Chapter 10: One of Us!

Each of the three Legacies was incredibly powerful, possessing immense potential for future development.

However, considering his current situation, the third option had to be excluded first.

After all, he was not a member of the Undead Race, nor did he have any Undead by his side.

Perhaps he could find Undead helpers in the future—

But he was currently being hunted, and the top priority was to survive.

As for the first and second Legacies,

They were both very useful.

The first option was equivalent to being able to obtain information related to death at any time.

The second option was practically like having an extra life.

So…

What did he desire most?

Shen Ye closed his eyes, and the thoughts in his mind became clearer and clearer.

If he encountered an assassin again, or something related to a Curse, he could dodge for 5 seconds.

Then what?

Wouldn’t he still be in danger?

So he needed information now; he needed to find the person who wanted to kill him and settle the matter.

He needed to know why that person wanted to kill him!

Who was he?

Where was he?

With this thought, Shen Ye reached out his hand towards the first cluster of green light.

“You actually chose this one?”

A surprised voice rang out.

This was the Great Skeleton’s voice.

“Oh? You’re here too?” Shen Ye asked in surprise.

“Of course I’m here—those guys wanted to get this opportunity for Legacy from me, which is why they didn’t immediately kill me.”

“But they don’t know that I’ve already given this opportunity to you!”

“I gave this opportunity to a Human!”

The Great Skeleton said with a mix of madness and delight.

Shen Ye shrugged: “I chose the first option. You seem very surprised? Is there something wrong with it?”

“That’s not it, but it can’t quickly form combat power,” the Great Skeleton said.

“It’s a talent for gathering information,” Shen Ye nodded.

“In my memory, past Undead Monarchs all chose the third option, a very few chose the second option, and no one chose this one,” the Great Skeleton said.

Shen Ye opened his hand:

“Alright, I’ll accept this Legacy talent then.”

The frost crystal emitting a vibrant green light immediately appeared in his hand.

“In combat, the second and third Legacies are clearly stronger, why did you choose this one?” the Great Skeleton asked, puzzled.

“There’s a saying in my hometown,” Shen Ye said.

“What?” the Great Skeleton asked.

Shen Ye placed the frost crystal on top of his head. The frost crystal immediately emitted endless green light, which all entered his glabella.

“If you want your life to go smoothly, you have to have a little green on your head!”

He shouted loudly.

In a flash.

All the green light was absorbed by him.

The frost crystal completely disappeared.

All illusions around him vanished, and Shen Ye found himself still standing in the classroom.

He instinctively walked to the northern window and looked out at the distant mountains.

In his memory, that was the direction of the funeral parlor.

—Vaguely, it seemed he had gained some kind of extra sensation towards that direction.

“Please tell me what exactly happened, this is very important to me,” the Great Skeleton said again.

“Alright, I’ll tell you what happened.”

Through the window glass, Shen Ye roughly explained what had happened in the Elf Village.

However, during his narration, he omitted the fact that he had seen the evaluation entries above the Elf Leader’s head.

—The matter of evaluation entries was a special power attached to his “Door” ability; it was best not to tell anyone.

“Those three Undead were captured?”

The Great Skeleton asked in a trembling voice.

“Yes, in front of the Elf Leader, they were absolutely no match,” Shen Ye said.

“Impossible! The Elf Village’s leader is a Nature Priestess; her strength is not enough to handle three Nightmare Knights!” the Great Skeleton said.

Shen Ye was startled.

That wasn’t right…

“You must be mistaken; the Elf Leader is a male Elf,” Shen Ye said.

“Male? What does he look like?” the Great Skeleton asked.

“Golden long hair, looks like all Elves—but he was wearing a magnificent purple robe, inlaid with colorful gems and beads, and a mirror-like dagger hung at his waist,” Shen Ye described.

The Great Skeleton trembled all over and exclaimed:

“I know him—he is the Elf Race’s strongest High Priest of the Elves!”

Shen Ye understood then.

No wonder that guy had such impressive entries as “Spirit of the Myriad Forests, Heir to the Ancient Tree Throne, Nature Lord Who Can Fight Ten Thousand, Arch Grandmaster of Arcane Arts, Guardian of the Nightmare Fa Realm, One of the Five World Heads.”

The Elf Race and the Human Race were on good terms.

In such a situation, exposing his Human identity indeed gave him a chance to survive.

If the Great Skeleton had gone personally—

Once it exposed its Undead identity, the High Priest of the Elves would surely kill it.

If it didn’t expose itself, it would be monitored by those three “accomplices” and would have to find a way to assassinate the Elf Leader.

For it, this was indeed an insoluble situation.

“The Elf Race already knows about the Undead invasion, right?” Shen Ye asked.

“It seems so,” the Great Skeleton said.

“So you escaped with your life,” Shen Ye said.

“Hmph, mainly because those three Nightmare Knights were captured by the Elves… they can no longer monitor or threaten me…”

“This is my only chance!”

The Great Skeleton suddenly thought of something, turned around, quickly walked to the other end of the corridor, opened the door, walked in, and disappeared from Shen Ye’s sight.

Shen Ye waited a few minutes, and when it didn’t return, he shrugged and dismissed the “Door.”

The transaction was complete.

There was no need to meddle in the other party’s private affairs anymore.

After all, he himself was also facing an unknown assassination.

—He wondered what kind of evaluation entries he would get from this trip?

As his thoughts moved, faint light appeared in the surrounding Void Realm.

