In addition to Alan, there were three other boys in the examination room.
Matthew, Weber and Truth are all in their early twenties.
Matthew has the bloodline of a lion.
Weber Tiger bloodline.
Truth is a panther man.
Two girls, look younger.
Catwoman Linda claims to be eighteen years old.
Tiger girl Leini is only nineteen years old.
Linda knows how to dress up and put on delicate makeup to look prettier.
Compared with her, Renee, with her bare face, looked like a country girl.
Renee is the kind of girl who is not stunning but very attractive.
Especially those eyes, as gentle and pure as a doe, which have the beauty of a good wife and mother.
Seventeen-year-old Allen is the youngest of the six candidates.
Crunch——
The door was open.
A short and fat old man in a gray robe walked slowly into the room, holding a bronze mirror in his right hand.
The old man was a beastman with a civet cat head.
The big round, furry face is covered with yellow and black stripes.
Staring with a pair of yellow cat eyes, with a majestic look.
Everyone, including Allen, quickly stood up and saluted.
The old raccoon waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite.
Walk to the table, pull out a chair and sit down.
He casually placed the bronze mirror in the center of the round table.
"I am the examiner for this session. You can call me Elder Li."
The old man's tone revealed a hint of pride.
The Silver Moon Monastery is divided into three major branches, and the position of the dean is currently vacant.
All important matters are negotiated by the heads of the three courts.
The three great abbots are all at the late fifth stage in their cultivation.
It is said that whoever breaks through to the sixth level first will ascend to the dean's throne.
Below the chief seat are the elders of each academy.
The level of cultivation is at least in the early stage of the fourth level.
Below the elders are the deacons of each academy, whose cultivation level is no lower than the early third level.
Alan's three sworn friends, Adam from the Bear Yard, George from the Pig Yard, and Maria from the Cat Yard, all have the title of "Deacon".
Among the three, Maria is the youngest, only twenty years old, and has the most promising future.
As the direct disciple of the head of the Cat Academy, Sister Lion will definitely be promoted to the fourth level and become an elder within five years!
Elder, is considered a high-ranking figure in the Silver Moon Monastery.
Elder Li is indeed qualified to put on airs in front of the examinees.
The six candidates took turns to give a brief self-introduction.
The key point is where did you originally learn from?
Why did you switch to Silver Moon Monastery?
Among the six, only Alan was from the South Island Warlock Academy.
The two girls, Linda and Renee, were both born into a local warlock family on Silvermoon Island.
When their bloodlines first awakened, their talents were mediocre and they were not taken seriously.
I could only seek inheritance on my own and learned a lot of random things.
In recent years, they have each had some adventures and their strength has greatly increased, which has earned them the attention of their respective families and sent them to the Silver Moon Monastery for further study.
The other three boys are from the Warlock Academy of the North Island Federation.
All three of them came from poor families, similar to Alan's good friend Ferrin.
When I was young, there was no better choice than the North Island Warlock Academy which was closer to home.
At North Island College, the five major dragon vein families are the mainstream.
The beast warlock was marginalized in the academy and could not obtain the advanced inheritance suitable for his own bloodline.
For the sake of his future, he traveled thousands of miles to Silver Moon Island to change his allegiance.
This situation is similar to Allen's and is a common phenomenon.
Elder Li didn't seem to be very interested in what everyone was saying.
Even when he heard obvious self-boasting, he would just smile disdainfully and not comment.
After the six people introduced themselves, Elder Li raised a big, furry cat paw, stroked the bronze mirror on the table, and injected magic power into it.
The mirror surface then began to glow hazily.
It immediately attracted the attention of the candidates.
Alan stared at the bronze mirror and felt a slight trance.
He immediately activated the fourth-level soul-soothing meditation method to resist the invasion of hallucinations, and his mind immediately returned to clarity.
Alan understood.
This bronze mirror is enchanted by some kind of mental illusion.
It can hypnotize people and produce wonderful hallucinations.
It seems that this magic mirror is the key prop for the interview.
Elder Li's subsequent narration confirmed his guess.
"This magical device is called the 'Mind Refining Mirror'."
"Next, both of you put your hands on the mirror."
"Relax your mind and don't resist."
"After that, you will enter the mirror illusion."
“To put it in an analogy, it’s like entering a world of meditation.”
