Chapter 190
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"Oh? It's rare for you to show interest in a young one, much less from our Cultivation Division." Old Chen raises a bushy eyebrow.
"There will always be exceptions. And I'm only not interested in your people because they don't have enough potential to be a medical professional." She snorted.
"Hah?!" Both Old Chen and Old Lu looked ready to fight for the honor of their division and disciples.
"Now, now. Don't be rash. We still need to assess the rest of the applicants, don't we? Let's settle this after, alright?" The warm elder raised her hands to block the two sides with a troubled smile.
"Hmph. Fine. We will settle this after the exam." Old Chen stepped down and Old Lu grudgingly backed off too. The other female elder scoffed and turned back to the screen provided by the Transmission Orb.
...
Not knowing she had just destroyed something people had ascertained was impossible to destroy, being that the only known method to do so until now was for one to be at a high enough level to crush Spirit Iron without the aid of spiritual power, Shen Tianyu headed towards the Beast Taming section of the entrance exam. The large stadium on school grounds was the next building she saw aside from all the trees of the forest between the Fist assessment grounds and the stadium.
Again, the same people from before were waiting in line for their turns in addition to a significant number of applicants that left first before them. Apparently, on the other side of the stadium was more forestry, from the dense green she saw through the iron gate opposite of where she entered. The iron gate itself looked like something out of a Medieval European fortress from her world. It was large with slate sof iron affixed in a grid pattern with square spaces the size of an adult hand.
This time, she actively searched for Ningwu Liushan. Though there were more people, the two were still more noticeable because the others kept a certain distance from them, creating an empty circle around the two young men.
"Young Master Ningwu!" Shen Tianyu waved her hands and approached them, unperturbed by the people staring at her with a wide range of emotions.
"Oh. Young Lady Shen." Ningwu Liushan greeted her with a kind smile on his face.
"There are a lot more people here. Is the assessment this time difficult?" She asked him for details. The officer was not here and everyone waiting there were applicants so she had no one to ask even if she wanted to. Well, she reckons it's unlikely they'll answer her when they're busy recording scores.
"Hm... that depends on the person. It's the Beast Taming Department after all." He replies with a light tap of his chin.
"Oh? Are there demonic beasts in the forest beyond the exit gate?" She asked, standing next to him as if the closeness compared to the others was of no concern to her.
"Mm. The test this time around is to see how many demonic beasts one can tame in a certain time period, specifically half an incense stick's time. And none of the applicants that went have come back so I assume they were sent on their way to the next assessment location in order to protect the confidentiality of this assessment."
"Isn't that a little bit too difficult? Even famous Beastmasters can't tame a demonic beast in such a short time, much less teens that have yet to gain much experience. And sending them away was also probably to save a little time so they wouldn't have to go back through the forest again." She expressed her shock before she held her chin with her hand and looked aorund. "But then again, with this many people..."
"That's what I think too. There are four portions of the entrance exam after all. The Beast Taming Department can't keep everyone here all day so they probably reduced the time. But it'll be difficult to score everyone based on such a short time period. Since, there's likely to not be many that would be able to pass."
"Indeed." She nodded along. "Is the proctor with the one taking the assessment right now?"
"Yes. To be more exact, she's with a group of them."
"I see. Then that means, there's a chance we could be in a group?" She asked jokingly as she leaned forward and looked at him from his side.
...
"What does this girl think she is?" One of the girls surrounding them whispered loud enough for them to hear.
"I bet she's just trying to take advantage of Young Master Ningwu and Young Master Bai. Hmph. How shameless. She should examine herself first, what position doe she have to try to get close to them? Having a pretty face isn't enough, you know. The two Young Masters have seen more gorgeous beauties." Another girl snorted with her arms crossed.
"She was escorted by Zhu Wangye this morning, didn't you see? Maybe she does have some standing." A young man piped up.
"Hmph. She probably just caught Zhu Wangye's fancy because she's so shameless it was exotic to him. I'll have you k now, he'll soon get tired of her." The first girl declared.
"She really is exotically shameless. To have a Wangye favor her and still trying to hook up with other men." The second girl sneered.
