Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

Zhang Chen saw that it was still early, so he cleaned up the yard and went out to Sima Feng's residence. He was going to find Sima Feng to discuss with him and see if he had any shortcomings.

When he arrived at Sima Feng's gate, he heard the sound of banging from inside. Zhang Chen was already used to it. He knew without a doubt that it was Sima Feng exercising.

Zhang Chen knocked on the door and pushed it open. He saw Sima Feng hitting a hanging huge tree with his fist. He knocked the tree one meter away with one punch, then turned around and punched it again, repeating this process over and over again.

"Brother Sima, I have made some progress in my practice recently. Come, let's learn from each other."

"Okay, come on." Sima Feng turned and walked towards Zhang Chen, wiping the sweat off his face with the cloth hanging next to him. He took a deep breath and calmed down his breathing.

Zhang Chen turned around, closed the door, took off his coat, and stood opposite Sima Feng.

"Brother Sima, let's begin"

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, golden needles appeared in his hands, flew out and pierced Sima Feng's legs. One second after the golden needles flew out, the golden needles in his palms reappeared, flying and piercing Sima Feng about one meter away.

Seeing this, Sima Feng just slightly turned sideways and dodged.

When Sima Feng just turned sideways, Zhang Chen condensed two golden needles and shot them straight at him, ready to block Sima Feng's path. He also condensed two daggers in his palms, ready to attack according to Sima Feng's actions.

Sima Feng stomped his feet and jumped towards Zhang Chen, as fast as lightning.

Zhang Chen immediately pushed the ground hard, stepped back to distance himself from Sima Feng, and then shot out the two daggers that had already condensed in his hands.

After Sima Feng landed, he slightly turned sideways to avoid the attack and continued to get closer to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen had already retreated close to the wall. Looking at Sima Feng approaching at a very fast speed, he quickly turned to the right to avoid him. At the same time, two more golden needles flew out.

Sima Feng seemed to have predicted it and dodged it by just slightly turning his body.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen had no choice but to put his hands together. A golden sword slashed out from his hands, and then he condensed two daggers and stabbed them directly at Sima Feng's feet and one meter above his head, hoping that Sima Feng would dodge to the left or right, so that he could keep some distance.

Sima Feng still leaped forward, jumping three meters high and six meters across. Before the attack arrived, he landed heavily in front of Zhang Chen's eyes. He slapped Zhang Chen's abdomen with his left hand. Zhang Chen immediately felt a huge force coming and he involuntarily stepped back.

As Zhang Chen retreated, two golden needles still flew out from his palm and pierced Sima Feng directly.

Sima Feng still dodged it easily by turning sideways, then appeared in front of Zhang Chen at an extremely fast speed and punched Zhang Chen in the lower abdomen.

Zhang Chen immediately bent his waist like a shrimp, and the golden needles that were still condensed in his hands dissipated. Seeing Sima Feng's other punch coming, he quickly stopped.

"Brother Sima, how come you dodge so easily every time, as if you know where I'm going to attack." Zhang Chen rubbed his abdomen, looking puzzled.

"Because the movements of your hands are too obvious, and your eyes also betray you. As soon as you move your eyes, I know what you are going to do."

Sima Feng looked at Zhang Chen and began to point out his unnecessary movements.

"Don't let your eyes betray your intentions. Keep a close eye on your opponent's every move, keep your plans in mind, and execute them without leaving any trace."

Zhang Chen nodded. It seemed that he still had a lot to practice. Simply casting a spell was just a basic operation for a novice.

Zhang Chen went back and continued to practice. He was very confident and thought his magic was very powerful, but he didn't expect it to be immature and crude, and vulnerable to any attack.

Zhang Chen stopped practicing magic until midnight, and took out the last spiritual stone to absorb spiritual energy and fill his Dantian. If he wanted to practice magic to the level Sima Feng said, it would be difficult to achieve it without a lot of actual combat, so Zhang Chen decided to take the test tomorrow.

The next morning, Zhang Chen got up, washed, dressed, and headed to the Office of Affairs. This was what he had learned before. To take the assessment, he had to register at the Office of Affairs. The Office of Affairs was where the task was issued yesterday.

Zhang Chen came to the Affairs Pavilion, maybe because it was too early. No other disciples came to handle affairs. There were no updated tasks, and few people were watching. Zhang Chen walked into the door of the Affairs Pavilion and saw people coming and going inside, all busy with their own affairs. Zhang Chen didn't know who to ask.

"Li Jie, there was news from the market yesterday that there were too many people and we need to add 15 more mounts. Go to the mount shop and ask them to make the arrangements."

"There are several loose formations in the Spirit Beast Garden. Arrange people to maintain them."

"Have you summarized the completion status of the tasks submitted by each disciple yesterday? The elders will check it in a few days."

"What are the statistics of material consumption in various places? They must be replenished in time. If they are insufficient, please list them immediately and go to Yuxia Peak to apply for them in the middle of the month."

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Zhang Chen could hear people talking continuously, but he didn't know how to start talking.

"Junior brother, are you here to receive the mission?" At this time, a clear and pleasant voice came.

Zhang Chen turned around quickly and saw a woman in a light yellow dress, with an oval face, lively eyes, a braid next to each ear, and long hair draped to her waist. She was about 17 or 18 years old and looked at Zhang Chen with a serious expression. Her skin was white and tender, and her hands were behind her back. She looked like an elder, tall and delicate, thin but not skinny. Zhang Chen was moved by her.

"Hello, Senior Sister. I'm here to assess your strength." Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses immediately and bowed quickly.

