Chapter 111 : Chapter 111
Chapter : 111
Seeing Yan Yunqing walk up to Teacher Lucy, the students below began to whisper among themselves.
"What did that person just say? He's in our class?"
"I think so, but isn't the enrollment period long past? How did he get in?"
"I don't know, is he from some noble family?"
"Even royal princes and princesses aren't allowed to be admitted outside of the enrollment period, right?"
"What's his level? Did you see?"
"No, I can't probe it. His level seems to be higher than mine."
"Really? Higher than you and he's just a first-year student, and a newly enrolled one at that?"
"By the way, Quinn, that person next to you during the exam this morning was him, right? It looked like you were talking. Do you know him? Do you know his identity?"
Someone curiously turned towards Quinn and asked in a low voice.
Quinn looked bewildered: "No, I don't know?"
"Oh!" Quinn remembered, "He did tell me this morning that he's a student of Class A, but at that time I thought he was here to sit in on a class, and I even told him to hurry up and leave."
"Does anyone else know him?"
"Huh, I think I saw him yesterday. He seemed to be with Lin Nuo, the top student of the third year. They looked like they had a good relationship."
"Could he be Senior Lin Nuo's friend?"
"Speaking of which, why is his badge dark gold? He's not the top student, and it's impossible to have an honor award right after enrolling, right?"
Suddenly, one of the whispering people had a look of realization: "Ah, I think I know. Didn't Teacher Lucy just say that this person was recommended for admission? I remember the school does have a rule for recommended admission, but the conditions are quite strict, and not many people have successfully passed."
"Recommended admission? What's that?"
"..."
Teacher Lucy ignored the students chatting quietly below. In any case, the basic practice time was only twenty minutes.
If they couldn't finish their preparations within that time, every extra second would lower their grade. If they cared enough about their final grades, they wouldn't spend too much time gossiping.
"For every newly enrolled student at the magic academy, the first class is always an elemental affinity test. This will determine the direction of your focused studies in the future."
Teacher Lucy gave a simple introduction: "For example, those with an affinity for the fire element can study more high-offense fire-type magic in the future. Those with an affinity for the water element can consider studying more healing or support-type magic."
"Of course, elemental affinity doesn't necessarily dictate your future development. Magic is a very wondrous discipline, and your future holds many possibilities."
Yan Yunqing nodded.
Teacher Lucy took out a crystal ball the size of a fist, "Come on, let's test it out."
She placed the crystal ball on a base, set it on the table, and guided Yan Yunqing:
"Place your hand on this, close your eyes, and feel the magic elements around you with your heart. Guide the most active elemental particles around you into this magic crystal."
Yan Yunqing: ?
That was a very abstract explanation.
What did it mean to feel the active elemental particles with your heart...?
Yan Yunqing tried to close his eyes as Teacher Lucy said and feel with his heart...
He couldn't feel anything at all? What active elemental particles? He felt that the magic elements around him were all pretty much the same?
Yan Yunqing hesitantly tried to guide the surrounding magic elements into the magic crystal through his hand.
Immediately, the surrounding magic elements experienced a brief period of agitation. The water Kami Beast in the hands of the student closest to them suddenly exploded.
It splashed water all over the people around.
"What are you doing!" the person next to him shrieked.
"I don't know, the elements suddenly went out of control!"
On the other side, a student holding a magic wand and controlling a flame was about to grin in mockery when the flame Kami Beast in front of the wand suddenly extinguished: "Huh?? My Kami Beast?"
At the same time, the crystal ball under Yan Yunqing's hand bloomed with a dazzling red light.
Teacher Lucy crossed her arms, and was just about to nod upon seeing this: "Mm, so it's the fire element... huh?"
She was just about to say that Yan Yunqing had a fire element affinity, but then the crystal ball turned a gentle blue light. Teacher Lucy was a bit stunned:
"Dual fire and water element affinity? That's quite rare, especially since they are opposing elements."
Before she could continue her evaluation, the crystal ball continued to change colors. A steady earthy yellow, a brilliant gold, a vibrant green...
The crystal ball was like a broken neon light, constantly changing colors, faster and faster, as if all the elements had started to fight, none willing to yield to the other.
Teacher Lucy: ???
Yan Yunqing still had his eyes closed, trying his best to follow Teacher Lucy's instructions. The crystal ball became even crazier.
Teacher Lucy was dumbfounded, and the students in the front row were also captivated by the seemingly broken crystal ball.
"Crack—"
The crystal ball finally couldn't withstand the magic elements rushing back and forth and chose to heroically sacrifice itself.
Yan Yunqing also heard the strange cracking sound. He subconsciously opened his eyes and looked up.
A crack had appeared on the surface of the crystal ball, and then the crack spread bit by bit, crackle, crackle, crackle— with a crash, it shattered.
Yan Yunqing: ???
What was going on?!
Yan Yunqing turned his head and stared at Teacher Lucy, speechless.
"Uh... is this a one-time use item?" Yan Yunqing asked tentatively.
