Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 137

The cloth-clothed youth said with a hint of awkwardness, “Originally, that was indeed my plan, but as an apology for my slip of the tongue just now, I’ve decided to give you a free introduction.”

“Little brother, since you’re going to participate in the recruitment assembly, what you’re most concerned about must be the assessment content, right? Let me tell you about it. In general, the assessment is divided into two parts: ‘Aptitude’ and ‘Character’, each worth fifty points. A total score of sixty points or more is considered passing.”

“The first part, Aptitude, as the name suggests, is to test the cultivation talent of the participants. It is said that each sect has a different testing method, and the Violet Radiance Sect uses eight colors: ‘Gold, Violet, Orange, Red, Azure, Green, Yellow, White’ for distinction. A test result of white gets ten points, yellow gets twenty, and so on. Red gets full marks. As for the higher three colors of orange, violet, and gold, if they appear, all subsequent tests can be waived, and one can directly enter the sect.”

The cloth-clothed youth shook his head as he spoke. “However, I’ve been in Linyao Town for three years, and let alone the three colors of orange, violet, and gold, even red aptitude is few and far between.”

He continued, “After the aptitude test, it’s time to enter the second part, the ‘Character’ assessment. Before the assessment begins, the Violet Radiance Sect’s Immortal Masters will cast a ‘All Beings Equal Spell’ on all participants. The effect is that everyone, regardless of whether they were a sickly person or a martial arts expert before, will have their physical fitness and strength controlled at the same level during the assessment, roughly the level of an ordinary adult.”

“The second part of the assessment has five stages, as for the specific content…”

The cloth-clothed youth suddenly stopped speaking and said with a bitter smile, “Sorry, little brother, I can’t help you with the rest. It’s not that I’m unwilling to tell you, but after I failed the assessment that year, the Violet Radiance Sect’s Immortal Master cast a ‘Silence Charm’ on me. No matter what method I use, I can’t reveal the specific content of the assessment.”

“I see, I understand. Thank you, big brother, this has already been a great help to me!” Song Ling sincerely thanked him.

The cloth-clothed youth sighed, “Actually, even if I don’t tell you these things, you’ll know them on the day of the assessment. They won’t provide any practical help.”

“You can’t say that. At least if you know in advance, you’ll be mentally prepared!”

Song Ling comforted him.

“I didn’t expect you, little brother, to be so young yet possess such a calm and unrestrained mindset.” A hint of admiration flashed in the cloth-clothed youth’s eyes. “Alright, let me tell you about those competitors who will be participating in the assessment with you this year. The most striking one is none other than—”

The cloth-clothed youth was halfway through his sentence when a sudden rush of hooves and exclamations from the crowd came from afar.

The three turned their heads and saw a luxuriously decorated carriage, like a whirlwind passing through, disregarding the bustling crowd on the road, speeding from north to south.

The coachman’s face was anxious, completely ignoring the pedestrians in front of him. He frequently whipped the horses pulling the carriage, trying to make them run faster.

The pedestrians in front, in fear, scattered to dodge, but a father holding a child failed to dodge in time and was violently knocked to the ground by the carriage. The child flew out of his father’s arms and rolled to the roadside, his shrill cries piercing the clamor. The father curled up in pain nearby, clearly severely injured.

“Whoa!”

The coachman reined in the horses, not checking on the injured immediately. Instead, he turned around and repeatedly kowtowed to the inside of the carriage, saying with a face full of fear, “Your Highness, an ignorant commoner blocked the way and startled Your Highness. Please punish me, Your Highness!”

The curtain was lifted by a fair, delicate hand, and a stunningly beautiful girl stepped out.

The girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, exquisitely beautiful, with eyes like a painting. She wore a golden tassel hair ornament and a cloud brocade robe, with embroidered gold-threaded shoes on her feet. Her eyebrows revealed an innate nobility and coldness.

She looked indifferent, staring at the constantly kowtowing coachman. She lifted her foot and stepped on his head, grinding it as she spoke, “Did I not tell you to get me to the silk shop in the west of town within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea?”

Although the girl’s voice was pleasant, at this moment, it was as cold as a biting wind, seemingly causing the surrounding temperature to drop several degrees.

“Your Highness, spare me, Your Highness, spare me…” The coachman trembled even more violently, begging for mercy repeatedly. Sweat on his forehead mixed with the mud from the girl’s shoe sole, making him look utterly disheveled.

But the girl’s anger did not subside. She spat out with utter disgust, “What use is a waste like you to me!”

With that, she drew a long sword from the carriage and swiftly cut off the coachman’s head, then kicked his body out of the carriage.

“Hidden Guard.” The girl softly called out to the air in front of her.

“Swish—”

Almost at the same moment the girl’s voice fell, several dark figures flashed out from hidden spots such as surrounding rooftops and wall corners. Like ghosts, they quickly surrounded the carriage, kneeling on one knee and responding in unison, “Subordinates are here!”

The girl casually pointed at one person and said indifferently, “You drive the carriage for me. The others can disappear.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

The hidden guard chosen by the girl immediately stepped forward and respectfully took the reins, while the other hidden guards, like phantoms, silently merged into the surrounding environment, as if they had never appeared.

The girl turned to walk back into the carriage. Halfway in, she suddenly paused, turned back to the hidden guard, and said, “Oh, right, I almost forgot about that commoner. How dare he collide with my carriage? That is a capital offense. Go and execute him.”

“As you command, Your Highness.”

The hidden guard moved like the wind, instantly arriving beside the injured father. Seeing this, the surrounding pedestrians all retreated in horror, no one daring to step forward to stop him.

The hidden guard lowered his head and glanced at the man on the ground. There was no pity in his eyes, only the cold determination to execute the order. He pointed a finger, directly shattering the man’s heart meridian.

After that, he returned to the carriage and drove on, leaving the street.

“This… this is simply treating human lives as dirt!”

Song Ling was utterly shocked and asked the cloth-clothed youth beside him, “Big brother, who exactly is that person? Why is she so cruel, openly killing someone in broad daylight, and no one dares to stop her?”

The cloth-clothed youth sighed helplessly, “That girl is precisely who I was about to mention, the most striking presence among your competitors participating in the assessment this year—Princess Zhaoming, Shen Shaohua.”

“Princess Zhaoming?” Song Ling was slightly startled.

The cloth-clothed youth nodded and said, “Princess Zhaoming is the youngest and most beloved daughter of Emperor Shen Tianlin of our Great Zhao. It is said that a certain elder of the Violet Radiance Sect saw her extraordinary cultivation talent from a young age. If it weren’t for an agreement among the Six Xuan Sects prohibiting any sect from directly recruiting imperial family members as disciples, she would probably have already been admitted to the Violet Radiance Sect.”

“It is precisely because of this that Princess Zhaoming has developed a cruel and arbitrary personality since childhood. She will kill whenever things don’t go her way.”

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Those who frequently read my books will probably have already guessed the direction of the upcoming plot…