Chapter 84: The tests (1)

This paragraph will be in Tian You's POV:

I woke up bright early in the morning and begin to prepare for everything. Shang Gu saw that I was awake and she came up to me saying "Childe are you not worried that a teacher might've leaked the test question?". I shook my head and replied "I put some powder in the tea. If you don't spill anything then there would be no reaction, but if someone spills their lips will swell up, this won't be able to be reduced unless they have got the antidote. Sadly for them, me and tian Hao are the only ones who have the antidote. Even if they do find a way to spill I have got a backup plan," I assured Shang Gu.

"Also, the thing I told you to check about. Have you done it?" I asked as she nodded. She took a whole block of files from her internal space and handed them to me. " The things Chang family did is really not what humans should do. How could they do those things? I'm so glad the poison valley has decided to get rid of them," exclaimed Shang Gu as I glared at her. The things that the Chang family has done are really inhuman. They were kidnapping people and selling them for profit and money and many more. "This isn't up to us to judge. I'll give this whole paper to Chang Ling and Chang Xue. They can be the judge of this business. Whether or not they want to take revenge or not is up to them. I can only support them from behind," I muttered as Shang Gu nodded.

"Senior brother, why are you awake so early?" Shang Guan Tao asked as said a quick hello. "Didi. Senior brother," called Shang Guan Yue as I muttered, "Morning". "Guys, shall we place a bet on who's going to be in the top 10?" Shang Guan Tao asked as we all nodded. Yu Xuan immediately grabbed us all some paper to allow us to write the answer. In my paper, I wrote Mei Xiang, Chang Ling, Xiu Ying, Wei Xian, Wei Ying, Chang Xue, Zi Shu, Ke Xing, Feng Jiu and Yang Yang. Hopefully, I win. This bet was only placed between Shang Guan Tao, Shang Guan Yue, Yu Xuan, Shang Gu and me. I wonder who will win.

"The person who wins has to treat everyone to dinner," exclaimed Shang Guan Tao as everyone agreed. Ok, so I know I don't wanna win that much. "Also, guys remember what we agreed before?" I asked as everyone nodded. "Whoever gets in the top 15 can be taken as an inner disciple from any of us (Shang Guan Tao, Shang Guan Yue and Li Tian You). Just saying I'm only going to take in 5 students including Chang Ling and Chang Xue. So the rest are you guys," I explained as everyone nodded. 5 is a lot already considering the fact that I'm not always here.

"Right, let's go out and meet everyone," I exclaimed as we all walked out of my pavilion. As soon as I saw everyone, I knew that the exam question had not been disclosed as everyone's lips were not swollen. The poison wouldn't happen later because it reacts as soon as the words 'test' have been said. I'll sprinkle the antidote on everyone's rice later on. "Ready?" I asked everyone and they all nodded. We proceeded to walk diagonally across to the hall where the exam would take place.

I enter the room and I see that almost everyone has arrived. There were about 50 students. This test was open to anyone with a martial arts base so there were also some new people. Luckily, the hall was big enough to fit everyone. "Good morning students, I'm sure you all know what the rules of this test are going to be about. Please take your seats and we will begin to call out the register. The exam will start shortly," I explained as everyone went to grab a seat.

I turned towards the registration officer - Jun Jie. His lips had swollen up. I turned towards Shang Gu and gave her a knowing smile. Looks like the exam question is going to have to change. "Jun Jie, what's with your lips?" I questioned. "I'm not sure my Lord but I believe it will be fine. It must've been because of what I ate yesterday," he replied. Liar. I nodded and reassured him that he could always ask Shang Guan Yue to examine him.

I sat down at the head of the hall with Shang Guan Tao, and Shang Guan Yue sitting next to me. Yu Xuan and Shang Gu stood right behind me as they looked curiously at the students in the hall. All the teaching officers have come today and so they were seated vertically down the hall on both sides. I did this to ensure that the teachers could watch all the students in case they were to cheat.