Gatekeeper of all realms

Chapter 53 Arriving at the examination room!

Shen Ye was furious.

Why do you hate yourself so much!

How can I subdue myself?
The sound of rapid footsteps interrupted his thoughts.

"Chen Ye, have you become an official newcomer to One Star?"

Qian Rushan rushed in and asked happily.

"Ah, yes, Mr. Qian, I was flexing my muscles here just now, and the cards seemed to have changed their evaluation of me." Shen Ye explained.

"Hahaha, that's great. As long as you are on the list once, even if you are knocked down in the future, it is enough to attract everyone's attention." Qian Rushan said happily.

"Hey, do you really want me to be beaten down?" Shen Ye was a little unhappy.

"There are more than 54 candidates this year, and only can obtain formal newcomer qualifications. If you have entered once, it is the greatest affirmation!"

Qian Rushan's face was flushed, as if he was very satisfied with this achievement.

"Really..." Shen Ye was a little unsure.

"Trust me, it's true."

……

Twenty minutes later.

Shen Ye looked out the window.

"Isn't it here yet? It seems it's late."

"No, we'll be there soon." Qian Rushan said.

"Ah? Are you here?"

"Yes, I don't know if you are afraid of heights. If so, I hope you can overcome it soon."

The hatch opens.

In front of you is a city floating in the blue sky.

High-rise buildings, row upon row;
There is a constant stream of traffic.

Various aircrafts shuttled back and forth, making it extremely busy.

"No, I've never heard of such a city."

Shen Ye murmured.

"You've definitely heard its name, but you don't know where it is."

"This is a completely excavated sky ruin, now a port for entry and exit - welcome to Yunshan Port."

Qian Rushan stretched out his hand and pointed higher into the sky.

"Also, more ancient ruins are not far above our heads."

Shen Ye looked in the direction he pointed and couldn't help but murmured:
"See ghosts in the daytime..."

Deep in the dark blue sky, broken and ancient jade buildings stand still, as if silently telling the mysterious past of civilization.

"Have you seen the palace complex with red walls and green tiles on the left?" Qian Rushan said.

"I saw it." Shen Ye said.

"That is one of the three most prestigious high schools in the world, Jialan." Qian Rushan said.

"The school is in the ancient ruins in the sky?" Shen Ye asked curiously.

"Otherwise, why can it be called one of the top three high schools?" Qian Rushan said with a smile.

"But...have these ruins been excavated?" Shen Ye couldn't help but ask.

"Of course not - many places are too dangerous, and some dangers are simply invisible." Qian Rushan said.

"Can't you see?" Shen Ye said.

"Even professionals, only those who have truly entered the Tao can see the dangers."

"——But Jialan High School will always be here. Its teachers and students are responsible for studying the relics in the sky and looking for inheritance and history." Qian Rushan said.

Qian Rushan was very interested and continued in a deep voice:
"The elites of mankind shoulder the responsibility of digging up history——"

"One day history will tell us what the truth of the world is and where we humans came from."

Shen Ye said: "Where are the other two colleges?"

"One is in the sea and the other is underground." Qian Rushan said.

"Also open next to the ruins?"

"Yes, Guixu High School is at the bottom of the sea, and Xirang High School is underground."

Jialan, Guixu, Xi soil.

Are these the names of the three major high schools? Why do these names appear in the myths and legends of our world?

Shen Ye only felt that his heart was filled with an unspeakable shock, and he felt that these things were as bizarre as a dream.

suddenly.

A stream of light flew from the depths of the sky, flickered, and landed in front of Shen Ye.

Shen Ye was startled, and when he looked closely, he saw a small rectangular playing card.

The card was about half the size of a palm, emitting a bright white light all over, and it was suspended in the air motionlessly.

"Take it—it belongs to you."

Money is like a mountain road.

"Do you have one too?" Shen Ye said.

"All students who take the entrance exams for the three major high schools will have one - I just successfully applied for you yesterday." Qian Rushan said.

Shen Ye held the card.

The playing card shook slightly, and the three words "Admittance Ticket" appeared, and then a line of small words appeared:
"You are already one of the 'newcomer' decks, and now they are merged for you."

The newcomer card flew out of Shen Ye's hand and merged with the admission ticket.

The front of the card still shows the image of Shen Ye holding a skull, but on the back there are lines of small words:

"The first mission: take Qinglong for a ride in the South China Sea, and travel a hundred thousand miles on the clouds before returning."

"If you want to give up the current task, please swipe this card with your finger."

dragon……

One hundred thousand miles...

Shen Ye looked at Qian Rushan.

"This is a mission from the Tarot Tower in ancient times. Don't pay attention to the missions inside. Most of them can't be completed anyway."

Qian Rushan explained.

"Most of them can't be completed. In other words, some can be completed?" Shen Ye said.

"Those tasks can only be completed by members of aristocratic families. With their huge resources, they can complete some and improve their evaluation." Qian Rushan said.

"What's the use of evaluation?" Shen Ye asked.

"All students who take the entrance exam will receive an admission ticket once they step into Yunshan Port and will be included in the observation scope of Sky Ruins. They will receive the final evaluation until the banquet ends tomorrow night." Qian Rushan explained.

Shen Ye looked at the cards and already had some ominous premonitions in his heart.

