Chapter 14: Annual Assessment

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The annual assessment site.

The sun was blazing, and the school leaders stood on the podium delivering impassioned speeches, while below were over a thousand vibrant new students of Tianlan Magic High School.

At the end of the speeches, the eldest young lady of the Mu Family, Mu Ningxue, as the special guest for this magic assessment, demonstrated the power of her Ice Element Magic before everyone.

Seeing this scene, the students below the stage exclaimed in admiration one after another.

"What do you plan to do later?" Tang Yue walked to the back of the line, to Lv Cheng's side.

Over these past few months, she had been able to roughly confirm that the thing on Lv Cheng was definitely not some Undead!

Because after Lv Cheng had come into contact with and sensed her Fire Element Nebula, he had successfully activated Fire Element Primary Magic last month!

Moreover, she had also let Lv Cheng release that so-called Undead, and had come into contact with it several times.

Now, she could almost be certain that the so-called Undead was simply another personality of Lv Cheng!

A personality that had successfully mastered Lv Cheng's special Fire Element Talent!

However, Lv Cheng's Fire Element Talent did not seem like a Natural Soul Seed; it appeared to be a special talent that had never appeared before.

Therefore, to avoid danger, she urged Lv Cheng not to use his Fire Element Magic for the time being.

But this also brought about a new problem: Lv Cheng's Dimension Summoning Magic seemed to have never been successfully activated.

"What do you mean, what do I plan to do?" Lv Cheng yawned, looking like he hadn't woken up and was very tired.

"Your fire still cannot be used," Tang Yue whispered a reminder.

Lv Cheng's Fire Element Talent was too special, and the point about his split personality was very sensitive; if it were exploited by someone with ulterior motives, it would be too dangerous.

"What fire? I am a Summoner," Lv Cheng said with a straight face.

Tang Yue was stunned, "You succeeded?"

Lv Cheng clearly possessed the Instant Star Orbit talent and understood the knowledge of Dimension Summoning very clearly, yet he had been unable to successfully activate the Dimension Summoning Magic for a long time.

Regarding this point, she guessed that Lv Cheng's Fire Element Talent was too powerful, suppressing his Summoning Element Star Dust, which caused the Dimension Summoning to fail to activate for so long.

"Of course," Lv Cheng shrugged.

During this time, he had been collecting materials related to sub-dragon species; after all, the aura of those evil dragons in Hell was completely different from the dragons of this world and could not be released directly.

To solve this small trouble, Shendu had him find some sub-dragon materials from this world, such as scales, blood, and the like, to cover up and simulate the aura of an evil dragon.

Getting this stuff from the black market had cost him several million!

Just last night, Shendu successfully helped him select one—his former mount, a huge Western dragon!

Of course, for an evil dragon to leave Hell, it, like other Demons, needed to build a contract with him, and its strength would be subject to certain limitations.

According to Shendu, his current giant dragon mount could roughly be considered a Warrior-level Dragon Clan Demon of this world.

"What did you summon?" Tang Yue asked curiously.

The stronger a Magician's Spiritual Power, the stronger the Summoned Beast they could contract.

Lv Cheng's Spiritual Power was terrifying!

"You'll see in a moment. By the way, don't be scared," Lv Cheng reminded her.

A Warrior-level Dragon Clan Demon, especially with sub-dragon bloodline, could actually already clash with quite a few Commander-level Demons. Tang Yue was only an Intermediate Mage now; facing a Warrior-level Dragon Clan Demon could almost be described as an egg hitting a rock.

"Then I shall wait and see," Tang Yue smiled.

"……"

On the podium, Mu Ningxue, who had just finished releasing her magic, saw Lv Cheng chatting and laughing with Tang Yue at the very back of the line, and her unchanging expression became somewhat unnatural.

Mu Zhuoyun, who was to the side, also noticed this, "Ningxue, how about..."

"No need," Mu Ningxue walked down from the podium.

Seeing this, Mu Zhuoyun shook his head and said no more.

"The annual assessment, officially begins now!"

Following the principal's order, the school's teachers and students began to move, dividing into multiple blocks and conducting tests at various locations on the sports field.

