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nTest Hall on the first floor of Xin Sect’s Building.

nLittle Feng Mei looked around her left and right and saw that everyone was scribbling something.

nBasically they were solving the riddles and writing their answers to the riddle below it on the paper that the old man had given them.

nFeng Mei also answered her riddle but the riddle stayed there and the next one didn’t appear.

n‘This answer is wrong too.’

nFeng Mei angrily thought while puffing her cheeks cutely.

n‘SCRIBBLE.’

nShe wrote another answer but it was still wrong. So she looked around again.

nFeng Mei was already a Queen of the household and yet she was stuck in the first riddle. She had been taught by her Grandfather High Scholars of the 4th City and many other well-versed teachers. Yet now all the knowledge couldn’t help her solve a simple riddle.

nShe calmly looked at the riddle and read it.

nRiddle: A man stood in the rain without wearing anything over his head for hours and hours yet his hair never got wet.

nLittle Feng Mei who thought that it was easy smiled at the difficulty of the answer and the points she will be getting soon.

nThere were ’10 points’ written next to the riddle.

nShe wrote the answer.

nAnswer: He stood under a cover.

nFeng Mei thought as she wrote the answer with her small hands.

nBut the riddle didn’t change so she knew her answer was wrong.

n‘If he didn’t stand under a cover then how did his hair didn’t get wet?’

nFeng Mei thought.

nShe was annoyed because no answer was coming in her head.

nShe tried again as there was a limited time to accumulate the points.

nAnswer 02: He stood in the rain but the rain never fell on him.

nShe waited but the riddle still stayed on the page.

n‘Another Wrong answer. Ahhhhh.’

nFeng Mei wanted to cry.

nIf only she had seen the man then she would know how easy the riddle was.

nFeng Mei looked around again.

nNow she understood why everyone kept on scribbling.

nThey weren’t solving their riddles directly instead they were just guessing and trying to get the right answer.

nAnswer 03: He used sidestepping to dodge the raindrops.

nLittle Feng Mei had her imagination run wild. Even making the man a master of martial arts such kind who wouldn’t even be touched by the nature.

n‘Still Wrong.’

nEvery time she wrote an answer she would think.

nFeng Mei put her pen down and looked at the riddle again.

nHuff.

nFeng Mei took a deep breather.

nShe picked her pen again and starting writing her yet another answer.

nAnswer 04: He was doing a handstand in the rain.

nFeng Mei wrote.

nIf that person was here he would have killed himself of embarrassment.

n‘Who in their right mind would even do a handstand in rain?’

nThat man would have definitely had this thought if he looked at Feng Mei’s answer.

n‘This is wrong too. Sigh.’

nTears could be seen in the eyes of Feng Mei as she was having second thoughts about giving up on getting the points.

n‘Even if I can’t solve this I will still enter the Sect so why should I suffer like this?’

nLittle Feng Mei thought as she placed her hand on the paper.

nHer fingers were hiding some of the words while leaving some of the words visible to her.

nShe felt a little depressed and looked around her.

nSome of the people around her whose faces she could see had despair written all over their faces.

nWho were these examinees?

nAlmost everyone was from a powerful and exceptional background. They belonged to big names of the Xin Range and yet they couldn’t even solve the first riddle.

nWhile the other people still hadn’t given up.

nOne of these people was Yan.

nYan was already answering his 2nd riddle.

nSeeing Yan and the others who were still trying was a motivational scene for Feng Mei as she looked at the paper.

nThis-this.

nFeng Mei was shocked as she saw the riddle on the paper which had some of its parts hidden by her hands.

nOne of the words of the riddle which were under her index finger was hair.

nLooking at this was like a spark for her.

nWhat if like the missing word the man was missing his hair?

nFeng Mei said it out lightly unconsciously.

nAnswer 05: He was bald.

nFeng Mei answered while looking at the paper with her eyes wide opened.

n‘Woooosh.’

nThe riddle disappeared and another one appeared in its place.

nThe top of her paper changed.

nAdding 10 Points for Feng Mei.

nA sentence appeared on the top of the paper telling the addition of her points from clearing the first riddle.

n10

nThen a ten appeared on her paper.

nFeng Mei smiled cutely.

n‘Now if only I can solve this one too.’

nShe thought while looking at the 2nd riddle.

nRiddle 02: It follows you all the times when you block the light.

nThe riddle went like this causing Feng Mei to think of countless answers again.

