Transmigrator Lei Lin, Magic Test

Magnolia Continent, Fenlai Kingdom, Zi'ao Family.

Six-year-old Leilin Zi'ao is currently undergoing a magic aptitude test!

Looking at the clansmen around him, Leilin took a few deep breaths and forced a smile showing eight teeth to hide the nervousness in his heart!

A youth named Laite, who was a head taller than Leilin, winked at him and said, "Leilin, come on, you're the best."

"Since you've been favored by Lord Sa'er, your magic aptitude must be exceptionally good. Go ahead and show everyone what you've got!"

At this point, a rather lewd smile appeared on Laite's face as he added, "Besides, if your test results today are excellent, I bet it will spread through the surrounding noble circles before sunset."

"Hehehe~, before you even grow up, I wonder how many noble young ladies will..."

However, before he could finish, the head of the Zi'ao Family, who was also Leilin's father, Jinli'an, pushed him aside.

Jinli'an patted Leilin's little head. Seeing the forced smile on his face, he wanted to say something but swallowed his words, eventually forcing a smile of his own and simply saying, "Leilin, go."

Seeing Jinli'an act this way, Leilin's mother pushed him away in annoyance, picked up Leilin, and rubbed her face against his, saying, "Leilin, just like Laite said. Since you were favored by Lord Sa'er, you will surely be able to enter the Wild Thunder Guard and become a powerful warrior in the future!"

After saying this, the smile on her face became a bit gentler, and her tone grew even more doting: "And if you have magic aptitude, that's for the best, but if not, it doesn't matter. Just relax and perform as you normally would!"

Having long since adapted to his identity as a child, Leilin felt the concern of his parents and inexplicably thought of his parents before he transmigrated. He wondered how they were doing now?

Yes, that's right, Leilin is a transmigrator!

He had taken a nap during a "voluntary" overtime shift and woke up to find himself inexplicably transmigrated into the Coiling Dragon World.

Although he only transmigrated into the Zi'ao Family, a small noble family that was becoming increasingly declining, with no formidable background, mysterious bloodline, and a family situation that was going from bad to worse.

But he was already very happy!

After all, at least he didn't have to bear the blood feud of his entire family being killed the moment he was born!

He wasn't directly carved of his Supreme Bone!

Nor did he have some poison that forced him to endure immense pain since childhood~!

And...

He had a Golden Finger!

Whenever he thought of his Golden Finger, Leilin felt a surge of anger.

Because his Golden Finger was a piece of junk—it couldn't communicate and had no intelligence!

Its effect was the "Random Small Commodity Craft Exchange System," which allowed him to exchange items around him once a year for the manufacturing processes of things like spicy strips, toilet paper, soap, and other items that were of no real use to him.

Heh~, "Retarded Golden Finger"—that was the name Leilin gave it himself.

"Which urban-genre Golden Finger got lost and ended up on me? This is the Coiling Dragon World, what is this piece of junk..."

"Sigh~, forget it. After all, it is my own Golden Finger, and if it weren't for the 24-Style Simplified Taiji Manual it gave me, I wouldn't have gained Sa'er's favor!"

Yes, the greatest help this Golden Finger had provided him so far was the knowledge of the 24-Style Simplified Taiji Manual, which had earned him Sa'er's appreciation.

Sa'er, a member of the Wild Thunder Squadron, was a character who was casually killed by Linley in the original work when he killed Clyde—a total background extra among extras!

But in this time period, Sa'er was a member of the Wild Thunder, the most powerful royal guard in the Fenlai Kingdom!

With his eighth-rank strength, he was a pillar of the guard, and only Kaisa, who was ninth-rank, could firmly suppress him!

If it weren't for the fact that the Zi'ao Family had invested in him during his early growth, and later, seeing him succeed, had directly married a daughter of the family to him to build a relatively stable marital alliance.

The now-declining Zi'ao Family would likely find it difficult to even see him!

With Leilin having gained Sa'er's favor, his future was naturally bright; otherwise, a priest wouldn't have been arranged to come personally to the Zi'ao Family to test his magic aptitude.

One must know that having a priest come to one's home for testing was a privilege reserved only for great nobles and wealthy merchants.

This time, if Leilin's test results were good, everyone would be happy!

If the results were poor, they would just act as if the test never happened, so as not to affect his future development or Sa'er's reputation!

Leilin broke free from his mother's embrace and nodded, saying, "Yes, I know, Mother. It's just a test, nothing to worry about."

With that, he walked toward the Holy See examiner who was already prepared.

But inside, his heart was pounding: "How can I not be worried!"

"Although magic aptitude doesn't have a huge impact on a warrior's training in the early stages, the impact becomes greater the further one progresses!"

"Following the path of a warrior is fine before the seventh rank; one just needs to temper their blood and qi and accumulate Battle Qi."

"But after reaching the seventh rank, the study of various powerful battle skills and the understanding of the Battle Qi Manual one practices slowly become important, and the requirements for aptitude become higher!"

"But the seventh rank is merely the strength of a bottom-tier squad member in the Wild Thunder Guard!"

The more he thought, the less calm Leilin felt: "And since I've transmigrated to the Coiling Dragon World, I at least have to become a Saint Realm!"

"If I don't reach the Saint Realm, I won't even be able to achieve eternal life, and in the end, I'll just be a handful of dirt. What would be the point of this transmigration!?"

"Mazu, Buddha, God, Three Pure Ones... and all you other great gods, please bless me. Since I've transmigrated here, having no formidable background or powerful bloodline besides a useless Golden Finger is fine."

"At least don't let my magic talent be too poor, otherwise I'd be unworthy of sharing the same name as the future Great Perfection Main God, Qinghuo, and Linley!"

Thinking of this, a look of solemnity flashed across Leilin's eyes: "If my aptitude is truly poor, then I will..."

"I have no choice but to take the risk and shamelessly try to... befriend Linley before he fully matures!"

While he was caught in this internal struggle, Lei Lin had already arrived before the crystal ball used for testing affinity and gently placed his hand upon it.

Immediately, a purple radiance appeared within the sphere.

The elder in charge of the testing relaxed his slightly furrowed brows and said, "Age six, elemental affinity, lightning-type..."

"Medium!"

The elder had experienced many of these house-call tests.

Most children had no magical aptitude or were merely average; while this medium affinity was nothing to write home about, it was still better than having none at all.

Under normal circumstances, the members of the family present would still give some face and offer a cheer or two!

However, the surrounding members of the Zi'ao Family felt a sense of disappointment upon hearing this. The smiles and enthusiasm that had been on their faces were extinguished like a fire doused with a basin of cold water, simply because this was far from the "peerless talent" they had been expecting!