NOVEL WEB Chapter 29: The Astonished Test Instructor
Chapter 29: The Astonished Test Instructor
"Let's test your spirit power level!"
After waiting for a moment, it was finally Su Mo's turn to step forward. There was no one else behind him in line.
"Alright."
Su Mo responded with a nod and then placed both hands on the testing crystal ball.
"Level 22. You've barely passed. What are the qualities of your two spirit rings? Release your martial spirit so I can take a look."
The test instructor, after seeing Su Mo's spirit power level, spoke in a rather indifferent tone.
There was nothing surprising about it; his tone was purely procedural.
The second round of the assessment wasn't just about testing spirit power levels; it also required checking the quality of the spirit rings. Only those with sufficiently high-quality rings could proceed to the next round.
In the instructor's view, Su Mo's spirit power level was quite ordinary.
Although Dean Flender hadn’t explicitly stated it, the instructor knew that, over the years, no one with a spirit power level below 25 had successfully enrolled.
Shrek Academy’s actual admission standard was 25.
Setting the standard at level 21 was merely a way to collect registration fees.
Once again, Su Mo could sense the dismissive tone and attitude from the test instructor. He hummed softly in his heart and then spoke.
"My first spirit ring is 500 years old, and my second spirit ring is 1,000 years old!"
Su Mo intentionally understated the quality.
Buzz—
As he spoke, Su Mo actively released his spirit rings. A yellow and a purple ring immediately appeared around him.
As for his martial spirit, it was always carried on his back, so there was no need to summon it.
"What?"
"A thousand-year spirit ring..."
The instructor, who had been calmly sitting, suddenly stood up in shock when he saw the two rings Su Mo had released.
He hadn’t expected that a mere 22-level kid would have such an astonishing spirit ring configuration.
Both the 500-year and 1,000-year rings far exceeded the norm.
Unbelievable!
"Can I pass now?"
Seeing the shocked expression on the instructor’s face, Su Mo couldn’t help but smile inwardly as he asked the instructor.
"Yes... yes, you've passed the second round of the test..."
Hearing Su Mo's words, the instructor suppressed the shock in his heart and announced the result to Su Mo in a much friendlier tone.
This kid in front of him was clearly a monster!
Normally, he would have needed to verify the actual age of Su Mo's spirit rings. But seeing that Su Mo's second spirit ring was a purple, thousand-year ring, the instructor knew there was no need.
Even if Su Mo's first ring was less than 300 years old, the fact that his second ring was a thousand-year ring was enough to pass.
"Actually, you don't need to take the third test either."
"There's no one else waiting to be tested. I'll take you to the final round now."
After glancing behind Su Mo, the instructor spoke.
The third round tested the effectiveness of the spirit abilities. If the abilities didn’t meet the requirements, Shrek Academy wouldn’t accept the applicant.
But since Su Mo's second ring was a thousand-year ring, the instructor didn’t believe Su Mo’s abilities could be lacking, so he waived the third test entirely.
"Alright, thank you, teacher!"
Su Mo immediately agreed.
"Let's go. I'll take you to the final round."
The instructor smiled and then led Su Mo toward the final test.
When Su Mo followed the instructor to the last round, he happened to see Tang San and the others already engaged in an assessment with Zhao Wuji.
"Zhao Wuji is actually taking part himself!"
The instructor, who had brought Su Mo over, was very surprised at the scene. He then approached Dai Mubai and asked, "Dai Mubai, what's going on here?"
"Teacher Lu Qibin, it was Teacher Zhao Wuji who suddenly decided to get involved himself!" Dai Mubai quickly responded upon seeing the instructor arrive with Su Mo.
"It’s you! You actually made it to the fourth round!"
Dai Mubai, noticing Su Mo, was slightly surprised. It was quite rare for someone below level 25 to reach the fourth round, and those who did usually got eliminated at this stage.
"Let’s watch their assessment first."
"Wow, even someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan is here..."
"And the other martial spirit is Blue Silver Grass..."
Teacher Lu Qibin nodded and casually remarked.
At this point, his attention was entirely absorbed by the ongoing battle.
Su Mo had also been watching the fight between Zhao Wuji and Tang San’s group.
They had been classmates for six years, and this was only the second time Su Mo had seen Tang San in action—the first was when Tang San had fought the son of the Nuoding City Lord.
Tang San’s use of Blue Silver Grass, Xiao Wu’s Soft Bone Rabbit soul skill, Zhu Zhuqing’s agility, and Ning Rongrong’s support skills were all on display.
However, Su Mo’s focus remained primarily on Tang San.
It wasn’t that Su Mo was particularly interested in Tang San; rather, he envied the movement technique Tang San exhibited.
"This is the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track... It really is marvelous!"
Watching Tang San’s swift, almost ghost-like movements with just a few quick steps, Su Mo couldn’t help but feel envious.
No wonder it was a footwork technique from the martial arts—or perhaps even the immortal cultivation world—of Tang San’s previous life.
Although Su Mo knew some footwork techniques himself, they were merely combat maneuvers, nothing like the spirit-skill-like display Tang San was showing.
Su Mo also knew that Tang San’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, and other techniques required coordination with internal cultivation methods to achieve such effects, making them akin to spirit skills.
In other words, the techniques that Tang San had mastered in his previous life and now practiced in this world were essentially self-created spirit skills.
But Su Mo, having no internal cultivation methods in his previous life, couldn’t replicate them.
Moreover, just as he couldn’t create internal cultivation methods, he couldn’t create these techniques either.
Su Mo’s self-created cultivation technique was merely an enhancement of the natural path of spirit power entering the body, entirely different from Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill.
"I don’t know internal cultivation methods or the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!"
"But in the end, these techniques are now being expressed as spirit skills. I could develop something similar based on spirit skills..."
"My second spirit skill, the preliminary effect of which is lightning stimulating the body to enhance speed, could be mastered independently. That way, I’d also have a rapid movement technique..."
Su Mo’s eyes gleamed as he watched Tang San.
He was bold, but not reckless. While he wouldn’t dare to try creating an internal cultivation method out of thin air using his spirit power, he wasn’t afraid to experiment based on what he already knew.
Developing spirit skills further was something many spirit masters in this world did.
Boom—
Boom—
As Su Mo began considering developing a movement technique based on his second spirit skill, the battle on the field was nearing its end.
Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had both been defeated by Zhao Wuji in quick succession.
Tang San caught Xiao Wu, effectively forfeiting the fight as he focused entirely on her injuries, completely uninterested in continuing the battle.
"Little girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, you’re the last one left. I don’t need to make a move, do I?"
Zhao Wuji grinned at Ning Rongrong.
Seeing Zhao Wuji’s fierce smile, Ning Rongrong’s beautiful eyes trembled slightly as she quickly withdrew her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, clearly indicating her surrender.
"Oh? Another little brat made it to the fourth round?"
Zhao Wuji then noticed Su Mo.
He grinned at Su Mo and asked, "So, after seeing what happened to them, do you still want to continue the test?"
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