Chapter 1

Rong City,

First High School, inside the classroom.

Name: Jiang Ding

Chinese (Full score 150): 109

Mathematics (Full score 150): 70

Ideological and Moral Education (Full score 150): 137

Science Comprehensive (Full score 300, Biology, Chemistry, Physics): 151,

Arts Comprehensive (Full score 100, History, Geography): 61

Bonus Electives—

Cultivation (Full score 300): Bone Refinement Realm Peak 50,

Main Weapon Elective (Full score 60): Heavy Machine Gun: 17

Cold Weapon Secondary Weapon Elective (Full score 40): Low-Tier Sword Art—Swift Wind Three Slashes, 25

Combat (Full score 150): 23

Total Score: 643

In the last row,

A delicate-looking youth stared at the mock exam results that had just been handed out, looking for a long time.

"The total score for cultural subjects is 850, and I can only score 534,"

"The total score for cultivation bonus electives is 400, and I can only score 97. Not to mention the combat score; I can't beat anyone." Jiang Ding sighed.

"Sigh... at this rate, let alone getting into the Daoist Department of Qianling University, I won't even be able to get into an ordinary third-tier university. Perhaps entering a vocational school to learn a trade earlier is the right path..."

The Immortal Sect relies on spiritual veins across the globe to build thirty-nine universities.

Most of the students in these universities are ordinary people; only the Daoist Department with a twenty-year curriculum teaches immortal cultivation knowledge, allowing one to master extraordinary powers and have hope for longevity.

And to get into the Daoist Department of any university, they don't look at spiritual roots, cultivation base, or family background; even if you are the direct descendant of a Jin Dan True Person, it is useless.

The only standard is: the college entrance exam score!

You don't even need to pay attention to cultivation or electives; even if you are a waste at immortal cultivation and martial arts, as long as your college entrance exam score reaches the cutoff for the Daoist Department of a university, you will definitely be admitted.

The Immortal Sect college entrance exam is the greatest fairness for students worldwide!

Of course, there are very few people in the entire history of the Immortal Sect who could abandon the 550 points from cultivation bonuses and still get into a university Daoist Department.

And, besides getting into the Daoist Department, cultivation bonus electives have no other use.

Ordinary university departments only look at cultural subject scores.

"Bone Refinement Realm Peak!"

His deskmate said with a sour tone: "That's pretty good too. You can lift eight hundred jin; in ancient times, wearing heavy armor, you would at least be a match for ten thousand."

Li Junhao had a short, thin build, which made his head look very large, and he looked somewhat comical.

"In this day and age, it's just a matter of a burst from a submachine gun." Jiang Ding shook his head and sighed, changing the subject, "Is your cultural subject score 690 or 698?"

Rong City First High School is known as the cradle of Daoist Department students. Except for those like him who were specially recruited for ideological and moral education, everyone else has some real skills.

"701 points."

Li Junhao's sourness vanished, and he said proudly.

"Over 700 points?!!"

Jiang Ding was shocked.

This was no small matter. Although cultural scores and cultivation scores are separate, they are not opposed but are interconnected and inseparable.

Chinese contains a large amount of basic knowledge and principles of talismans and techniques. A student who can write a good essay will have a high level of understanding of talismans and techniques when they embark on the path of cultivation in the future;

Mathematics clearly includes the calculation and knowledge foundation related to formations;

Physics, Chemistry, and Biology in the Science Comprehensive, and History and Geography in the Arts Comprehensive, are all closely related to spiritual beasts, spiritual materials, artifact refining, and spiritual veins in immortal cultivation.

However,

Immortal cultivation is a discipline that closely combines theory and practice.

Without becoming an immortal cultivator, without magic power and spiritual sense, one cannot truly observe and practice the things in the books.

It's like a eunuch painting spring palace art; everything is based on imagination. One can only rely on the principles, formation structures, and magic power flow charts in the books to calculate and deduce the answer.

Separated by a thick layer of cloth.

No matter how smart a person is, there is a limit. Even with talent and willingness to work hard, under these conditions, it is excellent for an ordinary person to score four or five hundred points.

"You can consider which top 2 university to attend." Jiang Ding said, not without jealousy.

The top ordinary academic elites only score six hundred and something points. These are already candidates for Qingfeng University and Beidou University, and there is a significant possibility of getting into these two top-ranked institutions of the Immortal Sect.

Of course, this is only for ordinary departments; the top cultivation geniuses will not compete with them.

Seven hundred points is a threshold.

This means that in immortal cultivation subjects, he can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the top cultivation geniuses in some or certain aspects.

