All players: Become a Dharma King, with unlimited skill stats.

The conditions for a growth-type semi-divine artifact have all been laid out, leaving the teachers from the other academies helpless.

At most, they could only offer verbal advice to An Bai, suggesting that it might be an empty promise and that the assessment would likely involve difficult questions.

However, An Bai still made up his mind.

Let alone upgradeable semi-divine artifacts, even white-grade equipment, as long as it can be upgraded, has immeasurable potential!

As for the requirement of undergoing an assessment before obtaining a semi-divine artifact, Lin Qingshan also said that such an assessment might not be necessary.

Even if it exists, he is confident he can win it.

Finally, An Bai signed his name on Lin Qingshan's invitation and learned that he could take the teleportation array to the academy to register as a new student two days later.

After completing all the formalities, An Bai returned to Shangjiang City and went back to his home.

It has been half a month since I changed jobs.

He has slept in this bed no more than three times.

That night, he gave up meditation and instead had an incredibly comfortable night's sleep.

……

dong dong dong.

The knocking on the door made An Bai feel like staying in bed for the first time.

However, seeing that it was already bright outside, he quickly woke himself up completely.

After a quick wash, I walked to the door and opened it.

The newcomer was an elderly man with white hair, whose kind face was very familiar to An Bai.

"Grandpa Zhou? What brings you here?"

Zhou Bo is the director of the orphanage.

They took good care of An Bai in the hospital.

"Long time no see, Anbai."

"Of course, it's to congratulate you on being the top scorer in the country!"

It turned out that after a night, the news of this year's major exam finally reached Shangjiang City.

The No. 1 High School of Shangjiang City also put up a huge banner to congratulate the event.

However, insiders at Shuilan High School on the other side silently cursed No. 1 High School for being shameless.

Of course, An Bai was unaware of all this.

He quickly stepped aside to welcome Zhou Bo in.

However, he then noticed another middle-aged man standing behind Zhou Bo.

"You are... the city lord?"

This was probably the first time An Bai had met the other person, but he had seen the other person's image on television and the internet many times.

The lord of Shangjiang City, Zhou Wentong.

and many more....

They both have the surname Zhou, could they possibly be related?

On behalf of Shangjiang City, I congratulate you, An Bai!

"You have brought unparalleled honor to our Shangjiang City! Therefore, we have decided to provide you with unconditional financial support; we will cover all your living expenses during your university years!"

"In addition, you will receive a scholarship of ten million yuan every year, and all travel expenses between Shangjiang City and the university will be waived."

City Lord Zhou Wentong spoke with a somewhat official tone, but his words could not hide his inner excitement.

After all, let alone the national champion, Shangjiang City hasn't produced a district champion in many years.

"Alright, come in. We didn't come here to talk about these trivial matters." Suddenly, Zhou Bo, who had already entered the house and sat down, spoke up, but his tone did not have the respect that the citizens had for their city lord.

This surprised An Bai.

After all, he was certain that Grandpa Zhou was just an ordinary person who had switched to the profession of chef.

He really enjoyed the dinners that Grandpa Zhou cooked himself when he was in the orphanage.

Non-combatants generally have a natural sense of awe towards combatants.

unless....

"Understood, Father."

Zhou Wentong showed no dissatisfaction, chuckled, and quickly followed him into the house, closing the door behind him.

An Bai silently poured a glass of water for the two of them, but his gaze kept sweeping back and forth between them.

With a touch of curiosity.

Ahem, of course I'm not curious about the relationship between the two father and son, but the city lord and the dean came to visit out of the blue, and judging from what they just said, it doesn't seem to be just about the national champion.

"Lord Zhou, Grandpa Zhou, may I ask what brings you here?"

An Bai wasn't used to beating around the bush, so he asked directly.

"An Bai, do you know why you're called 'An Bai'?" Zhou Bo asked first.

However, An Bai was taken aback when he heard this, but then he felt that something was wrong.

He traveled from another time.

His name in his previous life was An Bai.

But in this life, he vaguely remembered that he was an infant when he transmigrated.

Logically speaking, if someone finds a child and sends them to an orphanage, it shouldn't be such a coincidence that their name comes from their previous life, right?

Moreover, the director of the orphanage is surnamed Zhou, and most of the orphans in the orphanage, if they didn't have names originally, were given names with the surname Zhou.

"I don't know, but I remember Grandpa Zhou saying that I was found in the wilderness outside the city, right?"

His memories as an infant are actually quite vague; at that time, his body was not yet developed and he couldn't do anything.

He simply gave up thinking and spent his days eating and sleeping.

"I was patrolling the jungle when I noticed signs of monsters gathering. I found you while investigating."

It was the city lord, Zhou Wentong, who spoke.

It was only then that An Bai realized that the person who had found him was the city lord standing before him.

The other person continued, "I still remember that scene vividly!"

"At that time, you were surrounded by hundreds of monsters, all of which were boss-level. To be honest, with my strength at the time, I could only handle one or two of them at most."

"I thought a beast tide was about to occur. After all, the existence of a leader means that it can command at least a thousand ordinary monsters to gather around it."

"What's more, there are hundreds of boss monsters here, and none of them are below level 60! It's practically all the top-tier boss monsters in the entire wilderness outside the city."

"However, I found that these monster leaders surrounded you, but dared not come within a hundred paces of you."

"It was only then that I noticed a small, unstable spatial rift behind you where you were lying. I'm certain it's a rift in the Abyss World!"

"On the other side of the rift, there emanates an aura powerful enough to intimidate hundreds of beast kings, keeping them away from you."

"Those auras were mysterious and powerful, as domineering and fierce as a dragon, and as eerie and cold as a ghost."

"Then, for some reason, I suddenly had a strong desire to save you, so I passed through hundreds of beast kings and came to you."

"To be honest, my legs were a little weak at the time, but when I picked you up, the hundreds of beast kings suddenly scattered and left, and the crack disappeared. However, before it disappeared, it left this thing behind."

As he spoke, he took out a black, exquisite box from his spatial ring.

Upon opening it, one could see a... no, it should be half of an irregularly shaped jade pendant lying inside.

The characters "An Bai" are clearly visible on the jade pendant. Although only half of the pendant is inscribed and part of the characters are missing, they are still legible.

"So... this is the origin of my name?"

An Bai also showed an expression of disbelief.

This is him....

The jade pendant I wore close to my body in my past life!

……