Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 88: Offending the Age-Testing Pillar

Not only the elders, but Qiu Ci herself was shocked by the result. How could she be over 20,000 years old? Did she also include the time she was asleep? But wasn't this a measurement of bone age? Although she was asleep, she was in a frozen state, so her body should have stopped growing.

Unless... this stone pillar tests more than just bone age?
"There must be a mistake. How could Miss Chu's bone age be older than 50?!" Elder Quan said in disbelief. "I've checked her bones before, and they're clearly under 50. She should be qualified."

"But..." an elder also asked doubtfully, "The age-testing column has never made a mistake before."

Although they can detect bone age with their skills, it is usually only a rough range with a deviation of five or six years. Only the age column can accurately determine the number of years. This is the first time that a situation of more than 20,000 years has occurred.

"Just because there have been no mistakes in the past doesn't mean there will never be mistakes." Mr. Quan still insisted, "If you don't believe me, come and test it."

After saying that, he walked forward angrily and pressed down on the stone pillar. The next moment, the stone pillar emitted a purple light, and then the number 586 slowly emerged, which was exactly his bone age.

"Hey! Why is it that it works for me?" Quan Lao was stunned for a moment, and quickly pulled Qiu Ci's hand beside him and said, "Little friend Chu, come on, try again."

Qiu Ci pressed on the stone pillar again, and the red light reappeared. The number 21764 appeared on the stone pillar again.

Quan Lao: "..."

Everyone: "..."

"How could this happen?" Mr. Quan was still unwilling to give up, and called on everyone to come up and test it. Suddenly, colorful lights appeared on the stone pillar, but the magical thing was that everyone's number was correct, except Qiu Ci's number of more than 20,000 years old, which was ridiculously at the top.

For a moment, the whole audience was silent.

The elder Quan began to doubt his life. He turned to look at Qiu Ci and asked, "Little friend Chu, have you ever offended this stone pillar?"

Qiu Ci: “…”

No, you can't find the reason, so you start making up excuses, right? But after all this trouble, she finally figured out the reason. This stone pillar should not only measure her bone age, but also show her true age. The previous full-scale test only tested her bone age, so it is normal for the two to deviate.

"Never mind. Whatever the reason, this conclusion is definitely wrong." The dean finally spoke up. "No matter what, it's not true that anyone can live to be 20,000 years old."

Yes, the elders also reacted. Regardless of whether the stone pillar was broken or not, first of all, the number of more than 20,000 years was not suitable for cultivating immortals, because even if one cultivated to the heavenly realm, the final lifespan would not exceed 15,000 years, not to mention that Chu Xiaoyou had just reached the stage of becoming a god.

"What about this test?" Mr. Quan asked doubtfully.

"If you are worried, you can come up and test her yourself." The dean made the final decision. It is not necessary to use age test columns to measure bone age.

"That makes sense. The dean is really thoughtful." Elder Quan reacted immediately, turned around, grabbed Chu Qiuci's hand and said, "Little friend Chu, don't panic, let me take a look at your bones."

Then he mobilized his spiritual power and pinched her arm, nodding with satisfaction, "The bone age is less than fifty, there is no problem, everyone is welcome to come up and take a look."

After she finished speaking, perhaps because everyone became interested in her, the bug that had offended the stone pillar and showed that it was 20,000 years old, they really swarmed around her and pinched her arms one by one.

"Yes, his bone age is indeed less than fifty." "Yes, he has abundant spiritual energy and excellent bones."

"Wow, he actually cultivated the Jade Bone, he is indeed very talented."

"This bone is much tougher than that of my apprentice."

"How many times have you refined this bone? It seems flawless."

"Good bones..."

Qiu Ci: “…”

No, you are making cured pork ribs. Do you remember that you are here to measure your bone age?
So, after everyone took turns pinching their bones, they passed the bone age test safely. And because of the "error" with the age-testing column, the director temporarily added a rule: In the future, when measuring bone age, the elders would also verify it once, using both the stone column and the hand to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

Qiu Ci silently looked back at the stone pillar where Feng Ping was damaged, and felt inexplicably guilty.

But at least she qualified for the competition. After returning to the courtyard, she began a short period of seclusion like other teachers, and Dan Pavilion did cancel her teaching tasks.

Two days passed in a flash, and I was pulled out by Chai Duo again.

"The Weapon Pavilion said you haven't gone to pick out a magical weapon yet." Chai Duo suddenly stuffed a bag into her hand. "The competition is coming up soon, and I'm worried that not having a magical weapon will affect your performance, so I asked you to give me a spiritual sword first. The owner of the Weapon Pavilion said that if it doesn't suit you, you can go and get another one."

Qiu Ci opened the storage bag and found that there was indeed a magic sword inside, and it was a fifth-grade magic sword. The magic sword was silver-white and exuded a chilling aura, but the sword body was blank and there was no enhancement array set up, as if it was left there on purpose.

"The sword is nice, thank you." She was delighted. She really needed a spiritual sword. She couldn't always use the first-grade spiritual sword issued by the sect. Moreover, this blank sword body was just right. As she spoke, she couldn't help but pinch her fingers and began to carve on the sword body. One by one, magic symbols were imprinted into the sword body.

"The Master of the Weapon Pavilion also said you would like it." Chai Duo also smiled and continued, "This sword is made of cold iron. I heard that the Master of the Weapon Pavilion made it himself. He hasn't made a magical weapon below the seventh rank in many years. However, you need to carve the magic array on the sword yourself... Wait, what are you doing? Enough, enough, if you keep drawing, the sword will break."

Before he could finish his words, he discovered that in just two sentences, Chu Qiuci had already carved dense magic arrays on the sword. The originally white sword body was now filled with various magic arrays.

"Oh." Qiu Ci finally stopped. Although there were still a few fewer than expected, the fifth-grade spirit sword could only withstand so much. "Forget it, let's make do with it."

"..." Is this okay? He has never seen so many magic arrays on any spiritual sword, okay?
"By the way, Master Chai, you are not here just for this sword, is there anything else?" Qiu Ci put away the magic sword and changed the subject.

"Indeed, there are other things." Chai Duo nodded, his mind still full of how many magic circles she had just drawn. He coughed before replying, "The disciples of the five major academies have arrived, and the competition has already begun. Master Chu, would you like to go over and take a look?"

"Okay." Qiu Ci nodded. "Is Master Chai going to play soon?"

"That's not the case." He shook his head and said, "The Tribulation Crossing Stage competitions are all tomorrow. Most of the players competing today are independent cultivators and Spiritual Transformation Stage disciples from the five major academies. Master Chu, your competition is also scheduled for tomorrow, but today you can see many opponents from the four academies."

It turns out that he was trying to find out the opponent's strength, to know himself and his enemy. I understand.

So, the two of them didn't delay and headed straight towards the competition.