"Not long ago, that was all."
Liu Changquan nodded as well. "You have met him already. I ought to go see him too."
"Why?"
He said, "You went to assess his comprehension and temperament. I am going only to test whether he has grown lax in formations."
"After all, I am also one of his instructors."
The old man spoke with perfect justification.
Zhou Yaoming asked, "Won't you find some pretext?"
Liu Changquan shook his head and refused. "An instructor testing a student is the purpose of this trip. Why seek some vague pretext and needlessly make him start overthinking?"
The wind brushed past their ears.
Someone came striding over the sea.
Lu Qing immediately recognized Elder Liu, whom he had met only once before.
Since coming here, this was the first time he had encountered an examination after class.
But Lu Qing had seen plenty of the world. He felt no particular emotion.
He had just been casting formations.
One formation after another reappeared.
This was also an opportunity. To receive guidance from a great formation master was a good thing as well.
His ability was what it was, and the eyes of the strong were sharp. Lu Qing made no deliberate attempt to conceal anything at this moment.
After all, this differed from the initial assessment for Spirit Plant Masters. That had been a grand occasion involving countless people; the examination papers elders reviewed every day and the disciples they saw taking tests were too numerous to count.
If Lu Qing stood out, he would quickly become famous in such a setting.
And fame meant there might be hidden trouble in the future.
Fortunately, with the two elders coming here, whatever their purpose, at the very least, he was inwardly grateful for the importance of having chosen this