Chapter 26 - The Protagonist Was Tempted

Wang Shouren originally planned to let Feng Yu Die live in his cave house for the seven days of the examination.

After all, the Matriarch also asked him to take care of her.

Moreover, not even a dog would want to live in such an environment where fifty people lived together. Some of them snore or have smelly feet, making it difficult to sleep in a stinky room.

However, since Mr. Qi asked him to prepare a good place for them to live in, Wang Shouren immediately found the solution and led the two girls to the inner disciple residence.

That was a spiritual land located on the slope of the Black Star Sect's Heavenly Cloud Peak mountain. There were ten newly built courtyard houses on this land, surrounded by an abundance of old medicinal plants, beautiful scenery, and plenty of spiritual energy. However, it seemed that these houses had not yet been completed, and many craftsmen from the Black Star Sect were rushing to finish them.

These dwellings were for those disciples who would pass the selection, but only the top ten could move in. Most disciples were sent to live on other mountain peaks, with four to six people usually living in the same room.

The compound was equipped with a first-class alchemy furnace for concocting pills and a special field for cultivating spiritual plants. The soil in the spiritual field was enchanted and was enough to meet most of the daily needs of a cultivator in the Foundation Building stage.

After Wang Shouren brought them there on his flying sword, he said, "Feng Yu Die, you can choose any of the ten rooms here to live in until you reach the late stage of the Foundation Building. After that, the sect will allocate you a piece of land, and you can set up your own cave house."Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

"One room..."

Slightly dazed, Feng Yu Die looked at Pei Lianxue and hid a smile. Did that mean that she could live in the same room with her for a long time from now on?

Wake up together, eat together, practice together every day...

If Sister Pei was tired from sword practice, she would massage her shoulders.

If Sister Pei wanted to take a bath, she would rub her back...

"Eh he he... he he..."

Pei Lianxue glanced at her like looking at a fool, then asked, "Elder Wang, as a companion, will I also live here?"

"As long as Feng Yu Die is willing, you can stay here with her. There is also accommodation over at Moon Spring Peak specially prepared for the companions..."

"I am willing!" Feng Yu Die quickly interrupted. "Sister Pei, you will live with me from now on, and we will sleep together, practice together, and eat delicious food together. How cool is that?"

"..."

The girl bit her lip, apparently very displeased, but said nothing else. After glaring at Feng Yu Die and Pei Lianxue, she turned her head and headed to one of the houses.

After she left, Feng Yu Die came forward and asked, "Elder Wang, who is she? She looks so pretty."

"Pretty..." Wang Shouren was stunned momentarily, then replied, "Her name is Xiao Yunluo, and she is the young lady of the Black Star Sect. Since you two are the same generation of disciples, you can just call her Sister Xiao."

Feng Yu Die nodded as she glanced at Xiao Yunluo's house, but after a moment, she quickly looked away, walked back to Pei Lianxue with a smile, and winked at her.

"Sister Pei, she is not as beautiful as you."

Pei Lianxue was at a loss. "I don't care. Why are you pointing this out?"

"Don't care~ Just don't care! Huh---" Feng Yu Die breathed out lightly, and smirked again, "Hehe~hehe..."

Wang Shouren regained his composure and led them forward as he explained the situation. "I will tell you some basic matters. Each courtyard is equipped with a high-grade alchemy furnace. Usually..."

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After settling them down, Wang Shouren returned to the Academy where he meditated and rested in the Lotus position for a while. At sunset, after the written test was over, Qi Baishi called him over to help him revise and grade the answers.

But while they were supposed to correct the papers together, he actually ended up grading all of the nearly 10,000 test papers by himself.

Qi Baishi only selected a small part of the test papers he was interested in grading.

He graded Feng Yu Die's test paper with 95 points, deducting five points because of her ugly handwriting. As for Pei Lianxue, she got a perfect score.

Although Wang Shouren had anticipated that the two would have high grades, the perfect score was completely beyond his expectation.

Previously, no one had ever achieved a perfect score in the Black Star selection tests. After all, this essay didn't have a standard answer like astrology or arithmetic. How many points you could get depended partly on the examiner's mood.

After a moment of hesitation, Wang Shouren could not hold back and tried to advise. "Mr. Qi, is it really okay to give the maximum grade? This answer is really indisputable, but there is no need to give the top score. Just deduct a few points."

Qi Baishi put down the paper he held, glanced at him, and said, "Hmph! This is how I evaluated the test. If anyone has objections, they can come to me in person."