Appraisal 

A teaching assistant?

Yunxuan lowered her head. A light glow flashed across her eyes.

Yunxuan and Qian Shangchen stood in front of Water Path Spirit Arts Academy. Ahead of them was a crowd that seemed to go on forever. 

"It is the Water Path Spirit Arts Academy, all right. Just the gates alone are already this imposing." Qian Shangchen laughed. His eyes were sparkling like colors in glass beads. 

A thousand meters long and eight to nine meters high, the walls stretched out from both sides of the gates. The gates themselves were cast from black steel. The tall black steel was like an unconquerable mountain; its majestic presence was intimidating. A single glance of it was enough to strike fear into people. 

"You are going to take the test here too?" Yunxuan cocked her brow as she stared at him. 

Qian Shangchen smiled. "Yes. I am a spirit user too, after all. Just going with the flow."

Yunxuan pursed her lips. She remained silent. 

"Alright. Wait here for a moment, I'll go get the queue numbers." Qian Shangchen was not troubled at all. 

Yunxuan stood there. Her eyes, framed under her straight brows, were spinning in conflict. 

"Heheh. Midget, we are fated after all." Before he came into view, she already heard Qian Shangchen's voice. 

Yunxuan turned toward the voice. All she saw was Qian Shangchen's alluring face. His smile was so breathtakingly beautiful. 

For all of that fifteen minutes, she was lost. 

"I pulled out the numbers 16 and 61. Look at this, aren't we just destined to be?" Qian Shangchen said, beaming. 

Yunxuan was speechless. She took a number from his hands and walked in the opposite direction. 

Qian Shangchen quickly tailed behind her, and asked, "Midget, where are you going?"

"Order!" Yunxuan stopped and replied.

Qian Shangchen's arched brows frowned. Yunxuan explained. "It's 50 to a region."

After she said this, she picked up her steps and left Qian Shangchen alone. 

After some time, Qian Shangchen laughed. Mirth filled his eyes as he muttered, "This little midget really leaves people speechless, alright!"

That cold attitude would not be well received in the academy!

For some reason when he first saw her, he was captivated. 

He did not know if it was her beauty that rivaled his own, or if it was that aloof air that even he could not replicate…

Regardless, when he was in front of the gates, with a single glance, his eyes had flown to that midget's petite body through the crowds. 

He could tell from the depths of her eyes that she was mildly curious and in awe. 

But even more so was her deep-seated desire to conquer.

Right, it was a desire to conquer!

It seemed impossible to see such a strong desire to conquer come from such a small child. In fact, what she wanted to conquer was not a person, not an issue, but an empire, a renowned empire at that!

"The midget is just a seven-star spirit user. If we get arranged into different classes, she might get bullied based on that stubborn personality of hers. It's fine, I should lower my grade and accompany her!"

After he said that, Qian Shangchen smiled and walked in the other direction. 

Yunxuan held on to her number and walked towards the room with extremely few people. 

There were two middle-aged men standing in the teaching assistant exam hall. 

Yunxuan walked in front of them, and handed the number into their hands and said, "I want to take the appraisal!"

The two middle-aged men looked at each other. One of the burly men said, "Little kid, this is the appraisal hall for the teaching assistants. If you want to enroll in Water Path Spirit Arts Academy, then you'll need to do your appraisal at that place there. You got it?" 

That burly man did not show that he was irritated or showed any signs of disdain. On the contrary, he gave Yunxuan a friendly smile and explained kindly. 

Yunxuan could not help but feel her interest pique towards the Water Path Spirit Arts Academy. 

But she was not happy about that pet name, little kid!

"I want to take the assessment for the teaching assistant!" Yunxuan's sudden words startled the two middle-aged men. 

Another elegant middle-aged gentleman regained his composure first. He turned to Yunxuan and smiled, "Little kid, you are still too small, you can't take the teaching assistant appraisal yet. How about doing the students' appraisal first? When you are grown up, then you can return to take the teaching assistant appraisal?" 

Yunxuan questioned, "Are there any age limits to the teaching assistant?"

The middle-aged gentleman shook his head and replied, "No. But you are too young, kid, are you sure you want to take the teaching assistant appraisal?"

Yunxuan knew. On the surface, they said that she was too young, but they were simply doubting her abilities. They did not say it outright because they wanted to protect her pride. 

Now she had a feeling that the headmaster of this academy had to be someone incredible. 

To educate such excellent subordinates. 

"I'm sure, and also my name is Qi Ye!" Yunxuan was not put off by these two honest and kind middle-aged men. In fact, she thought they were really suited to be friends!

Even though… their age gap was pretty wide!

"I'm Luo Ao; he is Lei Han. Qi Ye, since you want to take the teaching assistant appraisal, then I will lead you to the assessment." Luo Ao may have suddenly acted friendly with Yunxuan, but he was truly fond of this little midget. 

Yunxuan nodded. The face was slightly less indifferent than before. 

Lei Han was that burly man. He also felt that Yunxuan's attitude was pretty likable. 

The kid might be cold and aloof, but he was not arrogant or showed any disdain, unlike the other disciples from noble families. In front of them, she might be a midget, but she never showed a hint of fear. 

"Qi Ye dear, if you do not pass the test later, don't despair, okay?" When they neared the appraisal area, Luo Ao spoke to Yunxuan. 

The corner of Yunxuan's lips twitched. They were underestimating her to that extent?

But since it was of good intentions, she accepted it. She nodded in their direction. 

"Qi Ye, hold the crystal ball with both your hands, then release some spirit energy from your body into the crystal. That way, we could appraise your rank!" Before the invigilator could speak, Lei Han had eagerly spoken for him. 

Yunxuan nodded, the crystal ball in her hands, and silently recited the "Vast Mantra'' in her heart. The spirit energy spun rapidly in her body, slowly seeping into the crystal ball. 

Suddenly the transparent crystal ball gradually changed colors. First it was red, then black. After that, it slowly turned to bright blue. Brilliant ray light appeared suddenly, as the assessment room turned silent. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.