Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 292: Chapter 220: The Abandoned Illegitimate Child

Night, 9 PM.

The bi-annual National College Glory Battle is the most watched event in the country.

According to viewership statistics, more than half of the people nationwide are watching the preliminary round press conference at this moment.

In Jiang City, thousands of miles away from Shanghai, this number is as high as sixty percent.

In the Shore District, according to regulations, after 9 PM, it is time to turn off the lights and keep quiet, but tonight is an exception.

Every household is brightly lit.

Children who have to go to school early tomorrow have no intention of going to sleep at this time.

Families gather on the sofa, eating snacks, drinking beverages, and watching the press conference.

As the host begins introducing each major team and the team members appear one by one, the atmosphere becomes lively, and when the Red Cloud Team makes an appearance, the tsunami-like cheers and screams plunge the entire Shore District into a state of excitement.

It’s even more lively than the New Year.

The cheers last for a long time, as people in the Shore District express their excitement and release long-suppressed emotions through shouting.

As the most outstanding and brilliant talent to come out of the Shore District, Lin Feng’s popularity is even higher than that of the All-Star players in the Shore District.

All the children in the Shore District consider Lin Feng as an idol, and as parents, they use Lin Feng’s successful example to inspire their own children.

Now, seeing that in just two short years, the familiar boy has grown into a tall and handsome young man standing on the national stage, ready to compete with the nation’s best talents, even if they have no connection to Lin Feng, they can’t help but feel a sense of pride.

Because, after all, he is someone who came from here.

The huge cheers attract the attention of many Demon Beasts, and soon their howling, rising and falling, reaches the Shore District, but at this moment, it is drowned out by the sound of the TV and cheers, and very few people take notice, even those who do don’t care.

After all, the Demon Beasts can’t break through the Blue Moon’s shield, so what’s there to fear?

As for affecting sleep, it doesn’t matter either.

Tonight, it is a night of excitement, impossible to sleep.

Meanwhile, on the Martial Artist forum, there is a live video of the preliminary round press conference on the homepage. Netizens are going crazy with bullet comments, so dense they cover the entire screen, forcing users to turn off the comments to post in the comment section.

”Ha, Zhan Tianyu got scared, does he dare to challenge Lin Feng?!”

”Six-armed Celestial Demon is impressive, huh! Isn’t it just an Earth Chart Demon Spirit? In the end, he still got scared, if it comes down to a fight, Lin Feng might just beat the crap out of him.”

”Lin Feng definitely isn’t the match, but his momentum won!”

”Even my Brother Kai with Ancestral Demonization didn’t act so arrogant, who does he think he is being so arrogant?!”

”The Red Cloud Team is still united, their strength might be weak, but their momentum definitely isn’t.”

At some point, along with the comments from netizens, a lot of questions started popping up about who Lin Feng’s biological father is.

At first, it didn’t attract attention. After all, compared to the multitude of comments, this number was insignificant and quickly got buried.

But soon, like a barrage, these comments started flooding in, making it hard to ignore.

Soon enough, netizens followed the comments and found a thread.

’The abandoned illegitimate child Lin Feng!’

The title of the post is just nine characters long and has a red exclamation mark, which immediately caught the netizens’ attention and piqued their curiosity.

Abandoned!

Illegitimate child?

Lin Feng?

These three words together are like a meteor crashing into Earth, completely igniting the Martial Artist forum.

Topics about Lin Feng have never lacked heat.

Whether it’s the melodramatic reason for him suppressing his cultivation speed, the achievements he’s gained, the fraud amount, the grudges with Ju Xing, or his true strength now, they are all hot topics.

As a top scorer in the college entrance exams, Lin Feng’s background is familiar to netizens.

They also know he’s from a reconstituted family with a stepfather.

In today’s era, facing threats from Demon Beasts and Alien Races, marriage and birth rates decrease year by year, while the divorce rate, on the other hand, climbs annually. Divorce is quite normal, so no one pays special attention to who Lin Feng’s biological father is.

But now it seems like there’s a big reveal!

And a big one at that!

Illegitimate child?

Could he be from a prominent family?

Without hesitation, netizens clicked on the thread. The thread’s poster is a V0 account just registered half an hour ago, named ’Big Melon Eater 778’, and the post content contains no picture or introduction, just two words: Yang Qing.

”Who is Yang Qing?”

”Lin Feng’s dad?”

”Damn, the person who posted this is disgusting, just giving a name—really keeps you on edge.”

”The abandoned illegitimate child, which man is so heartless to dare abandon my Wind God.”

Netizens ask below the post but don’t get a response from the poster.

So, they start searching for this name.

There are many called Yang Qing, both male and female, but undoubtedly, only one is famous.

That is the 42-year-old flag representative of the Yang Family in Shangjing, Yang Qing.

Many people are not unfamiliar with Yang Qing from Shangjing, because just a day ago, he had just broken through to Martial King, becoming one of the Guardians of Shangjing, and the news had specially reported it.

