Yang Yitian walked straight to the twins' side, waiting for the next test.
There are quite a few children here; ten out of the eighteen are under the age of twelve.
Yang Yitian, on the other hand, is the oldest here, but he looks young, so he doesn't seem too out of place.
After seeing Yang Yitian and his two companions enter the house, Qi Zhiheng and the others went back inside. Now it was time to wait for the next round of selection.
Yang Yitian and the twins got bored waiting in the room, so they took out the lunch that Qi Zhiheng had prepared and ate it. He had specially made sealing talismans on it so that the lunch would stay in the state it was in when the talismans were first applied.
As soon as Yang Yitian opened the lunchbox, the aroma wafted out, and everyone in the room turned their attention to it. Apart from him, no one else had thought about eating lunch. What could he do? He was a pregnant man, and he was bound to get hungry. Hunger was something he couldn't control. If he didn't eat, wouldn't his spiritual energy be completely absorbed in a little while?
"Sister-in-law, you even brought food!" Qi Zhiwu was overjoyed.
Qi Zhirui thought to himself, "My eldest brother is so biased! He prepared some for his own wife but not for his two younger brothers!" Fortunately, his great-grandmother had prepared some for them.
Yang Yitian nodded: "Come on, eat together, I still have plenty here. These were prepared for you by your eldest brother." He took out two meals with lower spiritual energy for the two children. The ones he had were all custom-made for them by Qi Zhiheng. If the spiritual energy was too strong, the two children who had not yet cultivated their Qi would definitely not be able to withstand it.
Qi Zhirui and Qi Zhiwu were surprised that their older brother still remembered them. They happily picked up their lunchboxes and began to eat.
The children around them watched them devour their food, swallowing hard. They had been so nervous beforehand that they hadn't even considered what to eat today. Besides, even if some of them had brought food, it was just dry rations, nothing compared to the allure of a hot meal.
Under the intense gazes of the crowd, the three of them ate their food as if no one else was around.
The chubby boy was drooling so much his clothes were almost soaked. He swallowed hard and said to his friend, "No wonder his belly is so big, it's because he eats so much."
Yang Yitian had just finished the last bite of his meal when he heard those words, and he shot a dagger at them.
The chubby boy chickened out and hid again.
Yang Yitian rubbed his stomach and felt that it was too rude of him to argue with a child who was only a few years old, so he took out some snacks and fruit to eat.
The chubby boy was incredibly envious, and when the twins ate the five-shaped snacks, he stared wide-eyed.
It wasn't just the chubby boy; every teenager here was tempted. Finally, seeing the little girl who looked about five or six years old, he couldn't resist and leaned over to Qi Zhirui and Qi Zhiwu, asking, "What are you eating?"
Qi Zhirui replied, "We are eating a snack prepared by my great-grandmother, called pear jelly." As he spoke, he popped a pear jelly shaped like a little white rabbit into his mouth.
The little girl swallowed hard and said, "My name is Qin Lele. What are your names?"
Yang Yitian looked at the little girl in front of him who was trying to get close to him at such a young age, and didn't know how to react for a moment. Sigh, he was getting old, and this place belonged to the children.
"My name is Qi Zhirui, and this is my younger brother, Qi Zhiwu," Qi Zhirui, as the older brother, introduced himself first.
"You two look so alike," Qin Lele remarked.
Qi Zhiwu nodded in agreement: "Yes, because we are twins, we look alike."
Seeing that she had successfully gotten close to Qin Lele, she finally steered the conversation towards a topic that interested her: "The pear jelly you're eating looks really nice. Do you have any more?"
“There are many. My family prepared more than a thousand for me,” Qi Zhiwu answered honestly.
Qin Lele swallowed hard. Over a thousand pastries—she could surely get at least two, right? Then she said, "Can you all finish all these pastries? I've heard that eating too many sweets can cause cavities. How about I eat some for you?"
“I can finish it all, no matter how much there is. You don’t need to worry about us,” Qi Zhiwu said.
"Don't worry about cavities. I heard we'll be losing our baby teeth soon, and then we can just replace the bad ones," Qi Zhirui said.
Qin Lele: "..."
Yang Yitian was speechless at the two kids' words. As expected of Qi Zhiheng's younger brother, these two answers were so damn straight-manly! Would they even be able to find wives in the future? As their sister-in-law, he couldn't help but worry about their lifelong happiness.
Qin Lele looked at the twins longingly, then decided it was best to be direct, so she said, "Your pear jelly looks really good, I like it too."
"Yes, we like it very much too." Qi Zhiwu nodded.
"You have a good eye," Qi Zhirui praised.
Qin Lele: "..."
Qin Lele felt bitter; all she wanted was a piece of food.
