The challenge ended, and Shen Tang was transferred for treatment. But unfortunately, what Jin did to him was not something he could recover from it easily. Despite the ability of healers to make miracles, his condition was terrible. If he was lucky, he would have to sacrifice years of training to focus on his treatment.
Zi Yun returned to the stage to call out the participants and resume the exam, but everyone's eyes were not directed at the examinee but were staring at Jin, who was casting a healing magic circle to treat his shoulder.
After Eunhwa absorbed Shen Liu's energy, Jin had recovered part of his energy. Of course, the others didn't know that, which made them look at him as if they were looking at a monster.
"Is he a monster or what? He still has the energy to use magic?"
"Of course, he's a monster. Didn't you see what he did, although he is still in the middle of the evolution realm?"
"The real question is, what will the Shen family do to him? Even if he is protected inside the academy's walls, what will he do when he is outside the academy?"
Everyone was whispering, a monster appeared among the new participants, and his future achievements would not be limited. Someone like him could only be looked at with a look of fear and admiration.
Jin walked towards his friend Du Bai while holding his injured shoulder, seeing two girls standing next to Du Ba, said.
"That's you. Glad to see you again."
Han Seol moved her hair back and raised her head slightly, embarrassed. "Well, your performance wasn't bad—"
She stopped talking when she saw that Jin was heading towards the cloaked girl while completely ignoring her. 'Hah... Who does he think he is? what an arrogant.'
"Our last meeting was interrupted, so I didn't know your name. I'm Tai Jin, this is my friend Du Bai, and the blue-haired name is Han… something."
Han Seol opened her mouth in disbelief at how she was being introduced. He didn't just ignore her but didn't even remember her name, so she yelled. "Seoool, my name is Han Seol."
The cloaked girl ignored Seol's screams and kept staring at Du Bai as she muttered audibly. "Du Bai? is he the same man who confessed his feelings to Jin?… Damn, did I say that out loud?"
Du Bai jumped up from his place as if a scorpion had stung him, started to look at Jin with angry eyes, and got into a bout of gossip denying it.
"This never happened. You are a liar who invents stories, weaves novels, intimidates things, and explains them against reality. You are a bad friend. You are the worst friend, why do you walk around spreading these lies to people? Do you want to ruin my reputation?"
Du Bai continued to gab nonstop before the two girls and Jin exploded with laughter.
"Calm down, man. You don't have to react like that, of course. I know you didn't mean what you said that day in that way."
"Of course, I didn't mean that. I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of our friendship, but it looks like I was wrong about you."
** You there, keep silent, the exam is not over **
The lady's angry scream made them shut up, then she continued her speech. "We are done with the top ranks. Next is Lian… Lian, where are you?"
" I'm here." The clocked girl replied, raising her hand. Then she turned to Jin and said. "Lian is my name,"
"Lian? It means the lotus flower. what a beautiful name."
Jin noticed that her name was not attached to any last name, which was strange.
The girl went up to the stage and stood in front of the spirits mirror. As soon as she stood, one star shined in the top left of the mirror. The numbers in the top right corner were rising insanely until they reached one hundred and sixty. Her qi energy was already something exceptional for a girl who had not broken through to the soul realm yet.
But nothing appeared on the mirror's surface other than the reflection of her image on the mirror, which made everyone wonder what was happening because the spirits mirror shouldn't reflect people's image. Even Zi Yun remained silent as she stared at the reflection before a girl intervened to announce at the top of her voice.
"she's from the Oris. Only the Oris don't have a spirit form."
Everyone started whispering among themselves, despite the constant wars with the Oris, these young men had never seen an Oris before, the Oris race for them was a mysterious race. All they knew about the enemies of humanity was that they have red skin and brutal strength.
The girl who shouted a little while ago started to speak again.
"She is an orphan of unknown parentage from my village, and it seems that the spirits mirror has revealed her origin to us. Since her skin color is normal, she is definitely a hybrid from the Oris."
