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Chapter 338: The Upcoming National Examination!
Chapter 338: The Upcoming National Examination!
Su Ping slowly opened his eyes.
He had slept quite deeply this time.
After all, for the past few days, he had been dealing with the evolution of Hanwu Suosong, studying in the Spirit Land, and the subsequent unexpected incident with the Flame Heart. Su Ping had been busy and hadn't had a good rest.
Now, he finally had some time to rest, but such a situation didn't seem problematic.
Upon opening his eyes, Su Ping was surprised to find that his spiritual power had increased again, reaching the level of Overlord Sixth Rank.
The spiritual power boost from Xiao Qing's evolution had gradually been completely digested, so this increase wasn't unexpected.
Su Ping yawned and checked the time.
He took out his phone, and after sending off Ding Yan and welcoming Liu Fuhai last night, he had laid down on the bed. Feifei had then told Su Ping about Ye Zhou's frantic calls from the day before.
However, Su Ping was truly exhausted, and since Ye Zhou wasn't in a hurry, he didn't feel the need to rush.
Now, early in the morning, Su Ping was finally able to call Ye Zhou and hear his urgency regarding this matter.
Seeing the dozens of missed calls, Su Ping's eyelids twitched.
Feeling a bit guilty, he didn't directly call back but instead thought for a moment before sending the videos of Yaya's evolution, subsequent battles, and skill usage.
Of course, in these videos, all scenes related to Little Flame were edited out.
After waiting for a while, Ye Zhou's call came through.
"Hello, you finally picked up your phone?"
Ye Zhou's voice, filled with resentment, echoed from the other end.
"Haha, sorry, my bad, my bad. I've been busy with some things and didn't pay attention. I sent you the video of the Dark Inferno Ancient Crow's ancestral regression..."
"I saw it, so it's indeed related to that matter, and the reason is that kind of ability..."
"It should be, but the situation is complex..."
Su Ping didn't want to discuss further with Ye Zhou.
He didn't want to talk about space absorption, a space attribute, and he couldn't reveal what the Flame Sovereign's flame realm was like, as he still didn't know himself.
The existence of 'Ancient Flame' was something Su Ping believed wasn't known only to him. If he exposed it rashly, he couldn't guarantee what kind of trouble it might cause.
Obviously, Ye Zhou on the other end of the call seemed to understand something:
"That's good, we can discuss it in detail when we meet in the Imperial Capital. By the way, are you okay? I saw your video from the East Sea, so it shouldn't be a problem..."
Ye Zhou's words made Su Ping pause:
"What nonsense? What Imperial Capital? What do you mean by 'no problem'?"
"The Youth Vocational Examination! The schedule for the preliminary round appeared yesterday morning. In two months, the initial test will begin! Only the top ten youth beastmasters under Overlord Rank from each province, not exceeding the age of 24, will be qualified to go to the Imperial Capital for the final examination.
This is also the last Youth Vocational Examination before the education reform. From then on, the vocational examination will be reset with the education reform. You didn't know about this?"
Obviously, Ye Zhou was surprised that Su Ping didn't even know about this matter.
After all, these past few days, the internet had been abuzz with discussions about this, making it the most eye-catching news. Su Ping felt it was unreasonable not to know about it.
However, Su Ping had no idea about these matters. He had been in seclusion, researching and improving the Flame Heart, and hadn't paid attention to online news.
Nevertheless, what Ye Zhou said had also been mentioned before by Qin Erlong and Sang Sheng.
"The top ten from each province, not exceeding the age of 24? Those requirements are indeed quite strict."
Su Ping clicked his tongue.
Although he hadn't reached the age of 20 yet and had only awakened for a year, he had already reached such a high realm. Naturally, Su Ping wouldn't compare himself to most people.
He had grown to this point with the help of countless precious resources for himself and his companion beast. Additionally, his innate meditation talent was indeed extraordinary.
Su Ping wasn't someone who lived a life of luxury. After all, he had also experienced days when he had to split a penny into two halves. Naturally, he understood how difficult it was for ordinary people to obtain such a vast amount of resources.
