Chapter 410: Everyone Shows Their Skills

In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of August, the day of the sophomore year final exams.

The students of the Civil Engineering Department's Foundation Establishment class had also unwittingly spent two academic years.

On the Dao Heart examination field.

Feng Jiu's gaze swept over the performance of each examinee in the spirit realm.

Li Xiao drove his flying boat at high speed, charging forward, and between one student from Netherworld University and one junior college student, he decisively chose to ram and kill the junior college student.

Then it was ten junior college students, a hundred junior college students, two hundred junior college students... until three hundred junior college students, when hesitation began to appear in his heart.

Feng Jiu nodded slightly and thought to himself: "This exam question is a bit old; it's too easy for current students. It should be updated and removed."

"After all, junior college students have depreciated severely in recent years; doesn't this just become a simple math problem? It can't test people's hearts at all."

In another light screen, Yu Xinghan was subjected to a transformation spell and turned into a stray dog. Worried that after becoming a dog he would not be able to find a job, he went around job-hunting and diligently practiced dog skills, just to seek a slender thread of survival.

Feng Jiu nodded slightly: "In the depths of adversity, still not forgetting to work hard and strive; even after becoming a dog, he persists in looking for a job. Truly commendable Dao heart."

In yet another light screen, Ying Xin faced the coercion of the Double Rest Evil Cult and chose death to make his stand, preferring death over yielding.

Feng Jiu nodded slightly: "This question is relevant to current events. Is it newly added? Rather die than accept the cult's coercion, not giving up his right to work overtime—another promising seed for the immortal path."

"It seems the recent anti-cult education in the school has also been very successful."

Looking at another light screen, he saw Gong Shu Jin standing on a construction site, lifting the corpse of a fellow worker, and using the corpse's magical remains to shake and pound the earth.

Feng Jiu nodded slightly: "Carrying on the comrade's will, turning the comrade's death into an advantage at work, working overtime together until the very last moment. Not bad, not bad."

Feng Jiu then thought: "But several questions in a row all test things related to work. Is it because of the influence of the Double Rest Evil Cult?"

In another light screen, Feng Jiu watched as Ji Yuanshu became a demon descendant, overcoming the desire to devour his family's flesh and blood again and again, ultimately successfully raising an entire family of demon descendants, selling his family, and making his first pot of gold.

Feng Jiu: "He both overcame the instinct of flesh-and-blood hunger and suppressed the concept of family affection. Apart from the immortal path, there is nothing else. This is considered a good solution to this question. What's important is the steadfast Dao heart demonstrated in the process."

In another light screen, Zhang Yu faced forced demolition, found an opportunity to hide inside the house, obtained the relocation compensation for being inside the house, and received more compensation.

Feng Jiu nodded slightly: "Risking personal danger, using the small to gain the big, he demonstrated a spirit of hard work and adventure. However, Zhang Yu's Dao heart should not stop here. The next question should add a bit more difficulty."

Watching the performance of each student in the Foundation Establishment class, Feng Jiu commented: "Every one has astonishing fighting spirit, every one is excellent talent, and they have all made continuous progress in the past academic year."

"They are all good students; there are no slackers."

……

On the mana examination field.

Students were taking turns going up, lining up to undergo tests of mana quantity, mana quality, and qi transmission and other aspects.

Li Mingbo, as the mana teacher, was now full of astonishment.

"Zhang Yu from the first level ranks first in all mana-related values, completely surpassing Ji Yuanshu from the sixth level..."

A first-level student surpassing a sixth-level student, and an all-around, overwhelming victory, made Li Mingbo feel as if the heavens and earth had turned upside down.

Then he looked at Yu Xinghan on the other side.

Also a first-level student, but he was already at the top five level of the class, even very close to the fourth place.

If it weren't for the appearance of Zhang Yu, Yu Xinghan's results alone would have been enough to surprise Li Mingbo.

Then he looked at Li Xiao and nodded slightly: "This is the normal level range for first-level students."

……

In the physical strength examination field.

Zhang Yu took the lead, shooting out like lightning across the complex examination field. Wherever he passed was like a hurricane sweeping through, sending clouds of building dust flying into the sky.

At this moment, Zhang Yu's essence and energy were boiling within his body.

Streams of qi and blood surged back and forth like lava.

Driven by his level 20 physical strength, he forcefully activated one explosive technique after another.

The War Demon Longevity-Draining Art, the Spring-Autumn Endless Zen... frantically drove his fleshly body. Although they could not temporarily break his physical strength past the Foundation Establishment limit, they allowed him to forcibly exert a trace of power beyond level 20 physical strength.

Driven by such violent power, the burden on his body was naturally enormous. Almost every moment, flesh and blood were being damaged and broken, as if his body was being burned.

But with the blessing of bodily activation, his body was repeatedly damaged, then healed again and again.

Especially under the enhancement of the Martial Dao Saint Body, the activated body also carried a subtle intent of martial arts, allowing him to evenly distribute the burden of bodily injuries, maintaining a balance between the tearing and healing of flesh and blood.

