Hidden Dragon List, Planning
While Lin Xuan was heading to Jianghai City, the Xia Kingdom also began to liven up.
First, in the High School League, Jingbei University successfully defended its High School League championship.
This achievement solidly became this year's most outstanding recruitment brochure.
Of course, while many professionals were excited, they also focused on another matter: the potential dragon list!
This list, which was originally only circulated among the upper echelons of power, was, for some unknown reason, made public this year.
“The potential dragon list, what is this thing?”
“You're stunned, right? I told you to spend more time online, but you insisted on studying every day.”
“The potential dragon list is published by a mysterious organization codenamed Penguin.”
“They compile a potential list based on information collected about new professionals from all over the country, considering their profession, talent, skills, and combat records.”
“The Penguin organization is very mysterious; their information is extremely accurate, and much of it is unheard of by most professionals.”
“For example, Cheng Pu from the Cheng family in Jiangnan City.”
“Many people know that he changed his profession to the rare Dragon Knight this year, but the potential dragon list indicates that he also awakened an S-rank talent!”
“Really? Penguin even knows about talents? Then this Cheng Pu should be ranked first on the potential dragon list, right?”
“Hehe, he's not first; he's only ranked fifth!”
“What? A hidden profession plus an S-rank talent only ranks fifth? What a rubbish potential dragon list.”
“Hehe, this year, there are many talented people, and none of the top five are simple individuals, so there are naturally stronger people than him.”
“I don't believe it. The Dragon Knight profession is so strong, plus an S-rank talent. Who else can compete in the same period?”
“The fourth place is a Sword Emperor profession plus an S-rank talent, and the third place is a hidden profession Ghost Cry plus an S-rank talent.”
“Holy cow, are this year's newcomers so fierce?”
“Then what profession is second, able to suppress Ghost Cry and Sword Emperor?”
“The second place is the legendary hidden profession, Time Traveler! Possessing the terrifying talent of being able to temporarily reverse time!”
“Hiss—goodness, this ability is too broken! Then what profession must the first place be to suppress the second place?!”
“Hehe, actually, the first place is a common profession.”
“A common profession? Could it be the top scorer of the college entrance exam, Lin Xuan?”
“Yes, it's him. If he waves his hand and hundreds of Skeleton Soldierss confront you, how will you respond?”
“However, in the potential dragon list, the evaluation of him is very simple, but also very terrifying.”
“Lin Xuan, common profession Necromancer, top scorer in the national college entrance examination, suspected to possess talent beyond S-rank, and his personal hidden attribute luck value is suspected to far exceed other professionals!”
“Hiss—talent beyond S-rank, super high luck value!”
“Damn, why does it sound like the protagonist of a novel I'm reading?”
…
While the potential dragon list was being hotly discussed online, Lin Xuan had already left Jiangcheng.
Although Blue Star is very similar to Earth, it is many times larger than Earth.
Coupled with folded spaces, restricted areas, and ruins.
Lin Xuan needed to pass through the teleportation arrays of five main cities to reach Jianghai City.
Each teleportation cost at least 20,000 gold, and sometimes as much as 70,000 or 80,000.
Fortunately, the speed was very fast.
The time wasted in between was only during the transit phase between cities.
During this period, Lin Xuan was not idle on the road.
While continuously stacking his life limit, he was also thinking about some plans.
life water was a relatively important matter.
Although he was a transmigrator, after his memories merged, his feelings for his aunt were still there.
Moreover, he was an orphan when he was on Earth.
These days, at his aunt's house, he experienced what family affection truly felt like.
Therefore, within his limited capabilities, he was very willing to buy life water for his aunt.
“However, the bidding slots for life water are only controlled by major powers.”
Lin Xuan recalled the content of his discussion at Lu Qinghan's house last night.
Lu Qinghan's father, Lu Feng, was the Deputy City Lord of Jiangcheng.
His strength was very strong, but as he said, even the Lu family was not qualified to participate in the auction of life water.
It made sense.
Ordinary people could increase their lifespan by thirty years.
Professionals could even reach a hundred years.
A hundred years.
Enough to change the life of an ordinary professional.
After all, professionals at level 99 could stay at that level and try their luck to brush up their attributes.
If they lived long enough and brushed up enough attributes, when they broke through to the second stage, their attributes would double.
They could directly achieve a comeback!
“It seems I need to be careful when encountering second-tier professionals from large families in the future.”
“Who knows, some of them might have drunk life water and advanced to the second tier after leveling up.”
Lin Xuan also understood why life water was so precious.
However, there was a turning point in this matter.
Over 30 billion was not a small sum for a family in a small city like Jiangcheng.
So the Lu family proposed a compromise.
Lu Qinghan's father and two friends had accidentally obtained an auction slot together years ago.
