After the examiner kicked Qin Ruqing out, he started panting heavily.

On one hand, he was exhausted, and on the other, he was really angry.

“You little brat!” the examiner cursed in his mind.

He had been an examiner for the Hundred Clan Tournament for several years, and usually, this job was an easy and well-paid gig.

It didn’t require much effort, and even if a genius showed up, it just meant a bit more work, which was suitable for someone looking to ease into retirement.

Who knew that this time, he’d encounter such a little troublemaker.

At first, the tests were going fine.

The girl, by her own choice, insisted on starting in “Nightmare” mode.

The examiner controlled the golden ring and watched her struggle and roll around in the illusion tunnel.

He was thoroughly entertained and chuckled to himself.

But then they reached the Spirit Refining Ball stage, and that’s when the examiner’s nightmare began.

Normally, this stage is both the hardest and the easiest.

It’s the easiest because if someone uses just their hands or body to catch the ball, as long as they have excellent physical abilities and reach the level of a prodigy, they can catch the ball without too much trouble.

After all, spiritual senses could be used again at this stage.

However, doing it this way wouldn’t earn high scores.

So, the slightly smarter prodigies would realize that this stage encourages them to try other methods to catch the ball.

One by one, they would experiment until they used their spiritual senses, which was the real start of the test.

Because the crystal ball, called the Spirit Refining Ball, is specifically designed to train spiritual senses.

This stage appears to test the extreme reaction speed of the body, but it’s actually measuring the richness of the contestant’s spiritual senses.

And in the overall scoring, the part that tests spiritual senses weighs more heavily.

Because spiritual senses are as important to a cultivator as their hands and eyes, comparable to their level of cultivation.

Some people might have excellent physical qualities but weak spiritual senses.

A single Spirit Refining Ball could crush them.

Generally, catching a hundred Spirit Refining Balls would qualify someone as a genius and avoid elimination.

Catching five hundred to a thousand would place them in the top ten of the tournament.

But this girl caught nearly ten thousand balls!

From the examiner’s perspective, it was clear that after she caught two to three thousand, she had reached a certain limit, which was already an impressive feat, indicating her spiritual senses were far richer than her current level of cultivation.

Then she somehow discovered that the Spirit Refining Balls could train her spiritual senses.

Suddenly, a surge of incredible power erupted from within her.

At that moment, the girl’s eyes were frighteningly bright, making the examiner’s heart tremble.

Sure enough, she started yelling, clearly trying to provoke him into releasing more spiritual energy.

The examiner saw through her intentions but couldn’t help himself.

Mainly because her shouting was so infuriating!

“What’s wrong with old people snoring in their sleep!”

The examiner was furious and wanted to teach her a lesson.

But since he could only monitor and not intervene directly, he had to use the Spirit Refining Balls.

Which played right into the girl’s hands.

By the end, the examiner realized that after understanding the purpose of the Spirit Refining Balls, the girl had grown greedy.

She had her sights set on him and the Spirit Refining Balls!

Her audacity was terrifying.

The effect of this Spirit Refinement Ball helped her upgrade her spiritual awareness!

Even though she had reached her physical limits, it was as if she was a hungry beast suddenly given a feast—she clung to it and wouldn’t let go.

The examiner was so angry he started laughing.

He had never seen a girl with such a rough attitude.

She had pushed it to the limit, even to the point of irritating the examiner!

The Spirit Refinement Balls weren’t easy to come by.

Although they were stored in the Illusion Cave, they had to be controlled by the examiner using a golden ring.

Wave after wave of Spirit Refinement Balls kept coming down, almost draining the examiner!

In the end, the examiner found himself in a strange dilemma:

“Let’s see how many you can take. You’re so stubborn; I hope you’ll collapse from it!”

“You’re still standing? I want to see if you can really drain me dry today!”

“Even with all your strength, you’re still hanging on. You want to advance? Fine, I’ll take you on!”

The examiner’s frustration turned to numbness as he watched the girl use this test to actually improve her spiritual awareness.

At that moment, despite his complex feelings of anger, he felt a bit of admiration.

