Ye Fan climbed to the ninth floor of the Hezilou ship through a long dark black simple wooden staircase.
However, he unexpectedly discovered that there was not a red lantern hanging in the hall on this floor. There were only four or five middle-aged senior staff wearing robes from various guilds chatting idlely.
Ye Fan couldn't help but frown, wondering what was going on.
These senior staff couldn't help but be shocked when they suddenly saw Ye Fan coming up.
"How did you get up here? Have you passed the eighth floor? Have you answered the questions on the eighth floor?"
They were obviously unprepared, and all of them looked shocked.
In their opinion, it is impossible for anyone to climb to the ninth floor.
Ye Fan did not answer, but asked strangely: "Is there no lantern on the ninth floor?"
Soon, the remaining nine members of Lu Yang's team, as well as Princess Ling Jiaojiao and Young Princess Li Hao, also led their teams to the ninth floor hall.
They couldn't help but be surprised when they saw that there were no lanterns hanging on this floor.
"Why is there no question here?"
Princess Ling Jiaojiao also asked.
A senior staff member recognized Ling Jiaojiao and Li Hao and could not help but mutter in a low voice: "Uh... there is no question. Dean Cao said that no one in the entire Donglai County on the eighth floor could answer it in a short time. This is already the most difficult question in this year's Mid-Autumn Festival 'Ten Boat Races'. So there is no need to solve the ninth level question! However, you can go directly to the tenth level to see Dean Cao, who is resting above. Her Royal Highness Princess Now that Princess He has solved the eighth floor question, you can ask the dean for the '合' token."
Everyone looked at each other. There was no need to solve the problem here, so they could only go directly to the tenth floor.
In the hall on the tenth floor of the building, a middle-aged drunk man was lying crookedly on a big seat in front of him. He was fast asleep, his face was red, and he had a very obvious rosacea, which was all over his face. He had a shaggy beard and was clutching a shiny brown wine gourd in one hand.
The entire hall was filled with a strong smell of alcohol.
If you didn't know who this person was in advance, you would think he was a drunkard from a liquor store on the street.
But this Dean of Cao University is not just a drunkard. It is said that he practices a very rare and unique wine-based combat skill, which is even rarer than blood-based combat skills.
Ye Fan was a little surprised.
This is the dean of Donglai County Courtyard, Dean Cao Hao Cao? It is said that Dean Cao is addicted to alcohol and is a famous Jiuwuhou in Donglai County. It seems that this is indeed the case.
"Dean Cao! Disciple Li Hao pays homage to Master Cao!"
Li Hao took a few steps forward, bowed his hands and whispered in a low voice, trying to wake up the middle-aged drunkard.
But the middle-aged drunkard was completely unaware of Li Hao and was still fast asleep. This made Li Hao quite embarrassed, but he didn't dare to make a mistake.
A beautiful figure of a red female swordsman flashed across the hall and grabbed the brown wine gourd in Dean Cao's hand.
Dean Cao woke up suddenly, opened his drunken eyes, and shot out a fierce light. A strong flame armor came out of his body, instantly covering his whole body and the wine gourd in his hand.
Ling Jiaojiao was startled and quickly stopped her hand, not daring to touch the faint flame.
Dean Cao was about to angrily scold the person who came, but when he looked at the person in front of him, he couldn't help being startled. He put away a layer of flame armor on his body, stood up and saluted with his hands in hand.
"Oh, Her Royal Highness the Princess arrived, but Cao missed the welcome and almost accidentally injured the Princess! I wonder what the Princess has to do with Cao when she comes to Cao's house?"
Dean Cao smiled coquettishly, put away the wine gourd, regained his drunken look, and asked a little confused.
"Excuse me! Dean Cao, haven't you woken up yet? This is a huge boat for the ten consecutive boat races!"
Ling Jiaojiao couldn't help but fold her arms and said with a smile: "We have three teams that have passed the first eight floors of the Hezilou ship. Are there any questions for the ninth and tenth floors? If not, just give us the tokens. !"
Cao Hao looked around blankly, and then realized that he was in the hall of a large ship.
He shook his head and finally understood.
He and President Feng of the Chamber of Commerce spent the whole night drinking and betting here last night to see who was better at calculation.
Chairman Feng asked him this business question, and he thought hard for nearly a night before he figured out the answer. He drank too much, and in a moment of elation, he planned to use this question as the tenth most difficult question at the end of the game.
At that time, there were still no exam questions for the eighth and ninth levels, and he, the dean of Dongnae County Court, had to come up with the questions himself.
However, he was very drunk at the time and thought that no one could answer it anyway. In order to save trouble, he simply ordered people to put this question on the eighth floor.
He fell asleep soundly here, sleeping all day and night. This time I slept until now, when I was woken up by Ling Jiaojiao.
Only a few powerful old Shang Zong guys from the Donglai Chamber of Commerce can answer this question, but they are not interested in participating in this ten-consecutive boat race.
These three teams are all a group of young warriors who are still in their infancy. How is it possible that they can all answer the question?
"You all figured out the answer and passed the test?... That's not quite right! When did the young martial lord from Donglai City become so powerful? Did I sleep for decades? Have you all become martial lords?"
Dean Cao's face was filled with suspicion. These young martial masters could actually figure out this problem. He even wondered if he was getting old and useless.
