Chapter 484 Baiting Those Who Are Willing (6200)

May 29, 2018, Noon.

Hongcheng No. 1 High School, Senior Year (2) Class, Spiritual Energy Class Classroom.

"This is the last spiritual energy class of the semester. Next is the Shengju Selection Examination... I've said too many words of encouragement. In short, strive hard. Goodbye, students."

"Goodbye, teacher!"

Following the ringing of the bell, after a unified farewell, the last spiritual energy class before the Shengju Selection Examination came to an end.

The white-haired professor silently watched the many students who were reluctantly saying goodbye, watched these young and hopeful seeds walk out the door, a smile on his lips.

He had seen this scene many times, and each time he was filled with emotion, a sense of accomplishment in witnessing the growth of a new generation overflowing in his heart.

However, when a girl who was unremarkable in terms of temperament, even somewhat lacking in presence, was quietly holding her phone, preparing to leave the classroom, the old professor rarely spoke.

"Shao Shuangyue, wait a moment."

At this time, almost everyone in the classroom had left, and the old professor's voice clearly used some kind of extraordinary technique, so only Shao Shuangyue could hear it.

After hearing it, the girl was slightly startled, and then turned her head and walked over obediently.

"Shao Shuangyue, your spiritual energy class grades, although not among the best in the entire school, are definitely considered to be above average."

Without superfluous words, the old professor packed his briefcase and said calmly, "Your ordinary subject grades are quite good, plus this above-average spiritual energy class grade, if you can perform steadily during the Shengju Selection Examination, it won't be difficult to get into the extraordinary department of a first-class academy."

"Um... thank you for your praise, teacher."

The old man with white hair spoke in a gentle tone, but the black-haired girl knew that the other party had specifically called her to stop, and it was definitely not just to praise her.

Sure enough, after a few words of encouragement, the old professor's tone changed, and suddenly became a little stern: "But Shao Shuangyue, you may think you are hiding it well, but in reality, for true cultivators, your movements are too deliberate."

"You deliberately suppress your spiritual energy absorption speed, and deliberately take an extra beat when learning Taoist techniques and runes... These actions, in your young people's words, are as obvious as intentionally feeding kills in a video game."

"You may not want to attract too much attention, I won't force you on this point. But remember, child, you must do your best during the Shengju Selection Examination. There is a world of difference between the three major cultivation academies and ordinary Class A academy cultivation departments. If you can go to the former, go to the former, otherwise, you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life."

"Yes, yes, teacher."

Looking at the girl in front of him who was respectful, and promised faster than anyone else, the old professor couldn't help but sigh softly: "There's no need to have too much psychological pressure, your brothers... forget it, go, I originally didn't even have the qualifications to say anything, but you must have a string in your heart."

"Thank you, teacher..."

Once again, she politely bowed slightly, and under the old professor's slightly worried gaze, the girl left the classroom.

The flow of people surged in the corridors and stairwells.

Walking out of the teaching building, Shao Shuangyue walked heavily on the road leading to the new cafeteria, somewhat absentmindedly putting on her headphones.

The individual physical fitness brought about by the revival of spiritual energy, and the explosive increase in productivity brought about by the rapid development of spiritual energy technology, have led to a leap in civil infrastructure capabilities. This has had a profound impact. For example, infrastructure in remote mountainous areas, which was extremely difficult in the past, has now become a commonplace project.

But for students living in cities, it's just that the original old schools are quickly renovated in a short holiday, making it a little difficult to tell where the cafeteria is.

The black heavy-duty full-ear headphones, which were not girly at all, but rather the style of a hardcore audiophile, were placed on her head, instantly isolating all the noisy sounds of the school. Shao Shuangyue silently started the music player, but didn't really listen carefully to what kind of music it was. She just isolated everything, and in the soft rhythms and humming from the distant other side, she thought about trivial things.

The soothing rhythm beat, and Shao Shuangyue gradually could hear her slightly rapid breathing.

A gust of wind blew, causing her long hair to flutter slightly. The girl raised her head, looking around at the sunny academy.

Scattered clouds in early summer drifted across the blue sky, and the newly planted peach wood branches, said to have the ability to purify the air and gather spiritual energy, swayed in the wind, and shattered sunlight passed through the gaps, casting spots of light on the ground.

Only then, watching all of this, did Shao Shuangyue's heart gradually return to peace.

"Shengju Selection Examination..." she murmured softly, with a hint of confusion.

May 29, 2018, Shao Shuangyue was 17 years old.

She was an eccentric.

A so-called eccentric is someone who is not quite the same as most people.

And Shao Shuangyue had been like this since she was a child.

Although in terms of eccentricity, she was far inferior to her two brothers who went out to look for ghosts from time to time, as an absolutely top-notch beautiful girl, Shao Shuangyue not only didn't have any best friends in reality, but even had very few ordinary friends. Her enthusiasm for all kinds of strange hardcore electronic or tabletop games was completely contrary to the hobbies of ordinary girls.

