Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

Qin Shuheng: ...

You might as well just tell me my ID number!

Li Cenyuan took the token and said, "I will be there on time."

After he finished speaking, Ji Xianchen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Desperate Situation Assessment?"

"Yes, Brother Ji, do you want to come together?" The person who responded to him was Hua Chaochao.

Ji Xianchen hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can I go?"

No one invited him.

Ji Xianchen had said all this, but Hua Xi still had no reaction, so Hua Chaochao could only step in again: "Why not? We are all good friends."

As he said this, he was about to give the token to Ji Xianchen. Mo Ni's token had already been given to Li Cenyuan, and now only Hua Xi had the token.

"Sister, give your token to Brother Ji." Hua Chaochao reached out and began to grope Hua Xi's pocket.

Hua Xi let Hua Chaochao touch her all over. Seeing that Hua Chaochao couldn't touch the right place for a long time, she reminded him, "It's in the right pocket."

Hua Chaochao followed Hua Xi's instructions and reached into his right pocket, "Found it!"

Then he handed the token to Ji Xianchen and reminded him, "Brother Ji, keep it well and don't lose it."

There is only one token of the desperate leader in the world.

"Don't worry." Ji Xianchen assured.

He will definitely keep the token.

Moni was naturally happy to see this scene. With Li Cenyuan and the black market manager serving as examiners, this mercenary assessment would surely be very exciting.

……

While Hua Xi was meeting with several superiors from Jue Jing at night to discuss the assessment matters, Hua Chaochao left Jue Jing.

She came to a simple house and sat quietly waiting for the owner of the house to come back.

After a while, Hua Chaochao heard a slight sound of a door opening, and then a hunchbacked old man slowly walked into the house.

When the old man caught sight of Hua Chaochao sitting leisurely on the chair, his face changed instantly and he turned and left without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Hua Chaochao spoke: "Stop." There was irresistible majesty in her calm tone.

"Come here." Hua Chaochao said again.

The old man had no choice but to stop, turn around, and quicken his pace to Hua Chaochao.

"Do you know why I'm looking for you?" Hua Chaochao raised her eyes and stared at the old man standing in front of her, "Old Guo."

That’s right, this old man is the old man Guo who sells eternal silence on the black market.

Old Man Guo had no idea why Hua Chaochao was looking for him, but he had a hunch that it wasn't a good thing.

"I... don't know." Old man Guo lowered his head and answered respectfully.

Hua Chaochao raised the corner of her mouth slightly, as if smiling, "Your eyes are a little special. Let me guess, your current eye color is not your original color, but you used black cosmetic contact lenses to cover up your real eye color."

When she was in the black market, Hua Chaochao noticed that Old Man Guo had a pair of unique eyes, so she came here to see what the uniqueness was.

"Am I right?"

Old Man Guo's heart tightened, and then he sighed secretly. As expected, he was discovered.

Since his disguise had been exposed, Old Man Guo no longer hid and answered truthfully: "Yes."

Then he raised his hand and took off his contact lenses, revealing his original light green eyes.

When Hua Chaochao saw this, an expression of surprise appeared on her face.

"It's a pity to cover up such a beautiful pair of eyes."

Hua Chaochao first expressed regret, and then asked sharply: "You can see things that humans can't see, right?"

Old Man Guo thought that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he just confessed everything, "Yes, I can see things that some people can't see."

"For example?"

Old Man Guo: "For example, I can see the color of a person's soul."

"The color of the soul?" Hua Chaochao suddenly became interested and asked, "Then tell me, what color is the soul?"

Old Man Guo said simply: "Black, white, and gray."

These three colors each represent a different meaning.

People with black souls are evil at heart, which represents extreme evil; white is just the opposite, representing extreme good; as for gray, it represents half good and half evil, with good and evil in a state of balance.

Among all the people Old Man Guo has met, the vast majority have gray souls, and it is extremely rare to find people with pure black or pure white souls.

White souls, in particular, often only appear in newborn babies who don't know anything yet.

But without exception, everyone's soul is a single color, except Hua Chaochao. Old Man Guo saw that her soul actually appeared in two colors, black and white.

What's even stranger is that the white only occupies a small area, about the size of a palm, while the rest is covered in rich black.

