Chapter 16: The Mentor's Attention
But the apprentices that a two-star mentor like him can only accept don't have good backgrounds, so he can only rely on talent.
If you are lucky enough to receive an apprentice with extremely high talent, all your investment will be recovered.
but……
Even this idea is not that easy.
Generally speaking, families with stronger bloodline inheritance will have stronger bloodlines passed down.
But if the family is strong, most of its descendants will have better choices, and it is almost impossible for him, a two-star mentor who has just graduated from the lowest level, to have the chance to make the choice.
so……
Nie Yang had no choice but to pay attention to the apprentice's bloodline and talent. He could only look at the apprentice's talents in other aspects, such as mental strength, which was the least affected by bloodline. Even civilians could have highly talented people.
Therefore, he remained calm despite the fact that most of the apprentices were rated with one or two stars in terms of bloodline and talent.
The note was very concise, and one sentence could be read in less than ten seconds.
In less than three minutes, all the notes were read and the grids on the right were allocated.
Most of the seventeen are at the bottom, with only four in the middle and only two at the top.
This means that among this batch of apprentices, only two are excellent in terms of bloodline and talent, four are qualified, and the rest are all unqualified.
"not bad!"
The apprentices on these two pieces of paper respectively tested out two bloodlines that were very easy to awaken. As long as they gathered the corresponding blood essences, they could be awakened in one go.
Although one is of lower bloodline and the other is of middle bloodline, and their ultimate potential is limited, they are very useful in the early stages and can quickly form good combat effectiveness.
For a war lord apprentice, as long as the bloodline is there, it will be useful. After all, it is only the apprenticeship stage now, and there is no need to worry about the potential in the later stage.
Nie Yang used a paperweight to press down the paper strips in the three layers of grid, pondered for a moment, opened his personal terminal, and was about to contact his teaching assistant, Funia, when suddenly new news emerged.
When he clicked on the message, a projection appeared. It was Abram, the assistant instructor who was in charge of testing the apprentices' mental strength.
Seeing the shock on the assistant's face and the surprise in his eyes, Nie Yang's heart moved and he quickly asked:
"Is there anyone with a spiritual power talent of four stars or above?"
Abram shook his head and said:
"no."
"He is a five-star spiritual power talent!"
The expression on Nie Yang's face quickly changed from gloomy to bright, with surprise and joy appearing on his face at the same time.
"Tell me quickly, which apprentice is it?"
Abram didn't waste any time and directly sent Li Qing's information.
"Li Qing, initial mental strength five stars, mental perception acuity five stars, elemental perception acuity five stars, no elemental tendency, comprehensive assessment five stars +."
"So, I have a high talent for mental power?"
Li Qing also saw the same information.
He did not leave after the test like other apprentices. Teacher Abram stayed after the test and handed him a note for him to review.
When he finished reading, Abram said to him:
"You have a very high talent for mental power. I'm sure you will have a good future in the mage system. Have you ever thought about which path you want to take?"
Li Qing knew what the route he asked about meant.
The magic system is a very large system. The mage is only the most famous system in this system, but it is not the only system. In addition to the mage, there are a large number of professions in the same system but different from the mage.
For example, the common warlock, summoner, sorcerer, wizard, shaman, druid, arcane wizard, arcanist and other strange advanced magic professions.
These professions are further divided into a large number of different branches, such as warlocks are divided into blood warlocks, demon warlocks, and so on.
With so many professions, it is basically impossible to work part-time, so you can only choose one major.
Li Qing raised his head and asked:
"Teacher, what do you mean?"
Abram gestured for him to sit down, and said to him with a smile:
"Your spiritual power talent is very strong, which means that your future achievements will be very high. Archmage is the lowest achievement. If there are enough opportunities in the future, it is not impossible to be promoted to Legend."
"Of course, the legend is something that will happen a long time in the future. No one can say for sure whether it can reach that stage."
"But you can't ignore it just because it's too far away. Since you have that possibility, you should determine the route from the beginning to avoid taking a detour."
"You have five stars+ in all four tests, which means you can work in any magic profession, even a legendary profession like Magic Pattern Constructor. You may even meet the requirements. Of course, this doesn't mean you can choose the Magic Pattern Constructor route, as that is unlikely."
