300-Year Assessment, 500-Year Simulation

Dan Lei's request to exchange Light Cones for Flying Swords was approved by Jing Yuan almost without a second thought. However, as per the usual rules, Dan Lei would have to pass an assessment to qualify for using the Flying Sword.

After all, Cloud Knights members had to undergo training and assessments to wield Flying Swords; it was a rule.

Dan Lei had no objections. If his own mental power couldn't pass the assessment quickly, then the difficulty of wielding a Flying Sword would be too high, making it impossible for it to be used as standard armament on the Luofu.

With the matter of the Light Cones and Flying Swords settled, Dan Lei and Jing Yuan's conversation concluded successfully. Jing Yuan summoned Hanya to complete the official registration before letting Dan Lei leave.

Of course, under Hanya's glare, which seemed to say, "So you're the brat who doesn't want this old lady to retire?", Dan Lei practically fled, afraid that if he lingered even a moment longer, Hanya would find another excuse to detain him in the Imprisonment Court.

After leaving the Imprisonment Court, Dan Lei returned to Golden People Alley and headed straight for Chen Ji Pu, shouting at the shopkeeper Lian Yan, "Boss Lian, I'm looking for the Chairman!"

As a resident of Golden People Alley, and with the alley's current reliance on Dan Lei's shop for new customers, Dan Lei naturally received VIP treatment there. If he wanted to see the Chairman, he could.

After all, the Chairman of Golden People Alley was a Golden Automaton head, possibly from the First Emperor War era. It could do nothing but look and speak.

Therefore, before Lian Yan could even reply, a mechanical voice echoed from Chen Ji Pu, "Boss Dan, just come straight in if you're looking for me."

Dan Lei didn't stand on ceremony. He walked directly into Chen Ji Pu and addressed the Golden Automaton head, displayed like a product behind the counter, "Chairman, I've come to ask you to look up some information."

The Golden Automaton Chairman wasn't surprised. Dan Lei was such a homebody; his sudden request naturally meant he needed something. It replied, "You want me to look up information? Is it very ancient information?"

Dan Lei, fiddling with an old Jade Seal from the shop, answered, "Not exactly ancient, but quite obscure. I need the past exam questions for the Trial Entry Permit for reference and training."

Upon hearing it was about the Trial Entry Permit, the Golden Automaton Chairman's mechanical voice seemed to relax slightly. It replied, "That is quite obscure. I don't have much related data stored in my Jade Seal. However, Boss Dan, if you simply wish to leave the Luofu and see other planets, applying for a Commercial Travel Pass or a Study Abroad Pass would be much simpler."

Regarding this question, Dan Lei replied directly, "Neither of those two things meets my needs. I need a permit with a high degree of freedom, allowing me to venture into relatively dangerous places for adventure. Moreover, with those two permits, any deviation from the planned route would require reporting and application to the Luofu, which is too troublesome."

The Golden Automaton Chairman understood when Dan Lei said this, and it directly provided the answer Dan Lei sought.

"In the old archives of the San Yu Bookstore in Chang Le Tian, there should be an old Jade Seal book titled '300 Years of Assessments, 500 Years of Simulations'. It contains the information you're looking for."

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei thanked it, bought two old-model Jade Seals on the spot, and headed straight for the San Yu Bookstore in Chang Le Tian.

Then, after an hour of diligent searching by Yin Shu, a book, an old Jade Seal book was finally produced. Yin Shu complained to Dan Lei, "I say, Dan Lei, where did you hear we had this? I'm just a shop assistant, and searching the old archives is a hassle. And what kind of bizarre book is this, '300 Years of Assessments, 500 Years of Simulations'? Foxfolk only live for about three hundred years, and why can't the data inside be downloaded? It can only be viewed on this super old model of Jade Seal."

To this question, Dan Lei could only reply, "I heard this book compiles all the publicly released exam questions from all types of previous Luofu assessments, along with corresponding mock test questions. However, the current professional title assessments have been simplified, focusing mainly on practical skills. The written exam portion has been consistently reduced, so this thing has been phased out."

Hearing Dan Lei's explanation, Yin Shu sighed, lamenting how difficult things were for people on the Xianzhou in the past. It then returned to the shop to read its books.

As for Dan Lei, he naturally had to summon the spirit of a college entrance exam candidate and hurry back to prepare.

As far as he knew, the most troublesome part of the Trial Entry Permit was the theoretical exam. Those who dared to apply for this item were basically skilled individuals, not complete novices.

However, the Xianzhou was extremely worried about these muscle-brained individuals being deceived outside. Thus, they had compiled a large number of exam questions, requiring applicants to know the names and characteristics of most external factions. They would also ask questions like, "If you encounter Faction X doing Action Y, how should you handle it?"

In short, the difficulty was comparable to Dan Lei's previous life's civil service exams in Zhonghua.

Therefore, upon receiving the exam questions, Dan Lei immediately returned home to enter seclusion and study diligently. He also downloaded a large amount of information on various factions in the universe onto his Jade Seal.

After all, the knowledge from his previous life in his mind was insufficient to handle this exam. He knew about the Yeluo Brotherhood, for instance, but he didn't know the names of their wanted leaders.

Of course, while diligently studying the information on various factions in the universe, Dan Lei didn't forget to commission his Flying Sword.

With Jing Yuan's approval slip, he easily met Gongshu Liang (Master Gongshu's real name) and directly handed over the Nichirin Greatsword for modification.

Dan Lei had thought it through clearly. The Nichirin Greatsword, outside of the world of demons, was just a very ordinary greatsword. Unless the next world had vampire-like creatures that feared stellar radiation, it would be practically useless.

But it could become a conceptual artifact. If, after modification, it could also become a conceptual artifact stored in the Holy Grail space, Dan Lei felt he would have hit the jackpot. He could directly cosplay as a sword immortal in other worlds.

If not, he wouldn't lose anything. Things made in the Star Rail Universe couldn't be taken with him when traversing worlds anyway.

Jing Yuan was reliable. Neither the Flying Sword nor the Trial Entry Permit made Dan Lei wait long.

Master Gongshu completed the forging of the Flying Sword in just one week.

According to Master Gongshu, the special minerals in the Nichirin Greatsword Dan Lei originally gave him were quite interesting.

So, he added a large amount of metal capable of absorbing stellar radiation and used nanotechnology to complete this Flying Sword, which could directly absorb surrounding Imaginary energy or stellar energy to unleash high temperatures.

Upon receiving the sword, Dan Lei went directly to the test area of the Crafting Department. With just a slight activation, the high-temperature blade cleanly severed a target automaton.

Dan Lei was very satisfied with this power and praised Master Gongshu's craftsmanship profusely, then bought a pile of repair materials.

Then came the assessment for the Trial Entry Permit. Dan Lei passed the written exam with ease. After all, in his previous life, he had studied all the way through university. Although it was just a second-tier university, he still had some experience in taking exams.

However, during the practical combat assessment, upon seeing who his opponent was, Dan Lei began to curse Jing Yuan in his heart.

"Damn Jing Yuan, no wonder everything went so smoothly before. You set a trap for me here. For a Trial Entry Permit assessment, do you really have to pit Yan Qing against me?"