Chapter 237: with translation of chapter title: 237

237 "A dark, windy night is perfect for beating someone up."

Actually, when this last question was set, the Fengdu Great Emperor told the AI to require everyone to answer according to their occupational attributes and their own strength, and also secretly to see whether everyone's self-assessment of their strength is too overconfident, which would affect future case work.

After all, the Underworld has already assessed the abilities of everyone taking the exam; it's crystal clear.

For Tushan Jiu's ability, this is her standard answer; she can also handle a twenty-year-old malevolent ghost in three steps.

It's just those extra "nonsense" above; the Fengdu Great Emperor had Tushan Liang deduct five points from her.

The written exam has a perfect score of 100, and the passing line is 95.

Tushan Jiu watched Tushan Liang draw two lines under the 95-point mark, and the corner of her mouth curled.

She wrote it exactly for the five points; if they lowered the passing standard, she could have written a bit more.

In the first round of the written exam, five people were eliminated.

Those five people all lacked sufficient self-assessment of their level on the last question.

Next up is the practical test.

The practical test is also divided into four questions.

The first three are the same as in previous years: nothing more than extracting ghost power, opening the Ghost Gate, and battling a malevolent ghost.

What's different this year from before is the addition of a team combat question; with twenty-five people left, they fit perfectly into five-person teams.

Tushan Jiu and Maomao were assigned to the same group, and Wang Dongqing and Xiang Yichu happened to be placed together as well.

In each of the five different barriers, the yin soldiers initiated a role-play.

In Tushan Jiu and Maomao's group, there were three others: one from the Quanzhen Sect, one from the Lingbao Sect, and one from the Heavenly Heart Sect.

This case simulates a tragic case from a hundred years ago, likewise a vengeful malevolent ghost case.

Tushan Jiu, through a bit of medium from the victim, directly calculated the whole incident's origin and outcome, then found the malevolent ghost—except this ghost had killed twenty-six people in the victim's household, greatly increasing its ghost power; after fighting it for a while, she captured it, then extracted its ghost power and sent it to the Underworld.

Every step was strictly carried out according to the office's procedures, handling affairs impartially.

Although Tushan Jiu and Maomao were a bit unhappy, after all it's an exam—first pass, then talk; as for if we really encounter them later, just two words, we'll talk later.

After the exam, the other three felt it was a pity in their hearts.

Why didn't they take the exam in Nan Cheng? Fighting in a team with Tushan Jiu's group is simply too awesome.

On the other side, Xiang Yichu and Wang Dongqing weren't so lucky; they ran into a somewhat arrogant teammate, almost ruining things.

Wang Dongqing was so angry that he complained for half an hour with Tushan Jiu and her two companions, while Xiang Yichu occasionally added a couple of sentences.

"I'm furious! That brat is so sharp—on the written exam's last question, did you see how modest he wrote? Once the practical test came, he immediately acted as the big boss, commanding this and that; I really want to kick him! He actually made me be the 'bait'—who does he think he is?!"

Xiang Yichu patted his shoulder and said, "It's fine; didn't they say above that scores will be based on on-site performance? He just tried to snatch credit, almost angering the evil ghost and harming innocents—if it weren't for your timely reaction, that 'person' would have died, so he probably won't pass."

Upon hearing this, Tushan Jiu and Maomao realized Wang Dongqing had been bullied, and they exchanged a glance.

Tushan Jiu did a finger calculation and said, "His hotel is to the east; over there is a spot without surveillance."

Maomao: "Is there a hardware store nearby?"

Tushan Jiu checked the navigation: "Yes."

Maomao: "Buy a sack; that'll be more convenient."

Tushan Jiu nodded: "I agree with this suggestion; I've calculated—he'll go out at 8:30 p. m., and it'll be dark by then."

Maomao also solemnly nodded: "A dark, windy night is perfect for beating someone up."

The two paid no heed to the people around them, even though the Fengdu Great Emperor on the "connection" was present, and they discussed in a low voice.

The crowd: "......"

Are they deaf?

Wang Dongqing stood with hands on hips, looking at that male student who was already retreating to the door; he lifted his chin at him, his face full of proud, triumphant vigor, just like a rooster that's won a fight.

Beside him, Xiang Yichu also watched the scene with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The Fengdu Great Emperor on the "big screen" was angry about this and deducted one point from each of the four.

But they still steadily passed the exam.

The Fengdu Great Emperor was also really helpless; this generation's young people seem a bit hard to deal with!

But the fact is, their strength is still right there.

There's Tushan Jiu, who makes one step count as a hundred; she used to be too lazy to calculate, so she'd just block soldiers with generals and water with earth, but now she's gotten serious—each of her points leaves a little spare score for her, saved for when he deducts points.

Because after that point was deducted from her, he saw that she again had just barely a passing score!

Angered, he on the spot cut off the "connection"—out of sight, out of mind.

He had a premonition that once this team goes online, the daily affairs of the Underworld will definitely be chaotic!

When the exam results were announced, as expected, all four passed.

However, this time the perfect scorer wasn't Xiang Yichu but another man from the Quanzhen Sect.

Tushan Jiu and her four companions all fell short of full marks.

After the results came out, the matter of being officially hired still has to wait.

Because although the office has been reformed, the rule of having a probation period remains unchanged.

So the four of them are still interns for now.

But that's all minor; as long as they passed the exam, the rest is a done deal.

After receiving the result, Tushan Jiu immediately messaged Xie Shiyu, and then sent the good news of her passing the exam to the Xie Family group.

At that moment, several transfers came pouring into the group.

Each transfer was 200,000.

To celebrate her passing the exam.

Tushan Jiu was dazed—was it really that substantial?

But she wasn't shy about it; she took, took, took—she accepted them all.

Then they thanked each one by one with an @.

Xie Shiyu said he had already come over to pick her up.

Because this morning he was the one who brought her here, and he even said, under the pretense of giving her good luck, that he kissed her several times.

Tushan Jiu told everyone she'd see them at work, then she ran off.

She was going to go share her joy with Xie Shiyu!

Tushan Liang, who was about to find Tushan Jiu to tell her a few things, turned around and in that instant she was gone.

He asked Xiang Yichu nearby, learned that Xie Shiyu had come to pick her up, he shook his head with a smile, and disappeared inside the office.

He still had to go back to the underworld to report.

Tushan Jiu was, after all, the first member of the Tushan Family to pass the civil service exam since the office was established.

After all, before this, they only knew some divination tricks; as for other things... better not mention them.