73. Qualification Test

"You two have been promoted to martial masters?" A surprised voice said.

Mu Chen saw Lan Ruofeng who looked complicated. Zhuang Yu stood beside Lan Ruofeng and looked at Mu Chen sadly.

"Like you." Mu Chen looked at Lan Ruofeng, feeling depressed.

The protagonist was not a cannon fodder that could be easily surpassed. Even if he took away Lan Ruofeng's strange fire and Zhuang Yu's ink stone, these two still performed very well.

However, fortunately he took the strange fire and ink stone, otherwise, he might be left miles away from Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu.

Lan Ruofeng squinted his eyes. He was promoted to a martial artist after using up several spiritual items that Zhuang Yu had accidentally discovered earlier, and the great help of his family's seniors. But Mu Chen could catch up under such circumstances. The two could be promoted to martial arts probably because of the ink stone.

If he had known ink stone was so precious, even if he took a risk, he should have asked the elders of the family to rob it. Mu Chen didn't deserve to own such a precious thing.

"Mu Chen, you look really different." Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen and thought for a while.

Mu Chen rolled his eyes secretly, thinking to himself, 'Young man, you have finally found that I am different? I have been different for a long time.'

"I'm so glad that you have finally realized this." Mu Chen said.

Zhuang Yu sighed and said, "If you had worked so hard in the past, I wouldn't have been so indifferent to you at that time."

Mu Chen, "..." Why did not he let the past go?

Ye Shi tried his best to suppress the murderous intention in his heart, took Mu Chen's hand, and said, "Mu Chen, I'm not familiar with the admissions process, let's look elsewhere."

Mu Chen said with relief, "Okay! I'm sorry, you two, excuse us."

Mu Chen lowered his head. Lan Ruofeng was excellent now, but not as incredible as in the book. There were many talents in the Saint Star Academy. Without the strange fire, Lan Ruofeng's charm has been weakened by at least half. Would such Lan Ruofeng could be attractive enough for Zhuang Yu?

As a protagonist, no one could stop Zhuang Yu. As early as when Zhuang Yu came over, Mu Chen noticed that many people’s eyes were fixed on Zhuang Yu.

 

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Ye Ming looked at the direction of Ye Shi and Mu Chen, and couldn't help but be full of shock.

Mu Chen and Ye Shi stood aside to adjust their breaths. Although both of them were quite low-key, their strength still attracted the attention of many people.

Although there are many 7-star, 8-star and even 9-star warriors who come to the Saint Star Academy to participate in the assessment, there were only a few who had reached the level of martial art master.

Ye Wu looked at Ye Shi's pink face, and couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Ye Shi looked like he was doing well. Thinking that he was in such a poor state now, Ye Wu felt so unfair.

Ye Rong frowned and said in a trembling voice, "They seem to be saying that Mu Chen and Ye Shi are martial artist masters."

Ye Cheng squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "How is this possible? The last time we met them, Ye Shi was a seven-star warrior, and Mu Chen was a five-star warrior. It's only been a few months. How can they promote so quickly. My father got stuck at the nine-star warrior for a few years before he was promoted to a martial artist master."

Ye Ming pondered for a while, and said with some envy, "The two of them must have had an adventure."

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"Mu Chen and Ye Shi are here. The two of them are right in time. " Bi Lin blinked.

"They are actually martial art masters." Qian Dongting narrowed his eyes, looking in the direction of Mu Chen and Ye Shi, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

The arrival of Mu Chen and Ye Shi attracted the attention of many people.

Qian Dongting thought for a while, then walked towards Mu Chen and Ye Shi. Bi Lin and the others followed.

"Young Master Mu, Young Master Ye, we meet again." Qian Dongting said to the two of them.

"Senior Qian, nice to meet you." Mu Chen and Ye Shi respectfully said to Qian Dongting.

"Young Master Mu and Young Master Ye, you are already martial art masters at such a young age. If you want to pass the test of the Saint Star Academy, it must be an easy task. Master Mu Yuanfeng will definitely be happy when he knows this." Qian Dongting said with a smile.

Mu Chen smiled and said, "Thank you for the nice words."

"You two just got here in a hurry. You might not be very clear about the admissions process of Saint Star Academy. If you don't mind, I can explain it for you." Qian Dongting said.

Mu Chen hurriedly said, "Thank you."

Mu Hong looked at Qian Dongting in anger. Along the way, they had also asked Qian Dongting about the admissions, but Qian Dongting had always acted impatient. But now he was so warm-hearted in front of Mu Chen, which upset Mu Hong.

