"Guy juice ~ come over here ~"

As soon as Jiang Yifan came out of the examination room, he saw an old man waving at him with a bright smile.

“... Call me? ”

Jiang Yifan turned his head to look left and right, and after confirming that there was no one around except himself, he pointed at himself uncertainly.

"That's right, it's you, come here~"

The old man nodded affirmatively and beckoned again.

"Are you looking for me?"

Jiang Yifan asked suspiciously after approaching.

"It's okay, I just want to talk to you, let's sit down."

The old man pointed to the stone bench beside him to signal him to sit down, and then pushed the cake and milk tea placed on the stone table, "You must be hungry after taking the test for so long, right?" These give you a cushion for your stomach first. ”

“... Thank you. ”

Jiang Yifan, who was a little uncomfortable by this sudden overzealousness, subconsciously looked at the young man with glasses sitting next to the old man.

Ask for help with your eyes: [What's the matter with this old man? If you're 'kidnapped' too, blink. 】

However, the young man did not respond to him with his eyes, but directly smiled and said, "Don't you think this old gentleman looks a little familiar?" ”

"Familiar?"

When Jiang Yifan heard this, after seriously examining the old man, his eyes suddenly widened: "Novice Village God of War 'Zhuang Botang'? ”

When it comes to Zhuang Botang, the most impressive famous scene is when he was asked about his participation in the trainee cultivator exam, the sentence "If I can swear, then I would be happy to answer this question, but unfortunately not".

Of course, in addition to this interview, his own story is actually more legendary, which can be called the script of the protagonist of the novel.

Because no one would have thought that a rookie who had experienced ten consecutive kneeling in the trainee cultivator exam would usher in a carp leaping into his career after getting his license.

Primary Cultivator, Intermediate Cultivator, Senior Cultivator, and Special Cultivator, these four titles are promoted to titles that ordinary people spend a lifetime in.

However, in less than ten years after obtaining his trainee breeder license, he completed the Grand Slam like a rocket.

And before the age of 50, he was recognized as a 'master' by the industry for his overwhelming number of research results.

"The God of War of the Novice Village?"

Although Zhuang Lao didn't quite understand the meaning of this title, he still stroked his beard with a smile, "It turns out that I still have such a title old man?" ”

"When you are in the novice village, no one can beat you, and after you leave the novice village, no one can beat you."

Jiang Yifan nodded and explained as if a chicken pecked rice.

The appearance of the old man gave him a feeling that he was dreaming.

Obviously, a few days ago, 'Zhuang Botang' was just a name that could only be seen in various textbooks, but at this moment, it appeared vividly in front of his eyes.

"It's all brave back then, it's not worth mentioning."

Zhuang Lao smiled and waved his hand, brushing over the topic, "I don't think you're too old, shouldn't you have gone to college yet?" ”

"I'm just a sophomore in high school this semester."

Jiang Yifan replied obediently.

"The second year of high school, that is, 16 or 17 years old, right? How young..."

Zhuang Lao sighed with some embarrassment, and then patted Jiang Yifan's shoulder and encouraged: "It's okay, there is still a long way to go in life, it doesn't matter if you don't do well in the exam this time, there will be next time." ”

"This... There shouldn't be a next time, right? ”

Jiang Yifan replied with some hesitation, not understanding what he meant.

"Young people can't give up because of this little setback."

Zhuang Lao's expression suddenly became serious, "Think about it, old man, I failed ten times in a row and didn't give up, not to mention how old are you?" There is still a long life ahead! ”

"Uh... Is there anything special about this? ”

Jiang Yifan blinked, and asked humbly if he didn't understand, "Is there an additional benefit to continuing to take the trainee cultivator exam after getting the license?" ”

"Hmm..."

For such a strange question, Zhuang Lao pondered for a while, then turned his head to the young man with glasses beside him and asked, "Xiao Shen, is there such a statement now?" ”

"Not really."

Shen Zhao shook his head, "But I don't feel like you're talking about the same topic." ”

Zhuang Lao, who gradually came back to his senses, looked back at Jiang Yifan with a surprised expression: "Do you think you can pass this exam steadily?" ”

"Sure, after all, after the whole set of test papers, I'm only not sure that I can get a full score for the last question."

“...”

Zhuang Lao was silent.

Originally, he had come to Hongquan University to give a lecture in the past few days, but he happened to be on the day of the trainee cultivator exam, so he thought about stopping by to have a look.

Because when he participated in the trainee cultivator exam for the tenth time, he broke down emotionally because there were too many questions that he couldn't do, and he gave up the exam and walked out of the examination room.

At that moment, he was actually completely disillusioned with his dream of becoming a cultivator.

If it weren't for an old man who was a professor at the university who happened to pass by, and then saw his depressed face, took the initiative to talk and encourage him, then he wouldn't have had the courage to take the eleventh exam again.

To this day, no one in the cultivator world will know the name 'Zhuang Botang'.

So the purpose of waiting outside the examination room was to think that if he met so many candidates who quit halfway through the exam, he would call over and encourage him, just like the old-timer encouraged himself back then.

But as a result...

Seems to have met a freak?

"Anyway, why are you here? Do you want to teach at Hongquan University in the future? ”

Seeing that Zhuang Lao didn't speak, Jiang Yifan had no choice but to take the initiative to find a topic.

"That's not true, but I was invited to come over to exchange and learn, after all, I'm a lot old, and I'm no longer as creative in research as when I was young, so I just take advantage of the fact that my body is still strong, run around the country, give full play to my residual heat, and maybe I have more young people in contact, and I can rejuvenate the second spring?"

Zhuang Lao shook his head slightly, and then reached out and pushed the cake and milk tea into Jiang Yifan's arms, "It's not too early, hurry up and go home for dinner, don't let the family worry." ”

"Okay, then I won't bother you, goodbye."

Although he still wanted to talk again, the other party had already issued an eviction order, and Jiang Yifan had no choice but to get up with interest.

After waving goodbye to him, Zhuang Lao couldn't help but stroke his beard and sighed: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, are the children's memory so good now?" If I had such a good memory, I wouldn't have taken the test so many times..."

"But no matter how good your memory is, isn't it okay to face your old man's finale question?"

Shen Zhao patted his ass at the right time.

"That's right, after all, the cultivator industry doesn't rely on rote memorization to produce results, the key is to rely on understanding."

Zhuang Lao smiled, seemed to be very useful to this sycophant, and took the initiative to talk about this topic: "And the question I came up with can just reflect a person's level of understanding."

If the answer to the question starts from the aspect of 'restricting activities', then there is no doubt that he is a fool; if he starts from the aspect of 'breeding', he is a mediocre talent who is unknown to everyone; if he can use his brain to think in terms of 'fine feeding', he can be regarded as a good talent for school and application; if someone thinks from the aspect of 'evolution', then he can only be said to be..."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Lao paused.

"A genius?"

Shen Zhao answered tentatively.

"No, it's crazy."