Chapter 61 - My Family’s Little White is One of a Kind (2/2)
“Examinations will begin from tomorrow onwards. We will not necessarily be allotted to take it at the same time.” Ling Yichen spoke solemnly to Ling Chunxi over dinner. “Though we won’t be able to help one another during the exam period, I believe you will definitely pa.s.s and be accepted into White Stone Academy. All will be well as long as we team up once training starts.”
“All right, all right. I got it. Let’s have soup dumplings tomorrow morning before we go to the academy for the exam.” Ling Chunxi waved her hand nonchalantly. She remembered pa.s.sing by a soup dumpling restaurant located near the entrance of the White Stone Academy during their excursion of the city earlier. In her heart, she was already picturing a generous helping of succulent dumplings in a bowl of steaming hot soup.
“… Sure.” Ling Yichen agreed while mustering a feeble smile.
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The next morning saw Ling Chunxi eating her fill of delicious soup dumplings at the very restaurant she wanted to visit. Once she was done, she made her way to White Stone Academy with Ling Yichen in tow. She was ready to take on the exam. It wasn’t yet late in the morning but there were already quite a number of people at the doorway of the academy. Some were entering, others were exiting. Those exiting wore upon their faces a look of dismay. It was clear they had been unable to pa.s.s the exam this time.
Ling Chunxi and Ling Yichen walked into White Stone Academy calmly. After they each showed their family tokens as proof they were within the stipulated age range for the exam, they entered the hall designated for the academy’s innate talent a.s.sessment.
The hall was gapingly huge. It contained a total of ten stone monuments, with two examiners manning each one. There were many partic.i.p.ants lining up at all of the monuments, but the lines moved briskly as the a.s.sessment was quick and simple. It only took a short while to tell if one had innate talent or not. Thus, Ling Chunxi and Ling Yichen were able to take their turns rather promptly. As expected, neither of them faced any problems during this a.s.sessment.
However, problems arose when it came to the next a.s.sessment.
Ling Chunxi was handed a slip of paper listing the name of the examiner in charge of the a.s.sessment she was to undertake next. When Ling Yichen looked over and caught a glimpse of the name written on the paper, his ever-constant calm and steady demeanor faded in an instant.
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