After the meal.
Xia Qiusheng took Lin Fan to the Haitian Gang's Linhe Street branch's apprentice recruitment center. Along the way, he explained several steps of the examination to him.
"The Haitian Gang recruits apprentices regardless of gender. They only need those who have courage, knowledge, and strength.
As the name implies, those who have courage are courageous. Those who have knowledge are quick-witted. Those who can read and write are literate. Fortunately, the requirements for this test are not high. As long as you can write your own name and recognize a few simple words, that's enough.
Those who have strength need to have strength.
These six words are implemented in the examination. It's a test of courage, a test of literature, and a test of strength …
The test of courage is to pull out a criminal or a demon and let you stab it with a knife. Afan, I see that you've become more courageous. When the time comes, you must not be afraid. Courage is very important for a martial artist. Otherwise, you won't even pass the first test … "
"If you complete the first test well with excellent results, it doesn't matter if you do poorly in the second test. By the way, you don't know how to write your own name, do you?"
Lin Fan smiled bitterly. In both his lives, he was called Lin Fan. Moreover, in his previous life, he had graduated from a proper university. If he couldn't even write his own name, then he must have lived a dog's life in his previous life.
However, his predecessor, Adai, didn't know how to write his own name. After taking this into consideration, he didn't dare to force himself. At this time, he answered, "No."
"Remember, your name is written like this."
Xia Qiusheng stopped and squatted down. He picked up a small stone by the roadside and wrote "Lin Fan" on the flat road for Lin Fan to see.
Lin Fan looked and nodded. "Uncle, I'll remember it."
"You can remember it?"
Xia Qiusheng said, "As far as I know, in the previous examination, you basically have to write your own name. Therefore, you can not read other words, but you must remember your own name.
Why don't you practice on the ground, Afan? "
There was not much difference between the characters of the two worlds. Lin Fan felt that this was a complete waste of time, but there was nothing he could do but pretend. He took the stone from his uncle's hand and seriously wrote the two crooked characters Lin Fan on the ground. Although he deliberately wrote it clumsily, it was still recognizable.
When Xia Qiusheng saw this, he patted Lin Fan on the shoulder and laughed. "Haha, not bad, Afan. It's a pity that you don't study."
Lin Fan smiled and didn't say anything else.
"The third assessment is a test of strength. If you don't pass, you won't be accepted. However, you still have the chance to take a make-up test.
Uncle thinks that your strength shouldn't be too far off. If you really can't pass, you can take the make-up test a month later … "
After all, Lin Fan was his nephew. Xia Qiusheng explained everything in detail before he brought Lin Fan into the recruitment area.
It was a courtyard with high walls and a circle of stone houses. From the outside, it looked like an impregnable castle.
When they walked in, they saw more than a dozen teenagers standing in the courtyard. Their ages ranged from ten to sixteen.
Learning martial arts should be done early. Once the body matured, it would lose its advantage. Therefore, the Haitian Gang only recruited teenagers between the ages of ten and sixteen.
"Afan, go ahead. Stand there and wait for a while. I'll sign you up." Xia Qiusheng pointed to the group of teenagers and motioned for Lin Fan to stand there.
Lin Fan walked over and stood with them. He secretly counted. Including him, there were exactly twelve people.
He saw that the eleven teenagers were clearly the locals of the city. Their skin was fair and clean, and they were dressed luxuriously. They were tall and straight, and their bodies were vigorous. They looked very healthy and strong.
From his perspective, he could tell that two of them had trained before. In short, they were not as thin and weak as he was.
Seeing Lin Fan standing beside him, the fatty winked at him and asked, "Recommended by Steward Xia?
What's your name? "
Lin Fan was slightly surprised to see the fatty acting like he knew him. He asked in return, "What's your name?"
"My name is Wang Baole." The fatty squinted his eyes and smiled. When he smiled, his eyeballs could not be seen. It was very comical.
From Lin Fan's perspective, he felt that Wang Baole had the talent for comedy. Unfortunately, this was not the movie's audition venue.
Seeing the other party announce his name, Lin Fan replied truthfully. "My name is Lin Fan."
