Chapter 114: Diamond in the Rough

Chapter 114: Diamond in the Rough

It has been about three days since Du Sixian became an official member of the Night Division. During this time, An Qing, who was in charge of training new recruits, conducted a comprehensive test of her abilities on her, and the test results were

Seeing Du Sixian walk out of their iron maiden-like test device, An Qing frowned and filled out the data as she announced, Alright, this was the last test.

How did I do? Sixian beamed. Am I officially part of the team?

Well An Qing hesitated. Your results are subtle! For now, you arent exactly part of the team yet.

True enough, Sixians results were strangely vague. The runes have been embedded into her soul, and if she were to stimulate it with a little psychic energy, she would be able to see a vague figure of a fish on her body.

Judging from the results, the intensity of her psychic fluctuations was about Level B, which is far greater than any of their previous recruits who had just obtained a rune.

Strangely enough, she didnt gain any noticeable abilities except for a significant improvement in her relationship with water and the strengthening of her body.

This is very contradictorySixian is like a high-end computer with no sort of drive system within her.

Which means that this rune was not suitable for her. Subtle results arent enough for the Night Division.

The word subtle meant bad in Sixians eyes, and her happy mood turned sour in mere seconds.

Be honest, An Qing, she muttered. Did it fail?

Well

Tell me the truth!

Sixian, An Qing smiled as she patted Sixian on the shoulder. Your results arent bad. There are many cases before you where their psychic fluctuations are strong, but there were no special abilities that were detected. However, it isnt something that cant be solved.

Of course, the Night Division possesses the resources to ensure that potential psychic users will not waste their inherent talent.

They have a series of standard spells, specific spells, and even forbidden spells for psychic users to learn.

With these tests, you may still be a genius! An Qing encouraged.

She was genuine in her encouragement; some psychic users developed special abilities that were not only useless but hindered them from learning other spells.

Du Sixian is practically a clean slate. Since she had no special abilities, nothing would be able to hinder her from learning new spells.

Is that true?

Yes, An Qing smiled. Youre like a diamond in the rough.

Previously, the Night Division had psychics with no special abilities too. They had no particular bias to a core, just like Sixian, and they were considered useless.

Welcome back! Jumengs voice sounded from inside the house. Do you want to eat first, or do you want to feed me first?

Only then did he remember that he was housing a goddess under his roof.

Entering his apartment, he saw Jumeng sitting at the dining table. She wore an emerald, coral fleece coat with a penguin hoodie that she got from god-knows-where, and her snow-white legs protruded from under the jacket as she sat cross-legged at the table. In front of her were several takeout dishes of Chinese food.

Where did you get the money to buy all these?

Im a goddess, for gods sake, she said, rolling her eyes. My people make offerings to me, so

How so?

Every year, thousands of believers tie coins with red strings and throw them on a peach trees branches. Sometimes, they would throw money into an offering box and buy incense from a high priest. Isnt it wonderful?

Youre telling me that this isnt your money? What happened to your sense of morality?

Excuse you! They willingly gave their money to me. I cant help it.

But

If you dont believe me, you should find your own believers, and youll be surprised by how many things they are willing to gift you! Oops, I forgot youre just an ordinary human being.

Lu Yibei grumbled in his heart, and Jumeng moved to his side as she stretched out a greasy hand, rubbing her index and thumb together. Pay up, kid.

What the Why does it feel like youre trying to extort me?

Look, you went out during the day to work, and now you should have the cores on you. Fork them over.

With her tone, Yibei couldnt help but envision her as a delinquent blackmailing a studentperhaps she bullies her believers into giving her money!

I-Im just an ordinary human being like you said! It takes time for me to hunt for cores for you. By the way, I wrote down part of what I found on a set of bamboo scrolls. See if youre able to interpret it.

At this moment, Jumeng grabbed his wrist, brought it to the tip of her nose, and sniffed deeply.

After sticking her nose deeply into Yibeis wrist, she looked straight into his eyes with a serious expression and said, Bamboo scrolls, correct? When do you think these bamboo scrolls you speak of were created?

Long, long ago? he tilted his head.

Correct, but the scent of bamboo in your hand reeks of modernity. Your teacher deceived you and showed you a replica.

What the f*ck? Professor Ma lied to me.

But whats the point of lying?