Seeing that County King Yunwu unexpectedly did not punish Zhang Ruochen and instead punished Consort Xiao, Consort Lin let out a long sigh of relief and immediately pulled Zhang Ruochen aside.
Concubine Lin was still somewhat in disbelief of what had just happened, saying, “Dusty, have you really become a true martial artist?”
“Yes!” Zhang Ruochen nodded, no longer hiding it.
“You’ve only just become a martial artist and you’re going to participate in the End of Year Examination, what if you run into danger?” Concubine Lin was a little worried.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Even if you don’t do anything, won’t you encounter danger? Mother, you don’t have to worry, I’ll do my best and live within my means.”
Only young martial artists under the age of twenty could participate in the end of the year examination.
County King Yunwu had a total of nine sons and thirteen daughters.
The Fifth Prince, Sixth Prince, Seventh Prince, Eighth Prince, and Ninth Prince were all under twenty years of age, and with the exception of the Seventh Prince, who was not in the royal city, the other four princes would all participate in the examination.
In addition to the princes and county lords of the direct line, those families of the king’s relatives would also each select three of their most outstanding young martial artists to participate in the end of the year examination. For example, the Lin family.
Those royal relatives had already arrived in droves, gathering at the periphery of the royal martial arts field and forming a camp.
In the King’s City, some important big names, such as, for example, Earth Extreme Realm martial powerhouses, patriarchs of clans, and heads of large-scale families, had also received invitations to come to the King’s Clan Martial Stadium to observe the ceremony.
“Boss lady, in previous years, the invitations from the royal clan were also sent to Qingxuan Pavilion, but you never went there. This year, how do you plan on going to observe the ceremony?” Mo Hanlin followed behind Qin Ya and asked with some confusion.
Although it was winter, Qin Ya was wearing a scarlet red dress, revealing two snow white jade arms and sexually/sexy collarbones, as if she could not feel the cold based on it.
Qin Ya’s eyes carried a few charming and playful smiles, her lips were red and crystalline as she said, “When I meet someone I’m interested in, I naturally want to know more about him.”
“Boss lady is talking about the Ninth Prince?” Mo Hanlin said.
“Hehe! Is there anyone else besides him?” Qin Ya laughed.
Two months ago, after Zhang Ruochen had been to Qingxuan Pavilion, Qin Ya had sent someone to specifically check on him.
What surprised Qin Ya was that that one strong-minded teenager hadn’t opened the Divine Martial Seal in the previous sixteen years and was just an ordinary person. Moreover, he was also weak and sickly, and was always bedridden.
Even, she had found out about Zhang Ruochen’s miserable situation in the royal palace, Princess Lin’s grudge against the Lin family, and so on.
However, such a teenager had spent 100,000 silver coins to buy away a large amount of pills and two True Martial Treasure Weapons from the Qingxuan Pavilion.
Where did he get the huge amount of silver coins?
What secrets did he have in his body?
In Qin Ya’s opinion, that one Ninth Prince, who was despised by all, was simply full of mysteries that she could not figure out.
Driven by her curiosity, she planned to personally observe the End of Year Examination, wanting to see just how many other secrets were hidden in Zhang Ruochen’s body?
“Boss lady, you actually came to the Royal Clan Martial Stadium as well? What a surprise.” Lin Fengxian saw Qin Ya, who was wearing a long scarlet dress, from afar and took the initiative to greet the other party.
In Lin Fengxian’s eyes, Qin Ya was also a very mysterious woman.
He had only seen Qin Ya from afar once and was not considered familiar with her. However, he knew that the other party was in control of a huge amount of financial power, enough to influence the economic operations of the entire King City, definitely not a rather simple woman.
It was rumored that in the Martial City, five out of ten shopkeepers were helping her.
It was only that the Boss Lady had always been invisible to the gods and dragons, and it was quite difficult for even the head of a large family to meet her.
If one could befriend her, there would only be benefits and no harm to the Lin family.
Qin Ya glanced towards Lin Fengxian, her eyes slightly raised as she said, “Your Excellency?”
Mo Hanlin said in a low voice, “Boss lady, he is the Lin Family’s head, Lin Fengxian.”
