Chapter 1104: Chapter 1104: Hell Level Difficulty (Make-up Update)

“However, have you noticed that when the young mistress of the beast-taming family, Wu Shu, answers questions, we can’t hear at all what she is saying?”

An elder looked around.

Gong Qingqiu explained in a loud voice:

“That is a sound restriction enchantment!”

“To prevent cheating during the assessment, only the person asking the question can hear the respondent.”

“As for everyone else, even if they stand close by, they cannot hear, let alone discern the content of the conversation from lip movements.”

“In this way, fairness can be ensured.”

“Along the mountain path, there are a hundred question points, each with a different question.”

“At the same question point, there are only ten rewards.”

“This means, after the same question is answered ten times, it will no longer yield a reward.”

“Furthermore, a word of advice to you all, don’t try to be clever.”

“There are spells in place at Misty Peak, and if you think of transmitting the correct answers to your juniors through secret sound transmission, that will not be successful.”

“And, we will find out.”

“Once detected, the qualification for the assessment will be immediately revoked.”

On saying this, Gong Qingqiu surveyed the surroundings.

Everyone suddenly felt a chill run down their spine, and those elders who had been planning to help their juniors cheat quickly extinguished the dangerous thought that had just arisen in their minds.

Gong Qingqiu continued:

“Many of the fellow Daoists present hope for a fair assessment, so don’t try to be smart. Let your juniors compete on their own abilities, that’s the real deal.”

The crowd was rendered speechless.

“Alright, everyone understands the big principles, this Elder doesn’t need to say much more, let’s continue to watch the assessment process.”

Gong Qingqiu looked towards the light screen above the Sect Main Plaza.

On the mountain stairway.

More and more outstanding individuals arrived at the first question point and started answering questions.

“A Water Spirit Beast that has grown for ten years is definitely mature enough to reproduce, so at this time, it must find a Dual Cultivation Companion with a big behind!”

“A Water Spirit Beast that has grown for ten years needs to eat more, so it can grow stronger.”

“You need to give the Water Spirit Beast plenty of hot water to drink.”

All sorts of absurd answers burst forth.

“All wrong!” The ethereal figure standing beside the stone steps almost collapsed upon hearing this, shaking its head repeatedly.

When the crowd heard that their answers were wrong, they didn’t dare to waste time and continued to rush upwards.

Before long.

Wu Shu, who was far ahead, arrived at the second question point.

“What kind of pest infestation occurs when cultivating the Seven-Star Spiritual Herb, and what method can be used to drive away the pests?”

The ethereal figure posed the question.

“Sorry, I don’t know!” Wu Shu was taken aback, then shook her head continuously and raced upwards.

Not long after, she arrived at the third question point.

“In the preparation of Spirit Dishes, what are the seven main ingredients for the ‘Star Sea Soup’ broth required?”

Hearing this, Wu Shu continued to sprint.

The fourth question point.

“When practicing Spells, if you encounter opposing attributes but still wish to continue cultivating, how can you resolve this?”

This question made Wu Shu’s eyes widen.

“Oh my goodness! Are these questions designed for hell? Except for the first one, I can’t answer any of them; time to skedaddle!”

Wu Shu shrugged her shoulders and took off running again.

…

The several question points below.

The crowd passed by the second, third, and fourth question points one after another, and hearing these peculiar and tricky questions, they couldn’t help but slap their foreheads and choose to dash upwards.

On the Sect Main Plaza.

Everyone felt that these questions were too difficult.

“If these questions were not difficult, wouldn’t the rewards be too cheap?” Ji Ziling, the person who set the questions, said with a grin, making everyone nod in agreement.

At that moment, at the second question point.

A young girl in green widened her bright eyes and answered earnestly:

“When cultivating the Seven-Star Spiritual Herb, typically two types of ladybugs, Three Stars and Seven Stars, appear, which specifically feed on the sap of the Seven-Star Herb, and the leaves they crawl over almost always become tattered.”

“To solve this, you need to prepare a Nine-Star Meteorite, grind it into powder, and pour in a large amount of Spiritual Liquid to mix.”

“After letting the Spiritual Liquid sit for twelve hours, spray it on the leaves of the Seven-Star Herb to eliminate the pests.”

The green-clad girl grew tense as she spoke.

“Congratulations, your answer is correct!” The ethereal figure beside the stone steps nodded and extended a hand towards the green-clad girl, “You are rewarded with ‘Soaring Clouds for Three Thousand Zhang’!”

