Strange And Troubled Times: Eternal Life Begins From Marrying A Wife

Chapter 16: Becoming a Guardian

"Wang Meng, begin the assessment!"

As Liu Jin's voice fell, a burly man in sturdy clothing stood up and quickly walked towards the wooden target.

"Bang!"

With a loud noise, the wooden target shattered into several pieces.

The numerous servants watching had bitter expressions on their faces as they saw the broken wood. They had exerted all their strength but couldn't cause any damage to the wood. Yet Wang Meng had simply punched it and shattered it into several pieces.

After Wang Meng, other burly men in sturdy clothing also participated in the assessment one after another. Most of them easily broke the wooden target, while only a few failed to do so.

On the other hand, none of the servant disciples were able to break the wood.

"These servants are useless!"

"They can't even break a piece of wood!"

"Calling them useless is giving them too much credit!"

Several burly men who easily broke the wood chatted as they walked, causing the servants to feel extremely embarrassed.

If they had known that the assessment would be so difficult, they wouldn't have participated in the Guardian assessment.

"Next, Qin Feng!"

Jiang Yong announced loudly.

Qin Feng walked out from among the servants and slowly approached the wooden target.

The servants didn't pay much attention to him and continued whispering among themselves. In their hearts, they believed that Qin Feng would also walk down with his arm held in pain, just like them.

"Bang!"

Qin Feng's fist struck the wooden target.

"Whoosh!"

The wood broke and several pieces fell to the ground.

At that moment, hundreds of eyes turned to Qin Feng.

Most of their gazes were filled with jealousy, envy, confusion, shock, and bewilderment.

Qin Feng understood the meaning behind their gazes very well.

He wasn't very familiar with those burly men in sturdy clothing, but he knew that they had practiced martial arts. It was understandable that they could easily break the wood. However, Qin Feng was just like them, a servant. He spent his days either doing chores in the Eternal Peace Medicine Manor or gathering medicinal herbs on Soft Wind Mountain. Yet, he had passed the first round of the assessment in one go. How could they accept that?

"Qin Feng passed the assessment?"

Zhang Han's eyes widened in surprise.

He had also participated in the assessment just now, but he had only left a white mark on the wood.

Hu Qingfu also looked at Qin Feng in confusion.

Clearly, he hadn't expected Qin Feng to pass the first round of the assessment either.

"It seems like Qingya has a good impression of Qin Feng!"

"If Qin Feng becomes a Guardian, why shouldn't I..."

Hu Qingfu fell into deep thought.

Soon, the first round of the assessment ended.

Among the servant disciples, only Qin Feng and Fan Biao passed the assessment, while only five of the burly men in sturdy clothing were eliminated.

Qin Feng, Fan Biao, and the others went through another round of assessment.

Except for one burly man who didn't pass the second round, everyone else passed.

"Very well, from today onwards, you are the Guardians of the Eternal Peace Medicine Manor!"

Liu Jin's eyes were filled with surprise.

He hadn't expected that two servants would pass the assessment this time.

However, Liu Jin didn't pay too much attention to it. With the increasing number of anomalies, these two servants becoming Guardians would just add two more cannon fodder.

"Jiang Yong, these two will be in your team!"

Liu Jin assigned Qin Feng and Fan Biao to Jiang Yong.

"Yes, sir!"

Jiang Yong's expression was very unpleasant.

He had originally planned to select two people with a foundation in martial arts. But unexpectedly, Liu Jin assigned Qin Feng and Fan Biao to him in an instant.

"The rest, follow me!"

Liu Jin led the burly men who passed the assessment towards the Guardian courtyard.

"You two, report to the martial arts field tomorrow!"

Jiang Yong just left after dropping those words hastily.

There was no arrangement for Fan Biao and Qin Feng's accommodation, nor any instructions given to them.

Fan Biao's expression was very bad.

He had finally passed the guard assessment.

Becoming a guard.

He was prepared to move into the guard's courtyard today.

But he didn't expect that the captain of the guard, Jiang Yong, would completely ignore them.

He didn't even arrange for them to enter the guard's courtyard.

The miscellaneous yard.

After Qin Feng and Fan Biao returned to the miscellaneous yard, they were surrounded by many servants.

"Brother Qin, you're amazing!"

"I didn't expect you to pass the guard assessment so easily!"

"After becoming a guard, please take care of us!"

"Brother Biao, do you still recognize me?"

"..."

The expressions of the many servants were very complicated.

Originally, Qin Feng, Fan Biao, and they were all just ordinary servants.

But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Qin Feng and Fan Biao became guards.

It was impossible not to be jealous.

Qin Feng didn't pay attention to these people and went straight to the dormitory.

While Fan Biao stood among the servants, smiling and chatting with them.

"A Feng, congratulations!"

Entering the dormitory, Zhang Han said sourly.

"Thank you!"

Qin Feng nodded slightly.

Hu Qingfu looked at Qin Feng for a moment, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Uncle Hu, is there something you want to say?"

Qin Feng looked at Hu Qingfu.

"No!"

Hu Qingfu shook his head and then said, "Just congratulations on becoming a guard!"

The next day, early in the morning.

Qin Feng and Fan Biao arrived at the martial arts field early.

There weren't many people in the martial arts field at the moment.

Fan Biao sat on a stone bench with a gloomy face.

Qin Feng silently practiced the Ferocious Tiger Fist Technique.

Fan Biao only glanced at it and then looked elsewhere.

He didn't have any lofty ideals. Joining the guard was just to eat and drink for free.

He would never bother to cultivate martial arts.

Two hours later, many guards slowly arrived at the martial arts field.

Qin Feng also stopped and looked at his attribute panel.

[Ferocious Tiger Fist Technique: Great Accomplishment: 275/2000, Qi and Blood Initial Completion, Sensing Anomaly]

"Ten proficiency points!"

Qin Feng was in a very good mood.

In just over two hours, he gained ten proficiency points.

Looking at these guards, Qin Feng shook his head slightly.

These people were really lazy.

It was already ten in the morning, and these guards were just arriving lazily.

And none of them were practicing, just chatting and gossiping.

There were even a few who started drinking in the martial arts field.

After more than ten minutes, Captain Jiang Yong finally arrived at the martial arts field.

"Everyone, gather!"

Jiang Yong announced loudly.

The guards lazily gathered in front of Jiang Yong.

"We are gathering today because two new guards have joined us!"

Jiang Yong pointed to Qin Feng and Fan Biao beside him.

But Jiang Yong didn't introduce Qin Feng and Fan Biao.

The guards only glanced at Qin Feng and Fan Biao before losing interest.

"Xiao Ma, take them to the new rooms!"

"Then guide them to get their guard identities!"

After saying this, Jiang Yong hurriedly left.

The guards also left, chatting and laughing.

There were even a few people sitting on the side drinking.

"Damn, why is it always me!"

Xiao Ma's face was very bad, reluctantly leading Qin Feng and Fan Biao away.

(End of this chapter)