Purple Snow Academy divided the entrance examination scores into five evaluation tiers, with 20 points in each tier.
E, Poor.
D, Failed.
C, Passed.
B, Excellent.
A, Outstanding.
The first requirement for admission to Purple Snow Academy was age.
Only students aged sixteen or younger could apply. There was no lower limit; if they had the ability, even a one-year-old could enroll.
Next came the evaluation. Rank C was considered the passing line. No matter how outstanding a student was in one area, if even one of their abilities failed to reach Rank C, Purple Snow Academy would not admit them.
Purple Snow's goal was to cultivate well-rounded talents. If someone was a specialized genius, they could simply go to Red Blood or Soaring Dragon. There was no need to make an exception and admit them.
Only after meeting both requirements would students be selected based on merit.
Out of three hundred thousand people, a mere half hour of written testing sent more than a hundred thousand straight out. All of them had been rated below Rank C and were disqualified from taking the four-dimensional test.
So many people left dejectedly, yet it failed to cause even the slightest ripple. Those who remained could only rejoice that their abilities were sufficient. Those who had barely crossed the line on the edge of failure had no idea whether they would stumble or continue forward on the next step, and had no energy to grieve for anyone else.
As for the many more capable people, they would not spare even the slightest attention for the failures. They devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the tests, striving to obtain a place.
Purple Snow Academy was a top-tier academy capable of changing one's fate. Although it was not the only path forward, once someone had failed to reach even Rank C, they were almost certainly incapable of entering the other four great academies either. They had already lost their chance to become superior to the masses.
Stay. They had to stay. This was the greatest opportunity in the entire Immortal Dynasty. Once they remained, they would step into another level entirely. It could completely be called a "direct express route to rising above the masses." Every other path was unworthy even of carrying its shoes beside this one.
As everyone knew, only the Five Great Academies could come into contact with the Immortal Dynasty's core affairs—
The Multiverse Unique Beacon Project!
In this Era of Dharma Decline, where the spiritual energy had been completely consumed by the Original Spirit Grass, this was the only path to obtain cultivation resources and reach the summit!
"Proceed to Practical Test Site No. 2."
Under the guidance, Yun Ye arrived at Test Site No. 2. The place was already packed with people, but wherever Yun Ye passed, everyone voluntarily moved aside. He did not feel crowded at all.
This privilege did not belong to Yun Ye alone. Several other geniuses with astonishing auras had received the same treatment. It was an enormous gap that could be understood merely by seeing it. Ordinary examinees truly lacked the courage to approach geniuses of this level, lest they humiliate themselves.
"Huh? It looks like the proctor has been replaced. What happened?"
The people nearby suddenly began discussing it noisily.
There was a teacher assigned to Site No. 2.
He was a man dressed in a black military uniform. However, a white-haired youth soon walked over, and after exchanging a few words with him, the personnel were replaced.
The original teacher sat to the side and pressed his ring while checking something.
"Silence! The test begins now. Every test offers only one chance. The person with the highest total score may enroll three days from now. Give it everything you have and show your full strength. Don't imagine the academy will make an exception for your mistakes!"
"I'm telling you, that's impossible!"
The white-haired youth shouted. He directly eliminated the vibration of the air, cutting off every sound and creating a field of silence.
All the examinees shut their mouths and began taking the tests in sequence according to their numbers.
The test was conducted in groups of ten, with the four dimensions tested one after another.
"First test: Power Rank!"
"This test measures the actual destructive power of the three arts. Everyone, pick up the spirit armament in front of you. You may use only ten units of spiritual power to activate your spirit art!"
Light screens rose before the ten examinees. They knew that the material of these screens was special: it would absorb the force of an attack and display the corresponding score.
"Boom!"
The examinees had no time to think. They picked up the ring-shaped spirit armaments in front of the firing platforms and immediately poured in their spiritual power.
Once ten units of spiritual power had been input, the ring-shaped spirit armament gathered it at the center before firing it fiercely, transforming it into a ball of spiritual power that struck the light screen.
"C, Passed."
"D, Failed."
"C, Passed."
"..."
The results came out, and nearly half of them immediately lost their qualifications.
Purple Snow Academy's standards were extremely strict. A Rank C evaluation was already considered outstanding for a genius outside, but here, it merely meant hovering at the edge of elimination.
"Next batch."
According to their numbers, the examinees took the Power Rank test one after another. There were roughly a thousand examinees present, and each batch basically needed only a dozen or so seconds.
The testing continued for roughly four hours. It was noon by the time Yun Ye's turn came.
He was in the final batch.
At the same time, the examinees in his batch were all far stronger than those in the preceding batches. It seemed they had been deliberately divided this way: the better one's test results, the later one's testing order, so as not to affect the mindsets of the other examinees.
"Final batch! Go eat lunch once you're finished!"
The white-haired youth shouted. His gaze faintly settled on Yun Ye, while he did not even look at the other examinees.
"..."
Yun Ye stepped forward and picked up the spirit ring. The others also took their positions and picked up their equipment, preparing for the examination.
In that brief instant, the world in Yun Ye's eyes shifted out of alignment, and countless futures flashed past.
It was not because he had nothing better to do. On the contrary, his intuition was sounding an alarm.
"I can't input too much power, or the spirit ring will shatter. Although that would be the academy's responsibility and the examinee wouldn't lose their qualification, it would be troublesome. Some bureaucratic senior academy official would directly reject my admission because of the trouble, and I'd have to go through several twists and turns before obtaining the qualification to retake the exam."
Yun Ye had witnessed quite an entertaining story, but he would pass on personally participating in it. When it came to trouble, he preferred to keep his distance.
At once, spiritual power flowed into the Ten Thousand Spirits True Style. A file detailing the evidence of the useless senior official's crimes was delivered to the Ten Thousand Spirits Conglomerate.
The message contained only a few words: Send him in.
Ten Thousand Spirits Conglomerate, the chairman's office.
A young man sat in his chair, words leaping through his consciousness. He abruptly straightened. "Hmm... the academy council, Zhang Ju Tan?"
"He hasn't even enrolled yet. How did Zhang Ju Tan offend this major figure? They actually gathered such detailed evidence of his crimes? Is this some kind of joke...?"
The Red Heaven Realm was covered by dao artifacts. Although the rules established by the dao artifacts in each continent differed, committing a crime was extraordinarily difficult.
It could even be said to be impossible.
That was precisely why this file seemed so terrifying. All the evidence of guilt had come from beyond the heavens, from the multiverse beyond the reach of the dao artifacts' control!
No wonder he had been parachuted directly into the Ten Thousand Spirits Conglomerate and had all his authority stripped away. A background capable of casually killing a member of an academy council was truly chilling.
Purple Snow was one of the Five Great Academies, and every member of its council was a major figure. Even the Ten Thousand Spirits Conglomerate had to treat them cautiously. If possible, even with evidence of guilt in hand, he would not want to offend Zhang Ju Tan. At most, he would use the evidence to establish a connection and make use of Zhang Ju Tan. It was impossible to simply destroy him. What a pity...
This was an order.
There was no room for choice.
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