The girl wasn’t bad at all!

As the examiner’s opinion of Qin Ruqing improved slightly, she, having leveled up, became more energetic.

She jumped up, shouting and cheering loudly, and wouldn’t stop.

She wasn’t satisfied even after leveling up!

She seemed to think she could stay there as long as no one kicked her out!

The examiner had never seen such a brazen girl.

He was really fed up and decided to throw her out without hesitation.

If you say she was perceptive, she had an enormous appetite.

But if you say she was clueless, she could still sense the examiner’s limits.

When Qin Ruqing was thrown out for the second time, the examiner thought, if she dares to push her luck again, he’d really teach her a lesson.

But she quickly became obedient again.

“Sir, I just want to remind you that the score hasn’t been given yet!”

The examiner grumbled inwardly.

Why didn’t she think about the score when she was hanging around the cave?

But irritation aside, scoring the aristocratic contestants was part of his job, and…

That little rogue’s talent was indeed impressive.

A top score like this, a future genius, was rare for at least five hundred years.

Moreover, the examiner wasn’t too upset.

Although the girl was irritating, she was good-looking and had a charming personality, which he, as an old man, found quite likable.

Most importantly, he had heard about the girl and the fifth family…

After some thought, the examiner used the golden ring to finalize the score.

Qin Ruqing, still waiting outside, grew anxious as there was no sign from the examiner.

Was he really angry with her? It shouldn’t be…

She had only pushed the limits on purpose…

Just as she was about to beg or plead if necessary, a sudden loud noise came from the jade slip, causing her heart to race.

Qin Ruqing picked up the jade slip, glanced at the score on it, and couldn’t help but grin.

“Hehe, hehe… another perfect score.”

And it seemed like there were some extra points too.

Qin Ruqing originally thought the examiner liked her and gave her the extra points.

But then she remembered how she behaved in the cave and quickly shook her head.

It was already good that the examiner didn’t hit her; there was no way he would give her extra points out of kindness.

She knew herself well enough.

So, these extra ten points must be… bonus points for the Nightmare difficulty?

Qin Ruqing felt content.

After all, she had rolled around so much in the cave, completely losing her fairy-like demeanor.

She deserved these extra points.

While Qin Ruqing was happily thinking this, the people outside were stunned by her score.

Her performance in the cave was broadcast live in high definition!

The live feed from the Hui Cui Tower mainly focused on Qin Ruqing.

When she went to the Sun Moon Island for the second test, the camera followed her.

As for the prodigies still testing on the Sand Boat Island? No one cared about them anymore!

Qin Ruqing should be glad the live feed only had video, no audio.

Otherwise, her comments in the cave would have been heard, and her carefully maintained goddess image would be ruined…

The camera showed Qin Ruqing arriving beside the cave, with the examiner dozing off.

Hui Cui Tower audience: “Haha, is the examiner asleep?”

“He must have gotten tired of waiting. He probably thought no one on Sand Boat Island would finish the test soon, so he decided to take a nap. But then Fairy Ruqing showed up and caught him slacking off!”

“Is the examiner snoring with his mouth open?”

“Maybe he just likes napping with his mouth open. Too bad we can’t hear any sound.”

“What is Fairy Ruqing saying to the examiner? He looks very surprised!”

“She’s going in!”

“Wow, it’s so dark inside the cave. What kind of test is this?”

Seeing Qin Ruqing’s various twisted dodging moves, the audience started to catch on.

“Haha, this must be testing her physical reaction speed. Fairy Ruqing doesn’t look happy. Is there some other restriction?”

“Maybe they sealed her spiritual senses or something. With Fairy Ruqing’s talents, if there were no restrictions, this test would be too easy for her.”

“Am I the only one who finds Fairy Ruqing’s serious face funny? She must be cursing in her mind!”

Finally, the camera reached the ball-catching part, and the screen lit up. Fairy Ruqing seemed to realize her five senses were sealed.

“Catching balls? Is this still testing reaction speed?”

“It looks like it, but not exactly… Wait, the ball dissolved?”