...
Ningwu Liushan's face darkened hearing all the voices of disdain around them and fell into his own thoughts. Bai Longtian beside him also showed distain towards them, but it went unoticed since it was only a miniscule frowning of his brow. With such a cold face, it was hard to tell if he was feeling that he shouldn't care about small matters or if he really doesn't care about anything. Seeing that he hadn't answered her after a while, Shen Tianyu tapped his shoulder, startling him. "What's wrong? You have a dark look on your face."
He coughed into his fist to hide his embarassment while his eyes flitted to where the conversation was coming from. The voices immediately silenced. "Ah. Who knows? Perhaps if fater permits it."
"Hm. I guess so but I'd really like to see the skills of you two up close." She slowly straightened up with a thoughtful look on her face. "I'm new here in this contry but you guys seem pretty strong so I want to see up close."
Ningwu Liushan tilted his head. "As long as you pass, you'll have an opportunity to see even if we aren't grouped up."
"Is Young Master looking down on me? You're speaking like it's unsure if I can pass." She pouted with her hands on her hips.
"That's not what I meant but the requirements for this School are pretty strict. And, unfortunately, I have not seen your skills for myself either so I can't exactly place you above them."
"Hum. Fine, I accept your reasoning." She released her hands and folded them behind her back.
Finally, a person who seemed to be the proctor for this assessment came in from behind the iron gates, which automatically raised itself enough for them to pass through when they placed a plaque on the wall beside it. This revealed the spikes at the end of the gates that were previously buried in the ground. She then removed it before she ducked into the stadium, the gates closing with a loud, ground-shaking thud behind her.
She then raised her hand to get everyone's attention, not that she needed to with that earthshaking thud of the gates closing. "The next five people please."
The next five people did not include Ningwu Liushan and Bai Longtian but were close in number placement.
"Hm... does she have contracts with flying demonic beats or something to monitor this many people? That's impressive." She peered curiously at the female proctor that soon disappeared from their sight again with another loud thud of the gate, this time taking five applicants with her.
"Why does Miss Shen say so?" Ningwu Liushan lifted his brow in sly curiosity.
"No need to call me so formally. We'll be classmates form now on so just call me by my given name." Shen Tianyu decided it was time to get rid of formalities between them.
"Alright then, Tian...yu, you can call me by my given name also." He hesitated calling her name but still did so and returned the offer.
"Okay, Liushan!" She beamed at him. "And to answer your question, most beast tamers have at least one contracted demonic beast that can fight on her behalf or aid them in battle, right? Only when they have such a sense of security will they go tame other demonic beasts for other purposes. So that would mean, the Senior sister just now has tamed and contracted at least six demonic beasts, right? For someone so young to have tamed so many really showcases their talent. The average for that age is only around two or three, after all." 15 min
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"Oh? It's rare for you to show interest in a young one, much less from our Cultivation Division." Old Chen raises a bushy eyebrow.
"There will always be exceptions. And I'm only not interested in your people because they don't have enough potential to be a medical professional." She snorted.
"Hah?!" Both Old Chen and Old Lu looked ready to fight for the honor of their division and disciples.
"Now, now. Don't be rash. We still need to assess the rest of the applicants, don't we? Let's settle this after, alright?" The warm elder raised her hands to block the two sides with a troubled smile.
"Hmph. Fine. We will settle this after the exam." Old Chen stepped down and Old Lu grudgingly backed off too. The other female elder scoffed and turned back to the screen provided by the Transmission Orb.
...
Not knowing she had just destroyed something people had ascertained was impossible to destroy, being that the only known method to do so until now was for one to be at a high enough level to crush Spirit Iron without the aid of spiritual power, Shen Tianyu headed towards the Beast Taming section of the entrance exam. The large stadium on school grounds was the next building she saw aside from all the trees of the forest between the Fist assessment grounds and the stadium.
Again, the same people from before were waiting in line for their turns in addition to a significant number of applicants that left first before them. Apparently, on the other side of the stadium was more forestry, from the dense green she saw through the iron gate opposite of where she entered. The iron gate itself looked like something out of a Medieval European fortress from her world. It was large with slate sof iron affixed in a grid pattern with square spaces the size of an adult hand.