A reclusive rich family's young lady who rarely leaves her home, a taciturn and cold, gloomy beauty... Perhaps hearing this would shock Shao Qiming and Su Zhou, who were familiar with their little sister's nature, but this was indeed Shao Shuangyue's persona at school.

As for why...

Probably because she was 'not interested'.

Because she was not interested in anything too ordinary, and also had no sense of security, Shao Shuangyue would rather give up interpersonal relationships in reality and immerse herself in the magnificent and interesting world of games.

However, this was also slowly changing.

Because, after the revival of spiritual energy, the real world was also gradually becoming interesting, causing the girl who was used to immersing herself in games to often turn her head to look at it.

But even so, Shao Shuangyue, who was accustomed to this way of life, did not temporarily change her mind.

——It shouldn't be too late to start a lively and noisy new life after entering the academy.

Although that's what she thought, there was still a trace of unspeakable worry in her heart.

In just over a week, it would be the Shengju Selection Examination.

The first goal was 'Qin Xing Academy', and the second goal was the local 'Zhengyi Academy' in Hongzhou. These two academies, as the old professor said before, as long as she didn't hide her strength and performed steadily, she could definitely get in.

After all, Brother Zhou brought so many natural treasures, and her own brother helped her with tutoring whenever he had time. With the care of the world's number one and one of the top young geniuses in the world, how could her true level be bad? If it wasn't because she didn't want to be too high-profile and affect her usual peaceful life, it wouldn't be difficult for Shao Shuangyue to win first place in the entire school.

But even so, even though she had eaten many natural treasures, her talent was not bad, and her cultivation path was smooth, with two very reliable older brothers escorting her... even so, Shao Shuangyue still felt a kind of inexplicable confusion in her heart when she cultivated hard at home.

——Closed-door cultivation, cultivation, eating elixirs... Can I succeed in cultivation just like this?

Just like this, can I become a strong person...

Can I catch up with their pace?

"Hey, Shuangyue!"

Just as she was secretly troubled in her heart, Shao Shuangyue suddenly heard a cheerful greeting from behind. Turning her head in surprise, the girl took off her headphones and saw a figure jogging over and stopping in front of her.

It was a tall, spirited short-haired girl named Qing Yinghua, who was not in the same class as Shao Shuangyue, but could be considered one of the few people Shao Shuangyue knew at school.

As for why the two knew each other, it was quite a coincidence - Qing Yinghua was a rare wargame enthusiast. She often played games online with Shao Shuangyue. The longest time was a summer vacation two years ago, when they played Civilization online, fighting for three days and three nights.

"Did you see it? Big news! It's all over the internet!"

It is said that Qing Yinghua's family has some kind of wolf-like imitation Dao bloodline. After the revival of spiritual energy, the bloodline was also revived. Her height used to be about the same as Shao Shuangyue's, but now she is almost a head taller.

She ran over enthusiastically, seemingly wanting to exchange relevant information with her friend, but Shao Shuangyue just shook her head: "No, I haven't. Isn't the Shengju Selection Examination coming up soon? I haven't even played games."

"That's not like you."

Qing Yinghua was quite puzzled by this. In her impression, Shao Shuangyue was not this kind of person, but this was not an important matter. The short-haired girl then excitedly raised her phone and showed it: "Look, all kinds of large-scale selection tests and various competitions recently announced by the official! This is the first time I've seen the official organize such a big event!"

"Especially this, look, the first National Academy Comprehensive Skills Competition! Whether it's actual combat, theory, forging, puppets, or making talismans, drawing arrays... all the various subjects and techniques we usually learn are categorized!"

"This..." After seriously reading the various competition messages on her phone, Shao Shuangyue was surprised, but also a little confused: "Although it is indeed very lively, what does this have to do with us high school students?"

"Because the first competition will be held in November! We may be able to participate in the first-year competition as the first batch of competitors!"

Compared to Shao Shuangyue, who was a little confused, Qing Yinghua was full of enthusiasm. She imagined with excitement: "Although this competition seems very difficult, as long as you can get a slightly higher ranking, there will be a high reward of citizen points. The related glory is very useful whether in the academy or in future work, and it can also accumulate experience for participating in the same competition in the future."

"And not to mention anything else, look at what the first place reward is... It's a cultivation method at the immortal god level! Even if it's an excellent student of a Class A cultivation academy, studying hard for four years, getting full credits, and doing a perfect internship, they can only exchange for a copy of an immortal god-level cultivation method! And look, you can also get personal guidance from the number one person in Zheng Country!"

Not only Shao Shuangyue and Qing Yinghua.

As the relevant news spread rapidly, soon, the entire high school was full of voices discussing the relevant news.

