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At the dock, all the people who hadn't gone out to retrieve corpses that day had gathered.

The third round of selection is for people who are not ordinary.

The captains of the body retrieval team also arrived. Two of them were surrounded by people. These two were Yu Biao's uncle, Captain Yu, and He Miao's father, Captain He.

At this moment, the other team leaders complimented each other: "I think Yu Biao is a good kid, he's got the makings for this. I remember when he was thirteen or fourteen, he could hold his breath underwater for fifteen minutes, right?"

Captain Yu then waved his hand and said, "Hey, when we were kids, we didn't count, but now we can hold our breath for at least 15 minutes, haha..."

The others looked at Captain He and said, "Old He, give us a heads-up, how long can your kid hold his breath right now?"

Upon hearing this, Captain He glanced at Captain Yu and said with a smile, "Four-quarters of an hour!"

45 minutes!

Upon hearing this, the other team leaders were all taken aback. Was he about to reach the next level?

In the Great Jing Dynasty, there are 360 ​​professions, and every profession can produce an expert. Everyone can develop supernatural abilities, which is called entering the ranks or entering the sequence.

The ninth in the corpse retriever sequence is called a water ghost. They can usually obtain a supernatural power. This supernatural power is not fixed, but more than 80% of the time, the awakened ability is called turtle breath.

Turtle breathing refers to the breathing of a turtle, which allows it to hold its breath underwater for more than half an hour.

Continuing to cultivate further and reaching the eighth rank, or sequence eight, allows one to obtain the next supernatural ability.

Most of the corpse-retrieval team leaders present were Sequence Nine Water Ghosts, and their supernatural power was Turtle Breathing.

Only Li Nai, the Water Ghost, is a Water Envoy of the Eighth Order, who has awakened the Second Divine Power.

He Miao, at such a young age, can hold his breath for 35 minutes, just 15 minutes short of reaching the breath-holding time of a Sequence Nine Water Ghost, which shows his talent.

As Captain He listened to the praise from the crowd, his smile grew even brighter, as if his son had already passed the selection and won the championship.

Captain Yu glanced at Captain He, a hint of displeasure on his face. This old He was such a good actor!

Thinking this, he looked towards the dock. There, Zhou Xun stood. All five contestants had already entered the water. Looking down at them, Zhou Xun said, "Ready, go!"

A sound was heard, and then all five people slowly sank into the water.

On a table on the shore was an incense burner with a stick of incense burning inside.

Li Jitong, smoking a pipe, moved a stool to sit by the water, looked at the water, and puffed out smoke rings.

Time passed by, and soon half the incense had burned down, but no one had been eliminated yet.

"This year's promising young players are all quite good."

Zhao Zhen approached Li Jitong and said, "They probably won't be able to hold on much longer!"

Li Jitong glanced at the incense sticks; they were almost burned to the bottom. Each stick lasted for a quarter of an hour, so conservatively speaking, all five of them had been holding their breath for ten minutes.

"Pfft~"

Just as Li Jitong finished speaking, a contestant popped out of the water with a splash, and the next moment he was breathing frantically, his face turned purple, and his chest was pounding like a bellows.

"Out!"

Zhou Xun raised his hand, signaling the man to be eliminated. The man wiped his face, went to the dock, and was pulled up. He didn't complain, as he couldn't pretend to be angry.

Once one incense stick is finished, a second one is lit.

The incense stick had just been lit when one of the people couldn't hold on any longer and emerged from the water.

At this point, only Zheng Xuan, Yu Biao, and He Miao remained submerged in the water.

Seeing this, the body retrievers on the dock couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation: "Besides He Miao, who's that other kid Yu Biao is? He's really good at keeping quiet!"

Meanwhile, a corpse retriever said, "It's been a quarter of an hour, which is quite a while. This kid has some talent, but compared to the lads from the Yu and He families, he's far inferior."

As they talked, time continued to pass by, and the second incense stick was already halfway burned.

At this moment, one of the body retrieval team members said, "It's been almost 45 minutes, hasn't it? This kid's got some skills!"

As everyone chatted, time continued, and the second incense stick was finished burning!

"It's been 45 minutes!"

Many team leaders looked at the three in the river, their eyes showing a sense of appreciation for their talent. They were all promising talents, but it was a pity that they could only accept one this time.

Thinking this, Zhou Xun had already changed to his third incense stick.

When the incense had burned about a quarter of its way down, a person emerged from the water with a splash.

Everyone thought it was that unknown kid, but it turned out to be Yu Biao.

"puff!"

Yu Biao wiped the river water from his face, turned around and saw He Miao and Zheng Xuan still holding their breath underwater. At this moment, Yu Biao couldn't help but curse, "Perverts!"

Meanwhile, the dock captains were all astonished: "Even Yu Biao couldn't hold it in anymore, how can this kid still hold it in? Is he going to die from holding it in?"

Thinking this, someone suddenly saw Zheng Xuan move. Everyone assumed that Zheng Xuan could no longer hold back, so they said, "Look, he seems to be unable to hold it in any longer!"

As they were talking, unexpectedly, Zheng Xuan didn't come out of the water, but instead grabbed a large river crab from the river!

Seeing this, the captain on the shore was astonished. You know, staying still in the water consumes a completely different amount of oxygen than expending energy to catch crabs. Look at He Miao, sitting cross-legged in the river like an old monk in meditation. This is the most correct way to hold your breath.

This kid still has time to catch crabs. What does that mean? It means that his lung capacity is far from reaching its limit.

Even Li Jitong sat up straight, stopped smoking his pipe, and stared at Zheng Xuan in the water.

Zhou Xun muttered under his breath, "These two guys have been here for almost 45 minutes..."

At this moment, Zhou Xun looked at the incense sticks over there and saw that the third stick had already burned to the end, so he replaced it with the fourth stick.

Glug glug...

He Miao was starting to lose his breath and began to leak air. At that moment, he saw Zheng Xuan standing there without any reaction, still holding the crab in his hand, as if nothing had happened.

He Miao's eyes were a little red.

"I'm a second-generation corpse retriever, and I'm no match for you, a nobody," he said, continuing to hold his breath as his face slowly turned purple and his eyes became increasingly bloodshot.

Zheng Xuan remained completely unresponsive. In fact, he really didn't react much. He was as if he were sitting on his own kang (heated brick bed) at home, thinking, "You want to waste time with me? Fine, then waste time."

He doesn't care anyway.

Seconds flew by, and He Miao felt like he was about to suffocate. At that moment, he grabbed the water plants and remained motionless.

Seeing this, Captain Yu said, "Old He, why don't you check on your son? I think he's about to drown!"

Captain He frowned as he saw his son, He Miao, stubbornly persisting.

At this moment, he clenched his fists tightly, and finally He Miao loosened his grip on the water plants and suddenly floated to the surface. Between life and death, he chose to live, and the next moment he breathed desperately.

At that very moment, Zhou Xun's voice rang out: Eliminated!

At this moment, Zheng Xuan saw that He Miao had already come out of the water. He waited for a while and then surfaced as well. After all, winning was fine, but it couldn't be too dazzling!

But as soon as he surfaced, he saw Yu Biao on the shore saying, "Damn, brother, I thought you were going to live in the water!"

"Three and a half minutes, that's impressive!"

Yu Biao glanced at the incense in the incense burner and couldn't help but give a thumbs up!