Chapter 5

【Bored, been in solitary confinement for five hundred years, seeking chat. — Poster: Sun Wukong, the Great Sage who does not change his name or surname】

【Huh? Is this the big shot who once boasted about keeping seven beauties and later only shared his experience of tasting the peach of immortality? — Replier: Bystander A】

【Hehe, it's a pleasure to see. — Replier: Proud Saiyan Prince】

【I "beep"! What did I do to you?】

【Just seeing your name makes me want to curse. What? Bite me? I'll pay forum coins, dare you come? Oh, right, you're in solitary confinement, what a pity.】

【You deserve to be scammed by the boss of the万事屋 (Everything Shop)!】

Main world, the spirit-opening ceremony is in progress...

"Is this the second young master of the Gong family? He ranked first in both the written test and the simulation trial... Not bad, he hasn't disgraced the Gong family."

"Not at all, my son still needs more tempering. I apologize, Councilor Ba." The head of the Gong family, Gong Lian, said modestly.

At this moment, on the main stage, representatives from some of the major families in the city and the councilors of the Alliance in Duran City were all present.

Although under the strong pressure of the abyssal creatures, humans formed the Professional Alliance, it was precisely because of the rampant abyssal creatures that travel between cities was inconvenient, and in the administrative field, it was always a "local snake politics"!

As long as it did not disrupt the overall united front, the Alliance would not overly constrain these "local snakes," after all, these resource-rich "local snakes" were also important sources of professionals!

Gong Wen, at the indication of Dean Song, was the first to walk to the center of the spirit-opening array and placed his hand on the surface of the "spirit-opening" crystal placed on the central platform...

The entire Duran City only had two spirit-opening crystals in the Professional Alliance, and the spirit-opening ceremony was the most important event in a person's life, happening only once!

As soon as Gong Wen's hand touched the spirit-opening crystal, the crystal and the array flashed with a pale green light, and a complex three-dimensional rune appeared above the crystal...

Seeing the rune, Dean Song said satisfactorily, "Student Gong Wen's spirit-opening is successful! He has awakened as an elemental professional, a 'Wind Elemental Master'!"

If even the top student had failed, it would have been a very unlucky thing for him.

While Gong Wen breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt a bit regretful. Although he had said he would be satisfied if he could awaken as a 'Wind Elemental Master,' he might have had other thoughts in his heart...

The genetic traits of the Gong family were not stable. Although many of the professionals produced were 'Wind Elemental Masters,' there were also others!

If I could awaken as a 'space-type' professional, that would be great... Gong Wen probably thought something like that.

"Is this what 'spirit-opening' is? It looks so magical..." Guan Liyuan said nervously to Penguin.

Because next was Wei Yingying, whom he was particularly concerned about.

As one of the only two friends he had made in the four months since he crossed over, Wei Yingying naturally made Guan Liyuan nervous.

Wei Yingying was two years older than Zhongli Qiu and Guan Liyuan. At sixteen, she was taller than Guan Liyuan by half a head, and her development was also more mature, with noticeable light pink short hair and eyes.

Compared to Zhongli Qiu, Wei Yingying was more steady, had fewer bad tempers, and was also very considerate of others.

Half a month ago, Wei Yingying had suggested letting Gong Wen have a little fun to make Guan Liyuan feel better, but Guan Liyuan firmly refused!

As soon as Wei Yingying placed her hand on the crystal, the moment the rune appeared, Guan Liyuan and Zhongli Qiu both breathed a sigh of relief...

They were probably the only students who still had the leisure to worry about others!

"Student Wei Yingying's spirit-opening is successful! She has awakened as an elemental professional, a 'Cloud Elemental Master'!" Dean Song was still personally responsible for announcing the successful spirit-opening.

Seeing Guan Liyuan's excited appearance, the other students in the corner all regarded him as a fool...

"Cloud Elemental? It seems rarer than Wind Elemental?"

"Indeed, it is rarer, but the strength of professionals in this universe is not directly related to rarity! Many 'rare' professions are actually weaker because of the lack of experience from predecessors, compared to more common professions." Penguin clearly already knew a lot about this universe.

In a sense, Penguin had attended more classes than Guan Liyuan!

Guan Liyuan now knew that in this world, there were thousands of recorded types of professionals, but the common ones were only a few dozen, such as 'elemental' earth, water, fire, wind, and lightning elemental masters, 'base' wolf warriors, dog warriors, sword warriors, 'rule' summoners, and 'mental' psychokinetics...

In broad categories, they were elemental, base, rule, and mental.

