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In fact, they had not gone a few steps, before they arrived at an open courtyard with sand under their feet. Not far away, several large stones were placed, especially large, like a small artificial mountain. However, at this moment, those stones were all cracked.

A scorpion emerged from the sand and was about to bite the neck of the unconscious tall demon when he suddenly opened his eyes.

He grabbed the scorpion, put it in his mouth and ate it before sitting up.

Rubbing the big bump on his head, the tall demon stood up and didn’t mention anything about being knocked unconscious or being overcharged before, as if those things had never happened before.

“Is this the testing site?” He was the first to ask the old demon.

“Well, the original test tools were those stones, but a little guy who came a few days ago broke them all…” The old demon nodded.

Unlike the two demons next to him, Ji Huan’s slender eyes widened slightly:

Is that small hill like stone in the yard actually a testing tool? Wait— he now seems to understand what one stone and two stones really means. Does it mean being able to lift one or two such stones?

Ji Huan looked up at the cracked stones in the yard and counted them. If they hadn’t cracked, there should have been 16 stones in the yard. Can someone really lift 16 of these stones?

Ji Huan looked at his arm, then at the arm of the little grey devil, and finally swallowed his saliva.

“There are few stones in this place, and even fewer stones of this size. Before that person can compensate me with the new stones, I have to change the testing method. “Grasping his head under his cloak, the old demon spoke.

But hearing him say this, Ji Huan’s spirits were lifted.

Fortunately, these stones are broken —he thought happily.

The old demon seemed to have thought about it, but it wasn’t for very long, and soon he pointed to his chest: “You young people don’t know what’s important, and you can’t keep anything safe in your hands. To save money, I will act as a testing tool myself.”

As the old demon said this, he lifted off his cloak and took off the shirt, revealing his dry and thin chest. He waved his hand and said: “Come on, hit my chest, use your maximum strength, but don’t touch other places, if you end up ruining my clothes, you will have to pay with your life.”

“Haha! “After listening to this sentence, a malicious smile appeared on the tall demon’s face, as he revealed his two big fists. He gently tapped his two fists together while slowly approaching the old demon, saying, “I have great strength, I won’t ruin your clothes, but…I can’t guarantee if I ended up breaking you …”

Seeing the two getting closer, Ji Huan couldn’t help but break out into a cold sweat as he thought of the old demon’s thin body.

“Remember what I said before, don’t ruin my clothes.” The old demon’s eyelids dropped and his eyes could hardly be seen as he waved at the tall demon.

A demonic smile instantly appeared on the face of the tall demon as he bowed his body lightly. At this moment, his body suddenly disappeared in front of everyone. There was a gust of wind in the air, and Ji Huan could barely see his shadow, then the shadow quickly wrapped itself in the wind and approached the old demon, and then suddenly——

The moment the tall demon appeared in front of the old demon, the old demon disappeared!

Ji Huan and the little grey devil looked at the sky in unison. The two raised their heads together, and then looked down together.

Seeing the old demon’s current appearance, the two of them looked at the tall demon beside them together.

“Wait a minute! Why are your trousers so flimsy! Why do you have a big hole in your trousers even though they are not damaged at all! Where did you buy your trousers! I need to file a complaint!”

The old demon who was punched by him had no injury on his body, but his pants were scratched with a big hole. Thinking of what the old demon said before, the tall demon’s face doesn’t look good at all.

“I, this old man, want your life, right now.” The old demon was very angry, and his angry look was extremely terrifying. Not only did the tall demon immediately begin to explain, but Ji Huan felt that his hand was pulled. When he came back to his senses, he was suddenly teleported 20 metres away from the two demons!

“You brought me here?” Ji Huan looked down at the little grey devil.

The little grey devil nodded and looked at the two demons in the yard, with a hint of fear in his big eyes.

Ji Huan patted his head as he carefully looked at the hole in the trousers of the old demon, and then at the tall demon who was retreating further. After thinking for a while, he walked over.

“Let me sew it up for you.” He said to the old demon while taking out a set of needles and thread from his carrying bag.