“Lin family? Oh! That’s a bit interesting!” Qin Ya’s eyes lit up and she immediately revealed an elegant smile, saying, “So it’s the Lin Family’s head, rude, rude!”
Lin Fengxian didn’t expect Qin Ya to be such a well-spoken woman and laughed, “Two years ago, when Mister Lin went to the Qingxuan Pavilion to purchase a batch of pills, he had begged to see the Boss Lady. It’s a pity that Boss Lady had to go out on an urgent matter at the time, so Mister Lin merely took a glance at Boss Lady from afar. Two years have passed, and Boss Lady has become even more beautiful!”
“Two years ago ……”
Qin Ya had no impression at all, however, a smile still hung on her face.
She looked over towards those Lin Family martial artists behind Lin Fengxian, her gaze fixed on Lin Mishan’s body as she said, “This should be the Lin Family’s second young miss, right? Truly a little beauty, making even slave family feel inferior.”
Lin Mishan stood behind Lin Fengxian, dressed in snow-like white clothes, her green silk swaying, her body soft and thin, her face clear and delicate, simply a standard little beauty.
But to say that the Boss Lady’s beauty was inferior to hers was not necessarily true.
One can only say that each has their own temperament.
“Boss lady, unexpectedly recognizing my daughter?” Lin Fengxian said with some surprise.
Qin Ya naturally did not recognize Lin Mishan, but she had investigated Zhang Ruochen. Among them, one of the people who had the greatest influence on Zhang Ruochen was this great beauty Lin.
Therefore, she had memorized the name Lin Mishan in passing.
Qin Ya laughed, “One of the four great beauties of the Yunwu County Kingdom, naturally, my slave has heard about it, and it is said that even His Highness, the honorable Ninth Prince, has been courting Miss Lin. It’s truly enviable!”
A sixteen or seventeen year old teenage martial artist from the Lin Family, sneers, “The Ninth Prince is just making a fool of himself, with his qualifications, even if he cultivates for a hundred years, he can’t possibly be worthy of Shan’er’s sister.”
Another slightly older Lin Family teenage martial artist, laughed, “After the end of the year examination, Shan’er’s sister will be engaged to His Highness the Seventh Prince. The Ninth Prince is a toad trying to eat swan meat, not only is it stupid, it’s ridiculous.”
These two teenage martial artists of the Lin Family are called Lin Chengwu and Lin Tianwu.
Lin Mishan, Lin Chengwu, and Lin Tianwu, were the three most outstanding teenage geniuses selected to appear by the Lin Family. Representing the Lin Family, they participated in the end of the year examination.
Qin Ya stroked her snow-white chin, as if she had discovered some unimaginable secret, and said, ”Miss Lin is actually going to be engaged to His Highness, the Seventh Prince, it’s truly a matter worthy of congratulations. If the news were to spread, I’m afraid that all the women in the entire royal city would be envious and jealous because of it!”
Lin Mishan gently pursed her lips, and in her eyes, there were a few hints of joy. After all, being able to marry the Seventh Prince was definitely the dream of countless women in the Yunwu County Kingdom.
She was now very close to her dream!
The end of the year examination was divided into a civil examination and a martial examination.
The civil examination was not taken seriously.
Even if one got first place in the civil examination, they would at most only be appreciated a few times. Only if one excelled in the martial arts exam could they receive a generous reward from the royal family.
The martial arts exam began!
The first round of the Martial Exam: a test of strength.
In the martial arts field, there were black stone disks of different sizes, divided into ten weight classes.
The smallest stone plate, only half a meter in diameter, weighs one hundred pounds!
The largest stone plate, the diameter of three meters, weighing a thousand pounds!
In order of age, from the smallest to the largest, they go in turn to test their strength.
Little county advocate Yu Lin first into the martial arts field, this year, she is only only six years old, a meter high head, looks like powder, cute.
“Wow!”
The little county princess walked next to the black stone disk that was only half a meter in diameter and stopped, the true qi in her body running through her meridians. Her hands clasped the edges of the stone disk, looking a bit strained, and she finally lifted the stone disk that was in the middle of a hundred pounds.
“Boom!”
