Chapter 181: Game 6 (Inverted V) Wish us good luck...
"I'd also like the Braised Pork Tenderloin with a Fortune Melon, a Date Paste Cake, anchovies and shark's fin, eight-treasure wild duck, and fish fillet in milk sauce. Yeah, and a lotus seed pod tofu. That's about it. Just order whatever side dishes you want."
"Okay, I'll give the order now and serve the dishes to you as soon as possible."
"Um."
“…”
“…”
"snort."
"Little girl, what's wrong with you? Are you angry? Who are you angry with?" The old man sat in the main seat of the chair, sipping a cup of tea. "Since I'm in a good mood today, I can at least help you to calm down."
"Hehe." Tang Xiqin sat in her seat, her posture slouched, yet one could still tell she was well-educated. "I wouldn't get angry with 'certain people'."
"Oh? Well then, it seems I can't give away the thousand-year-old medicinal herbs I prepared for those little girls?"
The old man took out a basket out of thin air. The basket was covered with a layer of cloth, and a faint scent of herbs and soil wafted out of the basket.
"Hmm," the old man lifted the cloth, buried his head in it and took a deep breath, "It smells so good."
"Humph, I don't care..."
Although she said this, He Yuezhe still saw Tang Xiqin secretly glance at the basket, and then her eyebrows visibly frowned.
"Oh, well, then I can only--"
Seeing the old man take out an unknown herb from the basket and put it into his mouth, Tang Xiqin looked at him in shock.
"Hey, old man, wait a minute!" Tang Xiqin hurriedly stopped him, "This thing is so rare, how could you bite it alive?!"
“Crack!”
"Ouch!"
With a crisp sound, the herb broke into two pieces the moment it touched the old man's teeth.
The old man caught the other half in horror, then his shoulders sank and his whole body shook.
"Old man." It turned out that Tang Xiqin was standing behind him, pressing his shoulders.
"Ugh!" The old man turned around and saw her, and shuddered again, "This, this!"
"It's nothing, nothing. I just lost a thousand-year-old holy rice grass. It's nothing, of course it's nothing."
“Ouch! Ouch! It hurts so much!!!”
"How can you yell and make noise in a dining area?"
"Ouch, ouch, it hurts so much!!! Little girl, let me go, I won't scream if you let me go!!! Otherwise, otherwise, ouch!!!"
"Don't be ungrateful, old man. I'm just massaging your shoulders to help you relax, okay?"
"No, Ouch, little girl, wait a minute, wait for me to say Ouch, say Ouch!"
"Miss He, can you use a silent formation on him again?"
"Ouch, wait a minute!"
"Of course." He Yuezhe agreed with a smile.
She doesn't care what anyone wants to say or whether anyone is misunderstood. As long as she can help her friends, she will do anything.
With a slight movement of her fingers, the silent formation slowly took shape under her hands.
But at the moment when the silent formation was activated——
"I have ten more of these—"
“…”
“…”
"Oh?" He Yuezhe withdrew his hand.
"Um, Miss He," Tang Xiqin said a little embarrassedly, "I think I misunderstood him. Can this formation be broken?"
"……sure."
"Buzz!" The light exploded, and the formation that had just taken shape disappeared.
"Thank you very much, Miss He. I will definitely reward you handsomely later." Tang Xiqin nodded at her.
Hearing this, He Yuezhe's mood, which had just been depressed, became happy again.
"Um."
"Puha, haa, haa..." The old man took a few breaths.
"Well, old man, I'm sorry, I was too impatient." Tang Xiqin shyly took out a few bottles of ointment from her bag and placed them on the table in front of the old man. "These bottles of medicine are my apology. I'm really sorry."
"Humph!" The old man crossed his arms and turned his head away. "Don't think you can buy me off with such a small thing!"
"...So, what do you want? I can't give you anything else."
"Tsk, I don't care about material possessions, what I want is——"
"You are my personal disciple!!!"
"ha?!"
^
"If you don't agree, then just give me those bottles of ointment."
"Hmph, I've already treated you to dinner. Now hurry up and announce the rules for the individual assessment."
"Oh little girl, you really don't want to do that at all?"
"No!"
"...Oh, alright, alright, if you don't want to, forget it."
The old man waved his hand, and a cushioned wooden chair appeared out of thin air behind him.
Stroking his white beard, the old man sat down and said, "Now, the second individual assessment of the 1,800th Lotus Sect entrance examination officially begins."
"I will choose the assessment you need to take based on your bone test results and the information you filled in when you registered."
"First one, Yuan Yang, please step forward."
"yes."
"Your bone examination results were extremely poor. Although you have no physical defects, you know nothing about martial arts. You stated that you are very interested in craftsmanship."
"Then your assessment will be based on your mental and combat abilities."
"yes."
"Second person, Chen Shuo, please step forward."
"yes."
"Your bone examination results were extremely poor. You have subtle physical defects and know nothing about martial arts. You describe yourself as, uh, in very poor health, unable to handle heavy tasks?"
"Uh, okay, then you can just take part in the mental test first. If you can still hold on, you can choose to participate in the rest of the test on your own."
"yes……"
"Third person, Tang Xiqin, please step forward."
"yes."
"Your bone examination results were extremely poor. While you have no physical defects, you know nothing about martial arts. However, through diligent practice, you have made some progress and claim to be adept with the bow."
"Well, your assessment will be based on physical strength, mental strength, and combat ability."
"……yes."
