The Zhou Family Manor.

Zhou Chechen ripped off his outer robe and hurried into the house. He had rushed back the moment school ended, eager to ask the elders about the Foundation Establishment Examination in the Immortal Capital – why he had been completely unaware of it until now!

But as Zhou Chechen passed the main hall, he stopped abruptly, his face showing astonishment as he saw the guests inside.

“Chechen, you’re just in time!”

Zhou Yang, noticing Zhou Chechen’s arrival, beckoned him over, saying, “This is your Uncle Zhang, and this is Aunt Bai!”

“They are both immensely talented, with limitless potential. I consider them my equals. You should address them as Uncle Zhang and Aunt Bai from now on!”

Zhou Chechen stood there, stunned, seemingly unable to process what he was hearing!

Zhou Yang glared at him, saying, “This child, doesn’t he know how to greet people?”

Zhang Yu chuckled and said, “You’ve scared the boy!”

He waved his hand, saying, “It’s alright, we’re all classmates. You can call me Brother Yu, and her Sister Zhenzhen. We’ll just call you Little Zhou from now on!”

Bai Zhenzhen looked at Zhou Chechen and said, “Why hasn’t this child offered any greeting gifts?”

Zhou Yang helplessly smiled and said, “He’s been spoiled by his father, doesn’t understand etiquette!”

Then, he turned to Zhou Chechen and said, “You didn’t even think to offer a red envelope to your Uncle Zhang and Aunt Bai?

“Quickly give them a meeting gift, transfer ten thousand spirit stones to each of them, do you hear me?”

Under Zhou Yang’s forceful gaze, Zhou Chechen reluctantly transferred ten thousand spirit stones each to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen!

Bai Zhenzhen smiled sweetly and said, “Good boy, Little Zhou. Go play now, we have matters to discuss with your Uncle Zhou!” Then, under Zhou Yang’s compelling gaze, Zhou Chechen gritted his teeth and said, “Bro… Brother Yu, Sister Zhenzhen!”

Turning to leave, Zhou Chechen felt as if something had shattered within his heart. He truly felt, at that moment, that he and Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were no longer on the same level due to the absolute difference in their achievements!

He thought to himself, “I’m still just a pawn, while they have gradually jumped off the chessboard, leaping towards a larger game!”

After Zhou Chechen left, Zhou Yang said, “Later tonight, there will be many people at home. Let’s continue our discussion in my study!”

Not long after, as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen departed, Zhou Yang reflected on the events of the day!

Upon discovering that the news of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen obtaining Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates had spread throughout the city, especially with the Green Oasis Group involved, Zhou Yang knew that he had lost the best opportunity to act against Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen!

Without dwelling too much on how Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had managed to outperform the Immortal Capital Lords and obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates, Zhou Yang immediately considered how to proceed with the cleanup!

“Then… let’s try to mend the relationship first!”

Compared to continuing to fight them, or waiting for their potential revenge in the future, spending money to resolve the issue and further improve relations seemed like the best option at the moment!

Therefore, Zhou Yang also wanted to donate some money to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, and at the same time test their attitude!

Zhou Yang recalled the interactions he had with the two earlier. After accepting his three million spirit stones, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were very friendly, showing no signs of holding a grudge!

“Last time, Zhou Chechen already apologized to them with his men and offered amends!”

“This time, with my personal appearance, in the best-case scenario, they should no longer be enemies of the Zhou family!”

“Unless… they are particularly vengeful, or they know about the evil god behind me!”

“If they still want to deal with me after today, then don’t blame me for fighting to the death!”

“However…” Thinking about Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s current situation, Zhou Yang sneered to himself, “They are attracting so much attention now; they might mess up on their own someday. It’s not my concern!”

On the other side, after Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen left the Zhou family, the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared!

Zhang Yu slowly said, “It seems he wants to mend the relationship with us. How sincere do you think he is? Is it a temporary delay, or does he truly not want to fight us?”

Bai Zhenzhen said, “Logically speaking, he probably doesn’t really want to fight us, but we can’t rule out any surprises!”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Yes!”

“Without eliminating the Zhou family and cleaning up everyone who knows about Fox Fairy’s existence, I cannot rest easy!”

Fox Fairy said, “At least he’s willing to mend the relationship with you now, so pretend to cease hostilities with him for now!”

“Time is ultimately on your side!”

And as soon as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen finished talking to Zhou Yang, they were immediately called over by Captain Yun Ni of the patrol team!

It was said to reward them for their hard work in the patrol team over the past year. The patrol team wanted to promote them to top-tier outsourced personnel!

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were both slightly stunned upon hearing this. Heaven knows what they had diligently worked on in the patrol team during the past year, having merely taken the salary for nothing. They only felt that after arriving at the patrol team’s office building, everyone was so polite and so friendly!

Zhang Yu couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, “Ever since I became the top student in the grade, I’ve felt that there are more and more good people in Gaoyang High School, everyone is so kind!”

“And after I passed the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam, all the good people in Songyang City started to increase!”

At this moment, Zhang Yu understood even more why the Kunxu people had to study hard and take exams diligently. This broken Kunxu truly transforms from hell to heaven as your grades improve!