"You will experience a life experience in a fantasy world."
"Everyone has a different mind and opportunity, and the illusions they experience are also different."
"In the fantasy world, you will experience various twists and turns and make choices that are in line with your own ideas."
"When you have completed this life experience in the illusion, you will wake up."
"After that, you need to tell us about your experiences in the illusion."
"As the examiner, I am responsible for being a listener."
"Based on your performance in the illusion and your subsequent narration, I will give you an interview score."
"Let me be frank with you. You'd better not try to hide your true nature!"
Elder Li’s eyes turned cold.
"The Heart Refining Mirror will truthfully record every choice you make. It's useless to deny it."
"You may as well tell me straight away. I have already mastered the fourth-level secret technique of the Silver Moon School, 'Telepathy'!"
"I can see through your thoughts and ideas like seeing through fire!"
"So, there are people among you with ulterior motives, such as the spies sent by Red Moon Island..."
"Haha...it's best to surrender now and save your life."
"Otherwise, if I find out, it will be hard to say what will happen to you."
Elder Tanuki's grim warning echoed through the hall.
The candidates seemed a little nervous to some extent.
But no one took the initiative to step forward and admit that they were undercover agents sent by the Beast Cult.
Alan had heard about it from Sister Lion a long time ago.
The interview stage is mainly to investigate the candidates' backgrounds and prevent spies from sneaking into the monastery.
Sister Lion also said that with her recommendation, Allen's identity did not need to be assessed and he could completely skip the interview.
It is better to have less things to do than more.
Alan took out the letter of recommendation, intending to explain his situation and apply to Elder Li to be exempted from the interview.
However, before he could say anything, the two people beside him also took out letters of recommendation.
Matthew and Linda rushed to hand the recommendation letters to Elder Li.
"Elder! I have a recommendation from Senior Brother Carl from the Inner Court—"
"Elder! Mason, the inner court deacon, is my uncle—"
Alan smiled helplessly, holding Sister Lion's letter of recommendation, and lined up behind the two of them.
Elder Li took the two letters and was too lazy to open them. He tore them to pieces in front of Matthew and Linda!
Matthew and Linda were stunned.
"You three who used connections and backdoors will each be deducted ten points!"
Elder Li called out the names in public, not hiding the contempt in his eyes.
Alan's letter of recommendation had not yet been handed in and was fortunately spared from being torn up.
But he was one of the three people that Elder Li singled out for criticism and deduction of points.
"I'm tired of seeing all kinds of letters of introduction. I get annoyed when I see letters asking for connections! I simply don't read them at all!"
"Don't be so evil in front of me!"
Elder Li spoke righteously.
"I am the main examiner. This stage is not only to investigate the candidate's background, but also to test the candidate's character, whether he is sincere and determined."
"Examinations should be fair!"
"Examination room rules are more important than anything else!"
"No matter how strong your relationship is, you can't get preferential treatment from me!"
"I treat all candidates equally!"
"You three tried to use connections and backdoors. Your character is questionable. I'll deduct ten points from you first!"
"Whoever is not convinced, leave!"
Matthew and Linda's faces turned pale and blue.
Alan put away the recommendation letter and said nothing.
This situation was indeed unexpected.
No one could find fault with what Elder Li did.
I can only blame my bad luck for meeting such an impartial examiner. It's a pity to waste Sister Lion's recommendation letter.
Weber and Truth could not hide the gloating in their eyes.
Just now, when they saw Allen and the other two holding out their letters of recommendation, they were both very unhappy.
At this moment, seeing these three people being humiliated, not only failing to build relationships, but also being scolded by Elder Li and having their interview scores deducted, I felt so happy!
"The elder is fair and selfless, and I admire him very much!"
Truss took every opportunity to flatter Elder Tanuki.
"Silver Moon Monastery invited you to be the chief examiner because they thought you were fair and impartial!"
"Thanks to the presence of the chief examiner like the elder in the examination room, we, the poor children with no background, have a chance to succeed!"
Elder Li stroked his beard, squinted his eyes and smiled, seeming to enjoy his flattery.
When Weber saw this situation, he had an idea in his mind.
He immediately continued what Truss said:
"Elder, you don't know that I have been frustrated for many years in the North Island Warlock Academy because the atmosphere in the academy is too bad!"
