“Thank you uncle.” Lan Ruofeng stood in front of a middle-aged man and said respectfully.
Lan Da looked at Lan Ruofeng with a gloomy face, and said: “This is only one time. If someone in the academy knew that I had messed with the admissions, it would be a big problem.”
Lan Ruofeng nodded hurriedly and replied: “I understand.”
“Mu Chen is just a person with sixth-grade qualifications. Although he has been promoted to master martial artist, he does not deserve your attention. Why do you want to kick him out of school? Why don’t you spend time practicing?” Lan Da said with a deep frown.
Lan Ruofeng gritted his teeth and said: “This guy is like my sworn enemy. As long as he appears in front of me, I feel uncomfortable. Besides, the clan hopes that I can get along well with Ye Shi. It’s easier to get close to Ye Shi when Mu Chen isn’t around.”
Lan Da looked at Lan Ruofeng and said: “Ye Shi is now Jing Chiyan’s disciple. If you can have a good relationship with him, there will be many advantages.”
“I think so too.” Lan Ruofeng said.
……
When Ye Shi bought the rune pens, rune paper, rune ink, and first and second grade runes available in the market, Mu Chen had already read all three rune introduction books. Mu Chen read the books very quickly. Ye Shi doubted whether Mu Chen had really finished reading the book, or was just turning the pages.
Ye Shi lowered his head. When he went to buy talisman paper earlier, Ye Shi asked the owner of the talisman shop, the talisman maker, how fast could one learn to make talismans, and if it was possible in one day? When he asked, everyone in the room laughed.
When Mu Chen was reading, he was very focused. Ye Shi did not dare to disturb Mu Chen. He propped up his chin with one elbow and sat in front of Mu Chen, watching Mu Chen read.
Mu Chen closed the last book, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly opened his eyes.
“Mu Chen, how are you feeling?” Ye Shi asked with wide eyes.
“It’s fine. I have a general understanding of talismans.” Mu Chen said lightly.
“This is for you.” Ye Shi handed over a shadow stone.
“What is this?” Mu Chen released the image on the shadow stone and found that it was the entire process of making a talisman by a level three talisman maker.
“Shi Tou, you are so smart. This thing is very useful.” Mu Chen said happily.
Ye Shi forced a smile and said: “Take a good look. This is a disposable shadow stone. This person inside has made a total of two talismans.”
“Okay.” Mu Chen said.
Ye Shi lowered his head. It cost 10,000 spirit stones just for such a shadow stone. That person sold it because he was Jing Chiyan’s disciple.
Ye Shi felt very sad when he spent so much money, completely different from watching Mu Chen splashing money. In the future, Ye Shi would not buy anything for Mu Chen.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Ye Shi remembered that Mu Yuanfeng once said that Mu Chen was very smart, and he could understand many things just by looking at him once. Ye Shi didn’t know if what Mu Yuanfeng said was true. But this time, he chose to believe it.
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Cheng Wanbai narrowed her eyes and said: “Who exactly did Mu Chen offend? Who did this to him?!”
“Who knows? He’s a bad guy. He must have offended a lot of people.” Xie Danyan sneered.
Cheng Wanbai shook her head and said: “Danyan, you have prejudice against Mu Chen. Mu Chen is really a genius.”
Xie Danyan pouted, rolled her eyes, and said: “Okay, okay. If he successfully passes the assessment of the Talisman School, I will admit that he is a genius. Okay?!”
Cheng Wanbai lowered her head and said: “No one can say it until the last moment, he won’t be able to pass.”
Xie Danyan rolled her eyes and said: “Okay, I’ll wait and see. I’m afraid he won’t even show up.”
…
Standing in front of the sheer curtain, Zhuang Yu tilted his head in confusion: “Why is Mu Chen in the talisman-making group? He’s obviously an alchemist!”
Lan Ruofeng stood beside Zhuang Yu and said lightly: “Maybe it’s because he misfilled.”
Zhuang Yu frowned, shook his head, and said: “He is too careless. How could he make such a stupid mistake.”
Lan Ruofeng nodded and said: “You’re right.”
Zhuang Yu gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and said: “It must be Ye Shi’s fault. Because of him, Mu Chen lost his mind when he filled out that form.”
“There is a possibility.” Lan Ruofeng nodded.
“Ruofeng, what will happen if Mu Chen can’t pass the Talisman test?” Zhuang Yu asked anxiously.
“Probably be expelled.” Lan Ruofeng sighed.
“What?” Zhuang Yu exclaimed: “How could this happen?”
“It’s the rules of the academy.” Lan Ruofeng said helplessly.
“I will ask Shifu for help. Mu Chen must not be expelled.” Zhuang Yu bit his lip.
Lan Ruofeng grabbed Zhuang Yu and said: “Zhuang Yu, don’t be impulsive. The academy has its own rules. Even if your Shifu is a high-level master, he can’t break the rules. Besides, Mu Chen might pass the exam. You can wait if he fails the exam.”
“He’s an alchemist. How can he pass the exam?!” Zhuang Yu shook his head and said.
