While Jin was walking toward the mirror, a large, bald young man stopped him and whispered words that made Jin's face change.
Unusually, Jin's eyes turned red with anger as he clenched his fist so tightly that his nails were embedded inside his palm.
"Are you okay? Your eyes are red." Zi Yun asked, who noticed Jin's anger, but he faked a smile and thought.
'I'm sure I'm fine, but it won't be the same for this bald one.' Jin stood in front of the mirror, but his mind was thinking about the bald person.
This bald person, who was a student in the academy, said something that made Jin's blood boil.
"Mister Shen Liu doesn't want to lose the bet, so you should withdraw from this test immediately. I'll give you five minutes to think about it because I'll be heading towards the Green Hill Village in the sixth minute. I heard there was a lovely blind lady who lives there."
The bald young man licked his upper lip and added in a lustful tone."What can I say other than that I adore old ladies, don't worry, I'll make sure to take good care of her."
His words were not an empty threat. With his life experience, Jin could sense how determined this punk was in carrying out his threat.
Over a month ago, a young nobleman named Shen Liu came to Green Hill Village with an old person to investigate the murder case of Noble Munro and ended up making a bet with Jin, the Red Cube, in exchange for Autumn Leaf skill. Shen Liu was confident that he would win the bet, and even if he lost, the red cube was not that important to him.
But a few days ago, rumors reached him about an important person in the kingdom, collecting red cubes. The last thing he wants now is to lose his cube before he knows the cube secret due to a moment of indiscretion. So he assigned the huge youth named Tang to get rid of Jin during the first exam. And indeed, Tang sent someone after Jin, but he came back with the news of Jin using the red eagle to pass the exam. So Tang had no choice but to come here by himself.
Jin stood in front of the mirror, staring at the reflection that appeared in front of him, but suddenly everything around him became a thick white mist. Then, amidst the fog, there was a sound.
Jin heard a sweet voice, but this voice was not speech. Instead, it was closer to a musical note.
*** nana na nana na ***
The tune was repeated, but somehow he could understand it and even talk to it. "My deviless, nice to meet you"
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Jin was still standing in front of the mirror, everyone staring at him silently waiting to see his result. His qi energy reached seventy points, while two stars on the left flashed. The lady nodded her head and said. "Very good; try gathering your mana to see if you can show the third star."
Jin did what she said, and the seventy points in his qi energy began to drop. Then someone asked. "Isn't seventy points too high for someone in the middle of the evolution realm? But why is it going down now?"
His friend replied as he stared at the third star that had just appeared. "I have no idea, but the more important question is what exactly is this spirit form he has?"
The man pointed to the mirror, where everyone was staring at the spirit form that was finally appeared on its surface, without anyone knowing what it was.
Some began whispering and mocking the spirit form that appeared. Some even dared to call it garbage. Finally, the lady spoke.
"It's amazing results for someone on your level, but I'm sorry, it's an unknown spirit form, your spirit form is... a ball... it's just a silver ball. I'm sorry, but you failed the entrance exam."
The lady did not ask Jin to leave and continued to speak.
"Although your mana has reached the three stars, you cannot become a mage without a magical spirit form. You have to raise your qi energy power and join next year as a warrior."
Jin indeed fulfills the condition of three stars for magicians. However, there is a second condition for magicians: to possess one of the two magical spirit forms.
The unknown spirit form is a nightmare for every student. Without a growth technique, the owner of the unknown spirit form will suffer from slow progress in raising his level. If he somehow manages to break through into the law realm, his training speed will improve, but it was not that easy. Most of them end up in the late soul realm and couldn't break through to the law realm.
Many were overwhelmed with sorrow, especially his friend Du Bai and the ones he helped them before in their problem with the magic seals. Many people wanted to comfort him but couldn't find the right words to say. While some were sad, more people tried to hold their laugh and mumble mockingly at Jin and his silver ball.
Du Bai started to boil in anger and felt the urge to hit them. His heart was heartbroken for his friend. But, suddenly, a loud happy scream came from Jin's mouth.
"Wow, it's the best spirit form I could have ever asked for, warrior, sign me up as a warrior."
The shock silenced everyone. Jin just failed the exam, so why was he so excited now about his unknown spirit form? Some thought that the shock from failing the exam was driving him crazy, but someone's voice made everyone stare in the mirror again.
"What's going on? Why are the results changing?"
Everyone stared at the mirror. The results were actually changing. The numbers of his qi energy started to rise insanely until it reached a hundred points. It was a bit surprising. Jin was in the middle of the evolution realm, and getting a hundred points was impossible. It was obvious that he signed up to become a mage. But their surprise was nothing compared to Zi Yun, who froze while staring in disbelief at what was happening in the mirror.
Someone shouted, alerting everyone.
"No way, the mana stars have disappeared. He has converted all the mana in his body into qi energy. Even the first star, which represents the primary mana, has turned into qi energy."
Everyone was born with one-star magic energy, called primary mana. No matter how many elixirs a person uses to enhance their mana, two stars are the most a person can achieve. Even those born with higher mana power than others couldn't break this rule. Only when reaching the third star with the help of magical spirit form would a person be able to gather the mana from nature to increase their mana stars, that was the basis of magic.
A while ago, when Jin was trying to gather mana in his body to make the third star appear, his qi energy went down, and now the opposite has happened. The mana stars have disappeared while his qi energy has increased. Jin's spirit form can transform qi energy into mana and vice versa, transforming mana into qi energy, including primary mana. This ability left everyone in shock.
"Announce the result," Jin spoke to the lady, who up to this point was still staring at the mirror in shock, but finally said.
"Congratulations, you have been accepted as a warrior student in our academy, and I will make a special appeal for you to become a beginner magician student as well."
People who have an unknown spirit form must become warriors, and without a growth technique, their progress will be slow, but they will improve if they break through into the law realm. However, Zi Yun also decided to include him in the magician's class. Even though his spirit form was not a magical form, one wouldn't be able to meet someone who could manipulate their mana and qi energy in this way.
Jin's face didn't change, and he didn't even smile and just said.
"Good, what are you waiting for? Come with me; you will be my partner from today on."
"Excuse me, what did you say?" Zi Yun asked, surprised about what this young man was talking about.
"Don't be shy, honey. I'll make sure you and I will have a lot of fun tonight."
The blonde lady's face turned completely red before she exploded in anger.
"You madman, how dare you to say these things to me here?"
The lady moved her finger in the air to form an attack magic circle.
The participants were terrified when they saw this. She was an advanced magician, and her attack would definitely kill him. When she was about to end the magic circle, Jin spoke with a smile on his face.
"Eunhwa, come on, we've got some butts to kick."
"*Eunhwa...? silver ... ? "
The lady repeated what he had said and began to look at where Jin was staring.
From the center of the spirits mirror, a small silver ball the size of a lemon began to move insanely, casting a bright white light to appear from the mirror and slowly landed on Jin's palm.
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*Eunhwa means silver in Korea