Chapter 70: The Second Trial (Thanks to book friend Tianqiong Yunhai for the alliance leader reward, added update for the alliance leader)

"Who fights Mantis Fist like this?!" The Vice Sect Master widened his eyes. He had also heard of Mantis Fist; it was a fist technique that imitated a mantis.

It was a fist technique that imitated a mantis, not a fist technique that turned you into a mantis!

To ensure this trial met the expected standards, he had repeatedly deduced it and even let several flexible-minded high-level members of the sect try it, confirming that besides the standard answer he gave, there was absolutely no second way to solve it.

Now two answers outside the standard had popped up at once; he couldn't accept it!

The Sect Master was more open-minded: "Think about it from another angle. He only looked at the mantis a few times and realized the Mantis Fist. The Jin Kingdom general in history didn't have martial arts talent either, showing this Lu Yang has extremely high martial arts talent. By the end, he reached the profound realm of entering the Dao through martial arts and practicing martial arts into spells. This is a genius that is hard to find!"

The Vice Sect Master was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the Sect Master who looked serious, and asked: "Are you serious?"

The Sect Master thought to himself, of course I made it up. Actually, I didn't understand how he turned from a person into a mantis either, but as the Sect Master, I can't show ignorance in front of my subordinates.

The Sect Master nodded and said: "Naturally, I am serious."

After the Sect Master said this, the Vice Sect Master felt a bit better. Since it was a genius that was hard to find, it was reasonable to stumble upon a way to break the situation.

Barely acceptable.

"Those who can pass have passed. Let's end the first trial here." The Vice Sect Master said. There were hundreds of thousands of screens on the water surface, recording everyone's performance.

Only a small number of people realized perseverance from the spider, a very small number realized strategy from the mantis, and most people were unable to recover in the cave, became deserters, and were killed by Liang Kingdom soldiers in the chaos of war, dying nameless. The Liang Kingdom soldiers didn't even know that the person they killed had once been so high-spirited.

"The second trial begins."

"The second trial is to make the examiner sincerely want to keep you."

This sentence appeared in everyone's mind. They forgot the cause and effect, only remembering that they had to try every means to pass the second trial.

Yan Wangsun's brain was a bit dizzy. He had no impression of what happened before, only vaguely remembering a quite familiar person asking him where he was from, and he said he was from Huang Yue City.

"I am Yan Wangsun, and I am currently applying for a position at the Landing Money Chamber of Commerce. I need to pass an interview. The interview requirement is not to tell others the interview questions." Yan Wangsun sorted out the information he currently knew.

Even if it weren't required, Yan Wangsun wouldn't tell others the interview questions. This was building a bridge for others, and it had no benefit to himself.

Yan Wangsun found himself sitting in the first position, next to a burly man wearing a Confucian robe.

"My name is Seeing Man Gu, what's yours?"

Yan Wangsun didn't answer because the examiner was calling his name.

As soon as he entered the room, Yan Wangsun noticed a ball of paper on the ground, threw it into the trash can, and then prepared for the interview.

The examiner was chubby, his clothes were worn quite reluctantly, and he always had a smiling appearance: "Yan Wangsun, right? Go to the market now and see if there are any potatoes for sale."

Yan Wangsun left honestly and took a stroll around the market. There was only one place selling potatoes. After he came back, he said "Yes."

The chubby examiner asked again: "How many potatoes are there?"

Yan Wangsun had no choice but to run out again and came back to say: "There are eighty jin of potatoes."

"What's the price?"

Yan Wangsun cursed in his heart, why didn't you say so earlier, you fatty? He ran out for the third time and asked for the price: "Three wen per jin."

"How is the quality of the potatoes? Does it match the price?"

Yan Wangsun suppressed his anger. Like walking a dog, he ran out for the fourth time to check the quality of the potatoes: "The quality of the potatoes is average, about three or four wen per jin. The price is not set high."

The chubby examiner said with a smile: "You are eliminated."

"On what grounds!" Yan Wangsun said angrily. He had been walked out four times by the chubby examiner, running there and back every time, working hard for half a day, and you tell me I failed?

Are you playing with me!

The chubby examiner spread his hands: "You ran out four times for such a small matter as asking about potatoes; how can I trust you with work?"

"Then you should have asked everything in one go!"

The chubby examiner shook his head: "It's you who didn't do things thoroughly; how can you blame me for not asking? Young man, you need to learn to guess the superior's intentions at work."

"Pah, you think you're the emperor? Still superior's intentions."

The chubby examiner wasn't annoyed: "Although you failed, you can stay."

Yan Wangsun looked suspiciously at the chubby examiner, worried that he was playing with him again: "Really?"

"Do you still remember the ball of paper you picked up as soon as you entered the door? I threw it on the ground on purpose to see who would pick it up."

Yan Wangsun was happy, thinking to himself, could this be testing his sense of responsibility and observation?

"It just so happens we are missing someone to do cleaning. You stay and be responsible for cleaning."

Yan Wangsun: "..."

Yan Wangsun really wanted to curse, but never said it out loud. Regardless, being able to stay counted as passing the trial, which was a good thing.

"Next one," the chubby examiner shouted.

Seeing Man Gu walked into the room. Yan Wangsun saw Seeing Man Gu's honest appearance and felt a bit disdainful, thinking this person would definitely be played by the examiner like him.

"Go see if there are any potatoes for sale in the market." The chubby examiner asked the same question.

Seeing Man Gu said "Oh" and left, returning after more than ten minutes.

"There is an old man pushing a small cart selling potatoes in the market. There are eighty jin of potatoes, three wen per jin. The quality matches the price. The old man also said if you buy a lot of potatoes, the price can be another one-tenth cheaper..."

Seeing Man Gu answered extremely detailedly, even asking questions the chubby examiner hadn't considered in advance. Yan Wangsun, who was standing on the side, was stunned.

Don't look at Seeing Man Gu's rough appearance; in fact, he was a person with a delicate heart and thorough consideration. He was good at learning with an open mind, especially learning from Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

Judging from the current situation, there was still a long way to go before graduation.

"Congratulations, you have been kept."

"Look at what I said, this Seeing Man Gu is a good seedling." The Vice Sect Master was very happy to see Seeing Man Gu pass the trial again, which proved that his approach to setting the questions was correct.

Others answered the examiner's four questions after running twice; this was barely considered passing.

Only Seeing Man Gu perfectly matched his thoughts.

The Sect Master nodded: "It seems this second trial tests whether one does things thoroughly and whether one can consider things for the superior."

The demonic path must be careful in doing things, leaving no tail, so as not to be caught by the righteous path.

Furthermore, only by considering things for the superior can it show that you have the potential to rise, and the higher-ups will promote you.

The Vice Sect Master based the second trial on various considerations.

"This time there shouldn't be any other methods," the Vice Sect Master said with a proud smile.

The Sect Master didn't speak, casting his gaze on the two who performed excellently in the first trial.

Intuition told him that perhaps there were other methods. ===== CHAPTER 71 =====