Lin Fan extended his chubby fist and pounded Lin Fan's chest as though he was testing his strength. Finally, he frowned and gave his assessment. "Lin Fan, with your physique, it's a little difficult. Quickly get Steward Xia to get in touch with the examiner …"
"There's no need for that," Lin Fan said.
"Heh, you're quite confident. Let me tell you, I'm here to take the make-up test. I failed the previous time and died on the last segment. I didn't have enough strength, so I went back and practiced for a month. To be honest, I'm still not confident."
Lin Fan shook his head as he spoke. His smiling face turned bitter, and the rapid change in his expression made Lin Fan feel even more convinced that he had a talent for acting.
"Why don't we arm wrestle? If you can beat me, you have a chance of passing. If you can't, you definitely won't pass." Wang Baole extended his right hand in all seriousness.
He made a gesture of arm wrestling.
Lin Fan saw that Wang Baole was straightforward and did not think that he was bluffing. Therefore, he extended his hand to shake Wang Baole's. Then, Wang Baole shouted "one, two, three" as the two of them began competing.
In the end, Lin Fan was defeated.
Lin Fan had increased his Blood Qi so much that he felt that his strength had far exceeded that of his peers. Now, it seemed like it was just his imagination.
"Lin Fan, I'm not trying to discourage you, but you definitely won't pass the last segment," Wang Baole said.
Wang Baole naturally could not discourage Lin Fan, but Lin Fan was also worried. If what Wang Baole said was true, then it was highly likely that he would not pass.
Therefore, he hurriedly opened his panel and converted the twenty points of Corpse Qi he had accumulated the day before into Blood Qi.
For some reason, the twenty points of Corpse Qi were only converted into six points of Blood Qi.
The conversion rate was pitifully low.
The increase of six points of Blood Qi increased Lin Fan's strength slightly, increasing his confidence.
Not long after, Xia Qiusheng came out.
It was unknown if he wanted to avoid arousing suspicion, but he did not walk over to Lin Fan to say anything. He only clenched his fists and gave Lin Fan a thumbs up, implying that he was cheering him on.
After Lin Fan nodded, he left.
Not long after.
The examiners walked out. The head examiner looked at the group of youths and first called out the names of twelve people. Seeing that everyone was present, he said a few words and explained the rules and process of the examination. Then, he announced the start of the examination.
As soon as his voice fell, two clanking sounds were immediately heard as the large iron doors of the two stone houses were opened. Then, four people separately pushed out two iron cages from the houses.
The metal cages' pillars were as thick as a child's arm, and they were extremely sturdy. There was one big cage and one small cage. In the small cage, a human was imprisoned. His hair was disheveled, and his clothes were tattered and dirty.
In the big metal cage was a beast that looked like a pig.
The beast looked like a pig, but it was bigger than a domestic pig. It was even bigger than a wild boar, almost four times the size of an ordinary pig. It had long fangs that were a foot long, and its two pig eyes did not look docile at all. Instead, they shone with a violent and sinister glow.
The most important thing was that it wasn't lying down. Instead, it was standing up like a human. It looked really weird. Although Lin Fan hadn't seen a demon before, he was sure that it was a demon. It was most likely a pig demon.
At this moment, another person pulled out a weapon rack from the house. On the weapon rack, there were weapons. Knives, swords, spears, axes, hooks … they were all weapons that could draw blood. They shone brightly and looked incomparably sharp.
"The first part of the assessment, test of courage."
The head examiner shouted. "Now, whoever's name is called, go to the weapon rack and take a weapon that you feel is suitable for you. Separately, stab the body of the two beasts in the metal cage … you must see blood …"
Hearing this, the person in the metal cage became angry, perverse and insolent. He shouted angrily at the examiner. "Beast?
You're the beast. What are you pretending for? If you have the guts, let me out and fight with me. "
As he said that, he used his head to hit the metal cage in a futile attempt to escape.
At this moment, the pig demon was also furious. It crazily hit the metal cage. It actually opened its big mouth and spoke in human language. "Stupid humans, if you have the guts, let me out of here. If I don't flatten this place, I'll be a demon in vain …"
An invisible demonic aura spread out. The twelve youths' faces were a little pale.
They looked a little flustered.