Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
But not now. It had to wait. He didn’t have much money at present.
Cards that could be used in Divine Realms weren’t cheap. Now that Lin Xiao’s cheating cube had been activated, his strength was bound to soar. One or two Organism Cards might not be enough. He had to prepare a little bit more. His plan was to purchase a four to five-star Food Card, or Racial and Resource Cards that could be used as food. Those weren’t cheap by any means.
The best way was, naturally, to wait after the placement test.
By then, if he scored good grades, he could very well ask his parents for the cards without shame.
That was the difference between someone born into a good family and regular people. Everybody was the same in terms of how many cards they could use, which was limited to one card per month. However, how could using a one or two-star card every month be the same as using a five-star or above card every month?
As for why the descendants of the wealthy and powerful still went to school, it was mainly because only the federal government wielded the method to establish Divine Realms. No matter how powerful and wealthy one’s background was, even those with the greatest of Divine Power had to attend school obediently to establish their Divine Realms.
For the next week, Lin Xiao would enter his Divine Realm through the Log-in Cabin every day to observe the situation of his Spawns in the Divine Realm and guide the faith of the Greymist Murlocs as appropriate.
With the time difference between the Overworld and Divine Realms where one day in the Overworld was equivalent to one year in a Divine Realm, seven days was equal to seven years.
Calculating based on the average of three years for a Murloc to mature and become fertile, after seven years, some among the first batch of Murloc refugees were already grandparents. However, many Murlocs would die of old age as well. The upper cap of their lifespan was 20 years but, with their living conditions, many Murlocs died before they reached 20.
Based on the regular pattern of the two hundred years that had elapsed since the establishment of his Divine Realm, ordinary Greymist Murlocs were generally considered old when they lived to fifteen. At that age, they could no longer fight and hunt.
Thanks to the sufficient food in the Divine Realm and Lin Xiao’s selective guidance, old Murlocs would be cared for, at the very least.
If they were be wild Murloc tribes where food was lacking, forget having food to eat, old Murlocs themselves may very well be used as food to feed the young.
This wasn’t because of Lin Xiao’s old-age responsibility concept, nor was it because he had a kind heart. The main reason was that every believer was precious to him, especially the old Murlocs. At that age, their faith would generally be excellent and they would most likely be True Believers. There was no way that he would give up on those little lambs who would continuously supply him with Worship Value.
For a God, even if a being did absolutely nothing and only knew how to eat and sleep like a pig, as long as they were faithful enough, they would make a good believer that was worth keeping.
Seven years later, when Lin Xiao exited the Divine Realm for the last time, the number of Murlocs in the Divine Realm had already exceeded 600, which was already approaching the food supply warning limit. Should the population further increase, it was almost impossible that their food supply would cope.
Fortunately, the placement test would be held tomorrow. He was very excited for it.
Early the next morning, he received a message from his class teacher. He roughly washed himself, laid down in the Divine Realm Log-in Cabin, and logged in to his Divine Realm.
But this time, he didn’t arrive in his own Divine Realm directly. Instead, he came to a massive palace that was suspended in the boundless void.
The palace was made of pure gold and emitted a faint divine light. Powerful divine energy came from within. On the palace gate plate, the words ‘Dongning City No. 5 Middle School Tenth Grade, Third Class’ was written. This was a Divine Artifact piece that belonged to Lin Xiao’s class teacher.
It was a universal Divine Artifact of the school. Every class teacher would be given one of them, which was used to conduct combined classes.
In this era, there would only be one combined classroom every week. Hence, students would usually stay at home and enter their Divine Realm via the Log-in Cabin. This would be the case for the usual combined classes and ordinary placement tests. Only for the important mid-term and final exams would students be gathered to return to the school in the Overworld.
Well, sometimes, when there were important events or competitions, students would also have to gather at the school in the Overworld.
Lin Xiao’s consciousness morphed into a ray of golden light and projected into the huge palace. Immediately arriving in a hall, he morphed back into his real form and stood on the golden floor.
At this time, not many of his classmates had arrived. He found a random corner and stood still.
As time went on, his classmates arrived, one after another. The number of people was increasing. In twos and threes, some formed into small circles and chatted quietly. They were also many people who were alone, like Lin Xiao.
As the saying goes, where there are people, there are competitions. This was applicable even in a classroom. Students like them who were qualified to establish their Divine Realm were different from ordinary students. From the moment they were enrolled, they had to compete; compete for their teachers’ attention, compete for the school’s resources, compete for quotas, and so on.
Amidst these competitions, the various grades and ranks of students had to be discerned. Along with excellent students, there would definitely be poor students.
Despite being students, classmates were also competitors. So naturally, the relationships they shared weren’t that great.
For instance, the three students standing to the right of Lin Xiao. Among them, that super handsome guy who had a red crystal that resembled an eye embedded on his forehead was called Yuan Hong. His birth conditions were excellent. His father was a True God.
Although his Divine Powers were weak, as he was just only appointed a God not long ago, he was a True God after all.
As the child of a True God, Yuan Hong inherited his father’s bloodline. When he was establishing his Divine Realm, he was in possession of some extra Divinity on top of the default 1-point value. He was innately stronger than the rest of his peers and was the top performer in his class. His ranking in the class had always hovered between first and second place. He was the true crème de la crème. Even in their entire year, he was ranked in the top ten.
In the other direction, among the group of four, there was a brawny guy who was extremely tall, had firm muscles, and looked like a mini giant. That guy was, likewise, the descendant of a True God. However, he wasn’t a first-generation descendant, but instead, a second-generation descendent.
Although he didn’t acquire extra divinity innately, the Mystical Power he had awakened to was extremely powerful. His grades had always hovered between the top five in the class and top five in the whole year.
Aside from them, Lin Xiao still had a few extremely powerful classmates, like Meng Hui, Zhao Erju, Yi Xiao’er, and a few others. Although their birth conditions weren’t as great as those two, with hard work, they were also very brilliant.
Generally speaking, excellent students would be each other’s competitors, especially for those in the top ten, five, and three. Hence, almost each of these five people had their own tiny circle of acquaintances. Many students liked to rely on these so-called aces of the class.
Lin Xiao had no interest in these and wasn’t clinging to any of his classmates.
His grades ranked in the middle of the class and could pose no competition or threat to anyone. Naturally, his relationship with his classmates was neither salty nor tasteless. He could still say hello to them when they meet, but that was all about it.
However, this situation would probably change after this placement test. With the cheating cube activated, he could no longer remain a middling student.
After he greeted his classmates who were nearby, he quietly leaned in the corner and closed his eyes to rest.
He couldn’t do anything about it. Of all the 50 students in his class, there were no beautiful girls. What are the odds, right?
About ten minutes later, when all the students arrived, two rays of golden lights, remarkably dazzling, plummeted from the sky with a powerful deterrence. Lin Xiao immediately opened his eyes and saw two figures veiled within a coat of faint golden lights.
One of them was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in a black suit and tie. This was their class teacher Wu Hai, a high-level demigod with the Divine Role of Knowledge.
The other young man in a white shirt went by the name of Zheng Wenzhuo. He was their tutor, an ordinary demigod who had the Divine Role of Healing.
Class teacher Wu Hai swept his gaze across all the students present. A smile appeared on his face when his eyes passed by the few students that were the closest to him. Those were the students who usually had the highest grades in the class.
“Today, the final placement test for your first year in senior high school will begin. The final exam will be held at the beginning of next month. There will be no combined classes during this period, so this is your last chance to catch up.”