“How come sister Luo Fei didn’t come with you? Is it hard to say that you are also here to find a place in the preliminary round? Right, I know, you must have helped sister Luo Fei to find a quota, right?” Zhu Mu’er asked Ning Cheng two questions in a row.
After asking, she didn’t even wait for Ning Cheng to answer and once again turned to a bitter-faced man behind her and said, “Sect Leader Yin, why don’t you give us the other slot as well, it’s useless for you to participate yourself anyway, and you won’t find anyone better here to represent the Huayu Sect in the preliminary round written exam.”
The man with the bitter face became even more bitter when he heard Zhu Mu’er’s words, “Miss Mu’er, there are only two places in total for my Huayu Sect, you’ve already been given one, and you’re still asking me for it, why don’t you go look elsewhere?”
Zhu Mu’er waved her hand and said, “One thing does not bother two masters, don’t worry, I will definitely help you with what I promised. My father obeys my words and will definitely not hesitate for half a second, you only earn it. Besides, you probably won’t make the list if you go on your own, give it to me and sister Luo Fei, or you might actually be able to get you a place in the repechage, then your Huayu Sect will be rich.”
Ning Cheng did not expect this Zhu Mu’er to be so eloquent, and wondered what things she had promised this Sect Master of the Huayu Sect. This Huayu Sect’s Sect Master looked to be at the ninth level of cultivation of Condensing Truth, and should only be the Sect Master of a two-star sect.
A cultivator at the ninth level of True Condensation was so polite to Zhu Mu’er, it must not be because Zhu Mu’er was on good terms with him, it should be because the matter Zhu Mu’er had promised him was important to him, and it was also related to Zhu Mu’er’s old man.
When Ning Cheng thought of the fact that Zhu Mu’er had casually taken out a Grade 3 Superior Beneficial Spirit Pill, and when he thought of the fact that this Yin Sect Leader was at the 9th level of True Condensation, plus the fact that he still cared about what Zhu Mu’er had promised, Ning Cheng could almost guess that Zhu Mu’er’s old man should be a dan master. It was very likely that the matter that this Sect Leader Yin had begged Zhu Mu’er for was related to the Yuan Building Pill.
To a cultivator at the ninth level of True Condensation, nothing was as important as the Yuan Building Pill.
“Your old man is a Senior Dan Master?” Ning Cheng immediately asked his suspicions out.
“Huh, how do you know that my father is a Dan Master?” Zhu Mu’er instead stared at Ning Cheng in amazement and asked a question back.
Ning Cheng was speechless and said to himself, “You are close to writing out a few words on your own face, My old man is a Dan Master. Is that hard to guess? With such a personality walking around the Huaxu Continent, Ning Cheng could really sweat for her. A few days ago, she was still talking about making some achievements on her own to show her old dad, and now she was using her old dad’s reputation to flaunt around, this Zhu Mu’er was really ……
Sect Leader Yin hesitated for a while, and when he heard Zhu Muer ask Ning Cheng back, he finally gritted his teeth and said, “I agree, both places will be given to you. However, after this is over, you must take me to see Lord Pill Master.”
Zhu Mu’er proudly took the jade token that Master Zhu handed over to Ning Cheng and said, “Look, isn’t this the jade token to take the preliminary written test?”
Ning Cheng took the jade token and thanked Zhu Muer, then he said to this Master Yin, “Master Yin, thank you very much for the jade token, I will definitely not let your place be given for nothing.”
“Alright, alright, I’ve already said this once, there’s no point in you saying it again.” Zhu Mu’er waved her hand and said in a very atmospheric manner.
Ning Cheng had to put away the jade token and looked at Zhu Muer as he asked, “Have you found a place to stay?”
If Zhu Mu’er had not found a place to stay, he intended to invite Zhu Mu’er to stay at that resting inn of theirs.
“Of course I found it, it’s very simple, my father knows many people here.” Zhu Mu’er said without half a moment’s hesitation.
It looked like this Zhu Mu’er still had a long way to go before she could rely on her old man and make some achievements to prove to her old man. Ning Cheng rubbed his head and said to Zhu Muer, “Then I’ll go back first, or else Luo Fei will be anxious to wait, I wish you good results in the preliminary competition, and then let your father impress you.”
“That’s natural, I have to go back too.” When Zhu Mu’er finished, she didn’t forget to say hello to Yin, the head of the Huayu Sect.
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Ning Cheng bid farewell to Zhu Mu’er and returned to the Rest Inn to tell Ji Luofei about the jade medal he had obtained from Zhu Mu’er, but Ji Luofei felt that this Zhu Mu’er was straightforward.
A few days pa*sed quickly and Ning Cheng did not go looking for Meng Yu Jing during these few days, he knew that with someone of Meng Yu Jing’s status, he would not be able to meet her at all.
On this day, it was already time for the fifth preliminary written examination, and Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei arrived at the Great Square of Moze early in the morning. In order to avoid Ji Luofei being recognised by her aunt, Ning Cheng had purposely made Ji Luofei wear a veil and a female cultivator’s broad-brimmed hat. If he hadn’t purposely used his divine sense to scan, Ning Cheng believed that Ji Luofei would not have been recognised.
Moze City’s Grand Square was soon filled with cultivators from all directions, because today was the fifth preliminary round, and after the fifth preliminary round, the list of the thousand people who would enter the final round would also come out at the same time. So Moze City was extraordinarily crowded today, all wanting to know who was qualified to enter the final round.
