Chapter 6 Family Assessment
After bathing, the two girls felt relaxed.

Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year. Walking in the manor, the houses within sight are all decorated with lights and brightly lit.

Mu Zi felt a little emotional when she saw this scene. It was a very familiar feeling.

In this life, it was Mu Family Manor that gave her protection and warmth, and she didn't want all of this to be destroyed. She had to speed up her cultivation.

"Sister, I want to participate in this year's family assessment."

Mu Lingsha was lost in thought when she heard a young girl's voice.

"Isn't it too early? It will be fine as long as you take the assessment before you turn 18." Mu Lingsha was a little surprised.

The family assessment of Mujiazhuang is aimed at the younger generations in the family. Since each person can only participate once, it can also be regarded as the coming-of-age ceremony of Mujiazhuang.

There will be rewards for passing the assessment, and the higher the assessment rating, the higher the reward.

In order to maximize benefits, most people would choose to take the assessment when they are seventeen or eighteen years old, and few would choose to take the assessment earlier.

Mu Zi is only thirteen years old. At this age, many people have not yet started practicing, let alone taking the assessment.

"Little sister, you have a great talent for cultivation. You have broken through to the third level of Body Tempering after just over a month of cultivation. In two years, you may break through to the ninth level of Body Tempering, and then you will be able to obtain the highest rating." Mu Lingsha advised.

After hearing Mu Lingsha's evaluation, Mu Zi asked curiously, "What is the basis for the assessment and rating?"

Mu Lingsha explained: "In our Mujiazhuang, the family assessment does not consider age, but only achievements."

“The ratings are divided into four levels: excellent, good, qualified and unqualified.”

"Reaching the fourth level of body tempering is qualified. The fifth level of body tempering is lower good, and the sixth level is upper good."

"Levels seven to nine are excellent evaluations, and from low to high they correspond to lower excellent, medium excellent, and upper excellent."

"For example, I reached the eighth level of body tempering during the assessment last year and received a mid-excellent rating. The reward I received was a third-grade spiritual medicine Rehmannia fruit."

"Rehmannia fruit?" Mu Zi thought. Among the three-grade spiritual medicines, Rehmannia fruit was at the bottom. In the original novel, Lin Dong could exchange two drops of diluted stone talisman spiritual fluid for a Rehmannia fruit at the underground exchange.

Mu Lingsha received this reward only because she achieved a medium-excellent evaluation. It seems that the resources of Mujiazhuang are really not as good as those of the Lin family in Qingyang Town.

I remember that in the original novel, the reward for the top three Lin Dong tribes was the third-grade spiritual medicine Blood Coagulation Vermillion Fruit. It has the effect of healing wounds and is more powerful. Although it is also a third-grade spiritual medicine, it is more valuable than the Rehmannia fruit.

And don't forget, the Lin family's rewards are given out every year, but Mujiazhuang doesn't have juniors with medium-excellent ratings every year. In comparison, the difference between Mujiazhuang and Lin family is really not a little bit.

Mu Lingsha was able to cultivate to the eighth level of body tempering at the age of seventeen, surpassing Lin Xia who was the same age. She is quite talented.

"Is the highest rating the ninth level of Body Tempering?" Mu Zi asked curiously.

Mu Lingsha nodded: "That's right, if you reach the ninth level of body tempering at the age of eighteen, you can get the highest rating."

"He broke through to the Earthly Realm at the age of eighteen. I'm afraid the family didn't expect such a genius to appear."

Thinking of this, a figure appeared in Mu Lingsha's mind.

“Lin Dong from Qingyang Town looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he has actually broken through to the Earthly Origin Realm. He is truly amazing!”

"However, my younger sister has reached the third level of body tempering in just two months. She is not much worse than his talent, right?"

Mu Lingsha didn't know the truth and thought that Mu Zi had already taken the five first-grade elixirs, which led to her misjudgment.

Mu Zi continued to ask: "What is the reward for the highest rating?" Coming back to her senses, Mu Lingsha replied: "The reward for the highest rating is incredible!"

