At the Magic Temple trial grounds, Lin Xin sat leisurely in the resting area, dressed in fiery-red mage robes as he watched the match in the arena.
There was not a trace of nervousness on his face. He simply sat there smiling as he observed the contestants around him.
His seat was in the first row of the contestants' section.
That meant he was also at the fifth tier and entitled to byes in the first two rounds of elimination matches.
Three other people sat in the first row with him: two men and one woman.
Among them, the man with long blond hair and golden mage robes was none other than Gandalf.
During his assessment mission, he had already been a ninth-level, fourth-tier Great Mage. Now, however, he was a first-level, fifth-tier Magic Guide.
After hearing that contestants at the fifth tier or above had to kill a fifth-tier demon for their assessment mission, he had decisively chosen to postpone his breakthrough until he completed the mission.
Playing it safe was the name of the game.
"Everyone, are you interested in pills?" Lin Xin asked the others beside him with a smile.
Although he had already secured Long Haochen's promise, he still had to win a qualifying spot in the Magic Temple preliminaries first.
The two young mages looked at him in confusion, their eyes carrying a hint of wariness. A gleam, however, flashed through Gandalf's eyes.
"Hello, everyone. Let's get acquainted. My name is Lin Xin, and I'm from Aimei City. Since we're all at the fifth tier, why not become friends?" Lin Xin said cheerfully. "With our strength, making the top ten should be no problem anyway. But besides being a mage, I'm also a potion master. Look, these are pills I refined."
The Priest Temple trial