The examination hall for the preliminary rounds was a hall at the side of Moze Grand Square. After Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei had made an appointment, they followed the many contestants into the examination hall.
The hall was incomparably spacious, and the five thousand people sitting inside the hall did not look crowded at all.
Ning Cheng sat down according to the number on his jade token and sat in silence waiting like the rest of the participants in the preliminary round. When he entered this hall, he tried to sweep it with his divine thoughts, but found that he could not extend his divine thoughts even halfway, not to mention sweeping the whole hall. Not only that, but his head went blank for a few breaths.
Apart from the chair he was sitting on, there was only a table in front of him, on which were a few sheets of white paper and a pen. Beyond that, there was nothing else.
Half an hour later, a beautiful woman wearing a plain white rolled-edge dress walked in. She first looked at the people taking the written test inside the hall before walking to the round table at the front and saying, “Today is the last written test of the preliminary round of disciple recruitment for the five five-star academies in the Hua Continent. Most of these one thousand people will be selected by the five-star academies, and some lucky ones may also participate in the competition between the five five-star academies two years later. I would like to wish everyone here the best of luck in this preliminary round.”
Not only was this beautiful woman in white dress extremely beautiful, her voice was also incomparably warm, making people feel a sense of comfort and longing in their hearts as they listened to her, eager for her to continue.
Perhaps this was the teacher of the Five Star Academy. At the thought of entering the Five Star Academy and having this kind of teacher to teach them cultivation, the hearts of all the participants were instantly fired up, and they even rubbed their fists together, hoping that they could get the best results in the exam this time.
After the beautiful young woman finished speaking, she paused for a moment, waiting for the crowd to understand how important the fifth written test was, before she continued softly, “Today’s written test will last for three and a half hours, of which three hours will be spent reading the questions and half an hour will be spent answering them ……”
When Ning Cheng heard that a written test would take three and a half hours, he was already stunned in his heart, how could it take so long? Seven hours ah. When he heard that these three and a half hours would take three hours to read the questions and only half an hour to do them, he was even more confused.”
“Although the questions in our written test this time are different from the questions in the previous four written tests, I’m sure the level of difficulty is the same. In the previous four written tests we have tested basic materials such as talismans, formations, alchemy and forbidden systems. Today we are going to test the more familiar knowledge of alchemy, and of course, we are also testing the basic materials.”
Just as the beautiful young woman finished speaking, there was much more chatter below, and it was Ning Cheng who frowned. He had not studied the basics of alchemy at all, so wouldn’t those who had studied alchemy have a big advantage? No wonder there was such a big difference in the scores of the first four, those who had scored high must have learned just that.
The beautiful young woman saw that the noise below was a bit too much, and raised her hand to press down and said, “After everyone has read the questions, they will know that even if someone has studied some alchemy, they are still standing on the same starting line as you. Of course, we can’t rule out the fact that there are some people who have studied systematically, and they have even read the questions I’m about to bring out. It’s only right for this part of the population to score high on the test, because they’ve worked hard enough, or have the chance.”
When the crowd thought about it, it was also true that other people knew more and had gotten it by chance and hard work, and wasn’t the Five Star Academy’s selection of disciples about being as capable as possible?
When the beautiful young woman saw that everyone had understood, she smiled and said, “Everyone, don’t stare at me, please pay attention to the table in front of you, the table in front of everyone is a projection formation. The topic of our exam this time is the Spiritual Herbs chapter in the Fundamentals of Alchemy. The Spiritual Herbs chapter mainly records the colour, taste, shape and nature of spiritual herbs, etc. The Spiritual Herbs chapter we took out this time is not very complete, there are around 4,600 pages in total.
These 4,600 pages will be available in the projection array in front of your table for three hours. When the three hours have pa*sed, our topic will be selected in the middle of these four thousand six hundred pages ……”
Almost all of them were sucking in cold air, no wonder the scores on the previous exams were so low, three hours to memorize the contents of four thousand six hundred pages was too crazy.
Ning Cheng was also secretly screaming change. It was almost like having to read a paper in less than five seconds. This was because Ning Cheng knew that a page here was the content of a single sheet of paper, equivalent to two pages as they say on Earth. Moreover, the page here was a little bigger, so if the words were even smaller, it would be too frightening.
Ning Cheng was thinking that cultivators with strong divine thoughts would definitely remember more, when this beautiful young woman once again said with a smile, “When the Spiritual Herbs chapter comes out later, please memorise it with your heart, don’t use your divine thoughts, it’s shielded from divine thought use. If you use your divine thoughts, not only will you not be able to see anything, but you will also be put into a blank period.”
The divine thoughts could not be moved, this was entirely based on memory, Ning Cheng finally understood why his mind had gone blank just now.
Ning Cheng secretly thought, with his strong memory, he didn’t believe that he wouldn’t be able to take a 70 or 80 points on the test. His memory was beyond strong, it could even be said to be a supernatural ability.
“Alright, that’s the end of the introduction. All candidates for this preliminary round will please pay attention to their tables, and the projection will now begin.”
Immediately after the beautiful young woman finished speaking, Ning Cheng saw the first page of the Spiritual Herbs chapter displayed on the table in front of him, the dense content made Ning Cheng not dare to continue thinking about anything else, his entire mind was focused on remembering the Spiritual Herbs chapter in front of him.
The first page was displayed in less than five seconds, and it was already the second page. Those with a poor memory did not even remember the first few lines.