Ye Fan left the Beast Taming Guild and returned home with a few hundred taels of silver in his pocket that he had won from egg gambling. He was very excited. This was the first time in his life that he had earned so much real money.
With these banknotes, it will be no problem to pay Uncle An Cai back.
With the remaining money, you can also buy some body-tempering herbs for cultivation, which will be of great benefit to your cultivation.
"Dong dong!"
"Is Young Master Ye here?"
Late at night, there were several knocks on the door outside the yard.
Ye Fan was a little strange.
Since Lord Jiang sent a squadron of soldiers from Jiang Wei to station on the street outside the gate, no one has bothered him anymore.
It's so late, who could it be?
Ye Fan went over to open the door and saw Jiang Wei outside the door, and two ordinary carriages parked in front of his house. These two carriages were too ordinary. The curtains were covered with black cloth. There was nothing special about them, nor could anyone tell who was inside.
But Jiang Wei didn't stop the two carriages at all, but instead knocked on the door for them.
Even the entire street was blocked by Jiang Wei's soldiers, prohibiting all outsiders from entering or exiting.
"Brother Jiang. What is this?"
Ye Fan was surprised.
Jiang Wei gave him a non-questioning look and lowered his voice: "The Lin family and the Feng family are here to visit. They have private matters to discuss with you and don't want outsiders to see. Let them go in before we talk!"
Ye Fan was shocked and nodded.
The Lin and Feng families are one of the eight wealthy families in Luyang Mansion, and are a large family alongside the Zhao family, Jiang family, and Mu family. The heads of the two families came together in private, and they didn't want outsiders to see it... but they didn't know why.
In two carriages, two middle-aged men with dignified faces got off the carriages and quickly entered the Ye family's residence.
"Junior Ye Fan, I have met the Lin family head and the Feng family head! I wonder why the two elders came to visit late at night?"
After arriving in the courtyard, he closed the door and Ye Fan cupped his hands towards the two of them.
He has some enemies with the Zhao family, but he doesn't have any deep hostility with other families. He was still very polite to the heads of these two families.
"We have met once before in the examination room, so there is no need to be more polite. I came to visit late at night because I want to discuss something private with you!"
The head of the Lin family looked kind and said with a smile.
"Master Lin, please speak!"
Ye Fan said seriously.
"I heard that you received the assessment token for the business department, the medicine refining department, the weapon refining department, and the city lord department? Are you planning to win the top spot in all eight departments? Do you still have the eight wealthy families in Luyang in your eyes? Do you want to be enemies with all our great clans?!"
The head of the Feng family looked grim and said calmly.
Ye Fan's expression suddenly changed. It turned out that the two family heads were doing this.
He said coldly: "Whether or not to take the exam is my business! I haven't heard Dean Mu say that a candidate is not allowed to take the eight departments at the same time! You Feng family disciples can also take the eight departments, no one will stop you! Two If this is the reason for this, please come back!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, the head of the Lin family quickly persuaded the two of them and smoothed things over: "The head of the Feng family has such a bad temper. Let me talk about it! Brother Ye Fan, you are a rare talent in Luyang Mansion for thousands of years. You will be right in the eighth department. It may be a very simple thing for you. It's just that our Lin family and Feng family have been refining medicine and weapon refining families in Luyang Prefecture for generations. We attach great importance to the top spot in the medicine refining and weapon refining department in the joint examination of the Ten Academy, which is related to The reputation and status of our two families. We don't care too much if you take other departments. We just want to discuss with you, can we not take these two departments?"
The Lin family leader's tone was obviously much more tactful, not as tough as the Feng family leader.
Ye Fan fell silent.
"Brother Ye Fan! You see, the two heads of our powerful families have even lowered their dignity and come to visit late at night. I just want to discuss it with you. As long as you don't take the exam for this second department, you can make a price. We can agree to any conditions!"
"I haven't taken the assessment of these two series yet, how can you be sure that I can get the first place in these two series?"
Ye Fan was speechless.
Both the heads of the family, Lin and Feng, rolled their eyes and secretly despised him.
As long as you, Ye Fan, have taken the exam, there has never been a time when you were not at the top of the list!
Martial arts department, rune department, and beast control department, you will definitely get the first place in every exam.
The most unfair thing is the candidates of the adventure department. The exam for the adventure department has not yet started, but Ye Fan took the first place in advance because of the rare stone egg test question of the beast control and adventure dual series.
Of course, they can also secretly control the assessment like the wealthy Zhao family, and find test questions like stone eggs to stumbling Ye Fan to prevent him from taking the top spot. This is also a way.
However, with the Zhao family's past experience, even if they use the power of the family, they may not be able to prevent Ye Fan from taking the top spot. If it spreads, it will be embarrassing.
It is precisely because of this disastrous defeat of the Zhao family. The Lin and Feng families saw that something was wrong. If this continued, their two most confident lists of medicine refining and weapon refining would be taken away by Ye Fan.
However, all the hard methods to deal with Ye Fan will not work.
The hard one doesn't work, so I can only try the soft one.
Discuss with Ye Fan privately and ask him not to take the exam for these two departments.
