I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 67 - 66: Test

With Qi Ming’s addition, the second floor of the shop became even livelier, and time flew by in the pleasant atmosphere. In the blink of an eye, it was already the opening day of Harssas.

To accompany Li Xing and Qi Ming to school, the four of them all stayed at the shop last night, heading to the academy together in the morning.

Despite being one of the four prestigious schools, the opening ceremony for freshmen at Harssas was astonishingly simple.

On the day of school opening, every freshman received an electronic letter from the principal on their light brain, containing an article encouraging progress. As long as you opened the letter and read it to the end—even if you didn’t read it, just clicking "confirm" at the end of the letter would be considered official enrollment.

Recalling the lengthy speech during the admission at Datang Academy, Li Xing thought this was much better.

There were no classes for the freshmen today; the main task was to follow the school’s arrangements, get classroom and dormitory allocations, and become familiar with classmates and the campus environment.

Qi Ming went to the Rune Master Department, Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao returned to their respective classes to report, while Li Xing received a reminder that the Element Testing was about to begin.

Following the instructions on her light brain, Li Xing arrived at the school auditorium, where already about twenty students were waiting outside, all freshmen registered for retesting their Elemental Spirit.

Seeing everyone had arrived, a stern-looking male teacher said loudly, "The test will officially begin. Students whose names are called, follow me inside!"

The first student to be tested followed the teacher into the auditorium. Shortly afterward, bright light shone through the doors and windows. After the light faded, the student walked out looking dejected, indicating his test results were disappointing.

Li Xing estimated roughly that the Element Testing time here was slightly shorter than in Datang City, probably due to more advanced machinery.

As the teacher called names, more and more students finished their retests, and all had undisguisable disappointment on their faces as they returned to their classes with their heads down.

"Li Xing—!"

"Here!"

The male teacher glanced at her, expressionless, and said, "Follow me."

As they walked inside, the teacher murmured to himself, just loud enough for Li Xing to hear but not too much to disturb others.

"People always think they’re special and can’t accept being average, always fantasizing about miracles happening. Life isn’t a movie. In all my years of work, I’ve never seen a retest result to be wrong! Instead of wasting time and money on this, it’s more practical to read a few more pages of a book, hmph!"

Apparently, this teacher was very disapproving of students retesting their Elemental Spirit. Although his words weren’t pleasant, Li Xing agreed with the rationale behind them.

Accepting one’s imperfections and striving to become perfect is a positive life attitude, rather than fantasizing about being a hidden genius and living every day full of doubt and resentment.

Upon entering the central hall of the auditorium, Li Xing immediately noticed the iron-plated room, looking exactly like the one in Datang City, only double the size.

Facing the screen of the machine sat several teachers, with an amiable-looking old man with a goatee at the head. He held a transparent thermos cup, inside which floated emerald green tea leaves, needle-like and swaying beautifully in the water.

"Principal, the student is here."

"Begin." The old man took a sip of hot tea and pointed at the Element Testing Instrument, indicating for Li Xing to enter.

With her previous testing experience, Li Xing deftly placed her palm into the groove, and the familiar tingling spread from her palm to her elbow. The display screen quickly lit up with a red glow, transitioning from dim to dazzling in just 0.1 second. As the light stabilized, golden characters emerged.

— Heaven!

Everyone present, including the teacher who had brought Li Xing in, was shocked and then erupted in exclamations of surprise and joy.

Fire Elemental Spirit, Heavenly Armor!

Not just Armor, but the rarer Heavenly Armor!

Could the Element Testing Instrument really be wrong?!

This was the first student in the history of Harssas to have an error in their Elemental Spirit quality.

The machine emitted a crackling noise—the sound of fireworks and drums auto-played by the system to celebrate the Heavenly Armor level Elemental Spirit determination.

Wen Dao was so excited that the hand holding his thermos trembled faintly. Heavenly Armor level Elemental Spirits were rare even in the entire Harssas Academy!

Luckily, Yang Zhou discovered early and insisted on a retest, or such a precious gem would’ve been overlooked—a real close call!

However, before the teachers could calm down from their ecstasy, the screen changed again—a streak of bright green tore through the scarlet light screen, like a resilient wild grass sprouting from a seed, quickly spreading into a prairie that saturated the entire screen with its rich, green color.

All the teachers were dumbfounded by the scene, Wen Dao even stood there with his mouth agape, oblivious to the tea spilled all over him.

When the green light ceased to deepen, an even more dazzling golden character than before appeared in the center of the screen.

— Heaven!

"Crash!" The crystal thermos shattered on the floor, and Wen Dao jumped to his feet, pointing at the display and stuttering:

"Green... green... Wood Elemental Spirit, Heavenly Armor! Fire, Wood... both are Heavenly Armor!"

The other teachers were in an uproar.

"Oh my god, am I hallucinating?!"

"Dual-attribute Elemental Spirit!"

"Dual Heavenly Armor! She’s a Dual Heavenly Armor Elemental Spirit! An unparalleled talent in a millennium!"

The teachers present were all in a frenzy.

Multi-attribute Elemental Spirits are not uncommon, but dual or triple attribute Elemental Spirits usually don’t surpass class D, as they are less pure than single-attribute ones.

Moreover, due to lower attribute levels and conflicting elemental relationships, multi-attribute Elemental Spirits struggle to utilize Elemental Power, hence are categorized as wasted spirits.

Someone with dual Heavenly Armor attributes is practically supernatural, not even a handful have existed in Qianyuan Continent’s ten-thousand-year history.

Everyone present was tearful, having witnessed such extraordinary talent in their lifetime was not in vain.

Drums and cymbals resounded from the Element Testing Instrument, fireworks fired, and virtual applause roared. Li Xing, unable to bear the din, bolted out from the machine.

Upon seeing Li Xing, all the teachers—including the one who had been sarcastically critical of her earlier—cheered and surrounded her, their faces resembling those of villagers who had seen Tang Seng’s daughters, eager to tear off a piece of her clothing to take home and cherish.

"Congratulations, Li Xing!"

"Impressive!"

"Harssas Academy is proud of you!"

"Truly heroes are born young, hahaha!"

After the immense joy, Wen Dao felt his legs turn to noodles and had to support himself against a chair to stand upright.

Li Xing’s Element Spirit was indeed wrong, and it was a significant mistake, as her Wood attribute Elemental Spirit had been entirely overlooked.

No wonder she could brew top-grade tea and avoid Star Beast Forest’s plant dangers. The reason lay in her having a Heavenly Armor level Wood Elemental Spirit. Even without systematic training in communicating with Spirit Plants, she managed to avoid harm from dangerous plants purely on instinct.

If guided by a mentor earlier, she would have grown into an exceptional Elemental Spirit!

The discovery of a dual Heavenly Armor is joyous yet also a matter of regret. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

At this moment, Wen Dao’s emotions were complex—a mix of shock, joy, concern, and anger—his heart pounded sharply in his chest.