The light gradually gathered into lines of small text:

“Evaluation entry obtained from this opening of the door:”

“One of Us.”

“Green Entry (Excellent).”

“Evaluation: As an ordinary Human, the highest Rank entry you could obtain is white, but in an environment where you couldn’t defeat anyone, you used leverage, resolved the dilemma, and escaped. This is the fundamental reason you were able to obtain this entry exceptionally.”

“Equipping this evaluation entry grants you the following buffs:”

“When you say to a target, ‘Hey, one of us!’, the other party will treat you as one of them.”

“This effect lasts for ten seconds. After ten seconds, the other party will forget everything that just happened.”

“Can only be used once a day.”

“The target’s total attributes cannot exceed yours by more than two times, otherwise they may resist the entry.”

“You can keep this evaluation entry and upgrade it in the future; you can also devour this evaluation entry to gain basic attribute points.”

Shen Ye suddenly became troubled.

He had risked his life on this trip to devour the entry, gain basic attribute points, and increase his strength.

But this entry seemed worth keeping!

At least he had to test its power.

Suddenly.

A few more lines of glowing text appeared in the Void Realm:

“Your Mental Energy has increased by 0.1.”

“Current Mental Energy: 0.8.”

“Please continue to wear this bracelet.”

“Nature’s Blessing Bracelet:”

“Accessory, Green (Excellent) Quality, Rare.”

“Continuously wearing this bracelet can slowly increase your Mental Energy.”

Bracelet?

Shen Ye reached out and immediately pulled a bracelet woven from colorful wild grass from his pocket.

This was what Lan Ni the Elf had given him for watching the magic show!

Mental Energy was extremely difficult to increase.

He could increase his Mental Energy just by carrying this bracelet on him?

Good stuff!

Shen Ye immediately put on the bracelet, tied it tightly, and then hid it in his sleeve.

It seemed that he had three gains from this trip.

A scout dagger named “Night Color.”

A green evaluation entry.

A green Nature’s Blessing bracelet.

It was quite a harvest.

As for attribute points, he would have to wait for tomorrow’s evaluation entry.

Shen Ye pushed open the classroom door, walked out, went down the stairs, and quickly returned to the playground.

Most of the students had already completed the simulated test by then.

“Chen Haoyu.”

The teacher in charge of the test called out.

Chen Haoyu nervously stepped forward and stood in the center of the field.

“A total of thirty-six rounds of attacks. Dodging all of them is a perfect score. Begin now!” the teacher announced.

The field was about two hundred square meters.

The ground was covered with dense holes, and each hole would spray water stained with pigment.

Within three minutes, the less pigment stained on the body, the higher the score.

This round of simulated examination was no different from the official high school entrance exam, testing both movement and footwork.

“Begin!”

The teacher announced loudly.

A hole under Chen Haoyu’s feet suddenly sprayed dark green water.

He quickly dodged to the left, but unexpectedly, three consecutive holes on the left sprayed red water.

“Oh my!”

Chen Haoyu cried out, hastily changing his steps.

Just then, a gust of wind blew—

The water mist drifted towards him, and he had to dash dozens of meters close to the ground, barely dodging this round of area attack.

After he stood firm, he looked down and saw that his body was already stained with red pigment.

“Come on, calm down!”

Shen Ye shouted from afar.

“Thanks for cheering me on, Night Bro, but this is nothing, brother, I can handle it!” Chen Haoyu responded with a grin.

A stream of water rushed up and hit him directly in the face, dyeing his face yellow.

Laughter from the surrounding classmates rang out.

Shen Ye also rubbed his forehead.

A few minutes later.

Chen Haoyu walked down dejectedly, and the field immediately began to automatically clean itself.

“Go wash up, Chen Haoyu—you should be glad this isn’t the official high school entrance exam.”

The teacher said from the side, holding up a score card.

71 points.

This score was indeed a bit low.

Shen Ye encouraged: “You just get Divided Soul too easily. Concentrate during the exam, and you’ll at least get 80 points or more.”

“Got it, I’ll go wash first,” Chen Haoyu said dejectedly.

“Next, Shen Ye.” the teacher called out.

“Here!” Shen Ye responded.

He walked onto the simulated examination field and stood still.

All the classmates looked over.

Chen Haoyu also stopped.

“Shen Ye, how’s your body recovering?” the teacher asked.

“Much better, thank you for your concern, teacher,” Shen Ye said.

“Shall we start then?”

“Okay.”

“3, 2, 1, —begin!”

A stream of green water shot straight up from the hole under his feet.

Shen Ye retreated three meters.

A series of colorful water streams rose one after another.

Shen Ye, however, was already standing at the other end of the field.

The water streams were like children chasing an adult; no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t catch up with his pace.

Yet, he stood with his hands behind his back, moving his Form casually, as if gliding on ice, responding to all the water streams with an elegant and relaxed posture.

He passed through a thousand waters, not a single drop staining his body.

The observing teachers and students even felt a sense of delight.

—And Shen Ye hadn’t even added attribute points; merely relying on his original agility, plus the Elf footwork he had comprehended, he achieved this.

“Time’s up!”

The teacher called out, shaking his head and sighing: “If only you hadn’t missed one exam.”

He held up the score card, which displayed the highest score of the entire morning:

100 points.

“Thank you, teacher, I haven’t given up on taking the high school entrance exam yet,” Shen Ye smiled.