"The children of the major families formed cliques and factions and suppressed dissidents!"
"A poor family student, without a backer or connections, will not be taken seriously by the academy, no matter how talented he is."
“All these unfair phenomena make people feel frustrated.”
"It finally made me determined to abandon the dark and join the light, and come to the Silver Moon Monastery to seek a pure land."
"The elder's character is a model for the Silver Moon Monastery!"
"The fact that Silver Moon Monastery has a noble man like you presiding over the examination is enough to prove that we have come to the right place!"
Having said that, Weber glanced at Allen and the other two and sneered slightly.
"Some people, no matter where they go, can't change their bad habits of taking shortcuts!"
"It's a pity that I met the elder. I made things worse and brought trouble upon myself!"
"Haha! Brother Weber, it's over!" Truss said with a half-smile, "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you afraid of offending people?"
Weber snorted coldly and said proudly:
"No one dares to tell the truth. Everyone is afraid of offending others. This is how social morality is ruined!"
"Some people have been accustomed to taking crooked paths and have been tolerated for too long. It is time for them to learn a lesson and restrain themselves!"
Seeing Matthew and Linda looking embarrassed and ashamed, Renee couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic, so she came out to smooth things over.
"Weber, Truth, that's enough."
"I guess Matthew, Linda, and Alan don't know the rules of Elder Tanuki, and they just follow the instructions of the elders in their family."
"It's not a big mistake. Why do you have to say it so harshly and embarrass others..."
"It's none of your business, why are you butting in?"
Elder Li gave Leni a cold look.
"I hate people like you who have no principles and try to smooth things over the matter the most!"
"The world is going downhill and people's hearts are corrupted. At least half of the responsibility lies with people like you!"
"Elder, you're right!" Weber praised repeatedly, "If you persuade others to be magnanimous, God will strike you with lightning! We should all stay away from people like this!"
Now it was Renee's turn to be embarrassed. Her face turned red and she lowered her head in silence.
Elder Li looked around at everyone, very satisfied with the effect of his "show of power".
In fact, Elder Li is not absolutely impartial.
This is because the person who recommends those who come to seek a master with their skills is unlikely to be a big shot in the monastery.
Otherwise, if you start practicing when you are young, why would you join another sect, and then wait until you are so old and still can't make a living, and then think of taking your skills to a new master and changing sects?
Do Elder Li’s own children need to go through this test?
At the age of twelve, he was taken into a monastery by his elders to practice and became a direct disciple.
This is what it means to have real background and followers!
Ordinary inner court disciples and old deacons over fifty years old, these level of recommenders have no future at all, so Elder Li does not need to give them face.
Because of this, he has the confidence to refuse to look at recommendation letters and create an image of being fair, selfless and impartial.
Set rules in front of young people and kill their enthusiasm!
Seeing that the six young men were completely obedient after being trained by him, Elder Li was very proud.
Push the "Mind Refining Mirror" over and ask six people to touch the mirror at the same time and meditate.
"The time limit is half an hour. When you hear the bell, the meditation ends."
After giving the instructions, Elder Li took out an hourglass and a copper bell.
The hourglass was turned upside down on the table and the time began.
Alan and the others each stretched out a hand, touched the bronze mirror, closed their eyes and meditated, falling into different hallucinations.
Elder Li was also resting with his eyes closed.
In the silent hall, only the slight sound of the hourglass was heard.
Time passes by every second.
The last grain of sand also flowed down from the funnel above.
Elder Li seemed to have foreseen the future. He opened his eyes on time and raised his hand to ring the bronze bell.
bite--
The crisp ringing sound echoed in the hall.
The six young men were awakened instantly.
They opened their eyes and left the illusion, with different expressions.
Some people are afraid.
Some people are reluctant to leave.
Some people looked confused and had not yet completely gotten rid of the hallucinations.
Some people had gloomy faces and gnashed their teeth, as if they were very upset!
Alan looked the calmest among all the candidates.
The extremely high spiritual attributes, coupled with the Taotie system and the soul-soothing meditation method, give him a spiritual resistance far higher than his current level.
Even in a fantasy world, one can remain absolutely lucid.
…
Next, the six candidates will take turns describing their experiences in the illusion.
"You can tell the truth, or you can avoid the important issues, or even lie and distort the truth."
