14 The Aspiring Youngster Who Endure the Heavy Breasts (2/2)

After knowing the astonishing length of this Peach Blossom Village trial, most of the participants couldn’t help but slow down their actions. After all, there was still a lot of time, so what’s the rush?

However, the action of Hai Yunfan, who still continued to visit the three main characters on his quest, constantly increasing their favorability of him, was particularly striking. There were some things that he did not need advice from Wang Lu; Hai Yunfan understood that the so-called favorability simply had no limit. Currently, in the Village Head and the other two’s mind, Hai Yunfan was nothing more than just their benefactor… He couldn’t even compare to Wen Bao in Aunty Liu’s eyes. Therefore, before he could reach the next step, Hai Yunfan would just keep doing it; success would come sooner or later.

This sort of all out effort obviously consumed a tremendous amount of mental and physical strength, especially for a twelve years old. However, Hai Yunfan gladly endured it. He persevered.

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“Tsk, tsk, tsk, second rate talent, first class EQ, and superior willpower. Little Hai, you’re the man.”

“Brother Wang, you flatter me.”

“But because of this, we probably will soon be saying goodbye.”

Hai Yunfan’s eyes lit up, “Do you mean… Didn’t you say I need a few months before I could pass the trial?”

“That is if you want a perfect completion, but I take it you’re not going to go after that, right?”

“... So that’s why recently, I have the feeling that the Village Head wants to talk to me about something, but it doesn’t seem to be the right time yet… That should be the key to the next step.”

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Hai Yunfan’s next step came very quickly. Fifteen days since he entered the Peach Blossom Village, the Village Head, who was greatly moved by him, finally said to him.

“Child, there are some things I need to tell you…”

Although Hai Yunfan was a calm and reserved person, he could not help but smile, “I have been waiting for you to say this sentence for a long time.”

Three days after that, Hai Yunfan finally left the Peach Blossom Village. He only spent a total of eighteen days to became the first person who passed this trial, which was far beyond other people’s expectations.

The reason was very simple; before leaving, Hai Yunfan had left behind all his knowledge about his quest with Wang Lu - this was also the agreement that they agreed beforehand.

Just as Wang Lu had expected, if one wanted to perfectly complete the trial, they needed at least a few months to achieve that. But if perfection was not what one was seeking, and one simply wanted to pass the minimum standard, then the time could be significantly reduced.

Of course, such a decision would be accompanied by some downside. This was also what Hai Yunfan and Wang Lu had deduced together.

In simpler terms, the level of completion in the Peach Blossom Village quest would determine the starting point on the next trial, just like the result at the Cloud Wave Map directly determined the villagers’ level of hospitality in the Peach Blossom Village. Hai Yunfan had barely passed the trial of the Peach Blossom Village, so he probably would not have many advantages at the start of the next trial, and in the long term, the advantage would all be used up. According to Wang Lu’s speculation, Hai Yunfan had only completed thirty percent of the quest. If he was not in a hurry, and instead tried to achieve the perfect completion, he would have gained a great advantage at the Netherworld Path, even so much so that he would have easily passed that trial. Hai Yunfan’s impatience had ruined it all.

However, for most of the participants, this downside would undoubtedly be a great blessing to them.

As one of the top sects, the later part of the Spirit Sword Sect’s Immortal Gathering, such as Frozen Wind Valley, Red Ridge Mountain, etc., was outrageously difficult. According to legends, no one was able to pass these trials in the last three hundred years. In the previous Immortal Gathering, only a few people managed to enter the Carefree Peak. As for how the Spirit Sword Sect recruited the Inner Court’s disciples, they used the same method as the other great sects: sending their elders to wander around looking for good seedlings. Like the other sects, it usually took them ten years to one hundred years.

While in this Immortal Gathering, although most of the trials remained the same, but they have added this Peach Blossom Village as one of the trials. Thus, it appeared that the Spirit Sword Sect had reduced the difficulty of this Immortal Path.

Hai Yunfan’s early departure had become a great incentive for others. They did not worry that Hai Yunfan had finished early, because this Immortal Path was not a race. As long as they reached the finish line, they would still be accepted in the Inner Court.

Unfortunately, very few people could replicate Hai Yunfan’s success. A week after Hai Yunfan left the village, not only did everyone else failed to follow in Hai Yunfan’s footsteps, there were two people whose quests went astray because of undue haste; their hard earned favorability went to zero overnight.

Such as...

“Little Fang, Little Fang, please listen to me, I really love you! I don’t hold anything against your thick waist and body hair; you have to believe me. There’s nothing happening between Little Lan and me; I don’t care about any white and creamy skin, Little Fang, please forgive me!”

“Get lost, you unfaithful rat!”

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[1] Title: pun from the Chinese idiom “To endure humiliation as part of an important mission.”