Lu Shen, after thanking the receptionist, he made his way to the third floor where he could sell the dead body of demon beasts.
.....
On the tenth floor of the Warrior Association, a man was engrossed in checking something on his void watch screen when his office door suddenly burst open without any notice. With hurried footsteps, a girl walked towards the middle aged man.
"Uncle, today there was a boy in the Integration Realm at age eighteen!" the girl exclaimed in front of her uncle.
"Hmm, so what? Is he from a powerful clan or a noble family?" her uncle, unbothered by it, waved his hand, he assume that Lu Shen was from a powerful clan or noble family.
The girl shook her head, her eyes wide with excitement.
"No, Uncle! He's just an orphan, and he's already an early Integration Realm warrior at just eighteen. And he awakened his bloodline last week!"
That girl was the same one at the registration counter where Lu Shen had just spoken to, and she had been the one to discover his warrior realm.
After Lu Shen went to the third floor, she rechecked his records again and, upon learning about his background, she hurried to the branch head's room of the Warrior Association in Azura Cloud Stronghold.
He was her uncle, and she felt excited to tell him about Lu Shen. If she could take credit for recruiting Lu Shen into the Warrior Association, she wouldn't have to work as a receptionist for a month.
Her uncle raised an eyebrow, his interest piqued.
"An orphan, you say? And he just awakened his bloodline last week in this low level stronghold and even managed to break through to the Integration Realm in just a week? That's quite impressive. What's his name?"
"I think his name is Lu Shen" she replied.
The middle aged man leaned back in his chair, deep in thought, he trying to recall if he had heard of Lu Shen before, but he came up with nothing. Shaking his head, a light ignited in his eyes.
"Lu Shen, an orphan with such potential... We must keep an eye on him. He could become a important figure to the Warrior Association."
The girl nodded eagerly.
"Yes, Uncle."
Aman, the branch head, leaned back in his chair, he thought deeply . Suddenly, he called out,
"Bimala, come here!"
Bimala, the receptionist girl, hurried in front of her uncle.
"Yes, Uncle?"
"I need you to bring me all the records we have on this Lu Shen. Now" Aman instructed.
Bimala nodded and quickly retrieved Lu Shen's record file from her storage ring, which was in a recording device. She had brought it along from the registration counter. Handing the file to her uncle, he began to read through Lu Shen's records carefully. As he scanned the records, his eyes widened with shock.
"This is incredible"
"Lu Shen awakened a top grade bloodline first, which was recorded after his awakening, but now his bloodline has evolved to a superior grade. This is extremely rare. How did he do it?"
"What?" Bimala was even more surprised.
She hadn't checked Lu Shen's detailed records, she assuming that since he had reached the Integration Realm in just a week, his bloodline grade must be high. But learning that it had evolved from top grade to superior grade shocked her.
Aman looked up at Bimala, he question urgently.
"Where is Lu Shen now?"
"He's on the third floor, selling the corpses of demon beasts"
Aman quickly turned his monitor to display the third floor. He saw Lu Shen talking with a man, Lu Shen about to take out the demon beast corpses.
Without hesitation, Aman pressed a button on his desk to activate the mic.
"Attention,Lu Shen, who just registered today and trying to sell demon beast corpses, just stand there. Someone will come to you and escort you to the tenth floor. I need to speak with you."
Then he turned off the mic and turned to Bimala.
"Go down there and bring him here. We need to speak with him at once."
Bimala nodded and rushed out of the office, leaving Aman alone. Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he shouted in frustration.
"Damn it, it's the same person from the photos shown to me by that bastard Li Lan. No wonder he became this strong. I'm a hundred percent sure that bastard Li Lan must have given him an evolution stone to evolve his bloodline. No wonder he asked me to take care of him. Shit!"
In third floor,
Lu Shen was negotiating the sale of demon beast corpses when he heard the urgent announcement out of nowhere. Confused, he looked around, he wondering why he was being called so suddenly, and he didn't even know who was on the tenth floor of Warrior Action.
"Why do they want me to go to the tenth floor?"
Therefore, he tried to make sense of the situation but received no answers, Lu Shen decided to wait for the person who could provide them.
After some time, Lu Shen saw a girl with black hair approaching him.
Bimala approached Lu Shen, running in a hurry.
Lu Shen recognized her immediately, she was the receptionist girl who had helped him earlier with registering at the Warrior Association. His confusion deepened and he wondered why she was here.
"What's going on?"
Bimala smiled in relief as Lu Shen wasn't angry to see her and didn't shout about being called out abruptly.
"Ah, that's right. My name is Bimala. The branch head, Aman, wants to meet you immediately."
"The branch head? Why would he want to meet me?" Lu Shen asked, still puzzled.
Bimala nodded, understanding his confusion.
"It's because of your records. Please, come with me. I'll explain more on the way."
Lu Shen frowned deeply and thought hard.
"about my records, what interest the branch head so much?"
