Zhao Guangli soon lost to him. In fact the guy only managed a single Basic Lightning spell before he was rescued by Song He from his spell.
In the next match Lin Feng displayed two different elements just so that he could hint to the advisors who were analysing every candidate. As for the candidates themselves they were too busy to notice it as he didn't directly cast an Advanced spell.
Maybe Ai Jiangtu had noticed judging by the looks he gave Lin Feng. Later when about 25 remained after selection trials and adding Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan and military nominees the number had reached 29 but the latter four had a free pass to the team.
Lin Feng occasionally wondered how much the Zhaos gave up for this to happen.
In the team battles he was paired up with Zu Jiming, Li Kaifeng, Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Ningxue. Speaking of which Ningxue's chances of remaining on the national team were slim.
He expected her to demoted to the National Hall, well unless she showed off the Ice Crystal Bow. He had to say that her choice was correct since of she didn't then there wouldn't have been anyone to cover her back like Mo Fan or Feng Li. It would have been all the more easier for them to get it back as well.
Their first match was against a team of Ai Jiangtu, Guan Yu, Zhou Xu, Jiang Yu and Dongfang Lie.
When Zu Jiming and Li Kaifeng were tossing to decide the captain of the team Lin Feng simply took out his Advanced Badges and wore them like he used to. It was a tried and tested trick of his. Unlike Mo Fan he hated trouble.
When Zu Jiming and Li Kaifeng were a bit unconvinced and took him for a newbie Advanced mage who probably couldn't cast the spell, he took out another badge and wore it with pride and noticed their slacked jaws.