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As if she had noticed Shen Yan watching her.
The girl's fingers swiped rapidly across the screen.
Only after a silky-smooth combo wiped out all five opponents.
Did she lift her head.
Revealing a fair, cool, yet exceptionally beautiful face.
"Is it done?"
Her voice was cool and flat, without a trace of emotion.
Shen Yan couldn't help shrinking back.
He seemed very afraid of the girl before him.
He hurriedly said, "Right away!"
"A student has come for martial artist certification. I can process yours at the same time."
The girl gave an "Oh."
She lowered her head, her gaze returning to her phone.
Controlling her game character, she continued camping outside the enemy fountain.
Shen Yan let out a small sigh of relief.
He quickly left the office.
When ordinary people came for martial artist certification.
He only needed to approve their applications as supervisor, then leave the rest to his subordinates.
But today was different.
Shen Yan, the supervisor, had to handle it himself.
"That Jiang Fu... when they carried him back a few days ago, his blood energy was down to single digits."
"Not only did he survive, but he's actually back for secondary certification?"
With a puzzled look on his face, Shen Yan hurried toward the Certification Hall.
Jiang Fu walked out of the restroom on the second floor.
He stretched.
And hummed contentedly, "Ah, my kidneys are in great shape."
He had held it in for so long before remembering to take a leak.
Still, he should be able to use Multiply by Ten on that function, too.
Xu Lulu: "..."
Her little face reddened.
She couldn't help spitting in disapproval.
"Let's hurry to the Certification Hall."
"Supervisor Shen said he'd personally handle your secondary martial artist certification. Don't keep him waiting."
Jiang Fu gave an "Oh."
He didn't particularly care.
All he needed was martial artist status so he could enter the Wilderness Area without trouble.
It didn't matter who certified him.
The Martial Artist Certification Hall wasn't particularly large.
Its interior was divided into several small rooms.
No one else was there for martial artist certification at the time.
"Jiang Fu, we meet again."
Upon seeing Jiang Fu, Shen Yan gave a slight nod.
Jiang Fu blinked.
The young man before him looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
A pair of gold-rimmed glasses sat on his nose.
His royal-blue suit was crisp, and his leather shoes were polished to a shine.
He seemed to have applied hair wax, with every strand meticulously arranged.
...He had clearly put effort into his appearance.
Jiang Fu was a little baffled.
It was just a secondary martial artist certification.
Did he need to dress so formally?
Anyone who didn't know better would think he was attending some grand banquet.
Though he looked more like an insurance salesman.
But this Supervisor Shen...
Do I know him?
He had no memory of such a person.
Xu Lulu noticed the slightly awkward look in Jiang Fu's eyes.
She instantly felt better.
So it wasn't that he had forgotten her.
The guy simply didn't remember people.
Last time, Xu Chi had brought Jiang Fu to the Martial Artist Guild, and Supervisor Shen had personally received them.
Still, seeing Shen Yan's outfit now, Xu Lulu was a little at a loss herself.
Supervisor Shen... doesn't usually dress this flashily.
"Jiang Fu, this is Supervisor Shen!"
Jiang Fu snapped out of his daze and hurriedly said, "Hello, Supervisor Shen!"
Shen Yan rubbed his nose.
This kid doesn't seem to recognize me.
That makes sense.
The little guy seems to have something of an inferiority complex.
Last time he was here, he kept his head down the whole time and didn't dare look at me.
Shen Yan waved a hand at Xu Lulu. "You can head back now."
Xu Lulu nodded and said to Jiang Fu, "I'll be going, then."
With that, she turned and left the Certification Hall.
Shen Yan looked Jiang Fu up and down.
His brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"You want secondary martial artist certification? But your blood energy hasn't reached... or recovered to the level of a martial artist."
With Shen Yan's cultivation level.
He could naturally assess Jiang Fu's blood energy at a glance.
It had only barely reached the threshold of a quasi-martial artist.
He was nowhere near a hundred blood energy.
Shen Yan looked at Jiang Fu and said seriously, "Secondary martial artist certification doesn't have lower standards just because you used to be a martial artist and had your status mistakenly revoked."
"If your blood energy doesn't meet the martial artist standard, you still won't pass."
"I suggest you spend some more time recovering. Once your blood energy recovers... uh!"
The next instant.
Shen Yan's eyes widened.
A small coin floated before Jiang Fu.
"A psychic master!!"
Shen Yan stared at the coin before him.
He immediately realized what was happening.
With an innocent look, Jiang Fu asked, "Then can I get certified as a psychic master?"
Shen Yan: "..."
He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
"Yes!"
It seems.
Although this kid was beaten within an inch of his life in the Wilderness Area.
He came across some sort of opportunity.
Not only did it heal his injuries, but it also awakened his spirit power and made him a psychic master!
"Follow me."
Shen Yan said nothing more.
He turned and headed for the room at the very back of the Certification Hall.
The Certification Hall had eight small rooms in total.
Seven were used for martial artist certification.
Only the eighth.
Was reserved exclusively for psychic master certification.
The room was small and simply furnished.
There was just one machine.
Shen Yan switched it on. "Place your right hand on the machine's touchscreen, then focus your spirit power into your right hand."
Jiang Fu paused. "Can't I use my left hand?"
Shen Yan: "...Your left hand works, too."
Then.
Jiang Fu placed his right hand on the machine's touchscreen.
The corner of Shen Yan's mouth twitched.
He felt there was something a little off about Jiang Fu.
The next instant.
Beep, beep, beep—
On the machine's display.
The number changed rapidly.
Finally, the reading settled at 1000.
Shen Yan's eyes widened.
"A thousand spirit power!?"
He looked at Jiang Fu in disbelief.
Jiang Fu still wore an innocent expression. "Is 1000 spirit power... very high?"
At noon that day.
Jiang Fu had spent ages searching online.
But he hadn't found out what level 1000 spirit power represented.
Shen Yan looked at Jiang Fu's fair, handsome face.
He couldn't help taking a deep breath. "It's not a question of whether it's high. It's a kind of... very special..."
"Never mind. Once your martial artist status is certified, look it up on the forum yourself."
Psychic masters were scarce.
There were only a tiny bit more of them than sequence martial artists.
When it came to psychic masters.
Shen Yan didn't know very much either.
But he absolutely couldn't tell Jiang Fu that he didn't know.
"All right, wait here for a bit. I'll go process your martial artist credentials."
With that.
Shen Yan quickly left the room.
Just a few days earlier.
Jiang Fu had come here for martial artist certification.
Although his martial artist status had been revoked.
His personal information was still on file.
The certification process wasn't complicated, either.
Watching Shen Yan leave.
Jiang Fu shrugged slightly.
He didn't particularly care what level he was at now.
His current condition came from Multiply by Ten.
It would only last three days.
Three days later.
If he couldn't find a way to solve his problem.
Then his stats would fall off a cliff.
As for Permanent Multiply by Ten...
That was Jiang Fu's last resort.
Everyone knew this:
The lower your Level and stats, the easier it was to improve them—and the faster you could do it.
But later on,
both the methods and the pace of improvement became far more difficult.
Jiang Fu wouldn't use Permanent Multiply by Ten unless he had no other choice.
Meanwhile,
Shen Yan had picked up the documents and Martial Artist Badge
and returned to his Office.
"Shi Jiu, your Martial Artist registration is complete."
Shi Jiu took the Document Bag and badge.
Her beautiful eyes paused on something.
"A Psychic Master?"
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