After being promoted to outsourced positions, Yun Ni also brought him good news!

“You are now pinnacle outsourced personnel, and you can attend a cross-layer meeting once a month!”

It just so happened that Zhang Pianpian also held a position on the second layer and could also conduct cross-layer communication!

Zhang Yu quickly understood. This was using the excuse of a cross-layer meeting to give them a chance to communicate with Zhang Pianpian!

So next, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen came to a separate conference room. As the dedicated network connected, a line of text appeared in the expectant eyes of the two!

“Wanfa University, Charm Department, Foundation Establishment cultivator Zhang Pianpian is talking to you!” Zhang Yu was shocked but slightly relieved!

He thought that with Zhang Pianpian’s talent and strength, it was not unbelievable that she had passed the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam and completed Foundation Establishment after being on the second layer for so long!

“But isn’t this too high-profile?”

Then, the screen flashed, and Zhang Pianpian appeared in front of them!

Seeing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen in front of the screen, Zhang Pianpian was slightly stunned at first, seemingly not expecting the people on the other side of the screen to be Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen!

However, Zhang Pianpian quickly reacted, smiled slightly, and said with relief: “It seems that you two have passed the Foundation Establishment exam, and the patrol team is starting to treat you favorably?”

While Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were talking in turn, the two told Zhang Pianpian about the process of passing the Foundation Establishment exam and some of the current situation in Gaoyang City!

Although Fox Fairy knows a lot, whether it is Zhang Yu or Bai Zhenzhen, they trust Zhang Pianpian more, and want to ask her about the situation of applying for universities next!

Zhang Pianpian nodded upon hearing this and said, “Although I said before that I would wait for you at Wanfa University!”

“But with your current situation, you can also make some other choices based on the conditions given by those recruitment representatives!”

During Zhang Pianpian’s chat, Zhang Yu asked about the long string of titles displayed in the communication!

Zhang Pianpian explained upon hearing this: “You’ll know when you come to the second layer. From the two layers onwards, the entire second, third, fourth, and even fifth and sixth layers, everything serves the university!”

“Each university is a city, and all companies and management agencies in the city are also managed by the university!”

“And here, academic qualifications, universities, departments, and realms divide people into different levels.”

“Even if it is the same academic qualification, the same university, only different departments, they can be divided into three, six, nine grades from each other. The paper in the toilet of the good major’s teaching building is better than the quality of the pages of the poor major!”

Here, everyone looks at people first by realm, then by academic qualification, then by good university, and then by major!

“University students can severely humiliate junior college students, and the students of the top ten universities can step on the heads of students from other schools!”

Everyone can’t wait to tattoo their realm, academic qualification, university, and major on their heads and display them one by one!

“And even in the same university, good majors can have better class resources, and they can walk a few rows forward to attend classes!”

“Poor majors may not even be able to grab classes, and I heard that they have to queue up behind to go to the toilet!”

“So in the second layer, it is natural to display your situation in detail and receive different treatment according to different levels!”

Zhang Yu nodded upon hearing this, but he was not surprised at all. In his opinion, Kunxu would divide people according to different levels!

The above situation was not beyond his expectations, but compared to the first layer, people seemed to be distinguished more finely!

Zhang Pianpian continued: “You should understand after hearing this how important it is to choose a major! Even if you enter a good university, if you don’t choose a good major, you will only live a relatively failed life!”

“Not to mention that there may be ten times or a hundred times the difference in income, and some majors may even have difficulty finding a job!”

“Fortunately, you have Foundation Establishment Certificates, and the choice of major should be very wide. I can tell you some of the information I have learned!”

“Taking Wanfa University as an example, finance, weapon refining, and Taoism are the three departments that stand at the top!”

“However, the background and wealth required for finance and Taoism are too high, so I don’t recommend that you two choose them!”

“Weapon refining is a late-stage choice for you. Although it is also very difficult in the early stage, you should have a chance…”

“Civil engineering is also good, suitable for laying the foundation!”

“After all, you can start working and earning money as soon as you enter civil engineering. It is also a good choice to earn money for two years and then transfer to another major after laying the foundation!”

“But don’t study civil engineering until graduation. If you get a civil engineering diploma, it will be difficult to jump out of this pit for the rest of your life…”

“And don’t apply for the archeology department. The better you learn in this major, the more you have to go to the eighteen layers underground of Kunxu to excavate the ruins of the sects that have disappeared in the past and study the sects that have been eliminated in history…”

“Other majors such as security, weapons, and military are also good early-stage majors. They can be improved quickly in the early stage and make money quickly, but they are easily optimized when they get older…”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly and asked, “Is Starfire True Person in this situation?”

Zhang Pianpian said with some emotion: “Yes, if he had changed his major, maybe he would have a different life now!”

“By the way, don’t apply for the medical department. This major is currently occupied by family forces on the two layers. They are all local gentry, and outsiders can’t get ahead…”

In Zhang Pianpian’s introduction, various information about the majors and universities on the two layers appeared in front of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, allowing them to gradually have a rough outline of their future choices!