The wind continued to blow. Lu Xun didn’t move after he placed the writing brush down.
He wasn’t acting cool. It was exactly because he was too mentally exhausted at the moment, he felt a little dazzled too, he was trying to adapt right now.
Precisely speaking, if his left hand wasn’t bracing the table right now, he probably would’ve fell to his knees.
Right now, he could still continue to level up since he still had quite a lot of experience value. Unfortunately, even if he leveled up right now, he would only have full health and spirit points. The psychological weariness couldn’t be replenished, this was why he didn’t level up any more.
Not to mention, he was so weak right now that his legs felt like jelly. If he were to make a breakthrough under such circumstances, it would appear too weird.
Well, for men being weak[1], it sometimes wasn’t embarrassing!
As the female boss of the outer sect elders, Elder Autumn Water was a scrupulous person. She could tell that Lu Xun’s condition wasn’t well, so she took him aside to rest.
The outer sect disciples looked at Little Great Uncle-Master’s overly exhausted appearance. All of a sudden, they understood where the standard for this trial was—the standard was to be just like Little Great Uncle-Master! To draw until they were overly exhausted!
Lu Xun didn’t know that since he set an example for the disciples, the trial this time seemed to have been led in the wrong direction.
Originally, everyone would stop when they were about done drawing. But because Little Great Uncle-Master pushed himself to such a degree, then we, as disciples, if we don’t draw until we pass out, wouldn’t it seem inexcusable?
Next, it was time to watch Ji Li’s performance.
Lu Xun found an open space to sit down. If he didn’t have the burden of maintaining his image as an idol right now, he probably would’ve laid on the ground like a pile of mud.
From his storage ring, he took out two dates that Cat Southnorth had plucked for him. After he ate it, his entire body felt refreshed, the dizziness he was experiencing also got a little better.
He watched as Ji Li walked over, picked up the writing brush, and dipped it in ink… she didn’t even tremble!
She was truly deserving to be called an overpowering lady, her strength was simply immense!
This little girl was both strong and energetic, it would truly be a waste if she didn’t act as a perpetual motion machine.
It was just Lu Xun had imagined, Ji Li was naturally born with divine strength. She had a certain advantage in this trial, at the very least, when she dipped the brush in ink, it wasn’t too much of a burden.
Next, it was time to see how she would perform at drawing.
Ji Li held the pen and walked to the large talisman paper. And without thinking, she chose the spot nearest to where Lu Xun had drawn.
She wanted to be the first to dominate the place around where Lu Xun had drawn, she even wanted to draw a circle to wrap around it.
The moment the writing brush’s tip touched the talisman paper, Ji Li’s body trembled slightly.
After experiencing it for herself, only then did she know how difficult it was to draw with this brush.
Once she started to move the brush, her movements were simple, discontinuous even, she couldn’t draw a continuous line.
After seeing this, the outer sect disciples then realized then that the trial’s difficulty was perhaps much greater than they had imagined!
After all, Ji Li was already a rare cultivation genius with eight ripples. If it was so difficult even for her, then the difficulty they would experience couldn’t be imagined.
Everyone couldn’t help but take a glance at Lu Xun again, Little Great Uncle-Master drew on the talisman paper smoothly and with ease at the end!
The feeling of reverence spontaneously sprung up once more.
At this moment, Lu Xun paid attention to Ji Li while he rested. He then surprisingly discovered that his prestige value increased a small degree again!
“What’s going on? I already left the stage and took a rest, why is the prestige value still increasing?” Lu Xun was somewhat puzzled.
Time slowly passed, Ji Li spent a great deal of effort before she could draw a continuous line. Then, she imitated Lu Xun by attempting to draw a straight line, however, the line she drew was very twisted, almost like an earthworm.
She was a miraculous girl that sacrificed her brains to heaven for maturity after all! Dim-witted as she may be, she stopped trying to draw the lines in a straight manner. She just wanted to do her best to draw the lines longer, and then circle everything that Lu Xun had drawn!
