Ling Jiu and Li Kai left the general managerâs office and went to the second floor to complete the formalities. Along the way, Li Kai felt very stressed and complained incessantly.
âThereâs actually a training assessment. If we donât pass, weâll be fired. Damn!â
âDonât worry, Iâve checked beforehand. The training you undergo when you initially awaken your Arcana is the fastest. As long as we practice earnestly and become Level 1 Arcanists, we are almost sure to pass the assessment!â
Ling Jiu smiled and comforted Li Kai.
There was a difference between the strength of Arcanists, and naturally, there was a level system. An Arcanist who had just awakened his or her Arcana was a Level 0 Arcanist and the weakest of the lot.
As they climb upward, every time their Arcana increased by a level, their strength would also grow by a level.
It was said that a Level 5 Arcanist could fly in the air freely like the birds.
Once they reached Level 9, they would have the ability to bring ruin to the world with just a simple gesture. They would almost be no different from the gods and immortals in the legends.
Beyond Level 9 was the penultimate realm for the Arcana, and those in that realm were called⌠the Zenith Arcanists.
âI hope I can pass the assessment smoothly. I donât want to be fired. If that happens, others would laugh to death!â
âOh right, the manager said that even the Gene Arcana secret technique would be taken back. How is that thing taken back?â
âI heard itâs through erasing your memoriesâŚâ
The two of them chatted as they walked, and they soon arrived at the Human Resources Hall on the second floor. After they settled the formalities, both Ling Jiu and Li Kai received an employee card, a set of keys, and an introduction brief.
âOlâ Ling, where are we heading next?â
Looking at the villa keys in his hand, Li Kaiâs eyes were burning. He was unable to contain his excitement.
âNonsense! Weâre going straight to our villas of course!â
âWahahahaha, letâs go!â
The villa that the company had arranged for them was located at the Great Tang Residences area, not too far from Pangu Arcana Combine. It was very convenient to go to work. Without a word, the two of them rushed directly to the Great Tang Residences, and after they showed the relevant identification, they entered the residential area.
Great Tang Residences was a high-end residential area. The distance between villas was surprisingly large, and the greenery in the residential area was also incredibly lush. Plus, all of the villas were four stories tall.
Rockery lawns, small bridges and flowing waters, verdant trees that lined the streets, and a vast man-made lakeâŚ
Compared with the low-rent housing community they had lived in previously, this place was simply heaven!
âThis is more like a place that a person should live in. What the hell was the place weâve been living in before?!â
âYouâre comparing a low-rent housing community with a high-end residential area like this? What do you think?â
âYouâre right. Heh!â
The two of them soon arrived at Unit A-35. The villa was surrounded by a meter-tall iron fence, and behind the fence was a townhouse-villa that consisted of three units. The villa was four-stories high; the first floor was the garage while the second to fourth floor comprised the residential area.
In addition, there was a stand-alone villa in front of and behind the villa. The garden was not huge and was about 50 square meters wide. Nevertheless, this garden was bigger than the low-rent house they had lived in earlier, which was about 40 square meters wide.
Looking at the luxurious villa hidden amidst the gardens and greenery, Li Kai said to himself, âI can live in that villa too? Olâ Ling, am I dreaming? Will everything be gone when I wake up?â
âOlâ Ling, why the hell did you hit me?â
âTo wake you up from your dream!â
After they completed touring the villa that afternoon, both Ling Jiu, as well as Li Kai, went home directly and decided to move in right away.
Upon witnessing such a high-end villa, they did not want to live in the low-rent housing community for another single moment.
The next day, Ling Jiu and Li Kai arrived at the office, and they were taken to the newbie training room. There were 13 other newcomers as well.
âIâm Bai Yang, and Iâm your instructor!â
Instructor Bai Yang was a burly man in a short shirt and short pants that revealed his powerful muscles. âFor the next six months, I will lead you through the rookie stage.
âDuring training, I hope that everyone will study hard, practice hard, and strictly follow your instructorâs orders. Do not waste your precious talents and hard-won opportunities!
âFirst, letâs learn about the Gene Arcana secret technique!
âThe Gene Arcana secret technique is of great value to us Arcanists. A low-level technique will increase the efficiency of absorbing the Gene Arcana by 10 times!
âAn intermediate-level Gene Arcana technique will increase it by 100 times!
âWhile an advanced technique, by 1,000 times!
âFrom this, we can see how great the effects of the Gene Arcana secret technique is on us Arcanists!â
âAs such, it is one of the precious things in all Arcana organizations, and unless you join one of these organizations⌠you wonât be able to learn it at all!â
Ling Jiu and the other 14 newcomers listened on in silence.
âThe low-level Gene Arcana secret technique Iâll be teaching all of you is the Bahamut Absorption TechniqueâŚâ
In the following hours, Ling Jiu and the rest started to study intensely.
They learned about the low-level Gene Arcana secret techniqueâthe Bahamut Absorption Technique, how to control their own Arcanas, and also learned about Arcanas as well as the Direbeasts.
The schedule for their daily course was extremely tight, and life was very fulfilling. In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
On this day, Ling Jiu was absorbing the Gene Arcana as usual. He had to say that the Gene Arcana secret techniqueâs effect was immediate. If Ling Jiu was absorbing the Gene Arcana like he was drinking water through a straw in the past, then he was doing so through a water pipe now.
The efficiency was 10 times higher, and the Gene Arcana absorbed was completely different.
After two months of absorption, the Gene Arcana in Ling Jiuâs body was already quite potent, at least much more potent than it was two months ago.
âLing Jiu, weâre off work, letâs go eat!â
Right then, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder. Ling Jiu abruptly opened his eyes and looked at the young man, who had patted his shoulder, with a baffled look.
The boy was called Wang Jiabao, and he came from Second Middle School. He was also the only person who had awakened his Arcana in Second Middle School. As they had been studying together and possessed similar personalities, they gradually became friends.
âOlâ Ling, whatâs wrong?â
When he saw the strange way Ling Jiu was looking at Wang Jiabao, Li Kai asked him suspiciously.
Ling Jiu shook his head, but he was overjoyed because just now, his replication Arcana, which had been on cooldown for two months, could finally be activated again.
Arcana: Shadowform (Awakened, Replicable)
âFinally I can replicate an Arcana again!â
Ling Jiu was secretly excited. Over the past two months, he had been unable to replicate any Arcanas for the second time, and he had gotten worried.
He had thought that he might not be able to replicate any more Arcanas and never expected things to turn around today.
âItâs been two months since the last replication, so the cooldown for my Arcana replication is two months?â
Ling Jiuâs mind ran active again. âSince I can replicate an Arcana again, what should I replicate?â
While Pangu was comprised mostly of Arcanists, Ling Jiu only had contact with Instructor Bai Yang and the other 14 newcomers.
Ling Jiu knew all of their Arcanas.
Instructor Bai Yangâs Fire ManipulationâŚ
Wang Jiabaoâs ShadowformâŚ
Yu Changshengâs Wind ManipulationâŚ
Lin Xiaochenâs Water ManipulationâŚ
Zhao Xiangâs Fire ManipulationâŚ