The twelve assessment points set up by Tianqi Academy correspond to the twelve halls, and they are all spacious temporary sheds.
The other houses were already empty, except for a young man in his twenties sitting outside a shack at the edge.
This man was slightly fat, looked a bit honest, and was dozing off little by little.
When Yun Que saw someone, a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.
When he came closer, he asked:
"Brother, can I still take the test now?"
"Ouch, it's getting dark! Why did I fall asleep?" The fat young man opened his eyes and looked at Yun Que, and said, "Are you here for the exam? You're late, it's over."
"I was delayed on the road and traveled day and night to get to the imperial city. Brother, can you please be accommodating?" Yun Que said kindly.
Seeing Yun Que's sincerity, the slightly fat young man hesitated and looked back at the shack.
Yun Que thought that this person was asking for instructions from someone, so he looked around and saw that there was no one in the room at all.
Seeing that there was no movement in the room, the fat young man nodded and said: "You are the last one, but hurry up. What is your name? Register with me."
Yun Que reported his name and took out Mu Qingyao's school identity token.
"Mu Qingyao...ah! You have been recommended by Princess Lingyun! You must be very powerful!"
The fat young man said in surprise. His hands were not idle, and he quickly completed the registration. He took Yun Que to the shack, pointed at a wooden frame and said, "Let's get started. One stick of incense for a limited time."
Yun Que was confused.
"Senior brother, what are we assessing here?"
There was no one in the room, only a large wooden frame covered with white cloth.
The fat young man was even more surprised than Yun Que and said in surprise:
"You don't know!"
Yun Quexin said this was nonsense. I don't even know what kind of palace you are here. There is only one final assessment point left and I have no choice.
"I just entered the city. I have never taken the exam before. I really don't know the rules. Please ask my senior brother to explain." Yun Que said politely.
"The rules are simple, as long as you can tell the cause of death, you can pass."
The fat young man said as he opened the white cloth, revealing a corpse inside.
Yun Que was greatly surprised.
Another autopsy?
Tianqi Academy teaches the world's knowledge, but there are still tests for assessment. Is there a shortage of students in the Academy?
Although he was full of doubts, autopsy was his specialty and it was not difficult for Yun Que.
Anyway, there was no other choice. If he wanted to enter the academy, this was his only chance, so Yun Que stopped thinking about it and started observing the corpse.
The corpse was that of a skinny old man with a sinister appearance, his eyes closed, and gray hair. He was dressed in cloth and looked like he was about to be buried.
After briefly looking through it, Yun Que couldn't help but frown.
This body is weird!
There are no wounds on the body, no poisonous spots on the skin, and no blood stains on the seven orifices. Although the body is thin, it is full of flesh and blood, and it definitely does not look like he died of a long illness.
It’s not trauma, it’s not serious illness, it’s not poisoning, it’s not internal injury…
Yun Que quickly ruled out the causes of death one by one and finally came to a conclusion.
This corpse may have died of anger or fright.
This conclusion was a bit strange. Yun Que did not jump to a conclusion immediately, but asked the fat young man:
"I wonder how many students passed this assessment today and saw the true cause of death of the corpse."
The fat young man shook his head and said, "Not one."
"Did no one sign up?" Yun Que asked curiously.
"Of course there are people who have signed up! Even though we are not as popular as other assessment points, at least a hundred people signed up today!" said the fat young man.
After saying this, Yun Que's heart moved slightly.
wrong!
The correct answer is definitely not to be angry or scared to death.
There are definitely not many stupid students who can pass the preliminary examination and participate in the final assessment of the Academy.
Hundreds of people were conducting autopsies. If there were any smart ones among them, they would definitely die of anger or fright.
As a result, no one passed!
There's definitely something weird in it.
Yun Que carefully examined the body again.
Judging from his many years of experience in dealing with monster corpses, the corpse in front of him had intact flesh and blood and complete bones, so it could only be considered a sudden death, similar to the nine-headed rat in the sky prison.
