Chapter 10

Jie Ming frowned imperceptibly, but quickly adjusted back to a calm expression.

He raised his head and saw a girl with brown curly hair and a bright smile on her face standing by his table.

Her eyes were very lively, and she seemed full of curiosity about everything around her.

"Hello." Jie Ming responded, while looking at her calmly.

The girl's clothing was not luxurious, but clean and tidy.

She looked a bit tired, should have also tried the basic meditation method several times and failed, but the vitality on her face overwhelmed that fatigue.

As for mental power fluctuation... um, level five talent, considered above average among the apprentices he had scanned.

"Looking at your badge, it's the crucible sign of the alchemy department! Great, finally saw a peer!" The girl sat in the empty seat opposite him without restraint.

Her tray was piled up like a small mountain, and the variety was extremely rich; one look and one could tell her appetite was not small.

"My name is Amy! Amy Greybird!" She introduced herself, then blinked, and reached out her hand, "What's your name? Seeing you sitting here alone, it's quite lonely."

Jie Ming's vigilance became even stronger.

In a place where he was unfamiliar with the place, a peer apprentice with good talent took the initiative to talk to him, and her attitude was so enthusiastic and direct...

Too suspicious.

By virtue of his keen insight as a cultivator, he also noticed the gaze with a sense of scrutiny that seemed casual but carried in Amy's eyes.

"Testing? To find out information, or for another purpose?" Jie Ming made a judgment in his heart instantly.

"Jie Ming." He responded concisely, without more reaction.

"Jie Ming, nice to meet you!" Amy seemed not to notice his coldness, and smiled more sincerely, "I'm exhausted today, especially meditation! Did you draw patterns in your mental sea? My god, the texture is complicated to death! I feel my mental power is like a ball of noodles, no matter how I knead it, it won't form, and I suffered backlash several times, my head is about to explode!"

While she was talking, she picked up a piece of roast meat and ate it heartily; although she looked like she had no etiquette at all, one could also feel her sincerity; she looked like a careless, cheerful, and heartless guy.

"... As if!"

Jie Ming lowered his eyes, looking like he was eating the food in front of him without caring, but sneered in his heart.

Apprentices who still chose the Logistics Department under the promotion of the combat department were nothing more than three types: smart people who discovered the problems, those whose ancestors and parents were also wizards so they knew the situation here in advance, and waste who gave up on themselves.

Since meditation failed, it meant the other party was not a wizard descendant, and looking at this cheerful personality, she was not waste who gave up on herself, so only the last possibility remained.

Such a smart person suddenly approached him, she must have her purpose, and what she showed now was just her disguise.

Amy was still chattering about her meditation failure, Jie Ming listened calmly, analyzing in his heart.

"No, she is not testing my meditation results and state." Jie Ming thought.

Associating with the fact that he was now playing an apprentice who failed meditation, he should also be pale and tired, and listening to the other party's words, an idea popped out of his mind:

"She is trying to resonate through the same experience... just simply building a relationship?"

Thinking about it, Jie Ming decided to test it, he nodded slightly, and an approving look appeared on his face: "It is indeed difficult, I tried several times."

"Right! Too difficult! Several classmates around me are the same as me, failed several times, and their heads are about to explode." Amy continued to chat seemingly casually while chewing food, "But there are also a few powerful ones, who seem to have found the way, one of whom is our alchemy department apprentice."

"Oh? Really?" Jie Ming expressed his exclamation appropriately, "Can you enter the door so quickly? Truly a genius! It seems there are many talented people in this alchemy department."

"Seems not yet entered, just successfully depicted the first part of the pattern."

"That is also amazing, compared to that, I am really quite a bit worse."

"Actually not that exaggerated, I heard that person is a big noble, the family originally had a wizard background, must have received relevant training in advance."

Amy continued to introduce enthusiastically: "And Jie Ming, you are also very powerful, you should be the one with the highest talent among the freshmen in the alchemy department this year."

"Hahaha, thanks for the compliment." Jie Ming smiled "shyly", "But there aren't many freshmen in the alchemy department this year, right?"

He could now confirm that this girl was looking for him on purpose; after all, except for his name, he hadn't exposed any other information.

Since the other party knew his talent level, it meant she knew quite a bit, so Jie Ming also tested it slightly.

"Hehe, there are indeed only three people, but you are indeed the one with the best talent among the three of us." Amy smiled awkwardly.

"You know quite a lot, can you know so much on the first day you come?" Jie Ming asked casually.

Amy was slightly stunned when she heard his question, but still took a bite of roast meat and narrowed her eyes with satisfaction: "Hehe, I am a person... other things might not be good, but making friends, chatting, etc., I still have some talent."

She stuck out her tongue playfully, but her tone carried a hidden pride: "Everyone's state in the canteen is not very good, it's easy to chat. And I also talked to quite a few people when I was queuing for the talent assessment... after all, everyone is a newcomer, more friends mean more paths."

Hearing Amy explain her situation so generously, Jie Ming sighed in his heart: "Exposed."

Of course, it didn't mean his identity as a cultivator was exposed, but his act of playing stupid just now was exposed.

He was still a bit too urgent in asking, directly pointing out the core of the problem on the other party, so he was discovered by Amy that something was wrong.

However, Amy was indeed as she said, very good at communicating with others, and even if she was pointed out, she didn't feel the slightest embarrassment, and even quickly adjusted her communication strategy and decisively opened up.

In this way, even if he knew she approached him with a purpose, Jie Ming didn't have much resentment.

After all, her purpose was just as she said, more friends mean more paths.

Everyone was a newcomer now, there was no conflict, and even because they had to participate in military service in the future, they had common interest goals.

And Amy had also shown her "value" just now; at least this information acquisition ability was indeed very important for Jie Ming at the current stage.

These thoughts flashed through his heart, Jie Ming raised his head, and re-extended his hand with a serious expression: "Re-introduce myself, Jie Ming."

Getting Jie Ming's affirmation, Amy was even happier, her eyes curved with a smile: "Amy."