“How about this!”
After a round of discussion, the White-Haired Cultivator said, “How many Divine General Mountain tokens were issued this Time?”
He looked at the ninth Cultivator.
The Cultivator sitting in the ninth position was a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man said, “About four thousand six hundred!”
“Good!” The White-Haired Cultivator said, “Those Cultivators who didn’t even get a token can be ignored!”
“As for the Cultivators who did get tokens, we’ll test them again!”
“What?” The woman in the second seat was startled and said, “Senior Brother, this… this is useless!”
“They’ve already been tested once; if we make them come back, and if someone deliberately concealed something, we still wouldn’t know!”
“Yes, Senior Brother!”
“Exactly!”
“That’s right!”
The rest of the people also expressed their agreement.
The White-Haired Cultivator, however, smiled and said, “You’re mistaken; I’m not saying we should make them test here!”
“Rather… ha ha ha…”
“It’s just a psychological test!”
The female Cultivator wondered, “A psychological test?”
“Right!” The Senior Brother nodded, “Have the City Lord’s Mansion guards go out and notify every Cultivator who has qualified to go to Divine General Mountain, telling them, ‘I suspect you cheated during the test, so we will conduct a re-test specifically for you, and the test will be held after boarding the ship.’ Say this to every Cultivator!”
“Ha ha ha…” The White-Haired Cultivator chuckled proudly at his idea, “What do you think the person who truly cheated will do?”
The female Cultivator said, “I know… they definitely won’t dare to board the ship, and might even run away!”
“Right!”
“That’s it!”
“Senior Brother is brilliant!”
“Once this happens, it will pinpoint the specific person!”
“Senior Brother is brilliant!”
Everyone showered him with praise!
The Senior Brother said, “Go, have your guards make sure to notify everyone. Can you find everyone?”
The guard leader said, “Yes, everyone registered their residence!”
…
Because of this decision by the City Lord’s Mansion, the next day, two guard members dressed in golden Dao robes arrived at He Pingsheng’s small courtyard.
One was at Foundation Establishment Stage Layer Seven, and the other at Foundation Establishment Stage Layer Ten.
The two sat in He Pingsheng’s first-floor hall, watching him.
“He Kunlun, do you understand what we’ve said?” The Cultivator at Foundation Establishment Stage Layer Ten looked at He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng’s face was calm, but his heart was in turmoil: Damn it, how could they find out about this?
This…
“I understand!” He Pingsheng cupped his hands, “Fellow Daoists, rest assured, I will certainly participate in the test on Time!”
“Alright!” The golden-robed man waved his hand, “Good that you know!”
The two left.
He Pingsheng closed the courtyard gate, then sat back down.
He furrowed his brows.
What to do?
He was discovered!
Or… should he just run?
No… absolutely not…
As soon as this thought popped into his mind, He Pingsheng quickly suppressed it.
Since they’ve got their eyes on me, if I run now, I definitely won’t get away.
And once I run, that’s me admitting it.
Now they’re just suspicious, but you’re confessing without being asked?
But if he didn’t run, and he was exposed, his life would probably be forfeit.
Heaven knows what they use these nine Dragons for in their test?
Perhaps, they want to find a Cultivator with a special Physique for Possession?
For a Time, He Pingsheng couldn’t calm down.
Staying was not an option, nor was leaving.
Of course, even if he were to leave, he couldn’t do so immediately.
He thought of a method: Invisibility.
That’s right!
The Baiyin Talisman Qiao Huizhu gave him last Time, after he strengthened it into two Invisibility Talismans, he had only used one.
The other one had always been on him.
“Good…” He Pingsheng finally made his decision: he would use this Invisibility Talisman to leave.
But he couldn’t leave immediately; he needed to make a detailed plan first.
How to run?
Just as He Pingsheng was pondering how to escape, there was another commotion outside his small courtyard, scaring him so much that his hairs stood on end, and he leaped from his chair.
He only breathed a sigh of relief after opening the door.
The person who came was not the City Lord’s Mansion guard, but his old friend, Wang Dun.
“Why are you here?” He Pingsheng asked Wang Dun.
Wang Dun said in a hurry, “Don’t talk, close the door… let’s talk inside!”
“Alright!”
The two closed the courtyard gate and entered the small building.
The two went directly to the third floor, and then He Pingsheng activated all the Formation on the third floor.
Only then did Wang Dun let out a deep breath and say, “It’s over, it’s over, it’s over… Brother, just now those damned City Lord’s Mansion guards told me that they suspect I cheated during the test and want to re-test me!”
“Damn it, these people are really too shrewd!”
“I’ve thought for a long Time, they use this nine Dragon mirror to test us, probably to accurately find people who can see the nine Dragons on it…”
He Pingsheng nodded, “It seems so!”
Wang Dun added, “Heaven knows what they want to do with these people they find?”
“Maybe it’s a good thing, maybe it’s a life-threatening thing, but I don’t dare to gamble!”
“Brother, I originally said I’d take care of you at Divine General Mountain!”
“Now I can’t!”
“I’m going to escape!”
“I told you before, I really did see all the Dragons, I wasn’t bragging!”
“I’m running away!”
“But before I run, I still have to tell you!”
“Later, if anyone asks you about our relationship, for heaven’s sake, don’t sell me out!”
He Pingsheng said, “Don’t worry, I’ll just say you came to me for Alchemy!”
“Good!” Wang Dun said, “Brother, until next Time…”
With that, Wang Dun left directly.
He Pingsheng breathed a sigh of relief.
In any case, it was definitely good that Wang Dun escaped.
Because once Wang Dun ran, all the focus would be on him.
My pressure would be much lighter.
Let’s wait and see.
…
Dawn!
City Lord’s Mansion!
A guard captain dressed in a golden Dao robe rushed to the outside of a grand hall.
“Elder… this is bad!”
“Someone escaped!”
Inside the hall, an Elder hurriedly opened the hall door and the Formation, saying, “Escaped?”
“Yes!”
“Who?”
“Wang Dun!”
“Who is Wang Dun?” The White-Haired Cultivator’s eyes were as sharp as a knife, looking at the golden-robed youth.
The golden-robed youth didn’t even dare to breathe heavily: “He… he…”
“Don’t be so wishy-washy… speak!”
“Yes!” The golden-robed youth took a deep breath and said, “He is… the number one on the dragon soaring rankings!”
Slap…
The White-Haired Cultivator suddenly raised his hand, then slapped it hard on the outside of his thigh: “Hmph… damn it… how could I forget about the dragon soaring rankings!”
“It’s him… it’s definitely him!”
“It must be him, no mistake!”
“Have you caught him?”
【Sorry, my benefactors, I went to the hospital again yesterday… Good news is, no problems were found; bad news is, no problems were found.】