Second-Round Grouping, Ye Lingxiao's Fighting Spirit

Looking at the remaining twenty students, Deng Bingding encouraged them, "I have already granted you all the rights to use the Cultivation Method you just learned."

"This is a reward prepared by the Heavenly Court to encourage the candidates on the first level and help them advance in their exams."

"I hope that you will remain humble and diligent, continue your vigorous progress, strive hard on the path to Immortal Dao, and reach Upper Level in the future, serving the Heavenly Court and your sects..."

After encouraging the students present, Deng Bingding went on to talk about the next round of exams.

"The next round of exams will be held on October 15th, at the same location."

"But unlike this comprehensive exam, the second round is a specialized exam. Each of you must choose one of the four tracks: Dao Heart, Magic Power, Physical Fitness, or Martial Arts."

"We kept you here so we could arrange your registration..."

Guided by the Orthodox God intervention, the students at the scene took out their mobile phones and logged into the registration website.

According to Deng Bingding, after this reform of the Foundation Establishment Exam, there have been slight changes in the registration for the four tracks.

Each student can register for two tracks. This is to facilitate adjustments based on the student's total score in the first round if there are too few people in some tracks or too many people in others.

In short, the goal is to better discover talent in the first tier, to make the distribution of participants across the four tracks more balanced, and to prevent too many strong competitors from being eliminated in one track.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu frowned slightly. "Sign up for two people?"

"But A-Zhen and I only discussed one track!"

"Won't they end up putting me and A-Zhen on the same track after all these adjustments?"

Zhang Yu also wanted to discuss it with Bai Zhenzhen, but the Orthodox God had just forbidden the examinees from communicating with each other.

This clearly requires them to complete the registration independently at this moment after being informed of the rule change.

"Then it all depends on the chemistry between A-Zhen and me."

As originally agreed with Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu applied for sports, while Bai Zhenzhen applied for Martial Dao.

Now that a second registration option has been added, Zhang Yu has to choose between Dao Heart and Magic Power.

"Is it the Dao Heart or magical power?"

Thinking back to his performance in the first Magical Power Exam, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, "Without realizing it, because I neglected to continue practicing my magic power control, A-Zhen has already surpassed me in this aspect, hasn't she?"

With this in mind, Zhang Yu chose the Dao Heart as the second option.

A moment later, as all the contestants completed their registration, all the data appeared before the Orthodox God.

Deng Bingding nodded. "As expected, Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao avoided each other? It seems they had some tacit understanding."

Huang Zichou said, "If these two were to meet on the same track, it would be a real shame if either of them were eliminated."

Deng Bingding's gaze swept over the registration choices of the third, fourth, and fifth place finishers, and he said, "Let's start making adjustments."

In Deng Bingding's view, the first thing to determine is naturally the tracks for Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing, who are ranked first and second respectively.

This is simply because there is a significant gap in skill between these two individuals and the other 18 students present.

Deng Bingding thought to himself, "Whichever two tracks Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing are placed on, they will be the winners."

After some discussion, the Orthodox God placed Ye Lingxiao in the sports track he had registered for, and Yun Jing in the Martial Dao track he had registered for.

Next, they continued to group the contestants according to their scores from highest to lowest, especially separating the top ten contestants from Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing as much as possible.

With the Orthodox God operating at high speed in the network, the selection of candidates for each track in the second round of examinations was quickly finalized.

Huang Zichou glanced at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's positions and thought to himself, "These two guys are having a bit of bad luck."

Zhang Yu was then assigned to the sports track, while Bai Zhenzhen was assigned to the Martial Dao track.

From the perspective of the Orthodox God, the presence of Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing made the sports and Martial Dao a group of death, and all the contestants except Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing were destined to be eliminated.

Huang Zichou thought to himself, "But even if Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen are eliminated this year, they can take the exam again next year."

"Although these two poor people have amazing potential and seem to have a mysterious backer, they still lack a year of cultivation time. Let them go back and recuperate for a year before coming back."

He knew that the main purpose of this Foundation Establishment Exam reform was to discover more talented individuals and send them to higher levels of education.

Therefore, the most reasonable choice would be to assign the lower-scoring contestants to the groups of Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing, and to assign the remaining high-scoring contestants to the other two groups.

As for contestants like Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, who can participate in the Foundation Establishment Exam again next year, the examiners don't think it's a pity if they are eliminated in the next round.

As soon as the Orthodox God finished their discussion, a Light Screen appeared in front of the 20 students present, showing the group assignments for the next round of exams.

Looking at the group assignments, some people breathed a sigh of relief, some looked tense, and some looked helpless; their reactions varied.

The first thing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen checked, of course, was whether the two of them had been in a car accident.

Upon discovering that they were on the sports track and the Martial Dao track respectively, both of them breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But when they spotted their opponents on their respective tracks, their expressions immediately turned serious.

