The Strongest Level (Thanks "Chirp and Mi and Donkey and Dot and Sweet" for the Alliance Leader reward)
Ye Lingxiao looked at the person who had accepted his Red Envelope Talisman unscathed.
The newcomer was a tall, slender man who appeared surprisingly thin.
Besides being thin, what's most captivating about the man is his pair of eyes that sparkle like stars, as if you can see countless glittering stars swirling within them.
Watching this scene, Zhang Yu suddenly realized, "This is... Dharma Skeleton?"
He remembered the first time he saw this thing was on a Foundation Establishment expert like the director of the Immortal Charm Branch in Songyang City. At that time Dharma Skeleton, Zhao Tianxing told him that this Dharma Skeleton required at least 100 points of mana to be implanted.
Among the high school students he had encountered before, Zhang Yu had never seen anyone with Dharma Skeleton installed.
Just then, Ye Lingxiao asked, "Yun Jing, why is my Red Envelope Talisman ineffective for you?"
The person in front of me, who was abnormally thin and had implanted Dharma Skeleton in his eyes, was named Yun Jing.
As the top student of the second year at Immortal Cloud High School, the strongest high school in Immortal Capital City, and a prodigy living on the Kunxu First Layer, Yun Jing has long been invincible throughout Immortal Cloud High School and even throughout the entire high school world of Immortal Capital City.
"The Strongest High School Student on the Kunxu First Layer."
Is this his self-perception?
no.
This is the Kunxu First Layer headquarters of Purple Cloud Pharmaceutical, and this is an objective assessment of Yun Jing after testing him.
Upon hearing Ye Lingxiao's question, Yun Jing smiled faintly and said, "Because I've been given Anti-Fraud Talisman."
"Your Red Envelope Talisman hitting me is like a moth drawn to a flame—completely ineffective."
He spread his arms wide and laughed loudly, "So that means I'm now immune to these kinds of Talisman Arts!"
At that moment, everyone felt as if Yun Jing's wave of his hand conjured countless rivers of Divine Power, shielding him from all sorts of harassment, traps, and scams...
Ye Lingxiao nodded slightly. "The Red Envelope Talisman is still too restrictive. Only the Goodwill Talisman is truly unstoppable."
Yun Jing shook his head and said, "The Goodwill Talisman is unstoppable for Orthodox God, but it's useless against humans."
Ye Lingxiao shook his head but remained silent.
But in his heart, he thought to himself, "The Goodwill Talisman can work on people; I've seen someone use it before."
After witnessing that scene, Ye Lingxiao vaguely sensed that it might contain a great secret.
This secret intrigued him greatly, yet also shocked him slightly, which fueled his desire to study Talisman Arts even more.
But Ye Lingxiao didn't intend to share such important and valuable information with Yun Jing and the others for free.
At the scene, high school students from Immortal Capital City, such as Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing, were almost all standing together, making up 90% of the crowd.
Meanwhile, candidates from other cities, such as Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Yu Xinghan, stood in twos and threes at a distance, far outnumbering the Immortal Capital People.
Zhang Yu sighed, "The Immortal Capital Master is really well-off. Did they monopolize all the Foundation Establishment Exam in previous years?"
Yu Xinghan nodded slightly. "I heard that the best high schools here can invite heads of major companies to give lectures, the teachers for Daoist Arts Class are Orthodox God, and each student has a Yellow Turban Warriors to spar with..."
Zhang Yu was shocked; the gap in educational resources for immortal Immortal Dao was simply too vast.
Bai Zhenzhen, who was standing to the side, was filled with envy. This Immortal Capital Master was really more awesome than the people of Songyang.
Just then, the metal door in front of everyone shook violently, and lines of text appeared on the Light Screen beside it.
Zhang Yu looked over and found that it contained the rules for the upcoming test.
Simply put, the metal gate in front of us requires meeting three conditions simultaneously: physical strength, magical power, and Martial Dao, in order to open it.
