"I'll say it now."
"Why would I bully a child? I'm here to thank you." Gu Youyou looked at her, her expression unreadable. "Please, don't go astray!"
"I am light, how could I be possessed by a demon?" Xia Xiang ignored him and left.
Gu Youyou clenched her little fists and waved them in the air, "Ah! She tricked me!"
"Thank you," Gu Youyou said after a moment of silence. "I admit I can't bring myself to do it, so thank you for your trouble."
Old Black was a demon-slaying warrior before, and was their companion.
"You're welcome, and thank you for successfully making me hate playing games." Xia Xiang tidied her messy hair.
Gu Youyou: ……
After Xia Xiang emerged from the light source, the bracelet displayed the words "exam passed," and she was then directly transmitted to the Elder Hall.
However, the technical security engineer passed the exam fifteen days later.
"You're so slow!" Xia Xiang, wearing sunglasses, lay on a beach chair in the inner sea, enjoying the sunshine. Her relaxed appearance contrasted sharply with Ji An's exhaustion.
"Why did Bai Yu send me to find you?" Ji An collapsed wearily into a chair on the other side, calmly gazing at the azure sky and sea.
"Call me 'sister' and I'll tell you." Xia Xiang took a sip of her sugary soda.
"Sister" Ji'an obeyed expressionlessly, without even glancing at Xia Xiang.
"This is boring," Xia Xiang thought, getting up to tidy up and prepare to leave. "Meet me at eight o'clock tomorrow morning outside my house. Sixth level—Ten Thousand Feather Frost Cliff."
Ji'an didn't answer, and fell into a deep sleep while lying on the beach chair.
——
The next morning
Ji An arrived at Xia Xiang's cabin early, where Xia Xiang was already waiting for him.
"Let's go," Xia Xiang nodded to him, then teleported towards the Ten Thousand Zhang Frost Cliff. Ji An followed closely behind, and soon arrived at the bottom of the Ten Thousand Zhang Frost Cliff.
Bai Yu has already appeared there.
"The rules for the sixth level are very simple: you need to go up and down 100 times to pass."
Xia Xiang was bored and looking around when she suddenly heard Bai Yu call her name.
"Got it, no problem. I've been playing here for five years, and I know exactly where all the ant nests are along the way."
Bai Yu looked at her disapprovingly: "Can't you be a little more serious!"
"Am I not serious?" Xia Xiang pointed to herself.
“You didn’t listen at all,” Bai Yu patiently repeated. “I just told you to tell your underlings that this is an exam and they shouldn’t come out and disrupt the exam.”
“I don’t agree with what you’re saying,” Xia Xiang said firmly. “You can’t just give up the exam because of the interference.”
Gian clearly agrees, but he hasn't yet realized the seriousness of the situation.
“Before you came here, you didn’t need to specifically tell them to behave, but after you’ve been here for a few years, they’re starting to rebel,” Bai Yu said through gritted teeth.
"Nine and a half out of ten of the new recruits who arrived on the island after you were bitten on the buttocks while cutting down trees. None of your underlings are innocent! The director of the medical center has complained so many times, don't you know that?!"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Xia Xiang was displeased.
"You need evidence to back up your claim! Who can prove it? Do you have witnesses or physical evidence? I need to hear it from my men themselves, otherwise I won't believe it!"
"And are you implying that I instigated this? I'm going to sue you for defamation!"
Ji An was a little confused. He was a few years older than Xia Xiang and was taking exams later, so he had never heard of any butt-biting incident.
"..." Bai Yu felt a sense of powerlessness in the face of Huai An.
There are people on the island who can speak ape language, but none of those stubborn guys uttered a word; instead, they cursed, and cursed very rudely! The investigation revealed that all the clues pointed to Xia Xiang.
"If you cooperate, you can be exempted from this test," Bai Yu finally revealed his trump card.
"I'll cooperate! I'll definitely give my full support to the work." Xia Xiang was excited as she took the banana from the little monkey that appeared out of nowhere.
"Xiao Yi, go back and tell your father that Aunt Xia Xiang needs some peace and quiet here these few days, and tell him not to bring those monkeys and their offspring out to cause trouble."
Xia Xiang peeled a banana and handed it to the little monkey, then stroked its fur.
"Squeak!" Little Monkey Xiao Yi obediently responded with a banana, then upon seeing Bai Yu, it immediately revealed a ferocious expression and hissed at him, baring its teeth.
Bai Yu rolled up his sleeves, ready to step forward: "You impudent monkey, you've gone too far!"
Xia Xiang covered Xiao Yi's escape, and Bai Yu's usually aloof demeanor completely crumbled. He berated Xiao Yi without any regard for his image, while Ji An stood by, even more bewildered. Huh? ???
"That's it, Xia Xiang. You've been through this before, you know how dangerous it is here," Bai Yu said calmly, "I'll remind Ji An of some precautions again."
"Ji'an, do you have any further questions?"
"No," Ji An calmly shook his head.
He knew Xia Xiang, the stubborn girl who jumped off a cliff five years ago. To her, this place was just her backyard, and there was no point in taking the exam again. He just hoped that this aunt would not play tricks on him and let him finish the exam smoothly.
"Go away! I don't want to see you." Xia Xiang was still angry. He had just scolded Xiao Yi so fiercely. You really can't judge a book by its cover.
“I’ll climb up with you, follow me,” Xia Xiang led Ji An through a series of stretching exercises, preparing to climb up first.
She really wanted to experience what it felt like to kick Huai'an. She wondered if she would have the chance to kick Huai'an off the cliff. The thought of it was kind of exhilarating.
"Because there's a hot spring down there, the temperature is higher, so there are vines to hold onto. But they're also quite slippery, so watch your step," Xia Xiang explained as she climbed.
"Keep breathing at a steady pace. This is just the beginning. There is still a very long way to go."
Seeing Xia Xiang's skillful movements and how far ahead he was, Ji An intentionally tried to catch up, his breathing becoming somewhat rapid.
"Mmm," Gian responded weakly.
"The middle section is quite steep, the temperature is very low, and there is no vegetation. Pay attention to the protruding rock sections that you can use for support."
Ji'an was already covered in sweat, his face was flushed, he was clenching his teeth, and the veins on his arms were bulging as he kept shaking.
Seeing that Ji An was already so far behind, Xia Xiang suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and directly let go of him, landing at the same level as him.
"What's wrong?" Ji'an pressed himself tightly against the cliff face, fixing himself in place.
“Bai Yu never said that internal energy cannot be used, so you don’t have to climb up here with your bare hands like me. You are like this…” Xia Xiang didn’t know how to describe this warrior for a moment.
She climbed up with her bare hands just to slow down and wait for him. She had climbed up so many times before that she was fearless. She never expected this guy to be so honest and kind.
How did he manage to climb one-fifth of the way using only physical strength and his bare hands?!
Gian: Damn it! Nobody told me this!
Bai Yu: They asked you if you had any questions, and you said you didn't.
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