These words made the four girls present frown.
Zhou Xu was the same, but since the main target of the attack was not him, he did not make any big moves.
An Zhengzheng asked coldly, "What do you mean by that?"
The male cultivator laughed: "It means exactly what it says. You female cultivators are generally not good at it, so we've had to lend a hand every now and then along the way."
They had intercepted them several times along the way, and some female cultivators were so frightened by the demonic beasts that their faces turned pale.
The male cultivators earned all the points.
An Zhengzheng sneered and glanced at him with great interest.
Questioning? Good, the more she questions, the more excited she gets.
She asked, "I wonder how many points you got?"
The male cultivator chuckled and pulled out a large handful of silk threads from his robes. The red-glowing threads swayed in his hand.
"You probably don't even have that much combined, do you?" he laughed smugly. "Female cultivators, it's better to get married early, so they don't have to stay here..."
"a shame."
What nonsense are you spouting here?
An Yirou glared at him. His score was higher than hers, but compared to her sister, it was nothing.
With just one glance, the girls knew that this was someone An Zhengzheng had completely overwhelmed.
Song Juan's face had already darkened. She spat and asked him, "Do you even know who she is? How dare you talk nonsense like that!"
Su Ying blushed and echoed, "That's right, that's right!"
The male cultivator glanced at An Zhengzheng from head to toe. She was indeed a beauty, but just an empty vase.
Song Juan was outspoken and couldn't stand the male cultivator's smug look. She put her hands on her hips and said, "She cultivates the Path of Heartlessness!"
“Yes, the Ruthless Path only accepts the three disciples with the best grades.” An Yirou followed closely behind.
An Zhengzheng smiled but remained silent.
Zhou Xu pursed his lips, seemingly recalling the scene where she held a sword to his throat.
His heart was pounding, and he didn't know why.
The male cultivators immediately erupted in anger.
They stared at An Zhengzheng for a long time, and one of the bolder ones asked, "Are you really the only female cultivator of the Ruthless Path—An Zhengzheng?"
An Zhengzheng said frankly, "It's me."
The male cultivator didn't believe it; apart from his appearance, he didn't seem particularly outstanding in any other way.
He shook the folding fan in his hand.
"It's hilarious. A woman, cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness? She's really just here to be a laughing stock."
"What good is getting the top score in the joint entrance exam? In the end, you still have to get married. Besides, women are born with deep-rooted emotions. Can they live without a man? In the end, even if you cultivate the path of ruthlessness, you probably won't achieve anything."
These familiar words were exactly what An Zhengzheng had guessed. She had anticipated these points of attack even before reporting the Ruthless Path.
The girls were very angry, but An Zhengzheng held them back.
"Don't rush." The best is yet to come, An Zhengzheng thought.
But the male cultivators didn't think so.
One of the male cultivators, with dark skin, questioned, "You, girl, could you possibly be the top scorer in the joint entrance exam?"
"Is it probably fake?"
He didn't believe it. How could a woman with such a face devote herself wholeheartedly to cultivation?
This is probably an imposter of An Zhengzheng. The name "Zhengzheng" sounds like the name of a tough woman.
It couldn't be such a beautiful woman.
He shook his head and said, "Since you say you are An Zhengzheng, then—"
"Let me test you."
An Zhengzheng: ...
She found it somewhat amusing and interrupted him: "What makes you think... you have the right to test me?"
Was he the examiner? Or her mentor?
It's nothing, so what's the point of this exam?
The male cultivator suddenly laughed: "Are you feeling guilty? Are you afraid of being tested? Or are you afraid of being exposed?"
Seeing his self-satisfied expression, thinking he had hit the nail on the head, An Zhengzheng was speechless.
Her native language is speechlessness.
Why is this ridiculous practice of making people prove their own innocence still popular?
She turned to the angry An Yirou and said, "Let's wait for the results to be announced."
An Zhengzheng is very confident.
During those seven days, aside from the dramatic events of the first day, she spent the rest of the time leading the way in blocking the monsters' doors.
Yes, while other cultivators were carefully avoiding dangerous areas, An Zhengzheng went to their door multiple times to block them.
She is not afraid.
The group of male cultivators pursed their lips, and one of them said, "Stubborn as a mule."
An Yirou asked her softly, "Sister, why didn't you tell them?"
This anger is really hard to swallow.
An Zhengzheng shook her head: "They only want to question me and attack me. Everything I am suffering now is simply because I am a woman."
"Even if I win an argument with them, they will find new points to attack me. Because... the fact that I am a woman will not change just because I win an argument."
"Self-proof is useless; only the facts will tell."
Su Ying heard this and said, "Sister Zhengzheng, you are too open-minded."
An Zhengzheng smiled but didn't say anything. Was she magnanimous?
However, she had witnessed too many things in her past life.
A girl was admitted to a master's program, but was cyberbullied because she dyed her hair a beautiful red.
A woman dressed respectably for work, but was attacked for not looking disheveled when she rushed to the funeral of her deceased child.
Is being beautiful a sin?
If so, then why are girls who aren't thin enough attacked as being like tanks?
Sometimes you are attacked or questioned simply because that person... is a woman.
It has nothing to do with whether she is pretty or not, or whether she is truly capable.
That's all.
No one would say to a guy pursuing a PhD at a prestigious overseas university, "Let me test you."
But there will always be people who question and complain on other girls' social media apps with similar criteria, saying sarcastically, "Let me test you."
An Zhengzheng still has a lot to do.
She is trying.
She has faith.
Is she really An Zhengzheng?
Seeing that An Zhengzheng ignored them, the dark-skinned male cultivator went to ask Zhou Xu again.
Zhou Xu frowned. He was celibate and never interfered in other people's affairs. Even when he took the initiative to seek out An Zhengzheng, it was to resolve the confusion in his heart.
Now that An Zhengzheng himself is unwilling to pay attention to them, and since this matter has nothing to do with him, he can't say anything.
Moreover, the Zhou family girl had offended An Zhengzheng.
He's naturally bad at interpersonal communication, so anything he says could be wrong.
Zhou Xu coldly told the male cultivators, "It's none of my business."
The male cultivator looked enlightened: "I understand now. If this person really is An Zhengzheng, then you've probably fallen for her honey trap."
An Zhengzheng frowned.
Zhou Xu was puzzled.
“Tell me in detail, did you help her during the joint entrance exam?” another male cultivator chimed in. “With the capabilities of your Zhou family, you could easily have given her some magical artifacts to greatly increase her strength.”
"To win the heart of a beauty, you're willing to submit to her?"
Some people's eyes held an ambiguous look.
Zhou Xu retorted, "Nonsense!"
“The Zhou family would never do such a thing. I am fair and innocent, so don’t slander me.”
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