Chapter 209
“Fellow citizens, did you see it? This young boy is the new National Treasure candidate of South Korea!”
“Even globally, it’s rare for a minor to claim candidate status via a formal exam. Not to mention, the difficulty of this exam was preposterously high...”
There were two ways to become a National Treasure candidate: One was to pass a National Treasure candidate exam. The other was to awaken the Bloodline Skill of a ducal family.
Shinra Kyeong and Loren belonged to the latter. The power of their bloodlines all but guaranteed transcending in the future. Thus, their respective countries bestowed candidacy without the need for an exam; the gesture was a show of deference to ducal families. After all, no matter where in the world, ducal families were those revered by the people and relied on by the government. And one thing was for sure: the countries that survived to the present day hadn’t done so by putting on airs before the aristocracy—the Kang family was a rare exception, and even then, the final price paid was yet to be seen.
In any case, the National Treasure candidate examination was the path for those without a ducal family’s Bloodline Skill.
Those who took the exam had to prove themselves with their own hands and feet before the nation. Naturally, the exam’s conditions were stringent, pinning young applicants against an S-class examiner.
Few people succeeded—and yet Jae-Hyeok had not only succeeded but achieved overwhelming victories one after another. He’d fought Ji Cheon-Myeong and even contested Ji Cheon-Myeong’s tribulation, killing the former and conquering the latter with a grace deserving of the title young transcendent.
Currently, Jae-Hyeok made his way off stage, directly ignoring the Association’s formal appointment procedures.
Technically, the Association could kick up a fuss and withhold Jae-Hyeok’s official candidate status. But in the hearts of Koreans watching across the nation, Jae-Hyeok was already a National Treasure candidate—and they would protest with united fury if some dusty rule said otherwise.
So just like that, a sixteen-year-old boy created history.
“Wow. The more I look, the more beautiful his face is.”
“Haha, Indeed. I’m thrilled just imagining Kang Jae-Hyeok becoming the face of South Korea in the future...”