149 View the Mountain Scenery on a Speechless Nigh (1/2)
Chapter 149: View the Mountain Scenery on a Speechless Night
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After Ning Que uttered these words, quietness prevailed in the old library. Chen Pipi stared at his eyes and fell into a long silence before his thick lips slightly moved and uttered, ”You look really beautiful.”
Upon hearing this, Ning Que became angry and glared back at him, coldly saying, ”Even if you refuse to tell me about the exam papers, you don't need to talk to me with this attitude. I don't believe that I won't be admitted to the Second Floor without your help.”
Chen Pippi looked at him and compassionately shook his head, saying, ”You've said many times that you wanted to enter the Second Floor, and I didn't care much about it. And thinking that your talents weren't really much worse than mine, it won't be too difficult to defeat those so-called geniuses, like Xi Chengyun, after cultivating for more than six months under my guidance, but... Some things aren't meant to be. West-Hill Divine Palace is unexpectedly willing to let Long Qing come to Chang'an City, and you have no hope to defeat that guy.”
”I remember very clearly what you said a few days ago, that Prince Long Qing was somewhat weak in your eyes, like cats and dogs. Now you say I'm totally incomparable with him. So do you mean I'm even worse than cats and dogs?”
Ning Que said, angrily waving his sleeves.
Chen Pippi raised his fleshy arm and patted him on his shoulder, and sincerely comforted him. ”Do you need to make it so clear? I didn't speak frankly because I just worried that I would hurt your dignity too much.”
”Then what does it matter to tell me about the exam paper?” Ning Que cried in annoyance. ”It'll do you no good if I can't enter the Second Floor. If Prince Long enters the Second Floor and finds out your true identity, you would get into a lot of trouble!”
”Because you're out of luck.”
Chen Pippi looked at him in sympathy and said, ”Although the Second Floor will be opened on the date that was proposed last year, the Second Brother and professors of the front department have taken charge of this matter, since the Headmaster of the Academy and Eldest Brother haven't returned from their travels.
”The professors won't let me see the exam paper. Even if I knew about it, I wouldn't take the risk of being whipped by the Second Senior in order to let you know. Second Brother is upright and earnestly hates nothing more in his life than evil tricks and blatant manipulations. If he knows that you want me to help you in this way, you'll be beaten up and driven out, even if you have already entered the Second Floor.”
He patted Ning Que on his shoulders once again, and soothingly said, ”You're really out of luck. If the Headmaster and Eldest Brother were in, I might go to plead for you. The Headmaster would most likely agree to specially enroll you since they're so affable. What a pity.”
Ning Que sat crossed-legged on the floor, thinking that his own luck was poor to the extreme, and he could not help bitterly murmuring, ”The Headmaster is too irresponsible since he has spent a whole year on his tour. How could there be so many fun places in the world?”
Chen Pipi looked disdained and laid bare his mind. ”Why do you want the Headmaster to hurry back to the Academy? Isn't it because you hope that he can help you in the exam?”
After a brief moment of silence, Ning Que made a heavy thump on the floor and looked up at Chen Pipi, saying seriously, ”Well, I won't count on you. But please tell me how to deal with the entrance exam. It's much better to know the approximate scope and method of the exam than being confused in my current situation.”
”That's acceptable.” Chen Pippi happily swallowed half a bowl of the crab porridge, and vaguely continued. ”However, talking about such things is of no use.”
”Why not?” Ning Que asked in anxiety.
”Because exam methods are all different each time the Second Floor opens. The specific content of the exam has been set in advance by the Headmaster a few years ago. You may be required to write a piece of calligraphy, or to draw a picture, or to go swimming in the wetlands, or they may see who will eat faster. Speaking of that year...”
Chen Pipi started introducing it with great interest, while Ning Que's mind had wandered away to somewhere else. When hearing that the exam might be about writing and painting, he got a buzzing sound in his mind and a great sense of happiness emerged. However, the sense of happiness or surprise immediately turned into frustration and absurdity after hearing the following words.
”Wait, wait, wait, wait, swimming or eating? What the hell is the exam about?”
Chen Pippi put down the crab porridge, and said looking at him innocently, ”I'm not the Headmaster, how could I know what it's about? But this information was personally told to me by Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, so it might be true.”
Ning Que slightly raised his brows, looking at his fat face, and asked with hesitation, ”Then... What's the exam that you took part in about?”
Upon hearing this question, Chen Pipi gently waved his sleeves to flip off the dust that did not actually exist, and then an eased smile appeared on his face. Then he said softly with a really calm style, ”I've told you that I'm not a common genius in cultivation. That year I took an A+ in six courses and then was directly admitted into the Second Floor. The Headmaster smiled to welcome me on the mountain road, while Eldest Brother genially rubbed my head. And I needn't sit for the exam to test my abilities anymore. This... could be called free admittance?”
Ning Que stared at the complacency that was poorly concealed in Chen Pipi's small bean-shaped eyes, and he suddenly gave birth to a strong impulse to give him a hard punch. Yet he had no choice but to sulkily give up the idea when thinking that the fat guy was a cultivator who was even more vigorous than Prince Long Qing in the Knowing Destiny State. Then he said with a sneer, ”In my opinion, you're like a large pot of steamed bread.”
Chen Pippi touched his head, and curiously asked, ”White and fat, but really cute?”