First draft on December 25th

  Sooner or later it's going to be a test anyway, whether you stick your head out or hide, you'll still get hurt.

  Qiu Qiu stretched out his hand and drew a lot.

  At the moment when fingers touched the signature paper, everything around changed its appearance.

  The moment before, she was in front of the bustling Zhi Xing Tai, facing a stone pillar to draw lots, Jing Yuan and Jing Fei standing beside her. But the next moment, she found herself in a small stone room, no door, no window, in front of a stone table, a rush cushion, on the table, neatly placed the paper slip she had touched.

  Autumn looked around and saw no way out.

  She sat down on the couch and opened the contract in front of her.

  Just now she was thinking, with so many people gathered together, drawing a difficult question, if the junior brother didn't know it he could ask his senior sister, if the junior sister didn't know it she could find her senior brother, and maybe even find their master or uncle to help out, how would they achieve the goal of taking the exam?

  The mystery was here all along.

  In this isolated environment, she can't ask for help from others, nor are there any cheating methods that can be used here. If she answers correctly, she can leave from here. If she can't answer... well, it's unlikely that she'll be locked up for life, probably after a certain time limit, she can also leave, but this exam is definitely not qualified, let alone get the opportunity to go on stage with others to compete.

  The air was stale and musty in the small, enclosed stone room. There was an oppressive silence, with no sound of any kind to be heard. She could hear her own breathing clearly - even what sounded like her own heartbeat.

  Qiu Qiu slowly lifted the wrapping paper.

  On the balcony, Jing Yuan looked at Jing Fei's sly smile and instinctively felt that something was off: "Have you told her about the school exam?"

  "It's been said." Jingfei felt a little guilty, she originally wanted to explain the process of taking the exam to Qiūqiū, but when it came to double majors and stuff...she got sidetracked.

  Afraid that Big Brother would ask again, she hastily turned around and also drew a lot.

  It's actually relying on going to school to avoid being questioned, who would believe that I'm not guilty?

  Qiuqiu has been on the mountain for less than a month, and she must not know the details and process of the school examination.

  But... this little girl is very clever and should be able to answer the question.

  Jingyuan was just about to reach out and draw a paper slip when someone suddenly called out from behind him: "Shixiong Jingyuan."

  He thought he had misheard and turned around, lowering his head - good, saw the short and stout little radish head that he was still thinking about just now.

  "You...!" Jing Yuan was extremely surprised: "Didn't you draw a lottery?"

  "Yes." Qiuqiu nodded.

  But without answering the questions on the sign, it is impossible to come out of the closed stone room.

  Always calm and composed, but suddenly feels a bit mentally inadequate at this moment.

  This exam is not held every year, but each time it's the same. Autumn can come out so quickly, there are two possibilities: one is that she finished answering and in such a short period of time, this possibility is small.

  Is that divination slip perhaps... wrong?

  This possibility is even more remote.

  "Is the question difficult?"

  Qiu Qiu smiled and shook her head: "It's not difficult, I just wrote a sentence and came out."

  Is this little junior sister's level really that bad? Bad enough for the divine lottery to automatically determine that she only gets a one-sentence question to answer?

  But at this time it was almost time, and he had no leisure to ask more questions. If he delayed any longer, he would probably miss his own examination.

  "Brother, you'd better go quickly, don't delay things."

  Watching the distant figure disappear from view, Qiuqiu lowered her head to look at the signature paper in her hand that had already become a blank sheet.

  She didn't lie, she only wrote one sentence as an answer to this question, and the stone room disappeared in an instant, which also made her feel surprised.

  "Hey, junior sister," someone in front of her waved at her.

  Qiu Qiu looked around and saw no one else, it was just her being called.

  Qiu Qiu walked slowly over, and the person who called her was not a stranger, but Jingying, the senior sister of Pipa Peak whom Jingfei had pointed out to her earlier. Upon closer inspection, she indeed looked quite good, with smooth and fair skin, beautiful eyebrows and eyes. However, there's a saying that beauty is relative. Jingying may look good, but compared to Qiuqiu, she was far inferior.

  "Has this already passed the initial review?" Jingying naturally stretched out her hand and pulled away her paper contract: "Hmph, truly one can't judge by appearances. Junior sister has already passed the initial review so early on, truly a natural talent."

  Qiu Qiu wondered if this quiet and unassuming senior sister was a professional at attracting hatred towards others. Originally, she was short and inconspicuous among the crowd, but after being spoken to by this senior sister, the eyes of the people around her fell on her one after another.

  "What's your name?" she asked, and then said: "Oh dear, I remember now, you're a disciple of Master Yu Xia, right? I heard that you returned with Master Yu Shui a few days ago, but haven't seen you since. Are you getting used to living on Lotus Peak? Do you lack anything? If there's any trouble, feel free to come and talk to me or the other senior brothers and sisters, it's all the same."

  They speak nicely, but when it comes down to it, she's been here for so many days and no one has gone to visit her.

  But face-saving efforts are also necessary, Qiu Qiu nodded and said: "Thank you, elder sister, if there's anything I'll definitely tell elder sister."

  "Alright, don't worry. The matter of your Shifu and the others is being investigated by our Master and the Headmaster. I think Yu Xiang Zhen Ren has a good destiny, she will definitely turn bad luck into good fortune. You just put your mind at ease, live steadily on the mountain, and don't slack off in your practice."

  She was a senior sister, and there were differences between them in terms of age and status. No matter what she said, Qiuqiu nodded obediently.

  "Who did you come with? How could they leave you behind like this?" Jing Xuan subtly gave Autumn a hint, flipping over the paper slip that Autumn had drawn: "What topic did my junior sister draw? Tell me and I can help you think it through."

  The level of this conversation is too poor.

  Qiu Qiu reached out to take the paper from her, just as she was about to speak, a "ding" sound rang out, and something slipped out of her sleeve and fell to the ground. Qiu Qiu bent down to pick it up, and in that brief moment, a male disciple approached: "Jing Huan Shifu, I've been looking all over for you, what are you doing here? The master is calling for you."

  "Master is looking for me? I'll go right away."

  She turned her head again, and the little radish head nun had already run off somewhere.

  Forget it, just run with it. Although she finished the exam quickly, it's likely that she was just lucky and happened to get the right answers by chance. Every time there's an exam, although there are students like Jingyue, Jing'an, and Jingyuan who finish quickly due to their exceptional talent, there are also those who get lucky and happen to stumble upon the correct answers. This kind of situation often occurs with students who lack a solid foundation and have limited experience.

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  Recently, my physical condition has been poor, and my writing state has also been poor, I haven't written much, sorry everyone.