"I don't force you to confess in public, but that doesn't mean I don't know your true thoughts."
Elder Li said calmly.
"Describing your own experience of the fantasy world is also part of the test."
"Every sentence you are going to say next will be assessed and counted towards the final score."
"The order of statements... starts from my left."
"Matthew, tell me about your experience in the illusion first."
"Elder, my identity in the illusion is the heir of a noble family in a certain place."
"My servants respectfully call me Your Highness!"
Recalling his experience in the illusion, Matthew seemed quite pleased with himself.
It's not easy for him to be a prince.
Following his father's orders, he led a group of people to a border village in the family's territory to deal with a troublesome matter.
There was a recent outbreak of plague in that village, and there were rumors of cult activities.
Matthew led the team there and found that nearly half of the villagers were infected with the plague.
What’s even more troublesome is that some villagers have been infected with beastism!
If it is not dealt with quickly, the epidemic will spread to surrounding villages and towns.
The full moon night is approaching, and Matthew doesn't have much time left.
The generals under his command held two different opinions.
Some people believe that patients should be treated as much as possible.
Opponents believe that treating patients and saving lives will waste too much time, and the current priority is to go into the mountains to search for cult members.
As for the patients in the village...it is better to destroy them humanely than to invest huge amounts of money and energy in their treatment.
In this way, the pathogens can be completely eliminated and a major plague that could potentially sweep the entire country can be nipped in the bud.
The two factions have opposing opinions, and ultimately it is up to Matthew to make the choice.
Matthew thought about it for a moment and made up his mind.
He took his deputy general who advocated curing diseases and saving lives and went into the mountains to hunt down the cultists.
The deputy general who advocated thunderous means was left behind to garrison the village.
Before leaving, he said to the deputy general who stayed behind: "I don't care what method you use, as long as you solve the problem for me when I come back!"
"Don't tell me what you are going to do, I only look at the results!"
Leaving these orders, Matthew led the troops out to battle.
One month later.
Matthew's troops destroyed the cult's den, captured a large number of cultists, and escorted them back to the village.
When I returned to the village, I found it was gloomy and depressing.
After asking the deputy general who stayed behind, he learned that an accidental fire broke out in the isolation ward shortly after he left.
All the infectious patients who were isolated and housed died unfortunately.
Every household in the village is preparing for a funeral.
The lieutenant knelt before Matthew, tearfully blaming himself and apologizing for his negligence.
Matthew was angry.
In front of the villagers and soldiers, he severely reprimanded the deputy general.
Dismissal and investigation!
Afterwards, Matthew captured the cult members and paraded them through the streets.
Gather the villagers and announce the evil deeds of these cultists.
After this publicity, the villagers all understood.
The cultists were the ones who spread the plague in the village and killed their relatives and friends!
The villagers were outraged and signed a petition demanding the execution of the cultists to avenge their relatives and friends who died from the plague!
Matthew sympathized with the people and agreed generously!
A gallows was erected at the entrance of the village, and all the cultists were hanged in front of the villagers!
Very satisfying!
The villagers calmed down and praised Matthew for his unparalleled kindness and righteousness, calling him the savior of the people!
When Matthew led his troops away, the villagers were reluctant to see him off and shed tears.
The story of Matthew's wise deeds spread quickly from the small village to the entire territory by word of mouth.
With the addition of exaggerations by the bards, he soon became a great hero admired by all the people.
Matthew completed the mission brilliantly.
He led his troops back to the capital and received a grand welcome.
His father was very satisfied with his performance, and not long after, he officially passed the throne to him.
After Matthew came to power, he recalled the deputy general who had been dismissed from office and investigated, and rewarded him with gold, silver, treasures, fertile land and beautiful concubines.
Not long after, the deputy general was re-employed and assigned to a low-ranking but very critical position.
In charge of spies and secret detectives within the territory, equivalent to the Director General of Internal Affairs.
At the same time, the deputy general who had advocated saving as many people as possible was also reused by Matthew and became his right-hand man.
Both of his favorite generals were very satisfied with his rewards and remained loyal to him.
Under Matthew's management, the territory became increasingly powerful and began to launch a war of unification against the surrounding forces.
"When I got here, I was awakened by the ringing of the bell."
Matthew said regretfully.
"Give me some more time, and I will unify the whole territory and be crowned king!"
