"readily."
Seeing Lin You agreed so readily, Guo Rui couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, whenever it's convenient, feel free to contact me. Here's my contact information."
"OK."
Lin Youduo glanced at the other party. Guo Rui specifically sought cooperation with him, obviously not just to earn duel points.
With a 40% to 60% profit margin, plus the cost of venue delay, the profit from cooperating with Linyou is not high.
He has many better candidates for cooperation. Losing money to Lin You today was purely an accident.
Not only is Lin You very adaptable to the environment of heavy magical pressure, he also has the secret help of Li Ziqiu. If it were anyone else, even the Rookie King, it would be impossible for him to do better.
Guo Rui specifically sought cooperation with Lin You and offered a high share of the profits. His main purpose was to take this opportunity to get to know him.
Just looking at Lin You's extraordinary performance today, we can see that he has great potential. He might even have a chance to compete for the title of 'Rookie of the Year' of Jiangcheng High School this year.
That would be truly brilliant.
This opportunity is rare, and it would be a shame not to make friends.
Lin You naturally saw what Guo Rui was thinking.
But that's nothing.
If the other party thinks that making friends with him is a bargaining chip and an opportunity, then he is considered a smart person.
What's more, you can actually earn duel points.
"That's all for today then."
After saving the contact information, Lin You added, "If I come here again, I will contact you, but you may not be able to contact me every time."
Earning duel points is certainly important, but Lin You can't stay here every day. After bearing the pressure of magic to the limit, he can't bear it again with a short rest.
The body will accumulate a sense of heaviness, and if there is not enough rest, the time it takes to bear the pressure of magic again will be shortened a lot.
Although there is the help of the chestnut ball, if you push your body beyond the limit, you may end up in ruin.
"Of course, it depends on your time."
Guo Rui also understood the reason. It was not realistic to let Lin You play all the time.
Besides, he really doesn't need it.
The purpose of proposing cooperation is to show goodwill.
Lin You didn't stay long. He left the Magic Pressure Building and underwent another magic certification at the exit.
Before leaving, Lin You asked the guard teacher about the location of the monster training ground.
Monster training ground.
The role it plays is the same as the monster cabin that Lin You used in the duel class, but the effect is more prominent. It is said to be supported by multiple "magic cores" and the effect is very powerful.
However, each student is only allowed to use the training ground three times a month, and any more than that will require payment.
Each battle costs 10 duel points, which is quite expensive.
However, students like Lin You who have passed the advanced entrance examination receive preferential treatment in this regard.
The training ground can be used five times per month, and the cost of an additional training session is 8 duel points.
This is not a small privilege.
While it was still early, Lin You planned to go over there and take a look.
It's just right to train a skilled black magician who has naturally reached the duel level.
This card has quite good panel data and potential abilities, and its activated awakening skills are expected to be quite powerful.
Thinking of this, Lin You quickened his pace and headed straight for the monster training ground in the direction indicated by Teacher Shoulou.
…
Mentor Lin, Lan Xinhu.
Pavilion on the lake.
Five or six instructors were gathered in the pavilion on the lake, sitting opposite each other on the ancient wooden benches on both sides. In the middle was a small round table, on which was placed a sandalwood teapot and several teacups from which steam was emitted.
A slightly older middle-aged man filled several teacups one by one. The fragrant aroma of tea wafted out slowly, and the instructors on both sides sniffed the tea intoxicatedly.
"Old Zheng, what's going on this time? You thought of calling everyone out, and you were so polite, even preparing some good tea."
A mentor, also a middle-aged man, laughed first.
The mentors present are of similar age. The oldest one is Zheng Xian, or "Old Zheng" as he calls him. He is in his early fifties this year.
"That's right, that's not like you."
Others echoed.
"What are you talking about?"
Zheng Xian couldn't help but laugh. "It's so rare to have some free time, and with such nice weather and beautiful scenery, if we don't get together now, we'll be busy all day after the assessment island is over."
"That's true."
Several people responded with a smile, picked up their teacups and sipped their tea slowly.
After drinking for a while, an instructor spoke again: "Speaking of the Assessment Island, I heard that the content of this year's Assessment Island is the magic field newly created by Senior Wang."
"Senior Wang?"
Someone was surprised, then said with some concern, "Then the new students entering the school this time are going to be miserable. Senior Wang is a naughty old man. The magic field he created must have been filled with a bunch of weird and wonderful things. Won't these youngsters be tortured to death?"
"It's good to torture him. He's just in need of experience. The young one can't access the secret realm yet. The magic field on the assessment island was a bit monotonous. I think Senior Wang is really thoughtful."
"It's true that they have ideas, but they're too flashy and there's a fear of problems. They're putting the cart before the horse, just like what happened a few years ago."