The tasks are like this, but what about the exams?
"Mr. Qian, is the joint examination of the three schools we took... difficult?" Shen Ye asked cautiously.

"It's hard to say."

"How long will the exam take?"

"It's hard to say," Qian Rushan thought for a while. "One year, the exam took 45 minutes, and another year, it took three months."

The corners of Shen Ye's mouth twitched.

Three months... It seems I need to prepare more food.

Seeing that Shen Ye's expression was wrong, Qian Rushan softened his tone again:

"Of course, you're already one of the 'newbie' decks, which will have extra benefits in the exam."

Bonus?

Shen Ye asked: "Isn't this unfair at all to those candidates who have not become 'newcomers'?"

"Become a formal member of the 'newcomers' - this is also part of the exam - don't be naive, the examination of you has already begun." Qian Rushan said seriously.

Shen Ye nodded silently.

"Also, the cards will evaluate you - those with high evaluations will receive some help and rewards in the exam." Qian Rushan said.

"Help and rewards...are they great?" Shen Ye asked.

"Of course!"

Qian Rushan said: "After the banquet tomorrow night, you will be teleported to the examination room."

"The exam starts at night?" Shen Ye couldn't believe it.

"I'm not sure. It's different every year. Anyway, you've entered the examination room." Qian Rushan said.

Shen Ye was silent for a while.

In the previous life, the examination scene in which everyone sat in a bright and clean classroom with the words "correct examination atmosphere and strict examination discipline" written on the blackboard and answered questions silently has been completely overturned.

——The exams in this world are so fucking terrible!
At this time, Qian Rushan's phone rang. He stood up and walked aside to answer the phone.

Shen Ye lowered his head and flipped the cards with his hands.

There was a long comment on the back of the card:

"Drowning man."

“You are in a situation where you could be killed at any time, and you don’t even know it. That’s called a drowning person.”

Shen Ye's heart skipped a beat.

This evaluation is so similar to my own evaluation entry.

Evaluation entries are abilities attached to doors.

Could it be that this ability is interlinked...

But I just arrived in Yunshan Port, how could the cards know my situation?

Shen Ye was silent for a moment.

——That is to say, when he first entered Yunshan Port and appeared here, he was still in extreme danger.

how could this be...

Shen Ye subconsciously turned the cards over and reached out to scratch them.

New tasks appear:
"It will take ten years to slay the demons and monsters, and the number of demon heads must not be less than three thousand."

Three thousand demon heads?

ten years?

thank you.

Shen Ye swiped the cards again.

"The Sutra Library copied 800,000 volumes of documents."

I was too lazy to copy homework back then, and you want me to copy this?
But if they are all martial arts inheritance...

"A total of five archaeological expedition teams were trapped in the Sutra Repository, and no one survived." Qian Rushan hung up the phone, walked back, and said with a squint at the small words on the card.

Shen Ye swiped again without hesitation.

New tasks appear:
"Let's fight and win."

"——This mission cannot be refused. It can quickly increase your star rating."

"Unless you use your star level authority, you can refuse any battle."

Huh?
This seems to be okay.

"Don't even think about it," Qian Rushan hung up the phone and walked back to say, "This mission belongs to the children of the aristocratic family. They are holding the best weapons of the family and wearing the strongest armor. They are waiting for you newcomers and want to earn evaluation from you."

After saying that, he pointed outside the shuttle.

I saw a bloody student lying on the road in the distance.

Next to them was a group of emergency medical staff, who were performing various procedures on the scene.

The man was surrounded by several classmates who were about the same age as Shen Ye, and they were so anxious that they were about to cry.

It was Ayi who played cards with me.

A young man wearing chain mail, holding a large shield and a long sword stood aside and said with disdain:

"What? You're not even a 'newcomer'. My rating hasn't increased at all."

"What bad luck!"

After he said that, he walked away.

The people around just watched quietly.

No one stopped.

"Being beaten like this? No one cares?"

Shen Ye couldn't help but ask.

Qian Rushan said: "Yes, the disciples of the noble families have learned various moves since childhood, and they are just waiting to earn tasks from you and upgrade their star levels--"

"If you weren't being hunted, I wouldn't have let you come so early."

Shen Ye nodded in understanding.

It's like playing a game.

They have already reached dozens of levels, so dealing with newcomers is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Avoid it if you can.

Qian Rushan continued:

"But there are limits. If someone kills someone, they will be disqualified from taking the exam and will have to go to jail."

"The medical team is on standby at all times, and common injuries heal quickly."

"It just makes people feel uncomfortable for a while."

Shen Ye nodded, then shook his head:
"I can't understand it. It's just a card. How does it know if I have completed the task?"

"The cards are sent by a divine tool from the Tarot Tower - don't ask too many questions, it doesn't like people discussing it. If it gets annoyed, it will lower your star rating."

Qian Rushan gave him a look to show that he was not joking.

"But the good news is that you won't die here. This is the ruins site that is under the strict surveillance of Kunlun."

Shen Ye shut his mouth.

He looked down at the cards in his hand.

I saw lines of small words constantly appearing on the cards.

suddenly.

All the small characters stopped and arranged in three neat lines:

"Someone challenged you:"

"Xiao Mengyu."

"——I can't refuse."

(End of this chapter)