Compared to Shao Shuangyue, who was quite confused, most people were looking forward to it.

In response, the girl had to pick up her phone and search for related news to view.

Just as Qing Yinghua said, the rewards for the National Academy Comprehensive Skills Competition were very generous, and each academic year had an independent sub-competition, and the top one thousand all had corresponding credits and citizen point rewards.

Although most ordinary students are now focused on the Shengju Selection Examination, for those talented students who do not need to care about the Shengju Selection Examination, they naturally set their sights on this.

After all, the more credits and citizen points you have, the better. They are very useful for future studies, work, or cultivation.

If you can get first place and get the inheritance of an immortal god level... that would really be a step to the sky.

What's more, there is also personal guidance from the number one person in Zheng Country, which is something that cannot be exchanged for with money or points!

"Can this really be used as a reward... I mean, what's going on? How did the official completely change its nature?"

Ignoring the complaints about rewards like 'personal guidance from the number one person in Zheng Country', the girl browsed the various news in her hand in surprise. Shao Shuangyue discovered that she had not been online for only a month or two, but it was as if she had changed to another world line, and everything had undergone drastic changes!

In fact, in addition to various skills competitions for academy students, major official and private organizations around the world have proposed many other competitive selection projects during this period.

The 'Comprehensive Actual Combat Competition' for cultivation actual combat, and the 'New Olympic Games' for pure physical fitness competitions have already begun accepting registrations. In addition, the 'Super Brain' for comparing thinking speed, and the 'God of Cookery Conference' for cooking skills have also announced the registration standards, and the number of participants has exceeded tens of thousands.

As for other various competitions, there are simply too many to count. At least Shao Shuangyue cannot finish reading them all at once.

[This is obviously the official wanting to find out the bottom line and collect the files of relevant professionals!]

[That's right, whoever participates in these competitions, their trump cards will be grasped by the official. When the official asks you to hand over the secret inheritance, or work for them, can you refuse?!]

[Are you LssB? Does the official still need to find out your bottom line? Everyone has already registered at the beginning of the revival of spiritual energy, okay?]

[But what exactly does the official want to do? Why suddenly create so many competitions? Could it be that they think we are cultivating too peacefully?]

After roughly browsing a few of the cultivator forums she often visited, Shao Shuangyue discovered that even those so-called insiders from the past had not made any sound at this time. The entire forum was in chaos, with all kinds of conspiracy theories.

The giant stone suddenly thrown down caused an uproar in the originally calm society.

"How about it, Shuangyue, do you want to try?"

At this time, the voice of her friend Qing Yinghua sounded eagerly in her ear: "I know your true strength, you can definitely get a good ranking!"

"I..."

Just as Shao Shuangyue hesitated and pondered.

At the other end of the earth.

"Immortal god-level cultivation method... 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Tribulation True Method', how is this name so similar to the secret technique passed down in the family?"

South of Zheng Country, southeast of Dianzhou.

In an antique mountain villa, a middle-aged man in silk pajamas turned off the phone in his hand, and then walked out of the spiritual energy gathering secret room full of runes and cloud patterns with a confused look.

As a member of the 'Please God Wu Family', a family of cultivators that has been secretly passed down for nearly a thousand years, the middle-aged man knows very well that the inheritance of his family that is revealed to the outside world is a 'Please God Secret Method' that can condense the power of human incense and sublimate one's own soul. This is also the foundation of their family registered with the Zheng Country official.

However, as the contemporary head of the Wu family, the middle-aged man knows very well that the secret method passed down in his family is like an iceberg, its complexity is far beyond what is revealed. It's just that because spiritual energy has not revived, it cannot be cultivated to a higher level, so those truly powerful, mysterious and mysterious parts are shelved.

The mere technique of inviting gods is just a small part of the many secret methods in the 'Six Paths Heavenly Book' that fell from the sky, belonging to the 'Human Realm Path'.

And just such a small part is enough to create an ancient family.

If he cultivates it all... Perhaps becoming an immortal is easy!

Now, with the revival of spiritual energy, the middle-aged man originally thought that he only needed to cultivate with peace of mind, and complete the remaining five paths in turn, which would be enough to become a generation of strong men. At that time, whether it was to reproduce the family's glory, or to try to become a 'contemporary immortal god' in this great world, and establish a foundation for eternity, those were all things that could be looked forward to.

"The family's secret method should not be passed on to outsiders... This is the foundation of our Wu family's existence. Since the ancestors obtained the Six Paths Heavenly Book, they have never passed on a single word!"

But now, seeing some fragments of the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Tribulation True Method' on the Internet that felt extremely familiar to him, the middle-aged man's originally quiet and peaceful state of mind was broken.

Frowning, walking back and forth on the bluestone corridor, finally, he made up his mind.

The middle-aged man's expression was firm: "No, I must go and see what the situation is."

