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“You have to condense the wind element magic in the body, compress it near the mouth at a high concentration level, and finally, spout it out to form a wind blade,” Bai Ye explained the content of the book to the little guy.
“…”
Its response was a pair of confused, blank-looking eagle eyes.
“The mouth is the organ that you use to make sounds. Compression is the application of pressure on an object to cause a certain amount of deformation.”
‘Sure enough, it doesn’t understand these technical terms. Perhaps I’ve made it too obscure.’ Bai Ye frowned.
It was no wonder other people said that teaching a tamed beast required the beast to possess a certain level of spirit intellect for it to learn faster.
If it could not even understand these words, how could he teach it?
At present, the two skills that the Blue Sky Sun-Chasing Eagle had mastered were the Intermediate Storm Suit Skill and the Intermediate Wind Snarling Skill.
It was merely an iron one-star beast now and could not use either of these intermediate skills.
According to the official data issued by the Obsidian Federation, the standard range for beginner skills was either the iron or the bronze level.
The standard range for intermediate skills was the silver or gold level, and the range for advanced skills was the platinum or diamond level.
The standard range implied that a skill of this level could be released as a conventional combat skill and could only be used by tamed beasts at the higher of the two corresponding levels.
“Forget it. If you can’t learn it now, we’ll try again later. Let’s eat first.”
Xiaodiao nodded vigorously. It had understood these words.
Eat.
“You only know how to eat!”
After it ate one-third of a wind crystal, Xiaodiao’s hair floated automatically and its fluff started dancing slightly.
This was because part of the wind crystal in its body would naturally be discharged from its pores and mouth after being digested.
“Your name is really domineering. I hope you can grow up as soon as possible. Then, you could fly me around so I can save on airfare.” Bai Ye stroked Xiaodiao’s feathers gently.
…
At night, he continued to meditate. Bai Ye had the same dream as last night.
He saw the familiar tomb in his dream.
The monsters in the tomb had a hint of resentment in their eyes.
Why are you not meditating?
Why aren’t you releasing us sooner?
Why are you not meditating?
Hurry up, go and meditate.
Bai Ye suddenly sat up with a jolt on the bed.
The second hand of the alarm clock on his bedside table was ticking.
Xiaowei appeared beside Bai Ye.
It gently nudged Bai Ye to appease its frightened master.
Bai Ye got up and poured himself a glass of water.
‘Forget it, since I’m already awake, I’ll meditate.’
Normally, the best duration for meditation was six hours daily. There had been a meditation class this afternoon, and he had already exceeded the ideal duration. Therefore, he hadn’t meditated upon returning home.
It was 3:40 a.m.
In theory, one could meditate and sleep at the same time, but it depended on the depth and sophistication of one’s meditation.
Bai Ye had not reached such a high level of meditation.
After drinking the water, he sat on the bed, relaxed his body, and continued to meditate.
He had to put in double the effort to achieve the same result, as he was meditating beyond the ideal duration of meditation.
After three hours, the benefits were only equivalent to the benefits obtained from the first six hours of meditation.
‘That’s such a small gain. It will be worse later on.’ Bai Ye hammered his sore thigh.
He sighed and did not continue to meditate.
Having a work-life balance was the right way to go.
The outcome of the next meditation session would only be perfect if he rested well.
‘I didn’t have that dream again tonight, though.’
Two days passed.
The day of the middle school entrance examination came.
That day, Fang Luolin put on a special outfit.
“Why did you steal and wear Mom’s dress?”
Bai Ye rolled his eyes.
“Mom is not here. I’m wearing this dress so that I can take you to the exam on Mom’s behalf.” Fang Luolin raised her fair, slender neck. “Is there a problem?”
“It’s up to you.”
Fang Luolin was wearing a black, flowy dress that day, and her hair was hanging loose on her shoulders.
The long skirt was almost mopping the floor, and there was a bow tied around her waist.
Her rounded shoulders were plump and smooth.
Her only regret was that her washboard chest could not pull off this get-up, making her look a little strange.
