Chapter 70

After Jie Ming completed the preliminary production of the Five-Element Rainbow-Transforming Mirror, he suddenly found himself idle.

However, he didn't have a few days of leisurely life before he was summoned by a notification from Clark.

"Aptitude test for new apprentices, I didn't expect that it had reached this point in time without realizing it?"

After hearing the news brought by Amy, Jie Ming couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Time flies; without realizing it, Jie Ming has been at Nuolun Academy for five years.

In these five years, he has grown from an ignorant freshman who just entered the academy into a supernatural being whose cultivation has reached the late Qi Condensation Stage, whose level has reached Tier 3 wizard apprentice, and who has mastered various extraordinary skills.

The sea of learning is boundless; in this huge magic palace, he has found his own unique path.

And according to the practice of Nuolun Academy, every five years, the academy will carry out a large-scale periodic adjustment: sending off the old batch of apprentices who have completed ten years of study, while welcoming the new batch of apprentices transported from other cities through selection.

Counting it up, Jie Ming has been enrolled for five full years, just at this special moment of inheriting the past and ushering in the future.

The atmosphere of the academy has become unusually lively and busy.

The huge square is decorated with lanterns and colored streamers, and old apprentices moving luggage and preparing to say goodbye to friends can be seen everywhere.

And outside of all this, there is a special group that attracts many eyes—those wizards who have returned from the front line of the battlefield.

Nuolun Academy is not only an academic holy land but also an arsenal that transports power to the front line.

After completing basic learning, apprentices usually go to various plane battlefields to train.

And in order to allow these wizards who have experienced many battles to have enough time to settle the gains on the battlefield, digest the tempering of blood and fire, and also to display them as "successful students" at the upcoming orientation test, they will be transferred back to the school for half a year of rest after serving on the front line for five years, regardless of whether the contract time has expired.

Jie Ming doesn't have much feeling about this.

He doesn't have much intersection with the old apprentices who are being sent off, and the matter of welcoming new apprentices has nothing to do with his research and cultivation plans.

Although the academy has arranged many related tasks for this, he is not interested in any of them.

Knock knock.

The door of the reception room was knocked, and Jie Ming and Amy turned their eyes and saw Victor standing at the door.

"Victor, did you also receive the notification?" Amy was the first to wave at him.

Victor also saw them, with a trace of embarrassment on his face, but still nodded slightly to signal.

After the trial in the Greyrock Realm, his attitude toward Jie Ming had changed from the initial arrogance to a complex equality.

And after hearing about Jie Ming's performance in the Greyrock Realm, this equality turned into embarrassment.

Fortunately, Victor himself is also very good at getting along with people, and quickly adjusted his mentality: "Did you also receive the news? It seems that Instructor Clark called us all over... he should be arranging the next tasks."

"Speaking of tasks..."

Amy curled her lips and whispered: "I heard from friends that the academy has arranged many boring tasks... like sending off old apprentices, entertaining returning wizards, and having to act as 'shills' among the new apprentices!"

"Acting as shills?" Jie Ming was stunned for a moment.

"Yeah!" Amy had a bellyful of bitterness, "It means mixing in the crowd of new apprentices, pretending to be very worshipful of those returning combat-type seniors, and then cooperating to introduce their 'heroic deeds.' Just like when we first enrolled, those who mixed in the crowd to introduce information about returning combat-type apprentices were basically us who were press-ganged this session!"

Jie Ming suddenly realized; he remembered the "freshman students" who vividly introduced the front-line war situation when he first enrolled.

He had complained about it at the time; so that's what it was.

Wizards are also pragmatic; even displaying "successful cases" requires arranging personnel to set off the atmosphere.

"Are these tasks mandatory?" He asked Victor.

Victor straightened his cuffs and shook his head upon hearing this: "Basically, except for contracts, the academy will not arrange mandatory tasks, but because the rewards for these tasks are very generous, most people will not refuse. Just like I also accepted a task, responsible for receiving this batch of returning wizards."

"I heard that this batch are wizards returning from the 'Shadow Plane'... it should be very difficult to entertain, right?" Amy blinked.

"It is said that the environment of that plane is harsh, and they may be somewhat unaccustomed to the life of the academy. It is necessary to introduce them to the new changes in the academy and take them to familiarize themselves with the environment..." Victor paused and added: "It also includes introducing some internal resources and channels of the academy."

"Oh, this is the task of entertaining returning wizards." Jie Ming understood.

Compared to acting as "shills," this task is obviously more decent and can also contact more useful information.

Victor comes from a great noble family and has strong social skills; it is very reasonable for the academy to arrange for him to do this.

As they were talking, a familiar figure walked into the reception room.

It was their instructor Clark, still in his unkempt, slightly bald appearance.

"Victor, Amy." Instructor Clark nodded briefly, "Are your tasks clear? Especially receiving returning wizards; this is the tradition of the academy and also an important exchange opportunity, complete it well."

"Understood, Instructor Clark." Victor immediately straightened his body and responded seriously.

Amy also nodded along the side.

"Very good." Clark looked at them with satisfaction, reached out and took out two documents and handed them over, "This is the specific task content and requirements, study them carefully."

Then he turned to Jie Ming: "You go get busy first. Jie Ming, you come with me for a moment."

Amy and Victor looked at Jie Ming with some envy, but didn't ask much, and left the reception room according to the assigned tasks.

"Jie Ming, are you still busy with your research recently?" After the two left, Instructor Clark asked straight to the point.

"Yes, Instructor." Jie Ming replied.

"Very good." Instructor Clark nodded, "I also have a commission for you here, I don't know if you are willing to accept it."

"What is it?" Jie Ming became interested.

"You should know which plane these returning wizards are coming back from." Clark said, "The unique rules and energy of the Shadow Plane are too erosive to outsiders, the front-line battlefield consumes a huge amount, many wizarding tools are damaged, and they need to be replenished and upgraded. The characteristics of refined gold are quite good materials for those guys."

"They are very likely to buy a lot?" Jie Ming immediately understood Instructor Clark's meaning.

"Not a lot, but a very large amount." Instructor Clark corrected, "Returning from the battlefield, they have points in their hands and also have realistic needs. The academy also encourages them to convert points into strength."