"Oh, so that's it. Come with me." The woman said nothing and walked towards a door nearby with her hands behind her back. Zhang Chen quickly followed.

After walking for a while, they arrived at a courtyard behind the office. The woman stood on one side of the courtyard and turned to Zhang Chen and said:

"It's right here, go ahead and do it."

Zhang Chen looked around. The scenery here was beautiful, with rockeries and ponds, and carved corridors and painted pillars all around. It was solemn and dignified. This didn't look like a place for an exam.

Zhang Chen was a little hesitant and didn't dare to take action, for fear of destroying every tree and blade of grass here, and even more afraid of hurting the woman opposite.

But the woman opposite raised her eyebrows, seemed a little anxious, and pointed at Zhang Chen.

"Hurry up and start, or you will fail the test."

Zhang Chen made up his mind when he heard her say that. He activated the magic, gathered two golden needles in his palm, and deliberately reduced the input of spiritual energy.

"Please give me some advice, Senior Sister"

After Zhang Chen bowed, two golden needles flew out, and then golden needles continued to condense in his palm and shot out, covering her entire body and surroundings.

Seeing this, the woman on the opposite side pouted her lips slightly, and the spiritual energy in her body fluctuated. She tilted her body slightly and passed through the gap between the golden needles at an incredible angle. She moved like an elf in the wind, agile and lively, moving left and right. She was already approaching Zhang Chen at a very fast speed.

Zhang Chen was shocked upon seeing this and immediately stepped back several meters, with his back to her. A one-meter-long golden sword appeared in his hands. Without thinking, Zhang Chen immediately slashed backwards without even looking. He turned to the left, took advantage of the opportunity to see the target clearly while falling, and then condensed two golden needles to shoot out.

As soon as the woman approached and saw the golden sword coming, she lightly jumped up two meters to avoid it, and condensed a two-meter-long water column in her hand towards the golden needle shot by Zhang Chen. The golden needle entered the water column less than half a meter before its spiritual energy was exhausted and dissipated. The water column continued to attack Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen quickly took a step back to avoid it, but the second water column was coming and in an instant it was in front of Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen had no way to avoid it, so he put his hands together and injected spiritual energy violently. An almost solid golden sword appeared and slashed at the water column in front of him. The water column was split into two and dissipated beside Zhang Chen. The golden sword also ran out of spiritual energy and dissipated.

Zhang Chen was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he looked forward and saw nothing. He was startled and was about to look around when he felt a strong wind coming from the right and it was already reaching his face. Zhang Chen could only instinctively cover his head to reduce the damage.

Zhang Chen only felt a huge force coming at him, and was hit hard to the ground by the water column. He suddenly felt his eyes go dark, and his whole body was weak. Feeling that his physical and spiritual strength were almost gone, Zhang Chen slowly got up.

The fight had only lasted less than half a minute, and Zhang Chen's attacks had no impact on the opponent at all. Zhang Chen knew in his heart that he was no match for his opponent at all.

"Senior Sister, I admit defeat." Zhang Chen looked at the woman opposite him with a helpless look on his face.

"Hehe, I won," the girl on the opposite side was very excited.

"This is for you. It's called the Soul-Restoring Pill. It can restore your spiritual energy." The girl took out a bottle of pills from her storage bag and threw it over.

Zhang Chen took it immediately, opened the bottle and saw that there were ten pills inside. The pills were green in color, and a faint spiritual energy emanated from them. Zhang Chen quickly sealed it and put it into the storage bag.

"Thank you, senior sister, for the medicine." Zhang Chen was very happy and thanked the woman opposite him.

"Yan'er, what are you doing?"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man came over. He was thin, but his eyes were extremely sharp. He looked at the girl with a doting look on his face.

"Dad, I'm not kidding at all. I was competing with him, and I just won." The girl pointed at Zhang Chen and took the middle-aged man's hand and started to act coquettishly.

The middle-aged man turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen immediately felt cold all over. In the middle-aged man's gaze, Zhang Chen felt as if his whole body was transparent, as if everything was seen through.

"He is only at the fourth level of Qi Condensation, and you have been at the eighth level for two months. Why should you be happy about defeating him? You should compete with your senior brothers Zhao and Xie." The middle-aged man said, pulling the girl.

The girl stuck out her tongue, nonchalantly.

"Dad, are you done with your work?"

"It's over, let's go." The middle-aged man pulled the girl away, and the girl waved to Zhang Chen before leaving.

Zhang Chen watched them leave and felt a little confused.

"From what they said just now, she is not testing me? The sect should not arrange an eighth-level Qi Condensation test, right? Otherwise, who can pass it?"

Zhang Chen thought for a moment and then returned the same way. He was going to ask again.

As soon as Zhang Chen returned to the place where he had just entered the door, he saw a middle-aged man with a serious face walking towards him.

"Are you here just for the strength test? Give me the jade pendant."

Zhang Chen quickly took out the jade pendant and handed it to him. He then input his spiritual energy into the jade pendant, looked at it for a while, and recorded some information before returning the jade pendant to Zhang Chen.

"Now that you have passed the strength assessment and completed the strength assessment, the sect will give you rewards. You can go to the Good Deeds Pavilion to claim them." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he left.

"Since Junior Sister has pleaded for him, let him go." The middle-aged man thought as he walked.

"Passed the assessment? And there's a reward?" Zhang Chen didn't react for a moment.

"Could it be that she was the one who spoke up for me?" Zhang Chen thought of that playful and lovely woman, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.