Suddenly blocked on his way, Qin Sihai eyed Ye Ling’er in front of him with puzzlement. When he saw the excitement in her expression, a small surprise arose in his heart.
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In his memory, Ye Ling’er was extremely aloof, rarely revealing her inner thoughts, and was even nicknamed ‘Extinction Master’ by the other mentors.
Yet, she showed such excitement upon seeing Li Qianfan.
Qin Sihai first glanced back at Li Qianfan, then answered, “Ling’er, his name is Li Qianfan. He’s come for an interview at our pavilion. I’m about to take him for testing.”
The Martial Pavilion personally taking him for testing.
This was clearly a case of nepotism.
If it were someone else, given Ye Ling’er’s character, she would definitely show disdain, but at this moment, she showed no such reaction and instead scrutinized Li Qianfan closely.
What a familiar feeling!
She felt a sense of closeness to Li Qianfan, and she also sensed a faint ‘qi’ within him, which was something ordinary people did not possess.
This must be the man Grandpa spoke of, who could practice martial arts with her, right?
At the same time, Li Qianfan also looked towards Ye Ling’er, his eyes filled with confusion, as he could clearly sense that this woman’s gaze towards him was somewhat abnormal.
She looked like a starving wolf that had found a tasty meal.
This feeling of being targeted made Li Qianfan somewhat frightened—what did this woman want? Could it be she fancied him and wanted to take him to bed?
Seeing Ye Ling’er remained silent, Qin Sihai asked, “Ling’er, is there something you want to say?”
“Nothing much, Director Qin, I’ll be off to attend to my duties!”
Ye Ling’er did not continue to speak and took another glance at Li Qianfan before she left.
Li Qianfan also stole a glance at Ye Ling’er with his peripheral vision, noting her extraordinary beauty, which set ripples through his heart—this woman was indeed gorgeous.
Li Qianfan once thought his sister-in-law was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, but Ye Ling’er certainly had the potential to rival her.
“Qianfan, just now Ye Ling’er kept staring at you. It seems like she’s taken a fancy to you. Although she’s a mentor for the children’s group, she also has the right to choose students. If you followed her, that would be great too,” Liu Sisi said.
Liu Sisi was very familiar with the Four Seas Martial Pavilion, so she naturally knew about Ye Ling’er, “However, Ye Ling’er is usually quite aloof and is rather strict with her students. It won’t be easy under her guidance.”
“Following that mentor, everything depends on fate; I won’t force it,” Li Qianfan replied.
Although he said that, Li Qianfan still harbored some longing. Becoming Ye Ling’er’s student meant he could always be around her.
Having something happen with such a beauty would indeed be a delightful affair.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the testing area.
The testing items were simple: ‘strength,’ ‘reaction,’ and ‘speed’ were the three categories.
The pavilion had a lot of professional equipment to test these aspects.
Liu Sisi wasn’t worried about the strength and speed tests, but she was anxious about the reaction test since Li Qianfan was blind—she wondered whether he could pass that part.
Li Qianfan himself was also concerned, but his concern was with the strength test.
He was now a second-level Qi-cultivating cultivator. If he were to strike the testing machine with his full force, he would probably end up blowing it up, right?
Surely that would shock Qin Sihai and lead him to doubt Li Qianfan’s true strength.
In order not to draw too much attention, Li Qianfan only used less than a level of his strength, but still produced a result that shook Qin Sihai—a single punch had landed with over a thousand pounds of force.
Though not quite reaching a mentor’s level, it was still an exceptional performance among the students.
This made Qin Sihai even more interested in Li Qianfan.
During the speed and reaction tests, Li Qianfan deliberately did not showcase excessively good performance. The results were mediocre, especially in reaction; to avoid exposing his blindness, he intentionally got hit by the testing device several times, resulting in an average score.
After the tests concluded, Qin Sihai called over the ten mentors of the Martial Pavilion to the testing arena.
The mentors arrived one after another!
Soon, Li Qianfan saw the arrogantly approaching Zhao Tianjie. His face darkened upon seeing Li Qianfan, and his eyes were filled with disdain.
This gave Li Qianfan a sudden sense of foreboding.
Could it be that Zhao Tianjie was going to manipulate things due to their previous conflict?
As expected, once all ten mentors had gathered, Qin Sihai introduced Li Qianfan’s identity and testing data, then began the interview.
Upon learning that Li Qianfan was blind, more than half of the mentors opted out. Even without Zhang Ju’s suggestions, they would not choose a blind person as a student, and this blind student’s data wasn’t impressive. Additionally, his age was such that teaching him to achieve great results would be difficult.