"Number four, Ban Weile, please step forward."
"yes!"
"You're quite the passionate young man! Your bone examination results were extremely poor. While you have no physical defects, you know nothing about martial arts. However, after diligent practice, you can now perform some basic fighting. You claim to be adept at drawing talismans."
"Then your assessment will be on physical strength and combat ability."
"Yes! Thank you, Grandpa!"
"Hehe, you're welcome."
"The last one, the fifth one, is He Yuezhe, right? That's a good name. Please step forward."
"yes."
"Your bone examination results are extremely poor. Although you have no physical defects, you know nothing about martial arts. However, since you can draw formations, I believe your current martial arts skills should not be too bad."
"So, your assessment will be based on physical strength, mental strength, and combat ability."
"……yes."
"Now that everyone knows the content of your assessment, please follow the examiners to the examination center."
"For the two of you who are taking all three tests, you can decide the order of the tests yourself. The same goes for the others."
"Finally, I wish you good luck."
“Wish us good luck!”
"W-Wish us good luck!"
“Wish us good luck!”
“Wish us good luck!!!”
“…”
"Hey, Miss He, hurry up, just think of it as a pep talk before the test! And this sentence is very effective, don't disbelieve it!"
"Well, Miss He, why don't you say it too?"
"What they say is true."
"Miss He, although saying this may make people feel a little uncomfortable sometimes, but, but when you are with friends, you will feel very passionate."
"...wish us good luck." My head felt dizzy and painful.
Countless white fragments flashed before He Yuezhe's eyes, almost cutting her eyeballs, forcing her to close her eyes.
"Miss He, hey, are you okay?!"
"I, I'm fine..." He Yuezhe felt a hand holding her. She held the hand, shook her head, and opened her eyes again.
"Really? If you have something to say, you must tell me. The assessment can be postponed. Although it can only be postponed for half a day, it's better than forcing it!"
"Really, I'm fine. Which exam do you plan to take first?" He Yuezhe asked.
"What about you? I have the same project as you. Can I help you over there?" Tang Xiqin supported her with concern.
"...Okay." He Yuezhe nodded, "Then let's take the brainpower test first."
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There were four people who participated in the mental test: He Yuezhe, Tang Xiqin, Chen Shuo and Yuan Yang. Ban Weile did not participate.
The four of them parted ways with him and followed the examiner into the Lotus Sect.
"Because of some unexpected events," the examiner, a very young girl, said as she walked ahead, "you are the only candidates this year."
"However, in order to ensure that there are new disciples this year, we have lowered the difficulty of your assessments slightly. You can relax a little."
"Isn't this bad?"
"What's wrong with this? I, your senior sister, went through the same thing back then."
"Ah, Senior Sister, were there any disciples from your class who were robbed?!"
"No, that's not the case. It's just the Lotus Sect's excuse for recruiting disciples. Every year they say the difficulty level will be lowered for various reasons, but in reality, it's not much different."
"Hey, but you're the examiner now, right? Isn't it okay to say that?"
"Who said I was the examiner? I'm just a clone."
"ha??!"
"Now, the mental test officially begins. You will be randomly placed in various locations around the lotus. Please find the mental test examiner hiding in the scene you are in!"
"Good luck to you!"
As soon as the girl finished speaking, He Yuezhe felt his body being wrapped by a wind ball and flying suddenly in a certain direction.
"Bang!"
It fell on a patch of grass, and He Yuezhe bounced on the grass.
"Ouch, who's bouncing on my belly?"
The grass suddenly shook violently, and a round grass ball rose from the end.
That, that's actually a human head?
No, wait, what the hell is this place? Are there such strange places and people in the Lotus Sect?
"Congratulations, you've found the mental assessment examiner hiding in the current scene!"
"Varied……?"
Another wind ball, and then it fell to the ground with a "bang".
He Yuezhe and his friends looked at each other and understood the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Hmm, that's pretty fast," the girl appeared before them. "It seems my test scores were much better than those of my senior sisters and brothers!"
Could it be that the examiners of the Lotus Sect have simpler and faster-passing tests than anyone else?
Isn't the Lotus Sect said to be very powerful? How, how could it be like this...
Before He Yuezhe could figure out the reason behind this, Tang Xiqin helped him up and walked towards the gate of the Lotus Sect.
"Miss He, I'll support you. When you're free, you can take this medicine. It can cure dizziness and headaches. It's very effective." Tang Xiqin's tone was very gentle.
"Well, I, I brought warm water! If Miss He needs it, just call me when you want to take medicine!" Chen Shu came over with a small bamboo cup in his hand, his head covered in dust.
"Xiao Shu," Tang Xiqin touched her hair, "Wipe your hair, it's dusty."
"I know." Chen Shuo patted his hair obediently.
"Master Yuan, if you are not participating in the physical test, let's separate here. We will meet at the actual combat test later."
"Okay, Miss Tang, Miss Chen, and Miss He, take care."
"Brother Yuan, too."
After separating from Yuan Yang, the three of them chatted as they walked towards the physical test.
At this moment, a tattered wild man suddenly jumped out from the bushes and jumped in front of the three people.
“Ghost!!!!!”
The three of them were all startled, and Chen Shuo, who was closest to the bushes, screamed and pulled out a handful of...
money? ?
He then greeted the savage.
Soon, the savage was subdued by Cai Li, and the three of them discovered that the savage was actually Ban Weile who took part in the physical test alone.
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