Chapter 17: Beginner Apprentice (3rd Shift)

"Xie Ling, tomorrow is the assessment day for the low-level cultivators of the 'Senior Administration Room', we are going to take the junior instrument apprentice exam, will you go?" Qin Pei and Long Xiang found Xie Ling, although they were a little incomprehensible that Xie Ling had chosen the 'Water Cloud Technique' to cultivate, they didn't ask too much, because this was a relatively taboo thing in the sect.

"Junior Instrument Apprentice, have you cultivated your 'Hourglass Technique' and 'Hercules Technique' to the third level?" Xie Ling remembered what Zhang Meng had said at the beginning.

"Hmm. Not long after the breakthrough, I heard that Senior Brother Hao's 'Fire Alchemy Technique' had also been cultivated to the third level, and I just went to the Internal Affairs Department a few days ago to take the intermediate instrument apprentice exam, so I don't know if he later passed the assessment!"

"Okay, I want to try it too, let's go together!" Xie Ling's 'Water Cloud Technique' has also been cultivated to the third level, and three of the six changes can already be used freely, plus the third layer's 'Water Spirit Technique' and the first layer's 'Nian Shen Technique', he is still somewhat sure of being a junior instrument apprentice.

Qin Pei saw that he agreed to go together, remembering his father's words when he came to see him last night, and when he was about to speak, when he saw Xie Ling's eyes on the other side were as clear as water, he immediately swallowed it back, feeling a little unspeakable.

Long Xiang blinked, as if he had something to say, but he still didn't open his mouth after all.

The three of them found Hao Mingli and took a day off to take the junior apprenticeship exam, Hao Mingli said some wishes and the like with a smile, but this time he really hoped that one of the three of them could get the junior apprentice, otherwise although he had already obtained the qualification of an intermediate apprentice, he would have to stay in the gravel yard temporarily because there was no one to take his place, until someone took over!

Zhang Meng, who hadn't seen her for a long time at night, suddenly appeared in front of Xie Ling.

"Hey, I heard you're going to take the junior apprenticeship exam, right?"

"Did you arrange a spy by my side, how can you know everything?" Xie Ling said with a strange look at him.

"Don't you know! I'm Zhang Banxian, just pinch your fingers and you'll know what you're doing. Zhang Meng joked.

"What's the matter with me?" Xie Ling said as he ignored his joke.

"Na, you take this, the contents will not be allowed to be opened until the assessment tomorrow, remember not to peek, otherwise don't look for me in the future." Zhang Meng stuffed a cloth bag into Xie Ling's hand, and then didn't care whether he agreed or not, turned around and left.

"Hey—don't go!" Xie Ling shouted with the cloth bag.

"Don't peek, if you peek, I will really ignore you!" Zhang Meng's voice came from far away.

Xie Ling stood at the door. This lemon is always quirky, but after all, people have good intentions. Whether it was secretly rectifying Hao Mingli for himself before, or later lending the 'Water Spirit Formula' to himself, it can be seen that the other party regards himself as a real friend in every matter!

Xie Ling held back his curiosity and put away the cloth bag, deciding not to look at it before the assessment as Zhang Meng said, for him, this was a sign of respect for his friend.

The qualification assessment for the senior monks of the Cangyue Sect below is in charge of the 'Senior Administration Office' of the Internal Affairs Office. The owner's surname is Du, he is fifty years old, and his appearance is tall and majestic, which makes people dare not look directly. However, it is not his turn to come forward in the assessment of the junior apprentice level like this, and there are several other rotating deacons in the 'senior administration room', and they are generally responsible for the assessment of low-level monks.

For the sake of fairness, two or more deacons will act as examiners on the prescribed examination days.

When Xie Ling and the three of them came to the 'Senior Administration Room', the hall outside was already full of trial students who were preparing for the assessment, including many trial students from the gravel field. The three of them received the number plate from the concierge and also came to the hall to wait for the assessment.

One by one, the trial students were called to enter the inside, but some came out happily, and some came out with sorrows, and the latter was obviously the majority, which made the three people waiting outside look at each other!

"Hey, Senior Brother Quan, aren't all the people who came here already cultivated to the third layer?" Long Xiang couldn't help but ask curiously to a trial student in the gravel yard during the period.