One must possess physical strength sufficient to push open a metal door.
In terms of Martial Dao and magic, one must strike different locations on the metal gate with nine different palm strikes within three seconds, following a specific order.
Only then can the metal door be pushed open and one can enter to complete the Dao Heart Test.
In other words, as long as you push open the metal door and pass the Dao Heart Test inside, you have truly completed the registration and are qualified to participate in the Foundation Establishment Exam.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The specific details of these nine palm strikes, and the order in which they are delivered, are like a password; only by answering correctly can the door be opened."
"According to the instructions on this wall, the password changes every time the door is opened..."
Just as Zhang Yu was observing how the nine palm techniques were condensed, he noticed a change in the writing on the wall; the order and content of the nine palm techniques had changed.
At the same time, a timer of 0.64 seconds was displayed above the metal gate.
With a loud creak, the metal door was flung open by Yun Jing, revealing a bottomless darkness.
Yun Jing nonchalantly stepped out, and as the metal door closed again, he vanished into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
Just after Yun Jing left, Ye Lingxiao's figure flashed like lightning. Zhang Yu couldn't even see all his movements clearly. Nine loud bangs came one after another, as if there was only one collision.
A timer of 0.65 seconds was displayed above the metal gate.
In the next instant, Ye Lingxiao was already standing in front of the gate, easily pushing the metal door open.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It took less than a second to complete the bombardment of nine different palm techniques? And that might not even have been their full strength."
Watching Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao push open the metal door one after the other, Zhang Yu felt an unprecedented pressure.
"These two should both be in their second year of high school... about to enter their third year, right?"
"He's only cultivated for a year longer than me, yet he's become this much stronger?"
"Are these the strongest high school students on the Kunxu First Layer?"
Zhang Yu clearly realized one thing: at this moment, he was far inferior to these two people.
If he wants to pass the Foundation Establishment Certificate, he will need to catch up with the level of these two in the future.
Bai Zhenzhen, standing beside her, also took a deep breath, feeling her Spirit Root stirring within her body.
"They're all so strong." Bai Zhenzhen thought to himself, "Can I really pass the Foundation Establishment Certificate this year?" Although he kept encouraging himself and was doing his best to cultivate.
But now that she had actually arrived in Immortal Capital, everything—from the enormous Floating City and the prices at the train station to the behavior of the Immortal Capital Master —felt like punches, slowly pressing down on Bai Zhenzhen's straight back, making her gradually realize the gap between her and the people here.
This made Bai Zhenzhen feel a slight urge to escape, "It's okay if we lose this year, there will be another chance next year, right?"
But the next moment, she immediately suppressed these thoughts and thought to herself, "No matter what, I'll give it my all."
Although Yu Xinghan also felt the pressure, it wasn't as intense as what Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt.
He thought to himself, "This trip is just to get a feel for the atmosphere of the Foundation Establishment Exam in advance, and also to take the opportunity to get some expenses reimbursed. My real opportunity is still next year."
In the following time, the contestants went up one by one and pushed open the door one after another.
Zhang Yu wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he stayed where he was and observed these guys who might become his opponents.
"The vast majority were probably high school sophomores. Apart from the first two who finished in one second, most of the rest finished in two seconds as well."
"The rest of the weaker ones... must all be first-year high school students. They can basically push open the metal door in 2 to 4 seconds."
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Those contestants who took more than 3 seconds to push open the door failed to meet the test requirements and were immediately eliminated by the large hole that suddenly appeared under their feet.
Seeing that no one else was going up, Zhang Yu went up and, while looking at the nine types of palm techniques recorded on the wall, began to strike the metal door with his palms.
With his superb control over his magic and body, he moved like a whirlwind, circling the metal gate once, and in 2.3 seconds, he struck nine different spots on the metal gate with nine different palm strikes.
