All of us are one

Chapter 112 Becoming Level 8 before the age of 3?

In the small garden next to the manor parking lot.

Jiang Yanming sat on a bench, looking up at the azure sky, while Li Ang beside him lowered his head, gazing down at the floor tiles not far away.

"Ah Ming, what role do you think my grandfather played in this matter?" Li Ang asked softly.

"We cannot draw conclusions without careful investigation," Jiang Yanming replied softly.

He couldn't answer that question. Judging from his previous conversations with Li Ang, he valued his feelings for his maternal grandfather highly, even considering him one of the few remaining family members.

"I think my grandfather was the one who cleaned up the mess," Li Ang said, offering his guess. "The reason my grandfather was so good to me, besides the fact that I was a substitute for my mother, was mostly because of my father."

Jiang Yanming remained silent, letting Li Ang speak his mind so he could feel better.

"My grandfather placed me in this manor to compensate me for the harm I suffered, to allow me to recover in peace, and even..." Li Ang's voice trembled slightly, but he ultimately did not voice his thoughts.

"I'll help you investigate, don't overthink it." Jiang Yanming patted Li Ang on the shoulder. "Some things, before you've thoroughly investigated them, don't make decisions that you'll regret."

"I understand what you mean." Li Ang took a deep breath and then pleaded with Jiang Yanming, "I'm mentally prepared. You can tell me whatever you find out."

"Mm." Jiang Yanming nodded slightly, acknowledging Li Ang's request.

"Ah Ming, thank you." Li Ang forced a smile. "Should I have someone take you to Long Island?"

"No need," Jiang Yanming shook his head. "Someone will come to pick me up."

"Then I won't see you off." Li Ang stood up.

Before leaving, Jiang Yanming instructed, "Don't think too much. At least until you take over the Carter family, you don't need to worry about so much."

"I hope I'm just overthinking things..." Li Ang watched Jiang Yanming's figure disappear before heading towards the manor villa.

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the other side.

Jiang Yanming left the manor and waited by the roadside for less than two minutes when a black car drove up and stopped not far from him.

"Mr. Jiang, Miss sent us to pick you up."

A burly man in black wearing a headset got out of the passenger seat and quickly opened the back door for Jiang Yanming.

Jiang Yanming nodded and got into the car, then waited for the vehicle to take him to Lucy's house.

To be honest, he felt a little unaccustomed without Leng Tong and Wang Chen by his side.

Considering that this was a four-nation alliance and he had the ability to protect himself, he did not have the two men accompany him for protection.

The vehicle drove through a heavily guarded security gate and into the Long Island neighborhood, the safest area in Crescent City, before arriving at the manor parking lot.

Jiang Yanming got out of the car and easily made his way to the greenhouse garden.

The last time he came was in June, when it was just the beginning of winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and now it's almost December, and summer is just around the corner.

Upon entering the garden, Jiang Yanming saw Lucy painting intently not far from the pavilion in the center of the garden. Her face, beneath her beautiful silver hair, was still as exquisite and beautiful as ever.

However, unlike before, Jiang Yanming has now become a Dark Energy User.

When he observed Lucy from the perspective of a dark energy user, the scene he saw was somewhat different. Lucy, dressed in a white gauze dress, was surrounded by active dark energy, which formed flowers that bloomed and withered endlessly, surrounding her and protecting the beautiful and noble dark energy queen.

"Lucy... she really is a dark energy user."

Seeing this, Jiang Yanming felt a sense of relief, but even more so, surprise.

He realized that Lucy was a dark energy user, but he didn't expect that her strength was far greater than he had imagined, seemingly no less than his cheap dark energy user teacher.

"Jiang, you're back." Lucy put down her paintbrush, turned around and smiled at Jiang Yanming.

Immediately afterwards, a look of surprise appeared in her eyes, because she sensed dark energy from Jiang Yanming!

"Yes, you're back." Jiang Yanming nodded, noticing the dissipation of the active dark energy around Lucy.

Lucy didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Jiang, you've become a Dark Energy User?"

Jiang Yanming sat down on a bench in the pavilion and nodded in response to the question, saying, "Yes, I was quite surprised to become a Dark Energy User. I didn't expect you to be one too."

"How much do you know about Dark Energy?" Lucy sat down on a bench on the other side of the pavilion.

"Not many." Jiang Yanming shook his head slightly. "I only know that dark energy users are the mainstream in the world, while cyborgs and electronic hackers are just the visible ones."

"That's right, Dark Energy users are the mainstream in the world." Lucy nodded, carefully sensing the dark energy on Jiang Yanming's body, and said, "Jiang, your talent for Dark Energy is quite good, but you became a Dark Energy user a little late."

"It shouldn't be too late, right?" Jiang Yanming said with a smile.

For him, the identity of the Dark Energy Envoy is an enhancement of his traditional identity as a cyber hacker, making it easier for him to deal with cyber hackers and cyborgs.

"It will be difficult for you to break through to level eight before you turn thirty." Lucy shook her head slightly, her words full of regret.

"Huh?" Jiang Yanming was shocked to hear this. Reaching level eight before the age of thirty?

If he's not mistaken, the level eight Lucy mentioned should refer to a level eight Dark Energy Envoy, equivalent to an ordinary top-tier expert in the Divine Martial Kingdom!

Looking across the entire Divine Martial Kingdom, only his father, Jiang Yi, had reached the pinnacle before the age of thirty.

"If I don't become an eighth-level Dark Energy User before I turn thirty, I won't have the chance to go to the academy or leave this place," Lucy said softly.

"The academy? Leave here?" Jiang Yanming asked, puzzled.

Lucy shook her head slightly without saying a word, offering no explanation.

Jiang Yanming understood that it was a secret; otherwise, given Lucy's personality, she wouldn't have kept quiet about it. If that cheap secret could let the teacher know about this, he should have told him.

"How long have you been a Dark Energy User?" Jiang Yanming asked curiously.

"I am a born dark energy user," Lucy replied calmly.

"I see..." Jiang Yanming nodded in realization.

Those born with dark energy are all quite talented, and with Lucy having cultivated dark energy since childhood, there's a real chance she'll break through to level eight before she turns thirty.

Suddenly, Jiang Yanming and Lucy turned their heads at the same time and saw someone walking quickly towards them in the garden. It was Arthur.

"Hey, Jiang!" Arthur walked over with a smile and open arms. "Long time no see."

"Arthur, long time no see." Jiang Yanming stood up to greet him and bumped fists with Arthur.

"Haha, welcome back to the Four Kingdoms Alliance." Arthur laughed as he sat down next to Jiang Yanming. "How does it feel to be back in my homeland, the Divine Martial Kingdom?"

"Not bad," Jiang Yanming nodded. "It's just that the people from my hometown are a bit too 'enthusiastic'."

"Enthusiastic? No way!" Arthur exclaimed in surprise. "I've heard that the people of Shenwu Kingdom are very conservative."

"It's not that kind of enthusiasm." Jiang Yanming smiled and shook his head; that was the kind of enthusiasm that wanted to "open one's heart" to him.