"Don't worry about that, Senior Wang isn't someone who won't listen to advice. After so much time, it's rare for him to set up a magic field for our school again. He should learn from past experiences and lessons, retaining their unique style while giving it more of an individual ability assessment aspect."
Several instructors chatted about this for a while, but Zheng Xian remained silent, sipping his tea leisurely.
Seeing him like this, one of the instructors couldn't help but say, "Old Zheng, tell me what you think too. You're the one who called everyone out here today, and we're all talking so enthusiastically, and you're acting like nothing happened."
"Yes, Lao Zheng, we have to criticize you for this."
"Don't worry, don't worry."
Zheng Xian leisurely drank the last sip and refilled his tea with practiced movements while saying, "Actually, I've already heard a little bit about the core content of this assessment island."
"What, is this true?"
"Old Zheng, are you so well-informed?"
Several instructors were surprised for a moment, then they stared at Zheng Xian anxiously and curiously.
Originally, this assessment island is about students, and instructors don’t need to pay too much attention to it.
But the magic field was created by that old naughty senior.
The magic field is equivalent to the assessment content of the Assessment Island. If someone else sets the assessment content, the instructors will not care too much, it is nothing more than the difference in difficulty, but it happened to be that Senior Wang!
There is no doubt about Senior Wang's ability, but the problem is that although he is old, he still has a childlike heart. The magic field he created is too playful, which can be felt from his nickname "Old Naughty Boy".
A few years ago, the Old Boy created a magic field for Jiangcheng High School on the Assessment Island.
However, the purpose of the magic field assessment was to put aside inherent strength, and the elements of "luck" and "courage" were greatly magnified.
Ultimately, the freshman who won first place in the assessment was not the rookie of the year in any school, nor was he even a very famous student. He was just a freshman who had the qualifications for the advanced entrance examination but failed to pass it.
Although such a student is already very good among the freshmen, it is really surprising that he can get the first place among the freshmen.
The school was also helpless, but the magic field was created by Senior Wang.
Forget about arguing with him.
It’s not that Senior Wang is unreasonable, on the contrary, he has no habit of refuting.
I listen to everything, but I don’t take anything to heart, as if I didn’t hear anything.
In the end, you are the only one performing a solo show, while he becomes an enthusiastic listener who stays out of the matter.
After that, Senior Wang never created a magic field for Jiangcheng High School again.
Who knew that he would make a move again this year?
The main basis for these tutors to select students is the assessment results.
As for the advanced entrance examination, the school will only send one tutor to supervise the examination every year. The purpose is to prevent tutors from contacting students in advance during the admission stage and interfering too much with students' judgment.
After all, the tutor and the student choose each other, and it doesn't mean that whoever you like must become your student.
The reason these mentors are so active, besides their basic love for talent, is more importantly because the annual settlement of duel merits depends on the strength and progress of the students they train.
Therefore, everyone hopes that every year, the students they recruit will become stronger and more talented, which affects their career evaluation and the rewards for duel merits.
At this moment, after being stared at by several instructors for a while, Zheng Xian took another leisurely sip of tea before slowly saying, "I won't say much more. Two key words: survival and collection."
"Survive and gather?"
"What does this mean? Could this assessment be dangerous? Senior Wang, have you had enough fun and are planning something exciting?"
Several instructors were a little surprised, and one of them said: ""
"Being so serious is really unlike Senior Wang's style. Old Zheng, are you kidding us?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the others also looked at Zheng Xian.
"What are you thinking about?"
Zheng Xian, who had been in a state of leisure for a long while, almost spit out a mouthful of tea. He said angrily, "I lied to you about this. Do you think I have nothing better to do? Believe it or not, this news was leaked to me by Old Jiang."
Upon hearing Lao Jiang's name, the man who had previously suspected Zheng Xian of deceiving him suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed out loud, "Lao Jiang, then this news is basically reliable. If it really is the subject of this assessment, we can rest assured."
The other mentors also echoed.
Old Jiang!
He is the president of Jiangcheng University, so it’s not surprising that he knows about this kind of thing.
Building a magic field is no joke; it requires negotiation and must be planned and arranged in advance.
"By the way, it seems the school has gained quite a few good talents this year."
One of the tutors suddenly changed the subject, and when talking about this topic, several tutors became interested.
"I remember that Lao Xia's son started school this year."
"Old Xia's son is incredible. He's said to be Guangmu High School's Rookie of the Year."
"That's right, a tiger father will have a dog son. Old Xia is really lucky."
Listening to their discussion, Zheng Xian suddenly looked at one of them and jokingly said, "Old Hu, don't you have a daughter? She's quite talented too. Why don't you try to match her up with Old Xia's son? Then you can legitimately take him in as your student."
