Chapter 8 Freshman Testing
After reluctantly separating from Su Zhe, Su Xueruo and the three of them left the port with a boat. Since Lin Jiayu and Li Xingxing couldn't row, Su Xueruo had to take on this important task alone. After two days and three nights at sea, they arrived at the port of Hongyu in the early morning of the third day.
As soon as they arrived at the port, the three of them were in an embarrassment, they didn't have half a copper on them, and they couldn't even afford to pay for the berthing fee. In desperation, Su Xueruo had no choice but to sell the ship to a local shipbuilder at a low price in exchange for ten gold coins.
Checking the gold coins in her hand, Su Xueruo comforted Lin Jiayu and Li Xingxing: "Ten gold coins is considered the income of ordinary people for three years, and the situation is not too bad." ”
"Wow! Are you sure? Let's go buy something delicious! Li Xingxing naturally didn't know that the ordinary people in Su Xueruo's mouth were the kind of poor people who had no cultivation talent at all and relied on labor in exchange for gold coins, she mistakenly thought that her group was really rich, and immediately cheered.
Su Xueruo was stunned and laughed a little, but she still obeyed Li Xingxing's wishes. During the time they were adrift at sea, they survived by eating sashimi, and now they still have a strong fishy smell in their mouths, and they really need to improve their food.
After casually finding someone to ask for directions, Su Xueruo and the three of them entered the city and came to a restaurant that looked clean and elegant. Li Xingxing quickly ran to a table near the window and sat down, and Lin Jiayu and Su Xueruo had to follow. Su Xueruo greeted Xiao Er and ordered a few dishes.
While waiting for the dishes, the three of them had nothing to do, and looked out the window boredly. At this time, far away from their three or four tables, the conversation of two middle-aged men attracted Su Xueruo's attention.
"There are only two days left in the Yinxi Sect's admissions test this year, Linglong doesn't plan to try it?"
"Hey, she's afraid she won't be able to pass the test, and she plans to go back next year."
"What's this? If you can't pass the exam, you will go again next year, and if you pass the exam, you will be able to save a year's rations."
"The insider said that it is better to be bitter than to be bitter to his daughter, next year will be next year!"
Silverstream Sect? It's a great place to go! Su Xueruo thought in her heart.
After eating, Su Xueruo took Lin Jiayu and Li Xingxing to the ready-to-wear shop and bought a few sets of clothes for each of them. Li Xingxing thought that the skirt was too hot and refused to change it, so Su Xueruo had to spend two more gold coins to buy her a light blue hairpin inlaid with water cold jade.
This kind of hairpin has no bonus to cultivation, but when it is worn, it can expel the fiery qi of midsummer, and it is of little use to people who have true qi in their bodies, it is purely a luxury.
Seeing that it cost two gold coins to buy this hairpin, Li Xingxing looked like he had done something wrong, drooped his head and stopped talking. Su Xueruo coaxed her to change into a skirt, casually pulled her hair in a bun, and inserted a hairpin, and suddenly Li Xingxing's temperament changed dramatically.
"My sister is really beautiful, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a shame to sink fish and geese and close the moon!" Su Xueruo praised.
"Indeed, it's beautiful." Lin Jiayu, who is usually silent, also echoed.
Hearing that he was being praised, Li Xingxing instantly became shy. Su Xueruo smiled knowingly and said, "In the future, if you dress up like this, girls will be beautiful." Li Xingxing nodded happily.
After inquiring about the location of the enrollment of the Yinxi Sect, Su Xueruo and his party soon came to the freshman testing site located in Hongyu City. Although it was still early in the morning, due to the reputation of the Silver Creek Sect, there was already a long queue in front.
"Let's go! Let's give it a try, and if we're lucky, we'll have a place to stay. Su Xueruo said. So the three of them found a slightly smaller line and came to the end.
The team moved quickly, most of them were eliminated, and only a few people were left. Seeing that the screening was so strict, Su Xueruo didn't have much confidence in her heart, but when it was their turn to test, she still turned around and said to Lin Jiayu and Li Xingxing: "Don't be nervous for a while, just do what he says." ”
The person in charge of testing Su Xueruo's team was an old man, and he beckoned to Su Xueruo and motioned for her to step forward. Su Xueruo walked up, and Lin Jiayu and Li Xingxing watched curiously from behind.
In front of the old man were two testing instruments. The one on the left is a test of attributes and potential, made of five special cyan stone pillars entwined, in the void of the stone pillar, there is a faint white energy flowing slowly, the top of the stone pillar is inlaid with a transparent pyramid-shaped crystal, and there are ten silver thin lines from low to high in the crystal. As long as the subject puts his hand on the crystal, the transparent crystal will change color according to the subject's own attributes, and the ten silver lines represent the subject's potential, the higher the potential, the more the color in the crystal will break through.
The one on the right is a test of true qi strength, half a person tall, carved from a blue-black stone, the shape of the top is a bit like a helmet, the middle is concave about three inches, and there is a mutton fat round crystal inlaid inside. Depending on the intensity of the subject's true qi, the round mutton fat crystal emits ten types of light, namely gray, black, brown, green, blue, orange, red, purple, gold, and white. The first few colors represent the nine levels of Qi training, and if the tester's strength exceeds the Qi training period, a white fluorescence will appear.
The old man tapped to the left with his chin, and Su Xueruo put his palm on the pyramid-shaped crystal. As soon as it was put on, the transparent crystal immediately appeared blue and blue, and the color broke through eight silver thin lines from the bottom to the top.
"It's a pure ice and wind dual attribute, an eighth-level talent, and the potential is also good. Let's test your strength! The old man nodded with satisfaction and said.
Su Xueruo raised her true qi and poured it towards the mutton fat-colored crystal in the helmet without reservation, and the next moment, the crystal lit up with dazzling white fluorescence.
This is the first tester in this year's admissions test to make the crystal appear white fluorescence, and such a dazzling result has attracted the attention of people nearby. The old man consciously picked up the treasure, and his face was red in an instant, showing a kind smile, and asked, "Age." ”
“15。”
"It's a good seedling. Go inside and wait! ”
As soon as the old man's words fell, a young man wearing the clothes of the Silver Creek Sect came up from behind, and politely invited Su Xueruo to sit in the tent behind. Su Xueruo politely rejected him, and stood aside and waited for Lin Jiayu and Li Xingxing to test.
Due to Su Xueruo's outstanding results, when the old man treated Li Xingxing, he no longer had a cold face, but became a lot more polite. Li Xingxing put his hand on the crystal that tested his potential, and the crystal immediately turned a dazzling fiery red, and the red went straight to the top of the pyramid, breaking through the tenth line.
"Hiss~" The old man gasped, pure fire physique, without a trace of impurities, tenth-level talent, it can be called a demon!
"Age" The old man's hands were trembling, and with a hint of anticipation, he asked.
"Nine years old." Li Xingxing replied.
"Let's test the real qi!" The old man held back the excitement in his heart and said.
Li Xingxing followed Su Xueruo's example and put his hand into the helmet that tested his true qi, and the mutton fat-colored crystal did not change in the slightest. The old man was stunned for a moment and said, "You haven't cultivated True Qi?" ”
"Nope. What's that? Li Xingxing asked indifferently.