Yun Que still doesn't know the cause of Nine-Headed Rat's death, but he can conclude that it is related to Amei.
Thinking of the nine-headed rat that died suddenly, Yun Que couldn't help but think of the strange methods used by witch cultivators to kill people.
Die under a curse?
Or was his soul directly wiped out in the dream?
Yun Que hesitated.
The academy is a place of cultivation, not a book school. Who would dare to come to the academy to study without some talent, so among the students who signed up, Yun Que estimated that there should be quite a few people who are talented in cultivation.
The killing methods of witch cultivators are actually not mysterious in the eyes of those who understand the world of cultivation.
Yun Que guessed that someone had already answered the answer of "died from witchcraft".
Still not right.
Yun Que calmed down and began to think.
Yun Que's ideas are often different from those of normal people. He has an extremely rich imagination and is unconstrained.
Soon, he thought of a way to die that no one could guess.
Play dead!
In order to verify, Yun Que listened carefully to the heartbeat of the corpse, rolled the eyelids of the corpse, and then fell into deep thought.
There was no heartbeat to speak of.
The pupils are dilated and cloudy.
No matter how you look at it, it is a normal corpse.
Is there another cause of death?
Yun Que was puzzled.
Halfway through the time of burning incense, the slightly fat young man began to pack his things, waiting to return to the academy.
"Senior brother, can you lend me your brush?" Yun Que glanced at the body, then turned to the fat young man and asked.
The fat young man was very generous and handed Yun Que the brush used to register his name, curious about what Yun Que wanted to do.
Yun Que pointed the barrel of the brush downward and rubbed it a few times on the green bricks on the ground.
Quickly sharpen the tip.
With a warrior's strength, this little thing is easy.
The writing brush comes from Xuegong, it is by no means cheap, the quality is quite good, the pen holder is made of the above-mentioned good bamboo.
This kind of bamboo pen can cut meat after being sharpened.
Yun Que held the penholder with the tip pointed downwards and began to measure the body, looking for the place to cut the knife.
The fat young man was stunned and said hurriedly:
"W-What are you going to do?"
"An autopsy." Yun Que said calmly: "How can we check the cause of death without incision? I suspect that the heart of the corpse was taken away from the body and died mysteriously. Let's verify it."
As he spoke, he was about to write.
The fat young man quickly stopped him and said, "There is no such rule! You can only perform an autopsy from the outside, not cut it!"
"Senior brother is wrong. When we do autopsies together, we often encounter people who died without external injuries. They must be cut open and the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys must be dug out and examined one by one. There can be no omissions!" Yun Que insisted on doing it.
"You are a coward!" The fat young man said in surprise: "That won't work either! The academy examination is not a coroner's autopsy. You can't cut up the body!"
"Don't worry, after you cut it open, I'll help you sew it up. I'm very familiar with this job. I sewed up corpses a lot in the county government. Not to mention opening a hole, I can also sew up a person who has lost his head. You can be sure." Don’t come out.”
When Yun Que spoke, he glanced at the corpse.
The corpse's eyes were half-opened, as if staring at him, with a dead look on his face.
The fat young man tried to stop him, but Yun Que returned the brush to him without cutting up the body at all.
The fat young man took a deep breath and said angrily:
"The assessment time is coming soon. Can you tell the cause of death? If it doesn't work, you can just make a random guess."
"I've finished the examination and will hand it in now." Yun Que said with a smile.
Seeing Yun Que's confidence, the slightly fat young man asked curiously: "Tell me, what is the cause of death of the corpse?"
"Play dead."
Yun Que gave the final answer.
When the fat young man heard the word "pretend to be dead", he was so surprised that his mouth opened wide.
Without looking at the other person's appearance, Yun Que already knew that he had the right answer, because his actions just now were all just acting.
Just for one word.
Fraud!
Since the corpses looked so similar, Yun Que could only deceive the other party's changes.
Sure enough, the corpse opened its eyes!
When the autopsy was first performed, the corpse's eyes were closed.
