Global Superpower: I Control All Elements

Chapter 69: Promotion to Knighthood

On the other side, after Qin Feng left the alley, he headed straight for the promotion office next to the City Hall.

As soon as he entered, a beautiful female staff member walked over to greet him.

“Sir, how may I assist you?” the female staff member asked respectfully.

“I’m here to be promoted. Could you please tell me where I can apply?” Qin Feng casually inquired.

The staff member was stunned.

Someone so young was here for a rank promotion?

Could this young man have become an elementalist?

After some thought, she felt it was impossible.

To break through to elementalist at such a young age? That would be even more impressive than the top genius, Lin Tianyang, and perhaps even stronger than the city lord.

If that’s the case, it would be too extraordinary.

A genius like the city lord was unique in Yunyang Base City; how could there be a second one?

It seemed this young man must have come for a promotion based on his combat strength.

Even so, that’s still an impressive feat.

The staff member took a deep breath. “Sir, please follow me.”

Her tone became much more polite, and her gaze towards Qin Feng sparkled with admiration.

A moment later, the two of them arrived at the promotion examination area.

Inside, a rank promotion test was taking place. The scene was lively, and cheers echoed from the crowd.

Qin Feng looked at the test stage.

He saw a little girl, dressed in battle armor and wielding titanium-copper alloy twin swords, fighting an elementalist.

Both sides were evenly matched, their moves exchanged in a fierce battle, and the scene was very exciting.

Qin Feng smiled.

The little girl was Chuchu.

Her opponent was a mid-stage one-star metal elementalist.

At that moment, the metal elementalist was like a porcupine, with sword lights shooting out from every joint of his body, resembling surprise attacks. The moves were sudden and stunning.

Metal elementalists were known for their strong attacks and were not to be taken lightly; they were slightly stronger than the other elemental types.

However, Chuchu, facing him, not only didn’t fall behind, but gradually gained the upper hand.

This little girl had the strength of a mid-stage one-star.

Qin Feng was very pleased.

The onlookers were also amazed.

“Wow! This little girl is amazing!”

“Yeah! She just got promoted to a baron recently and now she’s applying for a second-level baron promotion. I thought she was too proud at first, but it turns out I was wrong!”

“Tsk tsk! Have you noticed? This little girl hasn’t undergone a combat evaluation, but her fighting skills are extraordinary…”

The crowd marveled, deeply admiring Chuchu.

On the opposite side of the test stage, there was a spectator platform.

Three examiners were sitting there, scoring the candidates.

Two of the examiners were one-star elementalists. The head examiner, sitting in the center, was an elderly two-star elementalist.

At this moment, all three examiners were watching the battle on the stage, visibly excited.

It had been so many years!

They had conducted thousands of rank promotion tests, but successful candidates were rare.

Even if they did succeed, it was after much hardship, relying on points to win.

But this Chuchu—she won her first battle overwhelmingly to gain a first-level baron emblem.

Immediately after, she applied for a second-level baron promotion.

From the looks of it, she was about to win again.

It was truly eye-opening!

“Tsk tsk! Elder Cheng, this Chuchu is really something!”

One of the examiners praised her.

“Indeed! A real talent! This little girl is definitely talented! I’ll report this to the city lord. He’ll be very pleased! Yunyang Base City has produced another remarkable talent!”

Head examiner Elder Cheng grew more excited as he spoke.

He was holding Chuchu’s profile form.

In the age section, it was written that she was only thirteen, which was eye-catching and truly astonishing.

This indicated that Chuchu still had immense potential.

At that moment, the battle on the stage changed.

A muffled grunt rang out as Chuchu found an opening and struck the examiner, sending him retreating to the edge of the stage, almost falling off.

Wow!

The crowd gasped in astonishment.

“Stop!” Elder Cheng hurriedly stood up and called for a halt.

Chuchu and the examiner immediately stopped.

“Xiao Yu, you may leave!”

Elder Cheng instructed the examiner with a smile and looked at Chuchu with increasing fondness.

The more he saw this little girl, the more he liked her.

In their line of work, they couldn’t help but feel fondness when encountering talent and potential.

“Little girl, congratulations on passing the second-level baron test!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd erupted in applause, cheering for her.

Everyone was happy for Chuchu.