What kind of person has a soul of two colors?

Old Man Guo was not sure, but he understood one thing, that is, Hua Chaochao was definitely not a simple person. This was also the reason why he wanted to leave as soon as he came in and saw Hua Chaochao.

He just wanted to spend the rest of his days peacefully and without getting into any trouble.

However, things went against his wishes. What he feared would come true. The trouble he didn't want to get into now came to him.

If he had known this, he should not have been curious. If he had not stared at Hua Chaochao curiously, perhaps he would not have noticed the abnormality of his eyes.

"Am I a black soul?" Hua Chaochao asked.

Colors are easy to understand. Hua Chaochao can analyze the meaning of black, white and gray by herself without the need for Old Man Guo to explain.

Old Man Guo replied: "Yes, but not entirely."

At least there is still a little white left.

Hua Chaochao understood, "So I am a soul of two colors? What is the other one? Gray? Or white?"

Old Man Guo: “White.”

Hearing this, Hua Chaochao burst out laughing, "I can still have a white soul."

Although she was clearly laughing, Old Man Guo heard a hint of sadness in her laughter.

I can't help but comfort Hua Chaochao: "You have a white soul, which proves that you are still kind deep down in your heart."

However, Hua Chaochao suddenly stopped smiling and said coldly: "It is not your turn to judge who I am."

Old man Guo regretted it immediately. Why did he feel pity for Hua Chaochao? He was the one who was pitiful!

Hua Chaochao slowly stood up and warned in a cold tone: "Watch your mouth. If I hear you talking nonsense outside, I don't mind sending you to see the King of Hell early."

Surrounded by the cold, Old Man Guo shuddered violently, and quickly lowered his head and replied: "You can rest assured, I will never say anything about you!"

Looking at Hua Chaochao's figure getting farther and farther away, the stone in Old Man Guo's heart finally fell.

He took a long breath, then looked at the gate through which Hua Chaochao left, and said to himself, "Xuanzhou has been peaceful for too long, it's time for some chaos."

……

Desperate Mercenary Assessment Day.

In the desolate territory.

Hearing that Li Cenyuan and the black market manager would be the examiners, every desperate mercenary was excited.

They woke up early in the morning to prepare and warm up for the exam.

The sounds of warm-up filled the entire desperate situation, and Moni could hear them shouting on her way to check her equipment.

"As expected, their fighting spirit has been aroused." Moni said with satisfaction.

At the gate of despair.

Ji Xianchen and Li Cenyuan arrived almost at the same time and met at the gate.

After nodding to each other in a friendly manner, they each took out their tokens for the guard to check.

After the inspection, the two did not enter immediately, but instead began to be polite to each other.

Li Cenyuan: "You go first."

Ji Xianchen: "You go first."

Li Cenyuan: "No, you go first."

Ji Xianchen: "You are older than me, please go first."

Li Cenyuan: "...Although I am older, I look younger, so you go first."

In this way, the two of them went back and forth, and neither of them was willing to take the first step.

Seeing the two of them going on and on with their pleasantries, the guard couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Actually, you two can come in together."

Moni greeted them in advance and said that two important people would come today.

So they were full of expectations, imagining the majestic aura of the big man when he arrived. Now, it seems that he has the aura, but the big man's behavior is -

They are just two childish ghosts!

I don't understand why you should give in so much.

For a moment the guard thought that if he hadn't said anything, the two of them might have been able to make it until dark.

Ji Xianchen: "...then together?"

Li Cenyuan nodded, "Okay, let's go together."

Then the two of them entered the gate side by side.

Li Cenyuan's servant was about to follow him in, but was stopped by the guard.

The servant looked puzzled and asked, "What does this mean?"

The guard had a stern face and replied expressionlessly: "Sorry, you can't go in."

Li Cenyuan heard the voice behind him and turned around. Ji Xianchen also stopped.

The servant hurriedly asked Li Cenyuan for help: "Sir, they won't let me go in with you. Please tell them. I have to stay by your side to take care of you."

Li Cenyuan looked at the guard, who explained respectfully, "I'm really sorry, Master Cenyuan, Juejing has a clear rule that anyone who comes to visit Juejing is not allowed to bring servants in. I hope you can forgive me."

