When Zhang Yu regained his senses, he found himself in an underground passage.

“Was the teleportation successful?” He walked forward along the passage and soon saw a figure.

Zhang Yu quickly approached, hoping to see if Bai Zhenzhen had come down with him, but instead, he found a boy in a school uniform.

Hearing the footsteps, the boy turned to look at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu nodded to him in greeting: “Hello, are you here for the exam too?” The boy’s name was Dai Xingzhi. He didn’t immediately respond, but sized Zhang Yu up and down, confirming one thing.

This person was not a student from Immortality City.

Dai Xingzhi could be sure for two main reasons.

Firstly, the other’s appearance was unfamiliar. He knew all the outstanding and wealthy high school students in Immortality City clearly, and this person was definitely not among them.

Secondly, judging from his accent, speech, and clothing… he was an out-of-towner.

As a native of Immortality City whose ancestors had lived there for ten generations, Dai Xingzhi saw Immortality City residents and outsiders as completely different, almost like two different species.

And Dai Xingzhi could basically tell the difference at a glance.

“An outsider is just an outsider, they don’t have the aura of Immortality City people!” Realizing that Zhang Yu was likely an outsider, his back straightened unconsciously.

He, Dai Xingzhi, was a staunch supporter of Immortality City supremacy.

Immortality City was the center of the first layer of the Kunxu realm, the gathering place of the strongest, smartest, and richest people. The upper city of Immortality City could even be called Kunxu layer 1.5.

“In theory, I’m not even from Kunxu layer one, I should be considered from Kunxu layer 1.5!” As for the other cities in layer one, in Dai Xingzhi’s mind, they were all just rural backwaters. Looking at Zhang Yu, Dai Xingzhi thought to himself: “You stinky out-of-towner, trying to come to Immortality City to steal our Foundation Establishment Certificates?” After glancing at Zhang Yu a couple of times, Dai Xingzhi said nothing, turned around, and left.

He walked quickly for a while and soon saw another person’s back.

“Ye Lingxiao…” Dai Xingzhi had heard a lot about this academic giant who had recently become obsessed with red envelope talismans because he was from the inner second ring of the upper city.

In Dai Xingzhi’s understanding, Immortality City was the center of the first layer of Kunxu realm.

The floating city above Immortality City, the area always called the upper city, was the center of the center.

And within this upper city, there were ten rings from the outside to the inside. The inner second ring was the center of the center of the center.

Born in the second ring, Ye Lingxiao came from one of the wealthiest families in Immortality City.

From what Dai Xingzhi knew, people in the second ring only made friends with people in the second ring, only married people in the second ring, and only reproduced with people in the second ring. Some second-ring people never even came down in their entire lives.

Seeing Ye Lingxiao now, Dai Xingzhi immediately bent his back again, which he had just straightened, and said obsequiously, “Lingxiao, hello! Do you remember me? I’m Dai Xingzhi from your school, I live in the inner sixth ring of the north side!” He added, “It’s the inner sixth ring, not the outer sixth ring!” Ye Lingxiao nodded without looking up, continuing to practice his red envelope talismans with all his attention.

After the last Dao Heart test, his curiosity about red envelope talismans and favorability talismans had deepened, and he was 90% sure that there were extraordinary benefits hidden within.

Unfortunately, because the secrets involved were so great, he didn’t dare to tell anyone, and only dared to study them slowly on his own.

Just then, a shout came: “Hey! Why are you throwing red envelope talismans around again?” Zhang Yu, dodging the red envelope talismans on the ground, followed, saying discontentedly, “You’re just throwing this dirty stuff around, aren’t you endangering public safety?” Ye Lingxiao looked at Zhang Yu in surprise, seemingly not expecting this out-of-town student to not have been eliminated in the last test.

Ye Lingxiao said indifferently, “No one picks up the red envelope talismans, and they will disappear after a while. Besides, if you don’t want the money inside, just return it right away.” As they spoke, Zhang Yu had followed him into an underground hall.

From afar, they could see the proctors, Deng Bingding and others, standing in the center of the hall, surrounded by more than a dozen contestants who had arrived earlier.

However, these contestants seemed to be discussing something with the proctors.

One of the students was saying, “Proctor, please announce the rankings of the last test!” Another student said, “That’s right, what kind of test doesn’t announce rankings!” Someone supported loudly, “If there are no rankings, is that even called a test? Can it even be considered a normal exam?” After listening for a while, Zhang Yu understood that this was a group of Immortality City young masters demanding the announcement of the previous round’s rankings.

And judging from their posture and the information they revealed, it seemed that if local schools in Immortality City didn’t announce the rankings after an exam, it would be a complete breach of ethics, and the teachers and schools would be reported.

Another group of try-hards… Zhang Yu thought that wherever Kunxu went, there would always be these ranking-obsessed guys, with no regard for the privacy of the candidates.

