Chapter 15 Assessment
The hairband was tangled into a ball and finally tied tightly around his hair. Lin Zhusheng got out of bed yawning, washed himself with a pair of unclear eyes open, and staggered out the door.
It was already past noon and the fog on the mountain had long dissipated. He walked all the way to the academy and finally met other fellow disciples on the mountainside. Most of them were heading up the mountain like him.
It was the first time he saw so many people in the academy.
He climbed the stairs into the academy, stepped over the threshold, and when he looked up, the first thing he saw was not the familiar quiet bamboo forest, but a bustling crowd.
I didn't see so many people when I participated in the test yesterday.
The kitten seemed quite surprised as well. He poked his head out from his clothes and said, "So there are so many menial disciples."
No wonder it takes several managers to take charge. It looks okay when they come at different times, but when they gather together like this, it is very visible to the naked eye.
People were coming and going, and because they were wearing the same clothes, the crowd looked like a gray mass. Lin Zhusheng was searching hard among them, trying to find his friend.
He didn't find his friends, but his friends found him.
"despair."
He felt a weight on his shoulders and turned his head, just in time to meet Song Ming's lowered gaze. His eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth raised as he said, "You overslept too?"
He thought the person had arrived earlier, but it turned out that he was behind him.
Song Ming said "yes", pointed in a direction, and said: "The list is over there, and those who have passed the test are on it."
As expected of someone who had participated in the test several times, Lin Zhusheng nodded and followed the flow of people in the direction he was pointed.
When they went there, the peak number of people looking at the list had passed, and there were not so many people that they could clearly see the names on the public list through the backs of many heads.
Lin Zhusheng saw himself, sitting in the front position, next to his good fellow student.
The kitten stuck its head out and looked twice more. When it saw the name on the list, its eyes paused. It raised its head in disbelief and looked at the person on the list twice more.
I didn't realize that this guy who usually looks like he has an empty brain and jumps up and down and runs all over the mountains and fields actually has a pretty good brain.
"In front" is a more euphemistic way of saying it. To be more precise, he is at the very front, followed by Song and Ming.
"Little friend Lin turned out to be so amazing."
The kitten didn't say anything, but a voice came from behind. Lin Zhusheng turned around and saw several people standing behind him.
They were the buddies who had bought grass with him before. The person who was talking was standing right behind him. It seemed like he had the habit of putting his hand on people's shoulders when talking, but after testing his hand up and down for a long time, he finally put it down quietly.
He kept smiling in the face of praise.
There was a huge difference between his normal smile and his polite smile. The people whose favorability ratings were as high as 80% immediately realized that something was wrong and asked very considerately, "What's on your mind, young friend?"
Lin Zhusheng didn't have anything to worry about. He just thought about the other books he stayed up late to read but were not on the test questions.
The instigator, the kitten, already knew what he was thinking, and the moment he smiled, she crawled into his clothes and became as quiet as a chicken.
Another person also praised Song Ming who had finally passed the test, and pointed the way: "The disciples who passed the test are testing their physique over there. It will take some time to queue up if you go there now."
Waiting in line for a while is not a euphemism; it really does take a long time.
After looking at the public notice, Lin Zhusheng and his good fellow students went to the place where their root bones were tested. The first thing they saw was a winding queue.
The team was long but quiet. Several people in uniform were standing on a jade-white platform. In the middle was an old man with a long beard and a white robe.
If Lin Zhusheng remembered correctly, that piece of clothing should be the uniform for inner disciples. He had a deep impression of the old man's beard that could be braided into a braid. He remembered that he was the second elder in charge of academic affairs. Those beside him should be his disciples from the peak who were moved here to do hard labor.
The eldest senior brother who came yesterday was not here, but I didn’t feel too bad. After all, he had no gifts to give me, so it was a waste of time.
The most eye-catching things on the stage are two dark stone slabs suspended in the air. There is a faint blue light under the stone slab. I don’t know how it happened. It’s hard to tell whether it is science fiction or fantasy.
Disciples put their hands on it one after another, and a faint light came on before the stone slab gradually returned to dimness.
Lin Zhusheng had never been through the disciple line, and it was the first time he saw such a thing. He looked at it a few more times out of curiosity.
Song Ming, who had experienced it once, followed his gaze and explained, "That is Guishi, a tool for measuring root bone."
Gui Stone has a high sensitivity to root bones. During the test, the subject only needs to place his hand on it and try to input spiritual power. After the Gui Stone is activated by the spiritual power, it will glow according to the quality of the root bones. The better the root bones, the brighter the light.
The test ends when the brightness of the stone stops changing, and the person on one side will record it truthfully for judgment.
Lin Zhusheng listened and understood.
Simply put, it is the plus version of vital capacity measurement. The higher the intensity, the higher the value. The only difference is that measuring vital capacity requires people to stand up and make an effort, but this effort is useless.