Whoosh!

The green-clad girl was instantly transported vertically up a distance of three thousand zhang, landing in front of the thirty-fifth question point.

She immediately leaned over the railing to look down and saw that the people below seemed smaller than ants.

“Oh my heavens!”

The green-clad girl couldn’t help but widen her eyes, “This reward is simply terrifying!”

Saying so, she looked towards the ethereal figure beside the stone steps.

“In the process of dual cultivation, how can one ensure both parties’ pleasure of body and mind to maximize the effect?”

Upon hearing this question, the green-clad girl was dumbfounded, not only that, but the people on the Sect Main Plaza were also dumbstruck.

The voices of the examiners answering questions couldn’t be heard by others, but the questions asked by the ethereal figure could be heard by others through the light screen.

For a time, all the people were in an uproar.

“My daughter is pure as ice, she hasn’t even held a boy’s hand, this question is seriously off-topic!” A middle-aged man wearing a green robe and a black felt hat was agitated enough to jump up and down.

This man was the green-clad girl’s father.

“Sect Master of the Divine Medicine Sect, why did you send your precious daughter to Misty Sect for the exam? Isn’t she supposed to inherit the family business of your Divine Medicine Sect?” someone teased.

“What, is there a problem with that?”

The Sect Master of the Divine Medicine Sect glared, “Misty Sect is the number one sect in Shenzhou. If this Sect Master wasn’t getting on in age and had a family business to inherit, I would want to join Misty Sect myself. As for whether my daughter inherits the family business, what does it have to do with the exam?”

Once he said that, other people also fell silent and continued to look towards the light screen.

…

Halfway up Misty Peak.

The green-clad girl from the Divine Medicine Sect scratched her head and decisively chose to ignore the thirty-fifth question, running up the mountain.

Having been transported in one go to one-third of the stone steps, the green-clad girl jumped to first place.

“Ah! How did you get so fast?”

Two thousand zhang from the Sect Main Plaza, a beast-taming family’s girl in the beast-hide mini-skirt looked at the green-clad girl, who had sprinted one-tenth of the distance more than herself, and couldn’t help but shout loudly.

“Of course, it’s the reward!”

The green-clad girl giggled and continued to sprint.

“So, after answering a question, the rewards are so incredible. I want one too!” Some geniuses who couldn’t answer the questions envied her to the point of tears and ran against the wind.

At the sixth question point.

“When refining Spirit Attracting Pills, if a problem of Pill Furnace gasping occurs halfway, how should it be resolved?”

The ethereal figure posed this question.

“I know!”

A dark-skinned boy immediately stood forward and answered softly, “To suppress the Pill Furnace gasping, one must use the stabilizing Spiritual Liquid. The amount depends on the number of gasps, one drop for one gasp, ten drops for ten gasps.”

“Correct answer, rewarded with one Featherweight Talisman, lasting two hours.” The ethereal figure said.

The next moment.

A talisman appeared with patterns of wind and clouds drawn on its surface.

“Haha, I’ve struck it rich!”

The boy stuck the Featherweight Talisman to his chest, and his speed surged, rapidly surpassing hundreds of geniuses to become the third, only behind the green-clad girl and the beast-hide mini-skirt girl Wu Shu.

The exam continued.

Many geniuses occasionally answered questions correctly, received rewards, and rapidly overtook others to join the leading group.

At the Sect Main Plaza.

Gong Qingqiu glanced at Ji Ziling and said, “Ziling, how did you end up including questions about dual cultivation?”

Ji Ziling stuck out her tongue and replied:

“I set up a hundred questions covering all major aspects, of course, there had to be questions about dual cultivation!”

Hearing this, Gong Qingqiu was speechless.

Frankly, she also had no answer for that question about dual cultivation; it was unrelated to cultivation level and required actual experience to perfectly answer.

Gong Qingqiu had no such experience, naturally, she was clueless.

Even the question-setter Ji Ziling had only heard of things here and there. To ask her for a specific solution, she would be fumbling for words.

At the summit of Misty Peak.

Ye Feng sat cross-legged in front of the Sect Leader’s Great Hall, enveloping the entire Misty Sect with his Divine Sense, keeping track of every examiner’s movements.

“These newcomers aren’t bad at all!”

Ye Feng had a panoramic view of the entire scene and could tell that these geniuses were quite extraordinary, especially those who had received rewards.

Every single one of them was a true genius!

[Extra update, good night!]