Chapter 37

A blue-robed youth like a banished immortal appeared before him.

"Duan Baiyi, I am the River God. The sword you dropped—was it this rusted iron sword, this priceless sharp sword, or this Immortal Palace-grade legendary blade?"

Whether it was the priceless sharp sword or the Immortal Palace-grade legendary blade, neither could compare to a rusted, broken sword.

"It was..." Duan Baiyi meant to say he had dropped the broken sword.

But the words came out as, "The one I dropped was the priceless sharp sword."

The River God shook his head gently.

"What you dropped was this rusted iron sword."

"Go back!"

With a wave of the River God's hand, Duan Baiyi vanished and reappeared on the Qianjin Platform.

His face was full of shame.

Without a word, under the crowd's questioning gazes, he left in dejection.

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 that the River God's voice from just now?

But now, in reality—could it be that the River God was actually Second Mister, who had suddenly appeared at the Academy?!

The crowd watched as Duan Baiyi, who had stepped up so confidently, left in defeat.

A flicker of fear crept into their hearts.

Could this Preliminary Test really be that hard?

"Hmph!"

"I, Yan Feifei, refuse to believe this!"

As she spoke, a woman in black robes drifted onto the Qianjin Platform.

Her lightness skill was so extraordinary that few present could even track her movements.

"Such fast lightness skill!"

"But what good is lightness skill?"

"That Duan Baiyi from the White-Robed Sect wasn't weak in martial arts!"

The crowd murmured below.

Clearly, they weren't particularly optimistic about this woman with impressive lightness skill.

"Good!"

Once again, an ethereal voice came from nowhere.

Yan Feifei also arrived by the river.

The longsword in her hand dropped into the water.

"Young lady, I am the River God. Tell me, did you drop this rusted broken sword, or..."

But before Jiang Mu Ming, in his River God guise, could finish, the three swords in his hand vanished.

On the opposite side, Yan Feifei, with a greedy look on her face, was staring blankly at two swords that were clearly priceless treasures.

A priceless sharp sword and an Immortal Palace-grade legendary blade!

If she sold them, how many lifetimes could she live off that?!

This move was Yan Feifei's signature technique—Sleight of Hand!

"Ha, I suppose that counts as passing."

Jiang Mu Ming waved his sleeve, and Yan Feifei returned to the Qianjin Platform. After all, this test wasn't about honesty.

It was about... being yourself!

Yan Feifei hadn't lied; she had simply followed her heart and stolen them outright.

That was exactly the intent behind Jiang Mu Ming's test.

"Candidate Yan Feifei, pass!"

That ethereal voice rang out again, and the crowd below shuddered in unison.

Two tests.

Both had vanished without a trace, but one failed and one passed.

What exactly was this exam testing?

On the platform, Yan Feifei snapped back to reality, staring at her empty arms, dumbfounded.

Where was her sword? That priceless sword?

"Then, next up is me!"

Below the platform.

Another woman stepped up.

She wore a crisp red robe, her features peerless.

"Candidate Yin Luoxia, willing to face the heart!"

The mist drifted by.

The next moment.

Yin Luoxia stood by the river, her long sword fallen into the water.

The River God appeared.

"So, young lady, which of these three swords did you drop?"

Yin Luoxia studied the three swords.

She said, "Well, I'll have to take a look to know which one I dropped."

The River God, Jiang Mu Ming, handed the swords to her.

"Then, which one is it?"

The River God asked again.

Yin Luoxia suddenly flashed a sly smile, her hands moving in some unseen gesture.

The three swords vanished from his grasp.

"I never had a sword in my hand at all?"

This was a Qianmen technique.

The River God was speechless.

He knew it, but he couldn't tell where Yin Luoxia had hidden the swords.

"You pass too!"

"Candidate Yin Luoxia, passes the Preliminary Test!"

Yin Luoxia reappeared on the Qianjin Platform.