Facing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s nervous and puzzled gazes, Zhang Pianpian began by mentioning something else entirely.

“About several decades ago, the universities began to reduce the number of students accepted into the Foundation Establishment Qualification program.”

“Do you know why they reduced the numbers?”

Zhang Pianpian didn’t expect them to answer and continued, “Because the total number of Foundation Establishment cultivators each year is limited.”

“Reducing the number of university students achieving Foundation Establishment is to allocate a portion of the qualification certificates to high school students.”

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were shocked. University students giving Foundation Establishment Qualifications to high school students?

Were they worthy?

As if guessing their thoughts, Zhang Pianpian added, “Not just any high school students like us.”

Zhang Pianpian pointed upwards and said, “It’s for those high school students above.”

Amidst their surprised expressions, Zhang Pianpian further explained, “Do you think those cultivators in Kunxu, from the second level upwards, like those residing on the fifth, tenth, or even twentieth level…”

“Those Golden Core Perfected Immortals, Nascent Soul Great Experts, and even further up, like Transformation God and Refining Void cultivators—those super-rich individuals whose immortal wealth is astronomical… will their children, descendants, and disciples need to take the national college entrance examination and strive to enter the Top Ten like us?”

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were slightly stunned. Instinctively, they felt that those high school students above wouldn’t need to diligently participate in the college entrance examination like them.

But how those high school students above stepped onto the path of immortal cultivation, and how they attended high school and university besides attending the Elite Class… they couldn’t imagine.

Zhang Pianpian continued, “Those descendants or disciples cultivated by the upper-class super-rich must still abide by Kunxu’s rules and embark on the path of immortal cultivation in high school.”

“The allocation of Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates to high school students that I mentioned earlier is for these types of high school students, which led to a special examination, an examination that high school students can register for to obtain a Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate.”

Bai Zhenzhen asked, “Can we also participate in this examination? Could it be… that we have to compete with the upper-class high school students?”

Zhang Pianpian shook her head. After thinking for a moment, she looked towards the slum on the far bank of the river, saying, “In Songyang City, the wealthy in the city center will join hands to suppress the geniuses emerging from the poor, using various means to limit the poor in schools to ensure their own advantages.”

“But similarly, it’s also these wealthy individuals who are spending money to provide food and some daily necessities to the poor in the suburbs, offering them jobs that immortal cultivators are unwilling to do, helping the poor in the suburbs to multiply, and even giving them opportunities to study in the city center.”

“Although they are both poor, the wealthy in the city center have completely different attitudes towards different poor people.”

“It’s the same in Kunxu. For those immortals standing at the pinnacle of the Top Ten Sects, those super-rich individuals inside and outside the sects who want to become immortals, as well as their children and disciples, are the targets to be restricted and suppressed.”

“And the lower levels of Kunxu, perhaps like this suburban slum, are the objects to be supported, to constantly produce poor geniuses.”

Listening to Zhang Pianpian’s words, the Evil God, disguised as a prayer bead, sneered in Zhang Yu’s mind, “Hehe, the immortals… want to make it so that more and more people can’t get into university even if they want to, can’t enter companies even if they want to, can’t join sects even if they want to, and can’t achieve immortality even if they want to… only by making the competition among these people more and more intense, squeezing themselves dry, squeezing their families dry, and dedicating everything for the sake of competition, can the profits of the Top Ten Sects become higher and higher, enough for those high and mighty gods, those immortals overlooking Kunxu, to continue to comfortably sit above the clouds.”

The Evil God’s tone revealed an extreme envy, as if she wished she could also lie on the summit of Kunxu, enjoying the endless contributions of countless living beings.

But suddenly, her heart stirred, and she suddenly realized something: “Wait, damn it, does this mean… that some Evil God King set me up? Afraid that I would continue to progress and become a new Evil God King?”

Zhang Yu naturally had no way of knowing what the Evil God was thinking, he only listened to her words in his mind, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

Originally, in his mind, all the rich people who were richer than him, whether they were rich people in Songyang City, rich people on the second level of Kunxu, or rich people on the third level of Kunxu, were all rich people, all like a symbol, and he was too lazy to distinguish the differences between them.

But at this moment, Zhang Yu truly realized the great gap between rich people.

Especially in the different levels of Kunxu, the attitude of rich people who are one level higher, two levels higher, or three levels higher than him will be different.

And each level of rich people will have completely different attitudes towards people who are lower or higher than them on different levels.

Thus, all kinds of suppression, competition, wooing, support, exploitation… an incredibly complex relationship runs through Kunxu, like a tangled mess.

At the same time, Zhang Pianpian’s words continued.

He only heard her say, “In short, the High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination was finally decided by the Heavenly Court.”

“In addition to the quotas for the high school students above, in order to exceptionally select and promote geniuses from all levels, a certain number of Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates were also given to high school students on each level, and high school students on each level also competed among themselves.”

“It’s just that the lower the level, the fewer the quotas.”

Listening to Zhang Pianpian’s words, Zhang Yu seemed to see countless bloody storms surrounding this ‘High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination’.

I don’t know how much gaming and struggle Kunxu went through to decide on such a high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination that is available on every level.

Zhang Pianpian continued, “However… although this examination was arranged to the first level of Kunxu under the insistence of the Heavenly Court.”

