The Romantic Cultivator

As Ji Yuan seated himself, the old immortal spirit entity raised his old voice to warn sternly, "You can only make your choice of the answer ONLY ONCE by tapping on it. And no cheating! Anyone who cheats or exchanges their answers will fail immediately and be sent to the limbo until the end of the trial!"

The old immortal spirit entity added, "Those who are still coming through the hall, you've the choice of taking the test now or wait at the portal. Those who are able to pass are able to enter the gate that is behind me to the next level of the inner sanctuary…"

Ji Yuan muttered, "That old immortal spirit entity is going to repeat himself every time a cultivator comes through the gate. I've better focus on the test instead."

He quickly opened the first page of the cultivation manual that was in front of him as he began to read the first question.

The first question read: When facing the lightning tribulation, what are the conditions that are necessary to overcome it?

Ji Yuan began to smile to himself.

Haha! This is all too easy! Fancy asking me a question on the lightning tribulation?

He quickly checked the possible multiple choice answers.

A) A proper preparation is the best way to overcome it.

B) Lots of high grade soul jewels and spirit stones.

C) Pray for the blessings of the heavens

D) A good divine sword

E) All of the above.

F) None of the above.

G) All is right except for one. Answer the wrong one.

Ji Yuan was startled when he saw that there were a 5th, 6th and 7th choices!

What?! Didn't that old spirit says that there are only 4 choices. How come there are 3 additional choices?!

All the other cultivators were all frowning as well when they saw that all the questions are accompanied by a 5th, a 6th and a 7th multiple choice answers.

But Ji Yuan quickly composed himself as he muttered to himself, "This isn't so hard to answer after all."

He already had an answer in his mind as he was about to choose E.

Just as he was about to press his finger on the answer, Xiang Li panicky said in his soul sea. "Big Brother, no! The answer is A! You'll need a proper preparation. So that is the correct answer! Luckily I am awake to help my Big Brother!"

Ji Yuan frowned immediately, "Are you sure Xiang Li? Everyone knows that we need a divine sword, lots of high grade soul jewels and we need to pray for the blessings of the heavens in order to overcome the lightning tribulation…"

Fairy Anyang interrupted all of a sudden, "Obviously the blessing of the heavens can't be counted as a criteria. It is the wrong one. So you should pick G and answer that C is the wrong one.

Ji Yuan smiled bitterly, "Are the both of you sure?"

"Of course I am sure! I am the trial spirit and I know all the answers!" Xiang Li and Anyang both answered at the same time.

Ji Yuan: …

"But the two of you give me a different answer."

"Trust me, Big Brother. Your Xiang Li will never lie to you!" Xiang Li proclaimed with a soft chuckle.

Fairy Anyang answered with a soft sigh, "Do you think that I will lie to you?"

Ji Yuan smiled weakly when he had overhead them. He took a second look at the question before he said all of a sudden, "Wait a minute. A isn't the right one either. So Xiang Li, you're wrong."

Xiang Li was startled, "Big Brother, you don't trust my answer?"

Ji Yuan smiled bitterly, "It is not that. Do you recall when I took my lightning tribulation to be a great saint? You are there with me at that time."

Xiang Li nodded slowly, "Xiang Li remembers…"

Ji Yuan interrupted, "At that time, the lightning tribulation comes all of a sudden and I didn't even have the time to prepare myself. So you can't say a proper preparation is the best way to overcome it, am I right?"

Xiang Li protested immediately, "But that is still the best way to handle your lightning tribulation, am I right?"

Ji Yuan shook his head, "There are many stories of many cultivators who had failed even though they had prepared sufficiently. Therefore A obviously isn't the right answer."

Xiang Li asked curiously, "Then what is the right answer?"

Ji Yuan rubbed his chin for a while before he smiled confidently, "All is the right answer except for A of course."

Xiang Li looked a little hurt when she had heard Ji Yuan's answer but she asked curiously nevertheless, "Why so?"

Ji Yuan replied, "Look here. When I was taking my lightning tribulation and whatever tribulation, the divine sword that Jiajia has given to me has always helped me in my tribulations. Therefore a divine sword is a must…"

"I've thought it is your five leaf clovers." Xiang Li giggled all of a sudden.

Ji Yuan frowned when he was reminded how he had shown Ling Feiyue and Xue Qianxue his five leaf clovers during their lightning tribulation together, "This is not funny."

But he quickly said, "And you know how these cultivators have overcome their lightning tribulations? They are filthy rich and have plenty of high grade soul jewels. As for the blessing of the heavens, of course you will need it. It is in every cultivation manuals. I may not be a studious cultivator but I sure know my basic cultivation knowledge."

Fairy Anyang smiled weakly, "I tell you that part is not necessary."

Ji Yuan did not care to explain as he tapped on G and to cancel out A.

Both Xiang Li and Anyang: …

Ji Yuan had a look of great satisfaction as he overcome his first question and was looking rather pleased with his answer.

"That is an easy question to answer. Haha." He praised himself for his brilliant answer.

The second question shocked Ji Yuan a little: How many cycles of cultivation are required for a Sixth Realm Supremacy to overcome to the Seventh Realm Saint level?

A) 365 Cultivation Cycles

B) 1080 Cultivation Cycles

C) 3600 Cultivation Cycles

D) 9999 Cultivation Cycles.

E) All of the above added together.