The family that inherited the ancient forbidden law was attracted by the gaze.

"Eternal Tribulation Reincarnation Secret Method... Heh, interesting, this is related to a supreme secret technique that this deity heard about in the past."

Tibet, under the snowy mountains.

"Reversing yin and yang time and space, eternal tribulation reincarnation without rest, neither born nor destroyed, neither defiled nor pure, neither increased nor decreased, directly pointing to the peak heavenly immortal, great Bodhisattva fruit position... Interesting, really interesting."

A cold and merciless, extremely old voice was spoken by a very young teenager.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of 'crackling' ice cracking, a Tibetan teenager who was originally frozen in a transparent ice layer shattered the ice layer. He walked out of the frozen cave and came to the surface of the snow mountain, looking out at the vast plateau in the distance, his eyes flashing with cold spiritual light.

"The current human court is even easily sending out such secret techniques as rewards? Is it that they don't know the degree of preciousness at all, or is there a problem with the secret technique itself?"

After thinking for a while, the Tibetan teenager's expression was indifferent, as if an ancient soul was residing in it: "Well, at worst, I'll find another physical shell to reincarnate into."

"In addition to finding a qualified bloodline descendant, only by using this reincarnation secret technique can I solve the soul conflict caused by my bloodline rebirth... And with this deity's strength, it shouldn't be difficult to win first place among this young generation."

The ancient evil spirit resurrected from the bloodline was eager to try.

"Tree Elder, what do you think of the current situation?"

Coastal area, eastern Liaozhou, port city.

A girl with dark brown hair and bright eyes was standing respectfully in front of a small bonsai on her balcony, and asked cautiously, "Should I participate in this 'Extraordinary Gardening Competition'?"

And a kind and gentle thought came from that small arbour bonsai: "Of course."

"Little girl, the Divine Wood Cultivation Method rewarded by this competition, and that 'Dust of All Worlds', are exactly the advanced materials you need now! As long as you have these, I can guarantee that you can smoothly reach the peak of Human Immortal all the way, and it is not impossible to look forward to the Earth Immortal Realm in the future, and become a true immortal god!"

"Spiritual energy has been cut off for thousands of years, the Salo Divine Tree body has already left, I am just a little split spirit of the Divine Tree in the past, sleeping with spiritual power in the depths of the mountains, and relying on the power of the ten thousand miles of forests to survive until now. I can only remember one or two out of ten of the inheritance, but as long as there is other Divine Wood inheritance, even if it is not complete, I can use my innate spirituality to deduce it to completion."

"And that Dust of All Worlds is even more precious. It requires a strong person in the Heavenly Immortal Realm to go to a secret realm to break open the boundaries of heaven and earth before they can barely collect a little from the empty space... This is a great supplement for all Divine Trees. If you can get it, you can make rapid progress, and I will also be able to recover a lot, and it may not be feasible to restore the body's spiritual personality."

"Okay, okay, then I'll sign up now!"

Hearing the words of the old tree, the girl nodded repeatedly with excitement, she smiled confidently: "Hmph, with my current strength, participating in this competition is just a piece of cake? I won't take the resources if they are given to me for free!"

Then, she immediately took out her phone and prepared to apply for participation.

And the split spirit of the Salo Divine Tree also encouraged softly: "You have been hiding your strength all these years... But now, the time has come to make a name for yourself!"

The former immortal god heir who woke up from a long slumber is also about to show his edge.

Even the distant other side of the stars has anomalies.

Around the brown giant gas giant in the solar system, extremely weak energy fluctuations flashed.

A strange cylindrical spacecraft that was less than a hundred meters in size and almost translucent was hiding in the orbits of the gas giant's many satellites, silently and secretly scanning the entire solar system.

[The Black Domain Forbidden Zone is completely opened... Ultra-high-level psionic reaction detected from the third planet.]

[...]

After a long silence, it seemed that there had been many exchanges and discussions in the internal communication channel.

In the end, the exploration spacecraft made a decision.

[Conduct the most basic exploration... Stealth mode.]

So, on the spacecraft, a few streams of light flashed and flew towards Earth at sub-light speed.

And on Earth.

The fisherman lengthened the line.

Xijing, Zhuzhao Group, Xiyue Hotel, high-level office.

"How is it, Qiming, what is the reaction?"

"Very good, at least the promotion reaction is very good, most cultivators who are confident in themselves are enthusiastically signing up to participate."

Raising his left hand, Su Zhou browsed the many feedback data sorted out by Yan Sheng on the agent terminal, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, in this case, at least we can catch a few eager fish."

"The four years of calm after the revival of spiritual energy have solidified the pool a bit, but it has also paralyzed them."

In this regard, Shao Qiming, whose eyes were focused on the screen, smiled slightly.

"After all, all of this... is baiting those who are willing."

There are so many things in reality, and the card is terrible...