Chapter 13 Compensation and Mentor Selection
Xia Juxiang glanced at his companion with a strange look, and Leng Hui smiled awkwardly:
"That's right. He is neither a divine creature nor a direct descendant of the throne of God. He also does not have blood or talent above the upper level. How could he possibly have the qualifications of a super five-star?"
“Even if they are the direct descendants of the throne, or have a high-level bloodline talent, it is only possible to surpass five stars, but it does not mean that they will definitely surpass five stars.”
Li Qing couldn't hear what the two were saying, and just felt a little strange as to why they stopped talking.
Almost half a minute later, I heard a voice ringing in my ears:
"Okay, now extend the five fingers of your right hand. We need to collect a few drops of blood to test whether you have blood and to determine your melee professional talent."
Li Qing stretched out his right hand and spread out his five fingers as he was told. The next second he felt a tingling pain in his fingers, which quickly disappeared.
"Okay, you can go out now."
I walked out of the dark room, stretched out my right hand, and found a red dot on the tips of all five fingers.
At this time, the instructor inside called out, and the third person behind him immediately entered the room.
Li Qilong, who was fourth in line, stepped forward and whispered behind Li Qing:
"Cousin Li Qing, I just found something wrong."
Li Qing raised his head, and Li Qilong said in a low voice:
"I just noticed that Gongsun Chongwen, who ranked first, looked very proud. Combined with his previous expression and the fact that he was the first to complete the assessment, I wonder if this spot has already been decided?"
Li Qing was a little surprised. He could guess this. It seemed that this cousin was also extraordinary. At least he had strong observation skills.
"You know how difficult this test is. Not everyone can pass it. He was able to easily pass first place. Combined with the pride and confidence he inadvertently revealed, I guess he has already been selected for this test. Now it's just a formality."
Li Qing was silent for a moment, then said faintly:
"When I first came out, I saw him having a great time chatting with three seniors..."
"Fuck, it really is the final choice!"
"What can we do? We don't have that kind of relationship."
"snort!"
There was a cold snort of reluctance, but no further words came out.
Li Qing glanced at his fellow tribesman, and he happened to look over at the same time, and they both sighed at the same time.
The two of them were not children anymore, and they were from war lord families, so they knew about the internal appointment.
Since the decision has already been made, there is basically nothing for them to do.
There is no such thing as being unwilling or not. What if you are unwilling? Can you still go find a five-star mentor?
If there is no solid evidence, no one will pay any attention to you.
In any world, it is inevitable to use the backdoor to get a job. What people hate is not the backdoor, but why it is not me who uses the backdoor...
so……
"I put so much effort into taking the test, only to get nothing?"
"No, this is too bad. I need more compensation to prepare for the competition between the mentors and apprentices."
Mr. Fang Hai from the Seventh Branch School had told him before that apprentices under the tutelage of their mentors were in competition with each other.
Especially the first few months are the critical period to establish an impression in the teacher's mind. If you do not perform well during this period, it will directly affect the supply of tutor resources in the next year, so there must be sufficient financial support.
It is not realistic to count on family support. Although the family will provide some support every month, his mentor is a two-star mentor, and the subsidy of only 200,000 per quarter can only be said to be a drop in the bucket. It is a pipe dream to expect good performance with this subsidy.
Don't count on your parents too much, as their abilities are limited.
The third examiner only lasted less than two minutes before walking out of the room. Judging from his somewhat lost expression, his qualifications were probably not good.
Then it was Li Qilong's turn to enter.
This time it lasted a little longer. He came out after about three minutes, with no expression of surprise or joy on his face.
After all four of them finished their tests, the two seniors also walked out of the room. Their eyes fell on Li Qing, with a trace of regret on their faces, and they couldn't help but recall what their instructor said in their minds:
"The qualifications are good, but the background is not good, the starting point is too low."
"Although he was born into the Warlord Li family, he is only a branch of the branch. Even if he shows outstanding qualifications in the future, the support he gets will not be comparable to that of the core lineage."
"Of course, the five-star qualification is enough to make up for these shortcomings. Under my careful teaching, you will definitely achieve something. But unfortunately, I have already promised the quota to Lord Gongsun in advance. I can't break my promise. I can only give up!"
These were the original words of Instructor Xiao Zhenqian, who had made it clear that we should continue to follow the rules and that no exceptions would be made because of good qualifications.
Leng Hui felt a little regretful, but that was all.
There are too many geniuses in the world who are lost in the crowd. Only geniuses who are discovered are called geniuses, and those who are not discovered are still ordinary people.
