Inside the Shahaima examination room.

Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao were waiting in line, while also observing the other drivers who had come to the examination room for the assessment.

After careful observation, the two discovered that most of the drivers who came for the assessment were around thirty years old, and their realms were basically second-rank law enforcers or second-rank order guards or higher.

Because Shahaima was so large, he wasn't a second-rank law enforcer or order guard, and he simply didn't possess enough divine power to restrain them. However, that didn't mean that second-rank law enforcers or order guards could be qualified steeds.

A qualified driver must have strength, but skill must not be lacking. To reach a level sufficient to control a sand seahorse, years of training were essential.

This was also why the people who came for the assessment were generally older. Young faces like Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao might not be seen in ten or eight years, and they were certainly outsiders, and the locals wouldn't embarrass themselves.

Due to their age, many of the assessors present were watching and observing them, curious, doubtful, disdainful, and encouraged. Most of them clearly didn't believe they could pass the assessment.

However, Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao didn't care about other people's opinions at all.

One assessor after another was eliminated, and only a small number succeeded, and it was estimated that one in ten would be counted proportionally.

Soon it was Ye Luyao.

I saw him walking towards Sha Haima, who was being held by the fence not far away, under the guidance of the staff. This sand seahorse was slightly smaller than the one Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao had seen in the arena before, but not much different. Currently, it had its head lowered towards its curved belly, a pair of deep blue eyes staring straight ahead, panting nonstop, occasionally wiggling its long, pipe-like mouth, spewing hot sand.

This Sha Haima seemed a bit short-tempered, and this was precisely the case. It had thrown four assessors off their mounts earlier, and if not for the fourth-level novice controller in the examination room, all four would have been seriously injured.

Riding this seahorse wasn't like an assessment, but rather like a bull riding competition. Whoever could last the longest was the winner.

But it wasn't.

No matter how irritable the assessor was, they had to complete three assessments. The first was to assess the rider's most basic control over the sand seahorse.

Ye Luyao walked towards the sand seahorse and looked at it calmly. A coercion that came from the depths of his soul and was etched into his bones involuntarily spread from him, like a mountain pressing down on the sand seahorse.

Sha Haima, who was originally excited, suddenly fell silent.

This wasn't silence, but fear.

His originally fierce eyes suddenly became pitiful, and when he raised his head to look at Ye Luyao, he even let out a whimper.

The waiting assessors and the staff on site all showed incredulous expressions when they saw this scene.

Because what was happening now was simply too shocking. Since the formation of the Quicksand Sea, countless people have become sand seahorse drivers, including some mid-level high-rank controllers and even mid-level high-rank judges. However, in the historical records of Quicksand City, even ninth-level judges were unable to make the ferocious sand seahorses exhibit this state.

The ancestors of Quicksand City didn't even consider using the coercion of high-level powerhouses or other high-level creatures to intimidate the sand seahorses and then tame them. But no matter what creatures they found, they ultimately failed to achieve their goal.

Even now, the sand seahorses haven't been completely tamed, and it's difficult for ordinary people to control them.

Amidst everyone's shocked gazes and anxious thoughts, Ye Luyao sat steadily on the still-angry Sha Haima and gently tightened the reins. Sha Haima moved in response, unhurriedly, so smoothly that the instructors on scene couldn't help but cry out, "The bells are jingling."

The bell on Sha Haima's body emitted a crisp and pleasant sound.

With the ringing of the bell, Sha Haima, under Ye Luyao's control, gradually accelerated forward, bypassing one obstacle after another on the field that should have been extremely difficult to pass. Then, it galloped to the edge of the quicksand area for half a minute. It rushed towards the fence at an incredible speed, stirring up dust and sand in the sky. However, it finally came to a stop at an incredible speed, and the entire assessment process was completed in one go, effortlessly.

The examiners and assessors present were all stunned. Only Tang Yunqing's eyes lit up slightly, and he muttered in a low voice, "So it's that simple?"

He had originally thought that if Ye Luyao learned to ride the Imperial Sand Seahorse, he could take him deep into the quicksand sea, but now it seemed he could actually try to retrieve the imperial envoy certificate.

At the same time as this thought emerged in his mind, Ye Luyao had already turned and dismounted, walking towards the examiner with a pen and paper in hand.

Only after Ye Luyao approached did the examiner react. He hurriedly took a pen and sketched on the form. He then looked at Ye Luyao and said, "Congratulations on passing the assessment. You can take this form and go to the certificate collection office to get your imperial envoy card in a moment."