Qi Zhirui ate another one. His cheeks were bulging from the pastry, making him look incredibly cute.
"Could you give me two? I want to eat them too." Qin Lele finally made her point clear.
"Ah!" Upon hearing that Qin Lele wanted to eat his pastries, Qi Zhiwu instinctively clutched his small lunchbox tightly. He couldn't wear a storage bag yet; everything else was in Yang Yitian's storage space, and he only had some snacks with him. Hearing that Qin Lele wanted to eat his pastries, he immediately became protective of them.
Qin Lele: "..." She turned her head and looked pitifully at Qi Zhirui. Qin Lele had snow-white skin, a small mouth and nose, a pair of big eyes, and chubby cheeks that made her extremely cute. Every adult who had met her before disliked her, but now she was being refused just for asking for two pieces of pastry.
Qi Zhirui glanced at Qin Lele, then looked at his own lunchbox, his expression showing some reluctance, but also as if he had made a decision.
Just when Yang Yitian thought he had finally decided to give the little girl a piece of pastry, Qi Zhirui said, "One low-grade spirit stone for one pear candy jelly. If you want some, I'll leave a message and sell you a few."
Upon hearing this, Yang Yitian stumbled and almost fell! Tsk tsk tsk! These two little rascals really don't know how to be gentle with women!
"I want some!" Before Qin Lele could speak, the chubby boy who had been eyeing the snacks for a while popped his head out and said, "How about I give you five pieces? I'll save you a low-grade spirit stone."
Qi Zhirui glanced at the chubby boy, thought for a moment, and said, "Alright, I'll sell you five pieces, and you give me five spirit stones in return."
The chubby boy quickly took out five low-grade spirit stones, and Qi Zhirui even found a piece of oil paper to wrap the pastries for him.
The chubby boy happily accepted the pastries: "I've decided, from now on you two are my friends! Remember to call me next time you have business like this, my name is Fu Yuan."
"A round belly?" Qi Zhirui thought to himself, no wonder this chubby boy always paid attention to his sister-in-law's belly, it turns out it's because that's his name. It seems that what he said before was understandable, so he decided to forgive him.
Feeling "forgiven," Fu Yuan returned to his friends with the snacks, completely satisfied, and shared them with them.
Pear jelly is not only beautiful to look at, but it also tastes delicious.
The chubby boy and his friends finished their meal in a few bites, and were immediately reluctant to leave, wanting to buy some more from Qi Zhirui.
Seeing this, the children nearby knew that the pear jelly tasted good, and a few of them gathered around to ask if they could buy some.
Qi Zhirui often heard Qi Zhiheng busy with the family's livelihood, especially since his elder brother had recently damaged someone's house during his tribulation and had to pay a large sum of spirit stones in compensation. Therefore, he always felt that his family was very poor and needed spirit stones!
Since he had the opportunity to earn spirit stones, he naturally couldn't let it pass and immediately planned to sell his pastries.
After everyone tasted the pastry, some went back and bought a few more pieces. Most of these people carried spirit stones with them. Because of their good aptitude, their families would naturally provide them with more favorable conditions. Later on, they could also use spirit stones to bribe their way out.
At this point, the children, tempted by the snacks, bought some under the influence of the other children.
After selling out his stock, he asked Yang Yitian to take out the pastries he had stored in the storage container. This was more than a month's worth of pastries for him.
As the crowd grew larger, Qi Zhiwu, Yang Yitian, and Qin Lele were squeezed out of the outer circle.
Qin Lele, who was squeezed out of the circle by the surrounding crowd: "..."
Before they sold out, Qin Lele disregarded her image and rushed into the crowd to grab a few items.
Qi Zhirui quickly ran out of pastries and shouted, "Sold out, sold out! Everyone can go home now!"
Everyone grabbed some food and returned to their seats to eat, completely satisfied.
Later, when people came in, they saw that everyone was eating snacks and secretly swallowed.
Looking at the spirit stones in his hand, Qi Zhirui's heartache over not having the little snack vanished instantly. He could finally earn spirit stones too!
He packed the spirit stones and handed them to Yang Yitian, asking him to keep them safe.
Yang Yitian put all his spirit stones into a storage bag specifically for Qi Zhirui's belongings.
After waiting in the room for several hours, the registration finally ended. The number of people in the room had increased from eighteen to fifty-three.
After things calmed down outside, a Golden Core cultivator entered with two Foundation Establishment disciples.
Upon seeing the newcomer, everyone stood up, including Yang Yitian.
"I am the examiner in charge of leading you to the next round of assessments. Now, come with me to the location of the next assessment," said the Golden Core cultivator at the head of the group.
"Yes!" the crowd responded in unison and followed him out of the room through another door.
Once outside, the Golden Core cultivator released a flying artifact and leaped onto the flying boat.
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