Shaking his head in his heart, Leng Hui said:
“Both rounds of results have been reported to the instructor and the grades have now been finalized.”
"In the first round of practical assessment, Gongsun Chongwen ranked first, and Li Qing ranked second..."
"In the second round of qualification testing, Li Qing ranked first, and Gongsun Chongwen ranked second..."
Everyone subconsciously looked at Li Qing, all showing a hint of surprise. Although Gongsun Chongwen already knew that he had been selected, he was still a little nervous at this time.
At this time Leng Hui continued:
"The difference between the two students is not big. After two rounds of comprehensive consideration, the instructor finally decided to accept Gongsun Chongwen as his apprentice!"
Gongsun Chongwen immediately showed a look of joy on his face, the other one looked disappointed, while Li Qing and Li Qilong had an expression of "as expected".
At this time Leng Hui continued:
"According to the instructor's instructions, I would like to thank you all for participating and prepare a small gift to make up for the loss of an assessment opportunity."
As he spoke, he took out three cards and tried to hand them to them.
Another classmate who had no idea about the situation immediately showed joy, took the card, and thanked the senior and mentor repeatedly.
Li Qilong sighed lightly and stepped forward to take the card.
Leng Hui handed the last one directly to Li Qing and said:
"Student Li Qing, it's a pity that you failed because you were just a little bit behind, but there's nothing we can do. The instructor will only accept one person, so we have to make a choice."
Li Qing smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to push the card back, and said to Leng Hui in doubt:
"I have a friend who is the legitimate son of a second-level war lord. He has already been designated as an apprentice of another five-star mentor. He has two heroes, four professionals, and 150 soldiers, including 20 cavalry. Even with such strength, it will take at least ten minutes to complete the combat strength assessment."
"I am very puzzled as to how powerful Gongsun Chongwen is to be able to complete the assessment in such a short time, and yet he was not able to get a place in the initial selection even though he is so powerful."
"Or maybe this assessment is an internal decision?"
Everyone was stunned, including Leng Hui, Xia Juxiang and another senior.
However, Leng Hui reacted quickly, stretched out his hand and pointed, and an invisible force field separated them from Li Qilong and others.
"Student Li Qing is very perceptive."
Leng Hui exclaimed in praise and said:
"Let's be frank. You come from a family of war lords, so you should know that relationships are everywhere. This is inevitable. So, I will give you double compensation and let this matter go. How about that?"
Li Qing shook his head and said:
"not enough!"
Leng Hui frowned and held up three fingers:
"At most three times. You should know that this matter will not affect the reputation of the instructor. Even if I don't give you a cent, I can't do anything. It's just that as a student, I need to consider the reputation of the instructor."
Li Qing stretched out three fingers and said:
"Triple compensation. In addition, I also need a large number of Kobold Monster Cards."
"How much do you want?"
"Thirty of the kind we took the test on before."
"Only twenty."
"Can!"
Leng Hui...
"Twenty is twenty, but you have to tell them later that we don't have any additional deals."
Li Qing shook his head and said:
"They won't believe there's no extra deal at all. You have to add a little bit more."
Leng Hui nodded:
"Add two Kobold Monster Cards each!"
"casual!"
What does other people’s interests have to do with him? If he wasn’t afraid of getting into trouble, he wouldn’t even mention it.
After saying that, Leng Hui took out three crystal cards and twenty dog-headed man cards that emitted a faint red light. Li Qing checked them one by one and found that the dog-headed men contained in them were indeed exactly the same as those who invaded the divine realm during the previous assessment.
After doing this, Leng Hui removed the soundproof barrier.
He was not asked to swear, there was no need.
The reason for making concessions at this time is that the tutor is indeed in the wrong, and compensating him is also an unspoken rule. Being able to gain more benefits under reasonable circumstances will only make the tutor appreciate it instead of angry, but it does not mean that this matter can have any impact on a five-star tutor.
Moreover, if it were to be exposed again after an agreement was reached, a five-star mentor would be able to expel him from the war apprenticeship in a matter of minutes.
Li Qing did not expect at all to make a five-star instructor change his mind. The starting point of doing this was to get more compensation, just as compensation for wasting an assessment opportunity.
After leaving the private room of this five-star instructor, Li Qing was thinking about what to do next on the way.
First of all, there is no need to consider the mentor. There has been no response until now. If nothing unexpected happens, mentor Ji Yuanjia will have no chance. The only option is mentor Nie Yang.