"Among the many magic professions, the most powerful ones inherited by the instructor are the traditional magician, the super magician, and the sorcerer."
"There are still many powerful legal system instructors who don't have a systematic system here. If you choose them, you won't be able to get the best teaching."
"So, I can only choose these three?"
"no."
"It's just a suggestion. If you want to choose other routes, the instructor will find a complete inheritance system knowledge for you. However, if you choose these, you will not be able to get more support from the instructor, which is not good for your development."
"oh!"
Li Qing shrugged and said:
"In that case, I will choose the mage!"
Abram nodded and said:
"This is a good choice. Among all the magic professions in human civilization, the mage profession has the largest base and the highest ceiling. If you choose this path, you don't have to worry about having no way out in the future."
"Moreover, the compatibility of mages is the highest among all magic professions, and they are compatible with many very powerful advanced professions."
"I have sent your information to Instructor Nie Yang . He will meet with you later. Please prepare yourself."
"Also, I am a professor of traditional mages under the name of Mentor Nie Yang, responsible for the introductory courses for all apprentice mages. Please add my contact information first, and you can always ask me if you have any basic questions about mages in the future."
Li Qing immediately nodded and thanked him.
Coming out of the laboratory, Li Qing was in a good mood.
The five-star+ mental power talent is only a step away from breaking through five stars and entering another level beyond five stars. It can be said to be the limit of the conventional level.
With this kind of talent, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely be promoted to the archmage, and there is even a possibility of him reaching the legendary level.
Li Qing knew very well that he did not have such a strong mental talent at the beginning. It was only when he activated the golden finger for the first time that he integrated a large number of light spots in the golden finger space, which increased the strength of his soul several times and gave him such talent.
If it had not been enhanced, his mental talent would probably be around two or three stars.
This also means that not only does he have a strong mental talent, but his soul is also strong.
However, although a strong soul will definitely lead to a strong mental power, a strong mental power talent does not necessarily mean a strong soul, because the strength of many mental power talents is based on other bloodlines or talents, and is not necessarily related to the soul.
It's a pity that the instructor doesn't have an instrument to detect soul talent, otherwise...
Well, this kind of test requires very high-end instruments, and needs to be presided over by a great wizard with a professional level of six or above, as well as a large amount of very precious testing materials. A single test would cost at least tens of millions.
Unless there is evidence from other aspects that the soul is very likely to be powerful, people generally won't spend so much money on special testing.
After all, a powerful soul is of no use in the early stages.
Of course, if your mentor is not short of money, or is from the direct lineage of a war lord, that would be another matter.
Those who are born into high-level war lord families, or direct descendants of realm lord families, will undergo a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed test at birth, which is more detailed than the test done by the mentors.
With a five-star+ talent for mental strength, he could foresee that he would definitely be valued by his mentor, and being a leader would not be a problem.
Maybe it’s still not as good as the last one under the name of five-star tutor, but it’s not too far behind.
Besides, Li Qing has a golden finger, which can allow him to maximize the effect of every resource. Overall, it will not be worse than being at the bottom of the list under a five-star mentor.
"Not bad!"
Li Qing found a seat in the hall and sat down. Teacher Abram said that the tutor would meet with him later.
Less than five minutes later, Pan Yuan suddenly appeared in the hall. Seeing Li Qing sitting alone in the hall, he immediately waved and said:
"Come here quickly, the instructor wants to see you."
Li Qing followed immediately.
Pan Yuan led him out of the hall, saying as he walked:
"It seems that you have a talent in some area, and the instructor actually took the initiative to meet you."
Li Qing pretended to be confused and said:
"I don't know what happened, maybe."
This cannot be concealed. As long as the tutor takes it seriously, everyone else will know about it.
"congratulation!"
"You're welcome, Senior."
There was no further conversation afterwards, because they had arrived. Pan Yuan took him to the middle of the corridor, turned right, and said to him in front of the last room:
"The instructor is inside, please go in by yourself."
"Thank you, Senior!"
"You're welcome."
Li Qing turned around and knocked on the door gently.
"Come in!"
Li Qing pushed the door open gently and saw instructor Nie Yang sitting at the desk. His eyes immediately noticed the instructor's exceptionally bright eyes.