The two of them are the strongest medicine-refining and weapon-refining families. As long as Ye Fan doesn't take the exam, their children have great hope of winning the top spot in the second series.
"Brother Ye Fan, please stop being humble!"
"We have already inquired privately. You once pointed out the huge flaws of Jiang Weiyun and Cao Shanshan respectively in the last class of Nanchen Martial Arts Academy. And of the two of them, one is from the weapon refining department and the other is from the medicine refining department. You His eyes are so sophisticated that they are even more powerful than those of some veteran alchemists and weapon refiners. Once you enter the examination room, where are your opponents among the other candidates of the same age?! So, the two of us discussed together, I'd better ignore this old face and come to visit you in person to discuss it. Anyway, you are the top of the four series, and your reputation is enough. There is no need to compete for the top of the second list! "
The head of the Lin family said.
Ye Fan suddenly remembered.
He had almost forgotten that he had indeed severely punished Jiang Weiyun and Cao Shanshan in the last class. The two of them are candidates of the weapon refining department and the medicine refining department.
I didn't expect that the second family would find out the news so clearly.
"The top spot in this second series is dispensable for you, but it is very important to our Lin Feng family. As long as you don't participate in the assessment of this second series, you can take the conditions!"
The head of the Lin family said.
Ye Fan weighed it for a while and then said in deep thought, "Okay, I don't need to take the exam for these two departments. However, the two families want to do me a favor!"
"you say!"
The two heads of the family, Lin and Feng, looked at each other and showed joy.
Ye Fan said: "I want to take part in the examination of the Sacrifice Department this year! But the places are all in the hands of the eight great families of yours. I hope that the two family heads can help me get a place for the examination. I need to pray in the Sacrifice Department."
"One of the nine places for sacrifice?"
"This. Doesn't comply with the rules of the sacrificial system!"
The head of the Lin family suddenly looked embarrassed and did not agree immediately.
The head of the Feng family was a little surprised, wondering why Mark was so interested in the sacrificial system. However, it would be beneficial for them to take the place in the sacrificial department and exchange it with Ye Fan not to take the medicine refining and weapon refining departments.
"Is there any difficulty? Neither the two family heads can do it?"
Ye Fanqi said.
"Brother Ye Fan, you don't know something! Although the Sacrifice Department is one of the nine major departments in the Shenwu Continent, it is the department with the smallest number of people. The number of assessment places is very limited, and not everyone is qualified to apply for the Sacrifice Department."
"The only altar in Luyang Mansion is on the top of Luyang Mountain outside Luyang City! This altar is very small and can only accommodate nine worshipers to pray inside at the same time. And this altar is only opened once a year!"
"The chance of successful prayer is very low. We need to rely on the luck of the sacrificer to increase the hope of success. Therefore, every sacrificer must have great luck. In Luyang Mansion, great luck is everywhere The three major aristocratic families and the five major wealthy families have the strongest luck. Over the past thousand years, we have found that except for the children of the eight major families who can occasionally make sacrifices successfully, no one else can successfully perform sacrifices. So hundreds of years ago, our eight major families set a rule together , only the eight major families are qualified to send out one sacrificer each. The remaining one spot is designated by the dean of Luyang Mansion, but it must also be a child of the eight major families!"
"According to the centuries-old rules of Luyang Mansion's sacrificial coefficient, you are not a descendant of the eight major families, so you are not qualified to participate in the sacrificial ceremony."
The head of the Lin family is very embarrassed.
"What...what should I do?"
Ye Fan was stunned and said.
The head of the Feng family thought for a while and said: "We, the Lin and Feng families, will try to join forces and recommend to Dean Mu to see if we can get Ye Fan to join the sacrifice! However, the possibility of Dean Mu agreeing to make an exception is very small. Less than 20% to 30% sure. After all, these are the rules set by the eight major families at the beginning, and the recommendation of our two families alone is not enough."
"Our two families are really not enough!"
The head of the Lin family thought about it for a while and immediately came up with an idea: "Brother Ye Fan, you might as well give up the exam for the city lord department. The top spot in the city lord department has always been dominated by the Jiang family and the Gu family. The Jiang family is an aristocratic family in the city lord department. If you don't take the City Lord test, you are showing your goodwill to these two families. The two of us will go talk to City Lord Jiang and Gu Family. We, Lin, Feng, Jiang, and Gu, will recommend you to participate in the sacrifice, accounting for the eight major families. Half of this means you are more certain, and you are at least 50% sure to convince Dean Mu to let you get the examination quota for this sacrificial department."
"Okay! The City Lord system doesn't have much effect for me. Then I'll leave it to the two family heads. If I get the quota for the Sacrifice Department, I will give up the three systems of medicine refining, weapon refining, and City Lord!"
Ye Fan nodded and agreed.
"This deal is good for everyone, we will do our best! Brother Ye Fan, farewell!"
The head of the Lin family smiled.
After talking about the matter, the two heads of the family said goodbye and left in a low-key carriage after achieving their purpose.
They don't want this kind of private transaction to be known to irrelevant outsiders, so as not to affect the family's reputation.
Every year, ranking first in the Luyang Prefecture's nine-series joint examination is a huge honor. They don't want this honor to be stained and criticized by the people of Luyang Prefecture.