Sitting in the middle seat of the proctors, a white-robed mage looking to be in his eighties sighed and said: "The legends are really true then. I really cannot believe there would be a Shadow affinity mage. And that Blue Light magic!! it's simply confusing."
On the seat beside him, an old red-robed mage said: "Yes. These two children are both quite good. They have good development prospects. You see, that one with the Shadow affinity called Zhang Ling, he's so young yet he created and trained the Shadow Affinity by learning light magic. And that Hu Ao is also pretty good. His magic control is not only quite good to be able to properly control the path of the fireball, but he's also to control energy within a hair's width of his limit. Not bad. It seems that he majors in fire magic. I'll investigate his nature and see whether or not I can pass on my legacy to him."
"Hu Ao is not bad. That Zhang Ling seems to major in Shadow Affinity. There's no one besides Zhang Ling in this world with Shadow affinity. No matter what, I must make him my apprentice."
Wow. These two old mage's magic crest, (on the left side of a mage's robe, on the chest is the proof of a mage's rank, the magic crest) surprisingly are both made from purple magic crystals. That is to say, they are two of the Tianwu continent's remaining ten magisters.
On the stage, I and Hu Ao were fighting desperately, unaware of the schemes of two magisters. At the moment, both of us are supporting our spells as if our life depends on them.
This is the first time I have used my fully strengthened Shadow Severing Sword, so I didn't know how effective it would be. The first wave of Shadow swords already met the flaming meteor. Ah. It seems my Shadow Severing Sword's power is a bit bigger. the flaming meteors were fully absorbed by the Shadows.
Suddenly,
The stage becomes scarred by our two spells. The Flaming Meteor scorched it black, while my Shadow sword became a large sword, distorting the stage, thus leaving it riddled with scars. Hu Ao's mage robe has been cut in several places, while my clothes have been burnt black in many areas.
"Boss, I'm on the point of death. Please spare me." Hu Ao weakly said. Right after he said so, all of his flaming meteors disappeared. Instead, he uses the fire shield to protect himself as he has no more magic power to sustain it. As a result of even his spiritual power being overused, he lost consciousness. I immediately ceased releasing magic power. I didn't want to accidentally wound him. If he was able to persist a bit more, I would also be on the point of death. Indeed, this fellow is very strong.
My magic power is not even a half a bit nearly depleted. I slowly stood up and walked to his side. "Hey, hey. You loathsome fellow, this still isn't enough!"
Seeing that I could still stand, the proctor on the stage promptly declared: "Hu Ao has exhausted his magic power. Zhang Ling is victorious." Hearing that I won, I felt a burst of joy.
After declaring the result, the first-aid teachers immediately came to the stage and used recovery magic to treat us.
Teacher Yu was sitting down the stage with a happy face. I went down and reported to him.
"Not bad. You're still number one. You go and take some rest."
I don't know what to say, in any case, it's this way. I closed my eyes and began meditating.
...
The next day when I woke up the sun was already setting. Teacher Yu wasn't present. I got up and stretched. Good. I went downstairs and the boss just happened to be there.
"Uncle, is there anything to eat? I'm really hungry!"
"There is. I'll get you some." Maybe the boss also knew that I got first place on the exam so he treated me especially nice today. A moment later a piping hot pot of beef potato stew is given to me. It's really fragrant! My drool is leaking out. "Thank you, uncle. I'll be eating now then."
"Don't eat so quickly! You'll choke." Seeing me already wolfing down my food, the boss pats my head.
As a result of my great effort in this struggle, the beef I acquired was annihilated in addition to six bowls of rice, a fine achievement. After this meal, I could go two days without eating.
"Teacher Yu, you're back." Just as I finished eating, I saw that Teacher Xiu is already back.
"Yes. I already went to get your admission notice. Let's return to the room now."
Back in the room, Teacher Yu gave me the acceptance notice with gold engravings.
"Zhang Ling. Tomorrow you can go register. In 1 week you will officially start attending class, but for now, you can go get familiar with the school environment. teacher will be leaving tomorrow. I have already paid your tuition fee for this semester. You must study properly. When teacher has time I will come back to visit you. For now, I will go back to Senke city and inform your parents of your great results. Afterward, I might roam around, maybe I'll even visit my house in Xiuda kingdom.
"Teacher, you're leaving tomorrow? I would hate to part with you." These words, at the very least, are half true. In this long period of time we have been together, Teacher Yu has truly treated me very well.
"As long as you properly study, that will be enough to repay teacher." Teacher Yu revealed a benevolent smile while stroking my head. From within his clothes, he took out a small pouch and gave it to me. It sunk into my hand. "The academy is a closed environment, basically impossible to spend any money. Hold onto these fifty gold coins and only use them in an emergency. When the semester is over teacher will come and pick you up."
Wow. This is the most money I have ever held since my birth. "Thank you."
"Oh, that's right. Last time we bought that magical beast egg. Take it out. The teacher will watch you hatch it today."
"Okay." I've been anticipating my magical beast for a long time. I immediately took out the Blusih black magical beast egg.