After being warned by Ruyan, the young man lowered his head. After a moment of silence, he looked at Tang Youyou, who was sitting silently beside him, and then leaned over.
"Sir, do you have some really powerful background?" the young man asked tentatively.
But he saw the person beside him hesitate to speak for a long time.
So he went on by himself, "I'm the son of a local prince. I came here to avoid the world. My name is Yun Ze."
Yun Ze? This name was quite similar to that of a friend she had before.
Tang Youyou didn't want to rebuff him, so she nodded slightly and said, "Tang Wuxie."
Hearing this name and the surname, Yun Ze was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well then, Brother Wuxie, since that's the case, how about we become friends? So we can look out for each other on the way."
Hearing this, Ye Yue, who was standing beside them, frowned instantly. He glanced at Tang Youyou and sneered, "Who wants to be your friend? Looking out for each other on the way? Saying such things makes it sound like our sir doesn't have long to live!"
At this point, Tang Youyou gave Ye Yue a look. She was quite pleased with this guy's sharp words.
At the same time, the disciples in the distance beat the gongs and drums again.
Tang Youyou stood still on the spot, looking at the people in front of her. They arrogantly glanced at the scholars and slowly explained the rules.
"Since you've come here, it means you have a sect you want to join in mind. But it's not that you can just join if you want. It depends on your capabilities," one of the disciples said.
At this point, another disciple looked even more haughty. She glanced at everyone, but her gaze fell on Tang Youyou.
She gave a faint smile, and that look made Tang Youyou feel uncomfortable all over.
Tang Youyou then stopped looking up and tried her best to avoid making eye contact with this person.
Unexpectedly, the woman sneered and slowly said, "Before you participate in the competition, there's a very important step you need to go through, which is a physical examination. We need to verify your identities before we can rest assured."
After she said this, she shifted her gaze away from Tang Youyou.
Seeing this, Tang Youyou wasn't surprised. Maybe from the very beginning, these people already knew who she was.
Ye Yue beside her asked in confusion, "Does sir need to prepare anything else?"
Tang Youyou shook her head. "No need. Since they've said such things, I'm afraid these people are already suspicious of me. If I leave now, even if I come back fully prepared next time, I'll surely arouse their suspicion."
Ye Yue nodded upon hearing this. "In that case, shall we just go in with them? If we're discovered, we can think of other ways?"
Tang Youyou nodded. "That's the only thing we can do for now. But they shouldn't be able to discover anything."
Ye Yue didn't understand what Tang Youyou meant. He just thought she was joking.
According to the division of the disciples just now, all the scholars were divided into three groups. One group after another left this place and went up the mountain through the main gate.
All around the mountain were medicinal herbs. When the scholars saw them, they were all curious and wanted to reach out and pick them. But as soon as they were about to stretch out their hands, they quickly retracted them after hearing the warning from the disciples.
"Everyone here, if you think you can live a long life, feel free to pick those medicinal herbs. We can guarantee that you'll be dead within an hour after you touch them!"
Hearing this, the scholars were so scared that they trembled all over. But to Tang Youyou, these words didn't mean much.
She remembered that she had stolen quite a few medicinal herbs here before, and that feeling was really wonderful.
Now that she was back again, those medicinal herbs were doomed.
Following the crowd, Tang Youyou climbed up the mountain again.
This time, she came to the school.
From inside the school came the sound of students reading aloud, just like the day she came here.
The disciple turned around and explained, "This is where you'll study in the future. But not everyone here is qualified to enter the school. In the Qingyun Sect, there are five elders. Each of these five elders is a very important figure in the medical field. Now it's up to your own capabilities."
After these words were spoken, the beautiful sound of bells, drums, and chimes came from inside the school. Then the disciples in the school finished their classes and walked out one after another.
However, although they were studying here, these people looked cold. Each of them seemed to be full of disgust for this place, and there was even a hint of numbness on their faces.
This made Tang Youyou feel a bit strange. She was stunned for a moment, but finally showed a smile.
She saw that these people set up quite a few wooden tables in the distance in the school. On each table was a long scroll.
The scrolls were blank and hanging on the ground. Tang Youyou followed the disciple's guidance and came to her seat. After sitting down, she waited for the people on the stage to announce the exam questions.
The medical exam questions were basically based on the conditions of patients. Then, according to the medical records, the candidates had to come up with suitable methods.
The one with the best method, who could integrate all medical skills, would be the one to be selected.
This kind of exam was a piece of cake for Tang Youyou. But she didn't show it. Instead, she only slowly started writing in the last half an hour.
This action also attracted the ridicule of the disciples.
They hadn't seen such a confident scholar for a long time. They found it quite strange today.
"How much confidence does this person have to act like this?"
"I'm afraid it's because he's too embarrassed to hand in a blank paper, so he just scribbles something on it to prove himself?"
"It's quite possible."
With just these three sentences, they defined Tang Youyou. These people really had sharp tongues.
And Tang Youyou, who was sitting in the distance, heard all their words clearly.
She didn't care and didn't want to say much. As the saying goes, don't talk to a summer insect about ice. That's exactly the reason.
After the long two hours, it was time for grading. Among the elders, only the chief elder showed up.
The chief elder picked up all the scholars' scrolls and frowned as he read one after another. Only one scroll made his frowning brows relax.
Then, the results of the scroll exam were announced. Among the more than two hundred people, only a hundred were left.
Among those who were eliminated, some of them had even written down all their life's learning on the test papers, but they were still mercilessly eliminated by the elder.
After a while, the elder posted the test paper of the first-place finisher on the wall for everyone to see.