Free Web NovelChapter 1979: Chapter 1968: Back to the Surface
Luckily, the girl quickly jumped up, then fell off the animal’s back, only to hit the ground again.
"Idiot!"
As soon as the girl got off the plane, a cold laugh suddenly came from behind her. It was another girl following her.
"Xiao Lan, your mount is too fierce, it dares to mock even its owner."
As a gust of wind blew past, the girl behind jumped off the animal’s back and appeared in front of everyone.
This girl was wearing a purple dress, her snow-white skin like snow, her eyes filled with a proud expression, clearly the daughter of this big family.
Xiao Lan’er was publicly mocked by the girl in the purple dress. Before that, Xiao Lan’er was very angry.
If it hadn’t been for that boy blocking her path earlier, she would not have suddenly stopped the beast, saving herself from being humiliated.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lan’er’s right hand suddenly twitched, and the whip immediately swung towards the young man in white.
"Are you blind? How dare you block my way! Do you have a death wish?"
As she swung the whip, Xiao Lan’er couldn’t help but shout.
"Snap—"
Many thought that this whip would surely lash the young man in white into a mess.
But to their surprise, as the whip came down, the young man in white suddenly bent down to dodge it.
Xiao Lan’er’s sudden move attracted the attention of many around, as well as the cold glance of the young man in white.
This young man in white was none other than Ao Kangsheng, standing at the back of the crowd.
Seeing Xiao Lan’er angry, many onlookers couldn’t help but whisper among themselves.
"Ah, this child is really unlucky. He even got into trouble with this lady for no reason."
"If he didn’t dodge and just took the whip, maybe this would have been resolved."
"Yeah! Now that the Xiao teacher is angry, it seems this boy is in trouble today."
"Offending someone from the Xiao Family won’t end well in this city full of sharp knives!"
Suddenly, Xiao Lan’er coldly scolded again: "Why are you dodging without eyes? I told you to hide. I told you to hide!"
As she spoke, the long whip in her hand lashed out again, striking towards Ao Cangsheng.
However, no matter how fierce or fast Xiao Lan’er’s whip was, it always missed Ao Cangsheng when it fell.
This scene left a group of onlookers dumbfounded, while also creating a more ominous feeling in their hearts.
"Child, do you want to die?"
After a dozen lashes, Xiao Lan’er still couldn’t hit Ao Cangsheng, her face flushing red for a moment.
In an instant, she was prepared to draw a sword, and suddenly a soft sword appeared in Xiao Lan’er’s hand.
Judging by her stance, it was obvious she intended to personally kill Ao Kangsheng, revealing the cold ruthlessness in her heart.
Just as the audience was about to witness a spectacular show, the doors of the Golden Core Hospital suddenly began to slowly open.
Seeing the gates of the Golden Palace open, the spectators lined up and rushed forward, completely ignoring the grudge between Xiao Lan’er and Ao Kangsheng.
"I meant it, if you want to enter the Golden Palace, maybe you can have the Xiao Family greet the Golden Palace."
"Then, even if you don’t need to participate in the evaluation, you can study at the Golden Core Academy."
"Uncle Mu, you want us to enter through the back door. It’s a shame, I don’t care for that."
"I have a deep study of alchemy. Do you think it’s difficult for me in a small examination room like yours?"
Xiao Lan’er raised her neck, glancing disdainfully at her middle-aged counterpart. She was a bit arrogant.
"Yeah! With our achievements in alchemy, the evaluation is just simplistic decoration!"
The girl in the purple dress also pouted disdainfully, unexpectedly being rude to the middle-aged.
"Well, you’re good. I’m afraid of you. Since you are confident in your alchemy achievements, then go and participate in the evaluation."
Seeing that he couldn’t argue with the two girls, the middle-aged man immediately surrendered with a raised hand.
"Of course, we will take the exam. Uncle Mu, just you wait!"
Xiao Lan’er said a word and headed towards the Golden Palace.
The girl in a purple dress also snorted coldly and followed Xiao Lan’er.
Subsequently, a group of evaluators entered the Golden Core Hospital and were taken to the evaluation hall.
The evaluation hall was antique and spacious inside.
In the center of the hall, there was an examiner’s seat. At the bottom left, there were thirty alchemy tools.
When they arrived at the main hall, an old man was sitting in the examiner’s seat.
When the old man saw the two girls from the Xiao Family, he was surprised.
Later, the Xiao Family bowed their heads and greeted the old man simultaneously.
It was evident that in front of the old man, the two daughters of the Xiao Family restrained their arrogant temper.
Once people stood up, the gray-clad old man pointed to a row of small wooden plaques on the table in front of him and said: "Come over, take turns picking a wooden plaque." If there is any text on the wooden card, you can stay there for evaluation."
"If there is no text on the wooden card, those people can go back directly. If you want to take the exam again, wait for ten days."
Saying this, the gray-clad old man waved to a young man in front, "Start drawing lots."
The young man saw the situation and hurried forward to pick up a wooden plaque from the table.
But when he turned over the wooden plaque, a look of disappointment suddenly appeared on his face.
It seemed he didn’t choose a character-marked wooden card, wasting an evaluation opportunity.
Then a second middle-aged man followed. After opening the selected wooden plaque, his face suddenly blossomed with excitement.
It seems he picked a text-marked wooden card and can participate in today’s evaluation.
When over 30 people picked the wooden cards, the old man said again: "Now, please choose those without wooden cards to turn them in, then someone will escort you out of the Golden Palace."
Ao Cangsheng rubbed the wooden plaque and sighed lightly.
Then, like most of us, he exited the line and walked to the long table.
Today, his luck seemed terrible. First, he encountered Xiao Lan’er’s arrogance, then ended up with a speechless plaque.
Now, with no evaluation opportunity, he could only come back in ten days.
Seeing Ao Cangsheng walk out of the line, Xiao Lan’er’s face immediately turned cold.
Ao Cangsheng made her publicly humiliated. Wasn’t it too cheap for her to let him leave like this?
Xiao Lan’er thought for a moment, suddenly walked to the old man, and whispered a few words to him.
The gray-clad old man listened to Xiao Lan’er’s words, his expression changed a bit, and he immediately raised his eyes, glancing at Ao Cangsheng.
Hearing Xiao Lan’er’s words, the gray-clad old man smiled bitterly and reluctantly nodded.
When the few people in front placed their wooden cards and turned to leave, Ao Cangsheng respectfully put the wooden card on the table.
"Boy, wait!"
When Ao Kangsheng turned to leave, the old man suddenly called out to Ao Kangsheng.
"Are you talking to me?"
Ao Cangsheng suddenly turned around, looking at the gray-haired old man in surprise.
The gray-clad old man looked indifferent. He glanced at Ao Kangsheng and said: "Do you think there’s anyone else here?"
Ao Cangsheng smiled awkwardly and asked, "Senior, how can I help you?"
The gray-clad old man snorted: "Teaching you is important. I respect your actions. Would you like to give you an opportunity to participate in the exam?"
Hearing this, Ao Cangsheng was initially pleased but then saw Xiao Lan’er deeply.
He had just witnessed Xiao Lan’er’s actions.
If he guessed right, the reason the gray-clad old man was giving him this opportunity was mainly because Xiao Lan’er succeeded.
At this moment, Ao Cangsheng coldly smiled and said: "I’d like to see what you really want to do."
"Of course.