You should know, the trainees’ performance is linked to their wages. If a trainee achieves excellent results through competition, they can earn a substantial bonus.
It also adds a significant feather to their cap on their resume.
Taking this into consideration, in the end, aside from Ye Ling’er, Zhao Tianjie, and Zhang Ju, the remaining seven mentors chose to withdraw.
“Ah, no one’s picking, huh!”
Seeing the mentors withdrawing, Zhao Tianjie’s eyes filled with disdain, and he deliberately asked Zhang Ju, “Brother Ju, do you want to pick this blind guy?”
“My students all have martial arts talent. I won’t choose a blind student with this kind of test data. Or maybe, you want to pick him?” Zhang Ju looked at Zhao Tianjie and said.
“Brother Tianjie, stop joking. I’ve already filled my student slots and even if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t choose a blind person, haha,” Zhao Tianjie said with a laugh.
The two of them went back and forth, each sentence filled with scorn for Li Qianfan.
This made Liu Sisi feel very uncomfortable, and she said, “If you’re not choosing, then don’t, is it necessary to mock him so much? Besides, even if you wanted to pick him, we wouldn’t follow you.”
“Fine, fine, it’s best if you don’t follow us. We wouldn’t want a blind student anyway.”
Zhao Tianjie sneered repeatedly, his face full of disdain.
Seeing the other party’s smug look, Li Qianfan was burning with rage. He was sure that it was Zhao Tianjie’s doing that notified the other mentors to reject him.
This guy, really asking for a slap in the face!
If that’s how it’s going to be, then don’t blame me for making you lose face.
“Zhao Tianjie, although I’m blind, do you even qualify to choose me?” If I remember correctly, you should be my subordinate…”
Before Li Qianfan could say “defeated general,” a cool voice rang out from afar, “I’ll take this student!!”
Shush shush shush…
In the next moment, all the mentors’ gazes locked onto the direction where the voice had come from. The person who had spoken was none other than Ye Ling’er, who had been observing the situation.
“Ye Ling’er, why would you choose a blind man?” Zhao Tianjie, seeing the last thing he wanted to happen, immediately questioned.
“Do I need to check with you on what I do?” Ye Ling’er’s face was ice-cold as she retorted, “What, do I need to look at your face to choose my student?”
Zhao Tianjie was left speechless, immediately shooting a plea for help towards Zhang Ju. It wasn’t that he didn’t dare retort against Ye Ling’er, but considering that Zhang Ju was after Ye Ling’er.
Zhang Ju understood and immediately said, “Ling’er, you’re in charge of the children’s group. It might not be appropriate to recruit a man in his twenties to your group.”
“There’s nothing inappropriate about it. I want him,” Ye Ling’er stated firmly, not giving Zhang Ju any face.
Having his face slapped, Zhang Ju was also somewhat embarrassed, and he continued, “Ling’er, you know that I mean well for you. If you have adults in your group, then like us, you’d be assigned external tasks each month. He is blind, and all the pressure will fall on you. It will be very tiring!”
“You don’t need to worry about it!” Ye Ling’er said plainly.
“You…” Zhang Ju was a bit angered, his face turning red.
“Zhang Ju, let it be. Since Ling’er is willing to take him, then let’s keep him. As for the external tasks you mentioned, I will consider task distribution so as not to create too much pressure for Ling’er,” Qin Sihai said, understanding Ye Ling’er’s temperament.
If Zhang Ju kept going, he would ultimately make Zhang Ju lose face in front of everyone, so he immediately stepped in to smooth things over.
“Alright then.” Since the pavilion master had spoken, Zhang Ju didn’t say more. He left the testing area with an unwilling Zhao Tianjie.
“Li Qianfan, welcome to the Four Seas Martial Pavilion. From now on, I will be the mentor responsible for you. Come with me; there are some things I need to tell you,” Ye Ling’er said, looking at Li Qianfan and then turning to leave after all the other mentors had gone.
Ye Ling’er’s office was simple: a desk, a set of sofas, and a wooden stake for practicing martial arts. The walls were covered with data and training information for the various students, showing she was a very dedicated mentor.
“Do you know why I chose you?” Ye Ling’er turned to look at Li Qianfan, asking seriously.
Li Qianfan asked, “Why?”
Ye Ling’er was silent for a moment before saying, “Because you’re the man most suitable to ‘double cultivate’ martial arts with me… Simply put, I want to ‘double cultivate’ with you!!”