Ye Lin felt a bit regretful in his heart. If he had known there would be so many people, he should have let the monsters eliminate some of them first before stepping in. Sigh, in the end, he was still too soft-hearted and kind!
"Boss!"
Ji Lingyu shouted and rushed over, hugging Ye Lin tightly.
"Boss, you're really my dear boss! Oh my dear mother, you're so amazing!"
Ji Lingyu was so excited that he was incoherent. The reason was simple: his level had reached a terrifying 15th level!
This was the 15th level!
If there were no unexpected circumstances, with his 15th level, it was almost certain that he would be admitted to the Great Xia Academy.
Ye Lin didn't find it strange. Under the effect of the symbiotic symbol, Ji Lingyu's experience points were shared with him. It wasn't strange for him to reach the 15th level.
"Alright, alright, let go. Don't hug in public places," Ye Lin said with a hint of annoyance.
"No! You'll always be my dear boss!" Ji Lingyu hugged Ye Lin's leg tightly, still excited.
"Get lost!"
Ye Lin's forehead was covered in black lines. He had noticed that many people were casting strange glances their way.
But to be honest, he quite enjoyed this feeling of being able to play around with friends.
Since coming to this world, in order to hide the secret of his immortality, Ye Lin had been living in seclusion in the slums. Ji Lingyu was the first friend he had made since coming to this world.
The feeling of friendship was something Ye Lin hadn't experienced for a long time.
After a while, Zhuge Ni appeared in the high school examination arena with a dark expression on her face.
Her level was only 14th, having only increased by two levels.
At first, it went smoothly. She had even hoped to catch up to Ye Lin's 16th level, but for some reason, later on, she suddenly couldn't find any monsters at all.
"Damn it!" Zhuge Ni was somewhat frustrated. "But it doesn't matter! Just a two-level lag. I can still make up for it with my skills and abilities!" Her beautiful eyes were filled with determination.
As time passed, when the sun cast its last rays of light, the huge transmission gate closed completely.
This meant that those who didn't enter the high school examination arena would be completely out of the running for this year's high school entrance examination.
After the transmission gate closed, an elderly man with a kind face appeared silently in front of the stone tablet in the center of the cobblestone square.
At the same time, hundreds of examiners appeared in every corner of the cobblestone square, monitoring the movements of all the examinees.
"Hello, examinees of Qingcheng. Welcome to the 886th high school examination. I am the chief examiner of Qingcheng, Lin Yuan."
The old man's voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to rise directly in everyone's hearts. Everyone in the cobblestone square could hear it clearly.
"Next, I will announce the assessment content of this year's high school examination. During my announcement, please listen carefully and do not make any noise. Those who violate this rule will be disqualified from the assessment."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the examinees closed their mouths obediently.
"The high school examination is divided into two parts: the comprehensive ability assessment and the arena battle. They will be conducted over two days."
The comprehensive ability assessment will be held tomorrow. Each candidate will be assigned different assessment contents based on their chosen careers. The assessment consists of ten stages. You can quit at any stage or complete all of them. The examiners will give you scores based on your performance in each stage.
Each stage is worth a maximum of 10 points. Only those who pass all ten stages and score over 85 points will be eligible to participate in the arena battle the day after tomorrow.
The arena battle will also last for one day. Winning a match will earn you 10 extra points, with a maximum of 150 points. The arena battle will determine this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination.
You can use any equipment during the comprehensive ability assessment and the arena battle, but no special items are allowed. Anyone who violates this rule will be disqualified from the assessment.
The assessment content has been announced. Lin Yuan chuckled. "Have a good rest tonight. The comprehensive ability assessment will start early tomorrow morning."
The expressions of the candidates became extremely serious. They knew very well that tomorrow was the real big event!
Many candidates immediately took out sleeping bags from their backpacks, clearly having prepared in advance.
"Boss, you didn't bring a sleeping bag or anything, did you?"
Seeing that Ye Lin didn't take anything out, Ji Lingyu was quite surprised.
"I don't need that thing." Ye Lin shook his head. The conditions in the slums were much worse than here, and he could sleep on the stone floor. It was nothing.
"That's not right! How can you have enough energy to face the comprehensive ability assessment tomorrow if you don't rest well?"
Ji Lingyu frowned and then handed his brand-name sleeping bag to Ye Lin.
"Boss, use mine!"
Ye Lin was touched and couldn't help asking, "What about you?"
"I? I'm fine with anything."
Ji Lingyu waved his hand as if it didn't matter. He clapped his hands, and two invigilators carried a luxurious Simmons king-sized bed over to him.
Ye Lin: "???"
"Not that! Wait! Wait a moment!" Ye Lin was stunned. "In the college entrance examination trial, they actually provide a luxury bed service?"
"They do, but it's extremely expensive. This bed is not as good as the one at my home, but it costs 200,000 for one night! It's like robbing money. If you hadn't brought a sleeping bag, Boss, I wouldn't have been willing to part with it!"
Ji Lingyu said with a pained expression. Paying 200,000 for a bed was even hard for him to accept. He was rich, but he wasn't stupid.
Ye Lin was silent.
Is this what it means to be rich? Even in the college entrance examination trial, the treatment is different from others. Everyone else sleeps on the stone floor or in sleeping bags, while Ji Lingyu sleeps on a Simmons king-sized bed. Eventually, Ye Lin convinced Ji Lingyu with his virtue and successfully persuaded him to give up the 200,000 bed.
Of course, martial virtue is also virtue.
Early the next morning, Ye Lin woke up full of energy.
When the time came, Lin Yuan appeared on schedule.
"The comprehensive ability assessment begins. Please line up in ten orderly queues and enter the assessment room one by one."
As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, ten towering stone pillars in the square each opened a portal.
It seemed that the comprehensive ability assessment would take place inside those stone pillars.
The dense crowd quickly formed ten orderly queues, and no one dared to overstep.
Everyone knew very well that the college entrance examination trial was the most important exam in the ancient country of Daxia and a crucial turning point in their lives.
Ye Lin was in the sixth queue and followed the crowd forward.
Each person disappeared as soon as they stepped into the portal. It was Ye Lin's turn soon. He stepped forward, and in the next second, he appeared in a completely enclosed all-metal room.
A beam of light swept over him, and Ye Lin's level and profession automatically appeared.
[Ye Lin, Cursed Spellcaster, Level 18]