“Zhang Yu!”

“Zhang Yu!”

“Zhang Yu!”

Accompanied by shouts, Zhang Yu abruptly woke up, only to hear a burst of laughter from the classroom.

Looking up at the podium, he saw the teacher glaring at him coldly: “Go stand outside.”

Zhang Yu helplessly stood up and walked out of the classroom.

Day after day of high school life, he couldn’t feel any hope.

His grades were getting worse, his ranking lower, dropping from the elite class to the worst. The gazes of both classmates and teachers made him feel like a piece of trash.

The various debts he had incurred in order to cultivate the Immortal Path were only increasing, pressing down on him until he could barely breathe.

Finally, one day, he walked onto the school rooftop.

Just as he was about to take a step forward, his phone rang.

Zhang Yu answered the call, and heard the other end say: “Hello? Is this Mr. Zhang Yu? A new cemetery has opened in the northern suburbs. For only two hundred thousand, you can enjoy corpse refinement services after death, with a chance to be reborn…”

Zhang Yu chuckled bitterly: “Your big data calculations are truly impressive, you even guessed that I’m about to jump? Too bad you didn’t calculate that I’m penniless now, and can’t afford your grave.”

The other party continued: “If you’re penniless, don’t you want to turn things around? Our company has the Heaven Mending Project. If you’re interested in learning more, I can send it to you…”

Zhang Yu hung up the phone and continued to look at the abyss-like darkness below.

“Turn things around…”

After a moment of silence, he finally opened his phone again and looked at the website the other party had sent.

He saw a bear doll on the screen saying: “Make a wish to the gods.”

“Just set up a ritual for me, and I can fulfill all your wishes in five minutes.”

“Completely free, zero threshold, no extra charges.”

“Click once, and your life will be transformed…”

Watching this, Zhang Yu felt something, some painful memory constantly flitting through his mind, but he couldn’t remember it.

It was a kind of relentless pressure, a kind of constant torment, a kind of anger from being forced to endure hardship.

And just before those painful memories could break free, his emotions and instincts reacted first.

“Damn!” Zhang Yu roared, throwing his phone away, then flipping the bird: “Hahaha, trying to trick me?”

“Maybe next life!”

Zhang Yu’s consciousness froze, and the next moment he woke up again in the classroom.

But the memories and emotions about the Evil God were becoming more and more intense, gradually reminding him of something.

“I remember now, I’m participating in the Divine Assistant Personnel assessment.”

“This assessment seems to be related to Evil Gods?”

Zhang Yu felt that he understood the key to this assessment, and decided to perform well in it.

…

Sun Jiayi’s heart was very proud.

Because he was not human, but a God.

Although he was only one of the four hundred and eighty million Merit Officials of the Inspection Department, he was still a God, with the power to review humans.

Although he was only reviewing outsourced work assessments with an hourly wage of 14, he had always been conscientious and diligent.

This is what it meant to be a God.

A God never forgets the worries of Kun!

At this moment, in front of Sun Jiayi were screens lighting up one after another, constantly playing the content of one assessment after another.

It was the applicants’ instinctive reaction test in the spiritual realm, facing the temptation of the Evil God.

And whether the applicants for the outsourced staff of the Inspection Department could withstand the temptation of the Evil God in the illusion… was the key to passing the assessment.

“This candidate from Tai’an City, what does it mean to write down the assets and background of his family in the resume?”

“So what if he’s worth over a hundred million? Failing is failing. Did he think that I would engage in favoritism because of his family background?”

Sun Jiayi sneered, dismissive of this. Seeing the other party hesitating in the illusion, he directly chose to disqualify him.

“Lack of willpower, unqualified.”

Sun Jiayi was a proud God, and the more superior the students he disqualified were, the more he could feel his pride as a God, and enjoy the satisfaction brought by his conscientiousness.

His mind turned to the next candidate from Hong’an City.

The other party’s resume was filled with all kinds of honors from the first and second year of high school. He was practically the school’s top student, a frequent competitor, with dazzling talent, outstanding ability, and unlimited potential. In the future, he would most likely be admitted to a top university, or even join a great sect.

But watching the other party struggle back and forth in the illusion, taking a full ten minutes to finally reject the Evil God’s temptation, Sun Jiayi still mercilessly chose to disqualify him.

“Hmph, just because you think you have a bright future and a glamorous resume, you think I’ll be lenient? I’m not those worldly people who only care about grades.”

“Even if you’re really a genius like a university student, if you fall into my hands, I’ll say no and that’s it.”

“It took so long to refuse, which shows a lack of willpower. How can I let you pass?”

His mind turned again, and this time Zhang Yu’s information and assessment content appeared in front of Sun Jiayi.

“Hmm, he decisively threw away his phone on the rooftop, not bad.”

“Next, the difficulty will increase, I wonder what will happen then.”

Next, the scene on the screen changed back and forth, and various methods of Evil God temptation were used on Zhang Yu.

There was a beautiful woman who wanted Zhang Yu to make a wish to the Evil God with her, and Zhang Yu kicked her away and ran away quickly.

There was someone being chased and running out of options, and the Evil God tempted him to save him. Zhang Yu was dismissive, and turned around to throw the Evil God doll at his enemies, shouting: Good stuff! You can wish for anything with this thing!

There was a huge rag doll chasing Zhang Yu, threatening him with terrifying power, wanting to make a contract with him. Zhang Yu ran away while calling the police. After the constables arrived, he even wanted to rush up and fight the Evil God together.

