The old woman didn't even look at Mingyue again. She just said to the guard beside her, "Beat the drum!"
The guard nodded slightly, tapped the ground lightly, and jumped onto the second floor of the selection hall. She picked up the wooden drumstick on the table and beat the big drum vigorously. The "dong dong dong" sound of the drum spread throughout the entire selection hall in an instant.
After the noisy conversation in the room stopped, the old woman walked into the house.
She was wearing a dark red official uniform embroidered with a Vermillion Bird. She walked in with her head held high, completely different from the lazy and harmless look she had shown when invigilating the exam. She immediately shocked everyone in the room.
The old woman raised her chin slightly and said, "I believe you all know that today is the day for you Fenglai County people to undergo the royal test. Now I will lead you to the testing site. From this moment on, I hope you will remain absolutely quiet and obey my orders in everything."
Everyone in the room nodded subconsciously and said, "Yes."
The old woman then smiled with satisfaction and led everyone towards the inner city in a menacing manner.
This time, no one took a carriage.
After the old woman showed a silver sign, the guards guarding the city took the initiative to make way for everyone to enter the city gate.
After the group stepped into the inner city, they finally understood why the inner city was called the inner city.
The outer city of the imperial city was already prosperous enough, but the inner city was a completely different scene.
The entire inner city was paved with a special material, exuding a kind of spotless cleanliness. Every few steps, there would be a place for throwing away garbage. The appearance of the shops in the city was almost exactly the same, and they were divided very neatly. The names of the shops were also easy to understand, and the business direction was directly indicated on the plaque. The shops selling porcelain, pottery, and four treasures of the study were all on one street, and the shops selling cakes, soups, tea, and delicacies were on another street.
The women walking on the street were all dressed in gorgeous clothes, with gold crosses and jade ornaments on their heads. Even the way they walked seemed particularly elegant, and it was obvious that they were of extraordinary status.
In the eyes of the people of Fenglai County, this is a paradise that they could never imagine in their dreams.
However, the only thing that was the same between the inner city and the outer city was that there was still no man here, not even one.
After walking for about two cups of tea, the group finally arrived at the door of a villa that looked just like the one they had chosen.
The old lady who had held her head high in front of everyone before, now lowered her proud head and said softly to the guard at the entrance of the annex: "Please go in and announce that those who have passed the preliminary test in Fenglai County are here to take the final test."
The guard looked up at everyone lazily and asked, "Have you passed the message to the higher-ups?"
The old woman nodded quickly: "I have already got permission."
"Wait." The guard said with some contempt and walked slowly inside.
The women in Fenglai County were displeased with his attitude, but seeing that the old woman did not dare to show any unhappiness, they were not fools. Of course they knew that the guard was not an ordinary person, so they had to endure all their dissatisfaction.
This wait lasted for a long time.
Until everyone showed impatience on their faces, the guard finally walked out slowly, threw a sign at the old woman, and said in a light tone: "Go!"
After the old woman took the sign, she thanked them earnestly and then led everyone inside.
After entering the yard, someone finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked the old woman, "Sir, why are you so respectful to the gatekeeper?"
The old woman was not annoyed when she heard this. She just sighed quietly and said, "It's useless to tell you now. You will know it naturally after you pass the test."
Everyone could only hold back their curiosity and follow the old woman further in. Finally, they stopped in front of a black door.
The old woman took out a piece of paper from her bosom and looked at everyone: "Now, those whose names I read out can go in."
Everyone nodded and answered "yes".
But this time, everyone went in quickly and came out even faster.
Mingyue secretly estimated that almost no one stayed in there for more than ten minutes.
It was not until Mingyue entered the room that she finally understood why those people left so quickly.
Because... her guess came true.
The first empress was really a time traveler, so the ultimate test was actually a conversation between time travelers.
Everything here is questions and answers from other times and spaces, with only a few sentences relating to this era. These are the loopholes found by those who passed the test before.
But it is so difficult to find one or two questions, even very difficult ones, to answer among hundreds of questions that only a few people can pass.
But for Mingyue, everything here is so simple, so simple that every question seems to give her an answer.
She could understand how lonely the girl named Jiang Wan was, she could imagine how determined Jiang Wan was to stay, and she could understand how angry Jiang Wan was when facing the women who were suppressed into the mud...
So the dragon-slaying girl eventually turned into a dragon. Jiang Wan chose to destroy the man by using the man's methods. She and the friends she met in this world completely changed the world.
She could have traveled infinitely between different planes, but she chose to stay and made a desperate effort to transform the entire plane into the world she wanted.
She destroyed all the gods in this world, built temples of the Goddess of Heaven in various places, and made everyone begin to believe in the Goddess of Heaven, thus gaining the power to contend with the way of heaven in this world.
She also left something in the Royal Library.
But she also left a message: "But dear time traveler, this gift is for my best friend. If you are not her, then leave now."
Mingyue put down the "test paper" in her hand. She didn't know who the good friend Jiang Wan was talking about was, but now that it had come to this, she would never be willing to go to the Royal Library.
So Mingyue quickly answered a few questions and then went out.
Of course, she did not choose to answer all the questions. The first tree to stick out gets shot. Sometimes being too outstanding is not a good thing.
However, Mingyue was the slowest to come out, so much so that the old woman couldn't help but look at her again.
There are a total of sixty-two people in the entire Fenglai County who passed the preliminary test, but only four people can pass the final test, and Mingyue is among them.
After passing the final test, the guard from the previous courtyard appeared, gave the four people a golden stone, and asked them to drop a drop of blood into it.
Then the guard told the four people: "With this stone, you will have a chance to enter the Royal Library. As for when to enter, it is up to you."
(End of this chapter)