After listening to Matthew's story, Elder Li laughed.
"You kid, you pushed the dirty work onto your men and gained a good reputation for yourself. You are really cruel and ruthless!"
"But then again, in that situation, there doesn't seem to be a better way to deal with it."
"Overall, your performance in the illusion was pretty good."
“Those who achieve great things take the overall situation into consideration and do not dwell on small details.”
"Decisive in killing, knowing how to appoint the right people, and knowing how to win the hearts of the people."
"Matthew, you have the potential to achieve great things!"
"I give you 90 points, and I deduct 10 points because I'm afraid you'll become too proud."
"Thank you, Elder!" Matthew was delighted.
Next, it was Weber's turn to speak.
Compared to Matthew, who thrived in the fantasy world, Weber's luck was really bad.
Born in a small town, his father is a retired military officer.
Before his father died, he left him a manor and land, a set of family sword skills, and arranged a marriage for him.
His fiancée is the mayor's daughter.
Weber and she were childhood sweethearts and had a very good relationship.
Just on the eve of the wedding, a disaster suddenly struck!
A group of bandits looted the town.
Weber relied on his family's sword skills to repel the bandits and save his property.
Unfortunately, Weber's rescue was too late.
His father-in-law, the mayor, and his family were not spared.
His fiancée was also abducted by bandits.
The father-in-law was hacked by bandits. Before he died, he held Weber's hand, entrusted the family business and the entire town to him, and asked him to go and save his daughter.
Weber agreed to his father-in-law's dying request, but was in no hurry to leave.
Because he is a very cautious person.
He decided to practice his family's sword skills first and then go rescue his fiancée.
Otherwise, you might end up losing yourself while failing to save others.
Weber spent half a year practicing his swordsmanship.
His swordsmanship has surpassed the level of his father's when he was alive. No one in the surrounding area can defeat him with a single blow of his sword.
Weber still felt uneasy, thinking that it was better to be cautious, so he practiced hard for another six months and his sword skills became perfect.
Only then did he feel ready and went into the mountains.
Successfully found the bandits' lair.
He killed from beginning to end, and no one could withstand his sword.
At this moment, Weber felt like he was the God of Swords!
Weber only used 50% of his strength, and before he had enough fun, he had already slaughtered the bandits.
Finally, he found his fiancée after a year's absence in the bandit leader's house.
The result made him very angry!
This shameless woman has lost her virginity to the bandit leader and is pregnant.
What made Weber even more embarrassed and angry was that his fiancée, with her big belly, begged him not to kill her adulterer.
Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. For the sake of the baby in her belly, she has accepted her fate.
Weber was so angry that he scolded her for being unfaithful and betraying his true love.
I feel sorry for all the hard work I put into practicing swordsmanship for a whole year.
I'm sorry that I broke into the thieves' den alone to rescue them!
Forgive this adulterous couple?
Pooh!
You wish!
In a rage, Weber killed his fiancée and the thieves' leader.
As for the evil child in the woman's belly, of course it would be buried with the mother.
After the incident, Weber set fire to the village and left.
Although he killed all his enemies, he felt very depressed.
Even when I woke up from the illusion, I still felt angry when I thought about the green hat on my head!
Elder Li frowned after listening to his story.
"Even if you hadn't stayed at home and practiced your sword skills, and had been a little braver, you could have rescued your fiancée in time. Why did you delay for so long?"
"Elder, I am just being cautious, just in case!"
Weber hastily defended himself.
"The result of being cautious is that all the work was in vain?"
Matthew still held a grudge against the boy for mocking him before, so he sneered and retaliated double the amount.
"Oh, no! Your work was not in vain. You even got a green hat on your head. It's a reward after all."
"It's better to be safe than sorry! I thought everything through and acted prudently. What's wrong with that?" Weber was so angry that his face turned blue. "Instead of scolding that unchaste woman or the bandits, you mocked me for saving people all by myself. You simply can't tell right from wrong!"
"The question is, why do you have to save people alone?"
Alan couldn't help but complain.
"You are a famous person in this town, the mayor's son-in-law."
"Before the mayor died, he entrusted his property and town affairs to you, which is equivalent to acting mayor."
"Why don't you exercise your power, use your reputation and connections, gather a group of young and strong men in the town, arm them, and lead them into the mountains to kill the bandits?"
