Recommendation Letter

After bowing to Sun Hai, Lin Fan walked back towards Ho Ming.

"Congrats, Lin Fan. You did it!" Ho Ming was overjoyed that Lin Fan had passed the test.

"Ho Ming, you can definitely pass the test too."

"Really? I'm not sure...." Ho Ming looked down, anxious and unsure of his chances.

"Don't worry, I know the power you possess during our training time in the village."

Meanwhile, Zhang Xi went over to Sun Hai and checked on him.

She didn't expect Sun Hai to be pushed back so far.

"Senior martial brother Sun, are you all right?"

"I'm all right. Just a little sore in my chest," Sun Hai rubbed his chest to soothe it.

Zhang Xi's eyes widened as she asked, "Wow, he was able to make you feel pain at Qi Concentration level?"

"No... No," Sun Hai waved his hands at her.

"I knew it. You were teasing me with the pain. How could he have hurt you."

Sun Hai didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and said, "I meant no, I had to level up to the Foundation Establishment level to keep myself safe."

"What? Are you serious?" 

Sun Hai nodded his head.

With his confirmation, Zhang Xi looked at Lin Fan, thinking to herself that she must get him into the Physique Peak.

After so many years without new disciples, the Physique Peak was in danger of being absorbed into the other peaks.

She, as the Peak Lord's daughter, shall not let it happen.

Lin Fan is her hope right now to bring back prosperity to the Physique Peak.

With that thought, she called out for the next one to try the test.

"Next!"

Ho Ming stood up and walked up to Sun Hai.

With Lin Fan's encouragement, he had gained much more confidence in himself.

He bowed to Sun Hai, put his shoulders against him, and pushed with all his might.

Slowly, he saw Sun Hai shift, leaving two trails on the ground.

Ho Ming stopped, raised his fist, and shouted, "Yes!"

All these years of preparation to get someone to move a few inches.

It felt ironic to him, but at least he had made it through to the last test.

He ran back to Lin Fan and thanked him.

"Thanks, Lin Fan. Now there's the last one to go. If we get through it, then there's no more autumn harvest tax for us."

Ho Ming held Lin Fan's shoulders, squeezed them, and exclaimed in joy.

He was so close to the turning point for the Ho family.

The test went on for another ten minutes, and finally, only one-third of the original cohort of enrollment seekers were left.

Wrapping up, Zhang Xi pointed to a few tables that had been set up and said, "Before the last test for your cultivation root, please pay the one tael of silver for the abilities test."

Everyone went over and lined up to pay for it.

When it was Lin Fan's turn, coincidentally, it was also Tan Rui's turn beside him.

Lin Fan rummaged through his bag for the recommendation letter from Zhao Rui.

It must have gotten to the bottom of all the items.

"Pfft. Can't bear to pay for it or you can't afford it?"

Having been humiliated earlier by Lin Fan, Tan Rui couldn't help but take a swipe at him.

Those in line looked at both of them, figuring Tan Rui was most probably right.

Lin Fan, in his coarse linen clothing, must have had a hard time coming up with the one tael of silver.

With Lin Fan still rummaging through his bag, Tan Rui smirked and took out his recommendation letter.

"Unlike you, I don't have the need to pay."

The others in line looked with envy; it's one in a hundred to have the quality to get a recommendation letter.

Rumor has it that those with recommendation letters have a good chance of going to one of the more privileged peaks.

Tan Rui wanted to hand his recommendation letter over to the disciple, but paused halfway when he saw that Lin Fan had no reaction to what he had said.

"You know what this is? This recommendation letter, it allows me to..."

Before he could finish, Lin Fan found his recommendation letter and took it out, turned to Tan Rui, and said, "You mean a recommendation like this?"

"You have what?" Tan Rui asked in disbelief.

"A recommendation letter," Lin Fan waved it at Tan Rui's face before handing it over to the disciple.

The disciple took it out and read it, verifying it to be authentic.

Tan Rui and those in line couldn't believe their eyes; how could this villager out of nowhere have a recommendation letter?

They held their breath as they hoped that the recommendation letter was a fake.

If Lin Fan was so stupid as to submit a counterfeit letter, he would then feel the wrath of the Qing Feng sect.

"Hmm...."

They could see the disciple's face frowning when he read Lin Fan's recommendation letter.

Yes!

They were right.

This village boy must have used a counterfeit recommendation letter.

There were people selling fake pills, who's to say there aren't any selling fake recommendation letters?

This must be it!

However, to their disappointment, the disciple smiled and looked up.

"It's extremely rare for senior martial sister Zhao to write a recommendation letter; this is the first time in ten years I've seen one. That's why I took so long."

By now, Tan Rui had shut his mouth and quietly handed his recommendation letter over to the disciple.

Lin Fan, at this moment, had had enough of Tan Rui.

There was no other ending for Tan Rui except death.

If he couldn't do it now, he would do it when he had the chance later.

Revenge is, after all, best served cold.

When everyone had paid their dues, they were ushered to a huge hall.

The hall had intricate wood carvings of cranes, tigers, and dragons on the pillars.

There were rows of tables and chairs in the middle.

At the front was an old man with gray hair and a long beard, smiling at them.

"Welcome to the cultivation root test."

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