Chapter 36

The sixth day of the sixth month, sacrifice to the Great God.

Zhang Xingyu finished sacrificing to his own internal organs and returned to his room to prepare for the exam.

The next three days were the days for the Nanhua Immortal Academy entrance exam.

In previous years, the subjects for the academy entrance exam were very simple: testing spiritual roots, testing literacy, and testing meditation.

The first day, testing spiritual roots; whether you have a top-grade Heaven Spiritual Root or a bottom-grade Five Spiritual Root, as long as you have a spiritual root, you can pass.

The second day, testing literacy; as long as you are not illiterate and can recognize one thousand characters commonly used in the Xuantiandalu, you can pass.

The third day, testing meditation; as long as you don't poop or fart in the exam venue within half an hour, and don't get up to cause trouble, you can pass.

Therefore, the Nanhua Immortal Academy entrance exam was known as the simplest entrance exam in the Xuantiandalu, with a pass rate as high as ninety-nine point nine nine nine percent.

Nanhua Immortal Academy also won the title of "Most Beloved Cultivation Teaching Institution" awarded by the Xuantian Immortal Alliance.

However, this year the subjects for the Nanhua Immortal Academy entrance exam had changed, and the difficulty of the exam would be greatly increased.

Although increasing the difficulty of the exam went against Nanhua Immortal Academy's school motto of "Education for all, gold coins first," Nanhua Immortal Academy still had to execute the order without compromise. Who let this order be issued by the Xuantian Immortal Alliance? In the Xuantiandalu, what is the greatest? The Xuantian Immortal Alliance is the greatest. Whether you are the emperor of a secular dynasty or the head of a major immortal sect, you must be constrained by the Xuantian Immortal Alliance. Not to mention, Nanhua Immortal Academy was just a small, insignificant cultivation academy.

As for what kind of exam subjects were added, although the academy's recruitment center had not officially announced it, in reality, everyone in the entire Nanyue Kingdom already knew that the newly added exam subject was a martial arts assessment. The so-called martial arts assessment, to put it bluntly, was to let candidates fight with demonic beasts to test the candidates' combat talent.

The seventh day of the sixth month, eat a big banquet.

This day, the sun was bright, and the blue sky was like a wash.

Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping arrived at the Nanhua Immortal Academy entrance exam center early.

At the entrance of the recruitment center, a dark mass of heads had already gathered. Zhang Xingyu said loudly to Hu Siping: "Fourth Brother, we agreed to meet the little fatty at the entrance. But there are so many people here, how are we going to find him?"

His words had barely faded when he heard someone shouting at them from the front: "Brother Xingyu, Fourth Brother Hu, I'm here, I'm here."

Zhang Xingyu looked in the direction of the sound and saw the little fatty Zhu Dafu waving at them continuously from thirty or forty meters away.

Dragging Hu Siping, pushing through the crowded crowd, Zhang Xingyu saw the sweating little fatty.

"Little Fatty Zhu, you kid came quite early today." Zhang Xingyu teased.

Zhu Dafu chuckled upon hearing this: "I've been here for a long time. Brother Xingyu, there are so many beauties here today."

Zhang Xingyu was speechless at him. This guy Zhu Dafu really couldn't change his nature.

"I despise you, I thought you arrived early to wait for us, turns out it was to look at beauties."

Zhu Dafu proudly touched his fat chin: "Waiting for you two, looking at beauties, both can be done."

The three reunited.

Zhu Dafu made a gesture: "Follow me."

With this tank leading the way, the three successfully squeezed to the front of the recruitment center.

Along the way, they stepped on countless toes and drew countless curses.

Zhu Dafu went up to the gatekeeper and revealed his identity: "I am the little prince of the Pingshan Prince's Mansion, let us in first."

The gatekeeper glanced at him, thinking this person was sick. If you were really a powerful little prince, you would just go through the back door for an interview to enter the school, why would you need to come to the recruitment center to take the exam?

Therefore, the gatekeeper straightened his back and answered with a serious face: "There are only candidates here, no little princes. If you want to take the exam, wait. If you don't want to take the exam, go back."

"Damn, I..." Zhu Dafu was about to get angry, but Zhang Xingyu was quick-witted and stopped him.

"Since the door hasn't opened yet, we'll just wait here." Zhang Xingyu said.

Zhu Dafu was unwilling. As a powerful second-generation heir, where had he ever received this kind of treatment? However, since his idol brother had spoken, he had to swallow his anger and wait.

The three stood in front of the door for another half hour, and amidst the eager anticipation of everyone, the door of the recruitment center finally creaked open.

The first to appear was a team of young students carrying swords.

Half male, half female. The men were high-spirited and radiant, and the women were graceful and elegant.

After this team of students lined up in two rows at the entrance of the recruitment center, an old Daoist with a bun and wearing a cloud-patterned Daoist robe walked out from inside the gate with his hands behind his back, head held high, and unhurriedly.

"Ahem!"

The old Daoist coughed lightly.

His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

The noisy entrance suddenly became silent.

