The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl

Chapter 280 - 279: Snatched Without Warning

The results for the fourth and fifth groups were quickly revealed.

The winners were Zhang Zhiqing and Chen Nian.

Xin Lin additionally paid extra attention and noticed that Zhang Zhiqing’s strength was not extraordinary, roughly around the Third Level of Xuanwu Practitioners, narrowly advancing over Mu Ke.

However, since even the Pride Corpse said so, Xin Lin remained extra vigilant towards this person, not ruling out the possibility that they might be concealing their true strength.

"The first round of the Imperial Examination is over. Those advancing to the next round are Murong Ziyue, Xin Lin, Jin Chen, Zhang Zhiqing, and Chen Nian. Five candidates, step forward and draw your lots for the second round of the Imperial Examination. Among you, one will have a bye, advancing directly to the third round, becoming one of the top three in the Imperial Examination."

After the chief eunuch finished speaking, he commanded someone to bring over a jade tray, within which lay five slips of fortune-telling paper.

Jin Chen was secretly pleased; as long as he grabbed the slip with the mark, he could advance directly.

The five candidates stepped forward.

Xin Lin looked at the jade tray, all five fortune-telling slips seemed no different from one another.

She raised Fu Xi’s Energy, quickly concentrating it in her eyes.

Among the five fortune-telling slips, two were labeled "one," two were labeled "two," and only one slip was blank.

All five people reached out simultaneously.

Murong Ziyue was the first to draw a slip with "two" written on it; Zhang Zhiqing followed suit and also got a slip with the number "two."

Among the remaining three slips, Jin Chen did not hesitate and reached straight for the blank slip.

Xin Lin also made her move at the same time, while Chen Nian was the slowest. Just as Jin Chen was about to touch the slip that guaranteed advancement, his hand suddenly slipped, as if struck by some mysterious force, and he ended up with a slip in his hand.

Xin Lin swiftly took the slip that originally belonged to Chen Mu; Chen Nian ended up with the last slip.

Jin Chen’s face darkened, looking at his hand, he wished he could chop it off. What just happened? How did it suddenly slip?

One after another, the five opened their slips.

"Brother Chen, shall we swap our slips?"

Before opening her slip, Xin Lin turned to Chen Nian next to her with a beaming smile.

Chen Nian hesitated for a moment.

The smile of this little fellow in front of him really made it hard for anyone to refuse.

He didn’t have the heart to refuse and swapped slips with Xin Lin.

Everyone opened their slips.

"Chen Nian, you have a bye in the second round and directly advance to the third round of the Imperial Examination, becoming one of the top three."

"First group, Jin Chen... versus Xin Lin. Second group, Murong Ziyue versus Zhang Zhiqing."

Upon reviewing the slips, the chief eunuch hesitated before announcing the results.

Empress Feng and Grandmaster Jin’s expressions changed slightly as they thought to themselves.

"What’s wrong with Jin Chen, how could he have drawn the wrong slip?"

However, it was fortunate that the pairing of Murong Ziyue and Zhang Zhiqing was not mistaken.

Even if Jin Chen were underperforming, it’s improbable that he couldn’t even beat a little girl.

"Be careful. Watch out for... Grandmaster Jin."

Murong Ziyue had not expected that Xin Lin would actually face Jin Chen.

Xin Lin was also surprised; Murong Ziyue had also realized that the matter with Little Xinzhuo was manipulated by Grandmaster Jin.

She is clearly a Martial Artist, so how could she have noticed something amiss with Spiritual Energy?

It was only now that Xin Lin started to believe what Gui Hu had said earlier; could there really be something peculiar about Ziyue?

"Xin surname, didn’t you want me to return the favor tenfold? As you wish, I’ll let you lose even more miserably than that little ghost."

Upon seeing Chen Nian snatch away his opportunity to advance directly, Jin Chen was visibly displeased.

However, Chen Nian was not his match at all, as long as Zhang Zhiqing takes down Murong Ziyue, his first place would almost be a certainty!