Li Cenyuan nodded to show that he understood, and then said to the servant: "Since this is the rule, we must abide by it. You just wait for me outside."

"But..." The servant wanted to say something, but Li Cenyuan interrupted him with a cold face, "You either wait or go back, there is no third option." There was a hint of anger in his words.

Upon hearing this, the servant swallowed back what he was about to say, lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "I'll wait for you."

Li Cenyuan turned around, his face had returned to its usual gentle and jade-like appearance. He said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself. Let's go."

Ji Xianchen hummed "hmm" but his eyes glanced thoughtfully at Li Cenyuan's servants.

This is strange. Li Cenyuan is a martial arts level 9 warrior, but he brings servants with him when he goes out. And judging from his reaction, he didn't bring these servants voluntarily, but seemed to be forced to do so.

A trace of contemplation flashed across Ji Xianchen's eyes.

……

Training ground.

After briefly welcoming Ji Xianchen and Li Cenyuan, the two external examiners, the triennial desperate mercenary assessment officially began.

With the addition of Ji Xianchen and Li Cenyuan, the number of examiners increased from five to seven. The other five were Hua Xi, Mo Ni and the three chiefs of Jue Jing.

The assessment is divided into three parts and conducted simultaneously, namely physical fitness, shooting and actual combat, which are supervised by different examiners.

Among them, Hua Xi, Ji Xianchen and Li Cenyuan jointly undertook the judging work of the actual combat part; and Moni, who was good at spearmanship, was responsible for evaluating the shooting events; as for the remaining three officers, they were responsible for physical fitness assessments.

Everyone has their own tasks, and Hua Chaochao is not idle either. She is responsible for wandering around and being a spectator, going wherever she wants.

She has been in Jue Jing for five days. Now everyone in Jue Jing knows that their leader has a sister, so they don’t feel strange when they see Hua Chaochao, and they even take the initiative to say hello to her.

Practical assessment area.

The actual combat rules are very simple, it's just a competition of fists and feet.

Mercenaries of the same level draw lots to decide their opponents, and then they fight each other within three minutes.

During this process, the examiners will give corresponding ratings based on the abilities they demonstrate, and the final result will be the grade given by the majority. For example, if there are three examiners, one gives a B and two give a C, the result will be a C grade.

The first to take part in the actual combat assessment are the B-level mercenaries.

Ten minutes later, three groups of people completed the assessment. However, Hua Xi's brows became more and more furrowed, and Ji Xianchen and Li Cenyuan's expressions were not much better.

When the fourth group of mercenaries walked onto the combat stage and were about to start, Hua Xi suddenly called a stop.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Hua Xi, including Ji Xianchen and Li Cenyuan.

"Is this how you usually train?" Hua Xi's voice seemed to be frosty and icy cold.

The performance of the three groups that have already finished the assessment can be summarized in one word: "disastrous."

Their attacks were completely disorganized and chaotic, with no discernible skill or strategy.

Hua Xi even thought that they were doing radio gymnastics instead of a practical assessment.

"Grade B? With the performance you're at, you can't even reach Grade C!" Hua Xi criticized mercilessly.

The mercenaries looked at each other in bewilderment. They had indeed slacked off in their training, but it shouldn't be that bad, right?

They silently refuted in their hearts, and no one dared to say it out loud.

Although Hua Xi was wearing a mask and her expression could not be seen, one could tell from her tone that she must be looking very ugly.

Just as they thought, Hua Xi was indeed angry.

If every mercenary in Desperate Situation is so lazy, then Desperate Situation could just be disbanded. There is no need for a slack army to exist.

Hua Xi slowed down and threw the review board in her hand aside.

She stepped onto the sparring stage, and the two people who were originally standing on the stage were frightened and jumped off the stage in a hurry.

"Find someone to come up and fight with me." Hua Xi said lightly, but the powerful aura she exuded made people shudder.

Her intention was obvious; she wanted to demonstrate it herself.

However, perhaps because Hua Xi's aura was too fierce and fierce at the moment, none of the mercenaries in the audience dared to go up, and they began to shirk responsibility from each other.

"You go."

"I don't dare. You go."

"Then you go."

"You have to go yourself, I won't go."

"..."