Don't mess with that necromancer; his summoned creatures level up on their own!

Lu Zhixing

[Class: Necromancer]

Current Level: Lv.3

Shen Jing stared at the number, her mind going blank for a moment.

Just a second ago, she was mentally planning how to ask him for sick leave, how to help him run the university, and how to protect him from Su Youran's ridicule and the scorn of the whole city.

Countless thoughts flashed wildly through her mind:

My son said last night that he wanted to stay home and live like a rich kid.

My son went upstairs to his room at nine o'clock last night.

How did he level up?

An answer came to mind—

This kid sneaked out to level up in the middle of the night!

Shen Jing's eyes suddenly reddened.

It's not sadness, it's heartache.

It turns out that although Zhixing said he wanted to lie down, he cared more than anyone else.

She was afraid that she and her husband would worry, so she deliberately pretended to be carefree.

Finally, after the whole family fell asleep, he secretly ran out to fight monsters and level up.

A necromancer, without even a decent attack skill, went out into the wild to fight monsters all by himself...

Shen Jing dared not think any further.

"Mom?" Lu Zhixing noticed his mother's expression was off and stopped chewing.

"What's wrong with you?"

Shen Jing snapped out of her daze, quickly lowered her head, wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, then raised her head and revealed a gentle smile.

"It's nothing, Mom just... thinks you look great today."

"Really?" Lu Zhixing touched his face.

"I think so too, I slept really well last night."

Looking at her son's innocent smile, Shen Jing felt a mix of sadness and warmth in her heart.

Silly child, do you think you can fool your mother?

Lu Zao noticed his wife's expression was off out of the corner of his eye and followed her gaze to Lu Zhixing.

The tiger's body trembled.

"Level 3?!" Lu Zaoxie suddenly stood up.

"Weren't you only level 1 before you went to bed last night?"

Lu Zhixing stopped eating.

His heart skipped a beat.

Oh no! I was so caught up in the fun that I forgot how to cover it up.

He was biting into his bread, his mind racing through several thoughts in a fraction of a second.

His biggest trump card is that his summoned creatures have self-awareness. Once he reveals this, his parents will definitely go and research it and ask around.

If this gets to the ears of someone with ill intentions, who knows, one day a few old monsters might fall from the sky, capture him, and dissect him for research.

He remembered reading a novel where the protagonist told his parents about his cheat ability right from the start, because his parents were both kings and invincible.

As a result, an enemy from the sky defeated the parents and directly searched the protagonist's soul, even revealing his underwear.

The fewer people who know, the less danger there is; it protects not only yourself but also your parents.

So he couldn't say it, but he also couldn't remain silent.

Lu Zaoxie was the commander of the city's defense forces. He had seen far more shrewd people than Lu Zhixing had ever known. Any lie he made up would be seen through at a glance.

How so?

Lu Zhixing's gaze swept over his parents' faces.

What should I say? Admit that I secretly went out to level up?

Would his parents believe it? He's an F-rank necromancer, rising from level 1 to level 3 overnight—that's an absurd speed for anyone, unless…

Unless he pays a high-level professional to mentor him.

Yes. That reason works.

In just a fraction of a second, Lu Zhixing put on an expression that was both embarrassed and stubborn.

"Dad," he put down the bread and bowed his head slightly.

"I lay in bed last night thinking about it, and I still feel uneasy."

Shen Jing was stunned.

"I am your and Mom's son," Lu Zhixing raised his head, his eyes clear and sincere.

"Even if I awaken the weakest class, I don't want to just accept it. So after you guys went to sleep, I sneaked out and leveled up for a while."

The restaurant fell silent.

Shen Jing's eyes turned red at a visible speed.

"Even if it's the weakest necromancer, I want to see how far I can go. Even a clumsy bird wants to take a few steps first."

Lu Zaoxie didn't speak, but his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

My son didn't say anything, but he secretly stayed up all night leveling up so we wouldn't worry.

This child is so sensible, it breaks my heart.

As for how the F-rank summoner managed to defeat those monsters, the two of them didn't care at all.

Lu Zhixing usually gives out large sums of pocket money, so he must have hired a few people to take care of him.

"I'm content with your intention. Since you want to train, I'll fully support you. Come home tonight, and I'll find someone to help you level up."

Lu Zhixing nodded in agreement and went to school after finishing his meal.

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When I arrived at the school, I could clearly sense that something was wrong.

To be precise, everyone was looking at him differently.

He walked in from the school gate, and the students he encountered along the way reacted in various ways.

Some people would take a detour when they saw him from afar, walking quickly as if afraid of being recognized by him;

Some people stood still, their gazes complex;

Some people only dared to whisper to their companions after he had passed by, their eyes occasionally drifting in his direction.

The most obvious changes came from the female group.

"Hey, don't you guys think..." a girl with a ponytail whispered to her companions.

"Lu Zhixing seems... to have become more handsome today?"

"He wasn't bad before, was he? He's just too low-key, plus what happened with that F-rank yesterday—"

"Shh! Keep your voice down!"

Yesterday, the whole city's colleges were buzzing with the news that Commander Lu's son had awakened to the F-level necromancer.

A boy wearing glasses met his gaze from the side, his face turned pale, and he lowered his head and walked away quickly.

Lu Zhixing recognized him. Yesterday at the entrance of the Awakening Hall, it was him who shouted "Teddy Zombie" and laughed the loudest.

As he walked around the flowerbed, a girl with pigtails suddenly rushed up to him, clutching a small piece of paper in her hand: "Um... Lu... could you... add me on QQ?"

Lu Zhixing paused, looked down at her.

He hardly hesitated.

"Sorry, no thanks."

The girl's face turned even redder, and her eyes even welled up with tears, but she didn't argue. She lowered her head, hummed in agreement, clutched the note, and turned to run away.

The girls who had witnessed the whole thing looked at each other, and all of them withdrew their eager steps.

Just then, the crowd suddenly fell silent.

The crowd seemed to be parted by an invisible hand, making way for a path.

Su Youran walked over.

She wore a sharply tailored white combat suit with gold buckles on the cuffs, and her long hair was tied up in a neat ponytail, revealing her slender, fair neck.

He had delicate features, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, and an arrogant look in his eyes.

Su Youran, an S-rank spirit medium, is a phoenix in the heavens.

He comes from a distinguished family, possesses extraordinary talent, and has an impeccable appearance.

Logically speaking, this kind of girl should be the dream girl of all the boys in the school, and in fact, many boys do have a crush on her.

But very few people dare to get close to her because her eyes are too sharp.

He speaks too directly; his inherent pride and competitiveness are written all over his face, impossible to suppress.

But what saddened all the boys in the school the most was that she seemed to only have eyes for one person.

Su Youran has only sparred with a handful of others, but she has sparred with Lu Zhixing so many times that she can't even count them on two hands and two feet.

No matter what the competition is, she always chooses to compete with Lu Zhixing.

If they win, they're relentless; if they lose, they wail and cry their hearts out. The next day, they reappear before Lu Zhixing, fully recovered, and declare, "Let's try again."

At the time, many people didn't understand: Why did Su Youran, a girl, clash with Lu Zhixing?

It wasn't until yesterday that everyone realized that the two were both children of the commander, and they had been compared since childhood. How could they not clash?

But understanding is one thing, jealousy is another.

For a long time, the name "Lu Zhixing" was a huge target in the minds of all the boys in the school.

Many people secretly call him a "pretty boy" and a "pretentious jerk."

"Oh, I didn't expect you to actually come. I thought you were going to hide at home and pretend to be dead."