Chapter 22: Delicate? Sickly? Are You Blind?!

Ye Qingning calmed her mind. Since things had come to this point, what was there to be afraid of? If there was no way to conceal her identity anymore, then so be it—might as well go with the flow.

As for that scumbag, he was definitely getting booted out.

So, she took out her identity token and wrote the scumbag’s name on the back without hesitation.

The next moment, a voice rang out in her ear.

[Successfully identified another’s identity. Gained 50 assessment points. The disciple whose identity has been exposed will have their points cleared and will be immediately teleported out of the trial realm.]

[Each time you gain assessment points, you will receive your current ranking. Your total score is now 50 points. Current ranking: 444. Keep up the good work!]

As the message ended, a teleportation array lit up beneath Qin Changsheng, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Green Luan had still harbored a tiny shred of doubt, but upon seeing Qin Changsheng vanish into thin air, her eyes bulged rounder than copper bells.

Her lady was amazing! Not only did she see through the malevolent ghost, but the token in her hand could actually send that ghostly thing straight to oblivion!

She understood now! That token must be a celestial artifact!

Wuwuwu! Second Miss had finally made something of herself! If Master knew, he’d probably laugh himself awake in his dreams!

Seeing the scumbag sent away, Ye Qingning felt some satisfaction—but not enough to make her smile.

Fifty points. Rank 444! A triple number!

But what use was a triple number anyway? It couldn’t win her a prize, couldn’t be exchanged for spirit stones, and honestly just felt unlucky.

Most importantly, only the top fifteen in the rankings would be admitted into the sect. Her rank might seem better than half of the disciples, but in truth—it was far from impressive.

She thought she’d moved fast enough, but apparently, others had moved even faster.

Then again, many of the disciples had probably participated in trial assessments before. It made sense they’d be quicker and more experienced.

Good thing it was only the first day. The assessment would continue for another six days—she had to make good use of the time.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Ye Qingning’s gaze fell on the two servant men.

Earlier, that girl Green Luan had left, only to come back with these two men on her own accord.

“You saw everything?” Though posed as a question, her tone made it clear she already knew the answer.

What puzzled her was—if these two had seen everything, and were assessment disciples themselves, shouldn’t they have teamed up to eliminate her?

Instead, they did nothing and just watched her eliminate Qin Changsheng. Didn’t they want the points?

Or did they think their acting skills were so flawless that she wouldn’t suspect their identities?

“Why aren’t you talking? Gone mute?” she asked again, all while calculating how best to test them further and observing their subtle expressions.

Lu Linyuan quietly shot a glance at Jiang Shaoling beside him, thinking to himself that he must’ve been out of his mind to agree to accompany his junior brother in choosing the identity of a “servant husband” for the assessment inspection.

His junior brother had claimed that, within the Yu Manor, servant husbands had little presence, making it easier for them to move around and observe in secret.

He also knew his junior brother didn’t take a liking to their soon-to-be junior sister and had even made a bet with the old man for spirit stones. Wanting to secretly keep an eye on whether she was cheating made sense.

That was the only reason why, after all the disciples had entered the trial realm and had their identities revealed, he agreed to play along and choose this identity.

He could still remember how Shen Xuanli had coldly glanced at them when they picked the servant husband role.

That look… he didn’t even know how to describe it.

It had been rather awkward, honestly. I mean, what proper male cultivator would pick a servant husband identity?

Pfft! No, no, he wasn’t saying he was improper—he was talking about his junior brother!

And now? Sure, they were observing her, but instead, the two of them were the ones under suspicion. What a mess.

What’s more, hadn’t his junior brother said that the soon-to-be junior sister was frail and sickly, constantly coughing up blood?

Delicate? Sickly? Was his junior brother blind?!

If they weren’t acting as inspectors who could see the real names of assessment disciples above their heads, he’d never have believed that the person who just beat up the sword cultivator named Qin Changsheng was the very same frail and sickly junior sister.

Jiang Shaoling didn’t even know how to process his emotions right now—he just thought Ye Qingning was absolutely nuts!

Hadn’t she been studying talisman-drawing this past month? When did she learn that kind of fist technique?!

He had thought she’d be the one eliminated by Qin Changsheng—but somehow the sword cultivator turned out so useless, he couldn’t even beat a sickly girl. What a disgrace to sword cultivators!

And what was with the senior brother constantly looking at him?

Sure, he chose the servant husband identity for convenience, both to move around and to monitor her for cheating.

But who could’ve guessed she wasn’t taking the assessment seriously and even had a maid call in servant husbands to keep her entertained?

What kind of female cultivator acted this shamelessly?!

“Junior brother, say something! Or better yet, just reveal your identity already. Otherwise, we’re both going to get knocked out by her soon,” Lu Linyuan sent a voice transmission, genuinely unsettled by Ye Qingning’s intense stare.

Jiang Shaoling had never been this annoyed. He was not okay.

As an inspector, none of the direct disciples before had ever voluntarily revealed their identities.

Even assessment disciples were careful not to be exposed—why should he reveal himself?

And if this sickly girl found out he was the inspector, she’d never let him live it down!

There was no way he’d let her find out.

But damn it, why did he have to pick this identity in the first place?! He was supposed to be her servant husband—how was he supposed to act that out?!

He’d rather be a servant husband to an ugly woman than to her!

“I heard from the old man that Senior Brother is stuck at the bottleneck of the Golden Core stage and can’t break through. I happen to have a Bi Flame Flower—it could help you break through to the Nascent Soul stage.”

Lu Linyuan’s eyes lit up.

The Bi Flame Flower was an extremely rare spiritual blossom. Its petals were a deep blue, resembling ghostly flames, and it only grew on the edges of cliffs at very high altitudes.

It couldn’t be cultivated artificially and only bloomed under specific environmental conditions and times. It was also fiercely guarded by powerful spirit beasts, making it extraordinarily rare.

Consuming a Bi Flame Flower could not only improve a cultivator’s physique and spiritual power, but also assist those at the bottleneck of the Golden Core stage in forming a Nascent Soul—and even help them comprehend the laws of heaven and earth.

Lu Linyuan clearly remembered how Jiang Shaoling had returned half a year ago, covered in wounds—it turned out he had gone to retrieve the Bi Flame Flower.

At that time, his junior brother hadn’t yet reached peak Golden Core, so he must have been preparing in advance.

Now that Lu Linyuan had hit a bottleneck and was in need of one, the junior brother was actually offering it up to him just to save face in front of their soon-to-be junior sister.

This… this… should he accept it? But face was face too!

Besides, weren’t fellow disciples meant to help each other through thick and thin?

Also, the junior brother had already reached peak Golden Core smoothly and hadn’t encountered a bottleneck—he probably wouldn’t need the flower after all.

“Thanks, junior brother. But I can’t let you take the loss—let me at least pay you in spirit stones!”

Jiang Shaoling didn’t respond through transmission, but his eyes clearly said: Forget the spirit stones—just hurry up and say something. Can’t you see she’s still staring at us?!