Sky-cracking Rider

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The reason why the second-generation rich can succeed more easily than ordinary people, aside from their family connections and economic foundations, is that they have more opportunities and the wherewithal to fail several times.

Wealthy people can afford to fail seventeen or eighteen times without it being a big deal. If they fall, they simply get back up.

But for ordinary people, opportunities often come only once in a lifetime. Miss it, and it's gone forever, never to return. And once they fail, it's often hard to recover. How could they possibly change their fate if they don't give it their all?

Therefore, the second-generation rich can produce a third and a fourth generation of wealth, while if the second-generation poor do not strive and choose to lie down or fruitlessly complain, they will just have a third and a fourth generation of poverty.

Back to our story, the Crystal Jet is still a product of magic and industry. With enough money, a family's hangar could easily fit seventeen or eighteen Crystal Jets.

However, Sky Knights cannot simply be produced by taking a turn on the assembly line. Compared to Crystal Jets, Sky Knights are much rarer.

With a Sky Knight, there's no need to worry about not having Crystal Jets.

Chen Fei, who came from a working-class family, obviously missed the point. Poverty limited his imagination.

"Wait a minute!"

A spark of inspiration suddenly flashed through Chen Fei's mind. He looked at Shen Fei in surprise and said with confusion, "Teacher Shen, you've considered so much for me, could it be that..."

He really was a university student of the new era, discerning another layer of meaning in Teacher Shen's words.

"Idiot!"

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Whether or not the Chen Family's hosted social gathering resulted in any happy developments, likely only the parties involved would know.

Those who managed to attend were mostly people with status or wealth, rich or noble, each maintaining some decorum.

If someone could get to first, second, third base, and even a homerun, finding a place to tangle up and battle fiercely in such a short time.

Then the only thing to do is wish the promiscuous man and loose woman a happily ever after.

Chirping and vivacious, Little Sister Chen made quite a few new girlfriends. They seemed joyful and could hardly get enough of each other when face to face, getting along famously. But once they turned around, they all blocked her, infuriating her beyond measure.

The others simply used Chen Meng as a social tool at the gathering, to cover for their own awkwardness and lack of fit. Once they left Meizhi Manor, they didn't want to have anything more to do with her.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

It's an indisputable truth that the working class cannot squeeze into the small circles that have already achieved financial freedom.

Nothing is absolute, because it's all up to people and what they do.

Teacher Shen Fei didn't waste so much breath directing Chen Fei for no reason. It was about giving him a relatively fair opportunity.

After all, they were on such intimate terms as to be life-and-death friends, closer than ordinary friends and similarly not entirely averse to the possibility of something more. But such matters of the heart need to come naturally.

Love at first sight, like a toad lusting after a soybean? Please, get real; that's novel reading material!

Even Teacher Shen Fei couldn't possibly naively enact a lovey-dovey tale between a rich white Jade Juliet and a poor Romeo. It would be risky business. The already intense rivalry between the Northern Weapons Industry Group and the National Defense Star Aerospace Company might escalate to a real clash.

Besides the mismatched doors and uneven households, there are many considerations and various factors behind both of them.

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With the wedding at his uncle's house concluded, Chen Fei and his family did not stay any longer, taking a passenger airship back home.

Chen Meng, who had just managed to shake off her disappointment, began beating around the bush again, hoping to glean some information about Teacher Shen to report back to her mother and seek a reward.

Now that Elder Brother Chen had successfully married the worthy Sima Xin, the next festivity for the Chen Family should logically be for Second Brother Chen Fei.

But with not even a hint of a clue, how could Chen Fei dare to speak carelessly? Was the little wretch thinking of setting up a platinum date after only a few drinks?

He understood what Shen Fei meant; keep it low-key, find the right direction to creepily grow stronger, hold steady and avoid recklessness, then think about other things once he had the capital.

If word leaked out, causing the Northern Weapons Industry to misunderstand and have a fallout with the National Defense Star Aerospace Company, Uncle Chen would have his hands full dealing with the consequences.

In the end, unable to escape his little sister's persistent inquiries, Chen Fei had no choice but to vaguely mention that he met her through a service teaching teacher in the mountain areas with an automatic rifle.

His family was somewhat baffled. With their small-town perceptions, they couldn't understand how the girl who was presumably Second Brother's girlfriend had her first interaction with their family through an automatic rifle.

What exactly did you two do that required shooting and shelling?

Pulling at a vine to reveal a melon, Chen Fei naturally refused to divulge more.

In the eyes of his family, he was the image of a peaceful mechanic, not a fighter pilot dodging bullets and charging through the skies, nor was he a rookie facing down an Evil Dragon, maybe wielding a White Steel Crowbar to fight off a menacing insectoid beast in a ferocious battle splattered with corrosive juices and organs flying everywhere. Such scenes, too grand, were unspeakable.

Regardless, his father Chen Haishang and mother Yu Xiaoyi were quite happy. Their son had managed to find a good girl even in the remote Xingdu Kush Mountain Area—one with a good appearance and disposition, who didn't discriminate against poverty or chase wealth. They would have been hard-pressed to find such a match even with a lantern. Parents always hope for the best.

Upon returning home, Little Sister Chen Meng was quickly sent by her mother to her room to study in isolation, preparing for the college entrance exams and the turning point of her life.