They were Lu Qinghan's father, Shen Hongying's father, and Teacher Li Ming, the director of the Mingzhu University admissions office whom he had met before.
The three were college roommates and had a very good relationship.
Later, during an adventure, they saved someone from a prominent family and obtained a slot from that person.
Upon hearing this news, Lin Xuan understood what it meant.
Ultimately, after much thought, when Lin Xuan left the Lu family, he made a deal with them.
Regarding gold coins, he only needed five billion.
As for the rest, it would be exchanged for the auction slot.
At first glance, this deal seemed unprofitable.
But Lin Xuan did some research.
The life water ranking meeting is held only once every ten years.
It's not just life water; there are other treasures that can increase lifespan.
Because of this, the auction price for this auction slot in the black market starts at 20 billion.
If it goes through, it could be 30 billion or even 40 billion.
Of course, Lin Xuan later felt relieved.
He originally thought 50 billion was a lot, but that was only for resource-poor places like Jiangcheng.
To obtain a bottle of life water, the cost could be in the hundreds of billions.
It made sense.
If he could fly, escape, move mountains, and fill seas, but then died due to insufficient lifespan, how uncomfortable would that be?
“This deal isn't bad.”
Lin Xuan smiled.
After all, that S-rank Magic Card was just something Hong Ying casually opened when he was in a team.
It was even from a normal difficulty dungeon treasure chest.
The matter of life water was temporarily resolved.
Lin Xuan continued on his way, researching information about Jianghai City.
“Facing level 20 high-difficulty dungeon monsters, level 5 Skeleton Soldierss are already a bit weak.”
“Before school starts, I'll focus on improving skill levels.”
“I can also try upgrading my Magic Cards, whether it's Lightning Power or expanding my skill bar.”
“These will all increase my strength.”
Lin Xuan never believed that he would be invincible just because he got first place in the national college entrance examination.
Jiangcheng is very small.
There hasn't been an S-rank talent professional there for over a hundred years.
But the Xia Kingdom is too big, and talented people emerge constantly.
Many promising professionals don't even need to take the college entrance examination.
As far as Lin Xuan knew, Luo Feng, the son of the Jiangcheng City Lord, was admitted to Modu University on the day he changed his profession.
He not only awakened the hidden profession of Storm Knight but also awakened an A-rank talent, Three Thousand Thunder Movements, which was very compatible with his profession!
Skills, equipment, Magic Cards.
“Today is June 15th, and there are still more than two months until school starts.”
“Normally, I should be able to reach between level 40 and level 50.”
The higher the professional's level, the more experience is needed to level up.
Now, to go from level 20 to level 21, he needed nearly 100,000 experience points!
Killing a level 20 common monster only gave a few hundred experience points.
According to the normal speed calculated by others in previous years, one could reach level 47 before school starts.
With a bit of effort, one could get close to level 50.
However, he needed to share the experience with Silly Cow and the newly contracted Frost Giant.
“Forget it, I'll settle down at school first, then go to Divine Grace Cemetery to complete the Summon Undead quest.”
“With new Skeleton Soldiers types, killing monsters and leveling up will be faster.”
“Hmm, I can also buy two Experience Amplification cards…”
Having made up his mind, Lin Xuan traveled without stopping.
As evening approached, his figure appeared in the teleportation array of Jianghai City.
Jianghai City, located in the eastern part of the Xia Kingdom, is one of the five super main cities of the Xia Kingdom.
It is said that in terms of main city area alone, it is hundreds of times larger than Jiangcheng.
Looking around, there were mountains and long rivers everywhere in the city.
Above the sky, there were several floating islands, and griffins and other mounts hovered between them.
However, Lin Xuan noticed that the biggest difference between Jianghai City and Jiangcheng was that the city's scale had expanded beyond its original city walls.
In Jiangcheng, professionals usually stayed within the city walls, but here, many small towns and camps had formed outside the city walls.
“Goodness, if other cities could also expand beyond their city walls like this, wouldn't it be just around the corner for Blue Star to return to its original state?”
“It's just, how does Jianghai City solve the problem of monsters continuously respawning outside the city?”
As Lin Xuan was wondering, a short girl suddenly walked up to him.
“You… hello, are you Lin Xuan?”
“You are?”
Lin Xuan looked closely twice.
He didn't recognize her.
However, the girl in front of him was very delicate and seemed a bit socially anxious.
“My name is Guo Miaomiao, and I'm from Mingzhu University. Teacher Li Ming sent me to pick you up.”
“He… he asked me to tell you that he's busy with the auction slot.”
“He asked me to take you to Mingzhu University first to familiarize yourself with the campus.”
Auction slot.
He must be busy with the life water, right?
Lin Xuan thought for a moment and smiled, “Okay, let's go then.”