F) None of the above.

G) All is right when added together except for one cycle. Answer the wrong one.

Ji Yuan was blinking his eyes awkwardly as he muttered, "How the heck do I know? Everyone has a different cultivation cycle. The rich ones will have shorter cultivation cycles obviously. The question didn't even mention if the cultivator is rich or poor. Also this doesn't apply to me. I have a pledge to Jiajia and that is why I've forced myself to become a saint…"

When Ji Yuan had said to this point, he was smiling all of a sudden; it was because this reminded him of Jiajia.

At that time, the clock was clicking on him as he realized that a hundred years was almost up and he had gambit on a breakthrough to be a saint in order to win Jiajia's hundred year pledge to be with him.

And his first divine sword was given to him by Jiajia as well and the divine sword had aided him to overcome his tribulation to become a saint.

He began to smile with fondness as he recalled the past and how he had met Jiajia again in the Emperor Hall Sect again. He didn't think that he could find her so easily…

"Big Brother, what are you doing? You're supposed to be filling in the answers on this cultivation question." Xiang Li had suddenly interrupted him.

Ji Yuan smiled bitterly as he snapped out of his thoughts, "Can anyone of you help me for this answer?"

"A!" Xiang Li answered proudly.

"No, it is B! No wait, it is E!" Fairy Anyang answered nervously.

JI Yuan: ….

"Umm, don't tell me none of you know the answers?"

Xiang Li giggled, "We're not cultivators and we don't have any cultivation practice. How do we know the cultivation cycle?"

Fairy Anyang smiled, "Maybe we can make a lucky guess?"

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

"Or you can make the calculations? It is just a few days of calculations." Fairy Anyang added with a hopeful smile.

Ji Yuan almost wanted to bang his head on the table.

He muttered weakly, "Maybe I should take a look at the other questions first."

But he was soon stumped when he saw all the questions. They were all equally impossible for him to answer or for Xiang Li and Fairy Anyang to answer.

It was really a question of 8 choices instead of 4 because one of the questions had to tap again to get the correct answer if he chooses that.

Ji Yuan began to roll his eyes as he began to look around him.

He had suddenly noticed that he was not the only one that was having trouble answering the questions; many of the cultivators were sighing heavily and some was even pulling their hairs and beards nervously. As a matter of fact, many of the cultivators were now staring blanking at their cultivation manuals or were looking around nervously.

Ji Yuan hummed softly, "Why are these cultivators looking around as though they are expecting answers to be delivered to them? The old spirit entity has just warned anyone about cheating…"

All of a sudden Ji Yuan noticed that Yu Jingjing who were seated a few tables away seemed to be smiling and was tapping on her cultivation manual in a casual manner.

Don't tell me she knows how to answer the questions?

Ji Yuan began to rub his chin: did she say last time that her celestial sect is in charge of a library of celestial practices and knowledge?

Then he saw that Mo Bei, Yun Chi, Ling Feiyue, Little Princess, Bai Qianfeng and Shui Xisi were all displaying a look of frustration; obviously it seemed to Ji Yuan that even immortals are having trouble handling the cultivation questions.

Ji Yuan soon smile as he said to Xiang Li and Anyang, "I've got an idea. Maybe we should get Maiden Yu to help us to answer our questions."

"No cheating." Fairy Anyang warned him.

Ji Yuan protested immediately, "If we are never discovered then it is not cheating."

Fairy Anyang: …

Ji Yuan immediately enacted upon his plan and saw that Little Princess was the one nearest to him and that she was also nearest to Yu Jingjing.

He picked a small pebble as he threw it to hit Little Princess.

Little Princess was startled as she looked up to see Ji Yuan who was looking at her.

Then he whispered as softly as he could to Little Princess, "Tell Maiden Yu to show me her answers."

Little Princess had a perplexed look before she nodded with a flushed look before she turned to whisper to Yu Jingjing.

Yu Jingjing had a flustered look before she nodded lightly as she picked a pebble to write down her answers.

After a short while, she checked her surroundings before she flickered her fingers to send the pebble flying to Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan was delighted as he opened his fingers to catch the flying pebble.

But before he could catch the pebble, the immortal old spirit had suddenly teleported in front of Ji Yuan to catch hold of the pebble as he roared thunderously, "What did I say?! I say no cheating!"

Ji Yuan and Yu Jingjing began to be flustered immediately and many of the cultivators were now looking in their direction.

The table to table of each of the cultivator was actually quite far apart and moreover the immortal spirit entity was at the other end of the hall.

"No way…" Ji Yuan could only smiled bitterly when he was caught for cheating.

The old immortal spirit entity hummed coldly as he showed Ji Yuan the pebble, "For cheating, both of you will be…"

All of a sudden the old immortal spirit entity was stammering to read the answer on the pebble.

Ji Yuan caught the answer on the pebble with his sharp eyes and on it was written, "Sorry Ji Yuan. I can't show you my ass."

It seemed that either Little Princess or Yu Jingjing heard wrongly and had passed Ji Yuan's message wrongly.

The old immortal spirit entity crushed the pebble before warning Ji Yuan, "Behave yourself."

Ji Yuan sighed with great relief and he turned to look awkwardly at Yu Jingjing. He saw that she was greatly flustered.

He explained silently as he rolled his eyes with great exasperation at her: No, I ask you to show me your answers, not your ass…"