"Don't mention that girl. It makes me angry."
Old Hu was a little angry, but he quickly sighed, "Hey, that girl didn't even apply to Jiangcheng University this year. She said she didn't want to be under my supervision, but she threw a tantrum and insisted on going to Maple Leaf University."
"That's normal, little girl."
Zheng Xian smiled and said, "Besides, Fengye is not bad either, she won't be delayed."
"Yes, Lao Hu."
A teacher jokingly said, "I think you're quite right, girl. It must be depressing to look at your big, rough face every day."
"screw you!"
Old Hu was fuming a bit, and seeing that he was about to get angry, Zheng Xian said at the right time, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Come, let's continue drinking tea. It's time for us to compete fairly, and it all depends on fate. Anyway, Old Hei is the examiner this year."
"That's right. Lao Hei is a Buddhist. He doesn't even bother to take students. He just keeps focusing on his research all day long."
"Indeed, I think we should propose that we let Lao Hei handle the annual entrance examination. That would be great, completely selfless, and wouldn't draw any attention to us."
"It's just us who are thinking about it."
Zheng Xian laughed and said, "Those people don't think that way. They know the competition is intense, so they all want to be the chief examiner themselves and deceive these innocent students. They won't agree to give up the rotation system, especially those instructors who haven't had their turn yet."
"Unhealthy trends!"
Old Hu cursed, "To be a mentor, you must rely on your strength. Unconventional methods are not acceptable."
"I don't blame them."
Zheng Xian said, "Let alone them, even if it were us, wouldn't we be equally moved when we saw a promising young talent? Would we remain indifferent, without any selfish motives?"
"That's true."
Old Hu immediately lost his temper. He had just said it casually.
"At the end of the day, not everyone is a black man."
"Yeah, Lao Hei is still the best."
Several instructors were chatting and laughing, sipping tea, feeling the breeze, and appreciating the beautiful scenery on the lake, but they didn't know that the "Old Black" they were talking about was really "black" this time!
…
Monster training ground.
An hour ago, I successfully found Lin You here and discovered that this location was very different from what I had imagined.
It is said that its function is the same as that of the monster cabin. Lin You thought it would be a larger cabin. As for the "training ground", it is a conceptual name.
But after the introduction by the venue teacher, Lin You learned that this training ground was indeed a training ground in the literal sense.
The venue is small, but it is still several dozen square meters, which is much more spacious than the cramped monster cabin.
"Are you ready?"
At this time, the teacher in charge of this area asked.
"I'm ready, thank you teacher."
Lin You nodded, stood in the training ground, and drove the magic power according to the instructions.
The card is flipped.
Under the light of summoning, a magician monster wearing a blue-black robe and holding a dome-shaped staff appeared. It was a skilled black magician.
Judging from the panel data alone, this card can be said to be Lin You’s strongest white star monster at present.
The awakened innate skills will probably be very powerful.
The moment the skilled black magician appeared—
A total of seven dark blue diamond-shaped crystals appeared, and these were the magic cores.
And judging from the size, each one is three times larger than the magic core in the Duel Class monster cabin.
These magic cores are arranged in an orderly manner, and together they emit an even stronger dark blue glow.
This strong light instantly filled Lin You's vision.
But strangely, the strong light was not dazzling, and Lin You did not instinctively close his eyes.
With my eyes open, I wait for the faint blue to fade away.
It was like lifting a curtain, and everything in front of Lin You was brand new.
The sky was a strange dark red. High in the sky, countless pieces of gravel, large and small, were suspended for unknown reasons, almost filling the entire sky.
It's like a sign of the future doomsday.
At this moment, the place where Lin You was standing was actually a deserted wasteland. There was nothing around him, and the only sounds in his ears were the whistling wind and the sound of rolling gravel.
Interestingly, in front of him, there is a translucent white panel.
There are 5 numbers on the panel from 1 to 5.
The venue teacher said that this symbolizes difficulty.
The most amazing thing about this training ground is not that it places you in a simulated training scenario with the duelists, but that the difficulty level is controllable.
The monster cabin does not have such a function.
Of course, the venue teacher also said that we should do everything within our ability. Increasing the difficulty blindly will only backfire.
If the cards don't have the ability to withstand the difficulty, then training will quickly be interrupted, wasting a valuable opportunity.
"Are those rubbles going to fall down?"
Lin You looked up at the sky. The scene of countless pieces of rubble floating in the air was quite oppressive.
But it doesn't matter.
Anyway, it's just a simulation and it can't hurt him.
The only people who are actually present in the scene are actually skilled black magicians.
Lin You seemed to be immersed in the scene, but he was still just a spectator.
No, the difficulty still needs to be handled by him.
How difficult should this setting be?