It's just a pity that in the three Body Refinement realms—Skin Refinement, Muscle Refinement, and Bone Refinement—to give birth to internal qi and return to the Primordial state, Li Junhao only barely reached the late stage of Skin Refinement. His realm bonus was 10 points, and his electives in thermal weapons, cold weapons, and combat were also extremely poor. All three were single-digit scores of 5, and his total cultivation elective score was a pitiful 25.

"Sigh~"

The two looked at each other, both showing bitterness.

In the last ten years, even the cutoff for the Daoist Department of the provincial Qianling University, which has the lowest score requirement, was 842. The two of them had absolutely no hope.

"It's really unfair."

Li Junhao secretly glanced at the dozen or so people in the front row,

"Their cultural scores aren't even 400, but because they were born with spiritual roots, they don't need to learn martial arts to forge their bodies, give birth to internal qi, or return to the Primordial state. They are born able to practice immortal cultivation techniques and become high-and-mighty Qi Refining cultivators. They can get over 200 points in cultivation bonuses without studying, leaving us who stay up late studying until two in the morning far behind."

Li Junhao showed hidden unwillingness.

Jiang Ding knew that he was actually very proud. Without magic power and spiritual sense, he had managed to learn cultural subjects better than most Qi Refining immortal cultivators.

But this pride was shattered in the face of the reality of the gap.

Whether it was the scores in school, the status in society later, or even lifespan, they were far behind.

"... Fourteenth place, Zou Xiyuan, cultural score 411, cultivation 377, total score 788."

The head teacher, Guo Kui, who had been keeping a straight face, finally had a hint of a smile, and his head lifted slightly.

"Qi Refining Level 2, an improvement from before. Keep up this momentum. There is still one year until the college entrance exam. If you can break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining by then, or improve your Geography, Biology, History, and Chemistry scores a bit more, the Daoist Department of Qianling University is within reach!"

The reason for these subjects is that the purpose of Blue Fluorescence Star education is to select immortal cultivation talent. Chinese, Mathematics, and Physics involve the principles of meridians and circulation for immortal cultivation techniques, as well as the three major related fields of talismans and formations. They are extremely difficult and cannot be improved without talent and hard work.

However, the high school curriculum has already been completed in the first and second years. Unless a miracle happens in the remaining year, it is basically impossible to significantly improve scores in these three foundational subjects; one can only put effort into the other subjects.

As for Ideological and Moral Education, this is a subject that examines the understanding and support for the Immortal Sect system. As long as one is a normal person studying normally, doesn't have too many heretical thoughts, and writes them out, one can basically pass.

But a high score is also very difficult and very subjective. There is no specific answer. It is graded by the Immortal Sect's foundation—the Central Formation Spirit Computer—and based on its program logic, scores are given based on the exam paper, the student's past experience, online and real-world remarks, and even family political background.

Over the years, high-scoring papers in Ideological and Moral Education have appeared, but basically, every paper is different. Countless tutoring teachers have studied them for I don't know how many days and nights, but they haven't found any common ground, and improvement is very difficult.

This is also the reason why Jiang Ding, whose cultural and cultivation subjects are not outstanding, was able to enter the First High School.

The teachers and principal of the First High School support the Immortal Sect, after all, and have extremely high political awareness. How could they let talented people be left outside the school?

The eyes of the twenty-plus people in the classroom all turned toward a girl with some freckles, with various complex emotions like envy, heat, and inferiority.

Daoist Department is within reach!

Jiang Ding's mood was also very complex.

The advantages of immortal cultivators,

There are too many!

In the Qi Refining stage, the cultivation bonus is 200, Qi Refining Level 2 bonus is 20, and the use of heavy machine guns—the three major subjects of precision shooting, cross-tier shooting, and covering shooting—they can easily get the full 30-point warrior limit with the help of spiritual sense.

—The remaining thirty points, called tank driving and combat, are something that warriors without spiritual sense, even Primordial warriors who are said to be comparable to Qi Refining, don't even have the qualifications to participate in.

"Tenth place..."

"Ninth place..."

"Second place, Wu Tianli, Qi Refining Level 5, cultural score 730, cultivation bonus 467, total score 1197."

Swish!

Instantly, almost all eyes were attracted, including those who were also in the Qi Refining stage.

That was a confident, sunny, and handsome youth who nodded slightly, politely responding to the surrounding classmates.

"Qi Refining Level 5!"

The surroundings were in an uproar.

"Wu Tianli seems to have four spiritual roots of Gold, Wood, Water, and Fire. How could his cultivation speed be so fast?"