While Guan Liyuan was distracted, the top ten had already finished their tests. When the top three all successfully "opened their spirits," Dean Song smiled like a daisy, but only four out of the next seven succeeded, making the "daisy" look a bit deflated...

"This is really unreasonable, the fourth place even failed..." Guan Liyuan said as if watching a show.

"It's already considered good now! I looked up some information before. A thousand years ago, the success rate of spirit-opening was one in a thousand, or even lower! A thousand years ago, humans gradually developed the 'simulation trial' method under pressure, which gradually improved to today's high success rate of three percent!"

Guan Liyuan had also heard of the "simulation trial." In short, all students could undergo a special trial once a year from grades four to five, similar to the legendary "game helmet," allowing students to simulate what it would be like to become a professional...

And the "simulation trial" was not easy to start, so the tuition for grades four and five was the most expensive...

In addition, some students who ranked high in exams could have additional "simulation trial" opportunities.

Like Gong Wen, who deliberately held back for four years, plus the original two years, he underwent six simulation trials, plus four more from various exam rewards, for a total of ten times!

Other normal students had undergone two to six times, while students like Guan Liyuan, who had undergone fewer than two times, numbered about a dozen, all ranking around the bottom six hundred...

Of course, Guan Liyuan's ranking was absolutely at the bottom! 606th... who could blame him for always turning in blank papers?

Among the 10th to 20th places, only four succeeded, with the success rate continuously decreasing.

It wasn't until the 24th place, Zhongli Qiu, took the stage that Dean Song and the others on the main stage refocused their attention!

A rune clearly in the shape of a tiger's head appeared on the crystal!

While the magic array glowed with a faintly brighter golden light than other successful ones, there was also a tiger's roar...

"Student Zhongli Qiu's spirit-opening is successful! He has awakened as a base professional, a 'Tiger Warrior'..."

"Wait!" Councilor Ba suddenly interrupted Dean Song.

Councilor Ba carefully examined the rune for a while... He felt that the rune and the momentum when the spirit-opening succeeded were not right!

But with thousands of types of professional runes, even he only recognized the common ones.

Dean Song could immediately recognize the "Cloud Elemental Master" and "Tiger Warrior" because Wei Yingying's family elders were mostly "Cloud Elemental Masters," and the Zhongli family was a well-known "Fierce Tiger Family," with almost all awakened members starting as "Tiger Warriors," so he had done his homework...

Of course, because of his preconceived notions, he did not notice that Zhongli Qiu's rune was slightly different from the "Tiger Warrior"!

Councilor Ba was about to flip through a guide when the head of the Zhongli family, Zhongli Hao, said with a hint of pride, "No need to look! It's not a 'Tiger Warrior'... it's a 'Holy Tiger Warrior'! Hahaha, no wonder I'm the father, he awakened directly as a 'Holy Tiger Warrior' at the beginner level!"

When Zhongli Qiu heard something like "no wonder I'm the father," she couldn't help but bare her teeth at her old man...

Gong Wen was already pale-faced. Although he knew Zhongli Qiu would definitely succeed in "opening her spirit," a "Holy Tiger Warrior"...

This dealt a huge blow to his confidence!

At the same time, he stared even more hysterically at Guan Liyuan, who was waiting in the corner far away...

Guan Liyuan couldn't help but feel confused...

"What does it have to do with me? I didn't help her 'replenish magic'... But no wonder she's a genius, even though I don't know what they're talking about, it sounds very impressive."

Guan Liyuan watched the small commotion on the main stage caused by Zhongli Qiu and was happy for her!

Even the head of the Gong family, who usually had a poor relationship with the Zhongli family, was now considering whether to ease the relationship with the Zhongli family, as the Zhongli family had come to their door for something before...

The councilors and family heads on the main stage were not monkeys, and they naturally wouldn't put on a monkey show. Although they were shocked, they wouldn't show it to the other students. Apart from the initial few sentences, no one could hear what they were saying.

The "spirit-opening ceremony" continued, and in the end, only 14 out of the top 100 students succeeded!

Among the 100th to 300th places, four more succeeded, and among the 300th to 600th places, two more succeeded...

These few who succeeded were so happy they almost jumped, and they were repeatedly showered with jealous glares!

If there were no security personnel, they would definitely be attacked by the students who ranked high but failed...

Just as the 20th successful student appeared, Dean Song also breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly meeting his expectations.

At this moment, the councilors and family heads on the main stage were already somewhat perfunctory, either closing their eyes to rest or chatting with others, especially the head of the Zhongli family, who had become a hot potato...

Finally, it was Guan Liyuan's turn to go on stage...

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