"What?"
Ye Feng turned his head, looking at Jiang Shishan in confusion.
"Ye... Ye Feng, the middle-aged man sitting in the center is one of the Five Oracles, Master Shui Ling!"
"Don't stare directly at him!"
Jiang Shishan broke out in a cold sweat from Ye Feng's gaze just now...
"Man... man..."
Hearing Jiang Shishan's words, Ye Feng was stunned and couldn't help but look again at Shui Ling, who had long hair, looked very delicate, and was more feminine than a maiden from Jiangnan.
Coincidentally, Shui Ling's sweeping gaze fell on Ye Feng...
"Ye Feng!"
Shui Ling and Ye Feng only made eye contact for a moment before Jiang Shishan forcefully turned Ye Feng's head away...
"Middle-aged man... it's ridiculous..."
Ye Feng rubbed his arm, feeling a chill run down his spine, and goosebumps covered his body.
Shui Ling's gaze lingered slightly on the arcane pointer on Ye Feng's left wrist before moving away.
As the seven judges, including Shui Ling, nodded in agreement, host Ah Cai's voice rang out again, "Hello everyone, I declare the second round of the assessment for the young talents of the Oracle City officially begins. Please have accompanying personnel withdraw from the scene!"
As the host finished speaking, a large number of people began to withdraw from the golden hall. Jiang Shishan gave Ye Feng a thumbs-up and also left.
In a short while, the golden hall was empty except for the judges and staff, leaving only those who had passed the first round of assessment.
"Hello everyone, this assessment has two parts. The first part is to transcribe the purpose of the founding of Dawn Academy. The time limit is half an hour!"
As Shui Ling finished speaking, his hand flashed, and a large stack of A4 paper appeared in his hand. The paper already had the examination number and name on it.
The staff in the venue quickly stepped forward to take them and began to distribute them to the assessed personnel.
"The paper is the one you have in your hands, and the pen is your arcane energy. Any other method of answering is invalid!"
After the staff distributed the papers to the examinees, Shui Ling spoke again.
"Exceeding the time limit for answering and whispering are both considered cheating. Cheaters will have their scores canceled and be beaten out!"
As Shui Ling finished speaking, an imposing old man on his left, a Golden Ninth Rank, scanned the surroundings and continued,
After the host inquired with Shui Ling and the other seven judges, he spoke into the microphone, "The exam begins now!"
As the host's voice fell, the examinees began to condense their arcane energy onto the white paper in their hands...
Ye Feng, however, was rather dejected because he had no idea about the purpose of founding Dawn Academy and therefore had no way to write anything...
In contrast, most of the other examinees present, regardless of gender or age, were already condensing arcane energy on the white paper in their hands...
"Report to the judge, I've finished writing, but it disappeared on its own for some reason!"
After a while, someone in the crowd of examinees raised their hand and spoke.
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"I've also encountered this situation..."
"Is there something wrong with the paper?"
...
After one person started it, many examinees chimed in, but the seven judges remained expressionless and did not reply.
So, after looking at each other, the examinees lowered their heads and re-examined the white paper in their hands...
Ye Feng had planned to hand in a blank paper. After all, he was an honest person and truly didn't know the purpose of founding Dawn Academy, so making something up wouldn't be good...
But when he noticed the reactions of the surrounding examinees, he became interested in the white paper in his hand.
"This paper... is multi-layered... does it contain powdered arcane stones or something like that..."
"Huh?... Could it be that this paper is..."
After Ye Feng examined it closely and probed it slightly with his arcane energy, his eyes lit up. He discovered that this white paper was actually the special kind of paper used for crafting arcane talismans...
Shen Yunyao had told him about this before when they were in Mecha City... Crafting arcane talismans generally requires special paper, and this special paper is quite rare... What is seen on the market are finished arcane talismans, and almost no raw paper...
"Eh... there's a rune incision for guiding arcane energy here... If you write content from this incision using arcane energy, the content won't disappear, will it..."
Ye Feng probed with his arcane energy, feeling surprised.
Because he discovered that there was a very subtly set up arcane rune formation within the white paper. Only by writing along the incision with arcane energy would the content not be erased by the formation...
Ye Feng was only happy for a second before becoming dejected again.
Because even though he understood the trick behind the white paper, he could only stare helplessly. After all, he didn't know the purpose of founding Dawn Academy and couldn't write anything...
He thought about trying to peek at the people around him, but he eventually gave up. Firstly, the answers of the people around him might not be accurate. Secondly, he felt like someone was watching him. Most importantly, Ye Feng didn't want to do that...
"Time's up, stop writing, hand in your papers!"
At this moment, the host looked at his watch and said.
The examinees all withdrew their arcane energy, fearing they would be accused of cheating.
Staff quickly collected the test papers from each examinee. The vast majority of examinees were smug and confident about their results.
"Hey, Doggy, I didn't expect the second round of assessment to be so simple~"
"Indeed, it was practically giving away points... I couldn't write the answer for a long time. After writing something, it disappeared on its own very quickly. I kept writing and writing, and I was almost driven crazy. I thought I was done for, but then it suddenly became normal as the exam time was about to end..."
"Me too... me too..."
"Hmph, that white paper is specifically for crafting arcane talismans and has a formation inside!"
"Really?"
"As expected of Young Master Lang!"
...
While the staff were organizing the test papers, many examinees were discussing animatedly.
"Everyone, please be quiet!"
At this moment, the host spoke again with the microphone, "Next, we will proceed to the second and final part of the second round of assessment!"
As the host's voice fell, he turned to Shui Ling, one of the Five Oracles.
Shui Ling's hand flashed, and a golden, uniquely shaped metal piece, about the size of an adult's palm, appeared in his hand.
"Holy crap..."
Seeing what Shui Ling took out, Ye Feng was greatly surprised.
Because it was a golden medal issued by the Adventurer's Guild, and the patterns and engravings on it were extremely familiar to Ye Feng. It was exactly the same as the golden medal he had picked up when exploring the Goblin Kingdom, which was said to belong to the Flame Ranger...
If it weren't for the fact that the golden medal that once belonged to the Flame Ranger was still lying on the iron rack in his spatial storage, Ye Feng would have thought that the golden medal in Shui Ling's hand was his own lost item...