"Number 23?" Zhang Yu looked at Ye Lingxiao, thinking to himself, "Should I compete with this guy?"

Recalling Ye Lingxiao's performance in the three exams today, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Damn... this guy definitely cheated, right? He cheated even more than I did!"

"Rich and cheating, number 23, you deserve to die." At this moment, Zhang Yu really hoped that Ye Lingxiao would be killed when he went out.

But he knew it was impossible after thinking about it. Not to mention whether the car could kill him, the protection the other party had was definitely not ordinary.

"Feather Scroll, Feather Scroll, in the end it's still because you're not up to par."

"If you were even slightly more capable, would I be worrying about this?"

Ultimately, I'll have to upgrade it for you myself.

Initially, Zhang Yu thought that Feather Scroll was his cheat code.

After repeatedly improving his skills through his own efforts, Zhang Yu realized that Feather Scroll was simply a reflection of his potential.

Now, I realize I still need to find a way to hunt down the Evil God and upgrade Feather Scroll, so that he feels like he's Feather Scroll's cheat code.

On the other side, Bai Zhenzhen looked in Yun Jing's direction. "Isn't this number 11? Damn it, they actually grouped me with him? This is rigged!"

"Is it possible for his family to suddenly go bankrupt?"

Bai Zhenzhen scratched her head in frustration, thinking, "The Martial Dao Exam ultimately involves real combat, right? I need to defeat this guy..."

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She began to recall Yun Jing's performance in the three exams that day, and carefully wrote it down, not wanting to miss a single detail.

Yu Xinghan looked at the sports group he had been assigned to. Although he frowned a little, he wasn't too disappointed.

After all, based on his own mental preparation, he didn't think he could even get the Foundation Establishment Certificate this year; getting this far was already quite good.

"Alright," Deng Bingding said, "Everyone has seen the list; that's all for today."

"Go back and prepare well for the next round of exams."

After saying that, Deng Bingding pointed to the passage that everyone had come from, indicating that they could leave.

Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were walking towards the passage, they discovered that Ye Lingxiao had also appeared beside them at some point.

Upon noticing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen beside him, Ye Lingxiao exchanged a glance with them and nodded to each other, as if to greet them.

Watching this scene from a distance, Dai Xingzhi thought to himself, "Ye Lingxiao actually greeted them first? Sure enough, Ye Lingxiao considers them to be on the same level."

Thinking back to when he and Zhang Yu came in together, he had secretly looked down on Zhang Yu for being from out of town, Dai Xingzhi couldn't help but smile wryly, "Sigh, it's good to be rich. Even outside of Immortal Capital, you can still be awesome."

After exchanging a glance, Ye Lingxiao and Zhang Yu said, "Wasn't today's exam worth your full effort?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's spirits lifted, and he thought to himself, "What does this mean? Is this bullying language from Immortal Capital? Are they mocking my poor grades today?"

Ye Lingxiao continued, "However, you won't be able to compete without going all out in the next round."

"I look forward to our duel then."

"Well then... see you at the summit."

The peak that Ye Lingxiao mentioned refers to is the Kunxu Second Layer.

From his perspective, given the level Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had demonstrated, even if they didn't pass the Foundation Establishment Certificate, passing the Second Layer exam in the future would be no problem at all.

Watching Ye Lingxiao fall into the large black hole at his feet and disappear without a trace, Zhang Yu recalled the fighting spirit expressed in the other's eyes.

The next moment, he and Bai Zhenzhen also fell into the cave and were teleported back to the station's restroom.

"That guy..." Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Wasn't he being sarcastic?"

Zhang Yu clenched his fist slightly. "Don't worry, I'll definitely surprise you in the next exam."

Back at the station, looking at the gray night sky, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen dared not linger in Immortal Capital. They quickly bought tickets and soon left this high-cost city.

Just as Zhang Yu was starting to relax a little after the train started moving, the Ritual began again.

With a sigh, Zhang Yu could only go to the corridor to practice the Boundless Spring Autumn Zen.

Seeing Zhang Yu's expression, Bai Zhenzhen cursed inwardly, "Still rolling?"

Having gone through three exams in a row, Bai Zhenzhen felt utterly exhausted and had no interest in continuing her cultivation.

But when she thought about the opponents she and Zhang Yu would face in the next round of exams, Bai Zhenzhen could understand Zhang Yu's feelings.

"Yu Zi must be very anxious right now."

"Sigh, there's no point in rushing it."

"At least you just finished the exam, so you should rest on the train first..."

Just as Bai Zhenzhen was thinking this, her phone vibrated.

"Hello?"

A gentle yet polite female voice came from the other end of the phone. "Is this Ms. Bai Zhenzhen?"

(End of this chapter)