"Failed the assessment. Reward: thirty copper coins. Leave the grounds." After the burly man woke up, the middle-aged man in brocade seated beside the table immediately marked the list before him, crossing out the burly man's name. At the same time, someone handed the man thirty copper coins.
"Does anyone else want to try?" After the burly man was helped away, the middle-aged man in brocade looked around at the crowd and called out loudly.
"That snake looks vicious. You all go ahead, I'm not doing it." Some fishermen who had come for the twenty taels of gold began to back out after witnessing that scene. Twenty taels of gold was no small sum, but their lives were more important.
"I'll do it."
Some people backed down, while others were willing to take the risk. Even if they failed, they would still get thirty copper coins. What was one snakebite?
"Anyone else?" After four consecutive failures, no one else in the surrounding crowd stepped forward. The brave ones had already gone; those remaining were either timid or merely there to watch the excitement.
"I'll do it." Lei Wujie leaped into the arena. Xiao Se immediately began clapping, and under his lead, the people around them unconsciously joined in.
"You aren't worried at all?" Pearl could not help asking as she watched Xiao Se's utterly unconcerned expression.
"Worried about what? That snake?" Xiao Se said blandly.
"Little Goldie, come play with this young hero." After jumping into the arena, Lei Wujie immediately crouched before the Gold Thread Snake and reached out to tease it.
"Quick, get the snake-catching pole!" Seeing this, the middle-aged man in brocade could not help shouting. But Lei Wujie paid him no heed and continued teasing the Gold Thread Snake. Whenever it tried to bite him, he