Players: All NPCs in the Sect Are Moles
Chapter 69 - 62: You’re All Waiting for Me to Answer First, Aren’t You?
Question three.
Mr. Qian’s emotionless voice rang out once more:
"When your Cultivation hits a bottleneck and you have not progressed an inch despite days of arduous training, what is the most effective method to achieve a breakthrough?"
"One: Enter seclusion to meditate, comprehend the heavens and the earth, and seek a breakthrough in your state of mind."
"Two: Seek out a renowned master or consult with seniors to resolve the conundrums in your Cultivation."
"Three: Spar and duel with your fellow disciples, or engage in a life-or-death battle with a demon beast to stimulate your potential on the brink of death."
"Four: Take out all the pills you have accumulated, whether they were distributed by the sect, purchased from the market, or refined by yourself. Then, like eating candy, pop them into your mouth one after another without stopping.
If you develop a tolerance, consume even more until the medicinal power shatters the barrier!"
This time, Su Ling’er looked at the question and sneered inwardly.
’Hmph, after getting it wrong twice, you think I still don’t understand how you devils think?’
The first three options were far too normal, too step-by-step, too steady. This was absolutely not the style of the demonic path.
As for the fourth option, it was utterly absurd, preposterous to the extreme!
Eating pills like candy?
And if you developed a tolerance, you should eat even more?
This wasn’t Cultivation; this was clearly treating one’s own path as a joke!
The greatest taboo in Cultivation was an unstable foundation. To act so recklessly, weren’t they afraid of the concentrated pill toxins erupting inside their bodies, causing their Cultivation to regress instead of advance, and their bodies to explode on the spot?
This option was the most heretical!
Besides, what ordinary Cultivator would have so many pills to eat like candy?
That’s it!
’This is the one. It’s the most outrageous, the one that best fits the demonic style of doing things!’
’I have to be right this time!’
’Let’s see how you make me cry now!’
’It’s not like if I’m wrong again, you’ll make me perform a public spectacle of wailing and throwing myself on the ground, right?!’
And so, she picked up her brush again and wrote a large "Four" on the paper.
Unsurprisingly, she was once again the first person to answer the question. Mr. Qian stepped forward and collected her paper.
A moment later, Mr. Qian on the stage finally spoke, his voice betraying not a hint of emotion:
"For this question, those who chose ’Four’... all disciples."
Only then did Su Ling’er let out a long sigh of relief.
’Finally got one right!’
’They won’t give me a hard time now, will they?’
However, she couldn’t help but be inwardly shocked. These devils truly had a death wish, to actually choose such a method for a breakthrough...
And where did they get so many pills?
On second thought, she recalled the Spirit Grass and Spirit Stones she had earned from her labor these past few days, and it seemed...
In this devil sect with its profound resources, eating pills like candy might not be so impossible after all.
’Whatever, whatever. At least I got it right. I won’t have to go up there and wail and throw a fit again.’
However, just as she began to relax, she once again noticed that the gazes of her Senior Brother and all the other senior brothers and sisters in the hall were fixed squarely on her!
They hadn’t expected their little "native" junior sister, who couldn’t have seen the latest hit anime, to actually guess one correctly. Not bad, not bad.
But right was right. She could get the base Dao Heart points for a correct answer, but they couldn’t let the Dao Heart points from the performance after answering first get away!
And so, the disciples continued to stare at her, which sent a chill down Su Ling’er’s spine.
’You’ve got to be kidding me?!’
Su Ling’er’s heart skipped a beat.
’Again?’
’Are you ever going to stop?!’
’You want to see me perform again?!’
Left with no choice, she could only try to stir up her emotions once more and say something.
"Oh, heavens, why do you treat me so?
I... I actually answered correctly!
What have I done to deserve this, to have guessed the sect’s true meaning at this grand meeting concerning the Dao Heart? This...
This is simply too great an honor for your junior sister, and I’ve surely ruined the refined mood of my dear senior brothers and sisters..."
