligible to participate in the annual entrance, the examination dates and venue details were sent to his house by a courier.

Even though Green Bear City was a neighboring major city, the distance between the two cities was more than ten thousand miles, and even with an express train, it would take a week to travel due to the dangerous wilderness bordering a large area of several thousand square miles.

There was another way to travel, airplanes, but that was too expensive to take his entire family. Even the worst airplane was a treasure of third rank and required a Golden Core to use, so it was significantly expensive. At the same time, it was also the safest form of travel.

Fang Yuan decided to check their prices after the gym, and when he saw them, he immediately turned back and walked toward the train station. Even the most basic seat cost three hundred low spirit stones, but that had already been booked for the entire month after the announcement of the exam venue.

There was a premium tier of seats above the basic tier, but a single seat cost a thousand low spirit stones. Fang Yuan couldn't afford a seat for himself, let alone his family.

Even train seats didn't come cheap, as seats had been booked for the entire month. If Fang Yuan wanted to travel with his family, he could only book the premium family seats that allowed an entire train coach for the family to enjoy. He had to spend ten low spirit stones for that.

After returning to his residence, he announced the news to his family, which resulted in his father and mother cursing the administration for their greedy behavior.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan didn't tell them that he spent ten spirit stones. If he did, his parents' reaction would be even more volatile. They have been saving for years but were still quite short of the amount Fang Yuan had to spend on travel.

Time was like a stream that kept flowing without any blockages, and several days passed in the blink of an eye.

"If you two don't stop fighting, I will leave you two to your aunt," Chen Haoxi looked angry.

The family was to travel to Green Bear City for the exam, but for some reason, Fang Zan and Fang Hua started fighting.

Both siblings immediately became silent upon seeing their mother's anger. They didn't doubt what she said, so for the entire road, the two remained silent.

Even when Fang Yuan tried to make them laugh, they simply pouted. But as soon as they saw the train and the coach where they would be living for the next seven days, the two forgot their fighting and started to curiously search around in wonder.

The coach had ten seats that were large enough for even a five-meter giant to sleep comfortably. There were two bathrooms, and there was also a kitchen.

The train didn't start from Yellow Peach City or end at Green Bear City. Those were just one of the many stops in the year-long train. Due to the long duration, the premium train coaches had the same amenities as a house.

The kitchen was empty, as people needed to pay first to get ingredients. Chen Haoxi and the family brought three large suitcases with them during the travel.

One suitcase carried the clothes of the entire family, while the remaining two suitcases carried fresh vegetables. Chen Haoxi didn't want to spend even a single penny on the train.

What the family didn't know was that Fang Yuan was also keeping a lot of meat in the storage space. He was his mother's son, so how could he be a spendthrift?

As for the source of the meat, Fang Yuan had already thought of an answer. He would push the blame on his gym.

After a while, Fang Yuan walked out of his coach, and when he returned, he had a large bag in his hand.

"Where did you get so much meat?" Chen Haoxi frowned as the bag couldn't stop the meaty smell.

"I got it from the pantry. My gym master paid for this to wish me good luck for the exam…"

Fang Yuan answered with the response he had made up in his mind.

Chen Haoxi didn't believe him, so she only stared at him. Fang Yuan knew he couldn't flinch or his mother would catch his lie, so he responded with confident eye contact.

It wasn't certain whether Chen Haoxi believed him or not, but she stopped staring and took the meat to the kitchen.

Time flew by, and on the second day, the train reached the area bordering the wilderness. Its speed immediately slowed down to a snail's pace, not to make a very loud sound and bring a horde of monsters to attack the train.

Monsters would be seen from time to time, causing the Fang family to exclaim in surprise. Only Fang Yuan remained calm, as he had seen a few monsters in the Mutou World.

"Hey, what is that?" Fang Hua suddenly yelled in shock and pointed in a direction.

(Chapter End.)

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A/N: The first volume has come to an end. The volume only explored the family and some details of the world.

The next volume will focus on Fang Yuan as he passes his entrance and starts his cultivation journey. We will meet many new characters and delve deeper into Fang Yuan's world.