Having just returned from her uncle's wedding, the girl's restless heart was starting to wander again.

Chen Fei wasn't idle either. Carrying Xiao Jiu's bird nest and the little ball of feathers, he went to the Urban Monster Management Center, located next to the Psychic Management Center.

Although Xiao Jiu was likely advancing in Rank, Chen Fei still couldn't help but worry. After all, a Third Rank Pure Light Sparrow was unheard of, and he wanted to find a professional or a professional Magical Beast to confirm it.

The Urban Monster Management Center was a huge classical-style granite building. From the entrance steps to the interior, various magic arrays were engraved nearly everywhere.

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These magic arrays could suppress magic and strengthen buildings, and even self-repair minor damages, to prevent the unintended destruction caused by magical beasts visiting the center.

"Young human, do you need any assistance?"

Just as Chen Fei entered the lobby of the Urban Monster Management Center, a voice echoed in his mind, creating the illusion of someone speaking right beside his ear.

"Who?"

Chen Fei's steps faltered as he looked around, but saw not a soul within a ten-meter radius.

The voice that had suddenly appeared in his head spoke up again.

"Look straight ahead, at the sea aquarium."

Straight ahead... Wow, that's a huge fish tank.

Following the voice's guidance, Chen Fei saw a wall-sized enormous tank approximately four to five meters tall and seven to eight meters wide, housing a large fish over a meter in length. Its silvery-white scales shone under the light, and its eyes as large as bowls were crystal-clear, pale green, resembling emeralds.

Aquatic plants swayed gently; colorful schools of fish swam in formation; a few large lobsters marched in line atop a piece of siliconized wood at the bottom of the tank. The water glinted brightly with scattered bubbles rising now and then, reminiscent of a dragon's palace beneath the sea.

"See the big fish? That's me. I'm the reception department head of the Management Center, of the Sky Dragonfish species, Yu Dajiang."

Holy crap!

Chen Fei gaped in amazement – the fish could communicate telepathically, had a name, and even held an official position.

Mainly dealing with intelligent magical beasts that live and work in human society, the Urban Monster Management Center is similar to the Psychic Management Center. Its staff comprises both humans and magical beasts that possess high intelligence.

"Finished being shocked? Do you need something, young man?"

The big fish's eyes were round as it looked at Chen Fei, an intangible wave of spiritual power emanating from it.

Clearly, this psychic series magical beast fish with the capacity for mind-to-mind conversation was of no small rank.

"I'm looking for someone, or a beast, to consult about what exactly is going on with my Pure Light Sparrow."

Hurriedly suppressing his astonishment, Chen Fei promptly lifted the spherical-capsule-shaped bird nest toward the giant tank.

From behind the transparent tempered glass, the Sky Dragonfish gently swished its pectoral fins and moved closer, telepathically saying, "Oh! A Pure Light Sparrow in the midst of rank advancement, that's quite rare indeed!"

Though a water-dwelling beast, Yu Dajiang, the Sky Dragonfish, was not unfamiliar with birds. Its hobby was reading, and if unoccupied, it could spend days and nights flipping through books without pause, even through the glass of its seawater tank.

"It's not quite the same as the last advancement."

Chen Fei brought the spherical bird nest to the face of the enormous wall tank, where a ball of feathers clung close to a Light-element Magical Beast Crystal Core.

Inside the aquarium, the Sky Dragonfish twisted its body, conveying through telepathy with confusion, "Last time? What rank is the Pure Light Sparrow exactly?"

Aren't Pure Light Sparrows usually at the Human Order, First Rank?

Now and then, a lucky few might advance to the Second Rank through fortunate circumstances, but such instances were extremely rare.

Chen Fei spoke truthfully, "It's currently advancing from the Human Order Second Rank to the Human Order Third Rank."

It was because the states before and after its advancement were different that he was worried, which led him to come to the Urban Monster Management Center seeking consultation with Little Jiu.

"Huh?"

The Sky Dragonfish Yu Dajiang suddenly twisted its body, causing turmoil in the water, and the lobsters at the bottom tumbled into disarray.

A Pure Light Sparrow aiming to advance to the Human Order Third Rank – can its bloodline even sustain that?

Yu Dajiang expressed doubt.

For any magical beast, the consequences of a failed rank advancement are quite severe: at best, a significant loss of vital energy; at worst, a fall in rank, bloodline degradation, or even death.

"Is there a problem?"

Chen Fei's heart immediately leaped.

"This is quite rare! Has it taken any magic potions? Hmm, and there is a Light Beast Crystal Core, tsk tsk!"

Using its spiritual power, the Sky Dragonfish noticed the Magical Beast Crystal Core inside the bird nest and the Space System Alchemy Storage Device on Little Bird's claws – truly extravagant!

Chen Fei thought for a moment, then said, "It has taken a potion to increase its Elemental Affinity, and recently it was affected by a Light Series enhancement spell, a Third Rank 'Holy Daytime Praise'."

"Good lord!"

From envy, Yu Dajiang turned to jealousy.

All this for a mere Pure Light Sparrow – is it necessary?

Young man, is your family lacking fish?

The kind that can bless the household and regulate its Feng Shui!

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