The No. 1 High School was one of the test centers.
However, the invigilators of the examination were not teachers from the No. 1 High School. Teachers from other schools had been selected and sent randomly by the education department to ensure the fairness of the examination.
There were crowds of people outside the gate of the No. 1 High School, and both sides of the road were filled with the students’ parents.
Police officers from the security department were also present to maintain the law and order, as well as to facilitate the smooth flow of human traffic.
The examination would last one day.
There were two examinations in the morning and one in the afternoon. The remaining time would be used to measure the mental strength and the meditation cultivation level of the students.
The exam would be over in one day.
The students entered the examination room and began to answer the questions.
Suddenly, there was a loud clamor in the examination room.
The door was pushed open.
“Hello, excuse us.” Two police officers in military uniforms stood outside the door. An army hound, which was a tamed beast, was by their side.
“We are looking for someone.”
“Everyone, please don’t move.”
The army hound, which was standing to the left of one of the police officers, suddenly barked.
Sounds of shaking and colliding were heard from a seat behind Bai Ye.
Bai Ye looked behind him and realized that this was someone he knew and was familiar with.
Yang Zhou had been pressed to the ground.
Beside him was a spider-like tamed beast that was already cold. It had stopped breathing.
The army hound, which could change color to blend in with the surroundings, was stepping on Yang Zhou with one of its paws and trampling the spider with the other one as if it was smashing an ordinary toy.
“The candidates are not allowed to turn around. Turn your heads back.” The teacher sitting on the podium knocked on the blackboard.
Yang Zhou was eventually taken away.
The rest was history.
This had been expected.
Similar things had also happened in other classes.
The first exam had already ended, and the papers had been collected.
Then, there was a sudden uproar in the classroom.
“Damn, I’ve been sitting behind that guy all along. He was trembling all over and peeping to his left and right from time to time. I was wondering if he was cheating. This year’s exam is very strict. If someone cheats, their tamed beast will be beaten to death and the cheater will be taken away by the police officers. I dare not cheat anymore.”
“I’m a goner. I’m finished this time. I was very nervous and I made mistakes while answering several questions because of what happened earlier.”
“Why was he taken away?”
“I don’t think this was as simple as ordinary cheating. He might have been in cahoots with outsiders!”
“It’s too fearsome. The army hound seems to know how to become invisible. It used military boxing as soon as it appeared. His buddy was dumbfounded.”
“I witnessed that too. He summoned his tamed beast to protect him, but the beast was gone after one smash from the army dog. It was such a bubbly and lively tamed beast, but it’s gone.”
Bai Ye was the only one who knew in his heart that this had not happened because Yang Zhou had cheated.
It was because Yang Zhou was a very good student.
His cultural scores were comparable to his.
There was no need for him to cheat.
This must have happened due to other reasons.
He couldn’t help thinking of his strange conversation with Yang Zhou two days ago.
When the two examinations in the morning were over and Bai Ye stepped out of the test center, the place was filled with patrolling officers.
There were also fewer parents outside the school gate.
Bai Ye called his sister and met her on the second floor of a teahouse located half a kilometer away.
Upon seeing her younger brother’s eager and curious expression, Fang Luolin didn’t beat about the bush.
“While you were taking your exams in the morning, something happened both in this school and outside the city. Someone placed female worms of the Heart-Piercing Bee in the bathroom of every test center. It was discovered in time, and additional patrolling teams are still coming. At the moment, your test center is one of the safest places in Obsidian City.
“Then, someone outside the city launched a surprise attack on the patrol team and caused the monsters to attack the city wall. Some people suspect that this was done by the same culprit. First, they diverted attention to the schools. Then, they used this opportunity to attack the city wall.”
She hadn’t been very worried about her younger brother’s safety, as she knew that her younger brother had a spatial tamed beast.
Spatial tamed beasts were the strongest when it came to safeguarding lives.
While she was speaking, an explosion was heard in the distance.
The building under their feet shook slightly.
Meanwhile, the hanging lamp swayed from left to right.