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Chuchu was also feeling quite pleased.

“Little girl, come over here! We’ll handle your rank promotion now!” Elder Cheng smiled warmly.

“Thank you, Head Examiner!”

The little girl happily agreed and, under the envious gazes of the crowd, descended from the stage.

Many of these people were there for their own rank promotions.

Without exception, they had failed, so they naturally envied Chuchu.

As soon as she stepped off the stage, Chuchu spotted Qin Feng.

“Big Brother!”

The little girl happily ran into Qin Feng’s arms.

This caused the crowd to look on in envy.

This time, everyone was envious of Qin Feng.

This guy is so lucky!

To think that there is such a talented little sister.

Moreover, the bond between these siblings is clearly very strong.

“Not bad, little girl!” Qin Feng said, patting the little girl’s head with a smile. “By the way, where’s Sister Yan?”

“After she completed her promotion, she ran into her best friend. Her friend called her away, saying she would be back soon.”

“Ah, I see. Let’s go ahead and complete your promotion!”

The two siblings arrived at the head examiner’s desk.

The staff had already prepared a stack of documents and started processing the promotion.

Elder Cheng took out a fingerprint recorder, looked at Chuchu, and smiled. “Little girl, let’s record your fingerprints. This is to confirm the uniqueness of your emblem, so no one can impersonate you.”

“Okay~!” Chuchu obediently extended her finger and placed it on the scanner.

The processing of this emblem was more complex and rigorous than that of a common citizen. Impersonation was not allowed.

The staff responsible for the task was very thorough and meticulous.

After all, the time of barons was valuable.

In just over ten minutes, Chuchu’s emblem was processed.

“Lady Chuchu, here is your emblem. Please take good care of it!” Elder Cheng smiled and handed her a gold baron emblem.

This baron medal was slightly different from the one for elementalist rank.

The pattern in the center of the medal was a sword, with two stars on the sides.

The sword represented a promotion based on combat strength, while the stars indicated a two-star rank.

If the promotion were based on cultivation, like an elementalist, the central pattern would be of the respective element.

For example, a fire elementalist would have a fire pattern in the center.

“Thank you, Elder!”

Chuchu happily took the medal, then proudly wore it, causing the people around her to look on with envy.

From now on, her social status had soared, and her life was completely different.

“Lady Chuchu, this emblem is valid throughout the Southern Alliance. As long as you’re in one of our alliance’s base cities, you will enjoy the corresponding privileges.”

Elder Cheng explained carefully.

On Earth today, there were seven major alliances.

For example: the Southern Alliance, Northern Alliance, Vermilion Bird Alliance, White Tiger Alliance, Azure Dragon Alliance, and so on.

Each alliance was like a great empire, backed by a nine-star elementalist.

The alliances were both enemies and allies.

If it weren’t for their common enemy—the Starry Beast Clan—they would have fought each other long ago.

That’s human nature.

“Lady Chuchu, as a second-level baron, you’ll receive an annual subsidy of 50 million Tong coins. Additionally, there are many other benefits you can check on your own…”

Elder Cheng handed Chuchu a bank card.

The card contained a promotion bonus of 80 million coins.

The promotion reward for a first-level baron was 30 million.

For second-level, it was 50 million.

For third-level, it was 70 million.

For fourth-level, it was 100 million.

These rewards were issued by the Alliance government, not the Yunyang Base City government.

Yunyang Base City was required to pay a certain tax to the Alliance every year.

After taking the bank card, the little girl was overjoyed.

She had just received 80 million coins out of nowhere, and of course, she was happy.

Even Qin Feng’s eyes lit up when he saw this.

Getting 80 million just for being promoted to a second-level baron.

If he were promoted to a count in one go, wouldn’t that be several hundred million?

Perhaps even more?

Thinking about this, Qin Feng’s heart began to race.

He had just bought nearly a hundred demon cores and spent most of his money.

Even Lin Xue’s ring and primordial weapons had been used up.

After doing the math, he had just over 300 million left.

Now, he could start earning money again.

Besides, being a count must feel pretty great.

With an emblem of count, even the Lin family, no matter how arrogant they were, couldn’t openly go after him.

He doubted that Lin Jianhao could even imagine that he could be promoted to a count.