Chapter 358: Pulling the seedlings to encourage growth
"Please come in."
Kassel College, Principal's Office, the sun shines through the blinds, the principal with bulging shoulders in his white shirt is holding a quill and replying to an official document eloquently.
Hearing the knock on the door, he said without raising his head.
"Squeak."
The white oak door was pushed open, and a young boy in a white T-shirt nodded and walked in.
"headmaster."
"Lu Mingfei, the most outstanding S-level in our college, why do you come to the principal's office?"
Angers pushed up the square-framed glasses on his nose and looked at him with his deep iron-grey eyes. The German's chiselled face had a special iron-blooded charm.
"Well, I would like to ask how our school's rating is determined? I think that Senior Brother Chu and Senior Kaiser are much better than me. They are only A-level, and I cannot be S-level."
Lu Mingfei was curious at first, and then responded sincerely and confidently.
"Oh? Then what rating do you think you should be in?"
Angers suddenly became interested in talking, took off the glasses on his nose, clasped his hands and said.
"Almost on the same level as Senior Brother Fingel... But I will work hard and won't embarrass Cassel."
Lu Mingfei was embarrassed to say F-level, but it was obvious that the only loser senior in the entire academy gave him a sense of belonging among the same kind.
"Fingal also fell from the A level once. Don't worry, Kassel is not a college with solidified classes. The ratings given now only symbolize the students' potential. If they are unable to hold on, they will be judged from the beginning of the next semester.
The rating will drop. Correspondingly, the scholarship will also decrease."
Angers looked at the embarrassed young boy and couldn't help but chuckle.
"You are different, Lu Mingfei. Your parents are both S-class elite hybrids. According to the bloodline theory, your potential is unimaginable, just waiting for you to explore it."
Lu Mingfei, who was looking down at his toes, suddenly raised his head when he saw the principal mentioning his parents, who had been asking the class teacher like he was in high school.
Is his guess true? His parents, nominally honorary students of Kassel College, are actually members of the dragon-slaying cause.
"However, until now I have not felt any supernormal power, not even golden eyes."
Lu Mingfei lowered his head dejectedly. Senior Fingel in the dormitory could at least activate golden eyes and have night vision. However, he was an S-level student just like an ordinary person.
"Believe in yourself, Mingfei, and self-confidence can make a man indomitable."
Ange comforted him considerately, even believing in his ability more than Lu Mingfei himself.
"This is a letter your parents sent me. Do you want to read it?"
Having said that, Angers had already opened the drawer and handed him an envelope with a 50-cent Snow Mountain Steamer stamp and a photo.
In the photo, a man and a woman are walking hand in hand in the summer garden of Kassel College. Green vines wrap around the low wall behind them. The man is wearing a white shirt and leggings, and the woman is wearing a pure white house skirt and couple-style wooden slippers.
Lu Mingfei looked at the beautiful couple, his eyes could not help but turn red, the tip of his nose was slightly sour, and he always felt like big tears would roll down in the next moment.
The joy of seeing photos of parents and the grievance of being abandoned are mixed together. The complex emotions are like a pot of thick soup that has been stirred and cannot taste the sweetness and bitterness.
Lu Mingfei then carefully opened the envelope. Inside was a letter written by his parents, Lu Gucheng and Qiao Weini, to Angers, asking him to take more care of Lu Mingfei in Kassel, and explaining that Fei was a child with great potential.
And the last sentence of the letter, "I can't tell him personally, please convey it to me, Mingfei, mom and dad love you."
Lu Mingfei read the letter silently and didn't speak for a long time.
"Mingfei, mom and dad love you."
Angers conveyed the message in smooth Chinese.
Lu Mingfei's eyes were instantly blurred by tears, but the golden lines gradually lit up in the dark pupils, like a city that was lit up at night.
"You have awakened the spirit of speech, haven't you?"
Angers did not assume the role of Lu Mingfei's parents, but looked at those magnificent golden pupils in amazement.
Lu Mingfei was also stunned. The strong emotional catharsis seemed to open the treasure door in his body, and he suddenly felt his blood rushing.
"If you come to me because you are worried that Germany is not qualified for the position, then come with me and see the college's Nibelungen plan."
Angers stood up and left his seat, hiding his body and looking down at the boy.
Lu Mingfei followed behind him ignorantly.
"Have you ever heard of the allusion of pulling seedlings to help them grow?"
On the way from the principal's office to the Shikodi Research Institute, Angers asked without looking back.
Lu Mingfei was still immersed in that sentimental emotion, and he hummed with red eyes.
"This second-generation species was slaughtered by Li Longyuan. As a trophy, he should have disposed of it."
The old principal continued to introduce.
"It's just that he doesn't seem to be interested in the dead second-generation species. After all, there are no less than a dozen remains of the second-generation species in the orthodox collection. Sometimes, the slightest difference between the first-generation species and the second-generation species in people's eyes is actually thousands of miles away.
The things that are piled up by breeding offspring have always been just food for everyone in the dragon world."
Just like the red dragon that attacked the academy back then, even if it burns its body and soul, it cannot release the true [Word Spirit·Candle Dragon] field. It is the authority of the gods, and those with low blood will only die quickly if they hold it.
Angers was the only hybrid in the entire academy who understood this at the time, so he faced the red dragon with the sun falling in its head without any nervousness, understanding its mood of being a powerful warrior and taking sacrifice as an honor.
Lu Mingfei just listened attentively. He didn't know much about the entire mixed-race world, so it was very difficult to understand.
"So no matter how we use alchemical technology to purify the dragon bone cross of this red dragon, its energy is far from being able to qualitatively change to a level comparable to that of the Dragon King.
Therefore, the Nibelungen Plan is still just a false proposition. Not only does it fail to push students like Li Yongyuan who are already super S-class to a higher level, it will actually pollute the purity of his bloodline."
"It's just that you are different, Lu Mingfei. This plan may be able to push your overall strength from D or E level to B level, even barely close to the A level."
Angers finally revealed the benefits of this plan to Lu Mingfei.
First of all, his own bloodline is strong enough, like a dug reservoir that can be safely irrigated.
The dragon bone cross is like an external water source, filling a nearly dry pool, allowing Lu Mingfei to quickly gain strength.
Li Longyuan couldn't accept it because the water in his pond was already very clear, infinitely sublimated and close to the original species.
Every medicinal bath he received in the Orthodox Yunding Heavenly Palace was actually a kind of bloodline tempering similar to the Nibelung Plan.
The red dragon's keel cross is more like smelly water to him. Injecting it will pollute the entire water source.
"It's just that once the Nibelung plan is launched, it cannot be stopped after the resources are poured out. The process will be very painful. Because it is a second-generation species, there will inevitably be impurities in the blood that cannot be screened. People who are contaminated with side effects and have unstable minds will be killed by the Dragon Clan. Infected by the violent factor, he went crazy. Are you ready? Lu Mingfei."