Chapter 163: Irregular License Exam (43)
Even when they brought the licenses over, it didn't seem real.
The Irregular License was a card that could double as ID, so it was something that was made very carefully.
But different from everyone else, our cards were made of silver while theirs were made of bronze.
It seemed that once you reached a certain rank, your card would be made of different materials.
I couldn't help wondering what B Rank or A Rank cards would be made of.
But I quickly shook that thought out of my mind as I looked at the serious looking examiner who presented this card to me.
Moving only my mouth, I whispered, "Is this really alright?"
He just looked at me with a smile without saying anything, but…he did take a look at Long Shui Ling on the side who was just playing with her card. She was playing with it like she would with a toy, like she didn't care about it at all.
The way that he looked at her was very strange.
It wasn't a look of lust, but rather…there seemed to be a trace of fear in his eyes.
It was almost as if he was trying to tell me something with this look.
I had an idea of what he was trying to say and I already had my own ideas.
I knew that Long Shui Ling wasn't simple, but it seemed that I had even underestimated that.
She might be more than just not simple.
She might be a terrifying person.
But that was also a good thing.
Since my suggestions were in place, it wouldn't take long for me to harvest the seeds that I had planted.
When that time came, I would enjoy the fruits of my labour.
After the cards had been presented, we were all led to a banquet that was to celebrate our passing of the exam.
This was apparently a tradition since there were plenty of people from the different guilds and alumni of the exam that were here.
In a way, this was to help the ones that had graduated find a place for the future.
Naturally, Elementia had also sent a group to this event.
When they saw me, they just gave me a nod of acknowledgement before looking at the others who had passed.
They knew that I was already in the guild, so there wasn't a need for them to talk to me.
They had a job here to do and that took precedent.
I didn't mind at all since I understood that.
But it was a good thing that I had gotten Long Shui Ling to stop clinging to me here.
If they saw this and reported it to Bing Lan…
Long Shui Ling was unhappy about this, but she still understood what I was thinking and behaved.
However, she still stuck to me during the party, following close behind.
And at this party, we were considered the guests of honour.
Everyone had been informed of the results and they knew that we were the two top rankers of the exam.
As such, they all wanted to pull us to their organizations…or at least that was the case with me.
Even when I told them that I was a part of Elementia, that didn't stop them.
The strange thing was that…no one dared to talk to Long Shui Ling.
It was almost as if they were terrified of her.
If she didn't talk to them, it didn't seem like they would talk to her.
Just what was her identity that she would even scare these representatives from the top guilds?
"Mr Lin, if you join us, we will offer five times what Elementia has offered you."
"Screw that, we'll give you the same treatment as an A Ranker and will give you a dedicated team."
"We'll make you one of our vice guild leaders."
There were a bunch of different offers that came from the various representatives of the different guilds.
If I wasn't already committed to Elementia, I might have actually been moved by these offers.
After all, the things that they offered definitely weren't small.
These were things that most people would have gone crazy over.
But all of the seeds that I had sown were in Elementia and if I were to move to a new guild, it would all go to waste. Not to mention, I would have to start from nothing if I were to leave Elementia now and go to a new guild.
So it just wasn't worth it for me.
I turned down all of the offers that I received in the end.
They didn't want to seem to give up even though I rejected them, but they gave up in the end when Long Shui Ling pulled me away.
When it came to her, they didn't dare do a single thing.
It was almost as if they were scared of her.
She pulled me over to the buffet and started getting some food for me.
Once she got a plate for me, she started getting her own food.
While she was picking out her food, she said to me, "It's annoying how they just won't leave you alone. I don't get any private time with you."
I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile when I heard this.
If any of them had heard her say this, they would have been terrified.
After all, there was how they had acted around her previously.
It was clear that she had a very special identity.
But before I even answered, she suddenly changed her tone and said, "The most annoying thing is a certain someone who just won't leave you alone."
When she said this, I narrowed my eyes to look in the direction that she was referring to with her eyes.
There was a young man there who was glaring at me even though he was surrounded by other people. The look in his eyes was anything but kind.
It was Zhao Kui.
It seemed that he still didn't give up his grudge.