Ling Jiaojiao's face turned red. Of course, she couldn't say that she heard the answer from Mark. She said: "This princess is so powerful, how could she not be able to answer it! Don't worry about how I answered it. Now I have reached the tenth floor, Do you still want to give out questions? If not, then it's time to hand out the prize for this last level!"
Qin Yu'er from the Luyang team felt sorry for Ye Fan and complained in a low voice: "Humph, it wasn't Brother Ye Fan who told the answer first. You two naturally know the answer, just use it!"
"Who said only you can calculate it? We have calculated it too!" "We passed our questions and you passed yours. These are obviously different questions. Why should we use them?"
The warriors from the other two Donglai squads hurriedly jumped out to refute. In order to prevent the princess and the young princess from being eliminated, they did not care about their face.
Dean Cao heard that they were arguing and quickly figured out what was going on. It was a man named Ye Fan from one of the teams who figured out the answer.
He asked the question in three ways, and the answers were all the same. So much so that the other two teams also used this answer to pass the test.
"Ye Fan?! This name seems a bit familiar!"
Dean Cao was thinking, and suddenly remembered a young martial master from Luyang Mansion. This man did a great thing, which has far-reaching influence to this day.
He was a little surprised and said: "The Mark you are talking about is Mark from Luyang Mansion? He is the holy priest who resurrected the bloodline of the Mammoth clan!"
"It's the disciple!"
Ye Fan immediately cupped his hands and said.
"Okay! What a good boy, you look like a stupid boy with a humble appearance, but you became a blockbuster. It is said that you also won the first place in Luyang Mansion's five categories. You have the all-round demeanor of this prince back then!"
Dean Cao looked at Ye Fan from head to toe and praised him with great satisfaction.
The talented warriors in the second team were all a little envious.
It is not an easy thing to be appreciated by the Dean Cao of Donglai County Courtyard.
People in Donglai City know that when Dean Cao Hao was a boy, he once won the first place in the four departments of the nine-series joint examination of Donglai City's martial arts academies. He was a rare all-rounder in the martial arts period. He shocked Donglai City and was known as Donglai City. A rare talent that has been rare in the county for hundreds of years.
Ye Fan is at the top of the five series of Luyang Mansion, surpassing Cao Hao. However, Luyang Mansion is a small place, so its reputation is limited to Luyang Mansion, and almost no one in Donglai County knows about it.
"Dean Cao University is truly a multi-disciplinary all-rounder!"
Ye Fan smiled lightly and said modestly.
Ling Jiaojiao waited impatiently, "Dean Cao, it's getting dark, and the ten consecutive boat races are almost over. Is there still no question for the tenth level of 合字? If there are no more questions, then 合字 Give me the token!"
"Come on! Princess, please be patient. I will pose the question now."
Dean Cao said quickly.
The originally most difficult arithmetic question was moved to the eighth floor for use. Now he could only temporarily think of another question as a question for the tenth level.
However, it is not easy to come up with a question that is difficult enough.
He thought for a moment, glanced at his wine gourd, and instantly had an idea, and couldn't help but smile.
"Your three teams are all the top genius warriors in this city. Everyone has profound attainments in various departments, and together they have extraordinary overall strength. I think it is average to be able to reach the tenth floor of the Hezi Ship." I can't help you with this problem. Let's do this. The dean's wine is brewed by himself. It is the best of all wines. It is a unique and unique wine in Dongnae County! The three of you will pay for it by taking a sip and write it down on the paper. What kind of materials is it brewed from? Even if it has passed the tenth level of the Hezi Ship! This is a third-level wine, don't drink too much!"
With that said, Dean Cao banged his wine gourd on the table and opened the gourd lid.
An extremely strong aroma of wine emerged from this wine gourd.
"drink wine?"
Everyone in the three teams changed their expressions upon hearing this.
As the realm of warriors, martial masters, and martial lords improves, their physiques become stronger and stronger, and their resistance to alcohol becomes stronger.
The good wine that warriors drink is bland and tasteless to Martial Lord. What the warriors called strong liquor was no different from boiled water in the eyes of Marquis Wu.
Naturally, the peerless wine in Wu Hou's eyes was a terrifying thing to Wu Zun. A small sip is enough to keep you drunk for three days and three nights before you regain consciousness.
Inside the wine gourd in front of him was the third-grade spirit brewed by Dean Cao, who was addicted to alcohol. He praised it as the best wine.
Even he, the Jiu Wuhou, could get drunk, so you can imagine how powerful this third-level liquor is.
Dean Cao used this wine as a topic and asked them to name the raw materials for making wine. This question involves the herbal medicine department's understanding of various materials, the partial wine department, and the martial arts masters who rely on their own taste to identify raw materials under the influence of strong liquor.
It can be said that the difficulty is not lower than the eighth level questions.
The martial arts masters of the three teams were all dumbfounded.
Dean Cao is worthy of being the Marquis of Wine and Wu. The wine he carries with him can be used as test questions.
Fortunately, most of them are descendants of wealthy families. They have tasted countless wines and are relatively familiar with all kinds of fine wines, so they are not completely unfamiliar with them.
Princess Ling Jiaojiao and Young Princess Li Hao have tasted countless fine wines, and they can always analyze some of the raw materials even after guessing.
They were stunned for a long time, then stepped forward one after another to take "a drop" of the wine from the wine gourd with small cups, and tasted it carefully.
A drop of the third-level top-quality wine is enough to make Wu Zun obviously drunk. No matter how much, I'm afraid I won't even be able to participate in tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival Boating Party.