Under the watchful eyes of the three demons, Ji Huan calmly threaded the needle, and then skillfully sewed up the hole in the trousers of the old demon’s thin legs. Probably because he was used to embroidering frogs on Hei Dan’s underpants, Ji Huan embroidered a frog with green thread on the hole.

After embroidering, Ji Huan looked at the frog that didn’t look like a frog at all, and his hand holding the needle froze instantly, but it was too late to do anything at this time, so he calmly tore off the thread, and then put the needle and thread back into his bag.

A large drop of tears fell down on the sand at his feet. When Ji Huan looked up at the old demon, he saw two tears sliding through his wrinkled face at this moment.

“When I was young… I often fought a lot and tore my clothes. At that time… my family was poor, and my wife would embroider a flower on the hole for me every time after patching my trousers.”

“At that time, I was Yefar’s most flashy demon!”

The old demon wiped away his tears, and said to Ji Huan at his feet for a while, “Thank you, the flowers you embroidered are really beautiful.”

Ji Huan: That’s a frog!

Little Grey Devil: It’s a frog!

Well, although the little grey doesn’t know what a frog is, he had already seen all kinds of frogs on Hei Dan’s clothes, so he knows that Ji Huan sewed a frog.

The frog is really a terrible monster, it looks really scary ← the little grey devil thought so in his heart.

However, with Ji Huan’s interruption, the test that was doomed before was able to continue, and the demon that had nearly died before in the hands of the old demon, ahem, also survived.

“Seventeen stones.” The old demon gave the test result.

Looking at the huge stones on the ground, and at the tall demon who was relieved, Ji Huan was a little surprised.

The opponent’s strength…is it really that strong?

“Thank you.” The next one to test was the little grey devil. While Ji Huan was watching, the tall demon walked towards him with his head lowered, and looked at him with great difficulty as he spoke.

“You’re welcome, we can get here thanks to you asking for directions.” Ji Huan said frankly, the other party looked at him at the entrance of the testing area, and he must have recognized himself and the little grey devil, so he admitted it directly.

“Hehe, I saw you.” The tall demon smiled heartily.

After looking at the tall demon struggling to talk to him, the light bulb in Ji Huan’s mind suddenly lit up.

“That… I saw that you have been looking for demons who are about the same height as you to ask for directions. Could it be…”

“You just don’t like bowing your head?”

Previously, Ji Huan thought that the other party did this to prevent those demons from jumping into the line and finding fault… for various reasons, but thinking about it now, maybe the tall demon didn’t think too much at all.

“That’s right, you are all too short, and my neck hurts when I lower my head to talk!” The tall demon smiled again as he stretched out a hand, and introduced himself: “My name is Abu.”

It’s just a pronunciation. Ji Huan originally wanted to ask him what the words in the name were, but thinking of how the other party almost wanted to beat up the old demon after paying ten bone coins because of not being able to read, he immediately dismissed the idea.

“My name is Ji Huan.” Ji Huan also introduced himself.

“Ji Huan?” Abu repeated.

“It’s not Hua, it’s Huan.” Ji Huan repeated it again.

Following Ji Huan several times, but still unable to pronounce the sound well, the tall demon simply waved his hand: “It’s decided, I’ll call you Ah Hua!”

Ji Huan:”….”

He seemed to have realised why his nickname was Xiao Hua.

Could it be… the word Huan in my name is actually difficult for demons to pronounce, right?

“…”

Just when Ji Huan and Abu introduced each other, the test of the little grey devil began.

“Jiayou!” Stopping the chat with Abu, Ji Huan cheered up for the little grey devil.

Carefully avoiding the trousers of the old demon, and learning from him, the little grey devil also took off his cloak and the pink scarf, folded them neatly, then wearing only a pair of shorts, he waved his small fist towards the old demon.

After the test, the little grey devil first carefully looked at the trousers of the old demon, and then carefully looked at his own, he seemed relieved to see that neither of them were damaged.

“1.8 stone.” The old demon stated the test result of the little grey devil with a blank face: “With this strength, you can probably find a job in lifting sacks.”

