Chapter 273 The Slender Barrel Puppet (Revised)
"This is the first hurdle to becoming a teacher at Dingtian Academy."
Sharp told her, "The academy only recruits two teachers each for alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, and array formation, but now there are already three thousand cultivators who have signed up."
There are three rounds of selection in total. This is the first round, testing whether one's cultivation has reached the peak of Martial Spirit.
"oh!"
Jia Xitong nodded upon hearing this; she understood.
"You left too quickly yesterday, so you probably didn't hear me."
Sharp looked at her veiled face and asked with some curiosity, "Do you live inside Dingtian Academy? I've hardly ever seen you at the inns outside the academy."
"Hmm... I have a friend who runs a small business at Dingtian Academy and I live with them, that's why you didn't see me."
Jia Xitong replied.
Wow, that's great!
Sharp was somewhat envious upon hearing this, "Staying at someone else's place can save a lot of money, and it's also more convenient for you, a woman. By the way, I don't know which teaching position Fellow Daoist Tong is interested in. I mainly came to apply for the formation."
Jia Xitong: "I am a talisman."
"Oh, that's good."
Sharp looked delighted upon hearing this, "In that case, we are no longer competitors."
"Yeah."
Jia Xitong nodded, quite fond of this talkative and outgoing cultivator. "Let's work hard together!"
It was their turn.
Before them was a magical artifact that could test one's strength. Those who channeled spiritual energy into it and whose artifacts lit up were considered qualified; those whose artifacts didn't were eliminated.
Looking at the magical artifact, Sharp became quite nervous. He stopped speaking, carefully placed his palm on the artifact, and then channeled spiritual energy into it.
At first, the ritual implements didn't light up, and the teacher working nearby gestured for him to leave.
Sharp kept his palm pressed against the magic artifact without moving, gathered his energy in his dantian, and roared, using all the spiritual power in his body to finally light up the spirit stone.
Large beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks, and he looked at the teacher next to him with surprise.
"Sharp, keep this for testing!"
He was so happy he almost jumped for joy. As he was being led out of the room, Sharp even turned around and gave Jia Xitong a cheering gesture.
Because Sharp had gone through so much trouble to light up the magical artifact, Jia Xitong was a little nervous when it was her turn.
To her surprise, as soon as she placed her hand on the magical artifact and channeled her spiritual energy into it, the artifact lit up effortlessly, as if it were not difficult at all.
"Okay, passed."
The teacher next to her handed her a sign, "The second and third rounds of selection will be held tomorrow."
"Uh-huh!"
Jia Xitong skipped out and bumped into the young man who hadn't left yet.
"Fellow Daoist Tong, how are you?"
"I've passed that stage too."
Jia Xitong twirled the token in her hand, "Let's do our best together tomorrow!"
"good!"
Sharp's face showed excitement.
Whether he can leave that impoverished little country and achieve great success after all his arduous training remains to be seen.
"By the way, how long will the second and third rounds of selections tomorrow take?"
Jia Xitong suddenly remembered this important question.
"This... it should take three or four hours."
After saying this, Sharp looked at Jia Xitong and said, "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Tong has time tomorrow and would do me the honor of having a meal together? I am very grateful for your help in registering me that day."
Four hours?
Jia Xitong only heard this sentence.
She could only be in human form for a maximum of two hours!
She was completely flustered and hurriedly prepared to rush back. "I have something to do, tomorrow, bye!"
Oops,
How to maintain oneself
Humanity lasts for four hours!
Jia Xitong had considered taking the medication herself and finding someone to take it for her, but none of them seemed reliable. Just when she was at her wit's end, she suddenly remembered something extremely important—
puppet.
A puppet created by Shang Yanting in her likeness!
The plan to make a puppet for her started a long time ago, and I wonder how it's going.
Jia Xitong suddenly felt a surge of anticipation and rushed to the main hall to find Shang Yanting.
"Host, dear!"
Shang Yanting had just returned from outside when he turned around and saw Jia Xitong running towards him. He reached out and caught her, smoothing her disheveled hair. "I'm right here. What are you doing, all flustered?"
These are all minor matters.
Jia Xitong looked up, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Shang Yanting, "Dear host, where is the puppet you made for me?"
Shang Yanting paused for a moment, then asked, "...Why are you asking this?"
"Oh, I was just curious."
Jia Xitong tugged at his sleeve and asked, "Where is it? Take me to see it!"
The host cannot refuse the request from the fine barrel.
Shang Yanting put aside his original business and led her to a separate room, which was where he practiced puppetry and crafted puppets.
In the center of the room stood a glass ice coffin containing a puppet that had begun to take human form. The puppet's appearance was so perfect that it was indistinguishable from Jia Xitong's own; she even felt as if she were looking at her own corpse.
"Dear host, why did you put the puppet in a coffin?"
To be honest, it's a bit scary.
Upon hearing this, Shang Yanting looked over.
He looked at Jia Xitong beside him with some helplessness, saying, "This is not a coffin, it's a bathtub."
Jia Xitong: ...
You're good-looking, that's your opinion.
However, a smug smile appeared on her lips; now she had the body.
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