"One, two, three, four …. Twenty-two, twenty-three."
Yi Tian counted all the apples in her hand. In three seconds, Yi Tian had plucked twenty-three apples, two more than Liunian Ling.
"Lady Yi Tian, you're so amazing!" Liunian Ling clapped with all her might, trying her best to flatter Yi Tian.
"Hmph, of course. Amongst all the Sword Ladies, I, Yi Tian, am one of the best." Yi Tian said cockily. After saying that, he even winked at Gu Han.
"I don't deny that your swordsmanship is one of the best among all the Sword Ladies!"
Guhan frowned, "But why do you have to throw the apples at me when you're counting? Is there a need for that?"
"Of course, I can throw the apples at other women, but I can't!" Yi Tian said with her hands on her hips.
Then, Guhan fell silent. He suddenly realized that he couldn't refute Yi Tian's words at all … Even if he could, arguing with a Sword Lady like Yi Tian would only waste time and lower her favorability towards him. There was no use at all.
"Alright, I've finished plucking. Now it's your turn.
Hmm, although your swordsmanship isn't as good as mine, you're still half as good as mine. If you can pluck thirteen or fourteen apples, you'll pass, "Yi Tian said cockily.
Heaven Reliance said smugly. She seemed to have forgotten just how terrifying Gu Han's swordsmanship was in that one versus two hundred battle.
Meanwhile, Liunian Ling looked at Guhan with a snicker, waiting for Guhan to pluck the apples.
Perhaps I can use this test to see just how much of a gap there is between me and Guhan!
Liunian Ling mumbled in her heart. She did not have a real understanding of Guhan's swordsmanship. In her opinion, Guhan had only learned ancient martial arts from an unorthodox source. It was impossible for it to be compared to the foundation that had been taught by the Liu Nian Aristocratic Family since he was young.
Guhan nodded and then activated the switch on the small bar counter. Five seconds later, the apple tree appeared again. Guhan jumped onto the tree, and the leaves danced wildly. When the apple tree disappeared, Guhan appeared in front of everyone with an armful of apples.
"Fifteen in total!"
Guhan naturally wouldn't be like Liunian Ling and Yi Tian, using counting as an excuse to play a game of smashing people. Guhan wasn't that childish.
He just glanced at the apple indifferently, reported the number, and directly threw the apple on the ground.
Not bad, not bad. It's at the level when I was so hungry that I fainted! Liunian Ling smiled and clapped her hands, thinking happily in her heart.
This idiot's strength was indeed as she had guessed, much weaker than her. It seemed that she could casually bully him in the future!
As for Yi Tian, he gave Guhan a very disdainful look, "Liar, if you have the ability, then show me your true strength!"
Oh, this sentence was said by Yi Tian through the sword mark, so it was impossible for Liunian Ling to hear it.
"This is my true strength, I didn't hide anything!"
Guhan shook his head and replied Yi Tian through the sword mark, "My meridians haven't been completely connected, so I can only display 60% of my strength. Being able to pluck 15 apples is already the result of my full strength."
"Eh, your meridians are damaged? Why didn't I know?" Yi Tian was startled, his tone seemed to be a little worried.
"When it was damaged, I hadn't synchronized with you yet, so of course you didn't know!" Guhan smiled bitterly, "Moreover, you've never asked me about meridians."
"Wait, if 15 is 60% of your strength, doesn't that mean your true strength is 25?"
With a simple division, Yi Tian calculated the shocking number 25. This meant that the baseline of Guhan's strength was higher than Yi Tian's by two?
Although Yi Tian had sensed that Guhan's swordsmanship strength shouldn't be lower than his during the last battle in the Yaoguang Sword Sect Challenge, he didn't expect that Guhan's strength to be a little stronger than his.
Although the quantitative comparison of plucking apples was too one-sided and didn't have much value, Yi Tian felt that he was a head shorter than Guhan, just like how he was a head shorter than Yi Qing back then.
"What are you guys secretly talking about through the sword mark?"
Liunian Ling saw that Guhan and Yi Tian's expressions were stiff at the same time, and knew that Yi Tian and Guhan were whispering to each other. She started to feel a little sour in her heart. They were actually talking behind her back, it was such a hateful feeling.
"I just told Yi Tian that my meridians are damaged, so I can't unleash my full strength. Otherwise, I could at least pluck 15!" Guhan answered honestly. This was the truth, there wasn't a single bit of falsehood in it.
However, when Liunian Ling heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle, and the little thoughts in her heart disappeared.
It turned out that this Guhan felt that he had lost face in front of her, so he forced his meridians to be damaged.
What 25? Even if he trained for another 30 years, he wouldn't be able to break through 25!
"Alright, even if you can pluck 25, it's useless. This task requires you to pluck 50. If you can't do it, you can only wait for seven days to be directly sent out by the Training Array!"