"His spiritual root attributes are relatively good; it's possible they are extremely close to three spiritual roots."

"Three spiritual roots! Not counting those outside the realm, this is almost top-tier talent..."

Jiang Ding silently listened to the discussion of the surrounding classmates, like a transparent person.

Ten thousand years ago, Blue Fluorescence Star was still a world without spiritual energy. Even though it has intersected with the Cultivation World for ten thousand years, the local spiritual veins and spiritual roots are still extremely scarce. Four spiritual roots are extremely rare; it takes almost eighty or ninety thousand people to produce one, not to mention three spiritual roots, two spiritual roots, and the legendary Heaven spiritual root.

Four spiritual root cultivators, who are called fake spiritual roots outside the realm, are already geniuses on Blue Fluorescence Star.

"At the very least, the Daoist Department of the fifteen universities is guaranteed, the middle twelve universities are within reach, and even the upper twelve universities are not without a glimmer of possibility." Guo Kui said with a full face of smiles.

You must know that among the thirty-nine universities with Daoist Departments, the middle twelve universities are generally only something that three-spiritual-root cultivators can hope for.

"I will work hard, teacher." Wu Tianli said seriously.

Everyone knew what he was talking about.

The upper twelve universities, including Qingfeng University and Beidou University, have a title: Home of Jin Dan!

According to statistics from past students, the probability of students in the upper twelve universities becoming Jin Dan cultivators is ten times, or even more than ten times, greater than all other schools and rogue cultivators combined!

"This..." Guo Kui encouraged: "Keep it up, teacher believes in you!"

The Daoist Department of the upper twelve universities is also known as the Twelve Dao Palaces. Every Dao Palace has a Nascent Soul True Person meditating. Even for local three-spiritual-root cultivators, wanting to get into them is extremely difficult. Everyone who enters is a top-tier genius who has achieved the best in Daoist industry and cultivation.

Cultivators outside the realm have a name for students of the upper twelve universities.

Registered disciples of Nascent Soul True Persons!

At least in the eyes of cultivators outside the realm, the status of students of the upper twelve universities is equivalent to the status of registered disciples of Nascent Soul ancestors. If there is communication, they will be treated as such.

Thus, one can imagine the difficulty.

Basically, among the hundreds of millions of people in a province, almost only nearly a hundred students are qualified to enter the upper twelve universities every year.

"First place, Hua Bing! Qi Refining Level 6, cultural score 723, cultivation bonus 479, total score 1202." Many admiring and respectful eyes turned toward the girl in the center of the first row. She had wheat-colored skin, was heroic and handsome, and had the aura of a big sister.

"High probability of middle twelve universities, a small possibility of entering the upper twelve universities."

Guo Kui made a judgment based on his professional experience.

She seems to be only 5 points away from Wu Tianli, but people are different. With three spiritual roots and the all-out cultivation of a Foundation Establishment father, she is now at the peak of Qi Refining Level 6 and could enter Qi Refining Level 7 at any time, becoming a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

For late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, magic power and spiritual sense will undergo a small qualitative change, which is also the foundation for them to crush early-mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

An extra 10 points of bonus is nothing. The growth and small qualitative change of magic power and spiritual sense, especially spiritual sense, can slightly improve a cultivator's calculation ability, memory, and spiritual sense scanning precision—these crucial abilities.

It will cause a small increase in learning ability.

Scores in subjects like Chinese, Mathematics, Physics, and Biology are very likely to see an overall small increase. If the increase is enough, the upper twelve universities are not impossible to hope for.

"These are the classmates with spiritual roots. There are also other classmates; you must never lose heart." Guo Kui withdrew his gaze from Hua Bing, looked at the ordinary students like Jiang Ding and Li Junhao, and said seriously:

"Unlike the long-lived species of immortal cultivators, whose profession is extremely difficult and slow to cultivate, and who need to accumulate step by step for years even with peerless talent, according to the experience of teachers, after the third year of high school, the cultivation base of teenage warriors with top-tier talent and deep foundations will see explosive growth."

"Every Immortal Sect citizen has their body and tendons forged by Primordial warriors with at least thirty years of great medicine within twenty-four hours of birth. Within three days, they have Qi Refining cultivators forge their meridians with Yuan-Nurturing Spiritual Liquid."

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"In terms of aptitude, any Immortal Sect citizen is a genius in some low-level minor worlds that only have martial arts inheritance."

"The Immortal Sect setting that warriors can participate in the college entrance exam is not to provide a foil for those with spiritual roots!"

