Insufficient balance

  Early in the morning, I was woken up by Teacher Xiu and had the exam details repeated to me again, then brought me to the entrance of the Royal Intermediate Magic Academy.

  "Teacher Xiu, why are you here so early? The exam is still a long way off." I said with a yawn. These past two days have been driving me crazy, Teacher Xiu has been repeating the exam rules and details to me N times a day, it's making my head spin. Originally, I wanted to try and hatch my fantasy beast to see what it was, but Teacher Xiu wouldn't let me, he said we need to maintain our physical and mental energy at its peak before the exam. Teacher Xiu is even more nervous about this exam than I am.

  "Let's take a look at the situation first. Longbow, as long as you follow the steps arranged by your teacher, you should be able to pass smoothly."

  "Alright, got it."

  One hour of waiting feels like a year to me. (Because of Teacher Xiu's endless nagging.)

  "Alright, you can go in now, Zhang Gong, good luck!" Teacher Xiu gave me a thumbs up.

  "OK", I also gave a thumbs up.

  As I stepped into the academy, wow, it's indeed a top-notch school, just on a different level. The huge playground is over 15,000 square meters, and there are so many people! As Xiu said before, this year there are probably over 10,000 examinees applying here, but in the end, only 200 students will be accepted, that's one out of fifty! At this moment, the magical broadcast (transmitting sound through a special magic crystal) sounded, "All examinees, please line up from east to west according to your registration number, every 600 numbers form a row. Please follow the order and get ready for the first test in your respective queue."

  I am No. 1503, third row. I came to the third row and lined up in the middle of the queue. I looked around and almost all the students who took the exam were wearing magnificent magic robes. Those who wore simple clothes like me were hardly visible. The surrounding candidates looked at me with disdain, some even curled their lips and said, "A commoner dares to take the exam."

  Hmph! What's wrong with being a commoner? Aren't commoners human too? Just because they have some power at home, what's so great about that?

  "Alright, everyone please be quiet. The first test item is now starting. Please have each student in the row go to the invigilator teacher at the front of the queue one by one according to their exam number." The broadcast sounded again.

  There were 20 rows of teams, with two invigilating teachers at the front of each row. One teacher was responsible for guiding students through the test, while the other recorded scores. The first item on the test was actually very simple - all you had to do was go to the teacher and have your score measured using a magic crystal. The entire entrance exam consisted of four items, with rankings determined by total score. The top 200 scorers were selected.

  I'm bored waiting, why is it so slow?

  An hour has passed.

  "Classmate No. 1503, please test." It's finally my turn.

  I went up to the teacher, "Hello teacher, I am a good student from Class 1503." This was what Teacher Xiu taught me. He said that I must be polite and leave a good impression on the teacher, maybe I can get more points.

  "Alright, you may begin the test!" The proctor smiled at me and nodded his head.

  I began to gather magical energy, placing my right hand on the magic crystal, and light elements quickly gathered from my brow point, then flowed into the magic crystal through my right hand. The magic crystal started emitting a faint white glow, which grew brighter as I input more magical energy.

  "Alright, that's enough, classmate."

  "Thank you, teacher." I stopped releasing my magical power.

  "Your magic is quite strong, you must be studying light system magic. Study hard, as light system magic becomes very powerful at the higher levels of a magician. Go rest in the resting area, the next exam will begin soon."

  "Yes."

  It feels good, this exam should be no problem, I see the previous examinees didn't have a single one with magic power as great as mine just now, hehe, I smiled proudly.

  The next item is to test the magical comprehension, and the examination method is also very simple. As long as you cast your most satisfying magic within the set boundary, it's okay. The exam is in the afternoon. However, I am not allowed to leave the college at noon, and lunch is provided by the college. After eating, I wandered around the college, and it's really big here! In addition to the main arena, there are many small trial fields, and there are many teaching buildings. The environment of the whole campus is beautiful, with green grass everywhere, and many small forests, fake mountains, fountains, etc. It's not bad at all, it seems that studying here isn't a bad thing either.

  The afternoon exam has started, and all candidates are divided into 10 venues for the exam. Each venue has 5 chief examiners, each of whom will give a score, which adds up to the candidate's total score in this exam.

  Wow, it's really abnormal. The entrance exam for the intermediate magic academy, the test magic of the examinees is at least intermediate magic, and even several are advanced magic. It's ruthless enough. The chief examiners often whispered to each other, from their smiling faces, it can be seen that they are very satisfied with this group of examinees.

  It's my turn now.

  "Examinee No. 1503, you can cast your magic now."

  "Yes, teacher." I bowed and then extended my left hand.

  "In the name of my longbow, Wei's authority, great light element, gather before me and block and reflect all evil!"

  How come I've never heard of this spell before! Amidst all the head teachers' suspicion, a light shield formed on my left arm.

  "This is... a light shield? No, that's not right, a light shield is an all-around defensive magic spell." The examiners conferred with each other. The middle examiner said: "This examinee, please explain the characteristics of this magic spell of yours."

  "Alright, this magic of mine is a self-created one based on the Light Shield and Light Prism. Since it combines both defensive and reflective properties, these two being basic light system defense magic that have been merged and compressed, can now block 6th level non-omnidirectional attack magic."

  All the chief examiners looked at each other in dismay, and finally they came to a conclusion - genius. (Fusion magic itself is very difficult, especially fusion of single-system magic, I used two primary magics to achieve advanced magic effects, can't they be surprised?)

  Haha, passed another level.

  I walked out of the college with an excited heart (because there were many people, and the remaining two exams will be taken tomorrow), it's that simple, haha, thinking of the surprised expression of those main exam teachers makes me want to laugh.

  As soon as I walked out of the school gate, I saw Teacher Xiu. Seeing his anxious expression, for the first time, I felt that Teacher Xiu was so lovely.