Becoming An Immortal Begins With Marrying A Wife

Chapter 377: Strategy - Hua Xuanyin (12)

Noon the next day.

When people in the main hall gradually began to complain about the absence of the hall master of Hundred Flower Hall, the hall master suddenly appeared.

Her entrance was still as graceful as ever, emerging from a beautiful flower bud.

The few people who were just complaining immediately fell silent upon seeing her.

"We've kept everyone waiting. The assessment will begin now," Hua Xuanyin said in a soft voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, the disciples of Hundred Flower Hall in the main hall immediately started to move.

They arranged the cultivators who came to participate in the assessment in the order they registered yesterday, and then began to explain the content of the assessment to everyone.

The assessment was divided into three parts.

1. Conduct.

2. Cultivation.

3. Talent.

Only those who passed all three parts could join Hundred Spirits Sacred Land.

During this period, Hua Xuanyin, as the hall master of Hundred Flower Hall, remained a bystander, leaving all the assessment-related work to her subordinates.

In this assessment, she only needed to play the role of an invigilator.

She didn't need to worry about other tasks.

"Only assessing conduct, cultivation, and talent. Husband, we will definitely be able to join Hundred Spirits Sacred Land," Song Huaying said with a smile on her face.

Whether it was conduct, cultivation, or talent, Chen An excelled in all three aspects.

Among the three, conduct was the weakest.

But even if it was lacking, it was only a slight tendency towards lecherousness, which was not a big deal.

"Yinger, don't say such things. It's too presumptuous. We should be humble in life," Chen An patted Song Huaying's buttocks and lectured.

Song Huaying didn't think much of it, but still obediently smiled and said, "I understand, husband. I will be low-key."

Soon, the first test began.

It was a test of conduct.

The main method of testing was to drag the test taker into an illusion and present them with the thing they desired most.

But in order to obtain it, they had to commit evil deeds, and the test was to see what choices the test taker would make.

The process of this test would be presented to everyone through spells to ensure that the process was fair and reasonable, without any hidden manipulation, to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Chen An's turn was a bit later, so he had some free time to watch the people in front of him being tested.

This conduct test required the use of a Law Weapon that could create illusions.

This Law Weapon was a bronze mirror, filled with an ancient and desolate aura, looking even more advanced than a Saint Equipment.

As long as a person stood in front of the mirror for a moment, they would enter an illusion and be unable to distinguish reality.

Even for a cultivator in the Half Immortal realm, it is the same. Once trapped in an illusion, they cannot distinguish reality.

The first cultivator to be tested was a local cultivator from the Upper Realm, with a cultivation level reaching the late stage of Half Immortal.

The content of the illusion was that he had joined the Hundred Flower Sacred Land for many years and became a steward of the Hundred Flower Hall, responsible for overseeing the cultivation of dozens of spiritual fields and managing over a hundred disciples.

In this position, the local cultivator from the Upper Realm began to steal from within, greedily taking nearly thirty percent of the yield for himself.

Moreover, he often neglected his duties and enjoyed oppressing his subordinates.

Before long, the illusion ended.

Listening to the whispers around him, the local cultivator immediately realized what he had done in the illusion and his face changed slightly.

Hua Xuanyin, who was in charge of invigilating, sat high on a blooming flower, looking down at the local cultivator below and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, your performance in the illusion does not meet the requirements for admission to our Hundred Spirits Sacred Land. Please leave."

"Ah."

The cultivator surnamed Lin shook his head and sighed, then quickly left the main hall with his family, escorted out of the Hundred Spirits Sacred Land by a disciple of the Hundred Flower Hall.

After the local cultivator had gone far away, there was immediately a lot of discussion about him in the main hall.

"Tsk tsk, I really didn't expect it. Fellow Daoist Lin looks so honest and simple, but I didn't expect him to be so greedy behind the scenes."

"Yes, he was too greedy, directly taking nearly thirty percent of the yield. If he had been a little less greedy, he might have passed the first test."

"Even if he had been a little less greedy, his excessive oppression of subordinates and flattery towards superiors would still not be conducive to the unity of the sacred land."

...

Everyone spoke their thoughts.

Soon, it was time for the second person to be tested.

This time, it was a cultivator from the Lower Realm.

And she was one of the few female cultivators.

Her cultivation level reached the mid-stage of Half Immortal.

The content of her illusion test was also that she became a steward of the Hundred Flower Hall.

After becoming a steward of the Hundred Flower Hall, this female cultivator also embezzled like the previous local cultivator surnamed Lin.

But she didn't embezzle much, just occasionally.

Moreover, under her supervision, the yield of the spiritual fields under her jurisdiction far exceeded that of other stewards.

Overall, she was an outstanding steward.

But what shocked everyone was that this female cultivator had a strong sexual desire and had developed all the male cultivators under her into her lovers, enjoying themselves in the spiritual fields every day.

This incredible scene caused the cultivators present to discuss it.

They said that this female cultivator was truly promiscuous, even the demon women who practiced the Harmony Technique would be inferior to her.

