A bead of cold sweat broke out on Fei Fei's forehead. He secretly rejoiced that he had sneaked into his master's cave to confirm the exam questions.
The first round of the disciple selection was set by True Lord Peng Yue.
Fei Fei originally thought that since his own master was setting the questions, he would surely give him some tips.
However, True Lord Peng Yue showed no intention of leaking the questions at all. To win, he had no choice but to turn to Immortal Hui Yan for help.
Without hesitation, Immortal Hui Yan gave him a pill.
He put this pill into the spiritual spring that True Lord Peng Yue usually loved to drink. True Lord Peng Yue immediately fell into a deep sleep, which allowed him to successfully see the exam questions.
But after seeing the questions, Fei Fei thought he had done something unnecessary.
He could answer all the questions about these spiritual beasts, no matter what kind they were. There were only a small number that he didn't know, and he immediately went back to read the books and memorized them.
Fortunately, no one had caught him stealing the questions. Otherwise, even if he had shown his true strength, no one would have believed him.
Seeing that no one around had handed in their papers yet, Fei Fei secretly felt proud of himself. He was only one small point away from finishing his answers, and he was sure to be the first in the first round.
But before his pride could last long, a voice came from next door.
"Disciple Chu Lanqiu has finished answering the questions!"
Seeing this, Fei Fei regretted that he had answered the questions too slowly. But he was not willing to fall behind. In a hurry, he quickly wrote down the last small point and immediately raised his hand. "Disciple Fei Fei has finished answering the questions!"
But he was still a step too late. After the elders nodded, they first went to collect Chu Lanqiu's answer sheet.
The elder who was grading the papers carefully checked Chu Lanqiu's answer sheet. The onlookers couldn't help holding their breaths.
This was the champion of the first round, and the points one could get were a full ten points higher than the second - place finisher.
Fei Fei kept his hand raised high. He stood up and stared fixedly in Chu Lanqiu's direction, praying that she had made a mistake.
But to his disappointment, the elder's happy voice rang out. "All correct. The champion of the first round is Chu Lanqiu, who gets forty points."
Fei Fei gritted his teeth and concealed the jealousy in his eyes. He lowered his head and pretended to be respectful as he handed his answer sheet to the grading elder.
At this time, there were several voices around him saying that the disciples had finished answering the questions.
But Fei Fei secretly laughed at those who were slower than him.
He must be the second - place finisher in the first round. He was just ten points behind Chu Lanqiu. As long as he did something in the second round, he could catch up.
"Disciple Fei Fei, you got one question wrong."
Fei Fei was stunned and immediately retorted. "How is that possible? I know all of these. How could I get it wrong?!"
The grading elder frowned. He was dissatisfied with Fei Fei's harsh questioning. But to show fairness, he still pointed out where Fei Fei had made a mistake.
"In the last small point, you wrote the wrong category."
Fei Fei snatched the paper from the grading elder's hand and quickly read it. To his surprise, he really had answered the question wrong.
In his hurry just now, he had somehow written down the answer to the last small point of the previous question.
In a fit of anger, Fei Fei tore his answer sheet to pieces.
This action of his fell into the eyes of the elders on the high platform.
True Lord Kun Shan sighed and helplessly shook his head.
True Lord Peng Yue noticed True Lord Kun Shan's action. He tightened his fist and then loosened it. The disappointment in his eyes flashed by.
But in the end, Fei Fei still got the second place. The disciples behind him had made more mistakes. It was actually the third - place finisher that was a bit controversial.
The disciples who didn't make it into the top thirty were eliminated. The top thirty disciples would come back the next day to participate in the second round.
Shen Qing, Hong Chaoyang and the others happily celebrated Chu Lanqiu's victory in the first round.
The three immortals in the main shrine looked thoughtfully at Chu Lanqiu, but they didn't do anything. They just turned around and left.
Let them be happy for a while in the first round. The second round would not be so easy.
Immortal Hui Yan withdrew the smile from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were full of calculations.
In the Beast - Taming Sect, some were happy while others were sad.
In the Demon Realm, Huan Qianyu was covered in blood and disheveled. She was supporting a man with a broken leg and running for her life.
Behind her were hundreds of demon soldiers who had been ordered to hunt them down.
"Miss, you go quickly. I'll stay behind to hold them off for you."
"No! Su Zhi died in the city to save me. I can't lose you too!!"
Huan Qianyu looked at Su Ye, who was seriously injured. Her heart was filled with desolation.
Her original plan was to break into the prison at night with Su Zhi and Su Ye, rescue her father, and then lead them to escape to the Nine Desolate Continent through a small path.
But her plan had been seen through by that woman, Lin Yibai. As soon as they escaped from the city, she had sent a large army to hunt them down.
Su Zhi had been captured by Lin Yibai and fed to the demons on the spot to cover their escape.
Now Su Ye was the only one left by her side. She would never give up on Su Ye.
"But Miss, I'm so seriously injured. I don't have much time left anyway..."
Huan Qianyu wiped her face and said sharply. "During all these years you've been in the Huan family, when did you learn to give up on yourself?"
"Miss..."
Tears welled up in Su Ye's eyes. She was the same age as the miss. She didn't want to die so soon.
But... to save the miss, she couldn't care about anything else.
She had thought her life would end here. But since the miss told her not to give up, she would never give up!
"Cough, cough, cough... Well said... You're indeed the daughter of the Huan family..."
Huan Zhong coughed a few times. Each cough was accompanied by blood.
"Father!"
Huan Qianyu supported Huan Zhong's body with all her strength. Her arms were already stained with the blood that Huan Zhong had coughed up.
"Qianyu, why did you rescue me? Just be the Demon Lord's wife obediently. With my old subordinates around, he will surely treat you decently."
Huan Zhong was a tall man. It was very difficult for Huan Qianyu and Su Ye to support him steadily.
"Father just said I spoke well. Are you going to give up on yourself now? How could your daughter sit on a high position, sacrificing your blood?"
Huan Zhong tried his best to straighten his body. Looking at his beloved daughter, who was now in a sorry state but showed no trace of fear or retreat in her eyes, only determination, he smiled with relief. But there was a hint of bitterness in his smile.
On the first day he was thrown into prison, that woman named Lin Yibai had come to the prison and personally severed his meridians. Now he was no longer the mighty general who used to dominate the battlefield. He was just a useless man.
To survive, he had to rely on his daughter.
"It was father who was narrow - minded. Now that we've been cornered, do you have any other ideas?"
Huan Qianyu looked around. There was only one road in front of them, and behind them were the pursuers led by Lin Yibai herself.
There were originally only a few exits from the Demon Realm to the Nine Desolate Continent. Since Lin Yibai knew they were escaping, she must have already sent people to wait for them there.
At the moment, she really had no other choice.
"Daughter... has no other way..."
Huan Qianyu said this with a trembling voice, filled with guilt.
But Huan Zhong looked into the distance, and a glimmer of hope rose in his eyes.
"Qianyu, do you trust your father?"
Huan Qianyu raised her eyes and met Huan Zhong's hopeful eyes. She nodded vigorously.
"Qianyu trusts father."
Huan Zhong smiled. "Good. Then watch how I'll safely take you all out!"