229: Chapter 229 Points Pavilion, You're Lucky

"You can think of Points Island as a large Adventurers Association."

"Exchanging Materials for points, as well as accepting point-earning quests."

"Even the exchange of points can be completed here."

"Basically, every pavilion corresponds to a different function, and they are easy to distinguish by their names."

Luo Siyue pointed to the first antique-style building that appeared after they stepped onto the island and said, "Look, this Materials Pavilion is specifically for exchanging Materials."

"You can buy or sell them."

"Just go inside, and there will be someone to assist you with the process."

Luo Siyue thought for a moment and said, "I won't accompany you to exchange your points; I actually have some things to handle."

Lin Mo waved his hand and smiled, "Sister Siyue, you've already accompanied me for the whole day, and I'm already very grateful that you specifically brought me here."

"Go ahead and get busy; I can handle the rest myself."

Luo Siyue watched Lin Mo's back as he entered the Materials Pavilion.

A thoughtful expression appeared on her face.

"To be able to kill a Headless Prince BOSS at only Rank 2."

"His strength is even more terrifying than Jiang Mengxi's."

"Perhaps..." Luo Siyue lightly bit her lip and took a deep look in the direction Lin Mo had gone.

She seemed to have made up her mind.

She turned her head and controlled the Onix to leave in a hurry.

...

As soon as he entered the Materials Pavilion, Lin Mo discovered that it was much quieter inside than the Adventurers Association.

There was basically no one around.

There wasn't even any staff member responsible for reception.

He could only faintly see someone sitting in front of the trading counter.

Lin Mo suddenly realized that today was the day for the freshmen's branch assignment assessment.

Most people must have gone to watch the excitement, which is why it seemed a bit deserted here.

Lin Mo glanced at his messages and found that neither Su Youwei nor Gu Rongyu had contacted him.

It seemed the assessment hadn't ended yet.

Lin Mo shook his head and walked straight toward the trading counter.

"Hello, I'd like to exchange Materials for points. Is this where I handle that?"

Hearing Lin Mo's voice, the woman behind the trading counter was clearly startled.

Lin Mo then noticed that there was a screen on the trading counter, but it was currently displaying a live stream of the Star Tower, and he could even see the trial rankings in the top left corner.

Lin Mo subconsciously glanced at it.

Gu Rongyu in first, Su Youwei in second?

Hmm, they truly are my women.

The woman hurriedly turned off the screen in a fluster.

Only then did she look up, looking a bit embarrassed.

However, when their eyes met, both Lin Mo and the other person were a bit surprised.

The reason for Lin Mo's surprise was simple: the other person looked very young and had an outstanding appearance.

Her hair was naturally long and straight, black, and undyed, and her pupils were a deep, dark red.

The clothes she was wearing seemed to be the dark blue uniform provided by the academy; they were washed until they were slightly faded, but they were very neat.

Her features were as exquisite as a work of art carefully carved by a Great Master.

Every expression and smile carried charm; she didn't look like a staff member at all.

And the woman in front of him blurted out her surprise, "You are the Rookie King Lin Mo?"

Lin Mo nodded, "You know me?"

The woman nodded heavily.

"Of course I do! You challenged the rules on your very first day at the academy; who among us students doesn't know that!"

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow, "Are you also a student at the Imperial Capital Academy?"

"Yes!!!" The woman nodded repeatedly, then she suddenly remembered and reached out her hand to introduce herself to Lin Mo.

"My name is Qin Yao, Rank 4, Level 9, an SSS-Rank class Gem Magician."

"I enrolled two years earlier than you, so I guess I'm your senior, hehe."

Lin Mo's expression was a bit subtle.

Enrolled two years earlier than him; that meant she was in the same year as Jiang Dongming.

But her combat Rank had already reached Rank 4, Level 9.

Even within the Imperial Capital Academy, she could be considered a Genius among Geniuses.

How could she be working here? Isn't that a bit of a waste of talent?

Qin Yao seemed to see through Lin Mo's confusion.

She explained a bit embarrassedly.

"There's no helping it; I owe the academy too many points, so I have to sell my labor to pay them off."

Lin Mo suddenly understood.

This Qin Yao seemed very outgoing; she pulled the screen page back up.

She pointed at the rankings on it very familiarly and asked.

"But I'm a bit curious, aren't you a freshman who just arrived this year? Why didn't you go to participate in the assessment?"

"Wait..."

Qin Yao reacted quickly, "You wouldn't happen to be participating in the Special Academy assessment too, would you?"

Also?

Lin Mo was stunned, "Senior Qin is also participating in the assessment?"

Hearing Lin Mo say this, Qin Yao naturally understood that Lin Mo had confirmed her guess.

She couldn't help but take a few extra looks at Lin Mo.

She had stayed in the academy for so long and naturally knew that Dean Mu of Star Academy never broke the rules.

She didn't expect that he would make an exception for the Rookie King Lin Mo in front of her.

After coming back to her senses, Qin Yao smiled and said, "Yes, I'm also participating in this year's Special Academy assessment."

Lin Mo was a bit surprised.

Qin Yao was only two years ahead of him.

Her current combat Rank had already reached Rank 4, Level 9; this progress should already be at the same level as Jiang Mengxi and the others.

Why didn't she participate in last year's Star Tower assessment directly?

Lin Mo couldn't help but throw out the question in his heart.

Qin Yao explained with a smile.

"Oh, my class is a bit special."

"To unleash my combat power, it burns a lot of money."

"Last year, to improve my combat Rank, I used all my points for battles."

"My combat Rank improved, but my points were drained, so I couldn't really do anything in the Star Tower."

"So I failed, but I'll prepare well and make another sprint this year!"

As Qin Yao said this, she made a cheering gesture to herself.

This couldn't help but make Lin Mo curious: what exactly is this Gem Magician class?

It seemed he had never heard of it before.

"Oh, I almost forgot the important business."

"You need to exchange Materials for points, right? I can help you."

Qin Yao still hadn't forgotten her current job.

Seeing Lin Mo nod, her expression became serious.

"Then you can hand over the Materials to me now, and I will evaluate the points for you."

Lin Mo was slightly stunned, "Hand them to you directly here?"

He glanced at the trading counter in front of him.

This counter was at best less than two or three square meters in size.

It couldn't hold many Materials at all.

Qin Yao didn't understand Lin Mo's reaction, "Yes, just put them on the table."

"Don't worry, I'm very professional; I absolutely won't miss a single point for you."

Lin Mo then said somewhat helplessly.

"No, what I mean is, this table is a bit small."

"It might not be able to hold them..."

Qin Yao was stunned upon hearing this.

Then she realized, and slapped her forehead.

"Oh, oh, oh, your Materials aren't Wolf Granny eyeballs."

"They are Rank 2 One-Eyed Hunter spears, right?"

"These Materials do take up quite a bit of space."

"You're quite lucky, kid; the number of these monsters is rare, and very few people encounter them."

"Then follow me."