Within the Illusionary Realm.

Ten handsome men, each possessing a unique aura, varying in size, and excelling in their own right, appeared before Zhang Yu.

A single glance revealed that each was a pinnacle of manhood, possessing unparalleled skills and talents.

However, feeling the profound gazes of these ten men, and watching them approach step by step, Zhang Yu felt an even greater terror and despair than facing ten Song Hailongs in the arena.

“Get away!”

“Don’t come any closer!”

At this moment, Zhang Yu was filled with boundless fear and rage.

He never imagined that anyone in Kunxu would use such a method to humiliate him, to force him to abandon the Foundation Establishment Examination.

“Damn it, I want to give up too!”

“I can always take the exam next year…”

But as soon as this thought arose in his mind, he felt that chilling sensation again, and he knew that this ritual would not allow him to quit.

Inside the Office.

Huang Zichou frowned and said, “Neither women nor men, could it be that he wants…”

Deng Bingding, standing beside him, said indifferently, “It’s normal to have no interest in carnal pleasures. Some people simply prefer wealth, power, or…”

“But as long as they are intelligent, everyone has a price, their own weaknesses, their own soft spots.”

“Generally, it’s quite easy to find these in poor people.”

As he spoke, Deng Bingding casually pointed and said, “Huang Zichou, you’ll be solely responsible for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, these two paupers. Eliminate them as soon as possible to avoid wasting the budget.”

Huang Zichou was slightly stunned and hastily said, “Um, that’s not right.

In his opinion, these two poor ghosts were clearly incapable of achieving anything. This trip to test their Dao hearts was nothing more than doing the most useless work.

But Deng Bingding didn’t give Huang Zichou a chance to object, waving his hand to stop him from speaking. “Everyone is working overtime temporarily, the time is tight, and the task is heavy. If you have any complaints, save them for later.”

Deng Bingding instructed again, “Remember to keep an eye on the illusions. Don’t let the illusions blindly raise prices.”

“The key is to find the other party’s weaknesses and spend the money wisely, instead of randomly throwing money around and inflating the valuation.”

“If any of you are criticized during the review of this Foundation Establishment Examination, don’t blame me for not warning you.”

Everyone present knew that the process of the Foundation Establishment Examination would be reviewed, and they would be reprimanded if they gave students reckless evaluations.

On the other side, Huang Zichou thought to himself, “Alas, isn’t this giving me the worst job in this project? Could Lord Deng be deliberately making things difficult for me?”

Although Deng Bingding seemed to be assigning him this task casually, he knew that there was no way a Sixth-Rank Deity would do something so casually.

“Impossible, I put 5,000 spirit stones in her favor talisman.”

“The four of us agreed before we came to use 3,000 spirit stone favor talismans together, and I added 2,000 more…”

He couldn’t help but look at his three colleagues, but found that all three Junior Merit Officials were working earnestly and attentively, with no intention of speaking.

With a hint of melancholy, Huang Zichou could only turn his attention to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, cursing his bad luck in his heart.

“What are these two poor ghosts doing taking the exam?

“Help them finish the test quickly.”

“So I can go and test some other good students…” Just as Huang Zichou wanted to quickly eliminate Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

In various light screens, students were gradually surrendering in the Dao Heart Test.

Deng Bingding swept his divine power and recorded the value of everything that each student accepted upon surrendering.

400 million to withdraw.

600 million to withdraw.

320 million to withdraw.

Seeing these numbers in the hundreds of millions, Deng Bingding also sighed slightly in his heart: “After all, it’s an illusion. No one would offer so much in reality just to get them to withdraw.”

“The illusion also makes them subconsciously overlook many inconsistencies, all to test the limits in their hearts.”

The numbers Deng Bingding recorded were high and low, simply because everyone’s background, strength, and wealth were different, and the temptations they faced were also different. The time spent in the illusion was very long, and the valuation was not necessarily higher than others.

Among them, personal wealth had a great influence, which Deng Bingding found normal. After all, wealth has always been an important source of Immortal Dao potential and Immortal Dao determination.

Among them, high school freshmen, because they had two chances to take the Foundation Establishment Examination, often performed worse than high school seniors, which was the same as the difference between high school freshmen and seniors in Dao Heart, magic power, and physical body.

