Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 162 Preliminary Examination (Please Subscribe)
Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

early morning.

Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, ending a night of meditation.

After going downstairs to eat the breakfast his mother had prepared, he set off for school.

Today is the first day of the preliminary examination for the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination, and the gate of Shouhe No. 2 Middle School is crowded with many beast-drawn carriages.

"What a coincidence, good morning!" Xu Ziqing got off the car and walked gracefully to Chen Beiwu's side.

Chen Beiwu also greeted him.

"Lingling was unlucky and was assigned to the exam room at Meteor Dragon No. 1 Middle School." Xu Ziqing smiled gently and extended her right hand to Chen Beiwu: "Good luck today, we promised to get into the Thirteen Immortal Sects together."

"Of course, I'm the top student in my grade at Shouhe No. 2 Middle School, so passing the preliminary test will be a piece of cake," Chen Beiwu said casually.

"It's precisely because you're first in the grade that I'm worried you might be careless." Xu Ziqing paused in her tracks. "Anyway, I wish you good luck on your exam today."

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the adjacent teaching building.

Watching Xu Ziqing's figure disappear, Chen Beiwu rode the wind and took three steps to the seventh floor.

Her graceful figure attracted the attention of the candidates, and even the two proctors standing at the classroom door couldn't help but cast their gazes.

"Drip!"

After passing through multiple instrument checks, Chen Beiwu successfully entered the classroom, found his seat, and quietly waited for the invigilator to distribute the exam papers.

In order to keep backups and prevent cultivators from taking the exam for others, the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination has always been conducted in written form. Candidates need to leave their own traces of magical power and divine sense during the answering process.

"Ring ring ring!" The exam bell rang.

The first day's exam was for Beast Taming.

Chen Beiwu activated his divine sense to scan the questions and found that they were all very simple. The only question that he was unsure about was the last one.

[If you equip a 49-year-old Earthly Rhinoceros with Starry Sky Beast Armor (defensive type), can it defeat a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator from the Immortal Alliance? If so, please explain your reasoning in detail.]

'This big question is a bit obscure,' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

He had read the "Complete Encyclopedia of Spiritual Mechs and Beast Armor," which contained scattered records.

The Starry Sky Beast Armor is a Tier 3 military artifact once produced by the Immortal Alliance's Imperial Law Pavilion. It is divided into offensive and defensive types and is specifically designed for use by Fellow Beasts.

The defensive beast armor can distort space to form an absolute defensive layer, resisting three magical attacks from a Golden Core cultivator.

Offensive beast armor is inferior, only able to compress mid-grade spirit stones to unleash a cannonball comparable to the self-destruction of a Foundation Establishment peak cultivator.

If Chen Beiwu remembered correctly, both of these military treasures were special models developed by the Immortal Alliance after conquering a technologically advanced planet.

However, because the Starry Sky Beast Armor was expensive and its power was unsatisfactory, it could not meet the needs of the Immortal Alliance military. Therefore, this type of armor was phased out thousands of years ago, and basically no cultivators remember it.

If Chen Beiwu hadn't enjoyed reading miscellaneous books in his spare time, he really wouldn't have known what the Starry Sky Beast Armor was.

'A college entrance exam with questions like this? Could it be that the Immortal Alliance has discovered another technologically advanced planet?'

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu randomly guessed an answer and wrote it down.

Since the question setter dared to set such an obscure and difficult question, he didn't expect to be lucky enough to guess it correctly.

It's just a big question; if all else fails, he'll just give it the points.

……

The Immortal Alliance preliminary examination concluded the following afternoon.

After handing in his formation test paper and leaving the venue, Chen Beiwu mentally estimated his cultural test score as he walked.

He should be able to get a score of over 135 in the three subjects of exotic beasts, animal breeding, and animal taming.

Alchemy and weapon crafting score around 95 points, while formations and talismans deserve a perfect score.