The assessment process was simple: stand on the testing platform, and under the supervision of several examiners, place your hand on the Star Sensing Stone, concentrate your mind to enter the Meditation State, and judge the strength of your Star Dust—that is, the level of your cultivation—by the light emitted from the Star Sensing Stone.

Each person had three chances, with the best one being the final score.

The testing was random, and Lv Cheng's luck was not very good; he drew the very last spot.

"Can I cut in line?" Lv Cheng yawned.

He was hoping to finish the test early and go back to sleep.

He hadn't slept at all last night because of the evil dragon mount.

After all, this thing was not only a dragon but also a Demon, and an evil dragon that had been imprisoned in Hell for thousands of years; it didn't have much of a brain left. Although it had been beaten up by Shendu before leaving Hell and was much more obedient, he still had to tame it himself.

With Shendu's cooperation, using Fire Demon Qi and Shendu's True Dragon Pressure, he made this sub-dragon recognize its status; the whole process had kept him busy almost all night!

His basement had been turned into a complete mess!

And the magic of the Spell had been accumulating and storing recently; this was Shendu's new experiment with Spell magic, in order to be able to release the Rat Talisman magic on the Luo Pei Statue in a while, temporarily stopping other Spell magic to forcibly activate one.

Therefore, he couldn't use the Horse Talisman to eliminate his own fatigue, nor could he obtain the infinite vitality of the Dog Talisman.

Having been exhausted by high-intensity work all night, he could barely keep his eyes open now.

"Cutting in line is not allowed; the assessment is handled by people from the Magic Association, and I cannot interfere," Tang Yue walked in front of Lv Cheng.

"If you are really sleepy, lean on me and rest for a while."

"Oh, thanks," Lv Cheng didn't stand on ceremony, rested his head on Tang Yue's shoulder, closed his eyes, and in less than ten seconds, entered a state of deep sleep with even breathing.

"This..." Tang Yue was stunned.

What kind of skill is this? You can fall asleep while standing?

No, wait, did you go out thieving last night?

……

The test is proceeding normally.

In no time at all, half of the students in Class Eight had passed.

The best result so far is Zhang Xiaohou, with 3A+.

"Next, Mu Bai!"

Hearing the commotion over at Class Eight, Mu He also chimed in at the right moment, leading Mu Zhuoyun over, wanting to give Mu Bai a chance to show off.

And Mu Bai did not disappoint him, successfully obtaining the school's highest rating, 3S, and also receiving a B-grade score on the release.

However, S, B.

A strange combination.

"Big Brother, what do you think?" Mu He asked expectantly.

If Mu Bai could gain Mu Zhuoyun's favor, he would be able to obtain more family resources!

For a Magician's cultivation, the most important thing is not some talent, but resources!

As long as there are enough resources, even if one's talent is insufficient, one can still reach great heights!

And if there is no infusion of resources, no matter how high your talent is, you can only fade into the crowd!

"Not bad." Mu Zhuoyun only said these two brief words.

In his eyes, only Mu Ningxue is the only one who matters; although Mu Bai is excellent, it is only within this tiny Bo City, and once he goes outside, he counts for nothing.

"Next, Mo Fan!"

Having completed the test, Mu Bai walked down under the envious and amazed gazes of the crowd.

Just as he was planning to show off to Lv Cheng, he saw a scene that left him dumbfounded.

He saw that Lv Cheng was resting his head on Tang Yue's shoulder, sleeping!

He hadn't seen it wrong!

This guy was really sleeping!

Sleeping while standing is also one of Lv Cheng's special abilities; he can even keep his eyes open and pretend to be listening intently while sleeping!

He had seen plenty of it before!

Also watching Lv Cheng was another figure not far away beside Mu Zhuoyun.

"Ningxue?"

Sensing the bursts of chill suddenly radiating from Mu Ningxue's body, Mu Zhuoyun also followed his daughter's gaze and looked over.

"......"

Very good! As expected of this kid!

To actually be sleeping on an occasion like this?!

No! Sleeping is one thing, but what is the meaning of leaning on a female teacher's shoulder?

"Ahem!" Mu Zhuoyun coughed twice, interrupting the chill being released by Mu Ningxue.

"Ningxue, you......"

Mu Ningxue took a deep breath, "It's nothing, the weather is too hot, I'm cooling off!"

"......" Mu Zhuoyun.

Freezing things to cool off?

(End of this chapter)