Chapter94:TheBlack-hairedGirl鈥檚Legend

Themostuproariouscelebration-theSwordPalace’sentrancetest-wasallovernow.Ithadreallychangedtheentiresmalltown.

Finally,seventeencandidateshadpassedthetestandhadbeenselectedastheSwordPalace’snewdisciples.

Mei(YunXi)tookfirstplaceinthetest.

HuaYuewasthesecond.Asaveritablearistocraticmiss,herachievementsavedthelastshredofhonorforthenoblefamilies’camp.

ThethirdwasXiaoCao.Shewastherepresentativeoffemaleswordsmenandcivilianswordsmen.

Originally,thefourthshouldhavebeenChildeYunHe.However,afterlosinghisCraneWingsTwinSwords,hehadgonemad,sohewasdisqualifiedandhisrankinghadbeenreplacedbyafemaleswordsmaiden.

Fromthefifthtothetwelfth,theywereallfemaleswordsmaidenswhohadobtainedseedsfromYunXi.Tillthethirteenth,anobleswordsmanheldthispositionbecausehewasluckyenoughtoavoidfightingwithmostofthefemaleswordsmaidensinthetest.

Amongsttheseventeenselectedcandidates,fourteenofthemwerefemaleswordsmenwhohadobtainedtheblackhair’sblessing.ThiswasanunprecedentedachievementintheentirehistoryoftheWhiteLotusSwordPalace’sentrancetest.

Apartfromtheseventeenselectedpeople,therewerealsoothercandidatesthathadshownamazingpowerandpotentialinthetest.Theyhadalsoreceivedanopportunity.Thesecandidates’averagelevelwasreallybeyondeveryone’simagination.Therefore,theshortlisthadalsocreatedanewrecord.

TherewereatotalofthirtypeoplewhogottheopportunitytogotoSwordPalace.Althoughwhencomparedtotheseventeenselectedpeople,therestofthepeoplewereonlyrecognizedasSwordPalace’sapprentices,buttheystillhadachancetobecomeformaldisciples.

AsthetwoChildeswhounfortunatelymetYunXi,ChildeSiNianandChildeSanQuanwerebothontheshortlist.Itwasn’thardforthemtobecomeformaldisciples,however,theywouldhavetowaitforatleasthalfayearbeforetheycouldachievethat.

Apartfromthealreadyselectedfemaleswordsmaidens,theotherfemaleswordsmaidenswereallontheshortlist.ThismeantthatallthefemaleswordsmaidenshadobtainedtheopportunitytojoinSwordPalace.

Nightwasapproaching.Thenobleswordsmenandthecivilianswordsmenwhohadpassedthetestcalledtheirfriendstoholdpartiesindifferentplaces.Thecivilianswordsmenhadadrinkatthistime.Althoughtheyweredrinkingthecheapestbadwinesandeatinggrilledpiglegs,theyalsodranktillall’sblue.

Fromthebeginning,veryfewcivilianswordsmenhadtheconfidencetoentertheformaladmissionlist.Intheirhearts,enteringtheshortlistwasalreadytheirbestluck.Afterall,comparedtothepeoplefromnoblefamilies,thesecivilianswordsmendidn’thavetoomanychancestoacquireresourcesandeducation.Thatwastoodifficultforthem.

Besideacampfireinthecountryside,agroupofcivilianswordsmenweredrinkingandboasting.

"Hey,Li,youwerereallyimpressive!Youhaveenteredthetopthirty-two!Youwereonlyonestepawayfrombecomingoneofthetopsixteen!"

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Everyonewasarounda2ndrankedswordsman.Hewasacivilianswordsmanbuthisnamehadbeenfortunatelywrittenontheshortlistjustliketheseveralchildes.

"Haha,Iwastoolucky.TheseChildeshadallbeendefeatedbytheselittlegirls.Itwasreallyaneyeopeningexperience."

"Yes,theyweretoostrong!Ihaveneverseenanyfemaleswordsmaidensstrongerthanthem!"

"Ithinktheremustbesometrick!IknowXiaoCaoandhadoncehadabattlewithher.Shespentonehourtodefeatmeatthattime!"

Theywerereallydrunk.Manypeoplestartedtoshoutateachotherwiththesmellofalcoholontheirbreaths.Afterall,theresultoftheSwordPalace’sentrancetestwasbeyondeveryone’sexpectation.Noonehadexpectedthatthesefemaleswordsmaidenswouldacquiresuchanimpressivesuccess.

Atthesametime,thepeoplefromnoblefamilieswerealsotalkingaboutthisintherestaurant.Theywereeatingpeacockmeat,mediumdonesnowbeef,anddrinkingagedwine.Thepriceofabottleoftheagedwinetheyweredrinkingwasenoughtoletthecivilianswordsmenholdtheirdinnerpartyforawholemonth.

"BrotherYun,theYunfamilywillcountonyoufromnowon."

"Yes.Yourbrotherisreallygoodfornothing.AfterlosingtheCraneWingsTwinSwords,hisambitionhasbeenburnedtotheground.Whatthehellisthatkindofattitude?!"

EveryonewasproposingatoasttotheYunHefamily’ssecondyoungmaster.Hewasalsooneofthetop-threestonesoldierswhotorturedYunXidozensoftimesinthefirstdistrictofthestars鈥檛rial.

Inallfairness,hispowerwasindeeddecent.HewasonlyslightlyinferiortoChildeSanQuan,ChildeSiNian,andChildeYunHe.Hewasalsooneofthefewnobleswordsmenwhohaddefeatedtheirfemaleopponents.Hisnamediddeservetobeaddedtotheformaladmissionlist.

IntheSwordPalace’sentrancetest,thethreechildeshadallbeendefeatedbythemysteriousblack-hairedmaid.Inthatcase,thesecondyoungmaster鈥檚performancewasindeedexcellentifcomparedtoothercandidatesfromnoblefamilies.

Ofcourse,attheend,HuaYuedefeatedhim.However,HuaYuewasanexcellentaristocraticmissthatcouldawakenherWhiteGoldRoseBloodlineinfrontofeveryone.Itwasn’tashametobedefeatedbyher.

Theyweredrinkingandtalking.Gradually,theybegantodiscussthesefemaleswordsmaidens.

"Whatthehellhadhappenedtothem?Howcouldtheybesostrong?!"

"HuaYueisanexception.Shedoeshaveanaturaltalentforswordskills.However,whatwaswrongwiththeothergirls?Theyaresimplysomevillagegirls!"

"Canyoubelieveit?Ilosttomysister!Thatwasunbelievable!Inthepracticesbeforewecamehere,Icoulddefeatherwithonehandonly!"

"Yes.Iknowsomeofthosenoblegirls.I’mverysurethatnoneofthemaresupergeniusesexceptforHuaYue!"

Theywerealldrunk,andnow,theywereallposingquestionstotheirfriendsandeachother.Itlookedlikenomatterwhethertheywererichorpoor,everyonewascuriousaboutthis.Soonafterwards,arumorstartedtospreadamongstthesepeople.

"Iheardthattheyhadobtainedsometreasuresthatcouldbringgoodluck."

"Canthatlegendbetrue?"

"Yes,Isawthemreceivingthemysteriousblack-hairedmaid’sblackhair!"

"What?!Thatlegendistrue?!"

"Themaid’sblackhaircanreallybringgoodluck!"

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"Achoo!"Afterreturningtohisroomandtakingoffthemaid’sblackuniform,YunXisuddenlyfeltacoldchillflowingthroughhisback.