Compared to the grand spectacle in Three Rivers Prefecture, Water Mouth City's provincial examination golden list was simply pasted on the outer wall of the yamen.
The list gave off a faint talismanic sheen. Clearly, it was a magic artifact the court used to confirm the quota.
Mouse True Person poked his head out from the shadows, his gaze fixed firmly on the list, his face full of fervor.
"Eldest senior brother, second senior brother really made the list!"
He muttered softly, his tail excitedly sweeping the ground behind him.
To say he was not envious would be a lie. His own cultivation actually fell far short of perfected enlightenment, yet he had still braced himself and come to Water Mouth City to take part in the provincial examination. Was that not precisely because of how tempting having one's name inscribed on the golden list was to Demon Cultivators?
"I am not greedy either. If the position of third Classic Laureate were mine, I would be perfectly content."
Mouse True Person rubbed his claws together. "Heh heh, it will definitely work. As long as the Immortal Master is willing, forget the provincial examination, even the metropolitan and palace examinations won't be a problem."
In his eyes, Ren Qing's previous arrangements to wipe out the demons had clearly been to clear obstacles for his two disciples.
Now, even if there were still Demon Cultivators who had not died, they already would not dare refine Transformation Pills anymore. There was truly no need to throw away their lives for a provincial examination that came once every four years.
As for the Medicine Dissolution and rebirth the Immortal Master often muttered about, that was merely the lofty pretext of an old man who saw far ahead. After all, with the Immortal Master's realm,