Although the two-star tutor is a lower-level tutor, at least there is a one-star tutor below him, so he is not the worst.
Moreover, although two-star tutors have poor resources, if they can become the top three tutors, their treatment will not be worse than that of the lower-ranked tutors under the names of three- and four-star tutors.
This is what is called the phoenix tail and the chicken head. It’s not bad to be a chicken head.
Li Qing did not contact instructor Nie Yang immediately, but returned to the dormitory first and then turned to enter the divine realm.
On the third core floor of the divine domain, Li Qing took out thirteen cards and laid them out in front of him. Twenty ogre cards were swiped to one side, and the other three cards were identical, containing 500,000 yuan, a total of 1.5 million yuan.
"As expected of a five-star instructor, he is just rich."
Any one of them was worth more than his entire net worth combined, and his dry wallet suddenly became full again.
Although this wave did not go as planned, the harvest was still good.
In fact, he had expected to fail. How could there be no one vying for a five-star mentor apprentice spot? How could anyone be so naive to think that it would be fair and just?
It is expected that there will be an internal appointment.
Although he lost a place in the assessment, he was able to exchange this place that was destined to be unobtainable for 1.5 million funds and 2,000 kobolds, which was a big profit no matter how you looked at it.
After all, he is indeed short of money. His family and parents give him some support every month, but considering his background and his parents' assets, they definitely won't be much, so he still has to earn the majority of funds by himself.
Retracting his thoughts, Li Qing looked at the twenty ogre cards in his hand. These could be used to level up his followers in the divine realm.
After use, the corpse can be used to extract dragon blood, killing two birds with one stone.
Twenty sheets of two thousand kobolds could probably extract a trace of dragon blood.
Although it is still a long way from the complete dragon bloodline, but little by little it adds up to a lot. I will find ways to continue accumulating it in the future, and one day I will be able to get it all together. Then it will be my time to take off.
After walking out , Li Qing first collected all the corpses that had been piled up before into the space in his palm for refining.
Then move and remove the stone wall in front of the God's Domain Tower. The assessment has ended, and now there is a lot of money on hand, which can be used to buy more wood and stones. Then, a wall can be directly built to enclose the God's Domain Tower and the civilian residential area.
Then, he consumed more than ten points of energy to promote all eight new imperial infantrymen and several new archers to first-class troops.
After the previous battle, they had all accumulated enough combat experience for promotion, including several newly purchased infantrymen.
However, the five cavalrymen had gone through three battles, but the accumulated experience was not enough to be promoted to second-level cavalry.
After coming out of the divine realm, Li Qing immediately contacted a senior student who had assessed him before, Nie Yang, and explained his purpose. The senior student quickly sent him a temporary authorization to go to the sixteenth floor of the Blackrock Tower.
When he came to the sixteenth floor again, the senior named Pan Yuan received him very warmly.
"Student Li Qing, you came just in time. If you were any later, the instructors would have already finalized the list."
Li Qing smiled and said:
"So I came here right after I finished my last assessment."
Pan Yuan didn't ask him about his test scores or other meaningless nonsense. Instead, he took him straight to the classroom and said as they walked:
"I'll take you to meet the instructor later. First, we'll confirm the list, then get access to the sixteenth floor. Then we'll start testing your qualifications tomorrow. Only after your qualifications are confirmed will we start formal classes."
"By the way, remember to get a course schedule and decide whether to take the combat route or the magic route."
Li Qing followed behind without saying anything extra, just nodded in agreement.
Soon we arrived at a huge classroom that looked like a palace. We saw a middle-aged man sitting on a chair, drinking tea, touching his fingers in front of his eyes, probably checking something.
Li Qing had seen the photo and knew that this was the two-star instructor Nie Yang.
Sitting next to the instructor were several teaching assistants in silver robes and two seniors in red robes.
There was a row of young people sitting below, all sitting there quietly, no one talking to each other.
Pan Yuan explained:
"The teacher may ask you some simple questions later. They won't be too private. Just answer them according to your own situation. If there are any questions that are really inconvenient to answer, you can tell the instructor directly. The instructor is a very good person and will not force you to answer."
Li Qing bowed to Pan Yuan earnestly:
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"
Pan Yuan smiled and said:
"You're welcome. This is my mission."
"By the way, go sit down in the back first."
Li Qing nodded and sat down. The instructor on the stage glanced at him, then looked away and continued to check the information in front of him.
Several young men nearby looked over, with scrutiny, implicit hostility, etc. in their eyes, which were in stark contrast to Pan Yuan's enthusiasm.
