35: I'm so mad!

"This face—"

Seeing Lin Yiyi's face, Mo Fan was instantly stunned, his heartbeat missing a beat!

This face was too similar to that Red-Clothed Female Ghost in his dreams!

Although the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's face was covered in blood and blurred, her general facial features were still discernible!

The similarity was at least over eighty percent!

Could it be her doing?

Does she possess the ability to invade other people's dreams?

What kind of evil Cultivation Technique is this?

As expected!

This girl is no good!

Mo Fan was trembling with cold anger, feeling a bit suspicious and uncertain.

"Is there a flower on my face?" Seeing Mo Fan staring at her, Lin Yiyi frowned and asked in confusion.

"Ahem, the weather is really nice today—" Mo Fan quickly retracted his gaze, coughed twice, grabbed Xu Jing who was beside him, and turned to leave.

Lin Yiyi: "?"

...

Today was the last day of the first stage of training.

This time, after Liu Jian finished his lecture, he did not leave but instead took out a stack of test papers.

While handing out the test papers, Liu Jian explained:

"The test duration is one hour. Try to fill in the answers as much as possible. Even if they aren't entirely correct, writing more shows a proper attitude, and you can still get some marks for the paper."

"I need to clarify that those whose test scores do not meet my requirements will have their qualification for the second stage of training cancelled."

He swept his gaze over the crowd and continued, "If you can't even understand the simplest things, continuing to learn further is just a waste of time."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, their bodies trembling slightly as they couldn't help but become nervous.

They hadn't expected that there would actually be an exam!

Mo Fan was also somewhat surprised.

He had thought that after graduation, he wouldn't have to take exams anymore.

But he hadn't expected—

However, the moment he received the test paper, Mo Fan let out a sigh of relief.

These questions... were too simple!

They were basically the kind of questions where you knew the answer at a single glance!

It's just that there were quite a lot of questions, so writing them all would probably be tiring for the hand!

A4-sized paper, twenty-four pages in total!

At the same time, Liu Jian finished handing out the test papers in his hand and continued.

"The test is out of 710 points. Those who score 425 or above are considered to have passed this assessment and will obtain the qualification to enter the second stage of training."

"For those whose assessment scores are below 425, I am sorry, but your training qualification will have to be cancelled. You are not suited for this path."

"Alright, you may begin the test now!"

After speaking, Liu Jian sat back in front of the long desk and silently watched the eleven people below the stage.

Everyone took a few deep breaths, adjusted their emotions, and began to write seriously.

Mo Fan also focused and began to answer.

Watching everyone answering the questions seriously, Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction, while simultaneously focusing his attention on Mo Fan and Lin Yiyi.

He had long understood Mo Fan's talent; he learned faster than anyone else. When others' brains were still a mess, he was already able to draw inferences about other cases from one instance.

As for Lin Yiyi...

He even believed that Lin Yiyi's talent was no worse than Mo Fan's.

She had exchanged for "Fundamentals of Alchemy - Volume 1" and passed the Alchemy Hall's assessment test with a perfect score, which was how she obtained the qualification to be admitted into the Alchemy Hall as an exception.

Such talented people had not appeared in the Menial Service Yard for a long time.

Looking at the two of them answering seriously, a smile appeared on Liu Jian's aged face.

"If they can master the second stage of training well, I could take them both as Named Disciples first, so as to avoid them being snatched up by others once they start to distinguish themselves later on."

...

Swish, swish, swish—he wrote furiously.

Twenty-five minutes later, Mo Fan stopped answering.

He didn't want to be this fast either.

But there was no help for it; the questions were truly too simple.

For him, questions at this level could be solved with a glance, and answering them was faster than copying.

In order not to waste precious time, he composed himself, secretly visualized the Golden Body Art, and silently improved himself.

Before long, Liu Jian noticed this side and couldn't help but slightly frown.

"Why has this kid fallen asleep?"

"Hmm? Why are his dark circles so heavy?"

"What did he go do at night?"

Thinking of this, Liu Jian's expression became ugly.

"Why are the young people nowadays so lacking in restraint?"

"With such a poor state, if he messes up the test, wouldn't his whole life be ruined?"

Thinking of this, Liu Jian's face turned black.

He stood up, walked over to in front of Mo Fan, and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"Wake up."

"Uh, what's wrong, Steward Liu?" Mo Fan opened his eyes and looked at Liu Jian in confusion.

"Why aren't you continuing to answer?" Liu Jian said expressionlessly.

"Steward Liu, I'm finished," Mo Fan said.

"If you're sleepy, take a nap for a few minutes, but don't fall asleep completely. When you feel a bit more refreshed, continue—"

Halfway through his sentence, Liu Jian suddenly paused, somewhat disbelievingly asking: "What did you just say?"

"I'm finished," Mo Fan repeated.

Hearing this sentence again, Liu Jian's face turned black.

What nonsense are you spouting?!

How long has it even been?

Half an hour!

You finished twenty-four pages of questions in half an hour?

Who are you trying to fool!

You must have answered them in your dreams!

It's over. This kid is probably addicted to women, has started to give up on himself, and has no heart for learning Alchemy!

Is it that girl who walks with him every day?

As expected, women only slow down the speed of Alchemy!

Sigh, he is just too young after all!

Liu Jian shook his head and sighed: "I should find an opportunity to have a good talk with him."

In an instant, Liu Jian imagined many plotlines, with quite a few tales of love, hate, and enmity playing out in his mind.

At this moment, Mo Fan asked in a low voice, "Can I hand in the paper early?"

Hearing this, Liu Jian was stunned for a moment, then became furious. He directly reached out, grabbed Mo Fan's test paper, and turned to walk towards the podium.

"Many thanks, Steward Liu!"

Mo Fan looked happy, stood up, and left.

It was mostly inconvenient to Cultivate in the training room!

"Hmph!" Watching Mo Fan's back as he quickly left, Liu Jian was so angry that his face turned green.

"Rotten wood cannot be carved!"

Everyone: "???"

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I supposed to do?

"Stop looking, hurry up and answer the questions!" Liu Jian said coldly.

Once these words were spoken, everyone came back to their senses and hurriedly continued to answer the questions.

Although they were very curious about what Mo Fan had actually done and why he had suddenly handed in his paper.

But... at this moment, who had the heart to care about others!

Time was too short!

There were too many questions!

If they were distracted for even a moment, they wouldn't have enough time!

Lin Yiyi was also bewildered.

"Has this guy... gone crazy?"

Only Xu Jing seemed unaffected by the outside interference and continued to answer the questions seriously.

And only she had noticed that Mo Fan had truly filled in the answers.

And he hadn't just written nonsense.

After all, he had written so seriously, so focused.

...

"This kid makes me so angry!"

On the podium, Liu Jian still hadn't calmed down, so angry that his beard was sticking up.

"Such an impetuous young man, even if I were to die, even if I were to jump off Yuxu Peak, I would never take him as a Disciple!"

However, before long.

He saw the test paper flipped over and spread out on the long desk, and couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"He really filled it out?"

A moment later, he picked up the test paper and began to look at it.

"I'd like to see what kind of ghost talismans you wrote!"

"The first question... correct."

"The second question... correct."

"The third question... correct."

...

"The tenth question... also correct?"

"Hmph, it seems this kid was answering seriously from the beginning!"

Composing himself, Liu Jian continued to read downwards.

However, very quickly, his expression began to change.

(PS: There has been heavy rain these past few days, and the weather has changed too much, so I accidentally caught a cold. There will only be one update today, and I will make it up as soon as possible...)