Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

"Ten." Xu Xingguang was not modest at all.

Ying Huai smiled innocently and boldly, saying, "What a coincidence, I also think I’ll get them all right."

As they walked down the stairs a few more steps, Ying Huai couldn’t help but ask her, "Shall we compare answers?" After all, being a child, he couldn’t restrain his curiosity.

"Let’s talk about it outside."

Outside the dining hall, Ying Huai led Xu Xingguang to a stone pavilion.

He sat on a stone round stool and said with a smile, "All my answers are from the bitter ginseng category."

Xu Xingguang: "Same here."

"Then, let’s play rock-paper-scissors, and the loser has to say their answers first." Ying Huai cautiously glanced at Xu Xingguang, afraid she would find this method childish and refuse to agree.

Xu Xingguang directly clenched her right hand into a fist, "Bring it on." She’s always more patient with good-looking children and willing to indulge them.

Ying Huai also extended his right hand to play rock-paper-scissors with Xu Xingguang.

After three feints, Xu Xingguang showed rock while Ying Huai showed scissors.

Xu Xingguang curved her lips, "Little guy, you lost."

"A bet is a bet." Ying Huai, though defeated, was not disheartened. He candidly said, "From left to right, my answers are Ice Domain Ginseng, Black Root Bitter Ginseng, Blood Bitter Ginseng, Flower Head Bitter Ginseng, Ice Crystal Ginseng Grass, Bitter Sand Ginseng, Three Emperors Ginseng, and Red Danshen."

After saying the eight types, Ying Huai hesitated slightly before continuing, "The last two, my answers are Ice Marrow Blood Ginseng and Exquisite Ice Blood Ginseng."

Actually, for the last two, Ying Huai was somewhat unsure.

But eventually, he relied on his knowledge and intuition to write down the answers he believed in.

After stating his answers, Ying Huai curiously asked Xu Xingguang, "Sister Xingguang, what are your answers?"

Xu Xingguang smiled, "You little guy, you indeed have some ability. It was a right decision for your mother to send you to the Ying Family to study."

Being complimented by Xu Xingguang, Ying Huai shyly smiled. "Are your answers the same as mine?"

Xu Xingguang shook her head, "There’s a slight difference."

Ying Huai was puzzled.

"Where’s the difference?"

Xu Xingguang said, "For the first nine questions, our answers are the same."

"Then for the tenth question, what was your answer?" Ying Huai asked nervously.

Xu Xingguang gave a cryptic smile and said, "The answer to the tenth question is the same as the ninth, both Ice Marrow Blood Ginseng. However, the tenth Ice Marrow Blood Ginseng should be in a powdered form after being sun-dried."

In other words, the Ice Marrow Blood Ginseng on the ninth smell test paper emits the scent of fresh herb, while the last test paper emits the aroma of semi-processed Ice Marrow Blood Ginseng.

Upon hearing this, Ying Huai’s expression changed several times.

"Why are you hiding here after the exam?" Huo Wen’an appeared quietly in the corridor behind the pavilion, holding Xu Xingguang’s coat in his left hand.

"Little guy, see you tomorrow." Xu Xingguang flicked Ying Huai’s forehead before turning to Huo Wen’an.

He shook open his coat and draped it over Xu Xingguang’s shoulders. "What were you discussing with him?"

"Comparing answers."

Seeing the little kid looking absent-minded, Huo Wen’an raised his eyebrow and confidently said, "Did he get it wrong?"

"Yes. Did Huo Xin come out?" She didn’t ask about Ye Mingluo because she knew that he couldn’t answer even one question and must have come out early.

"She hasn’t yet, but Ye Mingluo left a long time ago."

"I knew it."

The three of them sat in the corridor for a while, and after Huo Xin came out, they returned to the forest villa together. On the way, Huo Xin compared answers with Xu Xingguang; out of ten questions, she only matched six with Xu Xingguang.

"Then I’m probably going to be eliminated." Having truly been eliminated, Huo Xin instead felt no pressure.

Ye Mingluo had already returned to the forest villa earlier. When Xu Xingguang and the others returned, he was fishing with a self-made fishing rod in the small waterfall pool below the villa.

Seeing Xu Xingguang and them return, Ye Mingluo eagerly ran over with a small bucket. "Master, I caught some dace for you. Let’s fry fish tonight! These daces from the spring water taste delicious."

He knew he did poorly in the test and was trying to make it up to Xu Xingguang.

Xu Xingguang looked at him with a slightly amused expression before taking the bucket. "I’ll cook tonight, you all will have a treat."

At eleven at night, the exam results were announced.

Out of six thousand participants, only six successfully passed. Among them, two got eight questions right, another two got nine questions right, and only Xu Xingguang answered all correctly.

The Ying Family published the correct answers at the end of the score list, and when Ying Huai saw that Xu Xingguang’s answers were exactly the same as the standard answers, he pursed his lips tightly.

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