nAgain a riddle worth 10 points appeared on her page.

n‘Light is when it’s day and during the day my subordinates follow me. So that’s the answer then.’

nFeng Mei thought while spinning the pen around her fingers. She was more than assured of her answer as she had just cleared her last riddle so the feeling of getting the correct answer was still there.

nScribble.

nShe started writing her answer.

nAnswer: My Subordinates.

nFeng Mei wrote her answer while thinking.

n‘This riddle is perfect for me. Ho ho.’

nShe didn’t forget to give the victory laugh as she waited for her riddle to disappear yet she knew soon.

n‘Again Wrong? How?’

nFeng Mei couldn’t think of another better answer except this for the riddle. Getting the wrong answer again and again was getting annoying for the little Queen.

nShe was frustrated but she knew that now want the time to be emotional.

nSo after calming down she looked at the riddle again.

n‘So it’s something else.’

nFeng Mei thought as she looked around thinking about the riddle.

n‘This hall is well lighted my subordinates are waiting below. What is following me then?’

nLittle Feng Mei thought as she looked around again.

nBut she failed to realize that if only she looked downwards at her right she would have known the answer to this riddle.

nEveryone else was suffering like this.

nYan was stuck at his 3rd riddle.

nSu Shi was at her 4th riddle but she was still disappointed as she knew she could do better.

nBut till now among the 19 examinees here taking the 2nd test only Su Shi had accumulated 30 points.

nOn the top floor of the Sect’s Building.

nThe Second Elder was sweating while looking at smug-faced handsome Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo was sitting in front of the Second Elder as if he was the Elder and the Second Elder was a child.

nA few minutes ago to be exact around 4 minutes ago when the Second Elder had brought Zhao Luo here.

nThe reason for bringing Zhao Luo here was simple.

n‘Since the time I told everyone to climb the stairs of the first floor only this child has acted differently.’

nThe Second Elder thought.

n‘Only he could see through my Deception technique.’

nThe elder wondered while inspecting Zhao Luo.

nDo you mind if I take your second test here?

nHe asked Zhao Luo.

nNot at all. Just let me start.

nZhao Luo answered with an eager attitude as he just wanted to get it over with.

n‘It’s just a test of riddles anyways.’

nHe thought about how hard could it be.

nIt will be hard. Some may even be very hard to answer.

nSecond Elder replied to Zhao Luo as if he could read his thoughts.

nTake a seat.

nThe Elder said.

nZhao Luo sat down on the floor as a small table with a paper appeared in front of him.

nYou can begin. You can just tell me your answer directly.

nSecond Elder gave the start mark to Zhao Luo.

nHe then began spectating Zhao Luo as Zhao Luo focused on the riddle.

n‘Let’s see what you can do.’

nThe Elder was excited. He loved making riddles and solving them. His knowledge had already reached a peak so the only excitement he would get was through engaging in Riddles.

nA man stood in the rain without wearing anything over his head for hours and hours yet his hair never got wet.

nZhao Luo read the first riddle.

nHahaha.

nZhao Luo laughed after reading the riddle. While laughing he looked at the Elder who was looking at him angrily.

nForgive me for that Elder. The riddle was just so funny that I couldn’t hold it in.

nZhao Luo cupped his hand.

nWhat is so funny about the riddle? Maybe you have already solved it after reading once.

nSecond Elder asked Zhao Luo while trying to catch him off guard. As for the Elder he was already of the opinion that nobody could solve his riddle right after reading it.

nThe person must be bald. You won’t get your hands wet if you don’t have them in the first place.

nZhao Luo raised his hands while answering the Elder’s question.

nRight. You are correct. You will get 10 points for that.

nThe Elder told Zhao Luo about his answer that it was correct and awarded him the points. He looked at Zhao Luo who was grinning while looking at the next riddle which had already appeared on the paper.

nSecond Elder felt even more excited while observing Zhao Luo. Still he thought that it would be best if he warned Zhao Luo.

nRemember from now on the riddles will-

nShadow.

nZhao Luo interrupted the Second Elder with the answer to the next riddle.

nThe riddle was the same one that Feng Mei had to solve as her second riddle. Since Feng Mei and Zhao Luo had entered together so the Second Elder started with the same riddles that Feng Mei had to solve.

n???

nThe Second Elder looked at Zhao Luo as if Zhao Luo was some genius of the century but the surprise had just begun.

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