This time, she actively searched for Ningwu Liushan. Though there were more people, the two were still more noticeable because the others kept a certain distance from them, creating an empty circle around the two young men.
"Young Master Ningwu!" Shen Tianyu waved her hands and approached them, unperturbed by the people staring at her with a wide range of emotions.
"Oh. Young Lady Shen." Ningwu Liushan greeted her with a kind smile on his face.
"There are a lot more people here. Is the assessment this time difficult?" She asked him for details. The officer was not here and everyone waiting there were applicants so she had no one to ask even if she wanted to. Well, she reckons it's unlikely they'll answer her when they're busy recording scores.
"Hm... that depends on the person. It's the Beast Taming Department after all." He replies with a light tap of his chin.
"Oh? Are there demonic beasts in the forest beyond the exit gate?" She asked, standing next to him as if the closeness compared to the others was of no concern to her.
"Mm. The test this time around is to see how many demonic beasts one can tame in a certain time period, specifically half an incense stick's time. And none of the applicants that went have come back so I assume they were sent on their way to the next assessment location in order to protect the confidentiality of this assessment."
"Isn't that a little bit too difficult? Even famous Beastmasters can't tame a demonic beast in such a short time, much less teens that have yet to gain much experience. And sending them away was also probably to save a little time so they wouldn't have to go back through the forest again." She expressed her shock before she held her chin with her hand and looked aorund. "But then again, with this many people..."
"That's what I think too. There are four portions of the entrance exam after all. The Beast Taming Department can't keep everyone here all day so they probably reduced the time. But it'll be difficult to score everyone based on such a short time period. Since, there's likely to not be many that would be able to pass."
"Indeed." She nodded along. "Is the proctor with the one taking the assessment right now?"
"Yes. To be more exact, she's with a group of them."
"I see. Then that means, there's a chance we could be in a group?" She asked jokingly as she leaned forward and looked at him from his side.
...
"What does this girl think she is?" One of the girls surrounding them whispered loud enough for them to hear.
"I bet she's just trying to take advantage of Young Master Ningwu and Young Master Bai. Hmph. How shameless. She should examine herself first, what position doe she have to try to get close to them? Having a pretty face isn't enough, you know. The two Young Masters have seen more gorgeous beauties." Another girl snorted with her arms crossed.
"She was escorted by Zhu Wangye this morning, didn't you see? Maybe she does have some standing." A young man piped up.
"Hmph. She probably just caught Zhu Wangye's fancy because she's so shameless it was exotic to him. I'll have you k now, he'll soon get tired of her." The first girl declared.
"She really is exotically shameless. To have a Wangye favor her and still trying to hook up with other men." The second girl sneered.
...
Ningwu Liushan's face darkened hearing all the voices of disdain around them and fell into his own thoughts. Bai Longtian beside him also showed distain towards them, but it went unoticed since it was only a miniscule frowning of his brow. With such a cold face, it was hard to tell if he was feeling that he shouldn't care about small matters or if he really doesn't care about anything. Seeing that he hadn't answered her after a while, Shen Tianyu tapped his shoulder, startling him. "What's wrong? You have a dark look on your face."
He coughed into his fist to hide his embarassment while his eyes flitted to where the conversation was coming from. The voices immediately silenced. "Ah. Who knows? Perhaps if fater permits it."
"Hm. I guess so but I'd really like to see the skills of you two up close." She slowly straightened up with a thoughtful look on her face. "I'm new here in this contry but you guys seem pretty strong so I want to see up close."
Ningwu Liushan tilted his head. "As long as you pass, you'll have an opportunity to see even if we aren't grouped up."
"Is Young Master looking down on me? You're speaking like it's unsure if I can pass." She pouted with her hands on her hips.
"That's not what I meant but the requirements for this School are pretty strict. And, unfortunately, I have not seen your skills for myself either so I can't exactly place you above them."
"Hum. Fine, I accept your reasoning." She released her hands and folded them behind her back.
