Even hybrid monsters have their day

So when he said those words, his aura noticeably intensified.

While they were talking, Xu Ruwen remained seated in the same place, tapping his fingers on the table absently, looking completely nonchalant.

At this moment, he stopped tapping the table and stood up, tilting his head slightly to look down at Qiu Pi with the air of a petty scoundrel. "Don't think that just because you've used some self-inflicted injury to gain Wan'er's sympathy, you can do whatever you want."

"What does it matter to you whether Wan'er believes me or not?" Qiu Pi glared back defiantly, his calm face revealing no emotion.

Xu Ruwen's aura suddenly changed, surging dramatically. "How dare you call Wan'er like that?"

"Wan'er, Wan'er, Wan'er, so what if I call her?" Qiu Pi felt very uncomfortable with the way Geng Miaowan acted as if she were his possession. He deliberately called out loudly several times, even changing his tone, looking like a thug deliberately provoking someone.

It has to be said that these two people's series of actions clearly indicate that their IQs have dropped by several points.

The battle seemed imminent.

Just then, Geng Miaowan, who had already left, suddenly poked her head back into the room. "Qiu Pi, did you call me?" Sensing that the atmosphere in the room seemed a bit off, she added, "What are you all doing?"

Qiu Pi and Xu Ruwen exchanged a glare at each other immediately, then withdrew their imposing aura.

Qiu Pi quickly gave a half-smile, "Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to say that when you go back, don't stay up too late reading. You need to get some rest."

“Alright, then you should get some rest too,” Geng Miaowan said. She then turned to Xu Ruwen and Huangfu Aoran and asked, “Why aren’t you leaving yet?”

Xu Ruwen curled her lip at Qiu Pi and said disdainfully, "Hypocritical," while subtly shifting her foot to the side. She bent down, picked up a piece of paper from the ground, brushed off the footprints where Qiu Pi couldn't see, and turned to say, "I saw you drop something, and I was just picking it up and about to leave."

Huangfu Aoran said without batting an eye, "I'll wait for him."

Geng Miaowan looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, wondering when they had become so close.

The assessment of the Green Mountain Sect is divided into a written test and a strength test.

The written test, needless to say, consisted of oral defense questions. As for the ability test, Geng Miaowan didn't know. She asked some disciples, but they couldn't explain it either. It was something like a stone, and you could test how high a person's cultivation level was by placing your hand on it.

The written test was held in a side hall, while the skills test was arranged in the main hall, presided over by Miao Renfeng himself. At Geng Miaowan's request, she was allowed to observe.

After the test is completed, the sect will remove some of the poorly performing disciples from the main peak based on the test results, and then recruit several outstanding disciples from the two side peaks.

Overall, this is somewhat like an assessment for a top-performing class.

Therefore, all the peaks attached great importance to this assessment, especially the disciples of the side peaks, who all hoped to pass this assessment and be promoted to the main peak.

The written exam was as boring as Geng Miaowan had predicted. After an hour, her only conclusion was that these ancient disciples were much more self-disciplined than modern students; everyone sat upright in their seats during the exam. No one tried or attempted to do anything improper to improve their score.

The afternoon was the strength test she had been looking forward to. She was very curious about what kind of stone it was that could have such great power.

After lunch, the disciples from the three peaks gradually arrived outside the main hall to wait. Geng Miaowan entered the main hall with Miao Renfeng and the others, and sat to Yin Zeqian's left.

As soon as noon passed, the main hall doors opened, and the disciples waiting for the test lined up orderly at the entrance, without pushing or making a fuss. Ten disciples entered the hall at a time, while those who hadn't been called continued to wait outside.

When Ershan, acting on Miao Renfeng's instructions, announced the start of the test, Geng Miaowan felt a slight surge of excitement. She sat up straight, staring intently at the hall, as if afraid she would miss something if she blinked.

Miao Renfeng simply chuckled at her reaction without saying anything. Yin Qianze, on the other hand, gave a barely audible snort, expressing her disdain for someone as unsophisticated as her.

After Ershan finished his announcement, he came to Miao Renfeng, who then handed him the box he had been holding. Ershan carefully took the box, opened it, and stood aside.

As soon as the box was opened, an extremely strong spiritual energy poured out, causing Geng Miaowan and the others' hair to flutter slightly without any wind, before returning to normal. Geng Miaowan thought to herself, "This must be the stone that can measure a person's cultivation level."

The moment the box was opened, Luan Hao, who had been cultivating within Geng Miaowan's sea of ​​consciousness, suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and took a few quick steps. Then, he suddenly remembered that he was in someone else's sea of ​​consciousness, and stopped. However, his expression was no longer calm as usual, and his handsome eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He paced back and forth a few steps, looking somewhat uneasy, before finally standing still.

"What's wrong?" Noticing his unusual behavior, Geng Miaowan stopped her attempt to reach out to Ershan to see what was going on and asked Luan Hao in her mind.

"Take a look at what's inside that box."

"If you hadn't been doing these weird things, I would have seen it by now," Geng Miaowan complained, before picking up the box that Ershan was holding.

Seeing this, Miao Renfeng waved her hand, signaling Erfeng to hold the box closer so she could see it more easily.

It was a red stone, an extremely vibrant red, looking as if it might burst into flames at any moment. The stone was teardrop-shaped, lying steadily in the box, its back likely flat.

After examining the stone, Geng Miaowan returned to her seat, and the test had already begun. The first disciple to step forward bowed to Miao Renfeng, then bowed to Ershan, before extending a hand and channeling her spiritual energy towards the stone.

As she observed the actions of the Green Mountain Sect disciples, she asked in her mind, "How is it?"

"How is this possible..." Luan Hao muttered to himself, looking as if he had been stimulated by something.

"What happened?" she repeated. (To be continued.)