Enrollment in Progress

Two hours later, Joyace woke up and walked out, squinting her eyes.

“Why didn’t you wake me?” Perhaps because she had just woken up, she seemed a bit dazed.

Leona walked over, hugged her, and ruffled her hair with a smile. “I wanted you to get some more rest.”

Joyace rubbed against Leona’s hand like a cat, but then, realizing Zhang Ye was still there, she slapped Leona’s hand away.

“We’re not children anymore, yet you still like to pat my head.”

Leona laughed heartily. “You’re still as cute as ever.”

“Come on, get ready for teleportation.” Joyace rolled her eyes at her and then walked toward the back room, with the two of them following immediately.

It was the same room as before, but the bed that had been in the center was gone, replaced by a shimmering magic circle.

Zhang Ye immediately analyzed the magic circle.

【Small-scale Long-distance Teleportation Circle: A Tier Ten magic circle used for long-distance teleportation. After locating the destination and injecting the required mana, it can teleport up to ten people back and forth between two teleportation circles.】

While analyzing, Zhang Ye’s eyes constantly swept over the magic lines and runes that made up the magic circle.

Analysis took time, but as long as he memorized the composition of this magic circle, he could replicate it.

Zhang Ye had already demonstrated his terrifying memory before.

Therefore, sometimes relying on memory was even more efficient than the system’s analysis.

“Location?” Joyace opened a series of mana projections showing a map with many cursors, which presumably marked the locations of various teleportation circles.

“All Souls Empire, All Souls Mountain Range, Bailing City,” Leona said.

“Bailing City? You’re taking this little guy to the enrollment office there?” Joyace asked. “The difficulty of the third test for enrollment there is much higher than at other offices.”

Because that place was backed by the All Souls Mountain Range, the magical beasts for the third test were all captured from there, and the beasts there were significantly stronger than those in other regions.

“I know. I believe he can handle it,” Leona nodded.

Joyace nodded and began to operate the interface, saying at the same time, “This All Souls Enrollment is different from previous ones. They say a secret realm is about to open, so many great families have sent out their seed contestants.”

“Your younger brother went too.”

“Hmm?” Leona raised an eyebrow. “He went too? Then this All Souls Enrollment is likely going to cause quite a stir.”

Listening from the side, Zhang Ye couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Leona looked at Zhang Ye and smiled. “Originally, I thought having Tier Eight contestants appear would be about it for this enrollment, but if my brother is participating, it means there will likely be many Tier Nine contestants this time.”

“Clearly, the attraction of that special secret realm is even greater than imagined, to the point that even my family is interested.”

“No wonder I didn’t see the kid when I went back, and the old man was being so mysterious...”

Zhang Ye was completely bewildered and asked, “Tier Nine? Your brother is Tier Nine?”

“Yeah, twenty-two years old, Tier Nine early stage. Impressive, right?”

Zhang Ye swallowed hard. “Then won’t I have to face your brother at some point?”

“Everyone has to enter the secret realm for the final exam, so it’s indeed possible you’ll face him.”

“Tier Nine, huh...” Zhang Ye grimaced.

He currently felt no pressure fighting those at the Tier Eight mid stage, but as for the Tier Nine early stage... he hadn’t tried that yet.

“With my brother participating, it means other great families will also send out core disciples similar to him, so you’ll have to be careful this time,” Leona said. “If you do face my brother, you can help me test his strength.”

“Test?” Zhang Ye was stunned. “You’re asking me, a Tier Seven late stage, to test the strength of a Tier Nine early stage? May I ask, is your brother also a Magic-Martial Dual Cultivator?”

“He is.”

Zhang Ye: “...Aren’t you overestimating me a bit?”

Tier Nine early stage, plus Magic-Martial Dual Cultivation—to be honest, Zhang Ye was a bit uncertain and didn't have a guaranteed chance of victory.

Of course, that was assuming he didn't copy Tier Ten magic or use his trump cards. If he went all out, Zhang Ye felt he could even put up a fight against Tier Ten.

Leona laughed. “I believe you can do it!”

Zhang Ye opened his mouth to speak but ultimately just nodded.

It was clear that Big Nana’s expectations for him were very high. Since she thought he could do it, he had to do it!

However, it was natural to be nervous. After all, he was up against geniuses who could also fight above their level.

