595 This Is the Real Massive-Practice Tactic (2/2)
”Want to compete for the amount of knowledge? It's a really good calculation! A pity that when I was in the immortal world, I was seriously hurt and only woke up from a deep sleep today! With me here, don't ever think that you guys can win in the amount of knowledge; I have read more books than the amount of rice that you have ever eaten.”
Bai Ze smiled at first, but eventually, out of habit, retorted, ”Don't be careless. Although your knowledge is unparalleled in the world, but…”
”There's no but. Bai Ze, are you questioning my strength?”
”... Of course not, I do not need to question the Dao of knowledge of my fellow Earth Immortal.”
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At the same time, on the other side.
”Listen, we are a group of people with poor root bone and thus no way to advance in the path of immortal cultivation. However, today, we are highly regarded by the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, enjoying the luxurious treatments reserved for their elites... Thus, in the next few months, even if we have to risk our lives, we should give our best to complete the task and get valuable points for the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals!”
In a quiet room made with ice crystals, twenty young cultivators from various sects nervously looked at the old man in front of them.
The old man was right—their root bones were not good, and their paths in immortal cultivation were hopeless. Indeed, they only really had one skill. But… the old man himself was an Elder of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect who had a venerated status.
Instead of saying more, the Elder just waved his hand and a heavy book was placed on each of their tables. When these young cultivators opened their book, they saw questions that dazzled them.
Few examples of the question were - 1. For Jindan Stage cultivator, which of the following statements was incorrect:
A: If a Jindan Stage cultivator is not satisfied of the quality of their own golden core, they can repair it by crushing it.
B: A variety of Daos can be fused in a golden core.
C: Successful formation of the golden core is necessary to reach Jindan Stage.
D: From Xudan Stage to Jindan Stage, the total increase of the amount of magical power is threefold at the minimum.
2. Suppose there are three types of sword arts, namely Autumn Breeze, Summer Rain, and Winter Cold. The attributes and comparison tables are as follow… Try to build a set of core method that can be perfectly compatible with the three sets of sword arts.
3. Try to refine three pills using Autumn Forest Grass, Ambergris, and Cabernet Sauvignon without the aid of tools and special skills.
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Apart from questions related to cultivation, there was also zither, go, calligraphy, painting, and even other miscellaneous things. The types of topics were all-encompassing, and the difficulty was varied. And after these common sense questions, there were also a large number of diagram-pattern questions, numeral reasoning questions, and even so far as calculation of astronomical numbers that were dizzying to people.
”Elder, what are these?”
”These are the challenges that we are going to face in two months. The questions will come out of the Mixed Heaven Questions…”
The young people before him were startled. ”Mixed Heaven Questions? Isn't that a treasure book that is known to have endless questions?”
”Yes. It is also one of the treasures of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect, which would be personally presented by the Supreme Sect Leader. He and the representative from the Earth Immortal team would control it together to issue random questions under the prescribed mode to ensure justice. But the difficulty of the topic would be astonishing.”
One of the young cultivators asked, ”Is it our task to score higher than the Earth Immortal team in this competition?”
”Yes. But the ancient Earth Immortals are probably a generation with extensive scholarly knowledge, so it is probably not enough to just gather us bookworms together to outdo the opponents in the amount of knowledge. Therefore, the Management Committee Member Wang Lu ingeniously invented this set of exercise system, which can limit the use of pure knowledge and make the situation favorable to our side. However, we still need to make great efforts to win. From now on, every day, each of you would do one hundred and twenty sets of simulated exercises to adapt to this written test situation to increase our odds of winning.”
”One hundred and twenty sets!”
”Yes. For ordinary mortals, this is absolutely impossible. But you guys at least are cultivators of immortal cultivation, so you guys ought to be able to do such small matters, right?”
These young people looked at each other and then looked down at the exam paper. The more they look, the paler they became.
One hundred and twenty sets of exercise every day. Even if they didn't sleep, they would still need to do five sets of exercise per hour. However, a set of exercise could go as many as twenty pages; if it were ordinary mortals, just to read it all would need an hour of time, let alone trying to solve it one by one. And even if they were a bunch of nerds who were known for they keenness and resilience, they had to complete five sets in an hour… that would require them to give everything they had.
”Elder, I think…”
Before that person finished the question, it was immediately interrupted by the elder of Ten Thousand Arts Sect. They saw him clap his hands, and immediately, a row of brackets appeared in front of the crowds with glittering porcelain vases hanging down from them. Each of them was connected with a leather tube and a needle.
”This is a refreshing soup that can keep primordial spirit running at high speed, which would be injected directly to your body. During this period, you guys would have infinite supplies of this refreshing soup, so there's no need to worry about exhaustion.”
These young people who already looked pale burst out with cold sweat—it was indeed possible for them to do the training using the primordial spirit refreshing soup… but, the problem was, after a long-term dependence on drugs, that person could end up wasted.
However, the Elder's torture was not over. ”One hundred and twenty sets of exercise each day, with the correct rate of each set of exercise above fifty percent. If you can't reach this number, additional ingredients will be given to your refreshing soup.”
Additional ingredients? Everyone was confused. It was easy to understand if punishment was imposed for failure. But whether it was physical or mental pain, it would only reduce the efficiency of the problem solving, so wouldn't that only make it worse?
”Humph, I know what you guys are thinking. Rest assured, it would not make you feel pain and distracted. But, if you fail to reach the target, there would be more 'Autumn Medicine' in the refreshing soup. And after the injection, the length of the male's p*nis will be reduced, and the female's breast size will shrink, the change is irreversible.”
Deadly silence descended in that room.
The elder smiled coldly. ”Do you, understand?”
Everyone shouted in unison, ”Understood! We will guarantee that the target percentage is reached!”