This damned possessive desire!
Lu Xun watched her movements and slowly somewhat understood something, and then the corner of his lips twitched involuntarily. He felt speechless.
Later on as Ji Li drew, her entire body staggered. She finally drew a warped shape to surround everything that Lu Xun had drawn.
She foolishly laughed with a bit of complacency, she was quite satisfied with her achievement. And then, her eyes went dark as she fell down backward.
Elder Autumn Water slightly waved her sleeve as Ji Li’s body floated in the air, she then landed next to Lu Xun.
Lu Xun took out two dates in a hurry and shoved them in Ji Li’s mouth, puffing up her cheeks.
She was extremely like a small hamster.
Fortunately, she was only overly exhausted mentally and in spirit power. The overpowering lady wouldn’t be that physically exhausted, she still had the strength to chew, and then she thought:
…”So sweet.”
A refreshing feeling swept her entire body, her mental spirit gradually recovered. But she didn’t notice all of these things foolishly.
She only thought that it tasted sweet.
Ji Li drew for barely over twenty minutes, it was quite an impressive performance. If she were doing the mission, then she would’ve only fell short of the hundred percent completion mark by a little.
The remaining outer sect disciples stared blankly as Ji Li almost fainted. Each one of them took a deep breath before taking the stage, as if they were rushing to the gallows.
Lu Xun already set a good example at the start, and then it was followed by Ji Li’s example. The remaining outer sect disciples all knew that the standard was that as long as they didn’t die from drawing, then they should draw till the verge of death!
…They weren’t allowed to stop until they fainted!
A proper outer sect trial was forcibly run off course by Lu Xun. Each and every outer sect disciple challenged their physical and mental limits as if they were torturing themselves. Elder Autumn water caught the bodies that fell down one by one, she was a little stupefied.
Shen Yan and the peak masters on Evergreen Peak were all a little astonished as they watched on. This trial only sought to let disciples understand what thorough control was, how did it suddenly become so ‘disastrous?’
The one who also had eight ripples, Xu Zhongchen, didn’t want to lose to Ji Li.
Unfortunately, he and Ji Li’s talents in thorough control were six of one, and half a dozen of the other. In addition to Ji Li’s overpowering strength, it gave her a small advantage. He braced and persevered but he still didn’t last as long as Ji Li did, in the end, he simply foamed at the mouth!
Elder Autumn Water, “…”
“These outer sect disciples aren’t all broken, right? …”
Lu Xun, who sat and watched the show, kept a smile at the corners of his mouth. It was a cordial smile with the expression of encouragement in his eyes, as if a perfect senior, who was good-looking and gentle, completely didn’t realize that this was his fault.
Even if these outer sect disciples didn’t perform quite well, he would still speak a few words of encouragement. His voice had a natural attraction to them, his tone was so soft such that people felt as if they were showering in a spring breeze. These people would sense his concerns for them immediately.
“Little Great Uncle-Master has done so well, and clearly, I’m such a failure… Little Great-Uncle Master is such a good person!”
…The feeling of reverence was fully bursting!
Wasn’t it just prestige value? Take it! Take it!
Lu Xun looked at each tool before his eyes, he simply felt that they were respectable.
Wasn’t it just selling a smile? Wasn’t it just a few words of encouragement? It was similar to a signing event, what was so hard about it?
The steady increase of prestige value was the kingly way!
“By the time the entire Demon Sect becomes my die-hard fans, my prestige value would probably be overflowing!”
Not to mention that this wasn’t harmful to the outer sect disciples, they certainly needed a boost in morale.
“Yes! Although I’m selling myself and paying lip service to reel in face fans, I know I’m a good forefather.”
“I think I’ve taken the right path.” The smile on Lu Xun’s face immediately became more cordial.
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[1] Here 虚(Xu) means weak, it can often mean weak from too much sex