Chapter 4

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“Next, Lin Yun!”

After an unknown period of time, Lin Yun finally heard his name. He quickly responded and ran toward a middle-aged teacher.

The middle-aged teacher took his admission notice and smiled. “Don’t be nervous. Follow me.”

Lin Yun followed his lead and walked toward a building. On the way there, he met countless students who had completed the exam. Some were elated and some were frustrated. Lin Yun noticed that many students’ faces were wet and seemed to have just cried.

Under the middle-aged teacher’s lead, Lin Yun entered an empty classroom. There was a whiteboard the size of a book on the other side of the classroom. On the whiteboard was the word “mountain” in different sizes and in all directions. A young man with a crew cut stood in front of the whiteboard with a serious expression.

“Lin Yun? Stand behind the white line.” The young man with a crew cut pointed at the ground of the classroom.

Lin Yun noticed that there was a white line on the ground on the opposite side of the young man. He quickly stood behind the white line. The distance between him and the young man was more than ten meters apart.

The young man with a crew cut pointed at a “mountain” on the whiteboard and said flatly, “What direction?”

“Ah? What direction?” Lin Yun looked at the young man, confused.

The young man frowned and explained impatiently, “Use your Spiritual Exploration to tell me the direction of this word.”

Then, the young man began to complain. “This kind of manual Spiritual test is really troublesome. I have to explain to every single student. They don’t even stick a notice on the door. They said the Spiritual Measuring Instrument will affect the accuracy due to the Spiritual fluctuation and insisted on using the army’s Spiritual test method. Can schools be compared to the army? This is foolish innovation.”

When he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yun and asked disdainfully, “Can you see the words clearly using your Spiritual Exploration?”

“Yes, I can see them clearly.” Lin Yun mumbled. He could see them clearly using his eyes, not his Spiritual Exploration. If it was before, Lin Yun would definitely not be able to even see the biggest “mountain”. However, even he did not know why his eyesight improved so much after he woke up that morning.

The crew-cut young man’s skeptical expression became even more distinct. He humphed. “You’re kidding, right? Only those with Level 4 Spiritual Strength can see the bottommost row. Looking at your dull eyes, you must be bragging.”

Saying that, he pointed at a word at the bottommost row and stared at Lin Yun as he asked, “Tell me then, what direction is this ‘mountain’ pointing to?”

Lin Yun’s pointed up with his hand, then looked calmly at the young man.

“That must be a lucky guess, right?” The young man pointed at another “mountain” and said smugly, “What direction is this, then?”

Lin Yun pointed right with his hand.

The young man’s expression changed and he pointed at yet another “mountain”. Lin Yun pointed left with his hand without hesitating.

“It can’t be. How can this happen?” The young man could not believe what he saw. He pointed at all the words at the bottommost row again.

However, Lin Yun could see all the words very clearly and did not get a single one wrong.

“My God, my God, we finally found another one!” The young man appeared thrilled. He swiftly took out a form and began to write.

Lin Yun was surprised. Was that all he needed to do? Did that mean he had passed the entrance exam?

Although the young man appeared rather impatient earlier on, Lin Yun could not help but ask, “In that case, did I pass? What should I do next?”

The young man laughed heartily and stuffed the form into Lin Yun’s hands. “Of course you passed. And you’re in the special class! Hand this form to the teacher who brought you over.”

Accepted? Was he really accepted? The first thing that came to Lin Yun’s mind was his father’s smile.

After he passed the form to the middle-aged teacher, Lin Yun received a yellow admission letter. In the letter, the words “special class” came into view. What was the special class? Lin Yun was puzzled. However, he was eager to tell his father the good news. Hence, he quickly rushed home with the admission letter clenched tightly in his hand.

His mood was obviously different from when he came. The wind felt more comfortable, the birds’ chirping sounded more cheerful. Soon, Lin Yun arrived at his house.

Lin Yun saw his father standing at the door with a middle-aged man, and they seemed to be arguing.

He quickly ran over and heard Lin Tianhao said, “You clearly said 100,000 Alliance Dollars, are you going back on your words now?”