The crystal ball in Fairy Ruqing’s hand quickly dissipated like smoke, and she showed a puzzled expression.

The audience was also confused, except for the third elder of the Song family from the Eastern Region, who was also the storyteller of Hui Cui Tower.

He looked like he understood.

Being caught by intangible spiritual senses meant these were Spirit Refining Balls.

So, this test was about the thickness of the contestants’ spiritual senses, which would significantly impact the overall score.

Now, it was up to the Qin family’s golden-ranked talent…

Could Qin Ruqing see through the examiner’s intentions?

The third elder didn’t think it was a big problem.

Sure enough, the red-clad fairy on screen realized what was happening and started using only her spiritual senses to catch the balls.

The third elder initially remained calm, but his expression grew strange as he watched.

Wasn’t she catching too many Spirit Refining Balls?

Could a young prodigy like her, who hadn’t even reached the Golden Core stage, catch so many?

The third elder momentarily wondered if the new generation of geniuses was exceptionally gifted.

But soon, he realized that it wasn’t about the new generation; it was about Qin Ruqing.

How many balls had she caught? Even a Golden Core stage cultivator wouldn’t be able to catch that many! And she wasn’t stopping!

She seemed to be talking to the air, apparently asking the examiner to release more Spirit Refining Balls!

Whether it was her charm or something else, the examiner actually did release wave after wave of them.

This was ridiculous! More Spirit Refining Balls weren’t necessarily better.

It depended on one’s spiritual senses’ capacity.

If overdone, it could severely injure one’s spiritual senses, taking three to five years to recover.

However, whether due to luck or the examiner’s precise control, Qin Ruqing managed to catch all the balls.

But the little girl from the Qin family looked like she was about to collapse.

Honestly, the third elder was confused.

She had already reached the maximum score; continuing would only torture herself.

What was the point?

When the last wave of balls fell like a waterfall, the examiner’s eyelid twitched.

He thought, “This is bad. Trying to be clever has backfired.”

He feared the top candidate might fail due to her own arrogance.

But then, the red-clad fairy in the water mirror fell flat on her face, seemingly unable to continue.

Yet, in an instant, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly sprang up, looking revitalized.

It appeared she could catch another ten thousand balls!

Could this be…?

The third elder was initially doubtful but then his expression changed drastically—could it be a breakthrough in spiritual senses?

Without special spiritual sense training methods or a unique constitution, spiritual senses usually only improve with a cultivator’s advancement.

Considering Qin Ruqing’s initial performance, it was clear she had an innate abundance of spiritual senses.

Now, having broken through, her spiritual senses might have reached the Golden Core stage.

The third elder estimated the weight of ten thousand Spirit Refining Balls, thinking seriously.

This wasn’t just any Golden Core stage spiritual sense; it might have reached the Nascent Soul stage or even higher.

This… and Qin Ruqing hadn’t even reached the Golden Core stage yet.

If she advanced to the Golden Core stage later, her spiritual senses would increase again.

That was terrifying!

As the third elder pondered this, feeling like he no longer understood the world, he suddenly heard a voice transmission, “Elder, Elder.”

The third elder frowned.

It was the person in charge of the “live broadcast” at Hui Cui Tower.

“What is it?”

The attendant didn’t answer but showed a clip to the third elder.

The elder saw Qin Ruqing being thrown out of a cave and landing face-first.

The third elder: “…”

Did they dislike her so much they threw her out?

The next scene left the third elder even more baffled.

Qin Ruqing, after being thrown out, clenched her fist tightly.

For some unknown reason, she charged back in headfirst! But within a breath, she was thrown out again, and the golden ring in the cave emitted a warning light.

Third Elder: ?

How irritating and thick-skinned can you be? Aren’t you a fairy goddess? Where’s your dignity?

If any of the top ten female cultivator from the Four Realms behaved like this, their fans would be furious!

The attendant, who worked in the entertainment industry, clearly understood: “If this footage is released, it definitely doesn’t match the top Fairy Immortal’s reputation…”

Mainly, this top position was assigned by their Huitong Building!

This is ruining their Huitong Building’s reputation!