Teacher Lucy pondered: "According to what I've always known, this is a crystal ball that can be used many times. But now that it has shattered, I'm also having some doubts. Perhaps its usage limit has been reached?"
Yan Yunqing: "...Ah?"
"But it's okay." Teacher Lucy took out a second crystal ball. "I have a new one. There was a small accident just now. Why don't you try this one?"
Yan Yunqing hesitantly took the crystal ball. This time, the crystal ball lasted for an even shorter time than the last one.
Yan Yunqing had just guided the magic elements into this crystal ball, and before ten seconds had passed, this crystal ball shattered once again, even bursting into several small fragments.
Yan Yunqing looked at Teacher Lucy, "Has this one also reached its usage limit?"
Teacher Lucy: "Of course not, this is a new crystal ball! It hasn't even been used yet!"
But as she looked at the magic crystal ball that had shattered once again, she finally realized something—
She might have encountered a magical genius that one only meets once in a hundred years!
When the first crystal ball shattered, Teacher Lucy could still convince herself that there was a problem with the crystal ball.
But when the second, brand new crystal ball also shattered, coupled with the way the crystal ball had behaved before, Lucy had to admit that the crystal ball was probably blown up by Yan Yunqing's magic elements.
Lucy was conflicted: ...Doesn't that sound a bit strange?
But the fact that Yan Yunqing was a magic genius was basically certain. The constantly changing colors of the crystal ball indicated that Yan Yunqing had an affinity for multiple elements, and just by casually guiding magic elements for a test, he could blow up the crystal ball.
Hiss—
Teacher Lucy sucked in a cold breath, her eyes filled with surprise as she looked at Yan Yunqing.
As expected of a recommended student, a rarity seen only every few decades. With such talent, how could he possibly fail to pass even a single entrance assessment?
Yan Yunqing: ?
Yan Yunqing: "...Teacher, do we need to find another crystal ball for the test now?"
Teacher Lucy waved her hand dismissively, "What's there to test? Didn't we just test it?"
Yan Yunqing was puzzled: "We did?"
"Mm!" Lucy nodded solemnly, rushed in front of Yan Yunqing, grabbed both of his hands, and looked at him with deep affection.
Yan Yunqing: ?
Yan Yunqing couldn't help but take a step back, "What are you...?"
"Although I didn't look carefully, a rough estimate shows that you have an affinity for most elements, and the degree of affinity is indistinguishable—you have an affinity for all elements!"
The students who were eavesdropping on their conversation were stunned. Was it for real?!
Yan Yunqing took a step back, and Teacher Lucy took a step forward, holding onto Yan Yunqing's hands and refusing to let go: "You are a magic genius! You were born for magic!"
"You—are you willing to become my student?"
Teacher Lucy's voice was like an aria, sonorous and cadenced. Yan Yunqing's heart pounded along with it.
When he heard the last sentence, Yan Yunqing couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Becoming a student was one thing, but why the expression? It scared him so much that he almost turned around and ran away.
However, this was exactly what Yan Yunqing wanted. He had entered Sigret Academy in the first place to fleece for skills.
Now that there was a ready-made teacher for him to fleece, Yan Yunqing certainly couldn't let it go. He was just about to nod when Teacher Lucy let go of her own accord.
"No, no!" Teacher Lucy muttered, "A genius with an affinity for all elements—I'm not qualified to teach him..."
Hey, wait, I haven't even said anything yet?
Yan Yunqing opened his mouth, about to say it didn't matter, when Teacher Lucy clapped her hands together, "How about this, I'll recommend you to a professor. He is a very powerful magic instructor, and he will definitely be able to teach you well."
Yan Yunqing closed his mouth.
Mm, that was indeed a good idea.
Seeing that Yan Yunqing had no objection, Lucy smiled and patted his shoulder, "That esteemed magic instructor is not in the academy recently. When he returns, I'll help you with the recommendation. During this time, you must study magic diligently. If you can be favored by that esteemed person, advancing to a great magician in the future will definitely not be a problem—huh?"
"You're already level fifty-nine?" Lucy was surprised.
High-level individuals could actively probe targets with lower levels than them.
Unlike Yan Yunqing, who saw the levels and names of all NPCs displayed above their heads, they could choose whether to probe or not.
Generally, out of respect and politeness, even if their level was high enough, no one would actively probe a stranger's level upon meeting them.
Lucy only glanced at Yan Yunqing's level when she mentioned a great magician, and was surprised to find that Yan Yunqing was already an intermediate magician, and was even about to advance to a high-level one.
Yan Yunqing nodded, "When I went to complete the assessment earlier, I also took the opportunity to train a bit and made some gains."
Lucy looked Yan Yunqing up and down, "Looking at your appearance, you're not that old, are you? As expected, I wasn't wrong, you really are a genius."
A high-level magician of this age was truly a rare sight. With Yan Yunqing's current strength, there would be no problem for him to be promoted directly to the third year.
However, advancing to a higher year at Sigret Academy was not solely based on strength; the final comprehensive grade of each academic year was also crucial.
Otherwise, it was truly possible for a student to be promoted to the third year right after enrolling.