'Not bad, I should be able to get around 790 points in this preliminary exam, which is more than enough to exceed the admission score for the Thirteen Immortal Sects,' Chen Beiwu thought to himself. Just then, Xu Ziqing also came out of the adjacent teaching building.

"When do you plan to leave for the Immortal Sect's second round of trials?" She walked up to Chen Beiwu.

"It should be a few days earlier," Chen Beiwu said. "The exact time will be determined after the preliminary test results are released."

"Actually, you're basically guaranteed success. Even if you don't pass the initial test, a Qi Refining cultivator with a breakthrough level can still take the special recruitment route through the sect."

At this point, Xu Ziqing changed the subject: "The premise is that you are willing to pay the high fees for special recruitment by the sect."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu couldn't hide his curiosity: "Do you know how much the special recruitment fee is for the Five Great Grotto Heavens?"

Xu Ziqing looked at him strangely, "I think you need to really understand yourself right now."

"No, you have so little confidence in me?" Chen Beiwu retorted.

“That’s not what I meant.” Xu Ziqing shook her head. “To be able to reach the Qi Refining Limit at the age of nineteen, I admit you are indeed very strong, and you could even say you are the strongest cultivator of your age that I have ever seen.”

"But heroes are as numerous as carp crossing a river!" Xu Ziqing said seriously, "True geniuses don't need to take the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination to be guaranteed admission to the Five Great Grotto Heavens."

"If you are qualified enough, you don't need to apply at all. The Five Great Grotto Heavens will take the initiative to send a Nascent Soul True Venerable to invite you to join the Five Great Grotto Heavens."

"I don't mean to discourage you, but you're not the first cultivator to try to pay a special fee to the sect to get the five great grotto heavens to open their immortal trials. But that's impossible."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu looked curious: "Even the son of a Nascent Soul True Venerable is not allowed?"

Xu Ziqing choked on her words and rolled her eyes at Chen Beiwu: "That's not something I could possibly know."

"That's true." Chen Beiwu nodded, no longer dwelling on it.

Dreams are dreams, and reality is reality.

If he really can't get into the Five Great Grotto Heavens, getting into the Thirteen Immortal Sects isn't out of the question either.

"Our homeroom teacher said we'd have a farewell dinner together later, do you want to go?" Xu Ziqing suddenly asked.

"No, thank you." Chen Beiwu refused outright.

For the past three years, he has mostly been studying on his own and doesn't know many of his classmates well, so there's no need for him to attend the farewell dinner.

After saying goodbye to Xu Ziqing, Chen Beiwu couldn't wait to return to the Southern Wilderness.

He wanted to find Senior Sister Yun to ask about his doubts in cultivation.

……

Southern Wilderness, Mirror Moon Sect.

The Hall of Formations.

Yun Yishu looked up in surprise, not even bothering to study the array in her hands.

"You've advanced to the twelfth level of Qi Refining?" Her tone couldn't hide her shock.

If Yun Yishu remembered correctly, Chen Ziang was only a Qi Refining Level 10 cultivator three years ago, and he spent most of the sect contribution points he earned on that seemingly weak fish spirit beast.

"Senior sister misunderstands. I am only at the peak of the eleventh level of Qi Refining, and have not yet entered the twelfth level of Qi Refining," Chen Beiwu said truthfully.

Upon hearing this, Yun Yishu looked at Junior Brother Chen, her expression complex and indescribable.

They are both celestial spiritual roots.

It took her a full ten years to break through from the tenth level of Qi Refining to the eleventh level.

In order to find the opportunity to liquefy her magic power and enter the twelfth level of Qi Refining, she stayed at the eleventh level of Qi Refining for a full five years.

"So you've come to me now to find out how to absorb the corresponding Yin and Yang spiritual energy at the two times of Zi and Wu (11 AM and 11 PM) to complete the cycle of magical power and advance to the twelfth level of Qi Refining?" Yun Yishu took a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)