Eight hours later, the green Iron Mine Card fused into the Small World.
The green Mine Card was extremely valuable to Zhang Zhi's current Small World.
The Small World's area had not grown much, but its original thickness of around two hundred meters had now become nearly six hundred meters, tripling in thickness.
Zhang Zhi was not surprised by the changes in the Small World.
What surprised him was the speed at which his Small World melted down the card!
His Mental Power Value during the assessment had been thirty-seven points.
One had to know that, under normal circumstances, it took a Realm Lord with a Mental Power Value of around one hundred about twenty-four hours to "digest" a Green Card in their card slot!
He had only thirty-seven points of Mental Power, yet "digesting" a Green Card had taken just eight hours!
Just how many more surprises would his Mental Power bring him?
The next day, after resting and recovering his Mental Power, Zhang Zhi began fusing the cards methodically.
The first was naturally the Dragon Gate Card. Afraid that he might change his mind, he chose this card first. The Dragon Gate Card consumed quite a lot of Mental Power, and he spent a full thirteen points refining it.
After that came the seven gray Fish Cards.
When he tried raising the fish's rank, he discovered that Fish Cards did not have the restrictions of Human Cards.
After the gray Fish Card was upgraded to white, the card image of the originally sparse school of fish changed into fish swimming in great numbers.
This meant that his Mental Power could increase the number of fish.
After upgrading one card, he stopped and instead began refining the Human Cards.
The first green Human Card consumed five points of Mental Power and an hour and a half.
This was another figure far lower than that of other humans.
Zhang Zhi had long since become numb to the abnormality of his Mental Power.
The five Human Cards consumed twenty-five points of his Mental Power.
For Zhang Zhi at this moment, his Mental Power was truly insufficient. There were still a great many cards waiting for him to refine, but he had already used up all his Mental Power.
It was like preparing for an hour of foreplay, only to finish in one minute. Anyone would be frustrated.
What else could he do? If he wanted to refine cards, he could only wait another day.
Now that his Mental Power was exhausted, it was impossible for him to lie in the hotel for an entire day, right?
He had originally wanted to go to the school and ask the Principal about Seven Dragons Academy, but in reality, he could not find the Principal at all.
After going to the Principal's Office twice without finding him, he could only return dejectedly and instead go to the library to look for information about Seven Dragons Academy.
While he was searching the library for the Local Gazetteer of Seven Dragons Prefecture and preparing to find a seat to read it carefully, a voice came from beside him:
"Zhang Zhi, which school did you sign with? I heard you did pretty well on the exam. Why aren't you on the list of the Five Great Schools?"
Zhang Zhi turned around and saw that it was his former deskmate, Li Yuan.
The guy was a scion of a family, a branch member of a Realm Lord of a Lesser Thousand World.
Zhang Zhi had a pretty good impression of him. Given Li Yuan's background, if he had wanted to make things difficult for him, Zhang Zhi would definitely not have had an easy time these past three years.
Or rather, considering his status, the fact that he was willing to sit beside Zhang Zhi had already helped shield him from quite a lot of trouble.
Thus, he raised the book in his hand and said, "A Teacher from a school in Seven Dragons Prefecture happened to be here that day. He saw that my talent was pretty good and recruited me into his school."
"I don't know much about the school, though, so I came here to find some information."
A trace of surprise flashed through Li Yuan's eyes. "Seven Dragons Prefecture? That's the capital of our Tianxing Domain. The schools there definitely wouldn't be worse than the Five Great Schools. No wonder I didn't see you choosing one of the Five Great Schools."
As if remembering something, he chuckled and said to Zhang Zhi, "Didn't everyone spread the news yesterday that you did extremely well on the exam? Once today's Honor Roll came out, some people noticed that you weren't on the Five Great Schools' admission lists and started saying all sorts of strange things."
Zhang Zhi shook his head. "If they like talking, let them talk. I'm used to it."
Li Yuan looked Zhang Zhi up and down. "Zhang Zhi, you have quite the bearing. By the way, which school did you actually sign with?"
Zhang Zhi was looking through the table of contents of the Local Gazetteer of Seven Dragons Prefecture. Hearing Li Yuan's question, he casually replied, "Seven Dragons Academy. The recruiting Teacher said it ranked among the Top Three in the Entire Domain."
"You know I came from an Orphanage, and I have no idea whether that Teacher was telling the truth. That's why I came here to look through the Local Gazetteer of Seven Dragons Prefecture and see if I could find anything."
When Li Yuan heard the words "Seven Dragons Academy," his eyes widened. He looked Zhang Zhi up and down again with an incredulous expression.
Looking at Zhang Zhi, who was flipping through the Local Gazetteer of Seven Dragons Prefecture in his hands, Li Yuan's eyes spun around for a while before he pulled Zhang Zhi toward the library exit. "Oh, come on. How could the Local Gazetteer of Seven Dragons Prefecture possibly contain detailed information about Seven Dragons Academy?"
"Come on, I know where to find it. I'll take you there."
Zhang Zhi knew that, as a family scion, Li Yuan knew many things he did not. If Li Yuan said the information was somewhere, then it very likely really was there.
He followed Li Yuan for a short distance before a group of people approached them.
Zhang Zhi looked up and realized that they were his former classmates. Seeing the group they had run into, he immediately understood.
He glanced at Li Yuan's back and chuckled softly.
It seemed that Seven Dragons Academy really did have some reputation in the Tianxing Domain. Li Yuan had deliberately brought him here so he could vent his anger.
Sure enough, when someone ahead noticed Zhang Zhi, one person ran over and pretended to say with concern, "Oh, Zhang Zhi, we've all heard that you did extremely well opening your Small World. You actually opened a Small World! I heard you're the first person in Yicheng to do so in several thousand years."
"But why aren't you on the Five Great Schools' signing list?"
"Was it because another school offered you a higher signing reward, so you chose a different school?"
Another person beside him picked up the conversation. "Zhang Zhi, I have to say, you really are short-sighted."
"Although you're already a Realm Lord of a Small World, you should know that after entering one of the Five Great Schools, basically everyone can advance to a Small World within three to five years."
"You didn't choose one of the Five Great Schools and instead chose some other school. In a few years, you'll be surpassed by all of us who entered the Five Great Schools."
"How should I put this? You're an orphan, so you can only see the benefits right in front of you. Ultimately, you can't really be blamed. It's just a shame about your talent, which only appears once or twice in Yicheng every few thousand years."
The others beside them also pretended to sigh regretfully:
"Yeah, what a pity!"
"This is talent that only appears once every few thousand years."
"If only you would give me this talent."
Zhang Zhi did not say a word throughout. He expressionlessly watched Li Yuan, who was holding back his laughter nearby.
Li Yuan was truly devious. After waiting for that group to chatter on for a long while, he suddenly pretended to ask Zhang Zhi, "Zhang Zhi, what was the name of that school you said you signed with?"
The others did not realize that Li Yuan was digging a pit for them to jump into. They joined in and asked, "Yeah, Zhang Zhi, what was the name of the school you signed with?"
"Right. You've already signed with it, so there's no point regretting it. If it isn't too far away, we can visit each other sometime."
Zhang Zhi glanced at the group and noticed that Li Yuan had already begun snickering nearby. He then said expressionlessly, "You're asking which school I signed with?"
"I really am a short-sighted person, and the school I signed with really isn't very good. It's called Seven Dragons Academy. Apparently, it only ranks among the Top Three in the Tianxing Domain."
"Have you heard of this school?"
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