I Ching

  All of this has little to do with Qiū Qiū, she is a complete outsider in Xiū Yuàn Mountain. However, on the fifteenth day, she also cannot be absent, after all, she is still a disciple of the Lí Shuǐ Jiàn Sect.

  Zhi Xing Tai is a very strange place. On the first day of Qiu Qiu's trip to the mountain, she passed by here and felt that it was just a small square, roughly the size of a football field. However, when she came to practice her skills early the next morning, she found that its size had changed from the previous day, and yet it could still accommodate so many disciples practicing their skills and sword fighting.

  Until today, when I came again, the Knowing-Action Platform has changed its appearance once more. Even the edges are no longer visible. Standing in the center of the platform, no matter which direction you look, you can't see the boundaries.

  Her rustic behavior greatly pleased Jing Fei: "Want to take a fright? The Knowing Path Platform has an array formation, it's not just that small size you see in everyday life, look over there."

  Qiu Qiu looked in the direction she was pointing, and there were several high platforms in front of the table that had appeared at some point. They looked like a wrestling ring. Qiu Qiu blinked her eyes, wondering if they should directly go up and start fighting, or first get a sister wearing cool clothes to hold up a sign before starting.

  Jing Fei couldn't help but wonder where Autumn had wandered off to, pointing at someone and saying: "Look, that's the sect leader's favorite disciple, Jing Yue Shixiong. He was first in the exams last year, and probably no one can surpass him this year either."

  The little girl's voice is obviously different from the one just now. If you say that the previous one was the normal version, then this time, whether it's pitch, volume or sweetness, they've all been upgraded to a whole new level.

  Qiu Qiu turned her head and understood at a glance - oh, the little girl saw her idol, it's understandable.

  Who didn't chase stars when they were young? The one not far away, Jingyue Shixiong, has the halo of being the first person in the Jingzi generation, and he's born with a elegant appearance, looking refined and calm. No wonder Qingfei's eyes, expression, and voice all changed as if she became a different person.

  Qiu Qiu also admitted that this person looked good, but she wasn't as excited as Jing Fei.

  "Who is that over there?"

  That girl pointed by Autumn is absolutely delicate and refined - of course, slightly inferior to Dian'er. Probably most beauties in the cultivation world are like this, cold, quiet, all similar to Xiaolongnv from the Ancient Tomb Sect. However, with Dian'er as a model, Autumn thinks this girl is like a pirated version, not only one level worse in appearance but also lacking that refined and calm aura, her expression is enough to pretend to be elegant, yet her eyes are like Zhu Bajie seeing a ginseng fruit, unable to hide the eagerness and utilitarianism.

  Jing Fei's voice was cold enough to drop icicles: "She is Jing Huan, a person from Pipa Peak. You'd better be careful, she's the best at pretending, not only relying on her face to deceive people, but also particularly good at speaking eloquently. Last year, Shifu Jing Lan and she clashed, but couldn't win against her, however, Shixiong Jing Yuan defeated her."

  Jing Fei whispered: "She still wants to practice dual cultivation with Jingyue Shixiong, what a toad wanting to eat swan meat."

  "What double?" Chūn's eyes widened.

  "Keep your voice down, can you shout this out loud?" But she also knew that it was her own fault that Qiuqiu continued to speak, and she was afraid that she would tell others: "This...you're still young, after a few more years you'll naturally understand. Don't talk nonsense, let others hear it and there will be trouble."

  Qiu Qiu wouldn't be fooled by her: "She wants to practice dual cultivation with Jingyue Shixiong, but Shixiong doesn't want to practice dual cultivation with her?"

  Jingfei was really going to let her straightforwardness get the better of her and make her vomit blood - in a different setting, she would definitely have taught this little girl a lesson, but now the time and place were not suitable at all. Jingfei just wanted to quickly get rid of this problem.

  "This isn't just about two people, there are too many relationships involved." Jingfei gave a simple example: "For instance, back then, the original plan was for Shifu and your master Yu Xiang to cultivate together. This matter had been decided upon when our ancestors were still alive, but after Shifu passed away, Yu Xiang suddenly left Xiuyuan Mountain, so it didn't work out. If Jingyue becomes the next sect leader in the future, his cultivation partner should also be decided by Shifu."

  What Jingfei said is something that almost everyone in the village knows, but Qiuqiu doesn't know anything about it.

  Master never mentioned anything about the sect, let alone the fact that she almost became a dual cultivation partner with Master Qing back then!

  Jing Fei's simple words contained too much information! Qiu Qiu felt an endless stream of gossip rushing in, and her brain processor was about to crash.

  Why did Master leave back then? What happened between her and Yu Qing Zhen Ren? Did the two people fall in love? Or was it just because of the arrangements made by their elders or due to entanglements of interest that they had a dual cultivation relationship?

  Jing Fei saw that she had finally shut up and he also let out a sigh of relief, pulling her to one side: "Let's go over there."

  Qiu Qiu looked confused: "What's the point of going there?"

  "The exam is divided into two sessions, let's go to the first one."

  Qiu Qiu was taken aback: "Do I have to take an exam too? What kind of exam? How will it be conducted?"

  Jing Fei stopped in her tracks and looked at her with a tone of sympathy and comfort: "Don't be afraid, Master and the others also know that you've just started your training, besides, the drawn spirit sign will automatically detect your cultivation level and give you a question that matches it, it won't be too difficult."

  "Huh? Such a humanized intelligent assessment method? The Cultivation Realm is truly wonderful."

  No, Autumn quickly turned her thoughts back on track, she's going to take an exam! What's wrong with this?! She thought she was just accompanying someone, but it turns out she also has to take the exam! What should she do? She hasn't reviewed anything at all. Others have at least hastily reviewed and prepared a bit, but she doesn't even have time for that now.

  Jing Fei saw Qiu Qiu's "the sky is falling" expression, and chuckled: "I originally thought you didn't need to take the test since you just came up the mountain, but Shifu said that all sect disciples must take the test, not a single one can be exempt, so you're definitely included too."

  Qiuqiu wished she could take root and stay on the ground, but reality was cruel. Jingfei dragged her away step by step with a hard pull.

  Jing stood quietly by the stone pillar with a faint smile on his face as he watched them. Jing Fei suddenly shouted out in her crisp voice: "Big Brother Master."

  Qiu Qiu also shouted along, but compared to Jing Fei's enthusiasm, she had a dejected and depressed look, her face full of "disaster is coming" and "painful to the point of death".

  "Hey, don't worry. Even if this year's exam doesn't go well, there's always next year. And if not next year, then the year after that. You've only just started learning and haven't even returned to your sect yet, so your masters won't blame you. Jingfei, come over here too, both of you draw a divine lot each."

  On the stone pedestal surrounded by a circle of stone pillars, spirit signs were placed. Although there were only a few of them and they didn't seem like many, as soon as someone drew one away, another would immediately appear on the stone pedestal to fill in the gap left behind.

  Jing Fei stood in front of a row of divination slips, her head slightly hesitant. She turned around and looked at Qiu Qiu: "Come on, come on, junior sister, you go first."

  Autumn autumn.

  "...stillness far away."

  This "you go first" expression is really too much.

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  Ouch, half of my face is swollen and hurts.