Chapter 35 - Difficulty Adjustment

The recruitment teacher from Qingcheng Mountain was undoubtedly much stronger than the PE teacher from Yongfang No.7 High School. He didn't even need to taste the Bang Bang Shangfu Chicken to evaluate it.

In the palm of his hand, strands of light sparkled, as if a light blossom was blooming right there, enveloping the piece of Shangfu Chicken in a detailed scan.

In the next instant, he had grasped the general quality of the Shangfu Chicken. He first uttered an "Hm," then his expression turned serious: "This is quite interesting."

"How so, is the effect of this spiritual cuisine really that good?"

A curious recruitment teacher from Emei Mountain inquired.

"Indeed, it's better than what they make in Yuanzhou. Here, feel it for yourself."

The Qingcheng Mountain recruitment teacher waved his hand, and the light blossom around the Shangfu Chicken immediately disintegrated into countless motes of light dust, softly falling onto each of the recruitment teachers, allowing them to experience the effect of the Bang Bang Shangfu Chicken sold by Su Mu.

The piece of Shangfu Chicken, although it seemed unchanged on the outside, had its inner spiritual qi and effects completely depleted.

"This Shangfu Chicken is superbly made; it's flawless, not an exaggeration at all to call it perfect!" exclaimed a recruitment teacher from Salt City, eyes filled with curiosity as he looked back at Su Mu.

He was a cultivator from the Alchemy Cuisine Department.

This was evident from his robust build.

The cultivation university in Salt City was also renowned for its two majors, alchemy cuisine and beast taming.

Because he was a cultivator specialized in alchemy cuisine, he knew all too well how well-made and powerful this spiritual cuisine was.

"I wonder where this examinee got this Bang Bang Shangfu Chicken. After the exam, I must ask him. Someone who can create perfect spiritual cuisine is worth getting to know and befriending."

Another person joked, "What's the matter, Old Xu, have you taken a liking to this kid?"

The recruitment teacher from Salt City shook his head in denial: "What I'm interested in is his Bang Bang Shangfu Chicken. As for him, it'll depend on his performance in the exam."

The person laughed: "I'm quite interested in him, too. As long as he doesn't disappoint me in what follows, I might just take him under my wing."

The Salt City recruitment teacher glanced at his old friend with a wary look and kept silent.

Clearly, his thoughts were different from what he was saying.

The recruitment teacher from Qingcheng Mountain glanced at the time and said, "It's almost nine o'clock; we can open the mountain gate. As for the adjustment of the exam difficulty..."

With a wave of his hand, the images of five to six hundred examinees on the light screen immediately changed.

Above each person's head, a sphere of light appeared, each in a different color.

Some were green, some red, and others deep red.

Examinees with a green light above their heads hadn't consumed any spiritual cuisine; those with a red light had eaten regular spiritual cuisine; and those with a deep red glow had just bought the perfect version of Bang Bang Shangfu Chicken from Su Mu.

A deep red glow also emanated from above Su Mu's head.

The recruitment teacher from Qingcheng Mountain said, "Let's stick to the usual practice. Those who haven't consumed any spiritual cuisine will draw questions from the level 1 question bank. Those who have eaten regular spiritual cuisine will draw randomly from the level 2 question bank. As for this group that just bought Bang Bang Shangfu Chicken, let's give them level 3 difficulty questions."

All the teachers nodded in agreement.

Apart from the recruitment teachers of the cultivation university, no one knew that in the specialized subject examination, although the consumption of spiritual cuisine and spiritual pills wasn't prohibited, there was actually a covert difficulty adjustment made based on whether or not examinees had consumed these aids.

This practice was in place to ensure that regardless of spiritual cuisine or pill consumption, the examination could accurately assess the examinees' real talent, comprehension, and learning abilities.

It also maximized fairness in the examination for cultivation.

Since the questions encountered by examinees in the specialized subject examination were randomly selected and different for each, if someone who had consumed spiritual cuisine failed, they would blame their luck for drawing a challenging question. No one ever suspected that their difficult question had nothing to do with luck but was a result of consuming spiritual cuisine...

And the cultivation universities had never made any statement regarding this matter.

They were the real traps, even more scheming than the "scheming planners"!

Seeing that no one raised any objections, the Qingcheng Mountain recruitment teacher instructed a colleague, "Teacher Sun, please open the mountain gate and bring the examinees up."

"Okay," Teacher Sun replied.

He left the Shangqing Palace, took out his phone, and swiped on the screen.

A flash of golden light appeared as he retrieved a flying sword from the dimensional space within his phone, which gently descended and hovered in front of his feet.

Teacher Sun stepped onto the flying sword and, with a 'whoosh', flew into the air, turning into a meteor and speeding towards the foot of the mountain.

At the same time, at the square outside the mountain gate, the examinees were muttering, "It's time, why haven't they opened the mountain gate yet?"

Many of them hadn't finished speaking when they saw a person on a flying sword landing in front of the mountain gate.

The examinees promptly shut their mouths, not daring to speak further.

The atmosphere became tense and solemn at that moment.

Teacher Sun stepped off the flying sword, and without any action from him, the sword automatically turned into golden light and was retracted into his phone.

After scanning the crowd, he announced, "The time has come. Those who are not here are considered absent and automatically forfeit their eligibility for the examination."

Teacher Sun turned and bowed to the mountain gate, declaring loudly, "Please open the mountain gate!"

The two stone lions in front of the gate came to life at that moment, as if they had been imbued with vitality.

They straightened up, raised their heads high, and their eyes, like copper bells, stared intently at the examinees with a piercing gaze that was daunting.

Some of the more timid examinees immediately shivered with fear.

The tightly closed mountain gate began to slowly open.

The examinees were nervous but couldn't help feeling excited.

Su Mu was also very excited.

The mysterious world of cultivation was about to truly unveil itself to him!

"Boys in one line, girls in another, form a queue, and follow me into the mountain," Teacher Sun instructed without looking back, and without waiting for them, he walked through the mountain gate.