The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

No one answered him. Everyone was exhausted from walking, but thankfully the other party hadn't lied to them. After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they finally arrived at their destination.

"Alright, we've arrived. Let's walk a little further ahead, and we'll be there soon."

Du Mingxian listened carefully to the sound and noticed that it had an echo, and it seemed to be at the foot of the mountain.

As they walked in, Du Mingxian could clearly feel that there were mountains on both sides, and they were now walking in the middle of a crevice.

After entering, I walked around for a while and could hear people talking quietly.

"A lot of people came this time."

"Only those who survive count; no matter how many come, it's all for nothing if they don't survive."

Du Mingxian had a sense of déjà vu. She was lost in thought when someone pinched her cheek, causing her mouth to open. Immediately, medicine was stuffed into her mouth. She hurriedly tried to put it into her spatial storage, but the medicine had already dissolved in her mouth.

It truly melts in your mouth.

"What we just fed you was our unique poison. After you come in, you just need to focus on doing your job, obeying orders, and being loyal to your master. We will give you the antidote on the first of every month, so you don't need to worry about the poison doing anything to you."

Du Mingxian understood; this was the poison meant for Ling Silang, and she had also been given a portion.

Soon, someone came forward to untie them.

"Take the blindfold off yourself and follow me."

Du Mingxian removed the cloth strip and saw... a cave with about thirty or forty people standing there, and more than twenty men in black watching them menacingly.

Ling Silang quickly turned around, grabbed Du Mingxian's hand, and whispered in her ear, "It seems like we've been pulled together. Is this for intensive training?"

"That's very likely."

As they walked on, they saw people sitting or lying on the ground.

The surrounding area is all mountains, but there is a large open space in the middle. I don’t know if there is any other way out. It looks like it’s more than a hundred acres in the middle.

"Find a place to rest on your own."

The person who brought them left, and the group that came in at the same time were somewhat flustered. After the fluster, they were overcome with hunger and drowsiness.

Du Mingxian and Ling Silang found a relatively quiet place. She secretly took out two pieces of dried meat and was about to separate Ling Silang.

Just two meters away from them, a person who was sleeping suddenly jumped up, pounced in front of them, and exclaimed excitedly, "Is it meat? It's meat, I can smell meat!"

The dried meat that Du Mingxian hadn't had time to give away had already gone into her spatial dimension. She explained dryly, "Where did this dried meat come from? Are you dreaming? Are you out of your mind?"

"It smells like meat. My nose is very sensitive, and I usually don't make mistakes."

Your nose is really amazing; you can even smell the jerky.

"Then see if we have any." Du Mingxian simply shrugged.

The other person tried to reach out and touch it to confirm if there was any dried meat, but Ling Silang stopped him directly, saying, "You dare to touch my woman's hands? You're asking for death."

Perhaps Ling Silang's voice was too angry, and the other party was wary, so in the end he didn't reach out, and only said awkwardly, "No, no, you can't even speak properly."

"That's because you can't understand human language," Du Mingxian added.

The other person muttered to themselves and simply moved to another spot to continue sleeping.

Both Du Mingxian and Ling Silang were still somewhat shaken, which made Du Mingxian afraid to take out any more food. As soon as she took it out, before she even ate it, the other person could smell the aroma.

Whatever you take out next, it's possible that it will be detected by smell.

However, feeling uneasy due to hunger, Du Mingxian used her consciousness to rummage through the refrigerator, only to find Coincidence.

She secretly slipped a large piece to Ling Silang, saying, "Just a little bit for now, I think tomorrow morning is the main event."

She felt like she was living her past life again.

The two secretly ate the Coincidence, and Du Mingxian also brought them some water. They drank it quietly and felt more comfortable in their stomachs. Since there was still some time before dawn, the two simply leaned against each other and went to sleep.

I didn't wake up naturally in the morning; I was woken up by talking.

When Du Mingxian opened her eyes, she saw the scene in front of her: hundreds of acres of land, half of which were houses of varying heights, and a row of men in black between the houses and the open space.

The area where she was located was a dense, dark mass, and there were quite a few people gathered together.

Ling Silang stood with her, and soon someone stepped onto a high platform in front of them. "Now everyone line up."

Du Mingxian frowned.

Soon, men in black intervened, and everyone had to line up and gather together; there seemed to be quite a few people.

“Listen up, all of you! Only by doing as we say will you have a chance to live. If you don’t do as we say, you can expect to be beheaded.”

There were whispers among the crowd, but few dared to speak up.

"Let's start from here."

Du Mingxian finally understood; this was essentially a selection competition.

"The selection of all scholars takes place here."

Soon someone came out and stood in front of Ling Silang, saying, "Come with me."

Ling Silang was worried about Du Mingxian, and Du Mingxian was even more worried about him. "Take care of yourself. Don't worry about me. Everything's fine here."

"Be careful."

"rest assured."

Ling Silang was taken away, and Du Mingxian could only stand there and wait silently.

Soon, someone stepped forward and asked, "Are you the young lady who took the meat last night?"

Du Mingxian recognized the voice immediately—it belonged to someone with an incredibly sharp nose. "What's it to you?"

"No, no, but your man is a scholar and has been called away. In the next match, your chances of winning alone are slim. Why don't we team up?"

"Forget it." Du Mingxian was extremely disgusted. The person in front of her was as thin as a monkey, and his appearance was not good either. There was nothing about him that was pleasing to the eye.

The man retorted, "You woman, you look down on people! I'll make you look at me in a new light in a moment."

Du Mingxian didn't bother to reply.

There were no competitions beforehand; everyone lined up to register, asking questions such as what each person was good at, what they liked, whether they could hunt, or whether they could shoot arrows.

After asking the questions, the second round of the competition began: carrying large bags.

The large bag is carried, walked a hundred meters ahead, put down, and then carried again... It depends on how much a person can carry at most.

The registration process doesn't involve registering your name. Instead, after recording some basic information, you're given a number that represents your name within the organization.

Du Mingxian is... eighty-three, and the thin man beside her is eighty-four.

"Eighty-three, thank goodness you're not thirty-eight."

Du Mingxian turned around and glared at him, feeling that this person was really childish. She coldly reminded him, "You should worry more about yourself and see if you can carry a bag of things."

"This test is also interesting. It tests both the heaviest load and the maximum number of round trips. The first test is to put bags on your body and see how many bags you can carry before you can't carry them anymore."