“But just like the rich people in the city center will support the civilians in the suburbs, giving them opportunities to interview for high school, but the rich people in high school will suppress the poor students who come in.”

“Although the Heavenly Court has arranged for the first level of Kunxu to have a high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination, in recent years, it has already been gradually monopolized by the top forces on the first level of Kunxu.”

“On the one hand, the news is concealed by various methods, so that after year after year, this examination is gradually rarely mentioned on the first level of Kunxu, and fewer and fewer people know about it.”

“It can be said… this is a hidden path for most high school students on the first level of Kunxu.”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly. If Zhang Pianpian hadn’t told him today, he might never have known about this examination in his life.

He immediately understood that this was another kind of information gap, which Zhang Pianpian has been emphasizing as an important means of competition in Kunxu.

Just like his God Job Outsourcing Exam, ordinary high school students know nothing about it.

The same is true for this Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam. Ordinary high school students, let alone taking the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, may not even know about this examination or even the existence of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate itself.

He even suspected that many teachers probably don’t know about this high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination.

Like Lei Jun, who once introduced him to the university Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Exam, probably doesn’t know about the high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Exam.

Zhang Pianpian continued, “On the other hand, the remaining high school students who can participate in this examination are also the strongest, most talented, and richest… high school students on the entire first level of Kunxu, to the extent that they delusionally want to obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate before university.”

“And there are only 4 quotas per year on the first level of Kunxu. Excluding Taoism being used as a selection indicator, these 4 quotas are for the most outstanding high school students in four different directions: Dao Heart, Magic Power, Physical Education, and Martial Arts.”

“To obtain this certificate basically means that you have to become one of the four strongest high school students on the first level of Kunxu. This difficulty itself is actually another kind of monopoly by the top forces on the first level of Kunxu.”

Looking at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s solemn appearance, Zhang Pianpian said indifferently, “Just like I told you just now, if you want to climb up in Kunxu, you can’t do without examinations and certificates.”

“For example, taking the top ten universities, even if you can find various different paths to move upwards within the rules… but on every path, you can’t do without examinations in the end.”

“Choosing to take the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Exam instead of choosing the Elite Class will only be another more difficult examination.”

Just listening to Zhang Pianpian’s simple descriptions, Bai Zhenzhen could feel the difficulty of this exam, but with no hope of entering the Elite Class, as long as she can get into the Top Ten, she is willing to try no matter how difficult or intense the competition is.

In comparison, what she is more worried about is the monopoly of the top forces on the first level of Kunxu on this examination.

So Bai Zhenzhen asked, “If we participate in this examination, will there be danger? Just like the wealthy people in Songyang City joining forces to block the poor from taking the Top Ten?”

Zhang Pianpian said, “After all, the High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination is an examination set by the Heavenly Court, and its specifications are not low, and the rules are very strict. It is for the purpose of exceptionally selecting talents from each level.”

“There are various methods to prevent cheating and to prevent high-level students from descending to lower levels to compete for quotas.”

“And in order to prevent cheating, all students need to participate anonymously with their identities hidden, and the Eight Deities of Justice personally execute it.”

“The top forces on the first level of Kunxu may be able to deceive the public and cover up examination information outside the venue.”

“Maybe they can improve the level of their own high school students and make this examination more difficult.”

“But they will never be able to cheat in this examination set by the Heavenly Court, and they dare not penetrate the protection of the Eight Deities of Justice and see through the identities of the players in this examination.”

“That is to say, as long as you can successfully register, you don’t have to worry about leaking your identity.”

Bai Zhenzhen asked the second question she was concerned about, “If you pass the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, can you enter the Top Ten?”

Zhang Pianpian told the truth, “As long as you get the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, your college entrance examination score only needs to be above 600 points, and you can enter any one of the top ten universities without an interview.”

“That is to say, as long as you get the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, you don’t need to expose your true strength and purpose in your subsequent high school life. Without arousing the joint strangulation of the wealthy, as long as you silently complete the college entrance examination, you can enter the Top Ten.”

“In this way, the situation where the wealthy in Songyang City jointly strangle you will not occur.”

Zhang Pianpian said, “But you have to understand that this process is by no means simple.”

After thinking for a moment, she continued, “It’s mid-April now, and the most recent Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination on the first level of Kunxu… will probably start registration in mid-June, which is not long after I leave.”

“Then, from the first round of exams in August, the second round of exams in early October, and the last round of exams in early January next year, that will be about halfway through your second year of high school.”

“This means… you have to complete the exam while going to school after I leave.”

“In this process, you will also face all kinds of threats on your own without my protection.”

“Of course, as long as you don’t reveal that you want to take the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Exam, and don’t expose your goal of getting into the Top Ten, then there will be no joint strangulation by those wealthy families in Songyang City.”

“But people like Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling will definitely deal with you after I leave.”

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen both nodded secretly when they heard this, but compared to the joint strangulation of the wealthy families, they believed that the threat from Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling alone could be overcome as long as the two of them supported each other and took care of each other.

In contrast, the difficulty of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Exam itself may be the most difficult part of the whole thing.

Zhang Pianpian looked at Zhang Yu and said, “Are you sure you want to give up the Elite Class and take the more difficult Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate?”

Just before Zhang Yu could answer, the Evil God had already preemptively said in his mind, “Promise her.”

“You can get this Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate!”