The next moment, as Deng Bingding’s gaze shifted, he had already seen Yu Xinghan’s illusion.

Within the Illusionary Realm.

“This is Xianyun High School in Xiandu City. What do you think of the environment here?”

“In order to build this school, the Group specially relocated an entire spiritual vein here, just to provide the best learning environment for the first and second-year high school students.”

“Here is the enrollment application.”

“As long as you agree, you can study here in the future.”

Yu Xinghan took a deep breath of the air at Xianyun High School, feeling that it was the best air he had ever smelled in his life.

But after hearing the other party’s words, he gritted his teeth and chose to refuse.

“What about the Xiandu City citizen status? Don’t you want to live here?”

“What about the formal job at the Oasis Group? This is something that countless people dream of, something they can’t get even after a lifetime of struggle!”

Yu Xinghan refused one request after another, not because he wasn’t tempted or didn’t want them.

It was because his rich experience in asking for money told him that this was not the other party’s bottom line yet, and he could ask for more.

Until the other party said a sentence that truly shook his mind.

“We can pay to buy you back from Starfire True Person.”

Hearing these words, Yu Xinghan’s expression clearly changed.

“We can pay to transfer your contract with Starfire True Person to the Oasis Group.”

“The new contract will be better and more relaxed, and you will gain true freedom.”

“This is the highest offer. If you don’t accept this, there’s nothing to talk about.”

Yu Xinghan didn’t know if this was the other party’s highest offer.

But he knew that this was already a lifebuoy floating in front of him.

On this vast, dark sea, it was the first lifebuoy he had encountered.

If he chose to let go, perhaps there would never be such an opportunity again in his life.
Thus, he extended his hand without hesitation, seizing the opportunity before him.

Yu Xinghan: “My… my penalty for breach of contract is very high.”

“Everything in this world has a price, and there’s no limit to the penalty for breach of contract.”

The other party smiled: “You’re just a Qi Refining cultivator right now. In the eyes of True Master Xinghuo, how much could you possibly be worth?”

Inside the office.

Deng Bingding watched Yu Xinghan’s swift defeat, thinking to herself, “Heh, once the true flaws in one’s heart are probed out, a fierce attack will lead to utter collapse.”

“Hmm, according to the data, True Master Xinghuo has probably invested around 80 million on this Yu Xinghan.”

“Considering True Master Xinghuo’s situation, it’s estimated that he’d want more than ten times that price to transfer the contract, plus other additional conditions, so the final valuation is 1.3 billion? Well, with True Master Xinghuo’s appetite, making so much profit from transferring a Qi Refining disciple and then finding another disciple to nurture is indeed about right.”

Of course, Deng Bingding knew that these were just estimations made by the righteous gods based on the data. If such a thing really happened in reality, the price would definitely be different, but it was sufficient as an assessment in this test.

Deng Bingding thought to herself, “I didn’t expect this student from Songyang to be quite resilient.”

“But ultimately, his weakness is also very obvious.”

“Success through Golden Core, failure through Golden Core. True Master Xinghuo can make him, but he can also destroy him.”

“Especially as True Master Xinghuo invests more and more money in him in the future, the more constraints he will inevitably face.”

“This is the biggest flaw in his Dao heart, and one day it will become a huge obstacle on his future path of immortality.”

After casually recording the situation of Yu Xinghan and the next few students, she curiously looked at the other two students from Songyang City.

“Those two paupers haven’t been recruited yet?”

Deng Bingding was a little surprised, and she glanced over.

In the illusion.

Bai Zhenzhen suffered temptations similar to Zhang Yu’s.

But because of her sterilization surgery, the illusion didn’t arrange any romantic entanglements for her.

Living in a one-and-a-half-story house in the most central area of the city, enjoying the most luxurious cultivation conditions, Bai Zhenzhen felt herself becoming increasingly unable to resist.

And Huang Zichou, who was manipulating the illusion from the outside, obviously sensed Bai Zhenzhen’s temptation.

So, in the illusion, the price slowly stopped rising, and even indicated that Bai Zhenzhen was asking for too much and they wanted to break off negotiations.

