X-Dragon Era

Upon hearing Xin Yun's question, the candidate was clearly taken aback for a moment, not expecting such a simple question from Xin Yun. However, after pondering carefully, he still confidently said, "I knew you knew the answer in advance, such a simple question and you still ask it. Fine, the answer is eight monkeys!"

Hearing the candidate's words, everyone around, including Yi Luo Xiang, Yan Qingying, and even the examiner, all wore expressions of resignation. Clearly, they all thought the candidate had answered correctly—the question was just too simple. It would have been hard to answer it wrong.

"Wrong!" Just as everyone felt sympathy for Xin Yun, a thunderous chiding voice burst forth from Xin Yun's mouth...

"What? Wrong?" Upon hearing Xin Yun's comment, everyone was stunned. Only the candidate was unperturbed, a smug look on his face as he said, "What, trying to weasel your way out of this? But that won't work, everyone here can vouch for me."

Looking calmly at the candidate, Xin Yun continued to shake his head, saying, "It's precisely because everyone can vouch that you are wrong. Otherwise, I really would worry about you trying to cheat your way through this."

Confronted with a confident Xin Yun, the candidate finally became cautious and said uneasily, "How could it possibly be wrong? Seven monkeys in the tree, one on the ground—doesn't that make eight monkeys in total? Let's hear what you think!"

With a strange smile, Xin Yun leisurely extended his right hand, holding out two fingers as he said, "There are only two monkeys in total, so you are wrong!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Ah!" Hearing this, not just the candidate, but everyone including Yi Luo Xiang gasped in surprise. How could there only be two monkeys? How was this calculated?

Under the gaze of everyone's astonishment, Xin Yun smiled and said, "Listen carefully, I said 'riding a monkey' in the tree, not 'seven monkeys.' You couldn't even understand the question properly, yet you dare to argue. Are you truly unconvinced, or just being obstinate?"

Facing Xin Yun's answer, everyone fell into a stupor. But thinking back carefully, Xin Yun's pronunciation indeed was 'riding,' not 'seven,' with completely different intonations. Thus, the candidate had no ground to argue on, not only defeated but thoroughly duped by Xin Yun.

Just when everyone thought everything had finally come to an end, the candidate started to be stubborn again, his face flushing with anger as he shouted, "That doesn't count! You're playing word games, just trying to cheat! If you're capable, don't stoop to such tricks, face me with something real!"

Seeing the guy refusing to relent, and after being toyed with to such an extent yet still wanting to continue, the examiner could no longer bear it, and was about to order the guy out, when Xin Yun once again raised his hand to stop him. Facing the guy with the flushed face, Xin Yun said, "Alright, since you still refuse to accept defeat, I'll keep at it until you're convinced.

It's the same question as before, make sure you listen carefully this time."

Upon hearing Xin Yun's words, the candidate instantly became wary. Seeing this, Xin Yun took a deep breath, then suddenly opened his mouth wide and rapidly asked, "A monkey riding seven in the tree, one monkey on the ground, how many monkeys in total?"

Although at a glance 'a monkey riding seven' seems easy to notice, when Xin Yun shouted, it was skillful; reading 'riding seven' together, it sounded at first like he was elongating the sound of 'riding,' yet it was indeed two words.

Sure enough, as soon as the guy heard the sound of the word 'riding,' his eyes lit up and he said without hesitation, "I won't get it wrong this time, there are two monkeys in total!"

"Wrong!" No sooner had the candidate finished speaking than Xin Yun unceremoniously held out his right hand and made the sign for eight, saying, "Wrong again, there are eight monkeys in total!"

"Huh?" Confused, the candidate looked at Xin Yun and said in astonishment, "How did it change to eight monkeys again?"

Under the candidate's watchful eyes, Xin Yun imitated the posture of riding and spoke, "A monkey riding seven in the tree, one monkey on the ground, if not eight, then how many?"

"Ah! 'Riding seven' this time! Can that tree take it, that one!" Under Xin Yun's relentless barrage, the guy's brain clearly started to knot, he said subconsciously.

Listening to the other party's line, which was almost identical to a comedy sketch, Xin Yun could no longer contain himself and burst out laughing. Amidst his hearty laughter, Xin Yun said, "Don't worry about whether the tree can take it; even if they fall off, there are still eight monkeys!"

Wordlessly looking at Xin Yun, the candidate resembled a fish out of water, his mouth opening and closing but unable to utter a single word. He wanted to protest but just couldn't speak up. The first time he could blame himself for not listening carefully, but not getting it right twice in a row was no longer something he could voice.

Watching the pitiful state of the guy, Xin Yinei struggled to suppress his laughter, patted the guy on the shoulder, then turned around and said to the examiner, "Alright, I think no one should have any objections now. I wonder..."

Looking at Xin Yun with appreciation, the examiner pulled out a certificate from the drawer, handing it lightly to Xin Yun, "This is your Combat Dragon Academy admission certificate. Please keep it safe."

Receiving the certificate cautiously, Xin Yun tucked it carefully into his chest. Seeing this, Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying hurriedly approached to collect their own admission certificates. With this, the three of them had finally become students of the Combat Dragon Academy!

Having received their certificates, Xin Yun didn't linger any longer and left the selection venue with Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying, only to report directly to the academy when school starts in a week.

On the way home, Yi Luo Xiang affectionately clung to Xin Yun's arm, smilingly saying, "You're such a rascal, what you did can hardly be called an intelligence test, it was nothing but a trick. No matter how he answered, it would be wrong, only you could be right."