"Third layer, hehe, if you think that you can pass the guò assessment when you have cultivated to the third layer, you are very wrong!" Bai Long Xiang, who was known as Senior Brother Quan, said with a glance.

"Why is that?" Long Xiang asked, ignoring his arrogance and rudeness.

"That's right, according to the requirements of the sect, it is true that as long as the cultivation of any exercise has reached the third level and can be used proficiently, the primary qualification of the first order of apprenticeship can be granted according to the courtyard where he is located. But please pay attention to the second half of the sentence, you must be proficient in using it! Damn, this sentence is to fool people, skilled use, this is not standard, a qiē based on their ideas. Senior Brother Quan spat at this and said, "Fair, how can there be any fairness in this world!" The expression on his face was obviously very dissatisfied with this.

The three of them were dumbfounded when they heard this, although Senior Brother Quan didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was already very clear, unless you really let them have nothing to say, otherwise if there is no benefit, I am afraid that it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky!

As the assessment continued, the trial students disappeared from the hall, but few of them came out smiling. Qin Pei was at the front of the three, he hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed, put his hand into his arms, in the sandwich of his clothes, there were two hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, which the family spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy for him. He now has to admire his father, who was a businessman, and wherever he was, sometimes the most primitive methods worked best.

Long Xiang seemed to sense his change, and one hand also touched into his trouser pocket, and no one in the entire gravel yard knew that his uncle was Uncle Cui, the owner of the 'smelting room', and at this moment, his hand that reached into his trouser pocket was holding two fine copper sticks tightly, which was a gift prepared for him today by his uncle who was the 'smelting room'.

"Xie Ling, in fact, I was about to tell you yesterday, but it's hard to say. Qin Pei lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Xie Ling's gaze.

"Me too, I really don't want to do this, but if you don't do this in this world, there will never be a bright day, I hope you understand!" Long Xiang said.

"Where are the two senior brothers, water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, as long as it is used in the right place, the heart is good, and what is there to care about. Xie Ling saw their expressions, then he still didn't understand! Thinking of the cloth bag that Zhang Meng gave him last night, his divine sense only swept slightly, and his face showed a trace of shock.

Qin Pei nodded, whether this sentence was Xie Ling comforting himself or making excuses for himself, this was a good reason!

"Thirty-ninth, Qin Pei!"

At that moment, there was a shouting from inside.

"Go ahead, we wait for your good news. Xie Ling said with a smile.

"Qin Pei, you must be able to pass guò!" Long Xiang stepped forward and patted Qin Pei's shoulder and said.

Time passed minute by minute, and Qin Pei came out of it after a cup of tea, with a smile on his face.

"Forty, Long Xiang!"

Long Xiang greeted him, and when he saw Qin Pei nodding at him, a smile immediately bloomed on his face, as if he had already passed the assessment.

Qin Pei walked up to Xie Ling, his hand reached into his arms, and two hundred-year-old ginseng plants were taken out.

"I didn't use it, if I lowered my personality for the sake of being a junior apprentice, I think it would affect my state of mind in the future, and I wouldn't have gone far on this bumpy road. Even if I don't have it this time, I will work harder until they can't find any fault!" Qin Pei said this, glanced at the old mountain ginseng in his hand, and said: "Originally, I wanted to leave it for you, but I was afraid that I was insulting you or even harming you by doing this, so please forgive me for my selfishness." After saying that, he put the old ginseng back into his arms.

"What's the matter, I'm proud and proud to have a friend like you!" Xie Ling didn't expect Qin Pei to be so open-minded, and his heart was enthusiastic for a while, and he stepped forward to hug him. With such a friend, it is considered very lucky to meet one in a lifetime!

After the same cup of tea, Long Xiang came out of it, and he also had a smile on his face.

"I don't have a tongguò!" was Long Xiang's first sentence.

Qin Pei and Xie Ling stepped forward and gave him a hug respectively, but Xie Ling only said three words!

"Well done!"

Needless to say, he certainly didn't use what was prepared.

"Forty-one, Xie Ling!"

"Go ahead! I'm sure you can do it. Qin Pei said.

"Well, wait for me!" Xie Ling said.

"Don't worry, we're waiting for you here!" Long Xiang said.

Watching Xie Ling enter inside, Long Xiang grabbed the two refined copper in his hands and said, "I didn't give it to him, I don't know if it's right or wrong!"

"You're right!" Qin Pei said with a long sigh.