After some back and forth, Bai Zhenzhen took the initiative to make her last request.

“The conditions you’re offering me, I want to offer the same to Zhang Yu.”

Ever since she started preparing for the Foundation Establishment exam, Bai Zhenzhen had always had a fear in her heart, a fear that she often deliberately ignored, often dared not think about.

That was… what if Zhang Yu failed the Foundation Establishment exam in the end? If he failed the first time, the second time, and ultimately didn’t get into the top ten… what would happen?

There was once an opportunity to enter the Myriad Dharma University’s Prodigy Class, which Zhang Pianpian placed before Zhang Yu.

If he chose to stay with her, but ultimately failed to get into the top ten.

If that were the case, would Zhang Yu regret it?

“If that’s the case, how should I face Yuzi?”

She could only tell herself that it wouldn’t happen. With Yuzi’s performance, plus her true spiritual root, she would definitely pass the Foundation Establishment exam.

However, after witnessing the performance of Ye Lingxiao, Yun Jing, and others in the Foundation Establishment test, Bai Zhenzhen once again had doubts about whether she could pass the Foundation Establishment exam.

And now, as long as she sacrificed one of her exam opportunities, she could help herself and Zhang Yu win a large amount of immortal resources, greatly increasing the chance of passing the Foundation Establishment exam… This seemed to be the most rational and maximized decision.

“I can give up the Foundation Establishment exam, but the conditions you promised are not just for me, but also for Zhang Yu… and Zhang Yu doesn’t have to withdraw from the Foundation Establishment exam.”

Inside the office.

Huang Zichou, who was observing the illusion, frowned, his expression strange.

“It’s actually a friend… this kind of request?”

It couldn’t be said that this kind of request was completely absent in the illusion, but in Huang Zichou’s opinion, it was indeed very, very rare.

After all, in most people’s illusions, it was enough to constantly satisfy their own desires, and very few people would think of others.

If he saw this kind of person in reality, Huang Zichou would only scold them as fools in his heart.

But looking at Bai Zhenzhen in the illusion at this moment, Huang Zichou thought to himself that fools have fool’s luck.

Deng Bingding glanced at the final result and recorded, “Bai Zhenzhen, final valuation of 600 million multiplied by 2.”

“1.2 billion. I didn’t expect a student from Songyang City to reach this number. It’s already higher than many first-year students from the Immortal Capital.”

“It’s indeed rare for her to persevere to this extent given her background.”

“If she can catch up with the students from the Immortal Capital in other aspects next year, she may be an excellent Foundation Establishment seed.”

Next, as Deng Bingding observed, more and more students finished their Dao heart tests. Unconsciously, only the last three remained.

Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing were not beyond her expectations, but only Zhang Yu’s perseverance made her unable to understand.

Just then, Yun Jing also finished his Dao heart test.

In the illusion.

Yun Jing looked at the contract in front of him, a hint of regret in his eyes.

The Yun family, which seemed infinitely glorious, had actually been declining in recent years.

Especially with the reform of Body Refinement technology, the Yun family had failed to keep up due to investment mistakes, and because of failures in internal company struggles, this decline had become increasingly obvious.

Although the assets were still immensely large, the liquid funds were becoming increasingly strained.

And after signing this contract, the Yun family would have these liquid funds, which would inevitably bring them back to life.

The price was that he would give up his high school Foundation Establishment qualification certificate.

“But it doesn’t matter. Even without the high school Foundation Establishment qualification certificate, I can still get into the top ten.”

“And as long as the Yun family returns to its peak, more Yun family descendants will definitely be able to obtain the Foundation Establishment qualification certificate in the future.”

In the office.

“As long as it’s a person, there is definitely a price, a weakness, a soft spot.”

The words she had always said floated into Deng Bingding’s mind.

“This Yun Jing has been receiving family education since he was a child, but he has unparalleled loyalty and gratitude to the family.”

“Hmph, this kind of feeling is good for the family, but it is only an obstacle on the path of immortality.”
“Lacking supreme self-regard, deficient in ruthless self-interest, how then can one dare to scale the loftiest peaks of the Immortal Path?”

Deng Bingding shook his head, noting down the other party’s worth: “Yun Jing, valued at five billion.”