The middle-aged man sneered with his head tilted and said smugly, “I saw your Tri-Star Medal of Honor. Hence, I changed my mind. Your run-down house and this medal, 100,000. If it’s just the house, 80,000!”

Lin Tianhao frowned and grabbed the middle-aged man by his collar. He yelled, “You’re taking advantage of the situation! You clearly said you’ll buy it for 100,000 this morning. Why did you change your mind? This house is worth at least 150,000!”

The middle-aged man humphed and pushed Lin Tianhao’s hand away. He said coldly, “So what if I’m taking advantage of the situation? Don’t think that I don’t know about your state. You want to use 100,000 Alliance Dollars to buy a place in the college for your useless son, right? Sure, this house and your medal. After today, it won’t help even if you have 100,000 Alliance Dollars.”

So that was it! Lin Yun finally understood why his father did not accompany him to participate in the entrance exam. He wanted to sell the house in exchange for a place in the college!

Lin Yun could not hold back any longer. He pulled his father back and said aloud, “We’re not selling this house! We’re not selling the medal!”

Lin Tianhao looked at Lin Yun, full of fatherly love. He patted Lin Yun on the shoulder and seemed to have come to a decision. Then, he lifted his head slowly and said calmly, “Okay, I’ll sell you the house and the medal for 100,000. I want cash.”

“Hahaha, I said it.” The middle-aged laughed mockingly. He took out an agreement from his briefcase and was about to hand it to Lin Tianhao.

Lin Yun snatched the agreement and tore it into pieces. He shouted, “Dad, the medal is your honor. You said that men can die, but they must not lose their honor. How can you sell it? I have a piece of good news for you. I’ve been accepted by Clearwater College!”

“What?” Lin Tianhao was stunned. Although Lin Yun had never lied to him, he could not believe what he had heard.

“Who are you trying to lie to? I’ve asked around. Your Spiritual Strength is not even Level 1. You said you have been accepted by Clearwater College, where is your admission letter?” The middle-aged man appeared gloomy as he said with an eccentric tone.

Seeing Lin Tianhao’s disbelief, Lin Yun quickly handed the admission letter to him.

Lin Tianhao’s hands trembled as he opened the yellow admission letter slowly. At this moment, the middle-aged man said sharply, “Liar. Did you find someone to forge the letter? Let me tell you, you’ve been cheated by the person. The admission letter for Clearwater College is red in color.”

Then, the middle-aged man looked at Lin Tianhao pridefully and sneered. “Your son tore the agreement up. You must apologize to me. Otherwise, I won’t buy your house.”

Lin Tianhao did not seem to have heard the middle-aged man. He slowly brushed his trembling fingers across Lin Yun’s name on the admission letter and stopped on the words “special class”. Special Class. Only students with amazing talents like Dongfang Ruoxue could be admitted into them. Lin Yun actually got admitted into the special class.

The middle-aged man noticed Lin Tianhao’s silence and continue to shout, “Don’t get cheated by a fake admission letter from your son. Hurry up and sell the house and buy a real letter for him.”

Fake? Lin Tianhao looked at the special Clearwater College watermark. He suddenly looked up at the sky and started to laugh.

“Hahahaha!”

It was a burst of bold, unrestrained, and happy laughter. Lin Tianhao laughed till his tears flowed down. Five years. For five years his son had been called useless. There was no one more upset than him. Now, this golden-yellow admission letter had shattered all the mockery and contempt!

“My son, indeed!” Lin Tianhao patted on Lin Yun’s shoulder and pulled him as they headed home, ignoring the mercenary middle-aged man.

“Bam!”

The sound of the door slamming shut resounded.

The middle-aged man looked at the shut door helplessly. Why did he suddenly decide against selling the house? Did he really get hoodwinked by the fake admission letter? Thinking about the value of the house, he did not want to give up. So, he went to the door and rang the doorbell repeatedly.

“Ding Dong, Ding Dong!”

After a while, Lin Yun appeared and said to him calmly, “My father wants me to tell you, we will not sell anything from now on!”

“Bam!”, the door was shut tight once again.