15: Chapter 15: Friends You Must Make, Practical Training

According to past trends,

North Emperor University usually admits only two or three Specially Recruited Students each year, and sometimes none at all.

But this time, it had only just begun, and they had already accepted two directly.

This certainly put immense pressure on the subsequent Examinees.

Next up to present was Lu Qilai.

Lu Qilai walked forward, scratched his head with a simple and honest look, and smiled, "Teacher Yun, my name is Lu Qilai. I have a Life-type Talent, and my ability is making gourmet food."

"Any food that passes through my hands can unconditionally and instantly restore the consumer's condition by eighty percent, provided their level is not more than one hundred levels higher than mine. Of course, it's only effective if eaten within two days."

"My specialty is Abalone Sauce Rice!"

Upon hearing that it was a Life-type Talent, many people initially wondered if he was in the wrong place.

But as Lu Qilai described it further,

everyone's expression gradually turned to shock.

He could actually create food that restores a percentage of vitality?!

Doesn't that bear some similarity to a Healing-type Talent?

And his ability might even be more monstrous than ninety-nine percent of Healing-type Talents!

Regular Healing-type Talents not only consume a large amount of stamina when using their abilities, but their healing effect usually cannot achieve an instant eighty percent recovery.

If this were during a crisis, an instant eighty percent recovery could save a life or even turn the tide of battle!

Even taking a step back, if Lu Qilai opened a restaurant, he would definitely become incredibly wealthy!

Considering all these advantages,

in the eyes of the crowd, Lu Qilai was already guaranteed to pass.

And just as everyone expected,

Lu Qilai also passed the interview and smoothly joined the ranks of North Emperor University's Specially Recruited Students.

"Brother Li Fan, keep it up!" Lu Qilai turned back, greeted Li Fan, and then excitedly walked toward Ma Xiu and the other person.

Li Fan nodded toward Lu Qilai.

After hearing about Lu Qilai's Talent just now, he felt that Lu Qilai was definitely a brother he had to make friends with!

He had just been worried about his stamina not keeping up, affecting his progress.

Lu Qilai's appearance was equivalent to patching up his weakness.

He must befriend this brother; he absolutely must!

On the other side,

seeing that three people in a row had already passed the interview,

the already nervous emotions of the remaining Specially Recruited Students became even more tense.

Are all the Specially Recruited Students this year so incredibly talented?

"Next one!"

At this moment, Yun Xiong's voice rang out.

Li Fan stepped forward, arrived at the front, and began his introduction.

"My name is Li Fan. I have a D-rank Talent. My ability is Body Tempering, which is an augmentation for the physical body."

"The advantage of my Talent is that I can ignore level restrictions and infinitely boost physical attributes. The disadvantage is that upgrading is slow."

Li Fan's description was relatively concise and very easy to understand.

As soon as he finished speaking,

before Yun Xiong could say anything,

the group of Specially Recruited Students behind him started murmuring amongst themselves.

"Pfft, why is there a Body Tempering type?"

"Ignoring level restrictions and infinitely boosting physical attributes—it sounds pretty awesome."

"Awesome my foot, isn't he just a brute who boosts his body? Any Archer Talent or Ice-attribute Talent could wear him down to death!"

"That's true. This kind of Talent only has a significant advantage at low levels. Once they reach the level of high-level Awakening, they become practically useless; their ceiling is too low."

"This person is probably going to be eliminated."

"He must be eliminated! If he can pass, I'll eat dirt right here!"

...

On Yun Xiong's side, after listening to Li Fan's description, his brow furrowed slightly, and then he said,

"Infinite enhancement without level restriction—that is quite novel. But how is the enhancement speed?"

"Can you conveniently show us the current status of your physical aspects?"

Obviously, as an examiner for North Emperor University, Yun Xiong did not immediately reject Li Fan because he had a physical Talent, but first sought to understand the situation.

Li Fan immediately agreed,

"Of course."

"However, there doesn't seem to be a testing instrument here."

This was a stadium; testing things like strength usually required specific instruments to measure concrete values.

Yun Xiong hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "That's true. In that case, how about this: you will test just like those Regular Students—go into the Taia Secret Realm. If you can enter the top one hundred, you can enter North Emperor University."

With that said,

Yun Xiong waved his hand, and a formation pattern appeared beneath Li Fan's feet.

The next second, Li Fan vanished from the spot.

Seeing this scene,

all the Specially Recruited Students present couldn't help but exchange glances, silently mourning for Li Fan in their hearts.

The Regular Students were all elites from various regions!

To rank in the top one hundred among them was basically no different from directly eliminating Li Fan.

"Brother Li Fan, it's going to be tough," Lu Qilai looked at the spot where Li Fan disappeared and couldn't help but start worrying for him.

Since arriving in Beizhou City, Li Fan had basically been the only peer he could talk to.

He truly did not want Li Fan to be eliminated.

...

Meanwhile, on Li Fan's side.

Li Fan only felt the space around him distort for an instant.

When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived at a vast open area in the wilderness.

Looking up, a giant red vortex was hanging in the sky—this was an entrance to a Secret Realm.

Without a doubt, this should be the Taia Secret Realm that Yun Xiong mentioned.

"Hey! You up front, are you a late Examinee?"

Li Fan was momentarily stunned when a voice sounded from behind him.

Turning back,

it was the group of recruiting instructors who had been standing beside Yun Xiong earlier.

"No, I'm a Specially Recruited Student. Teacher Yun asked me to test my ability in the Secret Realm."

"He said if I can get into the top one hundred, I can enter Beidi."

Facing the instructors' confusion, Li Fan quickly offered an explanation.

Upon hearing Li Fan's words, the instructors' eyes looked strange, appearing even more puzzled.

However, they didn't have much to say.

"Teacher Yun asked you to come, right... Then go in."

"Oh, right, take the score tag with you."

One of the instructors pointed toward the Secret Realm entrance and, before leaving, tossed a small green tag to Li Fan.

It wasn't until Li Fan walked into the Secret Realm entrance,

that the instructors finally resumed their conversation.

"What's up with Teacher Yun? It's not very nice to toy with people like that, is it?"

"Yeah, getting into the top one hundred? If he truly had that level of skill, why would he need to go through special recruitment?"

"Let's not jump to conclusions so early. Maybe this kid really has something. Knowing Teacher Yun, he wouldn't go out of his way to mock an Examinee."

...

Meanwhile, on the other side,

inside a large conference room at North Emperor University,

the gazes of dozens of figures wearing North Emperor University instructor uniforms were all focused on the giant screen image in front.

Upon closer inspection, the image displayed above showed the various situations within the Taia Secret Realm.

In addition, in the upper right corner, there was a real-time updating score leaderboard.