The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl

Chapter 218: Zixiao Palace Exam

On the day of the Zixiao Palace Exam, Purple Cloud City was bustling from early morning.

All over Longteng Country, numerous youngsters from various large county towns and villages hurried towards the city.

For children from poor families, whether they could make it into the top ten of the Zixiao Palace Exam and enter Qingtian Academy depended on this very moment.

"Little Lin, Princely Heir, you must be careful. If you encounter people from the Empress, you must avoid their sharp edges and definitely not conflict with them."

Noble Lady Shi gave numerous reminders and instructions before sending the two off.

"Madam, rest assured. These days, the city has been quite peaceful. The Empress’s people have already withdrawn, and my Water Wraith Gang has insiders within the Imperial Palace. If anything goes wrong, we will be notified immediately, and they won’t have any trouble."

Ma Jingtian reassured her by her side.

It was strange to say, the Empress’s people had been tightly controlling both inside and outside the city earlier, but just the day before yesterday, for some reason, all the warrants at the city gates were withdrawn. This was indeed good news for Noble Lady Shi and her son.

"Mother, don’t worry, I will not embarrass you. You just wait for my return, I will definitely meet the Emperor and welcome you back."

Little Xinzhuo, unable to part, bid farewell to Noble Lady Shi.

Xin Lin watched from the side, but her mind was filled with other plans.

The matter of the Empress was somewhat strange.

She wasn’t as optimistic as Ma Gang Leader and Noble Lady Shi, she believed the Empress would not just give up easily; she must have other plans.

After saying goodbye to Noble Lady Shi, Ma Jingtian personally escorted the two to the location of the preliminary round of the Zixiao Palace Exam.

In previous years, the Zixiao Palace Exam only had one round of testing the Dark Spirit Root, but this year, by the decree of Emperor Longteng, there were two additional rounds, namely the re-examination and the final examination.

Only those who passed all three rounds could finally enter the top ten and become a student of Qingtian Academy.

Xin Lin and Little Xinzhuo’s target was also this final round, the Holy Final Exam.

"Little girl, these past two days we haven’t seen the little expert, do you know where he might have gone?"

On the way, Ma Jingtian curiously asked.

After receiving the Water Element Skill’s Cultivation Technique, he cultivated for two days, and found that his True Qi had increased a lot. Delighted, he admired Gui Hu even more, and was eager to meet Gui Hu to learn more kung fu.

The little expert came and went without a trace, and the only one who had interactions with him was the little girl in front of him.

"You’ve just said he’s an expert, how could he just be seen whenever."

Xin Lin thought of Gui Hu and was not in a good mood.

"Little girl, about today’s palace exam, do you think you have a chance?"

Ma Jingtian, still not giving up, probed further.

These past few days, Little Xinzhuo had been in closed-doors cultivation practicing Spiritual Formulas.

It was the little expert who mysteriously slipped out of the city alone, not allowing anyone to follow him, and only hurried back this morning. Who knows what cards he had up his sleeve.

Ma Jingtian also surreptitiously noticed that there was still no trace of True Qi on Xin Lin’s body.

Unless Xin Lin was intentionally hiding her capabilities, it meant she planned to enter the Zixiao Palace Exam as a Spiritual Practitioner.

However, even an outsider like Ma Jingtian could see that Xin Lin’s talent as a Spiritual Practitioner might not even compare to Little Xinzhuo.

"Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten our bet."

Xin Lin responded, not pleasantly.

This Ma Jingtian really knew how to bring up the most inappropriate topics.

"Heh, little girl, you still have time to admit defeat now. Do you know, this year’s Zixiao Palace Exam is said to be swarming with experts, there are quite a few famous prodigies just from within the country. Just the young lords and ladies from several Prince Mansions have already..."

Ma Jingtian was about to elaborate when the three of them arrived at North Square.

This place was already packed with people, crowded everywhere.