The age matches, and the talent is equally impressive. Some people have compared the photos of the two together, and there is some resemblance.

The answer seems to be out.

”Damn, the Ten Great Clans of Shangjing!”

”The Yang Family that manufactures weapons, damn, the weapon I use is from the Yang Family.”

”This Yang Qing looks quite righteous, didn’t expect him to be someone who abandons his wife and child, can such a person still be a Guardian?”

”Watch your words upstairs, the internet is not a lawless place. Whether it’s true or not is another matter. Besides, do you even know Yang Qing’s glory? He is not just a Guardian. Not long ago, he had just suppressed a nine-star level Space Gate and obtained a Key. With his contributions to the country, even if he did something, it’s not for you to comment on.”

”Makes sense, who knows if there are any hidden secrets involved, it’s better not to gossip blindly. After all, without these Guardians, could you be comfortably scrolling through forums at home?”

”Lin Feng is actually from an elite family, wasn’t it said he’s from Shore District, a slum?”

”Indeed, it’s hard for poor families to produce noble children. Lin Feng was originally from a prestigious family, just abandoned.”

”I know the Glory Race, they’re extremely rich, but I want to ask, is this family really so powerful? To the point that even a genius like Lin Feng can be casually discarded?”

The press conference has ended, but netizens continue to discuss excitedly.

The illegitimate child abandoned by a prestigious family, yet became the top scorer in the college entrance examination at just 20 years old, Peak of Fifth Grade, absorbed a Purple Gold Soul Skill for the fourth Soul Skill, such a genius, turned out to be an illegitimate child?

Looking at the situation, it seems he hasn’t returned to the family!

Is the Yang Family so proud?

Or is Lin Feng so proud?

Netizens lamented, Lin Feng’s rise is like a melodramatic drama, even his origin is quite melodramatic.

The discussion about Lin Feng’s origin is not only hotly debated on the Martial Artist forum, but even some online media have started to report on it. Regarding these discussions, Yang Qing and the Yang Family have not come forward to clarify, which indirectly verifies this fact.

In the hotel room.

”I didn’t expect Lin Feng to be an illegitimate child.”

”Yang Ningbing, is he your cousin?”

”Since he’s your cousin, how could he kick you out of the team, is it really for revenge?”

Listening to the teammates’ discussion, Zhan Tianyu quietly logged out of his forum account, appearing calm, occasionally agreeing with a simple comment, just like an ordinary bystander.

”Zhan Tianyu, was it you who posted it?” Yang Ningbing asked with a slight frown, her gaze somewhat sharp.

This matter does not benefit the Yang Family; it might even have some negative impact, although the impact is not significant.

In her view, this was likely Zhan Tianyu’s revenge.

During the press conference, Lin Feng embarrassed him; with Zhan Tianyu’s prideful and arrogant nature, he naturally wouldn’t let Lin Feng off easily.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that someone posted this right after the press conference ended?

”No.”

Zhan Tianyu shook his head. He liked Yang Ningbing and naturally wouldn’t admit to being such a petty person. He seemed a bit depressed: ”This matter, within your family, probably isn’t a secret, right? Since I can know, others might also know.”

”Hope it’s not you!”

Yang Ningbing looked at Zhan Tianyu, unable to determine if it was him. After all, the number of people who knew about this wasn’t small. Not only the Elders and Stewards of the clan, even the Zhan Family knew, calculating to at least 20 or 30 people in the know, it wasn’t strange for it to spread, but the timing was curious.

”It wasn’t me anyway. Whether he’s an illegitimate child has nothing to do with me.”

Zhan Tianyu said.

Yang Ningbing didn’t fully trust Zhan Tianyu. She said calmly, ”No matter if it was you or not, keep your distance from Lin Feng during the preliminary matches.”

Zhan Tianyu didn’t refute.

During the preliminaries, it is indeed better to stay away from that lunatic. Until the finals, then teach him a lesson.

And upon finding out about the post on the Martial Artist forum, in the hotel room, Yun Kai and the others were a bit silent, the atmosphere somewhat heavy.

”It’s definitely that scoundrel Zhan Tianyu,” Yu Qiao guessed with an unhappy face.

Yun Kai and Little Sister Dong looked at Lin Feng with some concern, while he looked at his phone with a calm expression.

”Alright, rest up. Tomorrow, we enter the Space Gate.”

Lin Feng said.

He wasn’t concerned about the comments on the forum.

He also knew that eventually, the whole country would know about this.

Just didn’t expect it to be so soon.

But it’s also normal, even Zhan Tianyu knew, it wasn’t much of a secret.

This might cause some impact on the Yang Family, but for Lin Feng, there were no waves in his heart.

What if he’s an illegitimate child?

What if he’s abandoned?

As he grows stronger, the ones truly facing disgrace and trouble are the Yang Family instead.