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[Previously...] Most people who come to Qingfeng House are those who enjoy literary pursuits

and honoured guests like mages.

My name is Nian Bing.

I heard the Mage Association headquarters are here

and am planning to join.

Plus, there are mages of

various elements in the Mage Association.

If we can learn from each other,

we may

discover how to combine different types of magic.

You will face a ranking test when you join the association.

After passing the test, you will receive a corresponding badge.

Why don't you hurry there now?

You may have time to get tested.

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[Mage Association Icy City]

The most important thing about water magic is form-shifting.

Use it flexibly.

I finally succeeded!

Sir.

Any tips for practising the spell you taught yesterday?

Practise more, feel more.

It's very simple.

Hello.

I want to ask...

(Who is that?)

(So dowdy.)

Look.

(This is my new magic wand.)

(Did you know?)

(It's so pretty.)

(Magic scrolls are on sale at the west side of the city.)

Senior Brother Shi Jiu.

I mentioned earlier that...

Stop.

Cultivating magic isn't just the work of a single day and night.

I can perform advanced magic

because of hard work.

Hello.

I would like to join the Mage Association.

May I take the test now?

You are a mage?

You don't look like

your rank would be high.

I advise you

to give up as soon as possible.

Our association doesn't just accept anyone.

I met Miss Long Ling before coming here,

she said

I can take the test first.

You've met Ling?

When?

Where?

This afternoon

at Qingfeng House.

She told me...

Stop.

How dare you try to climb up the ladder

having just met Ling once?

Get out of here.

I think

he's pretty good-looking.

That's not important?

It is important.

Did you say hello to him?

If you have nothing to do, just come to Qingfeng House.

Maybe you'll run into him again.

Ling.

You're finally back.

Why were you gone for so long?

Jing asked me to stay for dinner

and wanted to drop me off herself.

I scarcely managed to persuade her.

It took a little longer than expected.

Let's go inside.

Nian Bing.

Miss Long Ling.

Did you pass the test?

I just got here.

I...

I was just talking to him.

You came back,

so I asked him to wait.

Senior Brother.

He is an ice mage from out of town

and wants to join our association.

With him joining,

we will become even stronger.

That's true.

Since Ling said so,

of course I'll let him take the test.

But it's too late now,

come back tomorrow morning.

(I have to chop wood tomorrow.)

(I probably won't be able to leave until the evening.)

Could you please accommodate me?

I have something to do during the day tomorrow.

Senior Brother.

The elders of the association are all here.

Why don't we

let him take the test tonight?

(Ling has always been kind.)

(If I refuse him again,)

(she might find me appalling.)

Alright.

We'll make an exception.

Senior Brother.

You're the best.

The association's rules state that

any mage ranking test

must be conducted by an elder.

If they have already started meditating,

you'd have to come back tomorrow.

Ling.

Wait here with him,

I'll go ask the elders.

Mhm.

The Mage Association

is much more grand than I thought.

That's...?

This is a magic circle formed by the six mainstream magic elements.

The mainstream magic of the continent

are

ice,

fire,

wind,

earth,

space,

and light.

Wood magic

is a variation of earth magic,

and water magic

is a variation of ice magic.

As such,

ice mages

can also use simple water magic

such as

the Water Healing Technique.

You are very quick on the uptake.

I believe

you will definitely pass the test.

Mr. Li De.

There is a new ice mage

who wants to take the entrance magic test.

If you don't have time right now,

I'll ask him to leave.

(Ling.)

(You can't blame it on me now, right?)

An ice mage.

You're in luck.

It just so happens that Mr. Li De is free.

[Li De] He is a water magic tutor.

Hurry up and greet him.

Hello.

Honoured magic tutor.

My name is Nian Bing.

I heard from Shi Jiu

that you are an ice mage?

Yes,

Master Magic Tutor.

Who is your master?

I don't have a master.

When I was young,

a mage gave me directions,

which was how I stepped into the realm of magic.

After that,

I have been feeling the way and cultivating by myself.

By yourself?

(No master, no background.)

(How could someone like that join the Mage Association.)

So

I've hit a plateau in my cultivation.

I hope to join the Mage Association

to learn and train more systematically.

Background isn't important,

as long as you have the will,

you won't be looked down upon.

Could I

please take the test?

Before the official test,

I need to get an idea of the level of your magic power first.

Go stand in the centre of the hall

and mobilize all the ice element in your body.

This is...?

He's an ice mage,

how could he mobilize the fire magic element?

(Oh no.)

(This hall)

(can sense the fire magic in my body.)

(I have to think of a way)

(to not let them find out)

(that I have both ice and fire elements in my body.)

He likely has a physique that can practise both ice and fire magic,

but he chose to practise ice magic.

The fire element we just saw

was likely caused by his physique.

Let's keep watching.

The light of magic is radiating.

He is at least an intermediate mage.

That's enough.

Release and retraction with ease.

Your magic control has already passed.

Being able to activate magic pattern so quickly and having the light be stable

indicate that your magic power is solid and pure.

Not bad.

Your magic power has reached the level of an advanced mage.

Now,

attack me with your most powerful high-level magic.

Oh great Ice and Snow Goddess.

Please lend me your anger.

Send us to the lost shore.

Snowy Blizzard.

A level four Snowy Blizzard?

Advanced mages should use level five spells, right?

[Up next...] Your magic power has reached the level of an advanced mage.

This is my first time

seeing a spinning Snowy Blizzard.

Sir.

Isn't call him a genius

too much?

Compared with Ling,

he still has ways to go.

I didn't expect to already reach the level

of advanced mage after practising for five years.

So you've chosen the hard way.

Who are you?

Someone who is going to take your life.