In addition, under the control of martial subtlety, the force exerted by his entire body allowed him to burst forth with even greater, faster, and fiercer speed, advancing rapidly through a series of sharp turns with almost no deceleration.

Ji Yuanshu surged forward in a gale of wind, continuously accelerating with the blessing of the Dharma Skeleton, but found himself unable to catch up to Zhang Yu.

"Damn it, my straight-line acceleration is definitely faster than his, but..."

Looking at the twisting, uneven terrain, Ji Yuanshu had to slow down and turn time and again, never able to unleash his top speed.

At the same time, in this exam ground simulating a war environment, he also had to constantly dodge the various attacks shooting toward him.

As for Zhang Yu...

He simply let a bolt of thunder-fire blast straight into his face, colliding violently with a cluster of cloud mist. Under that thunder-fire strike, not only did Zhang Yu’s speed not slow down at all, but by relying on the manipulation of martial subtlety and the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force enhanced by the Martial Dao Saint Body, he actually borrowed force from the thunder-fire impact to accelerate himself again.

Ji Yuanshu watched helplessly as he accelerated again and again, only to be forced to stop repeatedly due to turns and dodges.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu’s speed grew faster and fiercer, even pulling farther and farther ahead of him.

"Why?"

"Why have I given it my all?"

"Why am I falling further and further behind Zhang Yu?"

Watching Zhang Yu’s increasingly distant back, Ji Yuanshu felt as if he were watching his opponent pull further ahead in overall score, helpless and filled with ever-stronger unwillingness.

As one exam after another passed,

Zhang Yu displayed overwhelming strength in almost every exam, occupying the top spot in the class with an absolutely undisputed posture.

Yu Xinghan took a photo of Zhang Yu charging ahead and seizing first place, and sent it into Zhang Yu's backup dual cultivation group.

Yu Xinghan: Zhang Yu photo.Image file

Messages immediately flooded the group.

"Zhang Yu looks so handsome when he's dashing!"

"With that much money, of course he looks cool doing anything."

"Group leader, take a few more photos."

"Group leader, has Zhang Yu replied?"

Yu Xinghan: Too many people have signed up.

Yu Xinghan: I discussed it with Zhang Yu. You guys pay an alchemy fee first, then Zhang Yu can have a meal of medicine with you.

Yu Xinghan: Remember, it's only eating medicine, nothing else.

"Ah? Only having medicine together?"

Yu Xinghan: It depends on how you perform then. He might choose one of you to practice together.

In the blink of an eye, time arrived at the last professional ability exam for the Civil Engineering Department.

In order to objectively assess each student’s professional ability, this professional ability exam was the same as the previous year’s—starting from real examples.

In fact, it was even more practical than last year’s; the exam site was directly set at Layer 668.

Tuli Shan looked at the entire class and said, "For this exam, to allow you to be tested in a real environment and assess your actual performance on a construction site, giving everyone a more objective score, we have specially arranged the exam site at a real construction site."

"Moreover, for this exam, the entire area will be completely shut down for the next 12 hours, with no workers other than yourselves."

"We have suspended the overtime here."

The many students were shocked upon hearing this, marveling at the teachers' actions.

"They actually stopped the workers for 12 hours?"

"All for our exam?"

"What a huge move!"

Zhang Yu cursed inwardly: "Damn it... they deliberately made us come here to be free labor, right?"

Yu Xinghan cursed inwardly: "Exam for 12 hours? Work for free for 12 hours? Are you even human?"

Ying Xin cursed inwardly: "How come everyone only dares to curse in their hearts? Isn't there anyone who dares to step forward and curse? Is there not a single person with guts in the Civil Engineering department?"

Tulishan continued: "During this sophomore year, the focus of your studies has always been large-scale construction ability."

"So the content of this exam is the same—it tests everyone's large-scale construction ability."

"I have arranged different construction site tasks for each of you, covering various aspects of large-scale construction, ensuring that every student has endless work to do within these 12 hours, enough to test your limits."

As he spoke, everyone saw pieces of information appearing before their eyes—all the large-scale construction tasks they could do in the construction site before them.

At the same time, they also saw their respective salary statistics, though so far they were just zero.

Tulishan said: "As for the statistics on salary, I believe you've all seen them, right?"

Zhang Yu said joyfully in his heart: "So there is a salary, Tulishan... I wrongly blamed you, damn it!"

Tulishan continued: "The scoring for this exam is very simple—it's based on everyone's completion rate of large-scale construction."

"Specifically, it's calculated based on the salary everyone can earn, which is then converted into scores."

"We believe that after the past year of study and cultivation, this is now the data that best reflects everyone's large-scale construction ability."

Yu Xinghan raised his hand and asked: "Is the salary paid right after the exam?"

Tulishan smiled slightly: "Hasn't your salary already been converted into something more important—your scores?"

"Of course, you can also choose not to convert it."

Yu Xinghan cursed inwardly: "Damn it... this exploiter!"