"It should be fine. The competition will likely be intense, as this is a rare opportunity for young beastmasters to gain nationwide recognition.
You, my friend, have hidden your strength so deeply, but this time, you won't be able to hide it! I'm looking forward to beastmastering against you. I feel like I've gained an advantage, and if you were my age, I might not even have the confidence to be your opponent.
Su Ping's eyes twitched:
"You're quite confident, aren't you?"
Ye Zhou's words were filled with unparalleled confidence.
But this guy had just mentioned witnessing the battle on Xi Long Lake's Moon Island.
Xiao Zhiren and Xiao Qing's display of strength in that battle was not enough to make this guy wary.
Even if Qian Yi didn't showcase the terrifying power of the Five Elements Heavenly Body, Xiao Qing's Outer Body Incarnation was already impressive.
That could easily allow for cross-level battles in beast cultivation!
"Haha, you'll see. Su Ping, I owe you a big favor! This time, the successful ancestral regression theory helped me a lot."
Ye Zhou declared, "This time, I will definitely be the top in the National Youth Beastmaster Examination! No matter if it's you, the Imperial Capital, or anyone else, not even Qin Xiaoxue, can stop me!"
Ye Zhou's voice echoed again.
Su Ping recalled the first time he met this guy and his arrogant demeanor.
Su Ping could even imagine how this guy would boast with such confidence.
However, Su Ping didn't feel any aversion. If Ye Zhou could defeat him openly, he wouldn't have much to say.
In the end, compared to Ye Zhou, who had been cultivating at the Overlord Rank for so long, Su Ping, at his current age and rank, indeed had no advantage.
Speaking of which, why would the successful ancestral regression help this guy?
It was natural not to ask too much about the other party's beast companion.
However, he did remember the three beast companions of Ye Zhou: Time Sandglass, Ice Speech Cicada, and Year Wheel Tiger, all time-based beasts.
Time-based beasts?
Su Ping's lips curled up, revealing a smile:
"Good, then I'll wait and see!"
Indeed, he didn't know much about time-based beasts.
Being able to witness various beast companion battles was indeed something to look forward to.
After chatting with Ye Zhou for a while, Su Ping put down his phone.
Su Ping would never underestimate others, let alone someone like Ye Zhou.
The fact that his beast companions had hyper skills didn't mean others didn't.
On a stage like the National Vocational Examination, it was natural to have many outstanding young breeders.
Those with good family backgrounds, and even with the advantage of age.
If one thought they were invincible among beastmasters of the same rank, that would be like a frog at the bottom of a well.
Thinking of this, Su Ping got up from the bed, glanced at his phone, and as expected, recently, there had been much discussion on this topic.
Su Ping skimmed through it, and it was the same as what Ye Zhou said.
Two months, which meant mid-June, was the time for the provincial preliminary examination.
Seeing this, Su Ping realized that he also needed to sprint in these two months.
He didn't aim to stand at the same level as others, but he had to catch up and not fall too far behind in terms of cultivation.
However, he also had many things to do.
Thinking of this, Su Ping immersed himself in the Book of Ten Thousand Spirits.
After perfecting and developing the Flame Heart's cultivation, as expected, as a universal potion formula for Fire-type beasts with such strong effects, the Book of Ten Thousand Spirits provided feedback of one hundred points of universal experience.
Although it was like a drop in the ocean, it was still a small step towards developing the Rainbow Dragon's cultivation.
Thinking of this, Su Ping didn't rush, but contemplated whether he could further improve his beast companions' combat power in these two months before the vocational examination.
First, he needed to speed up the meditation process and ensure the resource application for his two main combat beast companions to quickly elevate his cultivation.
As for combat experience, Su Ping didn't need to worry too much.
Xiao Zhiren had countless paper people to fight at any time, and for Xiao Qing, the current Outer Body Incarnation was the best help for her, allowing this little guy to practice fighting herself anytime, anywhere.
With this in mind, apart from continuing to elevate his cultivation, Su Ping didn't seem to have any training to improve the combat power of these two little guys for the time being?
Xiao Zhiren, or Qian Yi, still had room for theoretical improvement.
