She rose to her feet and glared at Elder Grain. “Has your brain gone rusty after living here in seclusion for so long? Why are you arguing with me? Give her a test, and you’ll see.”
Elder Jing said, “That’s right. We’ll know after we test her.”
He rose to his feet.
“Wait.” Elder Grain threw a dirty look at Chaoge and stopped Elder Jing. “I should be the one to test her. What if you go easy on her?”
Elder Jing snapped, “Who do you think I am? Why would I do such a thing? Even if I wanted to do that, wouldn’t you see through my tricks right away?”
Elder Grain said grumpily, “I don’t care. It has to be me.”
Elder Jing said, “Go ahead, but you’ll have to answer to me if you injure her on purpose!”
Elder Grain grunted and left the courtyard.
Feng Wu was still solving the formation. There was a desert, followed by fog and then a maze. It was incredible.
She found them very messy. There was no reasonable order at all.
In the courtyard.
Elder Jing asked Chaoge, “Why has she stopped in the maze? She’s frowning. Does she know how to get in?”
After the maze was the core area of the formation, which was also where this courtyard was. Elder Jing was worried that Feng Wu would be stopped at the last step.
Chaoge wasn’t worried at all.
“There’s no need to panic.” Chaoge wasn’t intimidated by the elders. She said confidently, “Xiao Wu is amazing. I’ve never seen a formation that she can’t solve.”
Elder Jing asked, “Then why has she stopped?”
Chaoge said, “I think she’s calculating.”
Elder Jing didn’t mind the way Chaoge spoke to him. The two of them sat next to the well and watched eagerly.
He asked, “Calculating?”
Chaoge said matter-of-factly, “That’s right. Xiao Wu is the smartest person I know. She never forgets anything and has great deductive abilities. She’s definitely deducing the formation in the maze now. Once she’s done, she’ll walk through it like she’s taking a stroll in her back garden.”
Elder Jing was shocked. “Can she deduce it before even going in?”
Chaoge said, “That’s right. Isn’t that what other formation masters do?”
Feng Wu was the only formation master Chaoge had met so far, and she thought that all formation masters were like her.
Elder Jing said, “Of course not! Grain is a formation master as well, and that formation is his great work. He has never deduced a formation setup before entering it. He always does it as he walks around.
“Not only him, but all other formation masters are like that as well.”
Chaoge said, “I see! That means that Xiao Wu is the best!”
Elder Jing said, “If she really can do that, she’s got an amazing brain. Becoming a Level 8 formation master won’t be a problem for her.”
Chaoge said, “Xiao Wu is going to become a Sacred formation master one day! Level 8 is nothing to her!”
