Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 71: Sincerely

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“The second trial is to make the examiner sincerely want to let me stay?” Meng Jingzhou read through the passing condition again.

“What a strange test. It doesn't sound difficult. Anyway, where am I?” Meng Jingzhou was sitting on a bench. He was sitting in the middle with four people in front of him and five behind.

“Oh, I'm interviewing for the merchant guild.” The identity and setting assigned by the Everlasting Creed popped up in his mind.

Facing the immaculately white wall in front of him, Meng Jingzhou’s hand subconsciously moved, his middle and ring fingers bending.

Nothing is spurting out.

“Hmm? Why am I doing such a strange action?” Meng Jingzhou was perplexed, not remembering that he had such a habit. “Forget it, I shall focus on the interview.”

He noticed the first person entering the examination room then hastily running out before dashing back in again, repeating this three to four times.

Meng Jingzhou called out enthusiastically, “Hey, brother, why are you running? Is the examiner testing your running speed? If that's the case, I'll recommend that you change your shoes. A pair of good-quality shoes can greatly boost your speed. Your starting posture also matters. You should crouch down and arch your back with your hands on the ground as support. That will help you run much faster. Trust me, I'm very experienced...”

The person looked at Meng Jingzhou as if the latter was an idiot. Ignoring Meng Jingzhou, they ran out to check the quality of the potatoes.

The rules had clearly stated that candidates were not allowed to leak the questions to other candidates.

This went on for the second person, third person, and fourth person; everyone was very diligent in running, but they also didn't pass. However, regardless of whether one passed, they would disappear right after their interview ended. That way, the people lining up behind them wouldn't be able to distinguish whether making more or fewer trips was the key to passing.

“Next, Meng Jingzhou!” the plump examiner shouted from inside.

“Coming.” Meng Jingzhou was in high spirits as he sauntered inside.

The plump examiner wore a smile as usual. “Meng Jingzhou, go to the marketplace and see if there's anyone selling potatoes.”

Meng Jingzhou didn't move.

The plump examiner mistook it as them not relaying the instructions clearly, so they repeated the question, enunciating every word.

This time, Meng Jingzhou spoke, “Why?”

“What do you mean why?” The plump examiner couldn't follow Meng Jingzhou’s line of thought.

“I'm asking why I have to go to the marketplace and see if there's anyone selling potatoes. Do you know what we are doing now?”

“An interview,” the plump examiner replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Exactly, you said it yourself—this is an interview, not a time for you to get people to run your errands. By the way, did you also ask the four people in front this same question? You’re still not satisfied after asking four times, and now you still want to ask it a fifth time?!”

The plump examiner patiently explained, “This is the exam question.”

Meng Jingzhou replied with a simple “oh” and obediently made a trip to the marketplace.

“There's someone selling potatoes,” answered Meng Jingzhou when he returned.

“How many jin of potatoes are there?”

Meng Jingzhou didn't know the answer, so he stood up and walked toward the door.

A sliver of a sneer appeared on the plump examiner’s visage. Kid, you talk the most nonsense. Come back one more time, and I'll announce that you've failed.

To his surprise, when Meng Jingzhou opened the door, it revealed an old man standing outside.

Meng Jingzhou asked the old man, “How many potatoes do you have in your cart?”

“Eighty jin,” replied the old man.

Meng Jingzhou turned his head back. “He said there’s eighty jin of potatoes. Do you also want to ask how much each jin costs?”

The plump examiner opened his mouth but couldn’t bring himself to ask “How much does one jin of potatoes cost?” Even if he had asked it out loud, the old man at the door would have answered immediately.

What’s the point of asking now?!

The plump examiner questioned in ire, “Why did you bring the potato seller over here?” How am I going to test the remaining candidates?

Meng Jingzhou shrugged. “I asked him whether a few people had come by to ask about the potatoes, and he complained that these few people had run over, taken a glimpse of his potatoes, run back, then run over, asked him for the total jin of potatoes, run back, then run over again to ask how much each jin costs. However, they all only asked and didn’t buy anything.

“Then, I asked him if he wanted to meet the main culprit behind all this, and he said yes, so I brought him over here.”

The plump examiner, “...”

What am I supposed to do for the rest of the tests? No one told me that I’d encounter a situation like this...

Recalling Meng Jingzhou’s disrespect, the plump examiner steeled himself and yelled, “You weren’t able to anticipate the intentions from above and have been disqualified...”

Before he could finish, Meng Jingzhou gave him a kick. “To hell with intentions from above! Who are you to say that? I’ve been too respectful to you!” Meng Jingzhou ran outside.

The plump examiner smashed the table into pieces. “Stop right there!”

Since the examiner sincerely wanted to let Meng Jingzhou stay, Meng Jingzhou passed.

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The vice creed leader massaged his knitted brow. What is this strange method of passing? I set the requirement that the examiner must sincerely want to let the interviewee stay because I was worried that someone may try to take a shortcut and bribe the examiner. I thought I was already meticulous enough, but I didn’t expect there to still be another way to pass.

How on earth is this young fellow’s brain wired? Or am I the one without a brain wired?

“O undying and indestructible Everlasting Immortal, please give me an answer,” the vice creed leader muttered a prayer to the Everlasting Immortal, hoping that he would receive a response.

The creed leader interrupted the vice creed leader’s prayers, “If only the Everlasting Immortal could hear your words.”

The vice creed leader didn’t think that the creed leader was being blasphemous. He knew that the creed leader was the most pious follower in the Everlasting Creed. He sighed, “How many times have we tried? But they all failed. We still can’t resurrect the Everlasting Immortal. If we could, regardless of whether it’s the Great Xia Dynasty or the righteous path, they’re no match for the Everlasting Immortal!

“Only with blood as sacrifice can the Everlasting Immortal be resurrected.”

The two didn’t linger on this topic, and the vice creed leader soon changed the subject. “What do you think of Meng Jingzhou?”

The creed leader clicked his tongue in praise. “One who takes the road less traveled. A true talent.” Luckily I didn’t agree with the vice creed leader that there wouldn’t be other methods to passing. Otherwise, my reputation as the creed leader would’ve gone down the drain!

“Are you sure this young fellow can also be considered a talent?”

“Of course, I feel that what our Everlasting Creed needs is precisely such talents with unorthodox thinking. Look at the Dao-Seeking Sect from the righteous path. Why have they lasted so long? I’ve summarized a few reasons, and the most important one is that they possess wisdom beyond the understanding of people in this world.”

The corner of the vice creed leader’s mouth twitched. As expected of the creed leader, describing madness in such a refined manner.

The creed leader continued, “Who knows if this Meng Jingzhou can become the backbone of our Everlasting Creed?! Speaking of Meng Jingzhou, there was another young fellow who left quite the impression in the first round. If I remember correctly, his name seems to be Lu Yang. How did he do?”

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“Make the examiner sincerely want to let me stay?”

Lu Yang ruminated over it. What’s so difficult about that? I just have to give the examiner a kick. Best is if I can also spit on him. I’m sure that will anger the examiner so much that he won’t want just me to stay; he might even want my life to stay with him.

However, this method was too barbaric. Only a crude person like Meng Jingzhou would use such a method. Lu Yang couldn't be like him. He was a civilized person.