That was the Sword Intent, a hyper skill based on Sovereign Rank resources, which should appear when Xiao Zhiren reached the Overlord Rank.
Speaking of Qianyi, his combat strength is somewhat inferior to Xiao Qing's.
After all, Qianyi's primary combat power lies in the countless origami paper swords.
The abilities of the little paper man, those messy sword techniques, and the improvements after evolving into the Paper Immortal Swordsman last time, are relatively average.
If he didn't have the paper swords, his combat strength would be ten times less.
Not to mention compared to Xiao Qing's Green Demon body and her outer incarnation, he doesn't even have a single hyper-tier skill like the Sun Heart on Old Sha.
However, if he were in a complete state and assembled those paper swords, with the configuration of hyper-tier skills like the Grand Elemental Heart and the Five Elements Heavenly Body, it would be enough to dazzle many people's eyes.
But at present, Su Ping is still unaware that during the professional assessment, if the little paper man were to assemble those paper swords, it would be considered non-compliant.
Is this considered a companion beast battle? So, the main focus for the next period should be to continue improving the little paper man's strength? But after careful consideration, there doesn't seem to be any feasible approach!
Could it be that he should continue to focus on Qianyi's sword techniques? Su Ping fell into deep thought.
However, the problem is, how to cultivate sword techniques?
Su Ping doesn't even understand what sword techniques are.
In martial arts novels and films, those so-called ultimate sword techniques that make one invincible in the world don't seem applicable here.
After all, in the beastmaster society, there are strict rules.
Skills, realms, energy, attributes, these are almost the fundamental rules.
Sword techniques, obviously, fall under the category of skills.
So, should he go and research those tool beasts?
The inheritance of the Fengdu Sword King, the White Bone Immortal Sword, and the cultivation method of the Extinction Yama Sword, Su Ping does have them, but he has never used them.
But the feeling is that the improvement won't be too significant.
At this thought, Su Ping also felt a bit lost.
He sent his consciousness into the beastmaster space.
Now, in his vast beastmaster space, Little Qianyi was still tirelessly practicing his sword techniques.
As a necrotic beast, as long as there is sufficient energy, there will be no physical constraints, so Qianyi doesn't feel tired.
This little guy has been consistently practicing the most ordinary sword techniques.
With a solid foundation, his future development will be smoother.
Practicing the sword? This little guy is diligent, but as his beastmaster, Su Ping has been a bit too 'loving' towards his companion beasts.
After his companion beasts' enhancements and his own evolution, these past two months, he hasn't been paying much attention to them.
On the contrary, the other companion beasts in the All-Spirit Heart have been flourishing during this time.
After obtaining the news of the professional assessment from Ye Zhou, Su Ping shifted his focus to his own companion beasts, and he couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.
Feifei's situation is special, so it's fine.
There's no need to worry about Xiao Qing's side either, as she herself is currently struggling to fully utilize her abilities.
Only the little paper man is left.
As time passes, with the strength of the companion beasts around him increasing, if the little paper man is unable to use those paper swords during the professional assessment, his strength will likely be greatly compromised.
With this thought, Su Ping exhaled and made up his mind.
For the next two months.
Aside from the promise to research the hyper-tier skill cultivation of the Icefang White Wolf with Old Liu.
Other matters will be put on hold for now; his main focus should indeed be on his contracted companion beasts.
Regardless, for the national youth beastmaster assessment in two months, he must first rank within the top ten in the province to go to the Imperial Capital and participate in this beastmaster competition. Only then can he properly challenge Ye Zhou's arrogant confidence.
Moreover, Qin Xiaoxue also made a promise with him.
Su Ping doesn't need to think to know that during this time, Qin Xiaoxue has hardly been looking for him to chat, probably because Miss Qin is also preparing for this assessment.
With this thought, Su Ping's eyes gradually became firm.
Putting aside other matters for now, Qianyi's realm, which just advanced this morning, should be raised first! And aside from using resources to enhance it, Su Ping has another ace up his sleeve.
With this thought, Su Ping took a look at the Book of Ten Thousand Spirits:
【Origami Man, Current Level: LV3 (18112/20000)】
(End of Chapter)
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