"Thank you."

Ye Luyao took the form and walked towards Tang Yunqing, who immediately said, "Let's go, I'll register too."

"You?"

Ye Luyao's tone was raised, and he glanced sideways at Tang Yunqing.

Tang Yunqing didn't bother to pay attention to him.

From the time Ye Luyao queued up to the time he and Tang Yunqing left after the exam, it took no more than five minutes, during which the crowd was in an uncomfortable state. Until the two of them gradually disappeared from their sight, the minds of several assessors became lively.

In their opinion, the reason Sha Haima was so obedient wasn't because of Ye Luyao at all, but for another reason.

Feeling unwell?

That's a good reason!

Since this sand seahorse was already unwell enough to be controlled by a girl, wasn't it impossible?

With such a mentality, these assessors were all ready to go, eager to participate in the assessment. However, the jurisdiction was strict, so even though the team was a bit chaotic, people still participated in the assessment one by one. The first assessor after Ye Luyao proved with reality that Sha Haima's physical condition was not a problem.

The assessor only held on to Sha Haima for a little over ten seconds before being knocked out by him. The third, fourth, and fifth places didn't last long, and people realized that Ye Luyao's success was no fluke.

They had no idea how he did it!

People were racking their brains, unable to figure it out.

What they didn't realize was that while they were lucky, Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao had already finished last on the team, but this time, Ye Luyao was accompanying Tang Yunqing for the assessment.

From first to last, the two of them lined up for about 40 minutes. While they were lining up, except for the examiner present, the subsequent assessors were unaware of the shocking chaos Ye Luyao had just caused.

"Why are you here again..."

When the examiner saw Ye Luyao, his facial expression was clearly stagnant.

"I'll accompany him."

Ye Luyao turned to the side and gave up his position.

When the examiner saw Tang Yunqing, he had a few mixed feelings. He was a stranger, and he had just been with him. He should have been his friend, but why didn't he come to the assessment now? Was it because he saw a simple situation during his assessment that he made a temporary decision? If that were the case, hehe... The examiner remembered that there were more than a dozen assessors in the group just now who wanted to fish and steal chickens in troubled waters, as if he had already seen Tang Yunqing's tragic situation for a while. Tang Yunqing couldn't see the examiner's inner thoughts; he simply walked to the spot normally, walking towards the still tired, cruel, and restless Sha Hauma.

Tang Yunqing wasn't a member of the Sea Dragon Clan, the highest race of the French Blue Star, so naturally he couldn't subdue the sand seahorse by force. However, Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao got along well day and night, never leaving their range more than twenty meters away, and Ye Luyao's aura lingered around him.

Sensing Ye Luyao's breath, the sand seahorse kept shaking its head anxiously, agitated. However, when Tang Yunqing was about to straddle it, it displayed an even more violent state than before.

It even became difficult to get Tang Yunqing to turn around on the horse.

Tang Yunqing immediately shouted, "God-given Code," and then opened the first page, revealing a divinely-given icon, allowing divine power to flow throughout his body. At this moment, people realized that this seemingly young young man was actually already a fifth-level intermediate controller! This simply shattered their three views and cognition.

Quicksand City was only a small city, and located in a remote desert area, there were few geniuses, let alone a genius like Tang Yunqing, who looked no more than twenty years old at most, but was already a fifth-level intermediate controller.

But what shocked them was yet to come.

The moment Tang Yunqing summoned the Code of Truth, Sha Haima, who had just been furious and agitated, suddenly fell silent again. If he had only been pitiful when facing Ye Luyao before, now he could definitely be called terrified.

It seemed like Tang Yunqing's gaze, especially the Sea Dragon Ball in Tang Yunqing's hand, was as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

He was stunned there, unable to move, until Tang Yunqing straddled his body, slowly moving under Tang Yunqing's control.

The entire assessment process was very calm.

Basically, whatever Tang Yunqing gave, Sha Haima immediately complied. The other examiners and assessors on the scene had no doubt that even if Tang Yunqing asked Sha Haima to do a backflip, it would definitely succeed.

When Tang Yunqing finally rode the sand seahorse back to the examiner, the examiner was already stunned. After filling out the form, he handed it to Tang Yunqing. Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao, who took the form, turned and left.

At the same time, a group of people followed the two of them, seemingly hesitant to speak.

These were the riders who had seen Ye Luyao's assessment earlier, and they had also seen Tang Yunqing's assessment. They wanted to ask the two of them why, but Tang Yunqing's forceful attitude stopped them.