Chapter 26: The Spirits Mirror

When they sensed Jin's aura, fear was the only thing they felt, and their trembling bodies wouldn't listen to them.

Jin was still slowly moving towards them as if he was deliberately making them wait for him. The Imperial Lightning Sword was still in his hand as he dragged it on the ground, letting the lightning make holes on the ground with a frightening smile on his face.

"The sword will leave scars, and the lightning will leave burn marks on your face. I will make a masterpiece. This pervert will make you more beautiful today."

One of the girls fell on her butt on the ground with tears in her eyes and began to beg the elder to stop him.

*ahem ahem*

The elder coughed, reminding Jin that he was in front of one of the elders of the academy and inside their land. Jin sighed as he took a deep breath. He wanted to teach them a lesson; to be mocked by girls who had never come out of their glass house made him angry.

"Stupid spoiled girls, the three of you don't even fit to warm my bed, and you dare call me a pervert? If by any chance I see any of you in front of me again, I'll make her wish for death, but she won't get it."

Jin left the place, leaving those words behind. While the girls held their breath, the red-haired girl was boiling in anger. She began to act like anyone who had some power and did not accept the idea of being defeated by someone less powerful and state. She did not find in front of her other than the elder to pour her anger on him, screaming at him.

"Don't you know who I am? Aren't you a teacher here? How can you let him behave like this with us and let him leave without being punished?"

The elder, who seemed to be enjoying the previous show, smiled and said

"You bullied a girl and insulted someone in my presence, you were acting like I didn't exist, but now you remembered that I'm a teacher here?"

The elder looked into her eyes and said coldly, "This is the Earth Dragon Academy, not a nursery. If you provoke the wrong person, you will end up dead or maybe worse, now hand over your scrolls to be registered in tomorrow's exam."

It may seem for a moment that this teacher is reckless. However, the reality is quite the opposite. With twenty years of experience, this man, who was over forty, has already witnessed the most important events and was even part of them. He knew the reality of this world and how crazy it was, a world surrounded by death from each side. Demonic beasts and wars with the Oris are not the only ones that kill humans. Most humans die in internal power struggles, and the academy here is a small picture of these conflicts.

In the elder eyes, these girls were fortunate to have learned an important life lesson before entering the academy.

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The number of participants in the first exam reached six hundred. They were divided into twenty groups over five regions at four different times.

After the exam ended, three hundred and sixty passed the exam. The twenty people who ranked first in their groups would receive serenity pills and Enhancement pills as a reward.

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Today is the last and most important day of the exam, it was the day of standing in front of the spirits mirror. This magic mirror does not reflect a person's image but instead reflects his spirit form, the mirror can also measure the strength of qi energy and the number of mana stars one had.

In order to succeed in entering the academy as a warrior, it is required that the strength of the qi energy you have is 100 points or more. As for a magician, one should have at least three mana stars.

Today's participants didn't enter through the back door like last time but instead passed through the main gate.

In a high place in the middle of the square, a giant mirror was installed with a decorated wooden frame, two meters long and one meter wide. The mirror shone with dim light, but it did not reflect any image.

At the elders' instructions, students lined up in the square while a beautiful blonde woman in fancy white clothes, wearing glasses, stood in front of the mirror, the blond woman raised her hand, and a yellow light appeared on the tip of her finger.

The woman moved her finger in a circular motion in the air to form a magic circle. She was casting an advanced mage skill, sound amplifying.

The lady spoke with a gentle and calm voice, letting the magic circle send her voice out to reach all present.

"Welcome to the Earth Dragon Academy, I'm Zi Yun, and I will be in charge of this exam. The moment you all have been waiting for has come. Your spirit form will be identified, and measure your qi strength. I ask everyone who brought the hermit's herb to eat it before standing in front of the mirror. As you have heard, people who ranked first in their groups will get a special prize, but of course, they have to pass the mirror test first."

Zi Yun opened the scroll and read the first name.

"There is a new record this year. Someone has done his mission and reached the finish line in just forty minutes. So let's see his performance in front of the mirror, Mr. Du Bai, please step forward."

"Wow, Jin, did you hear that? Someone has finished his mission in less than an hour, and his name is Du Bai, just like me," Du Bai said as he was surprised that someone had a similar name as him.

"She's talking about you, you stupid," Jin said, rolling his eyes, looking at his friend.

The distance required to cross the forest is an hour of running, not to mention the time required to complete the mission. Reaching the finish line in just forty minutes was already an achievement.

Under everyone's eyes, Du Bai climbed to the stage. Some were amazed that someone had set a new record. But the winners from Du Bai's group had their mouths touching the ground when they saw the clown that they laughed at when he was chasing the crow who stole his badge was standing in front of them as the winner of the first place, Du Bai was actually the one who laughed at the end.

Du Bai stood in front of the mirror feeling nervous, the mirror flashed a crimson light for a moment, but nothing appeared on its surface. The young man turned to the blonde elder and muttered anxiously.

"Why didn't the mirror reflect my spirit form? This is bad ... this is bad, where is my beast? Is he gone? Please don't leave me. Where are you? Where did you go?"

Zi Yun did not understand anything of Du Bai's talk but merely signaled him to look in the mirror again.

On the surface of the mirror, there was a black shadow, on his back was two giant white wings spread out, the blood returned to Du Bai's pale face when he saw it, and before he could breathe, he remembered that the condition for success is to have the strength of his qi energy is 100 points or more. He slowly raised his head to the left corner of the mirror, where a single star appeared, displaying his mana's power.

Du Bai did not dare to raise his eye to the right corner of the mirror and merely stared at the beast's white wings as he muttered.

"White? Wasn't it black before?"

Zi Yun's voice cut off his thoughts.

"Your qi energy power is eighty-seven points."

Blood flew from Du Bai's face, and he began to whine his luck. The condition for success was a hundred points. He lowered his head, teary-eyed, as he slowly dragged his body down the stage.

"Where are you going? Didn't you hear what I said? You succeeded."

Du Bai looked at Zi Yun with shocked eyes as he stared at her while she continued to explain.

"It's a high number considering that your spirit beast's form has yet to be completed, kid. You have a bright future ahead of you. Congratulations, you've been accepted into the academy."

Du Bai raised his arms high and cried with tears of joy. He started to dance on the stage, ignoring those around him. As he was one of those who won the first rank, he received the special award, Five Enhancement Pills, and Five serenity Pills.

"The second is Tai Jin, the same person who used the red eagle trick. A new rule was passed to ban the tamed beast's from being used in the competition. It was a clever trick on your part, but there are no more tricks in front of the mirror."

Jin shrugged his shoulders at Zi Yun's words and walked towards the mirror.