Chapter 789: Each Showing Their Divine Abilities

Waking Lion, Thespian Path, not from any domain, and seeking out the Ancient Thespian Treasury on his own... This Sun Bumian is indeed very mysterious.

Fortunately, the higher-ups of the Twilight Society are Chen Ling's senior brothers and sisters. As long as he writes a letter to ask, he should be able to get an answer.

"Whatever his background is, I just don't like him!" Jian Changsheng took a fierce bite of the candied hawthorn, as if he weren't chewing soft sugar, but Sun Bumian's head, "He's going to compete for the [Heaven-Reaching Star Position] too, right... When the time comes, I'm going to settle the score with him properly."

Speaking of the [Heaven-Reaching Star Position], Spade 9 pulled two pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to the two,

"By the way, fill these out."

"What is this?"

"Application forms. I brought them back on my way here... Fill them out and hand them in shortly. The deadline should be today."

Jian Changsheng took the application form and glanced at the content. Just as he was about to write, he suddenly remembered something and guiltily glanced at Chen Ling beside him...

"Um... Heart."

"What?"

"Are you participating?"

Chen Ling hesitated for a moment and nodded, "I am. Why?"

To be honest, Chen Ling had some interest in this [Heaven-Reaching Star Position], but not much... After all, he didn't lack money, and status didn't matter to him. As for the depths of the Ancient Thespian Treasury, he had already been there, and he didn't believe anyone else had the ability to go deep inside. What actually attracted him were special items containing the foundation of a divine path, like "Guernica," and a glimpse of human destiny.

But considering the group of "audience members" in his body who always needed a sense of anticipation, Chen Ling chose to participate. After all, in the Heavenly Pivot Domain, there didn't seem to be a better source of anticipation than this [Heaven-Reaching Star Position].

So, he was participating in the competition for the [Heaven-Reaching Star Position] not because he really wanted the position, but purely to find some fun.

Earning audience anticipation was his primary goal!

While speaking, Chen Ling wrote the two characters "Lin Yan" in the name column; this was his most commonly used pseudonym.

Seeing this, Jian Changsheng silently withdrew his gaze, coughed twice, and said, "Nothing... I was just asking. Anyway, I feel like all sorts of people are participating in this competition, so we still have to be careful. Safety first~"

Chen Ling glanced at the three characters "Jian Wubing" that Jian Changsheng had written without any precautions, and likewise withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened,

"Yeah... you too."

[Audience Anticipation +2]

[Current Anticipation: 51%]

After the two finished writing their names with ulterior motives, they continued to fill out the rest.

"Does the information after this have to be filled out truthfully?" Chen Ling pointed to the [Path] column, "I don't even know the name of my own path... How should I fill this out?"

"Just write anything." Spade 9 said calmly, "There are as many divine paths in the world as there are stars. The organizers can't verify them one by one. The application form is just a formality; the main thing is to see how you perform when the time comes."

"Then I'll have to make one up..."

"I'll help you write it!"

Jian Changsheng suddenly got excited and took the application form from Chen Ling's hand, "Thespian Path, how about the [Don't Worry Brother] path??"

"...I suddenly remembered that I haven't settled the score with you for the King Crab earlier."

"Just kidding, just kidding." Jian Changsheng patted his chest, "Don't worry, I'll definitely make up a good one for you!"

After saying that, he ran to a corner with the application form by himself. After thinking for a moment, he covered it with his hand and secretly wrote something.

He thought Chen Ling couldn't see from that distance, not knowing that Chen Ling had glanced over and clearly saw the content:

——Thespian Path, [Not Human] path.

Chen Ling: ...

Chen Ling rolled his eyes internally, but pretended not to see it on the surface.

After Jian Changsheng finished filling it out, he handed both forms to Spade 9 with a smile, "Then I'll trouble you, Senior."

"Let me see if there are any omissions..." Chen Ling reached out to grab the corner of the two papers.

But the next moment, he was pulled back two steps by Jian Changsheng, who said with conviction:

"No omissions, I've already checked them for you... Besides, not many people look at these application forms seriously anyway."

Jian Changsheng didn't notice at all that the moment Chen Ling's fingertips touched the application form, the large characters "Soldier Path, [Asura] path" on his own form quietly changed, covered by another line of characters.

Seeing this, Chen Ling didn't say anything more and sat quietly at the tea table.

"Alright, let's go... The office isn't far from here."

After saying that, Spade 9 took Chen Ling and the other one out.

……

The three passed through several streets and arrived at the Heavenly Pivot Domain office. It seemed that to coordinate with the joint operation of the five major domains, the office had a dedicated counter responsible for handling matters related to the Star Trials.

"Hello, we're here to submit our application forms." Spade 9 handed the two forms to the counter.

"Are the applicants here? We need to confirm their age."

"They're both here."

At Spade 9's signal, Jian Changsheng and Chen Ling stepped forward one by one. After the office staff confirmed that neither of them was over twenty-five, they stamped the application forms and gave each of them a manual.

"Remember to read the content above... The trials start tomorrow, be prepared."

After saying that, the staff member stacked the two forms together and set them aside.

"You two go back first, I have something else to do." Spade 9 said to the two in a low voice.

Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng looked at each other and didn't ask any questions. After all, as a senior, Spade 9 likely had mysterious tasks in the Heavenly Pivot Domain, so the two walked back along the street directly.

After the two were far away, Spade 9 took a deep breath, silently pulled an application form from his bosom, and walked back to the counter.

"Hello, there's one more here." Spade 9 handed over the application form with a blank expression.

The staff member took the application form, "Where is the applicant?"

"I am."

He glanced at Spade 9, his expression subtle, "You? How old are you this year?"

"I'm 18 this year." Spade 9, whose temples were slightly gray, said solemnly.

"...You can't participate if you're over twenty-five. You're almost forty, aren't you?" The staff member waved his hand impatiently, "Go away, you're old enough, yet you still want to join in the fun."

Spade 9: ...

Spade 9 silently took back his application form, turned around, and walked to the door alone, looking up at the blue sky at a forty-five-degree angle... After an unknown amount of time, he let out a bitter sigh.

"Sure enough, it's hard to sneak in if you're not a Thespian Path user..."

"I wonder how those other guys from the Twilight Society are doing... A few look young, so they should have a chance. A few can manually reduce their age... And a few are true young geniuses."

"Everyone, show your own divine abilities."