Qian Dongting smiled and said slowly, "The Saint Star Academy has a martial school and an art school."

Ye Shi blinked and asked curiously, "What are they?"

Being interrupted by Ye Shi, Qian Dongting was not angry, but explained patiently, "The martial school focuses on cultivation, and the students are generally used to practicing in tough situations to enhance their strength. The fund of the students come from hunting monsters or family subsidies, while the art school focuses on cultivating students’ special abilities, such as alchemy, talisman, inscriptions, utensils, arrays, etc.”

"The review of the Saint Star Academy has three parts. The first part is the preliminary review. Students younger than fifteen years old above two-star warrior can pass the test."

"The second part of the review is qualifications. Saint Star Academy attaches great importance to qualifications. Facts have also proved that qualifications have a great impact on a person. In history, most people who can reach the Martial King's level have good qualifications. Saint Star Academy has special instruments that can test each person's aptitude. The Saint Star Academy scales people's aptitude into grades one to eight, with the eighth being the highest and the first being the lowest, and the Saint Star Academy only recruits candidates with qualifications at level of five and above."

"After passing the second round of qualification assessment, candidates can freely choose the subjects they want to apply for. Candidates for martial school have to pass the mind-refining path, and students for art school have to take the assessment of alchemy, talisman and other techniques."

Ye Shi asked, "What is mind-refining path?"

Qian Dongting shook his head and said, "I don't know. But with your strength, you will definitely not fail."

Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen and said, "Mu Chen is already a second-level alchemist. If he applies for art school, he will definitely pass."

"Young Master Chen is already a second-level alchemist?" Qian Dongting said with surprise.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Yes! He became a second-level alchemist some time ago."

 

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"What are you doing over there?" Ye Shi asked while looking at a crowded place.

"Bone age and grades are being tested over there. Although Saint Star Academy has repeatedly forbade over-age students to take the test, some teenagers still risk a try." Qian Dongting shook his head helplessly.

As they were talking, a young man who was beaten up was carried out.

"That person faked his age." Qian Dongting said with narrowed eyes.

Mu Chen frowned. The Saint Star Academy's test was really strict.

"What happened to the pillar?!" Ye Shi asked.

"That's Element Power Pillar. You can only advance if you use all your strength to punch and reach the level of a two-star warrior." Qian Dongting said.

Ye Shi said puzzledly, "I remember that Element Power Wheel is more convenient to test element power.”

Qian Dongting nodded. “That’s right. But many young people use elixirs to level up their strength. Thus even though they are two-star warriors, they don’t have solid inner strength. Candidates like them were not someone Saint Star Academy wants."

Ye Shi said thoughtfully, "The Saint Star Academy is really picky."

"Young Master Ye, it's not appropriate to say it out loud." Qian Dongting looked around nervously.

Ye Shi stuck out his tongue, but his eyes glanced around in worriedly.

"Senior, shouldn't we also queue up?" Mu Chen said.

Qian Dongting ordered and said, "Yes."

Mu Chen and Ye Shi passed the first round of tests, but Shui Qiancheng from City of Mo was unfortunately kicked out. Out of the three people from the Ye family, only Ye Rong passed the first round of the test.

Although Ye Wu and Ye Cheng had a bad feeling, they were kicked out in the first round. They were disappointed.

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As soon as Mu Chen and Ye Shi finished the test, Zhuang Yu and Lan Ruofeng came over.

"Congratulations in passing the test." Zhuang Yu said with a smile.

Ye Shi glared at Zhuang Yu disapprovingly, and said proudly, "There is nothing to congratulate. With our strength, it is normal to pass the test."

Zhuang Yu smiled reluctantly and said, "That's right!"

"Next is qualification test. Why don't we go together?" Zhuang Yu suggested.

"Okay!" Ye Shi said without hesitation.

At the aptitude test, there was a burst of consternation. They looked over and saw a handsome young man. It was Murong Yan, the seventh prince of the empire.

In front of Murong Yan was a beam of light. The beam of light shone with seven colors. The beam of light was used to test qualifications. The numbers of light beams suggested the levels of qualifications.

Admiration flashed in Zhuang Yu's eyes. Surprise flashed in Lan Ruofeng's eyes.

The mentors were discussing.

"The seventh prince is a seventh-level aptitude! Although he has not reached the eighth level, he is rare enough."

"Eighth-level qualifications have not appeared for decades. Seventh-level qualifications are the best."

"Several of the students who came for certification this time are martial artist masters. Maybe... there are surprises."

"The qualifications of the students this year are much higher than in previous years!"