Guo Kui's tone was very serious.

"On the contrary, the huge number of educated ordinary people is the most important foundation of the Immortal Sect. The future achievements of the top students among them will not be a bit worse than those with spiritual roots."

"Many Immortal Sect powerhouses also have no spiritual roots, but this does not prevent them from traversing the heavens and the earth!"

Many students without spiritual roots were inspired and regained hope.

Jiang Ding pursed his lips.

He noticed the two words "top-tier talent" in Teacher Guo's words.

Thinking about it,

To cultivate immortality as a mortal, if one is not a dragon or phoenix among people, how can one hope for it?

"Alright, since the results of the last mock test are out, classmates who have improved should not be arrogant, and classmates who have regressed should work harder so as not to live up to their youth."

Guo Kui put the class grade sheet aside, touched his shiny scalp, and opened the Ideological and Moral Education textbook.

Since the rise of the extraordinary, the Ideological and Moral Education class has jumped to become a major subject comparable to Chinese and Mathematics, with a total score of 150 points, which is very important. It's okay if the score is not high, but if you can't even pass, that is an extremely serious problem.

Although it won't lead to not being admitted to a university, many future opportunities will be directly closed.

"Recite the 【Immortal Sect First Law】. The tone should be solemn and respectful. Begin." Guo Kui said.

The sound of clear reading followed.

"Immortal Sect First Law!"

"All knowledge within Blue Fluorescence Star, including that of public institutions and private institutions, and that owned by individuals; whether patented or unpatented; immortal cultivation knowledge and non-immortal cultivation knowledge; all knowledge created or discovered in the past, present, and future belongs to all citizens!"

"Any citizen who has not been deprived of political rights, as long as they submit an application and prove that they have the ability to understand the knowledge, can read any knowledge and any inheritance on Blue Fluorescence Star!"

"If the knowledge is within the patent period, it is necessary to pay the patent fee recognized by the Central Formation Spirit Computer!"

Jiang Ding and the others recited loudly in a solemn tone, every punctuation mark and every pause was exactly right.

As for thoughts, there were no thoughts.

Because they started learning this on the first day they entered preschool. Literacy is also the same; the first words most Immortal Sect citizens recognize are these.

"If any institution or individual violates the Immortal Sect First Law and refuses the legal reading request of a legal citizen, the citizen should report it to the local Immortal Sect institution and the Formation Spirit Computer of the household registration location at the first opportunity."

"For institutions or individuals that repeatedly warn and still refuse to fulfill the Immortal Sect First Law, the army of the household registration location has the obligation to execute strict material and soul destruction procedures under the supervision of the Central Formation Spirit Computer."

The sound of clear reading went quiet.

"I won't say much about the importance of the Immortal Sect First Law. I, your junior high and elementary school teachers, have already said it many times. It is a must-test for the college entrance exam, and even the location, question type, and score are specified."

"This is free points, fifteen points given for free, but!"

Guo Kui's face tightened, and he said: "This time, we actually have two classmates who wrote one word wrong! This is copying, there are no variant questions, it's just copying!"

The anger of the late-stage Qi Refining cultivator caused a gale to rise in the classroom.

The books were blown to rustle, and only the sound of everyone's breathing gradually became clear.

"I won't say who it is."

Guo Kui calmed his mood and said sternly: "Now it is me grading the papers, everyone still has a chance to correct it. When it comes to the college entrance exam, it will be graded by the Central Formation Spirit Computer, and everything will be a foregone conclusion. All these years of hard work will be in vain."

"Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

In front of a furious late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, all students answered honestly.

"Good, now let's continue with the example questions from last time, the first confidentiality rule triggered by the words 'Blue Fluorescence Star Legal Citizen' in the Immortal Sect First Law."

"First major question: If the Immortal Sect's ally outside the realm, the Wuxing Tian Sect, has exchange students composed of true disciples, and they have obtained temporary citizen qualifications at customs, then, if there is an opportunity to talk to them, what knowledge can be exchanged, and what is forbidden to be leaked, so as not to trigger the 【Immortal Sect Great Curse】."

"For this point, you can refer to the customs regulations, the temporary citizen permission rules..."

On the podium, Guo Kui talked eloquently, extending from the example questions to reality, and returning to theory. The students below recorded quickly.

The difference is that ordinary students like Jiang Ding had their pens moving like the wind, sweat flying, while cultivators like Wu Tianli in the front row held a jade slip to record with spiritual sense and magic power, relaxed and leisurely, but the efficiency was far beyond the former.

Ding-a-ling...