"There are three Rehmannia fruits!"

Seeing the excitement and yearning on Mu Lingsha's face, Mu Zi felt a little uncomfortable. The girl's eyes were full of longing for the third-grade spiritual medicine, and in contrast, those guys in the clan might be able to eat the third-grade spiritual medicine as candy, right?

After calming down her excitement, Mu Lingsha continued, "It's not just that. If someone gets the highest rating, the family will list them as seeds and give them core training."

"Most importantly, all the martial arts in Mu Family Manor are open to seeds."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Mu Zi became interested.

She has an excellent talent for martial arts, and she also has the help of the Samsara Seal. If she could see all the martial arts in Mujiazhuang, she would surely gain a lot.

Mu Lingsha said: "Little sister, there are only three months left until this year's assessment. You are only at the third level of body tempering now. If you practice for two years before taking the assessment, you may be able to get the highest evaluation."

Mu Zi frowned secretly: "Only three months? The time is a bit tight."

Lin Dong had the Stone Talisman, which was basically equivalent to an unlimited supply of spiritual medicine in the Body Tempering Stage, but it took him nearly ten months to break through to the ninth level of Body Tempering. Even if Lin Dong's Yuanli talent was average, if he wanted to shorten this time to three months, Mu Zi couldn't do it easily now.

“Do we really have to wait another year?”

The plot has already begun, and Mu Zi doesn't want to waste another year. You know, one step slow, all steps slow. Maybe if she loses this year, when she faces the Demon King more than ten years later, she will be just an ant and can't change anything.

Mu Zi was unwilling to live a new life with a strong understanding.

"By the way, in addition to the cultivation assessment, there is also a practical assessment." Mu Lingsha suddenly added.

"Actual combat assessment?" Mu Zi was puzzled.

Mu Lingsha explained: "In order to prevent someone from just focusing on training and failing to exert the combat power that they should have at their current level, the family will send out examiners to confirm the actual combat ability of the examinees."

"Generally speaking, you don't need to defeat the examiner, as long as you can gain his approval."

"The final assessment rating is determined by combining the two assessments. Although cultivation accounts for a large proportion, if someone can surpass the examiner, they will naturally get the corresponding rating."

"However, if you challenge an examiner of a higher level, you must defeat him."

Mu Zi's eyes lit up: "In other words, as long as someone can defeat the examiner of the ninth level of body tempering, no matter what her actual cultivation level is, she can get the highest rating."

Hearing this, Mu Lingsha shook her head: "This is only a theoretical possibility. There is a huge gap between each level of the Body Tempering Realm, and it is difficult to fight against a higher level."

"Moreover, the examiners are all experts in Mu Family Manor who have practiced for many years. The martial arts they master are higher in grade and proficiency than those of the juniors. It is basically impossible to defeat them by leaps and bounds."

Mu Zi didn't comment, but she was thinking in her heart: Three months later, will she have the strength to defeat the ninth level of Body Tempering?
Seeing that Mu Zi fell silent, Mu Lingsha thought that she had given up taking the assessment this year.

She heaved a sigh of relief. After persuading her for a long time, it seemed that she had succeeded in getting her younger sister to give up the idea. The family assessment was equivalent to a rite of passage. It was indeed too early to take the assessment at the age of thirteen. She didn't want Mu Zi to be too anxious, so that she could live a few more years without worries.

"Little sister, you must be hungry. Today is the first day of the new year. It's a rare occasion that dad cooks for us. We must have a good meal!"

Mu Zi was surprised when she heard this, "Really? Uncle is usually so busy, and it's not easy for me to eat the food he cooked. I'm going to eat it to my heart's content this time!"

Mu Lingsha laughed and said, "Hehe, Dad's cooking skills are amazing! If his cultivation talent could be half as good as his cooking skills, he would have already become a Yuandan realm expert now."

The two sisters left chatting and laughing, but Mu Zi took the family assessment three months later to heart.

(End of this chapter)