The sound was like a blow to the head. Gu Jia snapped out of his daze, found the paper the beauty had written, and stared at the three words "Qin Moyu" in a daze.
"He must be my dream partner!!!" Gu Jia excitedly hugged and kissed the paper, ignoring the registration task, and turned to run towards Guanlan Sect.
"Dad! I've found you a daughter-in-law!!!"
...
Guanlan Sect.
An old man with a white beard stood by the round lake and waved his sleeve, instantly causing ripples on the once calm surface. He paced back and forth by the lake, and after thinking it over, he sighed and restored the lake to its original state.
"What, the sect hasn't made a decision yet?"
There was a pavilion by the round lake. Inside the pavilion, a man in a blue robe sat casually leaning against the railing. He held a wine pot in his hand, and his every move lacked any spiritual energy, as if he were just an ordinary mortal.
“Uncle-Master, you make it sound so easy.” The old man smiled bitterly, his wrinkles gathering together, the marks of time making him look even more kind and gentle. “This concerns the survival of our sect; how can we make such a decision so easily?”
Master Xuanjing chuckled, lazily shook the wine pot, glanced at him, and said slowly, "Whether it's a matter of great importance or an unwillingness to be subordinate to others, I think you know better than I do."
The old man's facial muscles twitched, but he maintained a kind, wry smile, making it impossible to discern what he was truly thinking.
"Alright, you can decide this matter yourselves. Consider whether it's good or bad. Anyway, with me here, I can protect the reputation of Guanlan Sect."
Master Xuanjing said, then opened the spout of the pot, took a sip, and exclaimed that it was fine wine.
The old man couldn't figure out Master Xuanjing's stance, so he could only tentatively ask, "Uncle-Master, I have another question to ask."
"explain."
"Please tell your nephew, Uncle-Master, what are your chances of winning?"
"Chances of winning? Hahahaha!" Master Xuanjing thought he had misheard, but when he realized the old man was serious, he laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, laughing so hard that he fell off his chair.
"Xuanqing, I thought you'd only aged in appearance, but I never expected this..." Master Xuanjing laughed until tears streamed down his face, completely abandoning his image as a master and collapsing to the ground, his eyes filled with blatant pity. "You've even aged in your brain! And you ask me what my chances of winning are? Well, I'll tell you the truth then—"
"Defeat is inevitable."
...
"Ye Bai, what exactly is going to be tested at this disciple-acceptance ceremony? Why are they all saying different things!" Qin Moyu was numb looking at the mountain of jade slips piled up on the bed. He never expected that after being reborn and transmigrated, he would have to experience an exam comparable to the college entrance examination, with thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.
Shen Yebai was quickly reading the contents of the jade slip. Upon hearing this, he put down the jade slip in his hand and said, "I have read through all of these. Indeed, the content of each person's test is different. I guess it is probably an illusion array."
"Illusion array?" Qin Moyu sat down next to Shen Yebai, obediently waiting for the explanation.
Shen Yebai dipped his index finger in tea and gestured on the table, explaining, "If a grand recruitment ceremony were held every five years, with different tests for each person, even the Guanlan Sect couldn't manage it. So, it's likely an illusionary array, with the test questions varying based on who enters. Breaking the array is considered a success. And this kind of illusionary array is generally set up like this..."
Shen Yebai began to explain how the illusion array was set up, how it was activated, and what its characteristics were. At first, Qin Moyu listened very attentively, but as he listened, his mind went completely blank.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?
Qin Moyu listened to Shen Yebai's explanation with a completely bewildered look, then nodded as if she understood but not quite, and said, "So this math, oops! I mean illusion array, you only know how to solve it after you're inside?"
“Yes, if we don’t destroy the array base, we can only break it from within the array.” Shen Yebai found Qin Moyu’s dazed look inexplicably cute and couldn’t help but ruffle his hair. After Qin Moyu protested with his eyes, he coughed lightly and withdrew his hand, continuing as if nothing had happened, “But the illusion array of Guanlan Sect should not be too difficult. As long as we find the weakness of the illusion array and solve it, we can pass through it.”
"The weakness of the illusion array..." Qin Moyu pondered.
Shen Yebai glanced at the sky; it was already evening. He didn't disturb Qin Moyu's contemplation but instead tiptoed downstairs.
He deliberately didn't go to register with Qin Moyu today, just to give Qin Moyu a surprise.
Chapter 11. Happy Birthday, Stranger!
When Qin Moyu came to his senses, he was the only one left in the room.
Qin Moyu didn't know where Shen Yebai had gone, so he could only idly stack the jade slips one by one, then scatter and rearrange them.
Speaking of which, he took Shen Yebai to search for these jade slips on the street. On the surface, he said he was going to gather information, but in reality, he just wanted to have some fun. Shen Yebai didn't expose him and accompanied him from one end of the street to the other without showing any impatience.
Qin Moyu smacked her lips, thinking about how Shen Yebai had been taking care of her since Chengyuan Town, and couldn't help but sigh, "If Yebai were a girl, I would definitely marry her."
Thinking about how he's lived two lifetimes and never even held a girl's hand, and how he's too shy to strike up a conversation with a pretty girl, he's afraid he'll have to remain a single aristocrat again, and he can't help but want to cover his face and cry.
but!
Qin Moyu clenched his fist silently.
I still have brothers!
That's right! Good brothers should stay single together and stay single together; whoever finds a partner first is a coward!
but……
Qin Moyu seemed to remember something, and then listlessly slumped back onto the table.
Oh, I really want to sleep with my wife in my arms.
Qin Moyu has liked to sleep with something in his arms since his previous life, but he didn't have a life-sized body pillow to hug in this life, so he changed this habit. When he is lonely and bored, he can't help but think of his two-dimensional "wife" from his previous life. The soft and fluffy pillow is so comfortable to hug!
Just as Qin Moyu was reminiscing about his "wife," Shen Yebai pushed open the door.
Shen Yebai went out empty-handed, but returned with a bowl of hot noodles.
"Ye Bai, are you hungry?" Qin Moyu asked, somewhat surprised when she saw the bowl of noodles.