Nearly ten people went up one after another, but none of them were selected. The disciples who made the judgment just shook their heads quietly, and the fellow disciples below became nervous.
Lin Zhusheng wasn't too nervous. He just watched with curiosity, and from time to time he glanced at his fellow student in the front row who was so nervous that he couldn't help but stamp his feet in place.
As long as they can reach LV2 on their own before the test, they are considered to have good physique. By just glancing at the levels, he can basically determine who can pass the test.
The team moved forward, and he and Song Ming separated and formed two rows in front of the Yubai platform.
He lifted up his clothes and stepped onto the stairs. When the number of people in front of him became fewer and fewer, he and his good fellow disciple on the other side stepped onto the platform almost at the same time.
He could see clearly what was glowing under the Gui Stone. A formation with intricate patterns all over it, slowly rotating, and the light moves with it.
Several disciples seemed to be good acquaintances of their fellow disciples. They were slightly stunned when they saw him, and then nodded slightly. The elder also glanced sideways, stroked his beard, and then looked away.
The disciple in charge of him didn't look at him for long, but turned his gaze back and asked for his name dutifully.
Lin Zhusheng gave his name. The disciple searched for a while and finally found the corresponding name at the top. He looked at it in surprise, then said "OK" and explained to Guishi: "Put your hand on it and inject spiritual power until the stone stops changing, then you can stop."
Lin Zhusheng rolled up his sleeves and tried it, and the moment his hand touched the stone, he felt a hint of coldness.
Like ice cubes.
“…”
And then nothing happened. His only feeling was that the stone was cool and comfortable. He didn't move his hand and the stone didn't glow. Everything was eerily quiet.
"?"
After seeing so many tests, although others did not pass, they would more or less get some light. This was the first time he saw a completely dark scene. The disciple standing next to him opened his eyes wide and lowered his head in disbelief.
He raised his head and made eye contact with his disciple. After a few seconds of silence, Lin Zhusheng finally raised his hand quietly and asked, "Speaking of which...how do I inject spiritual power?"
Although people often talk about using spiritual power to infuse spiritual energy, he only realized now that although he had it, he seemed to have never used it.
He studied from morning to night these days, and even treated the game as a learning simulator, completely forgetting that it was set in a fantasy world.
"……?"
Facing a pair of extremely sincere eyes, the disciple finally realized that this person was not joking. The corner of his mouth twitched and he said, "When you calm down, you can feel something flowing in your body like blood. Just withdraw it and release it."
Well, that’s a very abstract sentence. In short, Lin Zhusheng did as he was told first, lowered his eyes and focused his attention on his hands.
"despair--"
In the vastness, something was flowing silently, washing through the meridians. Like a stream, but not so calm, with undercurrents surging underneath.
In the surging waves, he tentatively and carefully borrowed some water. Because he was worried about a dam bursting, he said he would borrow a little and it was really just a little.
A pitiful trickle of water flowed out from the palm of his hand and slowly seeped into the black Gui stone.
A little light gradually appeared and slowly spread to the entire stone surface.
very good!
The first attempt was successful. Lin Zhusheng's eyes lit up along with the stone. He wanted to applaud himself, but the situation did not allow it, so he held back.
The disciples were surprised that he understood it so quickly. They felt a sense of accomplishment in teaching someone and wanted to applaud. However, the reality was that according to the judging criteria, the light intensity was not strong enough to pass the test.
He lowered his head and was about to make a note in the notebook when he suddenly noticed that the light had become twice as bright. He looked up suddenly in confusion.
——Although the attempt lasted only a few seconds, Master Lin, who has always been very bold, felt that his skills had made great progress and tentatively increased the output.
The output of spiritual energy increased, and the stone became brighter. It changed from a slow change before to a sudden brighter one. The alternation between slow and fast made people's hearts skip a beat.
[Current level: LV2 (1002/2000)]
The two points of experience that had not moved since the last upgrade moved for the first time in a long time, and Lin Zhusheng raised and curved his eyebrows slightly.
“Buzz——”
He found the operation unexpectedly simple, easy to use and a bit fun. He wiped the non-existent sweat with his other hand and was about to try to put in a little more spiritual power. As a result, he heard a slight buzzing sound next to him, so he turned around to look.
The light of the Gui Stone next to him disappeared. The good fellow disciple next door had finished the assessment. The disciple next to him said "Excellent", then asked the next subject to come forward, and the good fellow disciple left.
He chose the good fellow disciple over the one who continued to play. He looked down at the stone, then turned to look at the disciples around him. He suddenly wanted to leave and asked, "Is that enough?"
The disciple carefully assessed the situation and said, "Almost."
Lin Zhusheng added a little more strength, and the Gui Stone instantly became brighter. He cast an expectant look again.
The look was too intense for the disciple to look directly at, so he quickly replied, "Passed."
As long as I can pass, Lin Zhusheng let go of me the moment he said this.
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