Translated by Luxican

Edited by Leighann

Outside the medical hall stood a tall woman, heroic, with the unique aura of a mercenary, frightening the patients who wanted to enter the medical hall.

Yun Sheng however, could not help but notice that the person who came was Mu Nan Yan of the Phoenix Mercenary Team.

Mu Nan Yan was of flamboyant nature; she came to find Yun Sheng because she had just heard that Yun Sheng had passed the Royal Magic Academy's multiple exams with excellent results.

This meant that Yun Sheng already had the ability to conjure elementary magic without a problem, and she could now join them for the B-Class mercenary team assessment.

After explaining her intentions to Yun Sheng, Yun Sheng mused for a bit. Doctor Fan on the side carefully inquired about the reason for this development, and surprisingly, did not object to Yun Sheng going forward to participate in the rank-up assessment.

"Hunting is hard work, but it also polishes your abilities, Phoenix is also a famous mercenary squad in Yujing City, following them to get some experience is better than treating trivial ailments at the medical hall. Besides, the year is coming to an end, and the medical hall will be closed for a while, so you can leave your father to me, so you won't have to worry while being away," Doctor Fan knew how talented Yun Sheng was and urged her to go with Mu Nan Yan.

If not for his average cultivation, Doctor Fan would have long traveled to the front lines to act as a doctor there.

In his opinion, brilliant medical skills needed to be trained and honed by constantly saving the seriously wounded.

Yun Sheng was still young, it was inappropriate for her to directly go to the battlefield. It would be perfect if she went with the people of the Phoenix Squad to hone her courage and insight, as well as improve her medical skills.

Yun Sheng also had this in mind. She had been training her skills in the Royal Magic Academy for the past year, and the two newly learned intermediate spells hadn't really been used in actual combat that much, so this mercenary assessment came at just the right time.

Yun Sheng, however, did not know that in the hearts of the members of the Phoenix Team, they did not want Yun Sheng to do anything at all. She was young and still only a Magician, letting Yun Sheng come with them was just so they could borrow her summoner status.

The three of them had already discussed this. If Yun Sheng was willing to come to the assessment site, she would definitely be treated as an object of utmost protection. They would make sure that not even a drop of water would come in touch with her.

Yun Sheng then packed her luggage and prepared some herbs and magic potions.

Before she left, she didn't forget to say goodbye to her father.

"Father, forgive Sheng'er for not being able to accompany you for New Year, but Sheng'er will be a member of a B-rank mercenary squad. In the south of Great Zhou Empire, you told Sheng'er about the customs of the south..." Despite knowing that her father wouldn't hear her, Yun Sheng still whispered quietly in her father's ear.

After using the Dream Cloud Spell once, she stroked her father's face again, and then went to Wen Mansion with Mu Nan Yan to meet up with the other two members.

Yun Canghai's face inside the Cloud Dream Spell was white and unresponsive.

***

As the end of the year approached, the weather in Yujing City also became colder, and the once lush trees gradually withered, yellow leaves falling all over the ground.

A few days ago, there had also been heavy snowfall.

Fortunately, both Yun Sheng and Mu Nan Yan had strong physiques, and were both wearing warm coats.

Wen Mansion, which she hadn't seen for more than a half year, was also decorated for New Year at the moment.

Under the white snow, the red lanterns were swaying in the northern wind, and the servants, under the command of the old housekeeper, had decorated the residence with a festive atmosphere.

When he saw Yun Sheng, he rubbed her head, causing Yun Sheng dive away under him.

After the New Year, Yun Sheng would be seven years old. This year, she grown a lot taller, but she still looked like a harmless loli.

This was also the most depressing for Yun Sheng, imagining her adult-body of her last life..., where she had been in her twenties, almost thirty, now being constantly treated as a little girl, no one would be happy about it.

"Little girl, you have become quite powerful. I thought you would have to spend at least three to five years in the Royal Magic Academy to master elementary magic. I didn't expect you to be familiar with all kinds of elementary magic so quickly, so you are also qualified to go to Inaba Mountain to participate in the assessment for the mercenary rank-up," Wen Renhuo was happy, his tone was like that of a trafficker wanting to abduct children.

Thinking about how he would be able to let loose on the assessment site, Wen Renhuo couldn't help but cheerfully wriggle his eyebrows.

Yun Sheng secretly thought in her heart, if Wen Renhuo knew that she had also concocted a high-grade magic potion, she wondered how surprised he would be. Of course, it was better not to say anything about it.

"But with the year's end approaching, don't the few of you, Brother Wen, need to stay home?" Yun Sheng new the customs of Wu Ji Continent. Tradition has always been important.

"We're mercenaries, what about New Year's Eve. Boss is lecturing in the Magic Academy, and can't go on team missions for the majority of the year. That granny, Mu Nan Yan and I, are going to be bored out of our minds. I tell you ah, the assessment will be wonderful, you can see some masters. You will join the Wu Xuan Peerless Hall next year. It is good accumulate some experience beforehand. As far as I know, there are quite a few warriors in the area around Inaba Mountain." Wen Renhuo's mouth was quite lively, almost enough to turn the dead into the living.

For more than half a year, Wen Renhuo and Mu Nan Yan had not taking any missions at all.

It wasn't that the two were lazy, but because their strength was now at the peak of C-rank. Accepting normal C-rank missions was not challenging anymore.

But they were still not qualified to take on B-rank missions, so they simply didn't go on missions at all.

They were about to suffocate, and when they heard that Yun Sheng's magic had improved, Mu Nan Yan had taken it upon herself to go to the medical hall and ask for her.

Unexpectedly, Yun Sheng didn't show the slightest cowardice and directly agreed to their request.

This also made Wen Renhuo and Mu Nan Yan have a better impression of Yun Sheng.

A little while later, Feng Kuo rushed over.

Knowing that Yun Sheng had agreed to participate in the assessment, Feng Kuo grinned widely.

Frankly speaking, he had long wanted to encourage Yun Sheng to take part in the mercenary assessment. After all, he had always wanted to rank-up his mercenary squad, but he was also an instructor of Yun Sheng, and encourage a seven-year-old student to take part in the mercenary assessment a bit... unreasonable.

But after his observation over the past year, Yun Sheng's mind was far more mature than that of an average child, even compared to his two fidgety teammates.

Bringing her along, it was unknown who would cause trouble for whom when the time came.

Once the four of them discussed it, Yun Sheng joined Phoenix as a summoner.

Her summoned beast wouldn't be Bobo either, but instead the normal looking Xiao Hei as to not attract any attention.

Wen Renhuo ordered the house steward to hire a carriage. Yun Sheng and Mu Nan Yan would take the carriage, while Wen Renhuo and Feng Kuo would ride horses, so they could go to the assessment site, Inaba Mountain City, located in the south of Great Zhou Empire.

T/N: Sorry guys, I went to the doctor yesterday, turns out I have an otitis (?, is this really the right term in English?), it's very painful, so I got a couple of medicines that could or could not make me a bit sleepy...

But it's not all bad, because:

We have a new Editor! Leighann. 

This takes a workload off of me, and improves the quality, truly a win-win situation for all of us, except for Leighann, but he chose this himself...

Thank you for reading!!