The wood attribute was really amazing, Lynn looked at the rattan whip that was gradually disappearing in Zachar's hand, and sighed deep in his heart.

The result of the exercise was beyond doubt. Zachar sat at the corner of the table with the cross tape on his forehead, watching the crowd devour the fragrant smoked ham, grabbing the delicious dishes fried with old cabbage, and biting the dry steamed buns bitterly.

Fortunately, he had already eaten a strands of smoked ham before, and while he was envious and jealous, he was happy for his smart decision to buy extra ham strands earlier.

After eating, Baldwin said to Yara. "Yara, go to my work chamber and bring the essence scale to test the value of Lynn's essence. Later in the afternoon, I'll go to the general section of the main school to register him."

Yara agreed and went out.

Baldwin then said to Lynn. "This essence scale is in every known school. It's mainly for the evaluation of new students before their registration. In the past, when the essence scale was not invented, essence evaluation was all done by an elder. Each student is tested before we decide whether to admit the person or not. So, this will eliminate any cases of unfair evaluation."

"The essence scale." Lynn repeated, lost in thought.

"Yes, since the invention of this essence scale, every college has switched to using this method for evaluation, saving a lot of unnecessary troubles. According to the ranking of the upper realm schools on this continent, our Profound College is currently ranked sixth. Therefore, the required essence value to enter our academy is higher than other ordinary schools. Only students with essence value of more than fifty knots can enter our school to learn. You must have been wondering why I accepted you without testing you first, haven't you?"

"Yes, master."

"You see, I could already sense the power inside you, and judging from the size of your essence crystal, it should easily meet the admission requirements."

After listening, Lynn nodded in response, but was still apprehensive. Nonetheless, after listening to Baldwin, he finally fully understood the meaning of this essence value. He also marveled at the strong background of the Profound Academy. All the students were individuals with essence power values of more than fifty knots. This showed the level of strength of the entire school.

At this moment, Yara entered the hall, holding a small wooden box in her hand.

Lynn saw that the size of the wooden box was similar to the size of a milk box, and the wood's color was simple but deep. It was carved with various blooming flowers, which looked exquisite and luxurious. He couldn't help wondering what kind of tree material it was made from.

Yara put the wooden box on the table and propped up the lid. In the middle of the lid was a small column of mercury with a scale from zero to hundred marked on it. There was a groove inside the wooden box, and a crystal ball with a clear end was laying upright in the groove in the middle of the box. But the inside structure of the box couldn't be seen at all. It was all covered with wooden boards. Exquisite patterns were carved on the wood board and on the edge of the lid, forming scenes of nature such as the sun, moon, grass and trees.

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Baldwin said to Lynn. "Lynn, it's time. I want you to press your palm on the crystal ball, concentrate on the essence inside your body, envision it flowing to your palm. Then slowly inject it into the crystal ball. Continue until the mercury column no longer rises."

Lynn agreed, and immediately pressed his left palm on the crystal ball accordingly, and the essence in his body began to streak into the crystal ball. He saw the crystal ball gradually emitting a soft light, and slowly, the light became bigger, but it was not blinding.

Soon, the mercury column also changed. It started to soar from the zero scale, and quickly passed fifty knots, and then moved past sixty knots. When it reached 70 knots, the speed of the rise gradually slowed down.

Everyone immediately gathered around, their eyes widening in shock. Even Calder who was watching from the door-side, displayed a hint of surprise.

They saw the mercury column breaking through eighty knots. Although the speed of the mercury's rise had decreased again, it slowly approached ninety knots.

Maya's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Lynn, blinking her eyes repeatedly before turning her eyes back to the mercury column. At this moment, her heart was full of disbelief.

In her family, her essence value of seventy knots placed her at the top of the ladder, and her family members all praised her aptitude endlessly.

She once thought of going to the country's most advanced academy to study, and then become a gold conveyor by virtue of her extraordinary qualifications. With such a natural beauty of hers and her talent, she would definitely become the best of her generation's female mages. Then, she would sit on her high throne, and let all the handsome guys in the world chase after her and worship the ground she walked on.

Unfortunately, she didn't go to the best school, but was here by her father. A place no better that farmyard where things were shittier than her nightmares. Although here, her essence value also left other students far behind, she always felt that staying in such a crappy place would leave her talent forever buried.

Then there was master Baldwin, an advanced mage who couldn't teach them any useful skills, spells, or techniques, except to let them climb mountains and run all day long. Therefore, Maya planned to escape, more than once now, and go to a real school to study. With her super high essence value, which academy would refuse her?

It was a pity that every escape plan of her own had failed. The last time she tried to escape, she bumped into this brainless guy. And now, this brainless guy had higher essence value than her. It really hit her ego.

The students continued to watch in disbelief as the mercury column on the essence scale finally ground to a halt after reaching ninety three.

Lynn slowly withdrew his hand. Seeing his own essence value of ninety three, he was also shocked. The remnant had said earlier that the highest essence value that had ever appeared in the world, as far as he was concerned, had not exceeded eighty.

Looking at the mercury column slowly stopping at the knot of ninety three, Yara murmured. "Is this real?"

Zachar also muttered. "Am I dreaming? Someone, please wake me up."

Yara finally turned her eyes away from the scale, stared at Zachar and said. "Let me do the honor."

Immediately afterwards, a crisp sound of cracking slap thundered in the hall. It was followed by the howling sound of Zachar.

"No way. This thing must be broken. Let me try again." Maya said, stretched out her little hand and pressed it on the crystal ball.

There was a flash of light, and the mercury column rose rapidly again, and stopped at level seventy.

"Impossible!" Everyone immediately looked at each other in dismay, and said in unison.