He also gave career advice, although this advice…

Cough cough.

Unable to tell whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied, the little grey devil went to put on his cloak.

Immediately afterwards, it was Ji Huan’s turn.

“Jiayou.” The little grey devil at the side cheered him on.

Ji Huan thought if even the little grey devil can get a result of 1.8 stones, maybe those stones are just big and not heavy, and his own test results should not be too bad, right?

Ji Huan bowed to the old demon, and then punched him.

Just like after receiving the little gray devil’s fist, the old demon remained motionless.

However, he did not report the test results.

Just when Ji Huan didn’t know what was going on, the old demon suddenly spoke again:

“You, give me another punch.”

Feeling uneasy in his heart, Ji Huan punched him again.

The old demon still had his eyes closed.

“…a few more times.”

Is it that difficult to determine? Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Ji Huan didn’t pay attention and asked the question he was thinking.

“No, it feels quite comfortable when you punch, give it a few more strokes.” The old demon didn’t even lift his eyelids.

Ji Huan:”….”

However, the old demon finally gave him the test results.

“It’s difficult to measure.”

“The smallest unit here is a stone, that, your strength, there is no way to evaluate it with our unit here!”

Ji Huan:”….”

Next was the speed test, which was also in this yard. To test the speed, you have to run as many laps as you can run in the yard in one minute.

“….”

It’s not how many minutes it takes to run a lap, like in the human world, but how many laps you can run in one minute… Yes, how many laps?

Ji Huan suddenly felt the malice of the demon world toward the humans.

Since the test time was only one minute per person, the test results came out quickly:

Abu一35 per minute;

Little Gray Devil一35 per minute;

And Ji Huan…

一2 per minute;

Ji Huan estimated the size of this yard and after running, confirmed that his athletic ability had made significant progress compared to before. If it were the place he used to live in, his recent results would have allowed him to participate in the Olympics, but he didn’t expect to come here….

“Your athletic ability is not very good.” Patting him on the shoulder, the old demon said earnestly.

The little grey devil also stood on tiptoe and patted his hand.

Ji Huan immediately felt deeply sympathised and comforted.

The former top student with excellent academic performance, who is now at the bottom of the list, felt the heavy pressure.

This kind of pressure didn’t come from realising that he is weak, but from worrying that he will not be able to find a job to support his family in the future.

But soon it was time for the vision test.

The old demon stretched out five fingers. This time, he would not misunderstand that the other party wanted five bone coins. Abu immediately looked behind him: Uh…there is no wall behind the old demon this time…

But the little grey devil immediately looked towards the sky.

Ji Huan also looked towards the sky, but unfortunately, he saw nothing.

“Did you see that bird flying in the sky?” Holding up one hand, the old demon pointed to the sky.

“Uh… I see it, it’s white.” Abu closed one eye and focused on it with the other.

“Well, there is also a piece of cloth on its chest.” The little grey devil added.

Ji Huan: … The sky is so white today.

“Well, tell me now what is written on the piece of cloth on the bird’s chest.” The old demon continued.

This time, all of them were speechless.

“Now I let it fly a little lower, tell me what is written on the piece of cloth on its chest.” After whistling, the old demon continued.

Ji Huan can see the bird this time, and there is indeed a strip of cloth on the chest of the bird, which says….

 “…Test…try…drop…stay…below…” Although it was a bit difficult, he could read the words clearly on it.

After coming here, not only is his physical strength better than before, but his eyesight and hearing have also improved a lot. Ji Huan was a little short-sighted before.

“Very good, your test result is 1000, and you two are 0.” The old demon quickly stated the test results: “It’s useless to have eyes if you don’t recognize what it is, otherwise you are as good as blind.”

With drooping eyelids, he glanced at the tall demon and the little grey devil: “Otherwise, what if you are hired by someone, and would be asked to look at something but you can’t even recognize any of the information on it. What’s the use of looking at it then?”

Little Grey Devil & Tall Demon: …

Well, it seems impossible to refute!

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