Chapter 83

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Chapter 83: Admission Test (II)

Xu Ling looked at the results with

disbelief in her eyes. After confirming it several times, she walked towards

the Dean of Card Crafting with a solemn expression and handed in the results.

“Dean, this is the results of Student Yu’s examination.” Xu Ling’s

eyebrows furrowed.

Ruan Ming Ji took Yu Jin Li’s test results and saw the big

D+ mental power level. His calm expression finally had a small crack.

He couldn’t understand, how could a person recommended by Master

Kamon only have a mental power of “D+”? This is considered the lowest level

within the entire First Military Academy.

One must understand that the admission process for First Military

Academy is very rigorous. Even more so, the Card Crafting Major, being a core

profession and the most important talent of the Federation, has extremely

demanding admission requirements.

Generally, a student candidate must have mental power of at least

B level or above to be eligible for enrollment. Even for children of wealthy

family taking the backdoor, admission requires at least C level or above.

In other words, if Yu Jin Li is admitted into the College of Card

Crafting, then he will be the only person in the entire school with a mental

power level of D.

Suddenly, Ruan Ming Ji looked at Yu Jin Li, his gaze became

tangled.

It can be easily understood that this boy, who was personally brought

in by both the Principal and the Major General and has a hand-written letter of

recommendation by Master Kamon himself, was certainly someone with an extremely

powerful backing.

In that case, even if he has low mental power, Ruan Ming Ji could

probably come up with some reasonable excuse to just let him enter the College

of Card Crafting directly.

However…

The current

situation is somewhat awkward.

Li Yiyi was someone who has prejudices against privileged students

who wanted to enter the school this late in the year. After a glimpse at Yu Jin

Li’s test results, she said sarcastically, “A mental power of only D grade? Are

you sure you haven’t enter the wrong school? The lowest level mental power in

our school is B grade. With your mental power, you won’t be able to enter First

Military Academy in this lifetime.”

Yu Jin Li was expecting to be able to fulfill his dream of going

to school and attending classes after the exam was over, but who knows why the

situation have changed. After listening to Li Yiyi’s words and seeing Ruan Ming

Ji’s expression, his high mood suddenly fell.

Yu Jin Li is actually very sensitive to other people’s emotion.

Li Yiyi’s pointing out his lack of ability and qualification, was

a blatant display of her contempt and disdain for him. It had reminded him of

that painful past where he failed the college entrance examination.

Sure enough, he couldn’t study well, he always failed his exams,

and he couldn’t go to school like everyone else.

Jiang Mo Sheng, who had always been paying attention to Yu Jin Li,

took noticed of this mood change at once. He frowned and glared at Li Yiyi with

dissatisfaction. His gaze was freezing cold, and filled the other person with

pure terror.

“Don’t worry. Little Chestnut is so excellent, the school will

rush to invite you.” Jiang Mo Sheng reached out and touched the soft hair,

while comforting Yu Jin Li with a gentle voice.

When Jiang Mo Sheng faces the Dean and

the two teachers once again, his gentle nature disappears, replaced with an

expressionless and icy look that made the three people can’t help but shivers.

They serious doubt if the person standing before them now and the person that

was gently comforting Yu Jin Li before was even the same person?

“I seemed to recall that there was actually two ways to fulfill

the admission requirement.” Jiang Mo Sheng said in a deep and magnetic voice

that was not too slow and not too fast. Although it was very nice to hear, his

tone made people not dare to have any ideas.

“The first is that the person’s mental power must be at least

level B or higher. The second is that they can produce an energy card on the

spot. A candidate only has to meet one out of two criteria to be admitted.

Isn’t that right, Dean Ruan?”

“Major General Jiang is right. Yu Jin Li will pass as long as he

satisfied one out of those two requirements. However, he has D level mental

power and is only 18 years old. How could he be able to produce an energy

card?” Before Ruan Ming Ji could speak, Li Yiyi had taken the initiative to

answer’s Jiang Mo Sheng’s questions on her own. Her eyes kept falling on Jiang

Mo Sheng from time to time.

Most of the freshmen who takes the entrance

exam are teenagers that has just came of age. Except for the children of large

family, most of them haven’t even touch a real energy card before, let alone

being able to produce one.

Some gifted children may have had professional card craftsman guiding

them from young, but even then, only a handful of freshmen could actually

produce a card before coming to school. They are all exceptionally talented and

have extremely high level of mental power.

Want her (Li Yiyi) to believe that Yu Jin Li can produce an energy

card? She might as well believe that his mental power can grow.

As a matter of fact, aside from Jiang Mo Sheng, none of the others

present, including Dean Ruan and the two teachers, knew that Yu Jin Li’s mental

power had actually grown. His mental power went from D to D+, a tiny

incremental growth.

In this world, things such as physical attributes and constitution

can be improve through physical training. Similarly, powers and abilities of

ability user can also be improve through training, albeit not as easily.

The only thing that cannot be improve, however, is the mental

power level of card craftsmen. Whatever level they received during their mental

awakening is whatever level they will be stuck at for the rest of their lives.

This is precisely the reason why First Military Academy only

recruit students whose mental power is B level or above.

Had mental power been something that’s upgradable, the Academy

could have recruited more low-level students with excellent talent potential.

With the right kind of training and sufficient leveling, the achievement of

these students will definitely not be any less than that of those with higher

innate mental level.

