Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 63 Assessment Groups
Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and moon pass by like flowing water.

This is Ning Fusang's third year studying under Gu Pingsheng, following the new disciples.

Once this year is over, the outer sect competition will begin.

Before this, they had to pass an assessment. Only by passing the assessment could they graduate and participate in the outer sect competition.

Everyone had already heard the rumors and was privately considering who to team up with.

Xu Qiu, Xu Jianjia, Jiang Xin, and Ke Rong are the four people they most want to win over, especially Xu Jianjia, which would be equivalent to bringing Xu Qiu into their team as well.

In fact, there are quite a few people who secretly want to find Ning Fusang, after all, she is now a third-level cultivator, the one with the highest cultivation among all of them.

So even though Ning Fusang was aloof, she was still very popular at this time. But everyone who came to her was turned away. Ning Fusang's aloofness made some people give up.

In a mountain pavilion, Jiang Xin and Ruan San Niang were playing chess. Twelve-year-old Jiang Xin's talent for cultivation stood out among the crowd; at such a young age, she had already broken through to the second level of the cultivation realm.

The childish innocence had faded from her face, replaced by a serious expression. She carefully placed a white piece on the board, and Ruan San Niang, sitting opposite her, immediately recognized the situation and knew the game was hopeless. She took two black pieces from her chess basket, placed them on the board, and resigned.

"You won," Ruan Sanniang said with a smile, showing no displeasure at losing the game.

Jiang Xin was taught chess by Ruan San Niang, but Ruan San Niang didn't have much knowledge of chess. She only taught Jiang Xin some basic rules of chess, and Jiang Xin learned the rest on her own.

Both of them played chess casually when they had nothing else to do, and they didn't intend to pursue a serious career in chess, so they didn't study it in depth.

Jiang Xin asked, "Third Sister, shall we play another round?"

Today was a day off, and since she couldn't break through her cultivation level anyway, Ruan Sanniang nodded when she saw that Ruan Sanniang was in good spirits. After they finished guessing, it was Ruan Sanniang's turn to play white first.

A chessboard is like a world unto itself. The black and white pieces fight each other, much like the two paths of Yin and Yang, constantly changing.

As Jiang Xin placed her piece, she asked, "Third Sister, for this assessment, will you team up with Senior Sister Ning, or with me?"

Ruan San Niang pondered the chess game and replied, "Senior Sister Ning hasn't contacted me."

After placing her piece, she raised her eyes and said in a calm tone, "Whether I want to team up with Senior Sister Ning or not is not important; her choice is the most crucial thing."

In other words, even if she wanted to team up with Senior Sister Ning, Senior Sister Ning might not be willing to accept her.

Ruan San Niang didn't think that her relationship with Ning Fusang had become extraordinary just because they had lived together for two years.

She treats everyone the same.

“Then let’s team up, Third Sister,” Jiang Xin invited.

Ruan San Niang smiled and said "okay." The game ended, and the white pieces surrounded Jiang Xin's black pieces.

The two players each have one win and one loss.

*
The seventh floor of the library.

Ning Fusang sat by the window, her head bowed as she read for too long. She slightly raised her head and looked outside.

The floating clouds seem almost within reach.

"Senior Sister Ning." Suddenly, someone called out to her, "May I sit here?"

Ning Fusang said, "The seats in the library are not labeled with names."

So there's no need to ask her.

She's not that domineering, not allowing anyone to sit opposite her.

Li Yeshan arrived empty-handed, clearly not there to read. He considered starting a conversation, but knowing Ning Fusang as he did, he decided to get straight to the point:

"Senior Sister Ning, the assessment is coming up soon. Is your team still short of people?"

He came to recommend himself. Ning Fusang's personality was considered very strange by everyone. She never interacted with her classmates and had been keeping to herself for the past two years.

At first, her reputation wasn't good, and people didn't want to associate with her. Later, they realized that she didn't care at all.

Strong people don't need to please others.

With Ning Fusang's advanced cultivation at the third level, others would naturally flock to her.

Of all the participants, the probability of teaming up with her to complete the assessment task and obtain an A rating is the highest.

Li Yeshan only knew that someone had come looking for Ning Fusang, but he didn't know that she had refused everyone. After all, it was a team mission, and she couldn't possibly do it alone.

Ning Fusang turned a page of her book and said calmly, "Who told you that forming a team means finding people yourself?"

Master Gu wouldn't allow the team's strength to be severely unbalanced. The most likely explanation is that he has already divided the teams and is just waiting to announce them.

Ning Fusang could even guess the approximate group assignments and who would be in her group. Li Yeshan, standing right in front of her, was very likely in her group.

Xu Qiu, Xu Jianjia, Jiang Xin, Ke Rong, and she will absolutely not be in the same group.

Li Yeshan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "In previous years, the assessment for new disciples involved forming their own teams..."

“That’s because you haven’t seen enough.” Ning Fusang had a calm and peaceful demeanor. Sunlight shone on her, giving her a sense of tranquility. She said slowly, “The Xin-You year was about forming teams on your own. What about the Bing-Chen year and the Xin-Hai year before that?”

"Whether or not to form a team is always decided by the instructors."

"Given Mr. Gu's personality, what do you think he would choose?"

After two years of getting to know each other, Li Yeshan had a general idea of ​​Gu Pingsheng's personality, and subconsciously, he already had the answer to this question in his heart.

He stood up, cupped his hands in thanks, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister Ning."

Li Yeshan left the library, his worries dissipating. He was getting old, and his cultivation was slow; no one would choose him to join a team, which was why he came to find Ning Fusang.

Although Ning Fusang is aloof, her aloofness is the same for everyone. The chances of successfully teaming up with her are greater than with a prodigy like Ke Rong.

With so many people around Ke Rong, there's no place for him.

But Li Yeshan was still worried, so after returning, he inquired about the team formation for the Bingchen and Xinhai years, whether it was free team formation or assigned team formation.

The result was that teams were formed freely in the Bingchen year, while teams were assigned in the Xinhai year.

Senior Sister Ning is right; he hasn't seen enough of this. This is not the norm at all.

Nine days later, the day before the day off.

Everyone gathered inside the mission house. Gu Pingsheng announced the group assignments.

There are eight groups of five people each.

The team Ning Fusang belonged to was relatively weak overall; apart from her, who was at the third level of cultivation, the rest were at the first level.

Clearly, she's expected to lead four people.

The group assignments disrupted many teams that had already formed their own groups.

Xiao Qiu raised her hand and said, "Master Gu, I would like to go with my young lady."

Gu Pingsheng said calmly, "The group assignments have been decided and cannot be changed."

He called out the names of eight people, all of whom were the most powerful in the team. "The eight of you are the team leaders. Come up and draw your missions first."

There are fifteen sticks in the divination box, which represent fifteen tasks. After drawing eight sticks, the remaining tasks do not need to be done; instead, they are hung in the task hall.

(End of this chapter)