Ling Mu, who opened his eyes, looked at the millions of spirit crystals in the jade ring, and in a large pile of spirit crystals, there was a purple-gold box that stood out very conspicuously, lying quietly on top of the spirit crystals.

"Knock knock!" Before dawn the next day, there was a knock on the door.

Ling Mu rubbed his eyes and opened the door, looked at Ye Ran and yawned and said, "Why are you doing so early, the sun hasn't come out yet." ”

"Have you forgotten what we are comparing? We are going to sweep the floor, when there are fewer people, and it is not easy to wait for more people, so let's go, and we will start immediately. Ye Ran complained.

Ling Mu thought about it, this was indeed the case, no matter what, he couldn't delay the assessment, so he simply cleaned up and said, "Let's go." ”

When the two of them arrived, they found that Ling Mu found out that he and Ye Ran were the last to arrive, and sure enough, these people who wanted to enter the Ancient Sword Sect by applying for the miscellaneous service examination all had the idea of a stupid bird flying first.

"If you're late, you'll automatically drop one place in your final score. The middle-aged man who registered Ling Mu yesterday pointed at Ling Mu and Ye Ran and said, unlike yesterday, this middle-aged man had a serious expression at this time.

Ling Mu opened his mouth, not understanding at all, and asked Ye Ran next to him in a low voice, "What does this mean?"

"You'll know later, it's early enough this time, but I didn't expect it to be late. Ye Ran was very familiar with this, and it was obviously not the first time he was late.

Looking at the twenty-one groups of people who had already arrived, the middle-aged man said: "The assessment in the morning is very simple, it is cleaning, one street for every two people, the top ten are promoted, and the rest are eliminated, but the last group just arrived, you must be at least ninth to advance." ”

Only then did Ling Mu know what the so-called ranking drop of one place meant.

"Of course, you don't just care about being fast, there are strict requirements for cleaning the streets, and you must be spotless, otherwise no matter how fast you are, it will be considered invalid!" the middle-aged man continued to explain.

"There are so many requirements for sweeping the floor, and the palace was not so harsh back then. Ling Mu couldn't help but say in his heart.

"No problem, just take the brooms in the order they are arranged, and the places to be cleaned are on the brooms. ”

Ling Mu took a look at the past and found that there were many brooms behind the middle-aged man, in groups of two and two, all with the names of the streets to be cleaned written on them.

You must know that every street is different, the length and width, and even the material of the ground are different, and it seems that there is such an invisible advantage in getting there first.

When it was Ling Mu's turn, there was only one set of brooms left, and there was no choice at all, Ling Mu took the broom, only to see that it said "Nanshan Street." ”

Ye Ran next to him took a look, "It's broken, it turned out to be Nanshan Street." ”

Ling Mu was puzzled and asked, "Nanshan Street, what's wrong?"

"Although Nanshan Street is the smallest, it is the most difficult place to sweep, because it is not an artificially paved street, but carved out of the mountain, and there are trees everywhere, and there are leaves and weeds everywhere, and it can't be swept clean at all!" Ye Ran sat on the ground as if deflated.

Ling Mu looked at Nanshan Street, which was full of fallen leaves not far away, and pulled Ye Ran up, "Isn't it just sweeping the floor, let you have a good look." ”

Ye Ran didn't know where Ling Mu's confidence came from, but he thought that since it was the last chance, he had to fight, so he picked up the broom and followed.

Ling Mu took a look at Nanshan Street on the walkway, and found that ordinary people here really couldn't sweep it, the soil and weeds had grown to the street, and the leaves around were even more fluttering with the wind.

Ye Ran, who was dejected, walked to Ling Mu's side and said, "What should I do, I can't finish sweeping it at all!"

Ling Mu didn't speak, but put down the broom and walked to the middle of Nanshan Street step by step.

"Hey, what are you doing, are you giving up?" Ye Ran shouted as he looked at Ling Mu's back.

Ling Mu still didn't answer, in the middle of the street, Ling Mu closed his eyes, opened his arms, and started the "Spirit Swallowing Technique".

Everything in the world has a spirit, it's just a matter of more and less, a leaf, a small grass, a drop of water, even a grain of dust, all have their own aura.

As long as there are spirits, then the Spirit Swallowing Recipe can gather them like aura.

"Get up!" As if an order was given, with Ling Mu as the center, the entire Nanshan Street and its surroundings trembled slightly.

Ye Ran, who was standing in the distance, thought it was on the ground, but then he found that the leaves and dust on the ground were slowly floating, and after a while, even the weeds growing in the ground seemed to be uprooted and floated by a pair of invisible big hands.

Ye Ran was dumbfounded, and even the broom in his hand fell to the ground.

"Gather!" The leaves and dust floating in the air actually circled around Ling Mu like an aura, faster and faster, and smaller and smaller, just like when Ling Mu helped Hyunya break through the Huang Yuan Mirror.

Finally, a large ball composed of grass, trees and leaves appeared in front of Ling Mu.

"Boom!" The ball landed in front of Ye Ran.

"Let's go, let's get it. Ling Mu walked towards the middle-aged man.

Ye Ran also reacted and picked up the big ball, "Brother Ling Mu, wait for me, oops, it's so heavy!"

On a mountain in the distance, two old men were drinking and playing chess, but at this time, they both listened to the chess in their hands and looked at Ling Mu.

"Hehe, this kid, yes, wait for him to go up the mountain in the future, transfer him to me, I have leaves there every day, and I am annoyed to death. An old man said and took a sip of wine.

Another old man snatched the wine jug, "It's overkill for you, there are countless weeds in my medicine garden, I don't know how many elixirs have been sucked dry by the weeds and died." ”

"I'm embarrassed to say, it's because you're lazy!"

"It's as if you're so diligent that you won't even clean the leaves. ”

The two old men began to quarrel again.

Ling Mu and Ye Ran, who was holding the big ball, walked in front of the middle-aged man in charge of the assessment, put down the garbage ball in his hand, and Ye Ran said, "My lord, please take a look." ”

The middle-aged man touched his chin and said, "Not bad." ”

After a while, two disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect came over, clasped their fists at the middle-aged man and said, "The disciple has completed the inspection and is qualified." ”

"Give me your jade plate," Ling Mu and the others took out the jade card and handed it over, and the middle-aged man also took out a pen and engraved "two" on the jade plate of the two.

"No matter how many pieces you have, you can only be second. The middle-aged man said it again.

Ling Mu didn't take the results seriously, but Ye Ran on the side was different, his eyes lit up as he looked at the jade plate in his hand, and he almost ate it in one bite.

You must know that after so many years, this time is Ye Ran's best result, even if he was promoted before, he was always at the bottom, which had a great impact on the second round of the competition.