She was just about to raise her folding fan to her face and pretend to be overcome with shame.
But before she could finish, Senior Brother Lin Qingfeng interrupted her in surprise:
"Junior Sister, what kind of reaction is that?"
"You got it right, so why the long face?
You should be laughing!
Now is your time to laugh!
You should laugh out loud to show off your flair, to highlight your elegant scholarly style!
What’s that fan in your hand for? Hurry up and fan yourself a couple of times!
Do you need me to teach you?"
’This feedback module is terrible!’
’She got it right and she’s crying?!’
Su Ling’er was silent for a moment.
The folding fan in her hand was nearly snapped in two from her anger.
’Cry when I’m wrong, laugh when I’m right...’
’You devils who deserve to have sons without buttholes, can’t you find a new way to torment people?!’
She gritted her teeth, slowly stood up, and imitated the dashing scholars from the storybooks, snapping her fan open with a SWISH.
Then, she spun in a circle, fanning herself constantly, and let out a few dry laughs at the crowd:
"Heh... heh heh... ha... hahahaha..."
The laughter echoed in the silent pavilion, sounding exceptionally eerie.
’Laugh my ass off!’
’I don’t want to laugh at all!’
’How can I possibly laugh?!’
’AHHHHHHH!’
...
After the fourth question, Su Ling’er was exhausted.
’It’ll be fine if I just don’t answer, right?’ she decided.
However, when the fifth question was read aloud, she still pricked up her ears involuntarily.
"In a mystic realm, a sudden Magic storm sweeps in.
As an expert, you and several companions you’ve unexpectedly befriended in the realm are all caught in the crisis. How should you respond?"
"One: Without hesitation, you shield the others behind you, giving your all in a desperate fight."
"Two: You bring out your strongest defensive artifact to create a pocket of survival for everyone."
"Three: You shout, ’Run!’ letting your companions retreat first while you cover the rear."
"Four: With lightning speed that leaves no time to react, you retreat, pushing your companions in front of you to act as a shield."
Listening to the question, Su Ling’er’s brush hovered in mid-air, hesitating to fall.
’I’ll be humiliated whether I’m right or wrong, so I just won’t answer!’
She put down her brush, leisurely picked up her teacup, and waited to see how the others would choose.
However, after waiting a moment and figuring her senior brothers and sisters must have all finished answering, she looked up, only to be met with a bizarre scene.
The surrounding senior brothers and sisters were all sitting primly and properly, holding their folding fans, some sipping tea, others admiring the scenery.
It was as if none of them had any intention of answering the question.
’Are you kidding me?!’
’If I don’t answer, you won’t answer?!’
’You’re all just waiting for me?!’
’You’re all just going to pick on me, and only me?!’
And right on cue, Senior Brother’s voice rang out, preceded by a deliberate cough or two:
"Ahem, ahem, Junior Sister, why haven’t you written your answer yet?"
The others also began to heckle:
"Yeah! Junior Sister!"
We’re all waiting for you!"
"Hurry up, little Junior Sister!"
Su Ling’er stared wide-eyed at her Senior Brother, deciding to put up a struggle:
"Senior Brother, don’t the other senior brothers and sisters need to answer?
I think... we should give this opportunity to them.
I’ve already answered first so many times, and I’ve gotten them all wrong. I won’t waste this chance to submit my answer early."
Lin Qingfeng heard this and immediately understood!
’So that’s how it is!’
’Little Junior Sister keeps getting the answers wrong and has lost her nerve!’
’We can’t have that!’
’I shall attack in encouragement mode!’
He immediately declared with righteous indignation:
"Junior Sister, there’s no need for that! Answer quickly!
You’ve only made a few occasional mistakes.
They... they’re just using your answers to deduce the correct one in reverse!
Little Junior Sister, look into my eyes!
Answer quickly. After this question, you will certainly be rewarded by Mr. Qian!
Trust me! When have I, your Senior Brother, ever lied to you?!"
...
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