Entering the main hall, Ma Fan saw a woman in a red dress and an old man in a gorgeous costume sitting at the top end. Behind the two, two female guards with long knives at their waists were standing motionless, looking at Ma Fan vigilantly.

The woman was covered in a black veil and exposed only her forehead and eyes.

His eyes were shining, and his dark eyes looked directly at Ma Fan, as if he wanted to penetrate everything about Ma Fan.

Ma Fan only glanced at the woman in red with his spare eyes, and knew that this third princess must be a great beauty.

And she is a great beauty with superior intelligence.

However, Ma Fan has always had immunity to beauties. He lowered his head and bowed to the third princess: "Contemptible Ma Fan, I have seen the third princess, I have seen the city lord!" ”

"You're a cultivator?" As soon as the third princess saw Ma Fan's saluting posture, she immediately understood Ma Fan's identity.

In the realm of leaving the ruins, except for those who cultivate the truth, it is the person with the status of an official who has the most respected status, so only those who see a royal person or a higher official can only bow down. Ordinary people, on the other hand, had to bow down when they saw a royal person or a public court.

Therefore, as soon as she saw Ma Fan just bowing, the third princess knew that the young man in front of her was a cultivator.

"Yes!" Ma Fan raised his head and replied simply. However, when Ma Fan raised her head, the third princess's heart fluttered involuntarily.

What a handsome man!

Not only is his appearance dignified, his eyebrows are bright, but even his skin is enviable. The skin on a handsome face is simply flawless, a pair of eyes are as deep as the starry sky, and the whole person looks as if there is a temperament floating out of the dust.

"Which family and sect are you a cultivator?"

"Contemptible clutch disciple."

"Clutch door? Is it the clutch gate that just had a big battle with the Netherworld Sect some time ago? The third princess asked.

"Exactly."

"At the beginning of the battle of the clutch door, it was the time when the door was in ruins, why did you come out at this time to apply for the accompanying account office?"

"It is precisely because of this setback that the elders and masters of the sect want to let the disciples of the sect go out to travel, so as not to suffer bad luck next time and be destroyed by other sects............ Ma Fan said.

The official family of the Ruins Realm has never been involved in the struggle between the Xiuzhen sects, because the official family also relies on the Xiuzhen sect to provide shelter, so only when it comes to the dispute of the official family, will other Xiuzhen sects be invited to mediate.

Once a dispute arises between the Xiuzhen sects, it can only be resolved within the Xiuzhen sect, and the official forces must not be involved.

In return, the official family was responsible for paying a certain amount of taxes to each Xiuzhen sect every year in exchange for the protection of the Xiuzhen sect.

Therefore, over time, the official family has become a source of income for the various cultivation forces, as well as a tool for balancing the strength of the various cultivation sects.

This is also the reason why for thousands of years the official family has been responsible for ruling the world, and the Xiuzhen sect has only been the force behind the scenes.

The third princess nodded when she heard this. Ma Fan's words are not unreasonable.

The third princess held Ma Fan's test paper in her hand and asked with interest, "Ma Fan, is this test paper your answer?" As he spoke, he raised the test paper in his hand.

Ma Fan's eyesight was extraordinary, and he could see clearly at a glance that the test paper in the third princess's hand was his answer sheet.

"Exactly!" Marfan nodded.

Seeing that Ma Fan could see the test paper clearly at such a distance, the third princess only praised it in her heart, but she didn't feel anything abnormal.

After all, it is normal for a cultivator's senses to surpass ordinary people.

"What do you mean by these symbols on this test paper?" The third princess picked up the test paper and asked.

"Symbols?" Ma Fan looked at the test paper raised by the third princess, and then he reacted, and he was careless, and he actually answered all with Arabic numerals.

In the territory of the ruins, I don't know anything about Arabic numerals today!

Careless!

However, Ma Fan'...........s mind was turning, and he immediately replied: "Back to the princess, this is a special symbol taught to me by the contemptible math teacher, and it is used to simplify the calculation process."

"Oh? Can you explain what these symbols mean? "The princess is interested.

"That's no problem! But ............." Ma Fan hesitated.

Men and women are not close to each other, not to mention that the third princess is a royal princess, although she is a cultivator, but Ma Fan still can't cross the distance between the two.

"Oh, so be it! Come on, bring a blackboard! The third princess immediately came to her senses.

Soon, someone brought a blackboard and gave Ma Fan a piece of chalk.

Ma Fan looked at the blackboard and chalk in front of him, and couldn't help but feel familiar.

Isn't this the same blackboard and chalk that the teacher used when I was a kid in class? Although the blackboard and chalk have been upgraded several times, Ma Fan still remembers this most primitive blackboard and chalk vividly.

The only difference is that there is no chalkboard brush, instead of a cotton towel.

Ma Fan took the chalk, turned around and began to write on the blackboard.

Ten numbers from 0 to 9, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division symbols, Ma Fan began to explain them one by one.

The third princess Bingxue was smart, and Ma Fan was also concise, so the third princess immediately understood the meaning of Ma Fan's explanation.

The two guards behind him were half-understood, but the city lord Duanmu Xu gradually understood.

Soon, a glimmer of light appeared in the eyes of the third princess. Such a simple mathematical symbol and such a smooth calculation process absolutely subvert the mathematical calculation method that is now common in the Eastern Continent.

