You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 1001 - 744: Examination Sect Fever

Looking at Zhang Yu’s silent demeanor, Yun Zhiguang shook her head, feeling he still harbored some delusions.

So she decided to make things clearer: "Let me be frank with you, this time, the expansion of the Sect Affairs Officer selection exam to the lower levels is mainly spearheaded by the Heavenly Court, intending to embed infiltrators into the sects."

"Naturally, the sects are against this."

"Eventually, the Heavenly Court reached an agreement with the higher-ups of the Ten Great Sects: if the performances of the lower-level cultivators in this Sect Affairs Officer selection exam are inadequate, the exams will no longer be held at the lower levels in the future."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu’s heart stirred as he thought, "It seems... although Immortals come from sects and the Heavenly Court was established by Immortals, the demands between sects and the Heavenly Court aren’t entirely aligned, there is to be conflict and contradiction."

Yun Zhiguang continued, "So, in this round of sect exams, no one below Tier 5 will pass."

"Tiers 7 to 10 have already determined who will pass, and our Wanfa Sect will have only five people pass."

"These five people passing is merely to show that someone can pass the Sect Affairs Officer exam, implying that its difficulty is reasonable. Those who can’t pass are simply not capable, to avoid accusations from the Heavenly Court."

Zhang Yu asked, "If tiers 7 to 10 have people who can pass, then below tier 5..."

Yun Zhiguang raised an index finger and shook it, then said, "Do you assume the five cultivators who can pass from tiers 7 to 10 are ordinary? I can tell you, each one is someone who has reincarnated from within the sect."

"Every one of them has spent twenty, even thirty years in their previous life preparing for the exams."

"Don’t think that because they’ve spent twenty, thirty years without entering a sect, it makes them weak."

"They had elevated their personal cultivation, sect affairs capacity inclination tests, personal moral standards, professional skills, and more to an unassailable level in their previous life."

"They couldn’t get in, not because they were weak, but because the competition for the Examination Sect was too fierce."

"The average examination time for each round of sect exams in the upper realm is about twenty-eight years."

"You should understand what that means. Cultivators born in the upper realm, whether regarding Immortal Path aptitude or cultivation conditions, are far superior to all of you, yet even so... they likely need at least twenty or thirty years of honing before they can successfully enter the sect."

"And now, those five reincarnated to take the sect exam down here, they may have struggled to compete with others in the upper realm, but coming down here, relying on their past experiences and current preparations... they can sweep through the examination ground."

"In comparison, you all only have a scant three months to prepare; when the time comes, you probably won’t even meet the passing line for the Sect Affairs Officer exam."

Reincarnated to come down and take the exam? This isn’t just an immigration to the Examination Sect, they’ve directly come to reincarnate into the Examination Sect, yes? Though not reconciled with the injustice, Zhang Yu still maintained his calm thought.

He considered, "Those who’ve reincarnated down here, have they known the information beforehand, so took another path, reincarnating to take the sect exam down here?"

"No... perhaps that’s only a secondary purpose, the main reason might be that someone within the sect has schemed to counter the Heavenly Court’s promotion activities for the Examination Sect."

"Wouldn’t that imply that the downward expansion of the Heavenly Court’s Examination Sect scheme has been planned for a long time?"

"And could this major reconstruction... even the grand sect wars have been planned early on?"

Thinking this, Zhang Yu was shocked.

Seeing Zhang Yu’s silence, Yun Zhiguang assumed he understood the difficulty, so she nodded and said, "Alright, if you’ve understood then take a good rest, I still have many things for you to do."

At this moment, Zhang Yu earnestly looked at Yun Zhiguang and said, "Senior Sister Yun, no matter what, I still want to give it a try."

"Tsk..." Yun Zhiguang impatiently glanced at Zhang Yu, at this moment his evaluation in her heart dropped by several points.

"Really wasted so much talking to you."

"Fine, if you want to run headlong into it, then be my guest."

Yun Zhiguang’s projection vanished immediately, seemingly unwilling to talk more with Zhang Yu.

Anyway, from her perspective, Zhang Yu would fail after giving his all, and would naturally listen to her arrangements obediently.

As Zhang Yu watched Yun Zhiguang’s projection disappear, he continued to think about the job selections.

He organized the sect information he heard from Magnetic Pole Divine Monarch, Qingmu Divine Monarch, and Starfire True Monarch. After summing up... he listed a few options for himself.

"Either work as a researcher in the Qiankun Pavilion or join Starfire True Monarch in Shuntian Hall to participate in the righteous and demonic sect battles, producing various Immortal Dao Elements."

"And then Azhen..."

In Zhang Yu’s mind flashed the image of Bai Zhenzhen, "The majority of intelligence now known is related to the Wanfa Sect. If Azhen wishes to apply for a position in the Heavenly Sword Sect, she must find a way to obtain more intel on the Heavenly Sword Sect."

However, among the cultivators Zhang Yu knows, some have never even entered the Heavenly Sword Sect, or others went many years ago just for training.

Regarding the most recent state of affairs and data about the Heavenly Sword Sect, the lack is severe.

But soon after Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued gathering messages and pondering, Zhang Pianpian sent Zhang Yu another message: Meet at the old place.

...

Within the Taiqing Realm, Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Pianpian’s figure and said, "Sister."