Just then, Bai Zhenzhen also walked to Zhang Yu’s side and asked curiously, “What’s all the commotion about up there?” Zhang Yu said disdainfully, “A bunch of score-obsessed people are demanding the announcement of the previous round’s rankings!” Bai Zhenzhen recalled her performance in the previous round: “Well, the strongest Immortality City young masters opened the door in half a second, and it took me less than three seconds, so I must be ranked low. Thinking about how my Dao Heart test probably wasn’t as good as these Immortality City young masters either,” she shook her head and sighed, “It’s just a pre-exam test, and these people still value empty fame too much!” Zhang Yu agreed, “The real Immortal Path cannot be clearly defined by temporary scores and rankings.” Hearing this, Ye Lingxiao, as a supporter of exam ranking theory, felt that he couldn’t pretend he didn’t hear it.

But just as he was about to speak, Dai Xingzhi couldn’t help but say, “What nonsense are you two out-of-towners talking about? Scores are everything! Rankings are the standard for whether a person is qualified to continue on the Immortal Path!” “If people only talk about scores but don’t look at rankings… then what’s the difference between them and being born?” Ye Lingxiao didn’t say anything, but from his frequent nods, it was clear that he strongly supported this statement.

Dai Xingzhi looked at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, but there was still something he didn’t say.

He thought to himself, “Hmph, only those who know their rankings are low are afraid of rankings.”

And in his heart, how could the two out-of-towners in front of him compare to the academic giants of Immortality City? They must be ranked low.

“I’ve seen plenty of you out-of-towners who don’t respect scores. If you two could rank first or second, you’d probably be dying to announce the rankings, right?”

Just then, in response to the demands of so many students, Deng Bingding, standing at the front of the proctors, said, “I understand everyone’s desire to know the rankings. There are no regulations here that require us not to reveal the previous rankings.

“It’s just that we felt that it wasn’t very useful as a reference, so we didn’t originally plan to announce them.”

“But now that everyone wants to know, I’ll show the rankings to everyone.”

The previous round of testing was divided into two stages.

The first stage was pushing open the metal door, and the second stage was the Dao Heart test.

However, many of the students present were not particularly concerned about the results of the first stage, pushing open the metal door, and just glanced at it before setting it aside.

After all, the requirements of this stage were not high, and it was purely used to eliminate underperforming first-year students. Many contestants didn’t use their full strength either.

On the other hand, the second stage, the Dao Heart test, in everyone’s view, not only demonstrated willpower but also reflected the contestants’ wealth, and was what the students present were most concerned about.

So everyone was more concerned about the ranking of this Dao Heart test.

First place, No. 55, valuation unknown.

Second place, No. 23, valuation 5.5 billion.

Third place, No. 11, valuation 5 billion.

Looking at the rankings, everyone immediately quieted down, silently looking for their numbers, clarifying their ranking in the field, just like looking for their seats in a movie theater.

And after confirming their rankings and understanding their approximate level in this exam, the next step was naturally to confirm the rankings of others.

Generally, they would first confirm their friends, or first confirm the guys they hated.

And for Dai Xingzhi, the first thing he confirmed was the top three.

His habit all along was to first recognize who was the highest scorer and richest person in a group, and it was one of the Dai family’s ancestral precepts.

At the same time, Dai Xingzhi was also recalling the content of the last Dao Heart test.

“Does this valuation mean how much value you can resist being tempted by in the end?”

“Then the people who can be valued higher on this list are not only resolute in their Dao Hearts, but also absolutely rich.”

“No. 11 is Yun Jing, third place, valuation 5 billion?”

Dai Xingzhi looked at the boy who was surrounded by several students from Xianyun High School.

The most eye-catching thing about him was his pair of eyes as bright as stars. Dai Xingzhi knew that was a dharma body.

“Yun Jing… called ‘the strongest high school student in the first layer of Kunxu’ by Ziyun Pharmaceuticals.”

Dai Xingzhi heard that a month ago, in addition to his magic power, Yun Jing’s Dao Heart and physical strength had reached the Qi Refining limit.

“Alas, one of the four Foundation Establishment Certificates this time should be Yun Jing’s.”

Ye Lingxiao also glanced at Yun Jing. He remembered that Yun Jing could pick up his red envelope talisman unharmed last time.

Dai Xingzhi thought, “Second place, No. 23, is Ye Lingxiao next to me, valuation 5.5 billion. He lasted until a price of 5.5 billion in the illusion? As expected of a wealthy person from the second ring.”

“His various stats probably reached the Qi Refining limit two or three months ago, right? After all, he was praised by Oasis Group as having the most perfect body and the most perfect bloodline among contemporary high school students.”

“One of the four Foundation Establishment Certificates should be his as well.”

But then, after seeing No. 55 in first place, Dai Xingzhi found that he couldn’t find the person after looking around, and became increasingly puzzled: “In this Foundation Establishment Exam, there is actually someone stronger and richer than Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao?”