The two wooden doors of the red brick house closed, and a dozen or so pairs of eyes focused on Qin Fen at the same time.
While he was being sized up, Qin Fen was also sizing up others.
This room could be said to be a gathering of all kinds of people on Earth. There were people with black hair and yellow skin, people with blue eyes and blonde hair and white skin, and people with black skin and brown hair.
Qin Fen's eyelids twitched again and again as he watched. The Federation had a large population, and he wasn't the only talented martial artist. Judging by the clothes of these people, he knew that they weren't just simply from well-off families. They were probably all from rich and respectable backgrounds.
They received all kinds of nutritional supplements from a young age. Their physical qualities had an innate advantage compared to ordinary people. Plus, they had all kinds of martial arts with extraordinary origins.
As long as they had the talent to practice martial arts, it would be very easy for them to surpass their peers on the path of martial dao. They would become talents, geniuses, and even geniuses in people's mouths.
It wasn't impossible to use a large amount of money to accumulate a young expert.
Qin Fen looked around at everyone, and his eyebrows suddenly twitched. He saw a barely familiar figure in the crowd, Ge Bing.
He had seen Ge Bing, who had the capital to be arrogant, back when he was performing a mission in the State of Korea.
Ge Bing had clearly discovered Qin Fen as well. His eyes seeped with a hint of lofty condescension, and the corner of his mouth hooked into a very contemptuous smile. He shifted his gaze elsewhere, adopting an attitude of completely ignoring Qin Fen.
Qin Fen shifted his gaze as well. He couldn't do such a thing as flattery. Plus, the people who came here today were all competing for Song Jia. It could be said that they were all enemies.
The others revealed mocking expressions after sizing up Qin Fen. How could such a man enter the circle of selection? He wore the uniform of a recruit, and he didn't have the aura of a powerful person cultivated by a famous family. Such a person wasn't a true competitor.
Everyone withdrew their gazes and cast their gazes on other people once more, weighing who was the most important opponent in the end.
As for Qin Fen, no one stepped forward to provoke him or step on him to stand out.
Practically no one who could enter this room was a nouveau riche. Everyone had received the so-called upper-class education.
They all understood very well that if they stepped on this newcomer outside, some ignorant children might feel reverence.
But here, stepping on this poor kid wouldn't raise one's status.
On the contrary, taking the initiative to trample on such a poor kid was a very degrading thing to do.
Qin Fen found a corner and sat on the carpet. He quietly adjusted the state of his body.
"When you don't know what's going to happen next, prepare as much as you can. “
Squad Leader Hao had once said these words, and Qin Fen regarded them as treasured scriptures.
This time, Ge Bing couldn't help but look at Qin Fen curiously. To be able to meditate and adjust by himself in a room full of descendants of aristocratic clans and an environment where every one of them was an outstanding young martial artist, this person's psychological quality couldn't be underestimated.
Ten minutes, fifty minutes, two hours …
The people participating in the selection were still the same as before. No one had any doubts about waiting.
In fact, some of them had been waiting for more than a day and a half.
Here, one had to learn to wait. A few minutes after entering the inner hall, someone walked out with a happy expression, having passed the final stage of the preliminary selection.
Someone had entered the Inner Hall for two consecutive days. In the end, he walked out of the Inner Hall with a pale face and left with the result of being eliminated.
No one asked the people who passed or were eliminated what sort of test they had encountered. A power like the Song Family certainly wouldn't use the same question to conduct a test. Asking would only show one's own stupidity.
The sun moved to the west, and it was time to eat. Qin Fen's body didn't move an inch from beginning to end, and Ge Bing's evaluation of Qin Fen increased a bit.
Qin Fen didn't reveal a hint of nervousness on his first day. He just sat there calmly for an entire day. Ordinary people shouldn't have such mental fortitude.
The red brick door opened once more. It was time to eat. Of course, the Song Family wouldn't provide food. Everything had to be solved by oneself.
"You have an hour and a half." Steward Hou said to Qin Fen, who followed everyone out of the room. "If you don't return to your room in an hour and a half, you will fail."
"Old Qin."
Lin Liqiang drove the flying saucer shaped sports car and landed in the courtyard once more. He carried seven or eight oily roasted lamb legs to the door.
Qin Fen wasn't polite with Lin Liqiang. He bit into the roasted lamb leg as he looked strangely at the departing suitors.
"They are different from you. They must go out to eat." Lin Liqiang tore off a piece of roasted lamb and shook his head with a very disdainful smile. "Face is something that can be accumulated to a certain degree. It's not something you can stop doing just because you don't want to. "
Qin Fen handed Lin Liqiang a glass of fruit juice, indicating for him to continue explaining.