"You must remember the knowledge points taught in this class, and do more example questions when you go back..."

Two hours later, Guo Kui closed the textbook with lingering interest and left the classroom.

The moment he left, whoosh-whoosh sounds rose, and figures disappeared rapidly.

The fastest were naturally the immortal cultivators who had added the Wind-Control Art, disappearing like a wisp of green smoke in the blink of an eye. Classmates with lower martial arts realms couldn't even see when they left.

Next were naturally the three Internal Qi Realm warriors in the class. Although internal qi is much worse than the magic power of immortal cultivators, it is more than enough to crush a group of Body Refinement warriors.

Finally, it was the Bone Refinement Realm Peak warriors like Jiang Ding, who supported himself with one hand and ran wildly toward the cultivation room under Li Junhao's envious gaze.

From 4 PM to 6 PM is the cultivation class.

In the cultivation area, as expected, the top 10 cultivation rooms had already been occupied by various fierce people. Jiang Ding swiped his student card at the door of the 41st cultivation room, and the steel metal door slowly opened.

The student behind him showed a look of regret and rushed toward the 42nd cultivation room next to him.

Blue Fluorescence Star has only intersected with the Cultivation World for ten thousand years, spiritual energy is thin, and resources are scarce. Currently, all spiritual energy has been collected by the Immortal Sect, and only enough spiritual energy remains in the outside world for cultivators to barely maintain breathing and meditation.

Of course, Jiang Ding is just a warrior; he cannot sense spiritual energy and cannot use it.

What they are actually competing for is the 'Yuan-Condensing Bone-Strengthening Soup' uniformly provided by the Immortal Sect Ministry of Education for third-year high school Bone Refinement students in the cultivation room. It is developed by the Immortal Sect Academy of Sciences and made from hundreds or thousands of medicinal materials. It is refined, and although it is large-scale refining, the effect is not a bit worse.

In some low-level minor worlds, it is enough to be called a heavenly treasure, and wanting to get it requires both strength and opportunity.

The higher the ranking of the cultivation room, the better the effect of the Yuan-Condensing Bone-Strengthening Soup.

If it were immortal cultivators or warriors with lower realms, the things they get would also be different. It might be the spiritual energy concentration of this serial number, or it might be a great tonic soup for nourishing tendons and bones.

The door opened, and inside it was over a hundred square meters in size. There was a weapon rack on the side, with knives, spears, swords, halberds, and axes. In the center was a banyan tree root that was knotted and twisted into a palm shape. In the center of the palm was a bowl of milky white thick soup, emitting a pungent fragrance.

Stepping into the cultivation room, the metal door behind him slowly closed.

A blue light screen like a postcard slowly unfolded.

【Name: Jiang Ding】

【Student ID: 1246215】

【Realm: Bone Refinement Realm Peak】

【Last Training Subject: "The 68th Set of Young Eagle Taking Flight Sword Art" (Proficient 32%)】

Below the light screen was a virtual little person composed of meridian threads. Every muscle, every bone, and every piece of skin had clear labels and could be freely enlarged or reduced.

Skin and muscles were mostly 100%. Small parts, such as the skin under the armpits, scalp, cheek muscles, and stomach muscles, which are difficult to train, were 12%, 46%, 0%, etc.

No matter how you train, these places are extremely difficult to touch. You can only wait until you give birth to internal qi and use internal qi to assist in perfect training.

In general, most of the skin and muscles have reached the current limit. The cultivation room computer is connected to the Rong City Formation Spirit Computer, which is equivalent to the observation and confirmation of the avatar of the Soul Transformation powerhouse. There are absolutely no mistakes or omissions.

The real difficulty lies in the spine.

Limbs, ribs, sternum, outer skull, etc., are all 100%. Only the spine shows 60%, and very few are 1% or 2%. The degree of quenching is extremely low.

Jiang Ding knows the reason.

【"The 68th Set of Young Eagle Taking Flight Art" (Proficient 32%).】

He sighed.

"The 68th Set of Young Eagle Taking Flight Art"!

The name of this technique is very ordinary, and it is only the lowest level among "Scripture, Classic, Technique, Law, Art". It is a technique for young children among mortals to learn, and it looks very trashy.

In fact, it has a name in dozens of worlds around it, including the Cultivation World.

The First Foundational Divine Art of All Realms!

No one is unconvinced!

Because this technique has a terrifying effect: if a mortal can successfully break into the Primordial state with it, they will cast a "Dao Body Embryo", and their cultivation aptitude will approach the top-tier four-spiritual-root aptitude.

It can be called defying the heavens and changing fate!