If Lu Shen knew that his bloodline grade had been exposed, he might have considered fleeing from the Warrior Association. He had no idea how to explain how his bloodline grade jump from top grade to superior grade.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Shen decided to follow Bimala.
Even if he tried to run, could he escape from warriors stronger than him? He didn't know why he had been called.
.....
They made their way to the tenth floor.
In the elevator, after Bimala pressed the button for the tenth floor, she turned toward Lu Shen.
"Once again, I am Bimala, and you don't need to be nervous. My uncle is calling you with good intentions, not to harm you" she reassured him.
Lu Shen nodded with a smile.
What her uncle?
Thinking that, Lu Shen's lips twisted.
Niece of branch working as receptionist.
What is she doing?
Lu Shen felt better thinking about this strange girl.
Either she is a fool or she is... what to say.
"What are you thinking? Do you think I am a fool working as a receptionist in my own uncle's branch?" Bimala glare towards Lu Shen, she placed her hands on her waist, than she questioned Lu Shen pouting.
"Humph" she huffed at Lu Shen.
"No, it's just strange, you know. If I'm not wrong, you must be from a clan or noble family. Working as a receptionist is quite strange" Lu Shen smiled bitterly, again, his lips twisted as he observed the cute girl pouting at him.
"Humph, what you know? It's our family rule, all family members must work in the family business for some time and must learn skills to have the ability to survive even after the family gets destroyed someday" Bimala again pouting and with some pride, she explained why she works as a receptionist.
"Oh" Lu Shen became quite interested in Bimala's family rules. He had not heard of such a rule being in any clan in Azure Cloud Stronghold.
"What a strange family she born into" Lu Shen thought again, but he did not dare say a loud
"Humph, some time i wonder to" Bimala giggled at Lu Shen, she looking at his face, she knew exactly what he was thinking.
Lu Shen was not only the one who thought, so she just giggle as she too felt that way.
"Ahem, ahem" Lu Shen cleared his throat, trying to change the topic.
They began to chat.
As Lu Shen talked with Bimala, he learned that she was from a powerful family far from Azure Cloud Stronghold, though she didn't disclose exactly where. She mentioned that her uncle and his daughter, three people in total had come from that powerful family to Azure Cloud Stronghold.
While Lu Shen conversing with Bimala, he noticed she occasionally looking at his handsome face and sometimes even blushing when their eyes met. However, he felt that she looked at him with pure intentions, without any malice, so he did not take it to his heart.
Ding!
"Let's go" Bimala said as she walked toward the branch head's room, and Lu Shen followed her.
Soon, they arrived at Aman's office. Bimala knocked and opened the door.
"Come in" a voice was came from the room.
Bimala and Lu Shen walked into the room.
Aman, sitting at his desk, he had his eyes fixed on Lu Shen.
"Welcome, Lu Shen. have a seat."
Lu Shen took a seat, he felt more curious about what the branch head had to say.
looking at Lu Shen sitting calmly and Bimala standing beside him,
Aman continued.
"Lu Shen, do you know bastard Li Lan?" Aman questioned Lu Shen and he observing his expression closely.
"What?"
Lu Shen stood up from the chair where he had been sitting, shocked to hear Li Lan's name. Initially, he thought Aman might be an enemy of Boss Li, so he remained on guard.
However, Lu Shen carefully sensed the situation and he didn't detect any hostile intent. He lowered his guard and sat back down in front of the branch head.
"Haha, you don't have to be on guard. Li Lan can be considered my sworn brother, even though he cheated money from me" Aman laughed, observing Lu Shen's calm but tense expression.
"..."
Lu Shen was speechless upon hearing that Boss Li had cheated money from the branch leader of the Warrior Association, who held the same power as the Four Kings of the Four Continents in the Nexus planet.
"Why did you call me here?" Lu Shen question to Aman, he still unsure of the reason for his summons. He didn't believe it was to discuss about Li Lan.
"Cough, cough" Aman coughed twice, his expression became serious.
"I called you here to know why your bloodline evolved?"
"What?" Lu Shen was shocked that his secret was exposed , but he still maintained a calm face as if he didn't know what Aman was talking about.
"Hahaha" Aman laughed at Lu Shen's attempt to dodge his question, and he continued,
"Did you use the evolution stone given by Li Lan?"
"That bastard had precious stone but he can't pay me my money back!" Aman began to curse at Li Lan without giving Lu Shen a chance to speak.
However, Lu Shen could sense that Aman and Li Lan must be quite close.
But what is this evolution stone?
"What is evolution stone? I only got a round stone, and after using it, my bloodline evolved from top grade to superior grade" Lu Shen lied straight to Aman's face but it was not completely lie as he did get rank 5 demon beast core.
"That bastard didn't explain to you what the evolution stone is?" Aman looked at Lu Shen, but seeing his confused expression, shaking his head he continued.
"Evolution stones are precious stones found in secret realms."
....
The case is that after a demon beast breaks through to rank 4, there is a chance it will drop an evolution stone outside the secret realm, but the chance is just ten percent. In secret realms, however, the chance is up to thirty percent, which is why it is so precious.