Chapter 4, Getting Started Test
Bishui River is a big river south of Changyang County. The river water flows green all year round. It is a famous nearby place to explore the secluded place.
Yi Xuan arrived on the river bank early the next morning. Many poor children in the county town were willing to enter the academy as errands, hoping to change their destiny. The sparsely populated riverside in the early morning became crowded with people coming to take the test.
Looking up, I saw a temporary courtyard surrounded by fences on the open space by the river in the distance. Four pergolas were specially built with catkins. The pergolas were covered with black gauze. I don’t know what layout was inside. The entrance of the courtyard was surrounded by thick red ropes. The five green-robed monks who were in charge of registering in the Yuxiu Academy stood there solemnly, looking at everyone without saying a word.
Shen Junliang looked up at the sun, whispered a few words with the deacon surnamed Chang, walked forward a few steps, and said loudly: "Everyone, I believe they are all young people and relatives and friends who came to participate in the academy's errands test. Shen thanked everyone for the academy first. Today's test is very simple, divided into four levels: object identification, spirit measurement, physical strength and courage. Each level is presided over by three fellow students and given a score. Finally, the entry qualification is determined based on the scores of each person! The rules have been explained. Next, please hold up yesterday's registration wooden signs, from 1 to 40 to the Tianzi Plate, from 41 to 80 to the Dizi Plate, from 81 to 120 to the Xuanzi Plate, and the remaining numbers are all in the Yellow Plate, and enter one by one according to the registration number!"
When Yi Xuan saw that the wooden sign in his hand was No. 109, he followed the crowd to the pergola with the word "Xuan" and ranked in the back according to the number. The four pergolas were the test questions. Shen Junliang did not explain just now that all the teenagers did not know what test they were waiting for, and they all looked at each other.
After all the teenagers walked to the designated pergola, the deacon surnamed Chang, who was left among the four pergolas, used his spiritual power and shouted: "Everyone enters the pergola in turn, is not allowed to peek, talk, is not allowed to ask, is not allowed to cause trouble, otherwise they will be disqualified! The test begins!"
The "Four Nos" made the already tense atmosphere even more solemn. The boy who ranked first in the four pergola suddenly turned pale and walked into the pergola tremblingly. In less than a moment, the four teenagers came out of the pergola. Only one of the teenagers who came out of the "yellow" character showed joy. The other three were either depressed or ashamed. The teenagers lined up behind became even more uneasy, but under the patrol of the deacon surnamed Chang, they could only wait silently for the unknown test.
Finally, a girl in a flowery jacket couldn't stand the depressing atmosphere around her and burst into tears with a "wow".
"Go out quickly, your qualification has been cancelled!" The deacon surnamed Chang said coldly without mercy.
The girl with flowery coat shook her lips and slowly walked out of the team. She ran out of the test courtyard in two or three steps and returned to her family waiting outside.
The crowds in line with each other decreased, and there were joys and sorrows among the people coming out... Finally, it was Yi Xuan's turn to go in and test.
He walked sideways into the awning of "Xuan" characters. A monk in the green robe sat in the middle and said expressionlessly: "I am responsible for testing my physical strength. There are nine stone mortars on the ground, representing different weights. The biggest one is "Yi" and the smallest one is "Jiu". Let's start your test!"
Yi Xuan now knew that this place was a test of strength, but he had been weak since childhood and had a very poor strength. This test was probably a bit of a bad chance, so he asked, "Sir, can I try it first?"
"Yes, you have three chances!"
Yi Xuan looked at the largest stone mortar, which was twice as big as his body, so he definitely couldn't lift it up. Then he looked at the No. 5 stone mortar in the middle, which was almost half the size of his body. You can try it. Walking to the side of the No. 5 stone mortar, holding both sides of the stone mortar with both hands, exerting force with both legs and waist and abdomen, but the stone mortar was not moving. Give up the No. 5 stone mortar, Yi Xuan tried No. 6 stone mortar again. Although he could lift the stone mortar slightly away from the ground this time, he still couldn't lift it over his head, so he had to give up again.
In the end, Yi Xuan was afraid of wasting his last chance, so he did not dare to try the No. 7 stone mortar, but directly raised the No. 8 stone mortar, the size of a watermelon, and got a "8" score in the physical strength test of the "Xuan" character pergola.
The teenagers who completed the test exchanged the test pergola in turn. This time it was Yi Xuan's turn to enter the "yellow" pergola.
When he entered the awning, it was Shin Junliang who presided over it. There was a long table in front of him, with nine different items on it, including refining materials, elixirs and spiritual herbs.
"These are nine common spiritual objects. This level tests your ability to identify spiritual objects. You point out the spiritual objects you know one by one. The more you answer correctly, the higher the evaluation! Let's start!" Seeing someone coming in, Shin Junliang explained the test questions to Yi Xuan.
Yi Xuan glanced at it and fortunately, he was doing odd jobs in the grocery store in recent years. He also remembered many spiritual objects in a subtle way. He actually knew eight spiritual objects on the table. He felt relieved and said the names and uses of eight of them one by one.
"Yes, I actually identified eight kinds! It's also pretty good among these teenagers who sign up!" Shen Junliang nodded and praised, while writing the word "2" on Yi Xuan's wooden sign.
Next, Yi Xuan came to the "Tian" pergola. In the pergola, a dark-faced monk sat on a high chair, and a strangely shaped black stone was placed on the square table next to him.
"Put your hand on the spirit-testing stone and concentrate on the appearance of the spirit-testing stone!"
It turns out that this is the famous spirit test stone. Yi Xuan has long heard that the disciples included in the cultivation sect have to use the spirit test stone to test the spiritual roots, but they have never had the chance to meet each other. I didn't expect that today I would use such a strange thing to participate in the mail-based disciple test.
Wiping away the sweat from his right hand hard on his clothes, Yi Xuan slowly put his palm on the surface of the spirit measuring stone, closed his eyes, and constantly carved the appearance of the spirit measuring stone in his heart. The green-robed monk focused on staring at the changes of the spirit measuring stone. Finally, after half a stick of incense, the surface of the spirit measuring stone emitted a dismal white light.
"Nine-grade spiritual roots, purple, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, gray, white, you are the worst white nine-grade spiritual roots, and your qualification is one of the many choices! Take your wooden sign!" The green-robed monk couldn't help teasing Yi Xuan for a few words.
Although he did not understand the ninth level of spiritual roots mentioned by the monk in the green robe, Yi Xuan also understood that his qualifications must be extremely poor, and he couldn't help but walk out of the awning dejectedly.
Chapter completed!