Finally, a person who seemed to be the proctor for this assessment came in from behind the iron gates, which automatically raised itself enough for them to pass through when they placed a plaque on the wall beside it. This revealed the spikes at the end of the gates that were previously buried in the ground. She then removed it before she ducked into the stadium, the gates closing with a loud, ground-shaking thud behind her.
She then raised her hand to get everyone's attention, not that she needed to with that earthshaking thud of the gates closing. "The next five people please."
The next five people did not include Ningwu Liushan and Bai Longtian but were close in number placement.
"Hm... does she have contracts with flying demonic beats or something to monitor this many people? That's impressive." She peered curiously at the female proctor that soon disappeared from their sight again with another loud thud of the gate, this time taking five applicants with her.
"Why does Miss Shen say so?" Ningwu Liushan lifted his brow in sly curiosity.
"No need to call me so formally. We'll be classmates form now on so just call me by my given name." Shen Tianyu decided it was time to get rid of formalities between them.
"Alright then, Tian...yu, you can call me by my given name also." He hesitated calling her name but still did so and returned the offer.
"Okay, Liushan!" She beamed at him. "And to answer your question, most beast tamers have at least one contracted demonic beast that can fight on her behalf or aid them in battle, right? Only when they have such a sense of security will they go tame other demonic beasts for other purposes. So that would mean, the Senior sister just now has tamed and contracted at least six demonic beasts, right? For someone so young to have tamed so many really showcases their talent. The average for that age is only around two or three, after all." 15 min
"Oh? It's rare for you to show interest in a young one, much less from our Cultivation Division." Old Chen raises a bushy eyebrow."There will always be exceptions. And I'm only not interested in your people because they don't have enough potential to be a medical professional." She snorted."Hah?!" Both Old Chen and Old Lu looked ready to fight for the honor of their division and disciples."Now, now. Don't be rash. We still need to assess the rest of the applicants, don't we? Let's settle this after, alright?" The warm elder raised her hands to block the two sides with a troubled smile."Hmph. Fine. We will settle this after the exam." Old Chen stepped down and Old Lu grudgingly backed off too. The other female elder scoffed and turned back to the screen provided by the Transmission Orb....Not knowing she had just destroyed something people had ascertained was impossible to destroy, being that the only known method to do so until now was for one to be at a high enough level to crush Spirit Iron without the aid of spiritual power, Shen Tianyu headed towards the Beast Taming section of the entrance exam. The large stadium on school grounds was the next building she saw aside from all the trees of the forest between the Fist assessment grounds and the stadium.Again, the same people from before were waiting in line for their turns in addition to a significant number of applicants that left first before them. Apparently, on the other side of the stadium was more forestry, from the dense green she saw through the iron gate opposite of where she entered. The iron gate itself looked like something out of a Medieval European fortress from her world. It was large with slate sof iron affixed in a grid pattern with square spaces the size of an adult hand.This time, she actively searched for Ningwu Liushan. Though there were more people, the two were still more noticeable because the others kept a certain distance from them, creating an empty circle around the two young men."Young Master Ningwu!" Shen Tianyu waved her hands and approached them, unperturbed by the people staring at her with a wide range of emotions."Oh. Young Lady Shen." Ningwu Liushan greeted her with a kind smile on his face."There are a lot more people here. Is the assessment this time difficult?" She asked him for details. The officer was not here and everyone waiting there were applicants so she had no one to ask even if she wanted to. Well, she reckons it's unlikely they'll answer her when they're busy recording scores."Hm... that depends on the person. It's the Beast Taming Department after all." He replies with a light tap of his chin."Oh? Are there demonic beasts in the forest beyond the exit gate?" She asked, standing next to him as if the closeness compared to the others was of no concern to her."Mm. The test this time around is to see how many demonic beasts one can tame in a certain time period, specifically half an incense stick's time. And none of the applicants that went have come back so I assume they were sent on their way to the next assessment location in order to protect the confidentiality of this assessment.""Isn't that a little bit too difficult? Even famous Beastmasters can't tame a demonic beast in such a short time, much