Chapter 50 (1/2)

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50 – Shui Yuner

Bright light teeters in the sky, soon to disappear behind the horizon.

The sky is a little dim right now.

Several hours have pa.s.sed since the girl in a purple dress appeared, and the bright yellow sunlight has become darker in color.

When you're waiting, time seems to be flowing at a snail's pace, specially when you know that the thing you're waiting for will come, but not when it will come.

This is torture. Perhaps it is also a trial.

“I'm afraid it won't be my turn today.” A girl murmured, and then saw a youth come out of the hall.

Dejected, he didn't perform well? He is already the fifteenth one.

No one can be sure that they will be selected. The expression of everyone who comes out of the hall is the same, a mixture of numerous emotions – unwillingness, hesitation, disappointment, frustration, bitterness…

All this is a statement to the high threshold of the Merak Temple.

Can I pa.s.s? The girl doesn't know, n.o.body knows.

But one thing is for sure – if you don't try, don't even talk about hope.

The only thing the girl can do is to go all out; the rest is left to fate.

“… the last one today.” A loud voice interrupted the girl's musing and drew her attention.

The speaker is a Merak Temple disciple called Qian Duoduo. As he has introduced himself before, the girl knew his name. He walked out of the hall after the previous applicant, and is now looking at the information in his hands.

“Shui Yuner.” He shouted a name, the girl's name.

As she didn't expect that she would make it today, the girl was a little stunned, and didn't respond immediately.

“Is Shui Yuner here?” Probably because he didn't get a response right away, Qian Duoduo looked around, puzzled.

“I'm her.” Shui Yuner finally answered loudly.

When Qian Duoduo's eyes fell on Shui Yuner, surprise crept onto his face. The girl didn't know what the youth was surprised about. He quickly withdrew the look of surprise and put a smile on his face. This isn't something worth paying attention to. After all, she was used to such surprise.

She stands out, for better or for worse.

“Okay, come with me.” Qian Duoduo beckoned Shui Yuner, and then looked at the crowd, “Those whose name has't been called today come again tomorrow. You can disband.”

As he made this announcement, Shui Yuner seemed to hear numerous sighs of relief.

Is this something to celebrate? No, maybe this brief respite will take some weight off their mind. The girl mused. But this isn't the time to indulge in her thoughts.

Qian Duoduo was standing in front of the door, waiting. Shui Yuner approached him quickly.

As the distance between the two gradually got closer, the feeling of breathlessness inside her became more obvious.

It's a feeling of nervousness that comes close to the feeling of deadly danger.

The girl counted the steps in order to distract herself. Unfortunately, it was of limited effect. In the end, she had to take a deep breath, and then expel her nervousness.

“Don't be nervous, just follow your own pace.” Qian Duoduo stopped in front of the door to the hall and said with a smile.

Is he comforting me? It was clearly just a simple sentence, yet the tension in my heart seems to have eased by a lot! How amazing! Shui Yuner smiled and nodded.

“Alright, come in.” The young man nodded with satisfaction, and then opened the door and made an inviting gesture.

Shui Yuner looked up.

The hall isn't bright due to the sun setting in the horizon. Three figures half-hidden in the dusk are sitting behind the long table, and their outlines can barely be seen.

Even so, their eyes are still bright, and the most eye-catching among them is a pair of bright yellow beads.

The pair of eyes s.h.i.+ne unusually bright.

The owner of the pair of eyes was looking at Shui Yuner with kindness.

It's her! Shui Yuner saw the little girl with an astonis.h.i.+ng aura around her again.

Shui Yuner doesn't know her name, but she does know the name of the other two.

“Go ahead.” Qian Duoduo kindly remind Shui Yuner that she s.p.a.ced, and let her come back to her senses.

“Thank you, Senior Disciple Brother Qian.” The girl smiled, and then took a step forward.

The next moment, a sharp sound suddenly reverberated.

The sharp sound is similar to an arrow whistling through the air.

Something is shooting towards me, and fast! Incredibly fast! Although she couldn't catch sight of it, but Shui Yuner stepped back instinctively because of the critical sense of danger.