She struggled to throw the stone disk out, and it landed on the ground a meter away.
The Little Sheriff looked a little disappointed as her gaze was fixed on the second stone disk again.
The second stone disk weighed two hundred pounds, and the Little Sheriff could not lift it even with all her strength, so she could only give up in the end and retreated.
“Little County Lord, at the age of four, you opened the Divine Martial Seal, and now you’re actually able to lift a stone disk in the middle of a hundred pounds. Truly marvelous, surely another extraordinary Heaven’s Pride daughter in the future.”
The Yunwu County King sitting above also nodded gently, his heart was naturally very pleased to have one more genius among his own children.
Subsequently, the tenth and eleventh county lords also tested their strength, their ages were fourteen and ten respectively.
The Tenth County Lord’s cultivation had reached the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and she lifted a two-hundred pound stone plate and hit it seven meters away. Unfortunately, she was unable to lift a three hundred jin stone disk, and ultimately had to give up.
The Tenth County Lord had similarly reached the middle stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm and also lifted a two hundred pound stone disk and hit it six meters away.
However, considering that the Eleventh County Lord’s age was four years younger than the Tenth County Lord, the overall evaluation showed that the Eleventh County Lord’s performance was even better.
The previous three county lords were all under the age of fourteen, and they were all women, so they were a bit weaker than men in terms of strength, so at most, they could only lift the two hundred pound stone disk.
The next step was the competition between the true geniuses.
Lin Mushan, who was fifteen years old this year, was the youngest among the martial artists other than the three county lords. Therefore, she became the next young genius to walk into the martial arts arena.
She directly skipped the previous nine stone disks and walked to the tenth stone disk.
The tenth stone disk, with a diameter of three meters, weighed a thousand pounds.
“Rise!”
Lin Mishan operated the surging true qi in her body, and using only one hand, she single-handedly clasped the stone disk, which was even more massive than her body, and easily lifted the thousand-pound stone disk over her head.
Ordinary people simply couldn’t imagine that such a slender and delicate body would be able to bear such a terrifying weight.
She was only fifteen years old!
Lin Mishan’s five fingers twisted, and the thousand-pound stone disk immediately flew out of her palm and landed on the ground fifteen meters away, smashing a huge crater in the ground.
“Heavens! It’s too powerful! The Lin family has given birth to another marvelous genius.”
“It’s just a woman, her physical body can’t be compared to a man’s, yet she can lift a thousand-pound stone disk with one hand, I wonder how powerful her cultivation has reached?”
……
County King Yunwu, who was sitting above, also revealed a hint of marvel as he said, “Whose family’s genius girl is this? With such a talent, I’m afraid that even if it’s compared to the Nine County Lords, it’s still comparable!”
The Queen was very satisfied with Lin Mishan’s performance and laughed, “Your Majesty, she is the daughter of the Lin family’s head, named Lin Mishan. I also think she is very outstanding, and I intend to want to get her engaged to the Seventh Prince to tie the knot.”
“So it’s that little girl, this king has some impression of her. With her natural talent and family background, she is still worthy of the seventh son.”
Yunwu County King frowned slightly, his gaze looking towards Zhang Ruochen who was standing at the edge of the martial arts arena, and added, “However, this king remembers that she was a good playmate with Jiu’er when she was a child, and that they were cousins, so they could be considered childhood sweethearts. In the beginning, this king even discussed with the Lin family’s old man and planned to fix a baby marriage for them. Unfortunately, after that incident that happened three years ago, the betrothal fell through.”
The queen laughed, “The great king is confused! With Lin Mishan’s current talent, how could she possibly look at the Ninth Prince? The two of them are no longer from the same world, and the gap will only grow wider in the future.”
“With her talent, even if she were to be a side consort to the seventh prince, I believe she would be quite willing. The Lin Family will also definitely not let go of this opportunity to please the Seventh Prince.”
County King Yunwu also nodded gently, having to admit that the Ninth Prince’s talent was indeed far inferior to Lin Mishan’s. This was also something that could not be helped!
In the martial dao world, it was very common to see the combination of a strong male and a weak female.
However, if the gap between a female strong and male weak union was too large, it was never a good thing for either the male or the female!
