"We are the five elders in charge of the outer-disciples." One of the elders spoke up; he then continued by saying, "Those who can get into the top one-hundred in this year's final exam will get promoted to inner-disciples and those who didn't make it will be expelled."
Even though this rule had been known ever since Thunderbolt Academy was founded, yet it was still shocking for the students to hear it from the elder.
One-hundred people may sound a lot, but there are about 500 new students this year, the chance of securing one of the one-hundred places would certainly. This is even more so for students who came from a less fortunate family, and they would have to solely rely on themselves to hunt for elemental cores in the Thunderbolt Forest, while the rich could easily just buy them and all they have to do is focus on levelling up.
Not long after, the elder spoke again, "Every student can choose up to one martial technique from the Martial Tower, what class the technique is will depend on your talent." The elder paused for a moment then went on to say, "You may also freely enter Thunderbolt Forest, but do remember that you are solely responsible for your own safety."
The students were also given a month to practice their martial technique, then they would have to return back to the academy to attend lectures and training sessions.
The five elders, after finishing their speech left the assembly ground. The students started to chatter again about the upcoming final exam for outer-disciples, even though the exam will take place in a year, some of the students already began feeling nervous.
They didn't want to waste any further time, so most of them already started to head straight to the Martial Tower.
"Xiao Yang, we should also make our way to the Martial Tower now; otherwise the line will be huge!" Qian Fei suggested.
'I should also stop wasting any more time.' Xiao Yang thought then he quickly replied, "You two should go by yourself. I just remembered that I still have something that needs to be taken care of."
"Plus, I could go there at any time." Xiao Yang added.
"Alright then, but remember that its best to practice earlier than later." Qian Fei wasn't going to keep forcing him if he didn't want to go.
"Yes, don't worry about it. See you later." Xiao Yang waved at them as Qian Fei, and Fang Qiong left towards the same direction as the rest.
...
Xiao Yang returned home, Qian Xian seems to have secluded herself in her room. It would take her along time to finish absorbing the A-Class Elemental Core, but once absorbed, she would have a very high chance of becoming a B-Class Mage.
Xiao Yang didn't want to disturb her, so he went straight to his room, he quickly bought out a box containing ten C-Class Wind Elemental Potions.
'With this, I will surely be able to reach C-Class by the time I get back to the academy.' he thought to himself.
In a month's time, Xiao Yang would have to return to the academy to attend mandatory lectures and training sessions. Of course, Xiao Yang would rather prefer to use the times to level up, but alas he couldn't.
Without wasting any more time, he pulled out the glass lid of the potion and started gobbling up its contents.
A cooling sensation spread throughout his body from his stomach, but that cooling sensation soon became violent. Xiao Yang felt his organs were being torn apart by a wild storm.
Unlike the D-Class potions that Xiao Yang had taken in the past, this C-Class potion is much more violent and unstable. How much elemental points he can get depends on how much he can endure, if he could endure it all the way to the end and fully absorbed the potion, then he will receive the maximum amount of elemental points.
Xiao Yang quietly endured the pain, 'This pain is nothing compared to what I suffered in the past!'
Suddenly, Xiao Yang's pupils disappeared and his eyes turned plain white, his body was glowing with holy light.
Xiao Yang didn't know what happened, he had never experienced such thing before even in his past life. The sudden change of his body stabilized the energy in his body and lessen the pain, with that Xiao Yang's absorption was dramatically increased.
"10 D-Class Elemental Points Received [Wind]"
Two days later, Xiao Yang had finally finished absorbing an entire potion. What would have taken him four days to absorb one potion, had only taken him two days.
After absorbing the potion, Xiao Yang's body seemed to have returned back to normal, his pupils reappeared and the holy light disappeared.
'Is this another ability of the divine body? If that is true then my absorption rate would be halved' Xiao Yang excitedly thought to himself.
He didn't want to waste any more time thinking over it, so he quick;y drank another potion. Like before, the energy became unstable and his organs felt like it was being torn by an angry storm.
Shortly after Xiao Yang's body began to change again as well as the shining of the holy light. The energy in his body began to stabilize and the pain he is experiencing lessen. The absorption rate had also increased just like before.
'After this, I should use the remaining time to go hunting in the Thunderbolt Forest.' Xiao Yang continued to absorb the energy and endure the pain.
Chen Xiao Yang:
Age: 16
Lifespan: 200
Mana: 200
Celestial Divine Body [E-Class Celestial Divine Points: 64/// Duration: 19 Seconds]
Elements:
Wind [D-Class: 16 Points]