The delicacies of the heavens begin with obtaining gem meat.

Satsuma's repeated reminders put the vast majority of test takers on high alert, including Jiang Yan.

After all, he needed to catch the ingredients while successfully reaching the venue for the second exam.

Therefore, you must plan your time well, otherwise getting lost will be terrible.

Just as the candidates were preparing to continue following Satsuki, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Don't be fooled!"

Hearing the sound, everyone looked over and saw a 'man' covered in wounds and dressed in tattered clothes, leaning against the corner of the wall, slowly walking out of the shadows.

Seeing this, Sartz calmly turned to look at the 'man'.

At this moment, the 'man's' face was full of anger, and he shouted loudly.

"No...don't be fooled! This person is lying!"

As he spoke, the "man" pointed his finger at Satsuki, who was standing in front of the crowd.

"This person is fake! He's not the real examiner!"

"I am the real examiner!"

Upon hearing this, the candidates were immediately in an uproar, exchanging bewildered glances.

Completely unexpectedly, someone suddenly jumped out and said that the examiner was fake.

Jiang Yan looked at the 'man,' or rather, the human-faced ape, with great interest.

It does look very human, and it's quite intelligent, understands human psychology, and knows how to sow discord and create chaos.

Under Jiang Yan's gaze, the 'man' disguised as a human-faced ape struggled to pull out a thin, seemingly dead monkey from behind him.

"Look at this, everyone!"

The monkey that was pulled out had a face that looked exactly like Satsuki's, and even had the same beard as Satsuki.

This made many test takers wonder.

..............................

Satsuma never offered any explanation, simply watching the farce unfold.

He had repeatedly warned the candidates that the creatures in this wetland would deceive their prey and turn them into food.

If someone still gets scammed under these circumstances, they can only blame themselves for not being vigilant enough.

He is an examiner for the Hunter Exam, not a babysitter. He has already fulfilled his duty by reminding everyone before, but he has no obligation to be responsible for the safety of every candidate.

Seeing that Sats didn't speak, the man immediately pressed his advantage and shouted loudly.

"This is a human-faced ape that inhabits the Shimeile Wetland!"

"Human-faced ape?"

The candidates were very puzzled.

Seeing this, the 'man' continued.

"The human-faced apes love to eat fresh human flesh! However, they have long, thin limbs and weak strength, making them no match for humans. So they often disguise themselves as humans, using sweet words to lure people into the depths of the wetlands, where they then join forces with other ferocious beasts..."

Jiang Yan curled his lips. This statement was full of loopholes. If that were true, how could a "man" who was an examiner be injured by a human-faced ape?

Of course, that's not all. When the 'man' pulled out the human-faced ape that was pretending to be dead, it was obviously very difficult for him.

It's obviously because 'men' have very little strength.

However, not many people notice this.

Just as the 'man' was about to say something more, several whooshing sounds suddenly rang out!

Several cards were simultaneously fired at Satsuma and "the man".

Clearly, Hisoka had lost patience with this boring farce, and more likely, he wanted to take the opportunity to test Satsuki's strength.

Before the man could react to Hisoka's cards, they were pierced through his head and chest.

Before he could even let out a scream, he fell straight down, his body twitched a few times on the ground, and then he fell completely silent.

He caught the card that was shot at Satsuma steadily.

..............................

"I see, I see."

Hisoka looked at Satsuki with a playful smile on his face.

"Now the correct answer is revealed; this is the real person."

Of course, this was just an excuse; Hisoka already knew that Satsuki was the real examiner.

I was just testing Saz's strength.

His strength is quite impressive, which has excited him.

In high spirits, Hisoka even gave a detailed explanation.

"The so-called examiners are all appointed by the Hunter Association's review committee and are current hunters."

"As a hunter, how could I possibly fail to defend against an attack of this magnitude?"

Satsuki looked up at Hisoka, his expression serious.

"I will take this as a compliment and accept it gladly."

"However, next time, no matter what reason you have, if you attack me again, it will be considered a blatant defiance of the examiners, and you will be immediately disqualified from the exam."

Satsuma naturally knew about Hisoka as well.

That's why Hisoka's qualification wasn't revoked outright; otherwise, Hisoka would most likely have attacked him.

"no problem……"

Hisoka responded casually, but a barely perceptible hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Of course, Hisoka had no intention of attacking Satsuki again.

In the previous Hunter Exam, he was disqualified because he couldn't control himself and seriously injured the examiner.

Hisoka didn't want to be disqualified from the Hunter Exam again and have to participate in the next year's exam.

While everyone was focused on Hisoka and Satsuki, Jiang Yan quietly moved towards the human-faced ape corpse lying on the ground.

As he drew closer, a faint smell of blood wafted over, but Jiang Yan paid it no mind.

..............................

Jiang Yan first stretched out his finger and pressed it on the human-faced ape's body. The sensation from his fingertip made Jiang Yan frown slightly.

No wonder the human-faced ape is weak; its muscle fibers are extremely loose, like rotten cotton wool soaked in water, lacking any firmness or elasticity...

"The muscles are all show and no substance; the meat is dry and loose, and even the fascia lacks resilience."

Jiang Yan muttered to himself, his brows furrowing even more deeply.

He took a light sniff, and besides the smell of blood, a strong fishy and pungent smell mixed with a faint earthy smell rushed into his nostrils, giving Jiang Yan the feeling of being soaked in a filthy swamp for a long time, with a nauseating stench.

"The fishy smell is too strong. It would probably require dozens of spices to marinate it repeatedly and then roast it over a high flame to barely suppress the strange smell. But if you do that, the meat flavor will be gone too."

Straightening up, Jiang Yan glanced at the corpse of the human-faced ape, his eyes filled with undisguised disappointment.

"It completely kills any appetite."

"Hopefully, I'll come across some truly good 'ingredients' in the future."

Jiang Yan clapped his hands and turned back to the group of examinees.

Several nearby examinees naturally saw Jiang Yan's actions, but they just shrugged indifferently, assuming that Jiang Yan was simply curious about the human-faced ape.

At that moment, Sats's voice rang out.

"Then we should set off. Please keep up."

With that, Sats turned and ran deeper into the Shimeile Wetland.

The candidates dared not slack off and followed suit one after another.