The one who was talking was the red-haired girl in the green dress, whom Jin had pulled her hair previously; she couldn't do anything to him, especially after seeing his strength now, so she vented all her anger on Lian.
Chaos began to spread among the participants, and the voices of their discussion and questions rose. "If she was half human and half Oris, that would explain her normal skin color."
Zi Yun wanted to interfere to prevent the spread of such rumors. But she did not know what to answer if they asked her why Lian's image was reflected on the spirits mirror instead of her spirit form.
"Dammit, why is all of this happening to me? Isn't what Jin did enough for me? What should I do now?"
While she was thinking of a way to silence the participants, a burst of loud laughter silenced everyone.
*haha*
Jin was laughing out loud before saying to the red-haired girl.
"You fool, since when did you become an expert with the Oris? Have you ever seen an Oris standing in front of the spirit mirror to know what it would reflect on it? And most importantly, have you ever seen Oris with your own eyes before?"
Jin's words made her speechless, seeing him staring at her with his crimson eyes, her body involuntarily remembered the horror she had previously seen from him, so she took a step back.
Jin was heading towards her, and his killing intent had suppressed her soul, her breathing becoming disturbed.
"You idiot, didn't I tell you not to show your ugly face to me again?"
** Jin **
Zi Yun shouted at him angrily. The last thing she wanted was to see him start another fight.
Jin sighed and did not want to break Zi Yun's word in front of the participants, so he turned toward Zi Yun and changed the topic.
"I have a question for you. What will happen if an ordinary person stands in front of the spirits mirror?"
Zi Yun understood the meaning of his question so she answered him immediately. "the qi energy number and the mana star they have will appear, but nothing will reflect on the mirror's surface, even their image."
Jin nodded in affirmative, then he turned towards the participants and said.
"Exactly, if you all don't know the answer, then remain silent, and do not be dragged like fools into stupid rumors. But, if you wonder what is Lian's spirit form, I will tell you."
He took a deep breath and said, "She has five realms instead of seven, and each realm has five levels instead of seven. She'll break through from the Evolution realm into the Law realm instantly, and from the Fusion realm into the Heaven Realm...she has the spirit form that appears once every hundred years, the merged form without attributes and boundless... the winged flower saint."
Jin showed a slight smile and closed his eyes as he remembered the past or the future in his case. 'Who would have believed that we would meet again? This time I will repay my debt to you... my saintess lady.'
Zi Yun had never heard of the Winged Flower Saint spirit form before, yet she didn't waste more time and announced the result.
"Miss Lian, congratulations on your success. You are a student at the academy now, but you will have to call me later to discuss this issue about your spirit form."
She then approached Lian and whispered.
"Maybe you should ask Jin about your spirit form. The truth is I've never heard of your spirit before."
Lian looked at Jin, and her eyes were full of gratitude. She was happy that he was by her side. Although she did not show any reaction when the situation became tense and everyone thought she was from the Oris, in fact, she was shivering from horror and afraid that she would not be accepted in the academy. She's done the impossible and endured the unimaginable just to stand here. If Jin wasn't here, she would have lost everything, and she would be marked as an enemy of the human race.
He made her look like she had a special spirit form, but before she went to thank him, there was an old account that had to be shut. Lian jumped towards the red-haired girl, who was stepping backward in fear.
"What do you want from me, you tombo..."
*boom*
A punch went off on the red-haired girl's stomach, making her unable to even scream before falling on the ground and vomiting out all she ate today.
Years ago, this orphan signed a contract that made her a slave to the red-haired girl, fulfilling all her whims and doing whatever she asked her to do, no matter how embarrassing or humiliating it was in exchange for money.
She had even agreed to cut her hair like boys in exchange for breaking the seal of the competition scroll. The day when her shackles were broken has finally arrived.
"I am the winner in your ridiculous contract. Our contract ends here, so thank you for everything, and one more thing, my name is ... Lian."
Lian let the red-haired girl vomit on the ground and turned away while Zi Yun lamented her luck. All the successful people this year were troublemakers and out of control.
"Next… Han Seol."