Yun Que's memory was far beyond that of ordinary people. How could he turn a blind eye to such obvious changes.
"bingo……"
A hoarse and sinister voice came from behind Yun Que's head, with a chill in it.
Anyone else would have been frightened to death.
Yun Que was also startled. When he looked back, he saw that the dead old man was standing behind him at some point.
When did you get up?
Yun Que was secretly frightened.
You must know that he is a martial artist with extraordinary ears. The subtle sounds nearby will never escape Yun Que's ears. Even the smallest sounds like getting up can still be caught.
But Yun Que didn't even notice that the other party stood up and walked behind him!
The fat young man hurriedly bowed to the old man and saluted, calling him sir.
Only then did Yun Que realize that the man pretending to be a corpse was actually a gentleman from the academy.
What kind of fetish is this?
Mr. Tangtang has to pretend to be dead?
Yun Que felt funny in his heart, but on the surface he had to be respectful, imitating the fat young man in giving gifts to the old man.
The old man looked at Yun Que with dark eyes for a long time, as if looking at some kind of tool, nodded, and said hoarsely:
"The body is not bad. If you die, remember to leave the body behind."
After saying something strange and touching, the old man drifted away.
It's indeed arrogant.
Because this person's feet didn't move and floated out close to the ground, he was almost like a living ghost.
After the old man left, the fat young man also breathed a sigh of relief.
Only then did Yun Que have the idea to ask what kind of palace examination this was.
"Of course it is the most lively Baihua Palace! My name is Mu An, and we will be classmates from now on."
The fat young man named Mu An introduced me enthusiastically.
What Yun Que wants to go to is the Yanwu Hall. After all, the Yanwu Hall specializes in teaching martial arts. Today, he has no choice but to make do with Baihua Hall and see if he can transfer to the Yanwu Hall later.
"In the Baihua Palace, a hundred flowers are blooming, and there must be many students." Yun Que said.
"Our Baihua Palace is one of the palaces with more students, with a total of two to three thousand people!"
Mu An finished packing his things and took Yun Que to the academy. As he walked, he introduced: "The Baihua Palace is divided into four floors: east, west, north and south. Except for the north building, which currently has no teachers, there are teachers teaching on the other three floors. If you like to be quiet, , just come to our west building."
Yun Que knew that there were teachers teaching in every academy, but he didn't know that there were so many teachers in Baihua Palace.
"It just so happens that I like silence." Yun Que said.
Judging from the old man's state just now, it is estimated that not many people are willing to be his students.
Who can tolerate pretending to be a corpse every now and then?
"That's good! You're here, I finally have a companion!" Mu An said happily.
Yun Que didn't feel right hearing this. What does it mean to have a companion?
"I wonder how many students there are in our West Building." Yun Que asked.
"Before you came, I was the only one!" Mu An said enthusiastically, "Now there are two!"
Yun Que was shocked when he heard this.
Together with the most lively Baihua Palace, the other floors are more lively. The west building is a haunted house!
While they were talking, the two of them walked to the gate of the academy. At this time, a frail young man carrying a sword on his back also came closer and asked with a smile:
"May I ask you two, is this Tianqi Academy?"
"This is the treasured land of the Academy. What can I do for you?" Mu An said.
"Fortunately, I found nothing wrong. I'm here to take the exam." The young man said with a smile.
"The assessment for new students has ended. There will be no waiting list for latecomers. You can go back." After Mu An said this, he entered the side door.
The gate of the academy is extremely grand and difficult to open easily, so students always use the side door to enter and exit.
Yun Que followed Mu An and walked into the side door, only to find that the young man was about to follow him in.
"This year's exam is over. I'm the last candidate. Come back next year." Yun Que turned around and said.
"I am not a candidate, I am here..."
With a clang, the side door was closed by Yun Que.
The candidates are not here to join in the fun.
The young man who was about to walk in was hit in the face by the door.
After a long time, the man fell straight backwards, his nose crooked, and he muttered half of the sentence he had not finished before.
"As a gentleman..."