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!" While listening to this, the third princess couldn't help but applaud. "The man who can create such a magical symbol is a man of great wisdom! Ma Fan, you said that this was taught by your math teacher, so who is your math teacher? ”

"Back to the third princess, my math teacher.............. is no longer alive.............." Ma Fan finished speaking, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Teacher Jin, Teacher Jin, please forgive the students for talking nonsense............. For now, this is the only way to deal with it............. When I return from the ruins realm, I will definitely send you a big gift package to make amends! ”

"Oh? It's a pity that such a talent would be unknown! It seems that my Eastern Continent country is still buried with talents! The third princess sighed.

However, looking at Ma Fan, the eyes of the third princess lit up again.

"This first question................ I kind of get it, and your answer is the same as the correct answer............. The important thing is that your answer method is really simple and straightforward with only a dozen or so symbols............... The second question ................: "The more the third princess looks, the more light in her eyes becomes."

"All correct!" The third princess quickly mastered the Arabic numerals and arithmetic symbols, and checked Ma Fan's ten questions, which were completely correct.

"The third princess of Qiyu, this Ma Fan is the first person to hand in the papers, and it seems that it only took ............. In less than a moment! At this moment, Duanmu Xu, the city lord on the side, suddenly remembered, so he said to the third princess.

"Oh? Is it? In this way, this Ma Fan is indeed a rare talent! The third princess had approval in her eyes. However, we have to wait until all the links are completed, after all, this must be fair to other applicants. ”

After Ma Fan came out, someone from the City Lord's Mansion soon announced the news, and the person to be determined was Ma Fan. However, at this time, the pending has become a shortlist.

Ma Fan finally entered the second round of the competition.

A total of 200 people entered the second stage.

In this link, the test of mental arithmetic ability is set up. None of the applicants had pens in their hands, not even exam papers.

Two hundred people were taken to the training ground in the city lord's mansion, and ten blackboards were placed in the field, and all the topics were written on the blackboards.

Applicants were divided into ten groups of twenty people each, using the same blackboard.

There are two questions in mental arithmetic, and those who can answer correctly within half an hour can enter the third link.

However, when Ma Fan saw the two questions on the blackboard, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

A long list of two questions, converted with Arabic numerals, is two elementary school Mathematics Olympiad problems.

The first problem is to sum an entry-level series of equal differences, adding them from one and two all the way up to one hundred.

The second problem is the problem of integer splits. However, there are only 10 items in this crack.

Ma Fan closed his eyes and thought about it, then walked straight forward, raised his hand and said, "I figured it out!" ”

"What? How can it be? It's only been less than ten breaths, how can anyone figure it out! Suddenly, the surrounding recruits all looked at Ma Fan with incredible eyes.

"Are you sure?" A middle-aged man in charge of organizing this group also asked in disbelief.

Ma Fan shrugged his shoulders and replied lightly, "Of course! According to the rules, should you take a pen and paper and write me the answer? ”

"Oh............ Yes, yes, yes, to you! The middle-aged man did not procrastinate, but immediately took out a piece of paper and a pen and gave them to Ma Fan.

Ma Fan scribbled his name and answer on the paper. This time, however, Marfan did not use Arabic numerals.

The third princess was sitting on the high platform of the training ground at this time, and a curtain was used in front of her to separate the three princesses.

"Let's see, has anyone given the answer?" The third princess commanded.

"Yes!" The guard behind him answered.

At this time, the rest of the recruits were still pondering.

The numbers of these two questions are too big, many people have no clue after thinking for a long time, and many people are squatting on the ground and writing on the ground with their fingers, but after writing for a while, they hug their heads and cry in pain.

More applicants are still like headless flies, facing two questions that they don't know where to start.

Soon, Ma Fan's answer came to pass.

"As I expected!" Although the third princess had already been mentally prepared, she was still shocked when she saw Ma Fan's answer.

These two questions were the questions that the math teacher of the third princess came up with after three days and three nights, and it was the teacher who used these two questions to test the three princesses, but it took the third princess a whole day to make the correct answer.

I didn't expect this person to answer correctly within ten breaths, and it was still mental arithmetic!

The third princess herself doesn't remember how many talented people she has tested with these two questions, over the years, she will use these two questions to test people whenever she has the opportunity, but no one can answer as quickly as Ma Fan.

"Third princess, could this Ma Fan know someone who has done these two questions before?" A female guard on the side reminded.

This guard has been following the third princess for many years, so he knows that the third princess has used this question to test some people before.

"Well, that's a possibility............ But we'll find out what's going on later............."

Soon, half an hour passed.

However, what is disappointing is that except for Ma Fan, only the other two answered correctly.

But the third princess was a little surprised in her heart.

I thought that only one or two applicants would be able to answer correctly in the second session, but I didn't expect there to be three! It seems that my Eastern Continent is still full of talents!

After the second round of selection, Ma Fan was summoned by the third princess again.

However, when the third princess listened to the calculation process explained by Ma Fan, her eyes couldn't help but light up again.

The calculation process explained by Ma Fan is even simpler and faster than the calculation process taught by his math teacher! At this time, the third princess completely dispelled her suspicion of Ma Fan's cheating.

If Ma Fan is a cheater, then the cheater's answer is even better than the original answer, can this still be considered cheating?

The third princess was immediately impressed by Ma Fan.

"I hope you don't disappoint in the last session! After all, I'm recruiting an account office, not a master of math!" The third princess said secretly.