Now, with the Leader personally teaching, it’s truly soul-stirring.

"Don’t blame me for being harsh, and don’t blame me for being cold. Not only here, but in the future, our Escort Agency might want to open branches in various cities. The Chief will be chosen from among you."

The Starlight Master said lightly, "By that time, each of you will be a Branch Leader... Well, Chief, I bet you’ll be far stricter in selecting people, and your methods will be even more brutal."

"Because everyone’s life rests on your shoulders! Without setting proper rules, if any drunkard goes out and says a few reckless words, the lives of everyone in the Escort Agency will be gone. Carelessness, can you afford it?"

Suddenly, even those tied up among the hundred and sixty were nodding madly.

Many guys already had eyes shining!

Leader!

I could actually become a Leader in the future?

Good heavens!

Even though I was just beaten up, and am still tied up, I suddenly feel happy now.

The Starlight Master stopped in front of a guy and said, "This face of yours, that fierce look isn’t going away, is it?"

That fellow smiled appealingly, "Chief, this... there’s really nothing I can do, my parents just gave me this face..."

Everyone looked and saw this guy’s face was full of muscle, with a goatee and beady doglike eyes...

It really was... not easily changed.

"That’s easy to handle."

The Starlight Master placed the Nine-Ring Saber on his face and said lightly, "Don’t move, I’ll fix it for you."

The fellow was so scared his legs went limp, crying out loud, "Chief... Chief, spare me..."

"Relax, I don’t want your life!"

The blade already swished, cutting off a piece of meat from the face, slicing through the folds of flab one by one, and then the Starlight Master surprisingly controlled the blade with care, giving him a double eyelid cut.

"Not bad, even your parents couldn’t give you double eyelids, but I did it."

The Starlight Master examined, nodded with satisfaction, then shaved the beard clean with two cuts. Dissatisfied, he made over ten cuts on the chin, directly performing a brutal liposuction.

Seeing there was still something off about the cheek, slightly high.

The Starlight Master punched the left side of the face, knocking out two teeth, then another punch on the other side, dropping another two teeth.

He nodded and said, "I wondered why there was so much muscle, turns out it was the teeth holding it up. Now it’s better, should look more handsome."

This guy held out, not even daring to groan.

The Starlight Master looked carefully at the bloodied, newly shaped face and said lightly, "Understand which injuries can heal, and which can’t, right?"

"...I understand." He nodded vigorously.

"Once the wounds heal, if you still look like that, next time it won’t be teeth that fall out. This fifteen pounds, six ounces, and three drams of head on your neck might just cleanly fall off, understand?"

"Understood! Chief, understood!"

This guy too was ruthless, fixed up like this, with four teeth lost, two on each side. But fearing the Chief wouldn’t understand, he made sure each word was pronounced clearly.

"Be kind, be approachable, be gentle. Let people see at a glance, this is a trustworthy, good-natured person. That works!"

The Starlight Master wiped the Nine-Ring Saber on the man’s body twice, making it shine.

He continued walking forward.

As he walked, he kept brainwashing.

When encountering particularly ugly appearances, he started savage cosmetic surgery right there.

After inspecting a hundred and sixty people, a full forty were cosmetically treated by the Starlight Master.

These forty, with blood streaming down their faces, dared not move, standing straight in line.

"Half a quarter, bandage the wounds. We’ll immediately start the second and third cultural exams."

"First, the Law Codes; second, the routes!"

"Dismissed!"

At the Starlight Master’s command, all one hundred and sixty people began to prepare swiftly. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The forty of them hurriedly wrapped their faces first, dealing with wounds could wait—exams were more important!

Academic performance related to future prospects.

It must be taken seriously!

Nearby, Zheng Yunqi and others almost fell over laughing.

"Fifteen pounds, six ounces, and three drams, hahaha, I’m dying of laughter... How did the Chief know that guy’s head weighs fifteen pounds, six ounces, and three drams?"

"The Chief naturally has his ways."

"Only if you cut it off and weigh it, would it count."

"Cut... do you think our Chief wouldn’t do something as crazy as cutting it off and weighing it?"

"Hahaha..."

The Starlight Master then ordered, "Zheng Yunqi, Zhao Wushang, set the questions. Tian Wanqing, Jiang Bin, Zhao Wubai, monitor the exams. Wu Lianlian, Zhou Mei’er, you’re in charge of grading the papers."

"Full score is one hundred; those scoring below eighty-five, take them out and behead them!"

The Starlight Master leaned to the side, falling onto a throne already moved over, crossed his legs, and closed his eyes to doze.

Zhou Mei’er stood obediently beside, with a fruit platter next to her, carefully peeling each purple grape, using Spiritual Power to remove the seeds, feeding them into the Leader’s mouth.

She held a snow-white towel, occasionally wiping the juice splashed at the corner of the Leader’s mouth.

During the whole process, he moved only his mouth.

The Leader’s enjoyment was truly at its peak.

The entire room was silent as the grave.

The bound, the exam takers, the proctors, the paper graders... no one made a sound.

Only Zheng Yunqi’s voice reading the questions clearly echoed.

The Escort Agency was rarely this quiet.

The Starlight Master simply fell asleep; these days had truly worn him out.

Zhou Mei’er quietly took off the large cloak and covered him.

Gentle and cautious, just like a virtuous wife meticulously caring for her busy and tired husband.