53 – Promoting to a level-1 Apprentice Warlock

Time passed, a hundred days passed in a blink.

Yang Feng was sitting within the practice room of his dormitory, he slowly opened his eyes, formidable life force fluctuations slowly seeped out of his body.

Yang Feng’s eyes flashed with a whiff of joy and he acted within: “I’ve finally promoted to a level-1 Apprentice Warlock! Scan my body!”

<Yang Feng, basic properties, strength 3.7, agility 3.5, physique 3.6, spirit 4.2.>

<Blood-meridians: earth’s waste.>

<Soul aptitude: superior level-2.>

<General evaluation, classified as a level-4 life form.

Yang Feng thought with some regret: “Promoting to a level-1 Warlock after a 100 days, this result is considered to be excellent! Although, it still fell a bit short when compared to those geniuses.”

An Apprentice Warlock’s physical constitution was equivalent to that of a Knight rank expert, however, spirit force was by far higher than that of a Knight rank expert – it wasn’t so simple to be promote to an Apprentice Warlock. Among the students that joined Warlock College Antalya at the same time as Yang Feng, there were also only 20 plus students with superior level-5 soul aptitudes or higher that promoted to level-1 Apprentice Warlocks within those 100 days.

Jessica, the genius of Fernandro Clan, only spent 15 days before she promoted to an Apprentice Warlock. When she joined Warlock College Antalya, she already had the physical constitution of a high-level Warrior, that was also why she could be promoted to a level-1 Apprentice Warlock within 15 days.

“Light!”

Yang Feng pointed and a sphere of radiance abruptly lit up in front of him, illuminating the entire room with a matchless brightness.

Light was the simplest level-0 spell and the easiest way to test if one had been promoted to a level-1 Apprentice Warlock. As long as one can cast the level-0 spell Light, that meant that the caster possessed the lowest-level of casting ability, that one promoted to a level-1 Apprentice Warlock and took the first step towards exceeding the strength of a mortal as well as on one’s Warlock Path.

Yang Feng curved slightly the corners of his mouth, feeling very content. After being promoted to an Apprentice Warlock, he felt his body brimming with power – when compared to his body’s subhealth form before, it shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence.

Yang Feng assessed his battle prowess: “With my current strength, even without guns, I can easily get rid of a low-level Warrior! However, once I meet a Knight rank expert, I won’t be his opponent.”

Yang Feng used the unorthodox way of continuously ingesting elixirs to rise to an Apprentice Warlock. He didn’t went through rigorous battle drills nor life and death battles, his battle prowess were very lacking. Second generation Apprentice Warlocks also rose to their rank by ingesting large quantities of elixirs, their and his strengths were similar.

Although Yang Feng also trained in basic sword-arts, basic blade-arts and basic melee-arts, and even with the microchip’s assistance, within this short period, his battle prowess definitely couldn’t compare with that of those Knight rank experts that promoted through bitter training.

“Now I can pass the test and join the inner court! It was the promised land for Warlocks.

Yang Feng got up and left the room.

Warlock College Antalya’s appraisal room for Apprentice Warlocks, behind the reception sat two attractive and beautiful young ladies.

On one side there was a beautiful young lady with short blue hair, about 16 or 17 years old, with wheat colored skin and full of vigor – on the other side was a beautiful young lady with ling brown hair, about 18 or 19 years old, appearing to be more quiet – the first one complained: “Anya, it’s really boring here, we haven’t seen here anyone for half a day! If it were not for the salary being 1 Magic Stone per month, then I really wouldn’t want to come here. Can’t you put down the spell book in your hands and properly chat with me?”

Anya put down the spell book in her hands, her eyes flashed with a whiff of anxiety, she sighed faintly and said: “Inna, we don’t have much time. After entering the inner court, if we can’t promote to a level-3 Apprentice Warlock within 6 years, then we’ll be force to leave the college. I don’t want to go back and have to comply with the clan’s arrangements and become a tool used to forge alliances, and being married of with somebody from a random Warlock Clan.”

The competition within Warlock College Antalya was extremely fierce, once one entered the inner court, if one doesn’t promote to a level-3 Apprentice Warlock within 6 years then one would be immediately forced to leave. Those excellent seedlings that could promote to a level-3 Warlock within 6 years, only then would one be paid attention to and could continue study at Warlock College Antalya – at that point, the college would put in even more resources into their grooming.

It had been almost 4 years since Anya entered the inner court, she only just recently promoted to a level-2 Apprentice Warlock and promoting to a level-3 Warlock within 2 years was almost impossible. The great pressure forced her to use any opportunity to study.

When Inna heard that, her pretty face became pale and she said in a somewhat weak and bitter tone: “To promote to a level-3 Apprentice Warlock within 6 years, how could it be simple? Only Fernandro Clan’s Jessica, Bond Clan’s Cohns and Mexid Clan’s Ryan, only those geniuses, who’s soul aptitudes reached up to level-6, could seize the 6 year period and promote to a level-3 Apprentice Warlock. It honestly is too difficult to students like us, who only have a level-4 soul aptitude, to promote to a level-3 Apprentice Warlock within 6 years.”¹

Anya listened and then slight sighed once again.

At this moment, Yang Feng entered the appraisal room.

On Inna’s face surged a touch of a professional smile: “Hello, here is the Warlock College Antalya’s appraisal room for Apprentice Warlocks, did you came to be appraised as an Apprentice Warlock?”

Yang Feng gave a slight smile: “That’s right! I’m Yang Feng.”

“What? You’re Yang Feng? Steel City’s only successor Yang Feng?” Inna suddenly became shocked, her eyes flashing with a whiff of surprise.

Anya also had a professional smile, while her beautiful eyes flashed with a whiff of astonishment.

Yang Feng, Steel City’s only successor, only had an inferior level-1 soul aptitude – practically the whole Warlock College Antalya was aware of it. According to common sense, people with this kind of soul aptitude, even a lifetime wouldn’t be enough to promote to an Apprentice Warlock. Since Yang Feng came here to be appraised as an Apprentice Warlock, that’s simply unfathomable.

Yang Feng said faintly: “That’s right!

Inna said apologetically to Yang Feng: “I’m really sorry for forgetting myself! Please cast a 0-level spell.”

“Light!”

Yang Feng reached out with his hand and a sphere of radiance shined in front of him.

Inna nodded and said: “Indeed, a level-0 spell! Please display the transcript for main continent’s common language, basic god language, basic dragon language, basic fiend language, basic elf language, basic study of plains, basic mathematics, basic geometry, basic biology, basic botany, basic elementology and Turandot Subcontinent's modern history!”

Those basic courses focused mainly on memory – Yang Feng had the the intelligent eyeglasses, a major cheating device and he easily obtained excellent marks in all of the courses.

Inna carefully checked the transcript displayed by Yang Feng, then said with a slight smile: “Please wait a moment!”

Before long, Inna handed Yang Feng a set of gray Pao with a copper thread: “This Apprentice Warlock’s Changpao is set with a level-0 Decontamination, it’s costs more than 300 Gold Coins outside the college, it will be given for free after one promotes to a level-1 Apprentice.”

1 – a different Jessica or we were given the wrong name