Among them, many male cultivators had thoughts about this female cultivator and wanted to develop a relationship with her in that aspect.

After a while, the female cultivator emerged from the illusion.

The moment she emerged, she felt that something was wrong with herself.

This disgraceful side of her was exposed directly in front of everyone's eyes, which made her feel extremely embarrassed, wishing she could dig a hole and hide in it.

Just when everyone thought that this female cultivator would not pass the test of conduct, Hua Xuanyin, who was high on the flower, announced:

"Dear Fellow Daoist, although it is true that you have engaged in corruption, your level of greed is not excessive. Moreover, under your supervision, the Lingtian's output far exceeds that of other officials, so this small amount of corruption does not cause significant harm."

"As for the matter of developing all the male disciples under your command into leaders, because in this process you did not use threats, only incentives, it also does not cause significant harm."

"Dear Fellow Daoist, congratulations on passing the conduct test."

The result announced by Hua Xuanyin surprised everyone present. No one expected that it could actually pass the test.

For a moment, there was a burst of discussion at the scene.

Song Huaying was also very surprised by this result and transmitted her confusion through voice transmission, asking, "Husband, can such conduct also pass the test?"

"The requirement for conduct at Hundred Spirits Sacred Land is probably only based on the interests of the sacred land. As long as one has the ability to bring sufficient benefits to the sacred land, a slight lack of personal virtue does not cause significant harm," Chen An transmitted back.

Song Huaying nodded in realization.

In fact, she also understood this principle, but she deliberately asked to give her husband an opportunity to show off in front of his wife.

She knew very well that most men liked weak women.

Because weak women could bring a sense of confidence to men and also arouse their protective instincts to some extent.

As time passed, people continued to take the test one after another.

Each test started the same way, with the tester becoming an official in the Hundred Flower Hall.

Many extraordinary individuals emerged from this.

There were male cultivators who liked married women and seduced many of the people in the Hundred Flower Hall.

There were those who abused their power and replaced the guarding spirit dogs in the Lingtian with their own pet dogs.

There were even undercover demonic cultivators who colluded with the demonic sect outside, causing heavy losses to the Hundred Spirits Sacred Land.

This demonic cultivator was mercilessly killed by Hua Xuanyin before even coming out of the illusion.

Every time, Chen An carefully observed.

Not to understand the test, but to understand the people being tested.

If their conduct was good, he would make appropriate connections.

On the contrary, if their conduct flaws were obvious, he would stay away from them.

"Shuiyi, Qingyan, do you two know what rank of Law Weapon that mirror is?" Chen An suddenly asked.

He was curious about the copper mirror used for the test and wanted to know what kind of Law Weapon it was.

But since Hua Qianyun was not present, he could only ask Han Shuiyi and Yin Qingyan.

After all, they were the ones who had lived in the mortal realm for a long time and had a broader knowledge.

Han Shuiyi and Yin Qingyan were speechless when they heard this. This was a Law Weapon from the Upper Realm, so how could they, who came from the mortal realm, know?

Their husband's knowledge was too shallow, far inferior to a Nascent Soul cultivator who had lived for hundreds of years.

Perhaps this was the downside of cultivating too quickly.

Lacking in accumulation.

Thinking this, the two of them almost simultaneously transmitted back, "Husband, we don't know."

"Husband, I'm also not sure."

"..."

Chen An nodded and continued to observe the illusion test in front.

...

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

After assessing more than eighty people in a row, it was finally Chen An's turn.

"Husband, do your best!"

"Dad, do your best!"

"Husband, you will definitely pass smoothly!"

"..."

His wife and daughters all cheered Chen An on, showing their virtuousness and filial piety.

Chen An smiled at them and walked towards the copper mirror used for the assessment.

A female disciple of the Hundred Flower Hall next to the mirror asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen, are you ready?"

"I'm ready," Chen An nodded in response.

Upon hearing this, the female disciple lifted the red cloth covering the mirror, allowing him to enter the illusion.

The beginning of the illusion was the same as the previous eighty-plus testers, where he became an official in the Hundred Flower Hall right away.

Chen An performed very well in the illusion, being incorruptible and never oppressing his subordinates.

However, he would occasionally show respect to his superiors.

But it was purely out of filial piety and he never made any demands on his superiors.

He was the best performer so far.

"Fellow Daoist Chen is truly an exemplary figure. I have never seen a Saint like Fellow Daoist Chen in my ten thousand years of existence."

"Fellow Daoist Chen's conduct is so high that I, Lu, am ashamed of myself."

"..."

After seeing Chen An's performance in the illusion, everyone present couldn't help but praise him.

Even Hua Xuanyin, who had never looked at any of the testers with a serious eye, began to regard Chen An with admiration and favor.

Seeing everyone praising Chen An, Song Huaying and the others were all filled with pride.

But just as everyone was highly praising Chen An, he suddenly played a big trick on everyone in the illusion. Looking at Hua Xuanyin, who came to inspect, he murmured with a longing gaze, "The Hall Master Hua is so beautiful, I must take her as my concubine, press her beneath me, and love her well, so that she can bear my children."

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