"Now announcing the exam rules. One, all candidates must enter the venue for the exam according to their exam numbers; two, all candidates must hold their admission tickets to participate in the exam; three, all candidates must not make loud noises in the exam venue; four, no one is allowed to take the exam for others, violators will have their exam qualifications cancelled and will be banned from applying to this academy for life; five, must not..."

After the old Daoist announced the dozen or so exam rules, someone immediately started calling names loudly while holding the candidate roster.

Those whose names were called showed their admission tickets and entered the venue through the side door on the left.

"Candidate number zero zero two, Zhu Dafu."

Only one name was called, and it was the little fatty Zhu Dafu's turn.

"Brother Xingyu, Fourth Brother Hu, I'm going in first." Zhu Dafu waved at Zhang Xingyu and the other one triumphantly, and walked into the side door next to them with his head held high.

Zhang Xingyu and the other one were speechless. This guy Zhu Dafu, he could have entered the school based on his background, but he insisted on coming to join the fun of the exam.

You came, fine, but you had to show off, afraid that no one would know you were a connection-based person?

"Number two hundred and sixty-six, Hu Siping."

After half an hour, it was Hu Siping's turn to enter.

Hu Siping nodded to Zhang Xingyu and ran quickly to the side door of the exam venue.

"Number four hundred and seventy-two, Zhang Xingyu."

After about another twenty minutes, Zhang Xingyu finally heard his name.

He stepped quickly into the side door, followed the signs, and turned around several times to a spacious hall.

In the middle of the hall stood a spiritual root testing pillar, and next to the pillar sat two examiners, one in red and one in white.

In front of Zhang Xingyu, two youths were waiting for the test.

The first person was burly and high-spirited.

He placed his palm on the spiritual root testing pillar, and the pillar immediately emitted three dazzling rays of light: red, cyan, and yellow.

"Yang Qingyun, fire, wood, and earth three spiritual roots, spiritual root grade mysterious-tier middle grade, exam passed." The examiner in red announced loudly.

"Yang Qingyun, fire, wood, and earth three spiritual roots, spiritual root grade mysterious-tier middle grade, exam passed." The examiner in white repeated while making a record on the roster.

Yang Qingyun bowed to them and then walked quickly to the other side of the hall.

The second person was not tall and had a thin face.

When he was tested, the eyes of the two examiners lit up.

"Liu Fuguie, gold and fire dual spiritual roots, spiritual root grade earth-tier middle grade, exam passed." The examiner in red shouted loudly.

Liu Fuguie showed joy, bowed, and also walked away excitedly.

"Next, Zhang Xingyu." The examiner in red was excited for a long time before remembering to call Zhang Xingyu to come forward for the test.

Zhang Xingyu nodded and placed both hands on the spiritual root testing pillar.

The spiritual root testing pillar did not react for a long time.

"Zhang Xingyu, no spiritual root, exam failed." The examiner in red glanced at Zhang Xingyu in surprise and said coldly.

"Two examiners, please wait a moment, I have a spiritual root, it's a hidden spiritual root, it will appear after a while." Zhang Xingyu explained quickly.

"No spiritual root means no spiritual root, do you want to waste our time? Get out quickly." The examiner in red waved at Zhang Xingyu impatiently.

"I really have a spiritual root, two examiners, please give me another chance." Zhang Xingyu bowed to the two.

"Then give him a little more time." The examiner in white suddenly spoke up to plead for Zhang Xingyu.

"Thank you."

Zhang Xingyu placed his hands on the spiritual root testing pillar, closed his eyes, relaxed his body and mind, and his mind was clear.

In an instant, the spiritual root testing pillar lit up. A dazzling red light illuminated the entire hall, and disappeared after a moment.

Seeing this situation, the two examiners looked at each other.

They had never encountered this situation before.

It seemed like he had a spiritual root, and it seemed like he didn't.

"Kid, your spiritual root is very useless, not much different from having no spiritual root." The examiner in red curled his lips and said.

The examiner in white also nodded in agreement: "Young man, with this useless spiritual root, even if you enter the academy, you won't achieve anything. Better go back, save the fifteen thousand gold coins tuition, and you can be a rich man in the secular world, never having to worry for a lifetime."

Zhang Xingyu was unmoved.

Cultivating immortality is an ideal. Life is precious, love is even higher, but for the sake of the ideal, both can be abandoned.

Now, the ideal is right in front of him, and he will not retreat because of this.

He bowed to the two examiners again and said: "Thank you, two seniors. A useless spiritual root is still a spiritual root. I have been determined to pursue the Dao since I was a child, and I hope the two seniors will fulfill my wish."

"Stubborn." The examiner in red scolded softly.

"A useless spiritual root is still a spiritual root. Good kid, since you insist on cultivating, we will fulfill your wish. Just don't regret it in the future." The examiner in white shook his head and said.

"Thank you, two seniors, for fulfilling my wish." Zhang Xingyu bowed again.

Seeing this, the examiner in white announced loudly: "Zhang Xingyu, fire spiritual root, spiritual root grade, heaven-tier useless grade, exam passed."