However… Sun Jiayi in front of the screen was no longer watching his active performance, because someone contacted Sun Jiayi.

Looking at Zhang Pianpian who popped up in the contact window, as well as her identity as the acting deputy captain of the Inspection Team of Songyang City Inspection Department, he frowned slightly and said, “What’s the matter, fellow colleague?”

Zhang Pianpian said: “There is a candidate named Zhang Yu, I hope…”

Sun Jiayi waved his hand to refuse, but saw that the other party had already activated the Talisman, directly casting a spell.

“How dare you cross the spiritual realm and directly cast a spell on me, a dignified Merit Official God?”

“How dare you!”

But seeing the specific spell that the other party cast, Sun Jiayi immediately relaxed: “It’s a Good Impression Talisman?!”

Good Impression Talisman, a kind of talisman that can quickly increase the favor of Gods.

The specific principle is that it doesn’t need the God’s name, information, or account. As long as you activate the Good Impression Talisman when contacting the other party, you can directly transfer money to the other party’s account and automatically hide the transfer record.

A Good Impression Talisman for Gods, by the way, I also want to be hit by such a Good Impression Talisman. My favor will definitely rise sharply, and any hesitation would be disrespectful to the Good Impression Talisman!

Noticing the effect of this Good Impression Talisman, Sun Jiayi’s originally serious expression relaxed.

“I didn’t expect that you, a mere mortal in the lower realm, are quite knowledgeable about Talismans, and even learned the Good Impression Talisman.”

And after noticing the change in the numbers in his account, a smile appeared on his face, and he said with emotion: “A high school student is so respectful to the Gods, which shows a firm heart of faith.”

“What do you need me to do for you?”

Zhang Pianpian was not surprised by this.

Based on her experience in using Talismans and learning Talismans in the past two years, faith levels are obtained through top-ups, learning Talismans is through top-ups, and asking for guidance from righteous Gods is through top-ups… so Talismans are top-ups!

It’s just that giving top-ups to Gods also requires methods, such as Talisman top-ups, private transfers, public transfers, Good Impression Talismans… various channels are worlds apart, which involves the level of Talisman skills.

Zhang Pianpian said: “Please, great God, lower the difficulty of Zhang Yu’s assessment a little…”

Sun Jiayi said casually: “Hey, for a job with an hourly wage of 14, how difficult can the assessment be?”

…

In the illusion.

Zhang Yu looked at the world in front of him, his eyes full of confusion.

He was now in a white room.

In the center of the room floated a line of words: The Evil God tempts you, will you accept?

Below floated two options: Yes and No.

Isn’t this… a trick question?

Because the question seemed too simple, Zhang Yu couldn’t answer it.

After thinking for a full ten minutes, and not being able to detect the trap, Zhang Yu nervously chose No.

The next moment, the notification that he had passed the assessment appeared in front of him.

With a confused look on his face, Zhang Yu withdrew from the spiritual realm, still not quite sure what had happened.

Just then, his phone rang.

Zhang Yu answered the call, and Zhang Pianpian’s voice came from the other end: “You should have passed the exam, right?”

Zhang Yu immediately told her the questions in his mind.

Zhang Pianpian explained: “Oh, I gave the Merit Official God on duty a sum of money and asked him to lower the difficulty of the assessment a little?”

A little?

So this is God?

Zhang Yu was shocked: “You can buy off Gods with money?”

Zhang Pianpian: “How is that possible?”

Zhang Yu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when Zhang Pianpian continued: “Spending money only makes it possible to buy off Gods, it depends on how much you spend and how you spend it, which is related to the level of Talisman skills.”

Zhang Yu: “But… that’s a God!”

“In Kunxu, Gods do things for money, that’s what it means that money can reach the Gods.” Zhang Pianpian said matter-of-factly: “Without money, how can the Eight Departments of Righteous Gods operate Kunxu? How can they manage the world?”

Zhang Yu was speechless again, he could only say that he had a deeper understanding of Kunxu.

And remembering what the other party had said before, Zhang Yu asked again: “Didn’t you say that this assessment tests the heart of Dao and willpower?”

Zhang Pianpian said lightly: “Yes, it does, you need to have enough heart of Dao, enough willpower, to persist until… I find a way to find the Merit Official on duty in charge of your assessment in the spiritual realm, and then use Talismans to transfer money to his account.”

She continued: “Okay, I’ve brought out your work permit and Talisman of Work. Let’s meet at the entrance of your high school.”

“Now… we can talk to the student council of Songyang High School.”

So Zhang Yu hurriedly dragged his tired body onto the bus, and after an hour and a half, arrived at the school stop, and saw Zhang Pianpian standing at the intersection from afar.

She handed Zhang Yu something that was black and white, like a manual.

“This is your Talisman of Work, you have the right to use Talismans for free once a day, and you can get a discount on learning the Inspection Department’s Talismans through this Talisman…”

She pointed to the strange symbols on the Talisman and said: “The Talisman has the mark of the Inspection Department, you can show it when you encounter trouble.”

Zhang Yu carefully held it up, thinking: “This is the Talisman, the cheapest one costs almost ten thousand, right?”

The Talisman is a key to learning Talismans, and Talismans are related to high school Daoist arts grades. Zhang Yu had heard that some high school students even mortgaged their organs in order to buy Talismans.

“This thing is actually given out as soon as you enter? The Inspection Department is really rich.”

“If A-Zhen saw this, wouldn’t she kneel down and call me daddy? Begging me to let her play with it?”