The Coming of A Storm

Not everyone could live in a villa. Other than the first house allocation test, if one wanted to live in a villa in the future, they could use contribution points to buy it but it would be costly.

Moreover, most spirit envoys earned contribution points through hard work. It was not enough to increase their personal strength. How could they be willing to spend it on accommodation? Having a place to stay was enough!

Unless the spirit envoys had a backer, it was impossible for them to stay in villas. Those who lived in villas were mostly spirit envoys who were level-4 and above.

Moreover, the average level-4 spirit envoys had to use a longer time to accumulate the points required. Therefore, Lorne had made these veteran spirit envoys envious.

"Your news is outdated. I just heard some rookies say that the genius who lived in the villa has already has a level-3 elf. It's just that he hasn't been certified yet. I don't know if it's true or not!"

At this moment, a voice sounded.

"What, level-3? Isn't that the same as me?!" a middle-aged man in his thirties stood up and said with a surprised expression.

"It's only been a few days and he's already level-3? It's still possible if he's a spirit body. I heard that only spirit bodies can perfectly fit with the magic lamp. Some spirit bodies are able to awaken powerful level-2 elves when they're young."

The other spirit envoy did not quite believe it either. There were a few level-3 spirit envoys who had spent several years to more than ten years to become level-3 spirit envoys.

Lorne was already at the same level as them at such a young age. This was a little scary. No wonder these people did not believe it.

"Could it be that those rookies are spreading rumors? You believe the words of a group of 15-year-old brats?"

A spirit envoy shook his head. It was obvious that he did not believe it. Or it could be said that he did not want to believe it. Everyone was a spirit envoy. They were on the same starting line. Why were Lorne so outstanding?!

Some people's mentality was like this. If they could not do it themselves, they would not be able to see the good in others.

If it was an innate spirit body, this spirit envoy probably would not have such a mentality because the talent of spirit bodies was universally acknowledged.

At the beginning of the terrifying revival, only spirit bodies could become spirit envoys. At that time, spirit envoys were much more extreme than spirit envoys now in order to survive.

Some killed spirit envoys who had successfully awakened to obtain other people's spirits to exchange their blood. Some even went as far as to take in multiple magic lamps.

There were once people who could take in several spirits at the same time, and then through some means, those spirits were able to control and balance each other.

At that time, there was no lack of outstanding spirit envoys. However, very few of them survived.

This was because there was very little research on the magic lamps and elves at that time. After controlling the elves, the elves would continue to grow in the fight against the demons. In the end, they would retaliate against the spirit envoys!

Even the most outstanding spirit envoys at that time would usually not live for more than a few years. They would either die at the hands of the more powerful demons or they would die from the backlash of their own elves. There were even quite a few who had turned into demons themselves.

The systematic nurturing of companion elves could be said to be a relatively safe and mass-produced method. In the span of a hundred years, countless spirit envoys had paid the price with their lives.

"That's right. Even if some of the descendants of powerful spirit envoys were able to obtain better companion elves, it would be impossible for them to become level-3 within a few days after awakening the elves. That should be a rumor."

"Perhaps they have a powerful background?"

"What background? After spirit envoys awaken the elves, their bodies are affected by the spirit energy for a long period of time. It's extremely difficult for them to give birth to offspring. There are only a few powerful spirit envoys in Jiang City who have offspring. I know that the daughter of that person seems to be a newcomer in this batch. She has taken over a mansion by herself. I heard that the villa you mentioned, Lorne, is an orphan, right?"

"I don't think it's true. If it's true, then this newcomer is amazing. I'm afraid he'll attract the attention of the higher-ups and be heavily nurtured."

"..."

In the tavern, the spirit envoys spoke one after another and expressed their opinions.

As Lorne did not have an official certification, many spirit envoys doubted the authenticity of this rumor.

After all, the people who were in the same period as Lorne were all around 15 years old. The oldest among them was only 17 years old. In the eyes of these 20 to 23 years old "elders", they were completely young.

However, even if they did not believe it, Lorne being able to live in the villa still made these "elders" quite surprised and envious. After all, most of them only lived in bungalows or other buildings.

"Quick, look at the Alliance group. Another spirit envoy has been killed," at that moment, a spirit envoy said loudly.

The other spirit envoys took out their phones. These spirit envoys had all joined the Spirit Envoy Alliance and some other groups. They were much more well-informed than the rookies.

Since Lorne did not receive official certification, he only added a new group, so he naturally did not know about the news.

"This demon is too arrogant. Is he bullying our Jiang City?"

"The castellan should take action, right?"

"Not necessarily. The castellan needs to guard Jiang City and rarely leaves the city. However, there seems to be a big figure in the alliance. I don't know why they haven't taken care of that demon yet."

The news of another spirit envoy being killed quickly attracted the attention of the spirit envoys in the tavern. The topic immediately shifted from Lorne.

Three spirit envoys exchanged glances with each other after their focus changed. Then, they left the tavern.

"Ask Lorne. He lives in the villa at the back. That's the one. See it?"

Ten minutes later, the three spirit envoys appeared in the area where the newcomers lived. The one who spoke was a student from Lorne's class.

The spirit envoys who had been cleaning up the demons outside the city in the past two days had returned one after another. When they heard that a newcomer had moved into the villa, there were quite a number of people who came to inquire about the news.

In fact, Lorne's villa had been surrounded every day for the past few days. After his reputation spread, many young spirit envoys between the ages of 16 and 20 came to visit Lorne's villa every day. They wanted to see what Lorne looked like and some people wanted to befriend Lorne. The older spirit envoys would come over from time to time.

"Is Lorne Inside?" a spirit envoy asked.

"I don't know, I don't think so. He usually does missions outside the base city. I heard that he went out early in the morning," the newcomer answered.

"I heard that Lorne is already at level-3?" another spirit envoy asked again.

"Of course, everyone in the group is saying that Brother Lorne is too amazing!" The rookie who was in the same year as Lorne was especially interested in talking about Lorne's deeds. He rambled on.

The three of them did not interrupt him. After listening to him quietly, the three of them walked toward Lorne's villa.

Not everyone could enter the villa area as it was surrounded by walls and guards. Visitors had to register before going in.

Although the guards were only ordinary people, the rules in Jiang City base were very strict. Spirit envoys were not allowed to attack ordinary people, let alone fight among them.

Although ordinary people were weak in front of the demons, ordinary people were the foundation of the base city.

Without a large number of ordinary people, there would not be an increasing number of spirit envoys. Therefore, no matter in which base city, although the status of ordinary people was low, there were very few cases of people deliberately oppressing ordinary people.

Of course, it was not absolute. There were exceptions to everything.