And according to Leona, there might be more than one such individual, meaning even higher-ranked people could appear.

Man... why did an enrollment that only required Tier Four for the initial test suddenly sprout a bunch of Tier Nine contestants?

This was like turning on hell difficulty, wasn't it?

Was that special secret realm really worth so many great families sending out so many core contestants?

Also, Big Nana, why does it feel like you, as a nominal mentor of All Souls Magic Academy, don't seem to know much about these things?

Forget it. If he ran into a Tier Nine, he would just go all out; he didn't believe he couldn't take them down.

Right now, even he didn't know how strong he would be at full power.

“Alright, step onto it,” Joyace said.

Zhang Ye and Leona stepped onto the magic circle, and it began to activate.

A glow rose from the magic circle beneath their feet, and Zhang Ye suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness that was only intensifying.

Joyace looked at Zhang Ye and gave a small smile. “Little brother, don’t let Leona down.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Ye’s vision was covered by a wash of rainbow light. The intense weightlessness and the surrounding colored light made him instinctively feel uneasy.

But then, a warm yet firm hand grasped his. He turned his head to look.

Leona was smiling at him, and his heart immediately settled down.

This feeling lasted for only about a dozen seconds before the colored light vanished and Zhang Ye felt his feet on solid ground again.

A wave of nausea hit him. Zhang Ye endured it, feeling somewhat speechless.

Why is it that on top of being seasick, I get teleportation sickness too?!

What kind of weird constitution is this?!

“The first time you teleport, your body will feel some discomfort, but it won’t happen after that,” Leona said, then cast a 【Dispel】 on him.

Only then did Zhang Ye feel better. He nodded and looked around.

The two of them were on a platform, standing on the base of a magic circle, with armored soldiers guarding the perimeter.

They were in a massive plaza, with several other teleportation platforms like this one nearby. People were stepping out as the magic circles lit up.

Leona led Zhang Ye off the platform and toward the interior of Bailing City.

“There, that’s the registration office,” Leona said, pointing not far away.

Zhang Ye looked over.

The registration office was just a small counter, but there was a long line in front of it.

Those were likely all people coming to register, and they weren't just humans!

From what Zhang Ye could see, there were at least a dozen different races.

Those short ones were probably Dwarves. Man, they were short but sturdy; their arms were almost as thick as Zhang Ye’s thighs.

And there were people with blue skin... Avatars?

And that one covered in rock—could that be a stone man?

Zhang Ye was very excited. “Then I’ll go register, okay?”

“Go ahead. I’ll wait for you here,” Leona nodded.

Zhang Ye immediately ran over to join the queue, while simultaneously performing an analysis on all those different races.

All Souls Magic Academy truly lived up to its reputation of recruiting from all races; the diversity here was incredible.

Zhang Ye analyzed dozens of races, each subdivided into many sub-species.

For instance, the 【Dwarf】 race was split into 【Lowland Dwarf】, 【Highland Dwarf】, and 【Cave Dwarf】. Lowland Dwarves were shorter and sturdier, Highland Dwarves were taller and thinner, and Cave Dwarves were more average but had less hair. However, in Zhang Ye’s eyes, they were all short and stocky; none of them exceeded one and a half meters in height.

Then there were the blue-skinned people called the 【Pianu】. Their blue skin was due to living at high altitudes; to adapt to the environment, their bodies had to synthesize large amounts of hemoglobin. The massive amount of hemoglobin filling their blood vessels made their skin appear blue.

There was also the 【Rock Spirit Race】. They were also humanoid, but their skin had evolved to be as hard as rock. Because the earth element was extremely abundant in their home regions, this race was naturally composed of excellent earth-attribute Warriors or Mages. However, they could only sense the earth element and had very low control over magic of other elements.

And there was more...

This dazzling array of sights greatly satisfied Zhang Ye’s thirst for knowledge and curiosity. Things that existed in novels, and things that didn't, could all be seen here!

Zhang Ye suddenly understood Oscar’s dream a little bit.

This world was truly so fantastical and wonderful. If possible, he would also love to see everything in the world!

“Hi, hello!” Suddenly, Zhang Ye’s shoulder was tapped. He turned his head and instinctively performed an analysis.

【Lina Venis: Tier Seven peak, possesses surging light-attribute mana and an extraordinary constitution!】

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