[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o":3,"chapter-comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Comment '1' for Virtue, I'm Really Not the Chosen One!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2348589,4590,"Chapter 17: You Think You Can CPU Me?","comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>Nanshan No. 4 High School, Grade 12 Teacher’s Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Lin Mo got first again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged bald man beside Li Xiang, sipping goji berry tea, leaned over and stared at the ranking on his computer screen in surprise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This kid’s impressive—886 raw score without essay points? That could top the Nanshan written exam!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other teachers in the classroom turned their heads at the remark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good job, Old Li—your class has not only Ye Chen, a spiritual seed, but also Lin Mo, a literary star. This year’s performance bonus is guaranteed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More than guaranteed—if Old Li raises his Qi Refining realm one more level, he might even qualify for senior teacher status next year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So envious! We’re all regular classes—why don’t we have students like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you even say that? Ye Chen originally wanted into your class, but you turned him down and dumped him on Old Li!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, fine, it’s all my fault for not recognizing true talent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing colleagues’ teasing and flattery, Li Xiang didn’t show the expected joy—he sighed and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s still too early to say. This Lin Mo... I can’t figure out what he’s thinking—he’s suddenly chosen the spiritual exam.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald man frowned: “Aren’t you saying he’s usually smart? Why suddenly pick the spiritual exam?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the teachers’ minds, Lin Mo was different from other students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most students, even knowing they had no cultivation talent, still couldn’t abandon their obsession with immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They envied endlessly, while frantically meditating and overworking themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the result was obvious—they gained nothing from either path; most will likely retake the written exam next year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Lin Mo, who had clearly recognized his limits a year ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, he’d approached every subject teacher, asking to use free time to review written exam material—and over the past year, he’d collected countless practice questions from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teachers, rarely encountering a student so clear-headed at this age, did not withhold their resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even knowing he was just freeloaders, they never refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, he’s still young!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald man sighed, patted Li Xiang’s shoulder: “Talk some sense into him. The spiritual exam is coming soon—don’t let such a promising written exam candidate go off track.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smarter someone is, the more likely they are to dig themselves into a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s feared is that Lin Mo, like the others, can’t let go of his longing for immortality—and ends up on a dark path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though since entering the technological age, Jiuzhou has tightened control over cultivators, and illegal practitioners have grown fewer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it’s still impossible to fully rule out those who, unable to resist the lure of immortality, fall into qi deviation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such people often resort to any means necessary—using extreme cultivation methods like killing to harvest souls, forging blood elixirs... all forbidden, illegal practices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiang, hearing this, replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo isn’t that kind of person. He’s not just smart—he’s cunning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smart person might dig himself into a corner, but a smart and cunning one won’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Mo’s homeroom teacher for three years, he knew his character well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Li Xiang shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it—I’ll talk to him after the spiritual exam.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald man nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got only a few days left before exam direction confirmation—hurry up. If he fails the spiritual exam and also bombs the written one, the parents will blame you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the clock: “It’s about time the spiritual exam starts, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably. Scores should be out within half an hour.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another teacher chimed in, turning back to Li Xiang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, your class’s Ye Chen might actually have a shot at first place this time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible! With Seventh Class’s girl there, who can take first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard she’s being recommended for admission—she won’t even take the exam.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who said that? And which Dao Academy? With her talent, she should be headed to Tianwu Dao Academy or Wanxiang Academy at least!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Neither. I heard it’s Qingshan Sect and Wenda Academy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa~!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 3 p.m., after a brief rest, the candidates moved to the gymnasium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo and Zhang Dahai stood quietly near the back of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exam order followed class sequence; Class 10, being a regular class, came late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive gymnasium held, besides the teachers administering tests, fewer than a hundred people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grade 12 had thirteen classes, totaling over seven hundred students—but only one in seven chose the spiritual exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding Zhang Dahai and others who came out of curiosity or reluctant hope, the number likely fell below one in ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mozi, don’t you feel cold?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Dahai shivered slightly, his feet trembling unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo glanced at him, speechless:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s summer! The gym’s not even on AC—what’s cold about it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Dahai gritted his teeth, took several deep breaths, and forced himself to calm down:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, I always get this nervous during gym tests—even this close to graduation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo chuckled. He wasn’t the only one nervous—many in this not-so-long line showed signs of stress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some turned pale, lips purple, as if they’d just stepped out of an ice cellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All from sheer anxiety—yet during the written exam, almost no one showed this reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students’ stark difference in attitude toward the two exams revealed just how high the spiritual exam’s status was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen, standing in the top two, turned his head and sneered at Zhang Dahai’s state:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Overestimating yourself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Dahai shot back immediately: “I like it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ye Chen could respond, several other Class 10 students behind him chimed in:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dahai, how dare you talk to Brother Ye like that? He’s just looking out for you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah! You’re only Qi Refining Level 2—why even show up? You’re embarrassing Class 10!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen to us—go back. If you test below Qi Refining Level 3, it’ll be a joke.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They piled on, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they turned to belittle Lin Mo beside them:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you—why not just go back and ace your written exam? Why come here to humiliate yourself? Sometimes you’ve got to accept your place—you’re not...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None of your business.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t finished when Lin Mo cut him off, expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The student speaking was Li Feng. Lin Mo’s retort instantly flushed his acne-covered face red with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the few in class with spiritual exam eligibility, Li Feng was revered among regular students—even receiving daily “offerings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, he’d branded himself “above others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he rarely interacted with Lin Mo, the class’s written exam top student, he still subconsciously believed his “status” far surpassed Lin Mo’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he’d only just reached Qi Refining Level 4, having spiritual exam eligibility versus not was a world apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in front of so many, Li Feng held back his anger, merely sneering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo, don’t be ungrateful. I’m warning you for your own good—and besides...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None of your business.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo cut him off again, raising an eyebrow: just you want to CPU me?\u003C\u002Fp>",1157,"2026-06-21T02:07:02.078Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","425ccf37837170644494e319530ed1a0fbef4273a8c675601727a5081bd09200","comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-18","comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-16",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcomment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-cover.jpg"]