less teens that have yet to gain much experience. And sending them away was also probably to save a little time so they wouldn't have to go back through the forest again." She expressed her shock before she held her chin with her hand and looked aorund. "But then again, with this many people...""That's what I think too. There are four portions of the entrance exam after all. The Beast Taming Department can't keep everyone here all day so they probably reduced the time. But it'll be difficult to score everyone based on such a short time period. Since, there's likely to not be many that would be able to pass.""Indeed." She nodded along. "Is the proctor with the one taking the assessment right now?""Yes. To be more exact, she's with a group of them.""I see. Then that means, there's a chance we could be in a group?" She asked jokingly as she leaned forward and looked at him from his side...."What does this girl think she is?" One of the girls surrounding them whispered loud enough for them to hear."I bet she's just trying to take advantage of Young Master Ningwu and Young Master Bai. Hmph. How shameless. She should examine herself first, what position doe she have to try to get close to them? Having a pretty face isn't enough, you know. The two Young Masters have seen more gorgeous beauties." Another girl snorted with her arms crossed."She was escorted by Zhu Wangye this morning, didn't you see? Maybe she does have some standing." A young man piped up."Hmph. She probably just caught Zhu Wangye's fancy because she's so shameless it was exotic to him. I'll have you k now, he'll soon get tired of her." The first girl declared."She really is exotically shameless. To have a Wangye favor her and still trying to hook up with other men." The second girl sneered....Ningwu Liushan's face darkened hearing all the voices of disdain around them and fell into his own thoughts. Bai Longtian beside him also showed distain towards them, but it went unoticed since it was only a miniscule frowning of his brow. With such a cold face, it was hard to tell if he was feeling that he shouldn't care about small matters or if he really doesn't care about anything. Seeing that he hadn't answered her after a while, Shen Tianyu tapped his shoulder, startling him. "What's wrong? You have a dark look on your face."He coughed into his fist to hide his embarassment while his eyes flitted to where the conversation was coming from. The voices immediately silenced. "Ah. Who knows? Perhaps if fater permits it.""Hm. I guess so but I'd really like to see the skills of you two up close." She slowly straightened up with a thoughtful look on her face. "I'm new here in this contry but you guys seem pretty strong so I want to see up close."Ningwu Liushan tilted his head. "As long as you pass, you'll have an opportunity to see even if we aren't grouped up.""Is Young Master looking down on me? You're speaking like it's unsure if I can pass." She pouted with her hands on her hips."That's not what I meant but the requirements for this School are pretty strict. And, unfortunately, I have not seen your skills for myself either so I can't exactly place you above them.""Hum. Fine, I accept your reasoning." She released her hands and folded them behind her back.Finally, a person who seemed to be the proctor for this assessment came in from behind the iron gates, which automatically raised itself enough for them to pass through when they placed a plaque on the wall beside it. This revealed the spikes at the end of the gates that were previously buried in the ground. She then removed it before she ducked into the stadium, the gates closing with a loud, ground-shaking thud behind her.She then raised her hand to get everyone's attention, not that she needed to with that earthshaking thud of the gates closing. "The next five people please."The next five people did not include Ningwu Liushan and Bai Longtian but were close in number placement."Hm... does she have contracts with flying demonic beats or something to monitor this many people? That's impressive." She peered curiously at the female proctor that soon disappeared from their sight again with another loud thud of the gate, this time taking five applicants with her."Why does Miss Shen say so?" Ningwu Liushan lifted his brow in sly curiosity."No need to call me so formally. We'll be classmates form now on so just call me by my given name." Shen Tianyu decided it was time to get rid of formalities between them."Alright then, Tian...yu, you can call me by my given name also." He hesitated calling her name but still did so and returned the offer."Okay, Liushan!" She beamed at him. "And to answer your question, most beast tamers have at least one contracted demonic beast that can fight on her behalf or aid them in battle, right? Only when they have such a sense of security will they go tame other demonic beasts for other purposes. So that would mean, the Senior sister just now has tamed and contracted at least six demonic beasts, right? For someone so young to have tamed so many really showcases their talent. The average for that age is only around two or three, after all."15 min