Regarding this aspect, the explanation given by the venue teacher is that although there seem to be 5 levels of difficulty, the 5 levels of difficulty experienced by each card are still completely different, so the initial difficulty setting is best to be 2 to 3.
After thinking for a moment, Lin You directly set the difficulty to 4.
He still has high hopes for the potential of a skilled black magician. Usually the points are 2 to 3, so adding 1 shouldn't be too much, right?
After the settings were completed, Lin You immediately clicked to confirm.
The moment he pressed the confirm button, the gravel in the sky suddenly began to vibrate, and the vibration was amplified rapidly in a short period of time.
A shocking scene appeared.
Dozens or even hundreds of pieces of gravel fell down at this moment, as if it was raining stones.
These gravels seem to be more than just stones. The bottom of each one is more or less stained with some strange black light.
The rubble enveloped the skilled black magician, but he did not dodge or evade, remaining standing, his staff held at an angle, a black light also appearing at the dome.
Bang, bang!
Gravel fell on him one after another, and every falling piece brought up a trace of blood on his body.
But as the blood flew, the black light remaining at the bottom of the stone actually took the initiative to penetrate into the body of the skilled black magician.
Immediately afterwards, the black light on the dome of the staff in his hand began to fluctuate slightly.
Blood kept splattering.
The skilled black magician, who was constantly being wounded, seemed to be sensing something and never retreated.
Bang!
A few minutes later, the skilled black magician, who was about to turn into a bloody man, suddenly shattered.
At the moment he was broken, Lin You's heart suddenly felt a sharp pain. He couldn't help but half-kneel on the ground, pressing his palms tightly against his heart to suppress the pain.
At the same time, the surrounding scenery faded and the training ground returned to its original state.
Seeing his appearance, the field teacher's pupils shrank, and he hurried forward to help Lin You up, and asked anxiously: "Student, how are you?"
"Thank you for your concern, teacher. I'm fine."
Lin You stood up. The pain in his heart had subsided. The pain only lasted for a short time. He asked curiously, "Teacher, is that the backlash of awakening?"
"That's right."
The field instructor nodded, but then added, "Awakening backlash usually only occurs when the training intensity is too high. However, your card has only been in there for a few minutes, which means the training it received was quite difficult, so it caused the backlash early. You should be more careful next time and adjust the difficulty appropriately."
Too difficult?
Lin You was a little depressed. Wasn’t he not at level 5 yet?
I only trained for a few minutes and suffered a huge loss.
As if seeing through his thoughts, the field instructor couldn't help but laugh and said, "The difficulty is too high, which means your cards are very talented. The awakened skills should be quite powerful. You know, many cards are unlikely to suffer awakening backlash even if they are trained at level five difficulty for just over ten minutes."
"It's called backlash, but it's not a bad thing."
"Not a bad thing?"
Lin You was shocked.
“Not really.”
The field instructor nodded and said firmly, "Many duelists hope for a backlash during their first training session, and the sooner the better. This speaks volumes about their card talent."
"Of course, deliberately seeking backlash from awakening is just looking for trouble. You know this time that this card of yours has remarkable talent. Next time you train, it's best to adjust the difficulty to an appropriate level so you can persist in training longer and maximize the effect."
Lin You understood.
It’s said to be a good thing, but in fact it’s still a loss.
It's just a psychological comfort, knowing that my cards have strong talents.
But Lin You didn't doubt this at first, otherwise he wouldn't have set the difficulty to 4.
Forget it, I’ll be more careful next time. It’s free this time anyway.
Lin You didn't hesitate any longer. After thanking the teacher again, he left the monster training ground.
This time, instead of wandering around, Lin You went straight back to the villa.
It was almost noon now, he still hadn't eaten breakfast and was feeling a little hungry.
There was no need to go to the cafeteria specifically. He had looked at the refrigerator in the villa and found it was filled with a lot of fruits and bread, as well as jam, which was enough for lunch.
Lin You doesn’t care about that much, as long as he can fill his stomach.
After dinner.
Lin You didn't go out again. He was very tired after the whole morning. He took a shower first to wash off the sweat on his body, and then went straight back to the master bedroom to take a nap.
When I woke up, it was already past two in the afternoon.
He was not idle either, so he went out directly.
It’s not for training, but simply to familiarize myself with the campus environment.
Jiangcheng University is too large. If you don’t get to know it better, you’ll have to ask for directions whenever you want to go anywhere, which will be very troublesome.
So, in the afternoon, Lin Youna took a brief tour of the school.
After coming back, he made a quick dinner and started his daily magic training.
The day was packed with activities and was quite fulfilling.
As for the next few days, he also has a corresponding training plan.
Seize the last chance to improve yourself.
Next.
All we have to do is wait for the school-wide assessment on Assessment Island to begin.