 

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"Let's go." Zhuang Yu said to Lan Ruofeng, Ye Shi and Mu Chen.

"Let's go." Ye Shi gritted his teeth, feeling challenged.

Those young men who were waiting for qualification test stepped aside as they saw Zhuang Yu and other three martial masters. There were four beams of light for testing qualifications, just  each of the four. The four of them pressed their hands on the pillars at the same time.

In an instant, the light shot into the sky. The beams of light in front of Zhuang Yu and Ye Shi were in eight colors. The beams of light in front of Lan Ruofeng were in seven colors, and Mu Chen's in six colors.

There were bursts of exclamations from the crowd and it lasted a long time.

The instructors suddenly stood up, "Eighth-level, eighth-level qualification, actually appeared, and there are two."

Ye Shi and Zhuang Yu looked at each other at the same time. There were intention of killing in Ye Shi's eyes. There was disgust in Zhuang Yu's eyes.

 

 

74. Apprentices

A stream of light flashed across the sky. Two middle-aged men appeared in the sky at the same time.

One had fiery red hair, a rough appearance, a stubble beard, and a pair of sharp eyes.

The other was dressed in a water-blue silk robe, looking handsome and gentle, with a faint smile on his mouth, which made him look easy-going.

"It's Martial King Jing Chiyan and Martial King Shi Ziyu. They are here."

As soon as the two men appeared, they attracted the attention of countless people. There were only a dozen at level of Martial King, and four of them were at the Saint Star Academy. It indicated the power of Saint Star Academy.

"What a surprise that there are two warriors with eighth-level qualifications this time." Jing Chiyan narrowed his eyes and said.

Shi Ziyu smiled and said, "Yes! Both of them are versatile, which is rare."

"Would you like to worship me as your teacher?" Shi Ziyu asked Zhuang Yu with his arms on his back.

Zhuang Yu blushed, took two steps forward, and said respectfully, "I would be honored, Master Shifu."

Jing Chiyan sneered twice, thinking in his mind: Shi Ziyu was quick enough to call dibs on new pupils. But Zhuang Yu wasn't the one he was interested. So he was not angry that Shi Ziyu called first.

Jing Chiyan looked at Ye Shi and asked, "How about you? Would you like me to be your teacher?"

Ye Shi frowned. He looked at Mu Chen who was surprised to meet Ye Shi's eyes. He nodded slightly at Ye Shi. Ye Shi turned his head , said to Jing Chiyan, "I would love to."

Jing Chiyan raised his eyebrows, a strange feeling flashed in his heart. The interaction between Ye Shi and Mu Chen happened only in the blink of an eye, but Jing Chiyan was a warrior at the level of martial king. He could not miss it.

Jing Chiyan observed Mu Chen without alerting others. Sixth-level qualification was not bad, but just not bad. When did he need a new martial art master’s approval to recruit a pupil?

Lan Ruofeng squinted his eyes. He was standing beside Mu Chen, and he saw clearly the interaction between Ye Shi and Mu Chen.

Mu Chen was the first one that Ye Shi thought of when a martial king was willing to accept him as his pupil. But Zhuang Yu... Zhuang Yu didn't even look at him from beginning to end. Lan Ruofeng couldn't help but felt jealousy.

Lan Ruofeng looked at Ye Shi, and there was a strange feeling in his heart. Ye Shi should belong to him. What went wrong? Ye Shi should stand by his side and support him.

Feeling Lan Ruofeng's gaze, Ye Shi was confused why this person was looking at him like that? It was disgusting.

"It doesn't seem right for the two of you to do this." A thin-looking man rushed out and said.

His clothes were wrinkled and his hair was messy. He looked slovenly. However, no one dared to look down on him. The man was Hua Shu, one of the four martial kings of the Saint Star Academy.

Shi Ziyu smiled and said, "What you said is wrong. I know that you want to take the seventh prince as your apprentice, but neither of us has a problem with it!"

Hua Shu frowned. Before the start of admission, they had a big fight about accepting students. At that time, the three of them thought that the students with the best qualifications would be the Seventh Prince Murong Yan. In order to fight for the right to accept Murong Yan as a disciple, Hua Shu promised to give Jing Chiyan and Shi Ziyu a lot of benefits. Who knows, among the candidates, there were actually two teenagers with eighth-level qualifications.

Hua Shu frowned and said, "But..."

Shi Ziyu interrupted Hua Shu, looked at Zhuang Yu with a light smile, and said, "Apprentice, come here, meet your master uncle."

