I dug up the magical girl's corpse.

Chapter 41 Camellia

Following the guidance of the magical energy, Lin Yongxi arrived smoothly in front of a room.

This room looks exactly like the others from the outside; it's the same color, and there's no special sign on the door. If you were just walking around normally, you'd probably miss it. But only by closing your eyes and carefully sensing the magic can you discover that much of the magic in this Magic Academy is directed here, making it incredibly bright at this moment.

It was like a firework exploding in the night sky, a bit too dazzling, Lin Yongxi couldn't help but complain:

"It's so simple. I was wandering around outside for ages."

She seemed to think that anyone could do this easily.

But she was wrong.

Lin Yongxi's cultivation of the magical technique "Light Method" was taught by Chen Mu.

Ultimately, it all stemmed from the experience summarized by her older sister, Lin Chaojing.

Although magical girls have only existed for less than thirty years, there's no such thing as an "older, stronger" martial arts manual. But it's important to understand that Lin Chaojing and her friends were in a different environment back then. It was a time of war, a time of monster invasion and extreme life-threatening crisis, where everyone was forced to unite, share, open-source, learn, and improve their skills rapidly. In other words, that "Light Law" manual was a military-grade product.

After the war ended, the Demon Academy closed and withdrew the learning channels for "The Law of Light," and no longer opened them to the public.

The learning materials that magical girls can access nowadays are all civilian-grade, mainly used for competitions and performances, and no longer have strong destructive power.

In addition, factors such as the division and struggle between different masters and disciples and factions lead to different magical specializations in each "discipline," resulting in disagreements and biases.

Now, unless they can find truly good teachers, ordinary magical girls can't learn the comprehensive, all-encompassing "Light Law" of the past. Especially someone like Lin Yongxi, who excels in all aspects of perception, absorption, adaptation, and resonance, with no weaknesses.

The girl still doesn't realize that the powerful magical girl she admires, "Tide,"... even if she called her "Grandmaster" on the spot, there wouldn't be any fault with her.

The orthodox Flower-level inheritance teaches only the most advanced techniques.

dong dong dong.

Without thinking too much, Lin Yongxi knocked on the door.

Seeing that no one responded, she pushed the door open and went inside.

"...!"

Lin Yongxi was startled. The space inside was much larger than it looked from the outside, and it even felt somewhat chaotic, with a layout that resembled a "library".

The room was dimly lit, narrow and gloomy like an attic, with densely packed bookshelves all around, stretching to the high ceiling and obscuring the entire space. Books were everywhere, and it seemed that people never put them back in their place, so they were just left lying around. It was impossible to find a place to step inside.

Lin Yongxi carefully tiptoed inside, trying not to step on the scattered books:

"Hello... Is anyone there?"

She turned a corner and saw the owner of the room.

The magical girl sitting in the darkness, flipping through a book, had long, dark green hair that flowed smoothly and straight down to the ground like vines. It was impossible to tell where it extended to or how long its ends were; it was like a waterfall spreading out in a very intricate pattern.

She wasn't wearing a fancy dress; instead, she wore a simple robe. Her skin was as pale as paper, devoid of any luster. Although her face was beautiful, only a small part of it was visible, the rest hidden beneath her hair. She had little expression, numbly flipping through the book in her hands.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Her voice was unexpectedly hoarse and mature. Without looking up, she asked.

Lin Yongxi asked in surprise, "Isn't this the place for the assessment and certification?"

She thought the magical girl in front of her was an examiner.

"..."

The long-haired magical girl ignored her and simply turned another page of her book: "There are special signs for the assessment and certification area. Didn't your mentor tell you?"

Lin Yongxi took a deep breath. She'd already considered this before coming; the magical girls at the Magic Academy were likely all eccentric. As long as they weren't like that Mu Mian girl who immediately started a fight, she was fine. Ultimately, she'd come to the wrong place; she should have asked her brother-in-law more questions beforehand.

"I came here following the flow of magic, thinking it was a test. If I've come to the wrong place, then I apologize for disturbing you."

She was turning to leave when the magical girl called out to her:

"Wait." Her eyes seemed to lift from the pages of the book for a moment. "What did you say?"

"Did I disturb you?"

The first half of the sentence.

"The pathways of magic..."

"Okay." The magical girl with long hair suddenly snapped the book shut.

The first time I saw her eyes clearly, even though half her face was covered by her hair, I could still tell that they were incredibly beautiful eyes, like emerald gems.

"Then I'll do the certification for you."

"Hmm...Eh?" Lin Yongxi was stunned for a moment before realizing what the other person was talking about.

Then I saw the magical girl pull out a smooth and transparent crystal ball from her many layers of complicated robes.

With a flick of her finger, the crystal ball floated up on its own, hovering motionless in the air. Combined with the dim and mysterious room, it resembled a divination session.

"What's your name?"

"Lin Yongxi".

Lin Yongxi walked slowly forward, filled with trepidation.

She thought to herself that since they were all from the Demon Academy, it shouldn't matter where they were tested.

Moreover, the fact that this magical girl didn't mistake her for her older sister at first suggests she might be quite impressive.

"Very good, you can call me Camellia."

The magical girl who called herself Camellia pointed to the crystal ball in front of her: "Put your hand on it."

Camellia.

Lin Yongxi calmed down a bit after reading the code name. It seemed that she was a magical girl of the [Bud] level.

She had been given some basic knowledge by her brother-in-law, such as that bud-level magical girls need to use flowers as their codenames, bud-level girls can use gems, and only flower-level girls can choose their own codenames. Perhaps because she had just witnessed the power of [Tide], she was still wary of powerful magical girls, and realizing that this one wasn't that strong, she wasn't so afraid anymore.

I gently placed my hand on the crystal ball and felt a cool sensation, like ice.

wait.

Two or three seconds passed, and nothing changed inside the crystal ball, making the atmosphere somewhat awkward.

Magical girl Camellia didn't urge or show any impatience; she simply squinted her eyes slightly and waited patiently.

"...!"

The next second, Lin Yongxi bit her lip, seemingly exerting some force, and gripped the crystal ball with more strength.

As the light flashed, the scene inside the crystal ball began to change.

White petals, blooming buds, a beautiful and full appearance, but it only lasted for a moment before disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Only an empty crystal ball remained.

"The epiphyllum..."

Camellia seemed to have a keen eye for things; in such a short time, she recognized her heart's desire.

Hearing that hesitant tone, Lin Yongxi's heart jumped into her throat!

It can't be... that it won't pass, right?

However, Camellia paused only briefly, then looked up at Lin Yongxi and said earnestly:

"It must have been very difficult for you all this time. Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Yongxi felt a lump in her throat and almost burst into tears.