"You have a manor, land, and you have inherited the mayor's estate. I guess you are not short of money."
"Even if it costs a little money, it's okay to recruit mercenaries."
"Why do you have to hide at home and practice swordplay alone? Going into the mountains alone to look for the enemy, isn't this just seeking the far away instead of the near?"
Allen's question left Weber speechless for a moment.
He never considered the idea of ​​gathering everyone to fight the enemy.
It has always been his habit to practice hard alone.
Throughout his life, apart from practicing hard on his own, he never knew or considered that there were other ways to success!
"You've been practicing at home for the past year, and you didn't even take the time to find out about the size and strength of the bandits?"
Linda had not forgotten Weber's previous sarcasm and added fuel to the fire.
"If you take even a small risk, you can fight your way through the village and rescue your fiancée in time."
"He keeps saying he's thinking about his fiancée, but he's not willing to take any risks for her, or even use his brain."
"In the final analysis, you care about yourself the most. Or, you care about your own face more than your fiancée."
Truss coughed twice and took over the conversation.
"Weber, I'm not criticizing you. I'm just speaking the truth."
"You waited a year before rescuing people. Your fiancée, a weak woman who can't even lift a finger, was trapped in a den of thieves. Don't you have any idea of ​​what will happen to her during this whole year?"
"Or you can take some risks and save people as soon as possible."
"Either don't take risks or just don't save anyone."
"It's too late to go, so don't complain!"
Weber's face turned from blue to purple, and he lowered his head without saying a word.
"Weber is already in a difficult situation, please be gentle with your words."
Renee couldn't bear to see Weber being laughed at and embarrassed.
As soon as the words came out, they brought trouble upon themselves.
"When Waver mocked you just now, he didn't hold back at all."
Matthew glared at Renee unhappily.
"You are quite generous. A great man does not bear grudges against a small man."
"If you persuade others to be magnanimous, God will strike you with lightning - what Waver said is really true!"
Linda sneered and took over the conversation:
"Who can't say nice things for free?"
"Is he really magnanimous or just pretending to be a magnanimous person? It's hard to say!"
Renee's face was filled with shame and embarrassment, and she dared not say a word.
Elder Li coughed lightly and got back to the topic.
"Weber, I have no comment on your excessive caution."
"I can only say that you are narrow-minded and not smart enough."
"I started with a good hand, but you messed it up!"
"I give you 70 points, no more."
Weber did not protest Elder Tanuki's rating.
He looks dejected, like an eggplant hit by frost.
Next, it was Truth and Linda's turn.
Truth's start was even worse than Webber's.
His family fell into poverty and his engagement was broken off, but he later worked hard and achieved success.
His ex-fiancee coveted his wealth and shamelessly came to his house to ask for a reconciliation.
Truth flatly refused and poured a bowl of water in front of the door.
To show that "spilt water cannot be undone".
The woman left in shame and hanged herself not long after.
Truth married the daughter of a prominent family and lived a luxurious and happy life from then on.
Linda's experience is also a well-known cliché.
A beautiful orphan girl sold herself to bury her father.
Marry into a wealthy family and become a concubine.
She was suppressed by the wife and discriminated against by her mother-in-law and husband's relatives and friends.
Even the servants ignored her and made things difficult for her.
Linda quickly got into the role and threw herself into the fierce family feud.
She claimed that with her beauty, wisdom, kindness, and a little trickery, she was able to defeat the wife and win the favor of her husband.
After that, her biggest enemy became her mother-in-law.
Especially after giving birth to two daughters in succession, rumors that she could not give birth to a boy gradually threatened her status in the family.
Linda felt threatened when her husband took a concubine again.
He was forced to use a trick to replace the crown prince, and successfully obtained a nominal male heir to stabilize the situation.
Kill the concubine.
The mother-in-law is dying of old age.
The husband finally died.
Linda, who is now middle-aged, has truly become the head of the family!
After that, she regained her youthful enthusiasm and began to look for true love.
One romantic love affair after another enriched her middle-aged life and she lived a happy and carefree life.
Elder Li gave Truss and Linda scores of 85 and 75 points respectively.
This surprised Alan a little.
Judging from the statements of both of them, they lived a relatively successful life in the fantasy world.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a big score gap.
Linda also felt aggrieved and asked the elder why her score was so much lower than Trouse's.