Zhuang Yu obediently walked over to Hua Shu, and shyly called out, "Master uncle."

"Apprentice, it’s your turn. You may get a gift for him." Jing Chiyan said with a sneer.

Ye Shi's eyes lit up immediately, "Master uncle."

Hua Sua looked at Shi Ziyu and Jing Chiyan, and knew that there was nothing he could do. He was a little disappointed.

 

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Murong Yan frowned and stood on the side. He originally thought he would be the most dazzling one among the candidates, but who knows, not only were two at eighth-level qualifications who completely paling him, but also one with the same aptitude as him. Murong Yan looked at Lan Ruofeng unfriendly.

"Would you like to take me as your teacher?" Hua Shu asked Murong Yan indifferently.

"Yes, I would." Murong Yan immediately cupped his hands.

"What about you?" Hua Shu looked at Lan Ruofeng and asked.

Lan Ruofeng was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "Yes, I would."

Hua Shu nodded, a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes. The best talents were picked. So he had to pick two not-the-best candidates.

Murong Yan caught Hua Shu's disappointment.

Murong Yan felt that he was like the leftovers from the vegetable market. Hua Shu came late, and he had no choice but to choose him.

Mu Chen stood aside and smiled helplessly. Among the four people tested, he had the worst aptitude. However, this was not surprising. After all, the damn writer left the best things to the protagonist. .

Mu Chen observed that a person's aptitude level should be related to the number of acupuncture points in a person's body. Those with more open acupuncture points could absorb elementary power faster. Those with eightieth level of aptitude should have all acupuncture points opened.

Knowing the problem, Mu Chen was confident that as long as he was given some time, he would be able to raise his aptitude to level eight.
Ye Shi stood beside Jing Chiyan and looked at Zhuang Yu, his eyes full of desire of killing Zhuang Yu. Zhuang Yu stood beside Shi Ziyu, his eyes flashed with coldness.

 

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Not far away, two women in brocade robes stood aside to watch the drama.

One was sexily beautiful and the other was innocently beautiful. They were Xia Qingyan and Xia Qingli, the dean and vice dean of the Inscription School of the Saint Star Academy.

"Jing Chiyan’s new pupil seems very dangerous!" Xia Qingyan said with a smile.

"The one that Shi Ziyu received, looks like gentle and fragile, but actually tough." Xia Qingli said with a smile.

"The two apprentices that Jing Chiyan and Shi Ziyu received seem not to get along!"

"They are both versatiles. It makes sense that they don’t like ach other."

"In the future, we will have a drama show to see." Xia Qingyan covered her mouth, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.

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Ye Ming stared blankly at how Ye Shi actually became Jing Chiyan's apprentice. Originally, he wanted to say hello. But now, Ye Shi was so popular. It would be inappropriate for him to flatter Ye Shi.

Ye Rong clenched her fists tightly. If her mother would have killed Ye Shi completely back then, it would be for the best. Looking at Ye Shi, who was highly anticipated on the stage, Ye Rong's heart was trembling with jealousy. Her resentment against Ye Shi grew. If she was lucky enough to enter the Saint Star Academy, with Ye Shi's personality, could she be tolerated?

Ye Wu and Ye Cheng's eyes were full of jealousy. Although they didn't know what the eighth-level qualification was, it was not difficult for them to guess from the reactions of the people that it was definitely a rare thing.

"Why is Ye Shi so lucky?" Ye Wu couldn't help but said.

Ye Ming looked at them and said, "Young masters, young lady, young master Ye Shi is now different from what he used to be. If possible, you should try your best to amend your relationship with him."

"Uncle Ming, do you want me to please him?" Ye Rong said with a gloomy face.

Ye Ming smiled helplessly in his heart as Ye Rong looked like she did not want to. Ye Shi was now the apprentice of a martial king. Ye Rong may not find the opportunity to please Ye Shi, but she didn't seem to realize this yet.

Qian Dongting stood on the side blankly, his emotions up and down. Ye Shi had actually become a disciple of King Wu.

Mu Hong frowned. When he was in the Mu family, Ye Shi respected Mu Yuanfeng very much, and he also listened to Mu Chen. Because of him, Mu Yuanfeng's status in the family would inevitably rise  in the future.

Xie Danyan frowned, and murmured, "Ye Shi and Zhuang Yu are both Level 8 qualifications. How come?”

One of these two people was Lan Ruofeng's partner. Lan Ruofeng was the one she liked. The other was Mu Chen’s partner, while Mu Chen was the one she looked down upon.

"It's really surprising!" Cheng Wanbai said in a daze.