Alas, mental power was something that could not grow!

Due to the importance of this matter, Jiang Mo Sheng did intend to

expose the fact that Yu Jin Li’s mental power had grown over a short period of

time. As for when it eventually comes out in the future, he will just have to

figure out how to deal with it before then.

“How would he know if he doesn’t try?” Jiang Mo Sheng said coldly.

His eyes pierce all the teachers present, making them feel as if their body

were sliced by a sharp knife.

“Since fulfilling just one of the two conditions is enough, then go

ahead and arrange an energy card production test for Xiao Yu.” The principal,

Xiao Guo Tai, said in a hurry, afraid that if he dawdles any longer, he would

be frozen to death by Jiang Mo Sheng.

After all, he is too old to survive being in this ‘deep freeze’

any longer.

The principal had already spoken, so, although Li Yiyi was

dissatisfied, she dared not utter a single word. Instead, she went to prepare

the blank energy cards for the test, and her heart was full of malicious

thoughts, thinking about how Yu Jin Li would make a fool out of himself later.

To think a person with D level mental power would dared to come to

First Military Academy to take the entrance exam.

It’s simply absurd.

As part of the testing process, the school had prepared a separate

room in which the student may craft cards in. On one hand, this is to provide

the student with a quiet and undisturbed place to focus on producing energy

cards. On the other hand, it is also to prevent accidents, such as explosion as

a result of crafting failure, from affecting the audience.

At this moment, Yu Jin Li was alone inside one of the testing rooms,

while everyone else was watching from the outside through a camera monitor.

The testing room is actually very simple, one chair, one table,

and a single F-level blank energy card on the table.

The simple layout of the testing room

is probably to prevent losses in case of an accidental explosion.

Yu Jin Li glanced

at the blank energy card, but did not immediately begin. Instead, he looked

around curiously.

Watching through the camera, Xu Ling saw that there was only one

blank card, and couldn’t help but took a glance at Li Yiyi, who was in charge

of the testing preparations.

Typically, freshman who take the exam are provided with three

blank energy cards. After all, no one, not even master craftsmen who have been

in the profession for many years, can guaranteed that their first try will have

100% success.

However, Yu Jin Li was only provided

with a single blank card. Li Yiyi’s intentions are obvious.

Xu Ling couldn’t help but sighed for Yu Jin Li.

Although she sympathizes with Yu Jin Li very much, she couldn’t

fight to defend him. She might not know why Li Yiyi hates this boy so much, but

what she does know is that Li Yiyi’s family background is not something she

could afford to offend.

Xu Ling can only hope that Yu Jin Li really does have talent in

card crafting and succeed.

After observing the environment for a while, Yu Jin Li keenly

discovered that there were hidden cameras in the testing room. Aware that there

are people watching him, he tilted his head and began thinking about what type

of energy card to make.

“It’s been so long, and he hasn’t even started yet. Is he thinking

about giving up directly?” Li Yiyi sneered sarcastically. It’s just as she had

said, how could an inexperience hairy brat make an energy card? It’s simply a

fantasy.

Besides, that boy looked as if he was deliberately trying to delay

for time, and, as a result, ends up wasting everybody else’s time. In the

beginning, she should have insisted on not allowing him to participate in this

test.

However, as soon as Li Yiyi’s voice fell, on the screen, Yu Jin Li

picked up the blank card and began the crafting process without any hesitation.

The slap on her face was so fast, Li Yiyi actually felt something

burning on her face. She immediately became even more angry at Yu Jin Li.

She now fully believes that he was deliberately provoking her, but

completely forgot that he was isolated inside the testing room, with no way of

hearing what she had said.

Yu Jin Li controlled his mental power and began slowly drawing the

outline of the heart-shaped grass onto the energy card. So far, the

heart-shaped grass was the only thing that Yu Jin Li was most proficient at

drawing, with a 100% success rate. Even if he is distracted, he will not fail.

This decision was a result of much thoughts, and, in the end, he

decided to be safe and draw the shape he was most familiar with.

As he draws, Yu Jin Li thought about what his ‘golden thigh’ had

said before coming here.

“Little Chestnut, when we arrive at school, if you want to take a

card crafting test, then you should try to extend the crafting time for as long

as possible. Don’t finish it too quickly.” Jiang Mo Sheng urged.

“Why?” Yu Jin Li was puzzled.

“Little Chestnut’s ability is too powerful. You can make a strong

card in such a short amount of time. The students in the College of Card

Crafting definitely can’t match that. However, exposing yourself so much at the

beginning can easily attract the attention of others and may even bring dangers

to yourself.” Jiang Mo Sheng earnestly advised.

For Jiang Mo Sheng, his first priority is always Yu Jin Li’s

safety. He doesn’t need for the little guy to have shining achievement, but

only for the boy to be safe and enjoys a happy campus life.

Jiang Mo Sheng is aware of how competitive the culture of First

Military Academy is, as well as all the fierce intrigue and drama among the

students. He simply cannot allow these external factors to affect his little

guy’s school experience.

“Ok, I got it.” Yu Jin Li nodded. He understands that everything

Ah Sheng said was for his own good, so he was right to be obedient.

Thus, on this test, Yu Jin Li deliberately slowed down the

crafting process, drawing the lines slowly, one by one.

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