"If you tell two fewer lies, you can get five more points."
Elder Li’s reply made Linda’s face change slightly.
He lowered his head, looking a little guilty.
Alan knew that Elder Li was good at telepathy.
Unless Linda’s spiritual attributes were higher than those of the elders, it would be difficult for her to conceal her true experiences in the secret realm.
From this, we can see that in the process of her statement, she probably added too many whitewashing elements to her own experiences and deeds.
Next it was Renee's turn.
The character she plays in the fantasy is a witch who lives in a lighthouse.
The only companion is a talking crow.
Renee's duty is to guard the lighthouse and rescue ships that run aground in the nearby bay.
Every night, crows patrol the sea.
If you find a ship in distress, come back and tell the hostess.
Watch the witch, there is a magical magic.
When used, it can teleport a distressed ship directly to shallow waters, thus saving the lives of the passengers.
This kind of magic can only be used once a day!
Moreover, success is not always possible.
The larger the ship, the lower the success rate!
In the illusion, Renee used magic three times in total.
The first time, the crow told her, two ships were caught in a storm at the same time.
There were ten people on one of the boats.
There was only one person on the other boat.
Renee needs to make a choice now.
Which ship to rescue?
Or, she could save no one.
Without any hesitation, Renee chose the ship that saved more passengers.
The second time, two ships, one large and one small, were wrecked in a storm and collided with each other, making it difficult to separate them for a while.
Raven told her mistress.
There were ten people on the small boat and a hundred people on the large boat.
Use magic to save the boat, 100% success.
If we want to rescue the big ship, there is only a 50% chance of success.
The success rate of rescuing small boats and large ships at the same time is only 30%.
How to choose this?
Renee hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to save them all!
Unfortunately, she failed.
All the refugees on the two ships eventually died at sea.
For the last time, the crow came back and told her.
Both ships were lost in the storm and needed her rescue.
Her nephew was among the victims on one of the boats.
On the other large ship, all ten passengers were strangers.
So, which ship is she going to save?
After some consideration, Renee finally made up her mind and decided to rescue the ship.
"After all, ten lives are better than one."
At the end of her statement, Renee defended her choice.
The result was met with ridicule and mockery.
"It's so unlucky to be your relative or friend!" Truth sneered.
"Let's not talk about relatives and friends, just talk about the second rescue. Can't you figure out which number is bigger, 100×50% or 110×30%?"
Matthew tilted his head and scolded Renee.
"Are you illiterate or do you have no brains?!"
Alan didn't blame Renee.
In fact, he didn't agree with Renee's choice.
But compared to others, he could still respect Renee's choice.
Elder Li's comments on Leni were also mostly negative.
"First of all, the only shining point about you is your honesty."
"You didn't lie, that's all."
Elder Li suddenly changed the subject and began to launch a fierce attack!
"It's a pity that you really don't distinguish between relatives and strangers, and you don't calculate the chances of success or failure. You just want to satisfy your own saintly heart!"
"So, a naive person like you is more disgusting than a hypocrite!"
"If you gain power and do bad things with good intentions, causing disasters, you will be far worse than a real villain!"
"If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!"
"Giving you a high score is a crime!"
"I am kind-hearted and will give you a passing grade."
"Sixty points, take it!"
Alan remained silent about Elder Tanuki's comments.
Matthew, Weber, Truth and Linda applauded collectively.
They all praised the elder for being sensible, not pedantic, and having personality!
Renee was stunned.
His face was filled with bewilderment.
She tries to please others all the time and in all places, not wanting to offend anyone.
In the end, no one said anything good about her.
She couldn't understand it, as she clearly had no bad intentions towards anyone and tried to treat everyone gently.
Why has it come to this?
No one was willing to answer her questions.
Including Allen.
Although he could vaguely see an almost forgotten figure in Renee.
Beatrice.
His former squad leader, the poor girl who died of the plague.
If Renee had been eliminated earlier and gone home, giving up on her practice, she might have lived a simple and happy life for the rest of her life.
Finally, it was Alan's turn to describe his experience in the illusion.
In the fantasy world, Alan also came from a family that had fallen on hard times.
Nothing but bloodline and surname to boast about.
The impoverished son of a noble family married into a wealthy family and suffered discrimination.
