Time returned to the present…
Flustered and scrambling, Sara finally finished dressing.
Only then did Li Xian shift his gaze to her, his expression clearly sour.
“Why don’t you wear clothes when you sleep?” Li Xian’s mouth twitched.
They had both gone to bed early last night, so he really had no idea until this morning’s awkward scene.
“But… isn’t it normal to sleep without clothes?” Sara said innocently, then immediately shrank back, worried he might get mad, cautiously watching him.
Li Xian was left speechless, unable to find a proper retort.
Sure, sleeping without clothes was normal, but at least people should wear underwear, right?
Especially with a man sleeping right next to you!
That’s just way too unguarded.
He really didn’t know how to comment on this adorably silly girl.
After a while, once Li Xian finished dressing as well, a knock came from outside the door.
“Hello, your breakfast is at the door.”
Thankfully, this inn included breakfast with the room.
Otherwise, with the little money Li Xian had left, it wouldn’t have been enough to feed the two of them.
“So, why exactly did you come to the Imperial Capital?” Li Xian asked while eating breakfast.
He still hadn’t gotten a clear answer to this.
Since Sara risked everything to post that task and come here, there had to be a reason.
“Well, it’s like this…” Sara didn’t try to hide it anymore.
Eating her breakfast, she said, “My mother told me before she died that her teacher was in the Imperial Capital. She wanted me to find him.”
“Your mother’s teacher?” Li Xian raised an eyebrow.
“Who is he?”
Sara shook her head.
“You don’t know?” Li Xian rolled his eyes.
After all that, she didn’t even know who she was looking for?
“My mother only told me that her teacher is at the Empire’s Magic Academy.”
“Empire Magic Academy…” Li Xian was momentarily stunned.
Isn’t that the school those two obnoxious, stubborn guys wanted to take the entrance exam for?
“So you’re going to take the exam for that school?” Li Xian asked again.
Sara shook her head once more, blushing.
“I’m already someone’s slave now, so… wherever my master goes, I go.”
Hearing her answer, Li Xian’s face flushed red as well.
He quickly cleared his throat a couple of times to hide his embarrassment.
“Forget it. Anyway, first we have to go to the Adventurers’ Guild to submit the task, then we’ll go to the Slave Market…”
The trip to the Slave Market was to sign a formal slave contract, but first, they had to submit the task.
After all, Li Xian was counting on this mission to raise his Adventurer Rank so he could accept higher-level tasks.
If nothing unexpected happened, this high-difficulty task might even let him skip the Bronze tier and jump straight from Trainee Black Iron Rank to Silver Rank!
Just the thought excited Li Xian.
Once he became a Silver Rank Adventurer, he could accept missions with higher rewards, earn bigger bounties, and gradually accumulate wealth and reputation to reach the pinnacle of his life…
***
“I’m very sorry, but without a Professional Certification, your Adventurer Rank cannot exceed Bronze.”
Li Xian had let his imagination run wild all the way to the Adventurers’ Guild, only to be doused with a bucket of cold water by the lady behind the counter.
“Wait, what does that mean? I completed the task… a mission of this difficulty should at least grant me one rank up, right?” Li Xian asked reluctantly.
“Well… theoretically, you should barely be able to skip straight to Silver Rank Adventurer, but sir, without a Professional Certification, the Adventurers’ Guild rules state that your Adventurer Rank cannot exceed Bronze Rank.”
“Professional Certification? What’s that?” Li Xian was annoyed.
It was this thing that shattered his dream of striking it rich.
And the worst part—he had to figure out how to get one, or else he’d be stuck at Bronze forever.
“It’s proof that you’re a professional—like a Mage Certification or Warrior Certification,” the lady behind the counter explained, puzzled.
‘This was common knowledge, even for adventurers from remote countryside’, she thought.
“So, how do you get this certification?” Li Xian pressed on.
Though baffled that such a handsome guy didn’t know these basics, the lady patiently explained :
“There are currently two ways to obtain a Professional Certification. The first is to enter any academy within the Empire to study and take the corresponding exams. Each grade has its own assessment. Upon completing the course and passing the exam, you receive that level’s Professional Certification. Every Adventurer Rank beyond Bronze requires a corresponding certification. For example, to become a Gold Rank Adventurer, you must acquire a high-level Mage or Warrior Professional Certification…”
Li Xian’s mouth twitched again.
So basically, this thing was just a diploma?
Gold Rank Adventurer requirements:
Professional Certification Level XX or above…
Platinum Rank Adventurer requirements: Professional Certification Level XX or above…
‘Damn it, even after transmigrating to another world, I still can’t escape these hoops?’
In that instant, Li Xian felt his life plunge into darkness.
“Wait, that’s the first method. What about the second way to obtain it?”
Li Xian suddenly recalled what the lady had said earlier.
The second method was generally a shortcut, right?