Chapter 118: Blood Contract Assessnt
Having mastered to basics to a significant extent, Lin Jin began to have more confidence in himself.
Zhao Pi and that person were still acting.
Then, he suddenly ca over, seemingly aggravated, and said to Lin Jin, “Appraiser Lin, what do you think about this?”
All this acting was for the sake of inflating Lin Jin’s ego so the latter would proactively get his blood contract level assessed. At the sa ti, they would attempt to make the results of this assessnt as widely known as they could.
Once unfavorable results were shown, Lin Jin would undoubtedly face backlash according to Zhao Pi’s script. Either way, nothing would end well for Lin Jin.
‘Alright, since you love acting, I’ll act too.’
Lin Jin wore a ‘hesitant’ expression before shaking his head and whispered, “This doesn’t sound too good. I’m not well-prepared for an assessnt right now.”
At this, Zhao Pi imdiately replied, “Appraiser Lin, they’ve gone too far for bullying and underestimating you. You mustn’t back down now! C’mon, stand up to these folks man!”
The other guy was trying to upstage Zhao Pi by saying, “You don’t have the guts, do you? If you’re scared, just say so. Stubborn and wretched fool!”
His voice was bright, almost sounding like a dog barking.
Lin Jin showed a hint of anger before frowning and contemplating. Then, he tugged Zhao Pi’s arm and said, “It’s not that I don’t want to go, but I don’t have any spirit stones with right now... Right, I don’t have any spirit stones. If I did, I would go for the assessnt.”
The Friar Association’s blood contract assessnt wasn’t free.
One had to pay for it.
And the price was quite steep as well.
Unlike the outside world, the Friar Association used a different currency. Instead of money, they traded with spirit stones here. It was said that the imperial city and so larger cities also used spirit stones as their main currency.
On average, the Friar Association would demand thirty low-grade spirit stones for a blood contract assessnt. But this only applied to a first realm blood contract. To assess a second realm blood contract, the fees shot up to seventy low-grade spirit stones. As for the third realm, the cost would be a hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones. Finally, assessing a fourth realm blood pact would command twice the previous amount, totaling up to a whopping three hundred low-grade spirit stones.
Regardless if one failed the assessnt, he still had to pay up the aforentioned amount.
Everyone else assud that Lin Jin had found himself a convenient ‘excuse’.
‘It’s not that I’m a coward, but I don’t have any spirit stones right now, so you technically can’t call a coward nor a wretched fool.’
Zhao Pi didn’t think Lin Jin would be ‘shaless’ enough to co up with such a pathetic excuse.
‘Hmph! I, Zhao Pi, am a renowned military adviser. I’ve already thought of ways to counter all the excuses you’re going to have. Lin Jin, you’ll definitely embarrass yourself today.’
After thinking to himself, Zhao Pi waved and said generously, “That’s alright. I, Zhao Pi, will pay the spirit stones needed for your assessnt, Appraiser Lin.”
Zhao Pi assud that even if Lin Jin passed the assessnt, he’d achieve the first realm at best. Though, it was highly likely that this appraiser wouldn’t even make it past the first realm.
In other words, he only had to cough up thirty low-grade spirit stones to ensure the success of his sche.
To him, thirty low-grade spirit stones was still an affordable sum.
Upon hearing Zhao Pi’s offer, a hint of ‘panic’ flashed across Lin Jin’s eyes.
Zhao Pi caught sight of it with his keen eyes and it pleased him. He mused, ‘Let’s see what other crappy excuses you can co up with.’
“You’ll pay for my assessnt? Really?” Lin Jin asked.
Zhao Pi nodded. “Absolutely. Listen up everyone, I, Zhao Pi, will be paying for Appraiser Lin’s blood contract assessnt fee! This is to clear his reputation and prove that he’s not a useless nor a wretched man.”
With this, Lin Jin’s fate was sealed with his own consent. Despite his visible reluctance, Lin Jin could only follow the group to get his blood contract level assessed.
With Zhao Pi and his group fanning the flas, there ended up being almost a hundred people tagging along to watch the show unfold. What a magnificent crowd.
Chen Cheng found an opportunity to slip in so when Lin Jin failed to pass the assessnt, he can be start laughing at him, stirring up even more chaos. After that, Lin Jin’s reputation in the Friar Association would be utterly crushed.
The crowd arrived at the assessnt departnt.
The people in charge of assessing blood contract realms were two of the Friar Association’s experienced elders. Both of them will be overseeing the assessnt together to ensure maximum fairness. Due to how stern these elders have always been, as large as the crowd was, the people kept their lips sealed, with not a single one daring to cause a ruckus.
Lin Jin approached the elders, stating his intention to take the blood contract assessnt.
One of the elders nodded and asked, “Do you know the rule?”
“Yes!” Lin Jin pointed to Zhao Pi and said, “He’ll be paying the spirit stones required for the blood pact assessnt!”
It wasn’t a rare sight for soone else to be paying on behalf of the candidate. Thus, one of the elders beckoned Zhao Pi over.
“Will you be paying for him?” The elder affird.
Zhao Pi nodded and answered resolutely, “Yes!”
“Alright. Whoever will be assessing his blood contract level, enter the assessnt room. Everyone else, wait outside!” An elder announced and the crowd obeyed.
These were the rules. To ensure that there was no results tampering, one’s blood contract was to be assessed inside an enclosed assessnt room.
“I’ll be heading inside!” Having said that, Lin Jin flashed Zhao Pi a cheeky smile before entering the room.
Zhao Pi was dumbfounded.
Why did Lin Jin’s smile seem a little different from earlier? Prior to this, the man’s smile was half-hearted, hesitant, and timid. But now, his grin was filled with confidence and resolution.
For a mont there, Zhao Pi was befuddled.
‘Let’s just wait.’
Zhao Pi took out his disciple token and handed it over. He couldn’t possibly carry so many spirit stones around with him. Every transaction in the association was kept on tabs for them to pay off in due ti.
It goes without saying that no one dared to escape from their debts in the association.
Suddenly, soone ca over and said quietly to Zhao Pi, “Senior Zhao, say, this Lin Jin wouldn’t deliberately aim for a higher realm level, would he? If that happens, whether or not he passes, you’d still have to pay up.”
Zhao Pi stared back at him like he was an idiot and replied, “To think you’re a veteran disciple. You’ve forgotten that all blood contract assessnts have to begin from the first realm, haven’t you? It’s only after you pass that you get to try for the next level’s assessnt. That Lin Jin most probably won’t even pass the first one so I’d be spending thirty low-grade spirit stones at most. When he cos out after the assessnt, you know what to do, right?”
“Don’t worry, Senior Zhao. You just have to sit back and watch. I guarantee you Lin Jin will be completely humiliated. Can’t say the sa for anywhere else, but at least he won’t be able to so confident in the Friar Association anymore.”
“That’s perfect!”
The crowd waited.
A mont passed by and no one ca out from the assessnt room.
Zhao Pi found it odd. Normally, a first realm assessnt should be brief, and once the candidate fails, the assessnt would end then and there.
So why haven’t they co out yet?
‘Maybe they were held up by a delay or sothing.’ Zhao Pi found an excuse for himself and continued waiting.
A couple minutes passed by and still, no one ca out.
By now, Zhao Pi realized that sothing was off.
If the assessnt failed, they should have been out by now. There wasn’t a need to wait this long.
Sothing must have happened.
Everyone else began whispering among themselves.
“Why is it taking so long? Back then when I was assessing my blood contract realm, it was over in a flash.”
“Yeah. Logically speaking, it shouldn’t take this long.”
“Did sothing happen?”
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