His arrogant and dissolute wife not only looked down on him and bossed him around, but she also had an affair with her cousin.
Even his wife's adulterer didn't take him, the son-in-law, seriously.
Being mocked and ridiculed to his face, he was embarrassed and had no dignity at all in this big family.
Allen also went to complain to his father-in-law, but he only received double the insults:
"You're just a dog in my house!"
"Your mistress, what's wrong with raising a few more wolfhounds for fun?"
"Loyalty is a dog's duty!"
"When have you ever seen a dog complain about its master's infidelity?"
"Stop complaining in front of me and go back to being a loyal dog!"
There was no way to reason with his father-in-law, and Allen realized that if he wanted to survive in this family, he had to find a reliable ally.
With this in mind, he analyzed the relationships among family members.
Although my father-in-law is old and frail, his influence is still there.
His first wife had long passed away, leaving him with only one daughter, Allen's dissolute wife.
My father-in-law remarried a younger wife and had two daughters.
The eldest daughter died young and the second daughter is still young.
The father-in-law was unwilling to accept this and complained that his mother-in-law was not pregnant. He planned to marry a concubine in order to give birth to a son.
Because of this, the old husband and the young wife had many conflicts and their relationship became increasingly tense.
It is obvious that my mother-in-law's position in this family is precarious.
So, Alan approached his mother-in-law intentionally or unintentionally and took the initiative to show his courtesy.
The two people who shared the same suffering quickly formed an alliance.
With the support of his mother-in-law, Alan helped to say a few good words at critical moments, and he managed to gain a foothold in the family.
After a while, my mother-in-law became pregnant again. The doctor determined that it was a boy based on the pregnancy symptoms.
The father-in-law was overjoyed when he learned that his wife was about to give birth to a true heir for him.
When the news came out that his mother-in-law was pregnant with a baby boy, the person who was most nervous was Alan's nominal wife.
As the eldest daughter of the family, she was able to obtain her current status entirely because her father had no sons.
If a stepmother gives birth to a boy, she will inevitably lose her inheritance rights!
This was something she could not tolerate in any way!
If she discussed the matter with Allen, her husband, there might be room for recovery.
But she has always looked down on her son-in-law.
She did not reveal her feelings to Allen at all, but instead went to her adulterous cousin for advice.
The two conspired and decided to take a risk and poison their stepmother's pregnancy-preserving medicine!
When it comes to poison, no one knows it better than Allen.
He detoxified his mother-in-law in time, and collected evidence of the adultery, and handed it to his father-in-law through his mother-in-law.
The father-in-law was furious and killed his daughter's lover with his own hands.
The eldest daughter was not let off easily either.
Break her legs, lock her up in the attic, and imprison her until she dies!
In fact, she didn't survive that winter.
Silently, frozen to death in the attic...
Allen, as a son-in-law, was also implicated and was angrily scolded by his father-in-law:
"You are such a weakling that you can't even take care of your wife! What use are you to me?"
"Useless thing, get out of the house!"
My father-in-law was angry and my mother-in-law didn't dare to persuade him much.
He secretly gave Allen a large sum of money to help him open a clinic and run a pharmacy in the city.
I often visit my son-in-law under the pretext of seeing a doctor or buying medicine.
The next year, my mother-in-law gave birth to a son and the whole family celebrated.
Allen's clinic and pharmacy are doing very well.
Two years later, my father-in-law was critically ill.
Before he died, he was still regretting that he should not have refused Alan's visit because of his anger.
If I had taken the medicine he prescribed earlier, I might have lived ten more years.
When the mother-in-law heard this, she quickly invited Alan to see her father-in-law for the last time.
Lying on the hospital bed, the father-in-law held his son-in-law's hand and admitted that he had underestimated him and should not have driven him away in the first place.
I also ask Alan to let go of past grudges, consider the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law, forgive his short-lived daughter, and take better care of the orphans and widows in the future.
Alan agreed.
After his father-in-law passed away, his mother-in-law begged Allen to move back so that she could take care of the widow and orphan.
Considering that she was a widow and Alan was a widower, living under the same roof would not cause any gossip.
For the sake of legitimacy, the mother-in-law decided to marry her daughter to Allen as his second wife.
Alan followed his mother-in-law's arrangement, married his young sister-in-law, and moved back home.
From now on, he is no longer a son-in-law, but the head of the family.