Liunian Ling said with waning interest. She had stayed in this Training Array for two more weeks, so naturally, she was very clear about the details and routines of the Training Array.
There were two ways to leave this Training Array. One was to reach the end of the Training Array, and then she would be able to obtain the reward that Zhe Tian Jiandi had placed in the Training Array.
The second way was to stay in a room for seven days, and then the Training Array would automatically send you out. However, you would never be able to enter this Training Array again.
This was already the fourth day that Liunian Ling had been trapped in this room. In another three days, Liunian Ling would be forcefully sent out, which made Liunian Ling very unhappy.
"No.
Things aren't that bad.
Plucking 50 apples in three seconds is something that can only be done by a Spirit Sword Level sword wielder.
However, this Training Array restricts sword wielder above Treasure Sword Level from entering. This means that there must be a way for sword wielder of Treasure Sword Level to pass the test. It's impossible for Zhe Tian Jiandi to set a dead end. "Guhan was not infected by Liunian Ling's pessimism, but calmly analyzed.
As he spoke, he ran to the small bar and carefully read the words written on it a few times. The corner of his mouth revealed a smile of understanding.
"Ling, let's try again." Guhan touched the small bar and said slowly.
"Hey, why don't you give up? It's useless even if you try a few more times. No one can pluck 50 apples in three seconds."
Liunian Ling said weakly. She had already been tortured by this damn test for four days. She didn't want to pluck any more apples.
"It's naturally impossible for one person, but what if it's three people?"
Guhan pursed his lips. "If you release Heaven's Inquisition, we'll have four people."
"Three people together?" Liunian Ling was stunned. "You can play like that?
Isn't there a limit to one person participating? "
"Since I can stay in the same room with you, why can't we complete the test at the same time?"
Gu Han knocked on the small bar counter. "From the beginning to the end, this instruction did not state that multiple people are not allowed to move together. Do you think so?"
…
The result was self-evident. Guhan, Yi Tian, and Liunian Ling rushed into the apple tree at the same time and plucked the apples in a frenzy. In three seconds, a total of 58 apples had fallen into the hands of these three people.
Then, when the small bar rose again, the long-awaited die finally appeared. This also meant that Guhan and Liunian Ling had successfully passed the test and could enter the next room.
"Damn it, this actually works!"
Liunian Ling looked at the die and scratched her head in annoyance. "Why didn't I think of this test for multiple people!
I was actually trapped by such a simple thing for four whole days. "
"Don't make things difficult for yourself. Even if you thought of it before I came, you would still have to wait for four days.
After all, there would only be one person in the entire trial. You wouldn't be able to find anyone to help you! "
Guhan's words made Liunian Ling feel much better. That's right, Guhan was right. This was the truth. It was all Guhan's fault for coming too late. If he had come a step earlier, I would have been able to leave this place long ago!
"Ling, come and take a look here!"
Guhan suddenly interrupted Liunian Ling who was trying hard to push the blame away and called her over to the side of the die. "Ling, what do you think?"
"Eh, why are there two die here?" Liunian Ling exclaimed in surprise when she saw the die on the small bar.
There were two die, one big and one small, on the small bar. This was a situation that had never happened before. Liunian Ling had passed through no less than thirty rooms and there was only one die every time. There had never been a situation where there were two die.
"Is it because there are two people in the room now, so there are two die?" Liunian Ling voiced out her guess.
This guess was very reasonable. In the past, there was only Liunian Ling, so naturally, there was only one die.
Now that there was an additional person, Guhan, wouldn't it be normal for there to be two die?
"No, if the dice were given to both of us, then the dice should be the same size, not a big one and a small one. This big one is double the size of the small one."
"I know the reason for this die!"
Yi Tian looked at the die and his pupils shrank. He recalled some dusty memories, "When Yi Qing encounters something she can't decide, or when she needs to make a choice, she likes to use the die to decide the final result."
"If the choice only involves her, then she will use a normal-sized die. If it involves two people, she will use a bigger die. If it involves the whole team, she will use a specially made die the size of a big watermelon.
But this girl just likes to lie to herself. No matter what the result is, she will only choose according to the answer in her heart.
She has never been a person who leaves her fate to fate.
She just likes to play with fate. "
"So, I'm guessing that Zhe Tian gave you two die, one big and one small, to let you choose for yourselves whether you want to move forward together or alone in the next trial.
If you want to move together, you can use the big die. If you want to move alone, you can use the small die. It's that simple. "
Yi Tian said as he poured alcohol into his mouth like crazy. After explaining, he turned into a stream of light and flew back into his scabbard.
"Don't bother me for the next 24 hours. If there's a fight, go find your Qingpin. You should also let her exercise a little. Eating meat every day and not exercising, she might not be able to get married."