Lan Ruofeng smiled and said: “The Talisman School exam is not difficult. Maybe he can pass. You just became Shi Ziyu’s disciple, and you are begging your Shifu for Mu Chen, your Shifu will have a bad impression of you…”
Zhuang Yu sighed lightly and said: “Okay. Let’s wait and see. If he can’t pass, I’ll go and ask Shifu for help, although I’m not sure if he can help Mu Chen.”
Lan Ruofeng bowed his head. Zhuang Yu cared about Mu Chen very much. Mu Chen rejected him again and again, but Zhuang Yu didn’t seem to care at all.
It was said that the harder it was to get something, the more precious it was. Was Zhuang Yu like this? Mu Chen had already taken Ye Shi. Would he take Zhuang Yu away as well?
Zhuang Yu’s eyes swept the surroundings: “Mu Chen hasn’t come yet?”
Lan Ruofeng nodded and said: “The Talisman School test is in the afternoon. He shouldn’t come so soon.”
Zhuang Yu bit his lip and said: “If he fails the test, he must be disappointed.”
Lan Ruofeng lowered his head and said: “Maybe.” Lan Ruofeng rolled his eyes secretly. Just disappointed? It would be better if he died.
……
The test in the Alchemy School is in the morning, and the test in the Talisman School is in the afternoon.
Xie Danyan finished the assessment of the Alchemy School, and was taken by Cheng Wanbai to watch the assessment in the Talisman School.
Xie Danyan looked at Cheng Wanbai impatiently, and said: “Wanbai, what are you trying to show to make me see this? Mu Chen is already dead this time. I don’t think he will show up at all.”
“He’s here.” Cheng Wanbai looked into the distance and said.
Xie Danyan followed Cheng Wanbai’s gaze and looked up, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: “He’s here. He’s actually here. I admire his courage.”
Cheng Wanbai smiled, her eyes shining and said: “I knew he wouldn’t give up easily.”
Xie Danyan folded her hands, nodded, and said: “Yes, of course he will come. He has to fight for a while.”
Cheng Wanbai glanced at Xie Danyan and shook her head helplessly.
Ye Shi stood there uneasily, and said nervously: “It will start soon.”
Mu Chen nodded and said: “Yes!”
“If you don’t pass, I don’t want to go to school here either.” Ye Shi said sadly.
Mu Chen rubbed Ye Shi’s head and said: “Don’t be stupid.”
Ye Shi bit his lip and lowered his head a little sadly.
Mu Chen reluctantly held Ye Shi’s hand, smiled, and said: “Shi Tou, do you have so little faith in me?”
Ye Shi raised his head and said: “I believe in you.”
“It will start. I’m leaving.” Mu Chen smiled at Ye Shi.
Ye Shi nodded and watched Mu Chen enter the examination room.
There were two rounds of Talisman School examinations. The first round, a written test, tested students’ basic knowledge of talismans, and the second round, talisman making, tested students’ practical abilities.
Forty minutes of written tests passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Shi stood outside the field, his hands full of sweat.
The test scores were announced ten minutes after the written test. Ye Shi couldn’t wait to follow everyone to see the scores.
“Eighty-five. He actually passed, but the score is low!” Xie Danyan looked at the score list and said.
Cheng Wanbai frowned, and said: “Danyan, don’t be picky. 80 is the lowest score to pass the exam. Mu Chen only has one night. It is not easy to score this score.”
“Passing the written test is not a big thing. Passing the actual practice is the real thing.” Xie Danyan frowned.
Cheng Wanbai frowned and said: “I don’t know if he can succeed…”
“Learning to make talismans in one day, hehe…” Xie Danyan shook her head and smiled disapprovingly.
Cheng Wanbai frowned, and said: “I heard that the talisman-making test does not necessarily require success in making the talisman. If there are only a few mistakes, it can be considered a pass even if it can’t be activated.”
Xie Danyan nodded and said: “That’s right.” However, whether talisman making could be passed depended on the instructor. Since someone could play tricks in Mu Chen’s application for school, it was hard to guarantee that they would do the same on this talisman exam.
Lan Ruofeng stood in front of the sheer curtain, narrowing her eyes. Mu Chen had actually passed the written test.
Zhuang Yu stood in front of the sheer curtain, blinked, and said: “Mu Chen has passed the written test, which is half of the success. It seems that he really has the hope of succeeding.”
Lan Ruofeng squinted and looked at the thin curtain, feeling depressed. Did Mu Chen really have any possibility of successfully becoming an academy disciple? If Mu Chen stayed behind, it was likely that his uncle would be caught crossing out Mu Chen’s name on the enrollment form. Perhaps Lan Ruofeng would be involved as well. He would never let Mu Chen stay.
T/N: Zhuang Yu blaming everything on Ye Shi is so funny to me lolll.
Again, why can’t they just kindly EFF OFF?! But then, Lan Ruofeng I somewhat understand, the people here have a strong belief in intuition, and his intuition is telling him to get rid of Mu Chen. What is with Zhuang Yu though?
Thank you for the chapter.
Zhuang Yu is simply just a child 🤷♀️
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I loose IQ every time I read the name Zhuang Yu and Lan Ruofeng, pray for me guys 🙏😔
Praying for you, please pray for me too 😭