Then he stood in front of the metal door, and with a strong push from both hands, he pushed the metal door open completely and stepped into the darkness.
From the darkness, one could hear the roars of countless wild beasts and monsters.
The next moment, accompanied by a burst of fire, hundreds and thousands of monsters rushed forward.
Zombies, Fox Demon, ghosts... all rushed at him, as if they wanted to tear Zhang Yu to pieces.
However, after Zhang Yu mustered up the courage to fight the monsters, he found that they were no match for him. He quickly fought his way in and out of them three times, and when he pushed open the exit door at the end of the passage, he found himself back in the toilet stall of the train station.
"Is courage the ultimate test of Dao Heart?"
Zhang Yu opened his phone, logged into the registration website, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he had successfully registered and passed the test.
However, in his hazy state, he felt as if he had overlooked something.
But just as I was about to think about it more carefully, I had already forgotten that point.
Zhang Yu shook his head, and as soon as he stepped out of the restroom, he was knocked unconscious by a single slap.
at the same time.
Inside the office where Zhang Yu just registered.
The middle-aged woman who helped Zhang Yu register sat behind a desk, with the figures of four other people visible in the four Light Screen beside her.
The middle-aged woman's name was Deng Bingding.
Although she is Wandering God, she is already a sixth-rank deity, which is a great figure compared to the ninth-rank Gong Cao Small God.
But Deng Bingding never felt there was anything to be proud of.
Everyone thinks it's good to be a god, that gods have great power, but what's the point of actually becoming a god?
Deng Bingding had been to the Heavenly Court. She knew how high the steps were, how far she was from the various great gods, how insignificant her authority was in this Kunxu, and she understood that in the eyes of the immortals, she was just a useful tool.
For example, right now, because of a sudden order from her superiors, she had to slow down what she was doing and devote a lot of energy and Divine Power to working overtime to participate in the Foundation Establishment Exam, maintain order in the exam room, and protect students' information from being leaked.
She glanced at the other four figures on the Light Screen; they were the four minor gods who had been sent to assist her.
Deng Bingding said, "This reform of the Foundation Establishment Exam is an imperial edict from the Immortal and an instruction from the Divine Lord. I would appreciate your help in keeping a close eye on it."
"Not at all, not at all, we will follow your orders, Lord Deng..."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Deng Bingding had already received Goodwill Talisman from the four minor deities.
The practice of lower-ranking gods sending Goodwill Talisman to higher-ranking gods to increase their favorability was originally an act of a few individual deities, but it has now unknowingly spread throughout the entire Kunxu Divine Realm.
Deng Bingding was quite disdainful of this and deeply Disgust such formalities.
She glanced at the amounts sent by the four junior gods, her brow furrowing as she thought, "Everyone else received over ten thousand, but you only sent me 5,000? What does this mean?"
Deng Bingding immediately remembered the minor deity who had the lowest amount of Goodwill Talisman.
"Huang Zichou."
"You've turned a perfectly Goodwill Talisman into a badwill talisman. You're quite the talent; no wonder you're still a ninth-rank god."
Deng Bingding sighed inwardly. That's why she Disgust these red tapes. Before superiors and subordinates could even cooperate properly, the relationship had already soured. How could she possibly serve the powerful figures like that?
She still misses the days when she could say the amount of money in person and no one would check the transfer.
With his hands forming a hand seal, accompanied by surging Divine Power, beams of Light Screen appeared before his eyes, showing the experiences of each student after stepping through the metal gate.
Deng Bingding said calmly, "As you all know, with so many mouths around in the Eight Departments, life has never been easy."
"The reason for suddenly adding this registration test this year is partly to filter out some first-year high school students using criteria such as magical power, physical strength, and Martial Dao, thus saving some budget for the exam."
"On the other hand, that's the key point from above: through the Dao Heart Test, we'll retain the truly capable talents and weed out those who climb up but become spineless cowards..."
(End of this chapter)