Chapter 8: Cultivating Skills, Passing All Tests, Meeting Sheng Cai'er!
Looking at the gleaming golden ring in his hand, Ye Ling injected his spiritual energy into it, and his consciousness entered within. He could see clusters of golden light existing inside.
And with each glance, Ye Ling could discern the names of the skills contained within and their grades.
What level had they reached?
"Hmm, God Domain skills, and even skills like Asura Strike, which Long Xingyu created himself, are perfectly preserved within. And if I want to learn them, I can actually learn them immediately."
Looking at those clusters of light, waves of amusement flashed through Ye Ling's mind, very serious. He began to select them one by one.
"Then, let's first learn Light Slash Sword and Ascension Formation. They are introductory moves for third-rank Retribution Knights, relatively simple. It won't be long before the students arrive now; the other skills might not be learnable all at once."
Ye Ling murmured, then used his consciousness to select those two golden lights. Instantly, the golden lights emerged from the ring, transforming into specks of golden light that entered Ye Ling's body.
And at that moment, Ye Ling also understood the mysteries of Light Slash Sword and Ascension Formation, and gained an additional segment of understanding regarding these two moves from Long Xingyu himself.
Soon, he had thoroughly mastered them.
"Although these two skills are just introductory moves for third-rank Retribution Knights, they aren't difficult. This amount of time is enough for me to learn them."
Ye Ling thought inwardly.
Then, he began to cultivate.
Half an hour passed.
Dense golden light flickered around Ye Ling's body, scattering in all directions, forming an extremely turbulent radiance that enveloped Ye Ling, carrying a powerful counter-ability. This was Ascension Formation.
And after the Ascension Formation dissipated, Ye Ling also brandished the Angelic Holy Sword in his hand, swinging it in the air. Spiritual energy gathered, and instantly, an enormous giant sword of light appeared, carrying immense destructive power.
This was Light Slash Sword.
Normally, this sword strike would have to be unleashed, but Ye Ling didn't intend to cause destruction here, so unleashing it was out of the question.
"Although I have Soul Ring skills, it's best to learn some skills from this world. Soul Ring skills are too monotonous and too few."
Ye Ling gripped the Angelic Holy Sword, calculation flashing in his eyes.
However, he didn't ponder for too long but left the area, silently walking towards the main hall.
At this moment, countless students, along with Li Xin and Nalan Shu, were already standing there, intending to start the assessment to test what level they had reached over the past month.
They could sense that they had made immense progress this past month, but no one chose to test themselves earlier, instead waiting until today, at this crucial moment, to be tested.
"Jiang Hu!" Nalan Shu looked ahead, calling out the first student.
Jiang Hu could be said to be the student with the strongest aptitude, aside from Long Haochen, and also the most mentally resilient among this batch of students.
Quickly, he gripped the wooden sword in his hand and fiercely struck the testing stone.
Instantly, the corresponding spiritual energy value appeared.
[17]
Hmm, his current internal spiritual energy was a full seventeen points.
"Not bad. According to the original story, Jiang Hu should have thirteen points of spiritual energy at this time. But under the same circumstances, I helped him increase it by a full four points."
Ye Ling evaluated.
Don't underestimate these four points of spiritual energy.
Normally, this amount of spiritual energy might take them a month, or even a quarter, to cultivate.
And four points of spiritual energy represented nearly a year of their cultivation results!
Hmm, this demonstrated his strength.
And soon, the following students were tested. The lowest also had ten points of spiritual energy, passing the assessment.
Soon, it was Long Haochen's turn.
When the other students saw Long Haochen, they became unexpectedly nervous. Although Long Haochen was very serious and diligent, fundamentally, he only had eight points of spiritual energy a month ago. If he didn't make progress this time, leading to problems later...
That would be troublesome.
At this moment, Long Haochen's small face was very tense, but he didn't panic. Instead, he tightened his grip on the wooden sword and swung it directly forward!
Long Haochen understood that his improvement over this past month was far greater than that of the other students.
Quickly, he swung out.
[20]
Hmm, twenty points, a full twenty points, just appeared like that.
Seeing this, all the students present were stunned, but the person they were looking at wasn't Long Haochen, but Ye Ling, who was standing aside, silently watching the front.
How many points did Long Haochen have in the last test?
Only eight points of external spiritual energy, right?
This time it directly increased by one and a half times, equivalent to flipping to two and a half times his previous score, even more than the previous highest, Jiang Hu!
This...
Was this the result of Ye Ling's teaching?
"Twenty points?"
"He actually has twenty points of spiritual energy?"
"Does that mean I'm now a second-rank Knight Squire?"
Ye Ling murmured, a trace of excitement flashing in his eyes.
Then, without hesitation, he immediately walked up to Ye Ling, his small face showing waves of excitement.
"You deserve this," Ye Ling nodded, a smile flashing in his eyes.
Over this past month, Ye Ling hadn't just given Long Haochen Pei Yuan Liquid to drink; he had also used his own spiritual energy to help him consolidate his foundation and wash away many impurities that shouldn't have been there, stabilizing his strength.
Coupled with his own powerful innate talent, this led to the crazy improvement over the month.
But!
Long Haochen didn't know about this. Even if Ye Ling told him truthfully, it would be the same; he only believed this strength came from Ye Ling's help.
That's why he was so excited!
And after hearing Ye Ling's words, he didn't hesitate much either, but followed his words and returned to the spot where he should be.
"Hmm, the knight assessment is complete. Those who didn't pass..." Instructor Balzha was about to say something, but suddenly shut his mouth. All thirty students had passed the assessment, and Long Haochen was even a dark horse!
"Next, you can go back and rest. Tomorrow, other teachers will come to instruct you." After saying this, Instructor Balzha didn't continue but hurriedly left. Just now, Long Xingyu had told him to report immediately after the test ended, and he didn't dare disobey.
After Instructor Balzha left, the students immediately flocked to Ye Ling, thanked him, and then quickly left.
Long Haochen lingered for a few more moments but eventually left as well.
He still had things to do.
"Ai, little brother, you're really popular. Your big sister, such a beautiful instructor, taught wholeheartedly this past month, but in the end, those who came to say goodbye to me weren't even half as many as yours, not even a tenth!"
Li Xin walked up helplessly, looking extremely resigned, with a faint hint of sourness. It was unclear who this sourness was directed at.
"It's useless. The one who should have welcomed me didn't, and instead spoke ill of me. That's the saddest part," Ye Ling sighed, hinting cryptically.
Hearing this, Li Xin paused; she understood what Ye Ling meant.
Putting on a mock fierce expression, she pinched his arm and said, "Still teasing me, are you?"
However, this expression didn't last long. Li Xin looked at Ye Ling and asked, "According to what you said, after these tests are over, we can return to Bright Moon Branch Hall. When are you planning to go back?"
"Tomorrow or the day after," Ye Ling nodded.
Hearing this, Li Xin nodded. After chatting with Ye Ling a bit more, she went off to attend to her own matters.
Ye Ling didn't hesitate long either. He immediately left the Branch Hall and headed towards the forest.
Soon, in the forest, he saw Long Haochen searching everywhere for something, and also Sheng Cai'er, barefoot, with long purple hair, dressed in an assassin's purple robe, looking around somewhat frantically.
She was injured; there was a wound on her calf.
It left her almost unable to walk now.
Hmm, seeing this, without hesitation, Ye Ling immediately walked towards Sheng Cai'er's location.
(End of this chapter)