Full-Time Magister: The Strongest Summoned Beast is Actually Myself

Chapter 55, Teaming Up with Ding Yumin
Ding Yumin was wearing her white magic robe with blue patterns as always, her dark hair pulled back with a few stray strands falling beside her ears. Sunlight shone on her, making her look like a lotus in the snow, both cold and stubborn, yet captivating.

During this time, the two of them became quite familiar with each other, and rumors even circulated on campus that they were dating. As a result, Ding Yumin's reputation as a goddess plummeted at Mingzhu University, and she was removed from the list of the top ten goddesses.

It's easy to imagine Chen Hao's power; apart from those in 404, hardly anyone dared to talk to him.

"You're also taking the assessment?" Chen Hao raised an eyebrow.

"Nonsense." Huang Xingli curled her lip, took a few steps closer, and swept her gaze over him. "Our Yu Mian is a mid-stage dual-element cultivator, her cultivation is much higher than yours, how could she be absent?"

Chen Hao smiled but didn't say anything.

Ding Yumin ignored Huang Xingli's interruption and looked at Chen Hao, her tone calm but with a hint of seriousness: "I came to find you because I want to team up with you."

Chen Hao was slightly taken aback. His gaze fell into her eyes, and he realized that she was not joking.

"You want to team up with me?" He sounded slightly surprised. "With your popularity and skills, you should have been surrounded by people inviting you to join, right?"

"I don't want to be in their group," Ding Yumin said decisively. "An assessment isn't a performance. Why would I want to be grouped with a bunch of good-looking but useless people who will just drag me down?"

"So I'm both good-looking and useful?" Chen Hao joked.

“You…” Ding Yumin thought for a moment, then smiled slightly, “I’d say you’re an outlier in my eyes.”

Huang Xingli coughed lightly from the side: "Just the two of you groups? Or should I join you—"

“No need.” Ding Yumin interrupted decisively. “You and Meng Ling’s group, let’s split up and meet up in the area.”

Huang Xingli choked for a moment, then pouted and said, "Alright, alright, in front of my boyfriend, friends take a backseat."

"You're overthinking it," Ding Yumin said calmly, but her ears were slightly red.

"Teaming up is fine, but there are some things we need to clarify first," Chen Hao said seriously, his smile fading.

"You said."

"White Bone Hill is not like the school campus. It's part of the Ya'an border, and the remnants of the Pig and Bear soldiers there might be true general-level warriors. Don't act rashly, and don't run around recklessly. If a battle breaks out, you'll follow my orders," Chen Hao said.

Ding Yumin paused for a moment, her eyes flickered slightly, and then she said softly, "Are you planning to protect me?"

"What are you thinking? First, let's establish command. I'm an elite hunter, with more experience in the wild than you, so of course you'll listen to me!" Chen Hao paused. "Also, I'll take 80% of all hunting spoils during the mission."

Ding Yumin stared into his eyes for two seconds, then smiled gently and nodded: "Okay. I'll listen to you."

Huang Xingli, who was standing to the side, had already rolled her eyes several times. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "Alright, alright, we've already said the three rules. Do you two want to sign a contract to show your loyalty?"

Ignoring the wailing of the defeated dog, Chen Hao said calmly, "See you tomorrow."

After saying that, we parted ways.

……

The next day, early in the morning, before the sun had fully risen over the hills, the southern entrance to Bone Hill was already bustling with activity.

White Bone Hill is located in the Moganshan area, 150 kilometers southeast of Mingzhu Academy. Due to its steep mountains and dense forests, it has become a gathering place for demons.

Many years ago, Ya'an Boundary was an important mining area. However, due to a large-scale monster tide incident that went out of control, coupled with the gradual depletion of mineral production, the military abandoned it, leaving behind a large area of ​​abandoned facilities. Now, it has become a key area for Mingzhu Academy's assessment and combat training.

Chen Hao and Ding Yumin arrived neither early nor late. The guys in dormitory 404 barely squeezed into Mingzhu with their low standards in summoning, and since their cultivation had not yet broken through to the intermediate level, they naturally had no chance to participate in this assessment.

However, this is only the first year.

By the standards of Mingzhu Academy, no student who gets in is lacking in aptitude. Even without any external support, relying solely on daily meditation and arduous training, breaking through the intermediate bottleneck within four years is not difficult.

If you truly can't do it, then it's not a matter of talent, but a problem with your attitude. Students who start to slack off and neglect their studies after getting into Mingzhu University will naturally have no chance of reaching higher levels at the main campus.

Chen Hao, fully armed, his heavy armor gleaming faintly in the morning light, walked side by side with Ding Yumin.

"It's even more lively than I imagined." Chen Hao looked around and saw a crowd of people, robes and armor intertwined, and magical energy of various elements rising like smoke, as if it were a furnace ignited by magical energy.

“At least three hundred people, all of whom can release mid-level star maps,” Ding Yumin said calmly, her tone flat, but her eyes held a sharp glint.

Of the more than 1,000 people, only about 300 dared to participate in the assessment. After all, most people, although they had advanced to the intermediate level, had not mastered the star map. Even if they had, they might not dare to face demons of the same level head-on.

"Don't worry, hunting demons is my forte. If the enemies are all between the servant and general levels, we'll definitely take first place." Chen Hao patted his heavy armor, his tone confident and arrogant.

"Then I can lie down now." Ding Yumin turned her head, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, and a rare smile and expectation flashed in her eyes.

Just then, a shout came from ahead—

"Attention all students! Those who have decided to participate in the assessment, please collect your recording stones from me. After collecting them, you may enter the assessment area on your own. The assessment period is 24 hours. If you do not return here to register within the time limit, your results will be invalid!"

Recording stones are special magical recording tools used to monitor candidates' actions throughout the entire process, preventing cheating or off-site assistance. Some candidates from powerful families are particularly fond of this tactic, hiring powerful family members to secretly escort them in order to obtain falsely high scores and seize academy resources.

"And one more thing!" On the earthen slope, a middle-aged professor was loudly explaining the precautions, "Please remember, do not venture into the area below the limestone zone without authorization! If you encounter any life-threatening danger, immediately send out a distress signal, and we will respond immediately."

He glanced around, then his tone suddenly turned serious:
"Now, I declare—the assessment officially begins!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the crowd was filled with excitement and magical energy surged, thus beginning a trial of blood and fire.

……

Hundreds of figures surged into the bone hills like a tidal wave. Star charts appeared, magical energy surged, and mages with fluttering cloaks, summoners who summoned massive beast shadows... each with their own methods, filed in one after another.

Chen Hao and Ding Yumin did not rush to catch up, but waited until the main force had rushed in for several hundred meters before they began to move.

"Dimension Summoning!"

With a low shout, Chen Hao summoned a mark that appeared beneath his feet. A silver-white rift tore open the void, and a bull-horse beast, three meters tall at the shoulder and covered in red rock, slowly stepped out from the rift. Its hooves were like drums, and its black and red fur gleamed with a dull luster in the sunlight. A pair of short horns on its forehead trembled slightly, and its breath was heavy and powerful.

"Get on." Chen Hao flipped over and leaped onto the beast's back, reaching out his hand to Ding Yumin.

Ding Yumin glanced at him, took his hand without hesitation, and lightly leaped up to sit behind him, supporting Chen Hao's waist with one hand.

"Walk."

Chen Hao gave a low command, and the oxen and horses roared to life, their hooves pounding as they charged into the forest.

Unlike pedestrians, the ox-horse beasts are almost unrestricted by terrain. Even in areas with dense thorns and crisscrossing rock formations, they can use their powerful physique to precisely avoid difficult paths.

(End of this chapter)