Bai Mengjin opened his eyes and felt that his body was very heavy.
The maid came in from outside and said with a smile: "Miss, are you awake? Then get up quickly, you will be late for school."
Going to school? Bai Mengjin was stunned for a while, and then a realization came to her mind. Oh, by the way, she has to go to school every day.
After washing up, she went out to eat.
There were already two people at the dinner table, her parents. The two seemed to have a good relationship and were talking happily.
Seeing her, her mother waved: "Why are you sleeping late again? Hurry up and eat something. The carriage is already waiting outside."
The father blew his beard and glared: "You just don't take it seriously. If you are punished by the master again this time, don't let your father plead for mercy. You can't afford to embarrass this person!"
As soon as she finished speaking, her mother said angrily: "Why are you angry at your daughter? She has such good qualifications, why does she go to school later? My master is too rigid in his behavior. If you don't protect your daughter, who will you protect?"
The father was obviously dissatisfied, but he didn't want to quarrel with the mother, so he just took a few bites and left. Before leaving, he warned: "Don't make trouble recently. Your Majesty will choose a prince to go to Danxia Palace. If you behave well, you will have a chance."
Bai Mengjin felt very strange. She was unfamiliar with everything around her, but this scene had a vague sense of familiarity, as if it had been common before.
She didn't understand what a prince was, but Danxia Palace was familiar to her. Yes, her ambition since childhood was to go to Danxia Palace.
Bai Mengjin shook her head, thinking that she might have fallen asleep. Last night she had strange dreams, flying in the sky and fighting, which confused her brain.
She just ate something in a daze, then went out and got into the carriage.
When she arrived at the school, people were coming and going. Young men and women who were similar to her were coming in and out.
"Junior Sister Bai!" A voice came over when she was standing at the door.
Bai Mengjin turned around and saw a girl running towards her. He hugged her and said excitedly: "You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Seeing her, a name came to Bai Mengjin's mind: "Xiao Ji?"
The girl wrinkled her nose and complained: "Why are you yelling at others? You obviously called me senior sister before!"
Bai Mengjin said hurriedly: "Senior Sister Ji, I didn't react right away, I'm sorry!"
Ji Xingge has a good temper and immediately turned from anger to joy: "I know you didn't mean it. It's all your fault. You just called it my nickname. It's so annoying!"
Who is that? Something flashed through Bai Mengjin's mind, but he didn't catch it.
Ji Xingge had already dragged her to the school, chattering non-stop on the way: "Have you heard? Danxia Palace has come to select people! We want to select a person with outstanding qualifications from among the princes to study Taoism. Come to the school by the way."
Pick some good seedlings. You must be fine, and Senior Brother Ning, he is the best among us. I don’t know if I can do it. I really want to go to Danxia Palace with you..."
At this point, Ji Xingge was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to support his head, and said: "It's strange, when I mentioned Danxia Palace just now, a sentence suddenly popped into my head, what is there to do in Danxia Palace...
I must have slept too much last night, so I’m a little sleepy today.”
Bai Mengjin thought to herself that she was not the only one who was confused, it was a bit weird.
Ji Xingge shook his head vigorously and knocked twice. Finally, Bai Mengjin stopped him: "If you knock again, you'll be stupid."
"That's weird!" Ji Xingge muttered, "Isn't it possible that I have been possessed by something evil?"
Bai Mengjin also felt this way. When she listened to her parents talking before going out, she thought she was incompetent. She was punished by her master every day and didn't like going to school. But when she got to school, she remembered that she was very good at her studies and was often praised by her master.
After entering the school and seeing many peers, the strange feeling finally faded away.
"Hey, senior brother Ning is already here." Ji Xingge said.
Bai Mengjin saw it, and the young man had a cold face, which stood out among a group of young men and women, like a sword, sharp and cold.
Feeling her gaze, he suddenly turned his head and looked at her.
Bai Mengjin frowned, and there was a strange feeling lingering in his heart. A little admiration, and a little disgust, is it because of his opponent? After all, they are both in the same school, and if they want to go to Danxia Palace, they have to compete.
The two of them just looked at each other, and then the master came in, and the noisy school fell into silence.
There were two people who followed the Master in, a man and a woman, wearing apricot-colored Taoist robes and possessing the spirit of immortality.
"It's someone from Danxia Palace." The students whispered, "Are you really going to pick someone?"
"Who will you pick? I think I have a good chance."
"Senior Brother Ning can definitely win, right? He is the most powerful."
"Where's Senior Sister Bai? She should be able to do it too, right?"
The Master coughed, stopped everyone from whispering, and said: "These two are the immortal masters of Danxia Palace. Everyone should know what they are here to do. This opportunity is rare, so please perform well."
So the two immortal masters came forward and began to measure their bones, test their Taoism, and ask about talisman formations...
Bai Mengjin passed the tests one by one, but there was a premonition lingering in her heart. She always felt that she could not go to Danxia Palace, why? She obviously passed all the tests.
The result was not announced immediately. The immortal masters probably still wanted to discuss it, so the Master asked them to practice on their own.
Ji Xingge had a lively personality and went everywhere to inquire about information, hoping to know the results in advance.
Bai Mengjin felt a little bored, so he simply left the school and found a quiet place to sit.
Suddenly a hand stretched out in front of her, holding a delicate little box in its palm.
Bai Mengjin looked up and saw that it was Ning Yanzhi.
He coughed lightly and said, "This is popular in the school recently. I saw that other fellow apprentices and sisters had it, so I bought it. Do you like it?"
Bai Mengjin took it and found that it was a makeup box. It looked ordinary on the outside, but when opened, it revealed something else. The top cover was inlaid with mirrors, and the bottom was layered one after another. It could store rouge and other things as well as pens and ink.
Drawing symbols.
Yes, this was popular among the sisters, but her impression was very vague.
"Thank you." She accepted it without much hesitation. She felt fond of Ning Yanzhi and thought to herself, senior brother really cares about me. How would he usually pay attention to this? But when he saw it, he would buy her a copy.
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Ning Yanzhi smiled lightly and sat next to her.
"My father told me that Danxia Palace has taken a fancy to me. I think you will be fine, and we will go together then."
Bai Mengjin nodded, not feeling anything was wrong.
Ning Yanzhi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Look, should we decide on the marriage first? Otherwise, we might not be able to take care of it if we go to Danxia Palace."
Marriage? Oh, by the way, she and Senior Brother Ning seem to be engaged, so it seems that they can settle it now.
Bai Mengjin shook his head, wanting to agree.
This seemed to be something she had been looking forward to for a long time, but when she opened her mouth, nothing came out.
No, a voice shouted in my head, this is not right!
At this time, Ji Xingge ran over from the other side and shouted: "Junior Sister Bai, the results are out. You, you missed..."
These words were like a basin of cold water poured on Bai Mengjin's head, and something suddenly broke.
Yes, she missed. She didn’t go to Danxia Palace, she went to Wuji Sect!