There are too many teammates who are complete losers.

Chapter 71 The Second Test of the God of Magic

Having passed the Dharma cultivation test in the morning, Lu Ren planned to go find Shen Yaoxing in the afternoon to perform the ceremony and pass the divine cultivation test as well.

Shen Yaoxing was playing the guzheng in the courtyard. Compared to meditation, she preferred to calm her mind and focus on things that interested her.

Halfway through the guzheng performance, a flustered child came running in from outside, shouting as he ran:

"Young Miss, is Young Miss here?"

"Young Master Lu."

"Oh dear, Xiao He, you're sneaking snacks again."

"What do you mean by stealing food... Young Master Lu, would you like to try this? It's a fresh flower cake that Hua Cheng brought back."

"Let's eat later... Miss, I've passed Old Master Wang's test. What about yours? I'll pass yours today too, and you'll take the physical training test tomorrow."

Shen Yaoxing shook her head helplessly, put down the guzheng, and looked at the person who came in, saying, "You're covered in sweat, wipe it off first."

Lu Ren casually picked up the handkerchief that was placed to the side, while Xiao He, who was standing to the side, hesitated to speak.

He was a little surprised: "Why does this handkerchief smell so good?"

Shen Yaoxing said expressionlessly, "Because it's mine."

"..." Lu Ren had just wiped his sweat, but now his forehead was sweating again. He said weakly, "Shake it off when I get back and then return it to you?"

"...No need, you can keep it."

"I'll go back and enshrine it."

Xiao He chuckled to herself, but Shen Yaoxing gave her a subtle glare. She immediately lowered her head, pouted, and looked at her toes, then secretly glanced at the two of them out of the corner of her eye.

The young lady retorted rather irritably, "Stop talking nonsense, are you still going to take the exam or not?"

Lu Ren hurriedly asked, "Miss, how are you going to conduct the test? Although you said it was just a formality, I still don't know about the test."

"Did Grandpa Wang pass the test?"

"It just passed."

"Use your turret-like magic?"

"No, I used fire element manipulation. I was in good shape today and it went in one go... I guess I was also inspired by Wang Liuxing yesterday. As expected, a professional can't be afraid of death. Being timid and hesitant will only make things worse."

Lu Ren sat down and began to eat the flower cakes. The outer crust was crispy and fragrant, the filling was sweet and refreshing, and the aroma of flowers was rich. They were sweet but not cloying.

Although he could eat whatever he wanted at the Shen residence, the pastries at Shen Yaoxing's place were always a little tastier.

And they're all so beautiful and exquisite; they're more like works of art than food, and they look very expensive.

Lu Ren likes to eat expensive food, so he picks it up and puts it in his mouth.

Shen Yaoxing remained seated in the pavilion, watching the man devour the peony, then slowly picked up her jade porcelain cup, took a sip, and put it down to ask:

"My divine cultivation assessment is easy enough, but how confident am I against Chen Zui tomorrow?"

Lu Ren smacked his lips, pondering, "Chen Zui, huh..."

To be honest, he didn't know if he could win, after all, it had been almost two weeks since he had last fought this guy.

It wasn't that he didn't train hard; he trained until he was exhausted every day and went straight to sleep. But he had so much to learn that he wished he could be divided into nine parts.

Time is limited, so practicing with the supporting actor's master is definitely a faster way to improve than practicing with Chen Zui.

For the past two weeks, he has been practicing swordsmanship with his master every afternoon, and his master will also treat him. In the end, he doesn't just fight because he is physically exhausted. He always fights until he faints, and when he wakes up, it is already dark.

But just the day before yesterday, his master told him that he could now pass Chen Zui's test.

"Should...it be okay?"

"should?"

"My master said I'm ready."

"Your master... that senior member of the Shen family?"

Shen Yaoxing knew that he had recognized an elder of the Shen clan as his master, but she didn't know who that person was. Several times when they were practicing swordsmanship, she wanted to go and see him, but she couldn't find him.

"If you're confident, that's fine. Xiaohe, go get two decks of cards."

"Yes, miss."

Lu Ren was taken aback: "Huh? Is this assessment like playing cards? Isn't that a bit too casual?"

"Although I told the elders that your talent is all-round in body, magic, and spirit, it is too much to ask you to train in all three in three weeks. This is something I negotiated. The divine cultivation assessment is just a formality."

"Oh, okay. What should we play then? Oh right, you guys probably don't know how to play Dou Dizhu, right? Luckily, Xiao He is here, I'll teach you how to play."

"Who said I was playing cards with you?"

Shen Yaoxing rolled her eyes at him. After Xiao He put down two decks of cards, the cards flew into the air one by one.

This was the magician's telekinesis. A deck of 54 cards and two decks of 108 cards scattered in the air like flowers, constantly spinning and dispersing, all facing away from Lu Ren.

"I have selected four cards in my mind. You choose four cards. If the four cards you choose are exactly the same as the four cards I chose, then you will pass the divine cultivation test. This test has been submitted, and the report will be told to the clan elders in the same way."

"what?"

Although Lu Ren considered himself very familiar with the young lady, he wasn't a mind reader. Even if you asked him to look at the cards and choose, he might not be able to pick the one she wanted, let alone choose blindly like this.

"How do I choose?"

"Just pick based on your intuition."

"Pick whatever you like?"

"Idiot, I already said it's my choice. Just pick any four, and I'll say you chose the four I wanted."

"oh oh."

So that's how it is. It really was just a formality.

As expected, the young lady treats me well. Look at that Chen Zui and that Old Master Wang, they just make things difficult for me in all sorts of ways.

Lu Ren also used his telekinesis to randomly pick out four cards, which then landed on the stone table next to the young lady.

"These are just four I picked randomly. Is there anything else, Miss? I'm going to practice my sword with my master for a while longer so I'll be more confident tomorrow."

"Go away, don't bother me here..."

Shen Yaoxing waved him away, telling him not to disturb her cultivation.

Xiao He, standing to the side, covered her mouth and laughed. Usually, this young lady was so dignified and elegant, only showing her girlish side in front of Young Master Lu Ren.

"Wait, come back."

"What's wrong?"

"Did Xiaoyueying come to training today?"

"You're here."

"Get everyone together. We'll have a meeting at 3 PM this afternoon to check on the training results over this period."

"Team training?"

"Um."

After the impetuous fellow left, Shen Yaoxing regained her composure, picked up the four cards he had chosen, spread them on the table, and her eyes held an unreadable expression.

The clan elders all knew that because of her "lucky star" talent, she always acted based on intuition. Therefore, they made her the chief examiner for the divine cultivation, and set up this test of intuition as an assessment, which was acceptable in form.

But just as she had told Lu Ren, she was simply letting him choose whatever he wanted. She hadn't actually decided on any of the four cards in mind. Whatever he chose, she would just say it was that.

However, she was quite surprised to see the four cards the other party had casually picked.

At this moment, there were four joker cards on the table.