Free Web NovelZhang Yike nodded in agreement. He didn't have much of a good impression of Lin Su, who was rumored to be 'a child only found in heaven'.
Zhang Yike's family was among the third batch of immigrants to Green Field Star, with their ancestral home in Longhua Country's Shengyan region. He was already eight years old when they immigrated, so he had an impression of Longhua Country.
And because of the teachings of his elders, he retained a deep sense of belonging.
Therefore, he naturally disliked people like Lin Su who would leech off his homeland's peerless genius and then step all over them.
"But with 304 steles lit, I can't in good conscience say he's a fool."
Although Lin Su and the family behind him were shameless, he himself did possess some talent.
Qian Bingning nodded silently.
Although he was the creator of the highest record in the second round, Lin Su's score was still a very obvious distance from his, but to be fair, anyone who could light up 300 steles in the Thousand Stele Forest was a genius.
At this moment, Mingxi walked into their line of sight.
To facilitate observation and information mastery for teachers and students, each floor of the lookout tower was equipped with exclusive electronic screens.
During each enrollment assessment season, the screen would display the basic information of new students entering the Thousand Stele Forest.
The two subconsciously glanced at it.
"12th Batch New Student: Yan Luoxi"
"Gender: Female"
"Nationality: Blue Star, Dragonflower Country"
"Age: 18 years old"
"Beast Tamers Level: E-level"
"Pet Beasts: Ruiji Mibi Min; Crescent White"
"Initial Assessment Score: 1 white leaf radiance"
"Is the admissions office sick this year? What kind of garbage can get into our school now?"
Zhang Yike and Qian Bingning simultaneously looked down at the floor below. That remark had been shouted from downstairs.
The two exchanged glances.
"1 white, this score..."
Zhang Yike had some understanding of the school's inspection team.
In recent years, more and more students have been applying to their school, and their overall quality has been getting higher and higher. Therefore, the inspection team rarely gives initial assessments lower than 2 white.
At least, as far as he knew, there hadn't been a single new student with an initial assessment of 1 white in the past three years.
He didn't expect one to appear this year.
"Someone played dirty," Qian Bingning said to the point.
Zhang Yike agreed deeply, "Hmm, it's probably someone they offended. The inspection team's methods are getting dirtier and dirtier. Sometimes I really look forward to them messing up."
"From Blue Star, Dragonflower Country, could it be the Mielan Society's doing? That's not right either, those lunatics from the Mielan Society only target the third round, they look down on the second round, haha."
"This Junior couldn't have already offended the local dignitaries of Green Field Star just by arriving, could she?"
Qian Bingning's brow didn't even twitch; he wasn't interested in guessing other people's private affairs.
He only said, "Even if they tamper with it, it won't be a big change. This Junior's original initial assessment shouldn't have been too high either."
Zhang Yike agreed with this point.
Xianzong University's inspection team had considerable power, but they were also subject to the school management committee and the school supervisory committee, so they couldn't control everything.
Therefore, even if they were bribed and tampered with a new student's initial assessment score for personal gain, the change would absolutely not be significant.
If that new student's performance in the second and third rounds showed a complete reversal from the initial assessment, it's not certain if the school management committee would be enraged, but the school supervisory committee would definitely investigate.
At that time, those who tampered with it would definitely face severe consequences.
"She's gone in. I wish her luck, hope she doesn't get a zero," Zhang Yike said with a sigh.
Qian Bingning, on the other hand, silently rolled his eyes.
"Huh? Why is she standing still? Did she give up?"
At this moment, Mingxi, the center of attention, was silently releasing her mental energy threads.
She didn't know what was going on with this Thousand Stele Forest, nor did she know the principle of the steles lighting up. She just instinctively wanted to break the static state of this area.
Stillness was fine.
But absolute stillness was not.
It gave her a sense of unease, like being in a vacuum.
"Rustle..."
Invisible mental energy threads broke through layers of space, like a soft-bristled comb, combing through everything around her.
Mingxi could clearly feel that the air began to flow.
Like ripples, spreading out in layers.
"Buzz!"
The stele closest to Mingxi suddenly lit up like a light bulb, and white characters appeared on it.
The first stele lit up.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!..."
Before everyone could be surprised, they saw all the steles within a hundred meters of Mingxi light up almost at the same time.
Mingxi naturally noticed this scene. She was releasing mental energy, not releasing it with her eyes closed.
As expected?
Li Tangtang had said that the best way to make the steles light up was to touch them, which was why the assessment time was so important.
Mingxi judged that the reason the steles lit up was probably because they 'moved'.
To be precise, to make the steles glow, one must break the static state of their surroundings!
Touching or approaching them could make the steles glow, which should be related to the mental energy that Beast Tamers naturally emit.
So touching the stele was not the key.
The 1-minute assessment time didn't allow Mingxi to think too much.
She didn't hesitate at all. Before, it was just a test, but now she was unleashing her power without reservation!
At this moment, she almost released all the mental energy in her mental sea.
Countless mental energy threads poured out towards the stele forest ahead.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!..."
The steles ahead lit up like dominoes, one after another.
The speed /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ was astonishing.
So astonishing that after a few seconds, it was no longer one by one, but in patches.
At this moment, everyone who saw this scene was stunned.
"Holy crap!"
When you need to use a book, you regret not reading enough; one exclamation of 'holy crap' suffices for everything.
"Damn!"
Look at the scenery, beautiful as a painting, I originally wanted to give 'damn' to the world.
Of course, there were also realists.
"How many have lit up already?"
Don't ask, because it's not over yet.
This new student named Yan Luoxi only had 1 minute for the assessment, and the countdown displayed on the screen still showed 17 seconds.
And now, more than half of the entire Thousand Stele Forest had already lit up, with only the area farthest from the girl remaining dark.
The lit steles had already exceeded 500.
Thump-thump.
At this moment, everyone's heart couldn't help but beat faster.
"No way?!"
"Still lighting up!"
"10 seconds left, 9 seconds... 7 seconds..."
"Only 18 steles haven't lit up yet!"
"My goodness, could it be... all of them will light up?"
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"Buzz!"
When the countdown reached its final 3 seconds, the entire Thousand Stele Forest lit up, and the glowing inscriptions on each stele vibrated simultaneously, as if echoing each other.
The originally dark and cold stele forest seemed to have completely transformed, even the aura it emitted changed.
It became sacred and bright.
Filled with a sense of sanctity.
"This is... the Thousand Stele Forest?!"
All the teachers and students of Xianzong University, including the new students waiting outside the Thousand Stele Forest, were shocked.
This was the Thousand Stele Forest!
The true Thousand Stele Forest!
