Author Assessment Guild

Blue, yellow, red, and black high-grade books appeared at Ma Feifei's feet, intimidating everyone and allowing him to successfully step onto the arena and stand opposite Xun Ling.

"Whoosh"

Books transformed into streaks of light and shot towards Ma Feifei. Ma Feifei stretched out his hand, the light disappearing into his sleeve, and everything returned to normal. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Xun Ling opposite him, and said calmly, "Can we begin?"

"Yes! Yes!" Xun Ling was stunned for a moment, then quickly said excitedly. This was more than just a Fourth-rank Author! He was practically a sixth-grade being! He could even take out a Legendary-grade- quality book and dared to Stomp at will. At least among all the high-grade authors Xun Ling knew, this was the first time someone had dared to do such a thing.

My respect for them naturally increased.

"Then let's begin." Ma Feifei didn't have much time to argue with Xun Ling; he was still thinking about how to rescue Li Chenzhou.

"Let's begin," Xun Ling hurriedly called out to the side.

An elderly man dressed in the Sage's Robe immediately stepped onto the arena, holding an ancient and heavy book in his hands, with a dignified and solemn expression.

In the Book Battle Continent, the rank of a writer is generally determined by the quality of the books they can produce. However, people can't just wander around with their books every day, so the writer Badge was created on the Book Battle Continent.

The Writer Badge was jointly created by the Three Prefectures Seven Caves of the Book Battle Continent, which established the Author Assessment Guild. Its branches are spread throughout every corner of the Book Battle Continent, and the Author Assessment Guild is the only recognized method on the Book Battle Continent to test the level of a writer.

If a writer wants to obtain the corresponding writer Badge, they need to go to the Author Assessment Guild for examination. Of course, they can also ask the notary of the Examination Guild to come and verify their credentials on the spot, like Xun Ling.

The method of testing is naturally to compete with authors of the same or even higher rank in a book-writing contest, and then evaluate whether your book meets the required quality. If you pass, you will receive an author Badge issued by the Author Assessment Guild. Different colored Badge correspond to different rank levels, and the color is the same as the book quality.

Therefore, to determine the rank of a writer, one generally only needs to look at the writer's Badge he wears. Of course, some writers do not care about empty titles and will not wear the Badge even if they have passed the assessment.

Ma Feifei knew a little about these things and understood why the old man had come. He stood quietly to the side and listened.

"Please have both parties present their existing author Badge," the old man said solemnly.

The first sentence immediately silenced Ma Feifei.

Where did he get his author Badge?

Xun Ling, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind. He did as instructed and took out a golden Badge with a nameless book engraved on it.

The old man glanced at it, nodded slightly, and then looked at Ma Feifei with a kind smile on his face.

This is a big shot who can produce books of Legendary-grade quality; he must treat him with utmost respect.

"No." Ma Feifei straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and said coldly.

Since there's nothing else, I'll just have to play the aloof card.

"Uh..." The old man's expression froze instantly, and the previously noisy surroundings quieted down as everyone stared at Ma Feifei on the arena.

"He doesn't even have an author's Badge!" someone whispered.

"He probably wasn't wearing it, right?" someone whispered in response.

"How could I have misheard? They said no." The person in front immediately retorted.

"Wouldn't that mean we'd be held accountable?"

On the Book Battle Continent, there is an unspoken rule that all authors must report to and be assessed by the Authors Guild. If you fail to do so, you cannot appear within the sphere of influence of the Three Prefectures Seven Caves. Otherwise, you will be classified as Evil Author and expelled from the territory of the Three Prefectures Seven Caves.

The so-called Evil Author Faction is another powerful force on the Book Battle Continent besides the Three Prefectures Seven Caves; this force is called the 'Evil Faction'.

The Evil Faction and the Three Prefectures Seven Caves are opposing factions. Since the beginning of the history of the Book Battle Continent, the two sides have been at odds. Over the millennia, countless battles have broken out between the two factions, and to this day, neither side has been able to achieve an absolute victory.

It is precisely because of their opposition to the Evil Faction that the Three Prefectures Seven Caves value the Writer's Badge so highly.

Because Evil Author cannot pass the author's examination.

"Master Scribe, may I ask where you come from?" The old man's face gradually became solemn, his aged eyes fixed on Ma Feifei, and he asked in a deep voice.

Ma Feifei glanced at the old man, a growing sense of doubt and unease creeping into his heart. Yet, his face remained expressionless as he asked, "This book, shall we fight or not?"

He is ready to evacuate at any time.

The old man gave Ma Feifei a deep look, then nodded and said, "It doesn't matter that the Master Scribe doesn't have Badge. Let's continue."

At this point, the old man looked at Xun Ling again, opened the book in his hand, and wisps of shimmering white light emanated from it. The golden Badge in Xun Ling's hand seemed to sense this as well, and it transformed into a beam of golden light that shot towards the book in the old man's hand and disappeared into the book.

"The assessment for Xun Ling, Third-rank Author, to advance to Fourth-rank Author is now officially beginning!" With the old man's command, a 'hum' sound erupted from the arena, and a faint light shield rose from all around the arena, transforming into a shimmering white curtain.

"Buzz"

Two more beams of light appeared, this time in front of the table where the two of them sat. One white and one black beam of light slowly rose up, level with the table.

At this moment, Xun Ling placed the Epic-grade- quality book he had just written on the pillar of light closest to him.

"Ding ding ding"

The books were held aloft by a beam of light, and the pages slowly turned, with black characters disappearing into the black beam of light below.

A magical scene unfolded: the originally pristine white curtains suddenly began to 'float' upwards with black characters, quickly covering the entire curtains.

"Master Scribe, please!" Xun Ling looked at the curtain, which was now covered with the words from his books, and a smug look appeared on his face as he cupped his hands and said to Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei doesn't understand these things, but he knows how to Mimic!

Following the same pattern, he took out an Epic-grade- quality book and placed it on top.

"Ding ding ding"

The book was suspended in mid-air by a white beam of light, and the pages slowly turned. The front was exactly the same, but the back was different because the text that didn't appear in Ma Feifei's book was golden.

"Why are the words golden?!" Everyone stared at the golden words of the Epic-grade- quality book in front of Ma Feifei disappearing into the pillar of light, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Even the elders of the Author Assessment Guild were lost in thought as they gazed at the golden text.