A blue-robed youth who looked like an exiled immortal appeared before him.
"Duan Baiyi, I am the River God. Did you drop this rusty iron sword, this sharp sword worth a fortune, or this world-famous sword of Immortal Palace grade?"
Whether it was the sharp sword worth a fortune or the Immortal Palace-grade sword,
neither could compare to a broken rusty sword.
"It was..." Duan Baiyi had originally intended to say that he had dropped the broken sword.
But when the words reached his lips,
they instead became, "The one I dropped was the sharp sword worth a fortune."
The River God gently shook his head.
"You dropped this rusty iron sword."
"Go back!"
With a wave of the River God's hand, Duan Baiyi disappeared, only to reappear on Qianjin Platform.
His face filled with shame.
He did not dare say much. Under everyone's questioning, he left dejectedly.
Just then,
a voice rang out.
"Don't blame yourself."
"At least you didn't choose the best one."
Duan Baiyi heard that familiar voice.
Wasn't this the River God's voice from earlier?
But they were in reality now. Could it be... that River God from before was actually Second Mister, who had suddenly appeared in the Academy?!
Everyone had watched Duan Baiyi confidently take the stage first,
only to see him leave in dejection.
A trace of fear involuntarily arose in their hearts.
Could it be that this Preliminary Test was truly so difficult?
"Hmph!"
"I, Yan Feifei, refuse to believe this!"
As she spoke,
a woman dressed in black drifted onto Qianjin Platform.
Her qinggong was so superb that hardly anyone present had clearly seen her movements.
"What incredible qinggong!"
"But what use is good qinggong?"
"Duan Baiyi of the White-Clothed Sect just now wasn't weak!"
The people below discussed animatedly.
Clearly, they were not particularly optimistic about this woman with impressive qinggong.
"Good!"
Once again, an ethereal voice whose source was impossible to determine rang out.
Yan Feifei was also brought to the riverside.
The long sword in her hand fell into the river as well.
"Miss, I am the River God. Tell me, did you drop this rusty broken sword, or..."
But before River God Jiang Mu Ming, in disguise, could finish speaking,
the three long swords in his hands all vanished.
Across from him, Yan Feifei wore a money-grubbing expression as she stared blankly while hugging two swords that were clearly priceless.
One was a sharp sword worth a fortune, and the other was an Immortal Palace-grade famous sword!
If she sold them, how many lifetimes could they feed her?!
This move was Yan Feifei's special technique, Sleight of Hand!
"Ha, I suppose this counts as passing."
Jiang Mu Ming swept out his long sleeves, sending Yan Feifei back to Qianjin Platform. After all, this trial was not testing honesty.
Rather... it was about being yourself!
Yan Feifei had not lied. She had simply followed her true desires and stolen them.
That was precisely in line with Jiang Mu Ming's original intention in setting this question.
"Candidate Yan Feifei, you pass!"
That ethereal voice rang out again, and everyone below was instantly shaken.
Two tests.
Neither was understood at all, yet one person had failed and another had passed.
What exactly was this examination testing?
On the platform, Yan Feifei came back to her senses and looked at her empty arms, utterly dumbfounded.
Where was her sword? Where was the priceless sword?
"Then I'll be next!"
Below the platform,
another woman took the stage.
She wore red, and her movements were crisp and clean. Her beauty could be called peerless.
"Candidate Yin Luoxia is willing to come and question her heart!"
Mist drifted past.
In the next moment,
Yin Luoxia also arrived at the riverside, and the long sword in her hand fell into the river.
The River God appeared.
"Then, miss, which of these three swords did you drop?"
Yin Luoxia examined the three swords.
She said, "I'll have to take a look before I know which one is mine."
River God Jiang Mu Ming handed the swords to Yin Luoxia.
"Then, which one is it?"
the River God asked again.
Yin Luoxia suddenly smiled slyly, performing some unknown motion with her hand.
The three swords actually vanished from the other party's hands just like that.
"I don't have any sword in my hands at all?"
This was a technique of the Thousand Gates.
The River God was speechless.
Although he knew about it, he truly could not tell where Yin Luoxia had hidden the swords.
"You pass as well!"
"Candidate Yin Luoxia, you have passed the Preliminary Test!"
Yin Luoxia reappeared on Qianjin Platform.
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