"These people, in the words of most people, all have backgrounds." Lin Liqiang poured down a glass of apple juice. "Therefore, they must maintain their boldness at all times. Take the matter of eating for example. They clearly only have an hour and a half. They can completely eat here and wait until the time is up to enter their room. But if they do that, others will think that they are afraid, that they don't have the guts. When that happens, it's very likely that others will immediately join forces to trample over them, making them lose their qualifications before they can even take the test. "
"Isn't it dangerous to go out like this?" Qin Fen gently furrowed his two thick eyebrows. "If they make a move outside …."
"Smart." Lin Liqiang snapped his fingers. "There have already been several people who have been eliminated in this manner in the past few days. When they go out to eat, it's very likely that they will be attacked by helpers that were secretly transferred from each other. They can choose to bring helpers to defend by their sides, or they can think of a way to secretly eliminate people in advance. It's up to everyone to choose who they believe to be the most threatening. "
Qin Fen smiled as he raised his head to look at the red brick building behind him. The person who designed this test was really smart enough. Even during mealtime, they still tested everyone.
An hour passed by quickly, and the youths who went out to eat came back one after another. Traces of bullets could be seen on some of the cars.
These youths jumped out of the cars and saw Qin Fen leisurely eating a roasted leg of lamb, drinking fruit juice, and basking in the sun. For the first time, they felt envious.
The children of the aristocratic families possessed many innate advantages, but they also lost a few other advantages. For example, this meal. These poor kids could swagger around and eat in this courtyard.
After mealtime was over, Qin Fen returned to the corner where he sat in meditation. He discovered that the number of people in the room was one less. It looked like someone had been eliminated during mealtime.
Qin Fen repeated the same thing every day for two days in a row.
Eat. Sit.
The number of people in the room who participated in the test grew fewer and fewer.
Some people passed the test and left in delight, waiting for the notification of the next test time.
There were also people who left with the fate of being eliminated after the test.
The ones who were even more miserable were those who were eliminated during mealtime.
"Ge Bing …."
Cheng Wuxian announced the name with an expressionless face in front of the door to the inner hall. The instant he turned around and returned to the inner hall, he cast a resentful gaze onto Qin Fen's body.
This wasn't the first time Cheng Wuxian looked at him like this. Qin Fen was already completely used to it. If Cheng Wuxian didn't look at him with such a fierce gaze, Qin Fen would feel uncomfortable.
In a short minute, Ge Bing walked out of the inner hall with a happy smile on his face.
He passed at the fastest speed possible! Qin Fen displayed shock when he saw Ge Bing's speed of passing. Ge Bing was the fastest person to pass in these past few days, using a mere seventy-six seconds.
"Qin Fen."
Cheng Wuxian's eyes burned with fire as he stared at Qin Fen. If it weren't for this kid, he definitely wouldn't have made a fool of himself in front of the young miss.
Qin Fen had long since stood up before Cheng Wuxian could shout his name. He was the last person in the hall, so Cheng Wuxian could only shout his name.
The area of the inner hall was clearly much smaller than the living room outside.
There was a rattan chair, a simple wooden table, two teacups, and a purple clay teapot. There was a large "Martial" character on the wall, causing one to feel a sort of attraction when looking at it.
Qin Fen stared at the "Martial" character in a daze for two seconds. In an instant, countless information rushed into his mind from the "Martial" character. In that moment, it was as if his entire being was lost in the world of martial dao.
Two seconds later, Qin Fen shook his head forcefully, pulling his gaze away from the "Martial" character. He turned to look at the middle-aged man sitting on the rattan chair, reading a chess record.
"Huh?"
The middle-aged man was a bit shocked. He put down the chess record in his hands and raised his head.
Qin Fen took the opportunity to size up the man. The tall bridge of his nose and the gold-rimmed glasses gave him a refined and refined feeling. Qin Fen could faintly see a bit of resemblance to Song Jia's in his facial features.
Song Jia's father? Qin Fen secretly guessed at the man's identity.
"I am Jia Jia's father." Song Zhenting slowly took out a small notebook and a fountain pen from within his clothes. "I've heard a bit about your matters. You need money, right? "
"I need it very much."
Qin Fen didn't deny it. If the power of the Song Family wanted to investigate his background, denying it would only show his stupidity.
The fountain pen in Song Zhenting's hand quickly swam across the small notebook. Then he tore a piece of paper from the notebook in a very natural and unrestrained manner, casually tossing it at Qin Fen.
This piece of paper was completely unfolded. It shouldn't have been thrown too far, but when it flew out from Song Zhenting's hand, it was like a piece of iron, completely ignoring the resistance of the air.
Qin Fen's thumb and index finger caught the flying piece of paper firmly in his hand.
Qin Fen looked over and saw that the flying piece of paper was a check. A cash check with seven nines written on it.
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