He had just reached the door of the dark room when it was pushed open from the inside, and a tall figure in a Daoist robe erged.
The person who ca out was Zhang Daoxuan.
His forehead and the back of his robe were nearly soaked in a cold sweat, and his face was sowhat pale, but his eyes were astonishingly bright.
Clearly, he had also gained a great deal from this Observation Skill lesson.
Seeing Yin Liulan at the door, Zhang Daoxuan gave a slight nod, then sidestepped past him.
When he glanced back at the still-closed door of the dark room and rembered that there were still people inside, a hint of defeat appeared on his face.
Yin Liulan paid him no mind and walked straight into the dark room. Nie Cang and Su Yunjin, who were behind him, also lightened their steps.
Inside the dark room, only four people remained.
Among them was a young man who had been exceptionally low-key during the recruitnt assessnt, always keeping his face hidden by a hood. Not long after Yin Liulan and the others entered, he quietly stood up.
He didn’t interact with anyone, showed no reaction to seeing Yin Liulan’s group, and simply walked hastily out of the dark room.
Finally, only three remained.
Dongfang Zhen, Lin Ye, and Wei Shuying.
Nie Cang’s gaze swept over the three of them, and an undisguised look of astonishnt appeared in his eyes.
"This year’s class is truly full of prodigies," he murmured.
"The ti that any one of these three has held on is already approaching the all-ti record since our training camp was founded."
Just then, Zhou Yan also ca in and reminded him in a low voice, "Chief Instructor, according to the schedule, we still have the foundational assessnt and combat assessnt this afternoon. I’m afraid we’re running out of ti..."
Yin Liulan thought for a mont before making a decision.
"You take the other students who have finished the Observation Skill lesson and start the foundational assessnt."
"As for the combat assessnt, move it to tomorrow."
He paused, his gaze falling upon the remaining three.
"I want to stay here and see for myself just what the limits of these three prodigies are."
"Yes, sir."
Zhou Yan accepted the order and led Chang Siming and the others away.
After another twenty-so minutes, Dongfang Zhen and Lin Ye slowly rose to their feet inside the dark room, at almost the exact sa ti.
They glanced at each other, and both saw a trace of fatigue on the other’s face, but more than that, a shared, unspoken sense of exhilaration.
They walked out of the dark room together.
"Mr. Lin," Dongfang Zhen said, shaking his slightly throbbing head, a hearty smile on his face. "You’re truly the most mysterious genius I’ve ever t among my peers."
Lin Ye returned the smile. "Mr. Dongfang, you’re also the most talented person I’ve t in our age group."
"Hahaha, no need for mutual flattery," Dongfang Zhen said, waving his hand. "We’ll have a match sooner or later... Hmm, probably more than one. We’ll let our skills do the talking then."
Lin Ye nodded.
However, just as Yin Liulan, Nie Cang, and the others thought the day’s lesson was finally over...
Lin Ye, after finishing his conversation with Dongfang Zhen, actually turned around and, under everyone’s astonished gaze, walked back into the dark room.
Yin Liulan’s expression froze.
He looked at Zhou Yan, who had not yet left, his voice laced with confusion.
"What’s with this kid? Why’d he go back in?"
Zhou Yan’s expression was also a bit odd. He reported truthfully, "Reporting to the Chief Instructor, this... this should be his fourth ti re-entering the dark room."
As soon as he said this, Nie Cang, Su Yunjin, and the others all showed looks of confusion.
’A fourth ti?’
’Could it be that in just a dozen or so seconds of rest, he had already completely recovered his depleted Spiritual Power?’
’How is that possible!’
With this huge question in mind, everyone stared intently at the door.
This ti, Lin Ye stayed inside for a long ti without coming out.
Now, only two people were left in the dark room.
One of them was Wei Shuying, whose face was growing paler and whose body had begun to tremble slightly.
Yin Liulan and Nie Cang exchanged a look.
Nie Cang said in a low voice, "Although Wei Shuying’s assessnts in other areas also place her in the top five, or even the top three, she’s ultimately not in the absolute top tier compared to Dongfang Zhen and Zhang Daoxuan."
"But in one area, she far surpasses everyone else."
"And that is Spiritual Power strength."
"In her file, she’s the only prodigy whose tested Spiritual Power strength value broke one thousand. The others are generally just over three hundred."
Yin Liulan pulled up Lin Ye’s file on his terminal.
For this young man, who was ranked only 41st before entering the camp, the Spiritual Power strength column was blank, as it had never been tested.
The Observation Skill column was also blank.
’This Lin Ye... where on earth did he co from?’
Inside the dark room, Wei Shuying felt as if her head was about to explode.
The pressure from the Candle Dragon was like countless steel needles, frantically stabbing at her Sea of Consciousness.
She slowly opened her eyes, giving up on staring at the scroll, wanting to catch her breath for a mont.
She had thought that by now, she would be the only one left in the dark room.
But when her gaze swept to a spot not far away, she saw Lin Ye still sitting cross-legged, his breathing steady, his expression focused, as if he were completely unaffected.
’How is that possible?!’
A fierce wave of indignation and competitiveness surged within Wei Shuying.
’She knew that in other areas, she might not be the best.’
’But when it ca to Spiritual Power strength, she would not allow herself to lose to anyone!’
She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes again, and forced her mind to sink back into the observation.
However, what she didn’t know was that Lin Ye hadn’t persisted from the very beginning until now.
He had only lasted this long by ducking in and out five tis to recover—his Spiritual Power had unlimited refills, replenishing completely in just ten seconds.
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