But after only two seconds, the instructor's eyes dimmed again, but a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"Sit down, don't be shy."
After he sat down, Nie Yang picked up a piece of paper on the desk, looked at it, and said to him:
"I believe Abram has already told you the test results. The spiritual power talent of the five-star is very, very good. It is the highest among all my apprentices. Even if it is placed in the top three among all the apprentices of this class, I will train you well."
Li Qing stood up quickly and said seriously:
"I will not let my mentor down!"
"I have checked your information. You are from the Li family. The strongest person in the family is a third-level war lord. However, you are just a branch of the branch. Your parents are just heroes and cannot give you much support. The support of the family is also limited."
"I have two ideas here, you can choose one."
"The first idea is to announce your five-star legal qualification. You will be the chief among my apprentices this year. In addition to the standard benefits and privileges of a chief, you will receive an additional subsidy of 2 million every quarter."
"If you choose this option, you will be my apprentice representative. You will be regarded as a direct competitor by other apprentices and will need to face their various challenges."
"At the same time, the chief represents the reputation of the tutor. If there is competition with other tutors, you need to step forward."
Li Qing... was speechless for a moment.
Nie Yang looked at his speechless expression and chuckled, then said:
"The second idea is to hide your five-star magic qualification and announce to the public that you only have four-star qualification. You will be the last among my apprentices this year, with only the second-place benefits and rights, and only an additional subsidy of 1 million per quarter."
"Choose this one. Although other apprentices will still see you as a competitor, the two strongest ones are ahead of you. After the two-month protection period, I believe the remaining apprentices will no longer pose much of a threat to you."
"Of course, no matter which one you choose, you will receive an additional subsidy on top of these standard benefits and allowances."
"However, the additional subsidy depends on your growth rate. You can only get it if your progress rate reaches my requirements."
…
Li Qing made a decision quickly without much thought:
"I choose the second one!"
There is no way. Although the first option has higher benefits and subsidies, he can't sit still now.
The instructor has made it very clear. There are at least two apprentices who are stronger than him now. If he chooses the first option to become the chief, what will happen if they challenge him?
This kind of challenge cannot be refused. Once refused, it will be regarded as a failure and the position will be automatically replaced.
Not to mention that becoming the chief also means facing the chiefs of other mentors, which is too troublesome.
Being the second in command is good, with less responsibilities and good benefits. You can keep a low profile for a while, then challenge the first position again when you become stronger and become the boss.
Nie Yang did not make any comment on Li Qing's choice, nor did he say anything else. He went straight to talking about another thing.
"In three days, we will leave the War Academy and head to the edge of the plane fragment group. A while ago, Blackrock Tower captured a huge plane fragment. Including me, six instructors have joined forces to grab the right to use this plane fragment. This means that this session will have six instructors training in the same plane."
"This plane fragment is very large. There is a possibility that a treasure chest will condense in the center of the plane. You should prepare more in the next two days."
As he spoke, he turned his right hand, and a card appeared in his palm and handed it to Li Qing, saying:
"Here is 500,000, not counting welfare and subsidies, you can use it to buy some basic supplies."
Li Qing quickly took the card:
“Thank you, mentor!”
"You're welcome. As long as you can grow up, it will be the best thank you to me."
After leaving Blackrock Tower and returning to the dormitory, Li Qing sat at his desk in silence for a while, then opened the campus network and started shopping.
There is no need to buy supplies, this is enough.
There is only one thing missing now, and that is more military promotion cards.
According to the instructor, this training is a joint one for six instructors, with the instructor at the bottom. By then, he will definitely have a lot of combat-related experiences.
The biggest casualties in battle are soldiers. If we don't stock up on some military promotion cards, there will probably be few soldiers left in the Divine Realm after a few battles.
Li Qingzao had a clear idea about the types and numbers of troops, and spent a full 200,000 yuan to buy 100 Imperial Infantry Promotion Cards at 2,000 yuan each.
The remaining 300,000 was used to purchase 120 Imperial Archer Promotion Cards at 2,500 each.
Including previous purchases, there are now 145 Imperial Infantry Promotion Cards, 160 Imperial Archer Promotion Cards, and no Cavalry Promotion Cards.
