What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 777 Adaptive Verification

Seeing Tianwenxing's answer, Chenxingxuan nodded in satisfaction, no longer taking Zhang Yu and Shen Qingyun seriously.

After all, since using the highly intelligent spirit service of Tianwen Star, the spirit has always been able to collect data and make judgments in an efficient manner.

The spirit always provides detailed and useful answers to most of the questions I ask.

Unbeknownst to him, Chen Xingxuan had developed a habit of asking the Heavenly Star before going to work every day, asking the Heavenly Star when facing a challenge, and asking the Heavenly Star when encountering difficulties.

Even for some everyday trivia, he sometimes couldn't help but ask the Heavenly Star for advice. Each time he gained something, he became even more inseparable from this highly intelligent spirit.

"The only downside is that my Tianwen Star service level is too low."

Chen Xingxuan knew that Tianwen Star, as a highly intelligent artifact spirit developed by the upper echelons of the Wanfa Sect, had been answering countless cultivators' questions every moment since it was officially opened.

Only by spending more money and obtaining a higher level of service can Tianwenxing mobilize more resources to answer questions.

"The more money you spend, the higher your level, the higher the accuracy of Tianwen Star's answers, the deeper your thinking, and the more extensive and detailed the data you can apply."

Chen Xingxuan had already made up his mind.

"Once the technology of highly intelligent artifact spirits makes a breakthrough, it will become a new dimension for all cultivators in the future."

"To go further on the path of immortality, having a highly intelligent spirit artifact is essential."

"If I can become the leader of the martial arts group this time, get a promotion and a raise, I will immediately upgrade the service level of Tianwen Star."

Thoughts flashed through Chen Xingxuan's mind like lightning, and he immediately looked at another candidate besides Zhang Yu and Shen Qingyun.

"Tianwenxing, how does this person compare to me?"

Your personal spirit, Tianwenxing, is thinking for you.

Compared to the two people from before, the master's tone was much more serious, and he observed for a longer period, clearly taking the target very seriously. I should gather more detailed data to make a judgment…

Countless thoughts flashed by rapidly, and the next moment Tianwenxing replied: "Yuqingrang from the Daoist Arts Group of the Review Department, is the fifth-generation descendant and dual cultivation partner of Luo Wuji, the head of the Review Department."

"According to publicly available data from the Dual Cultivation Support Department, Yu Qingrang has ranked first for many consecutive years in the ranking of the number of times Luo Wuji and his dual cultivation partners have practiced."

Chen Xingxuan nodded slightly. He already knew this information and was somewhat envious of Yu Qingrang's background.

"Although cultivating with one's own bloodline descendants eliminates concerns about leaking bloodline information, as well as issues like being fathered or scammed out of child support, finding a suitable vessel among one's bloodline descendants is not easy."

Chen Xingxuan thought to himself, "After all, the number of blood descendants is far too small compared to the vast number of lower cultivators. The number of those who can produce high-quality materials is also much smaller."

"Especially as times progress, the number of descendants of the upper cultivators is decreasing day by day. For example, Yu Qingrang was born more than a hundred years ago."

However, Chen Xingxuan also knew that although not many of the descendants of the upper cultivators rose to prominence, once they did, they often possessed many advantages.

As a dual cultivation vessel trusted by their ancestors, it is an advantage that other non-bloodline cultivators cannot match.

The position in the Taoist Arts Group further demonstrates Yu Qingrang's strength.

"But how can members of the Taoist arts group compete for the position of leader of the martial arts group as martial arts talents?"

Just as Chen Xingxuan was pondering this, Tianwenxing answered the question with his next words.

"Based on numerous records of cultivation level sales, Yuqingrang sold most of his Daoist cultivation level and used it to purchase martial arts cultivation level."

"Her entire body alone contains download records of hundreds of martial arts techniques, covering most major categories of martial arts."

"According to her employee information, she has hired at least seven soul cultivators with the Nascent Soul realm and who are skilled in martial arts techniques in the past month, who reside in her sea of ​​consciousness."

A series of data collections continuously demonstrated Yu Qingrang's formidable strength, especially her various efforts in transforming herself into a martial artist.

"This guy... converted all his Taoist cultivation into martial arts cultivation?"

Chen Xingxuan thought to himself, "Is it because those group leaders in the Daoist Arts group have such long lifespans that they have no hope of promotion, so they would rather switch careers and come to our Martial Arts group to grab a position? Yu Qingrang... that Daoist thief! How can we entrust the Martial Arts Group to someone like that?"

As the data from Tianwen Star was displayed, a spiritual diagram also appeared before Chen Xingxuan.

The image shows the traces left after spiritual energy is drastically depleted; the more red the area, the more intense the depletion of spiritual energy.

In the picture, Yuqing's figure appears to be so red that it's almost black.

Chen Xingxuan: "What is this?"

Tianwen Star: "Spirit Consumption Chart. According to your Dharma Body Detection data, Yuqing consumes more Spirit per minute than you and the other two contestants combined."

Chen Xingxuan took a deep breath. The constant consumption of spiritual energy meant that a large amount of things were being processed. He knew this was because Yuqing had made his physical body, soul cultivation, techniques, and all sorts of other things too numerous.

From this point of view, Chen Xingxuan could tell how powerful the other party was.

At the same time, a message appeared in Yu Qingrang's eyes: "Your data is being leaked. Do you want to stop it?"

Yu Qing pointed a finger, and with the infusion of immortal coins, an invisible wave erupted from her body.

The next moment, Chen Xingxuan saw that Tianwenxing's answer had stopped.

"Would you like more money?"

Chen Xingxuan shook his head. If he were to forcefully spend immortal coins to unlock the other party's data now, it would probably turn into a direct contest of immortal coins between the two sides.

Chen Xingxuan knew that this contest of immortal coins was somewhat like... a contest of magical power in the past.

However, a contest of magical power only depends on who runs out of magical power first, while a contest of immortal coins is much more dangerous.

At the same time, his gaze fell upon Yu Qingrang, and their eyes clashed fiercely, as if sparks of gunpowder were being ignited in the air.

At this moment, both sides, who were staring at each other, regarded each other as their biggest rivals of the day and a serious threat in the struggle for the third rank.

……

Just as the four candidates were observing each other.

In a space unseen by the candidates.

The arbitrators of this adaptive validation process were also watching the situation on site. They were not responsible for scoring or evaluation; they were merely acting as supervisors, projecting their observations onto the entire adaptive validation process.

The head of the audit department, Luo Wuji, as well as the deputy heads, Lu Hengzhang and Gu Qingya, were among them.

When Gu Qingya saw Chen Xingxuan and Yu Qingrang appear, he frowned slightly, realizing that the competition this time was indeed very fierce.

He thought to himself, "After all, the number of second-level clan affairs officers has been accumulating for many years, while the number of vacant positions above them is getting smaller and smaller. In the past... with Chen Xingxuan and Yu Qingrang's qualifications and abilities, they could have been directly promoted to team leaders without any problem. Why would they need to compete for it?"

"It would be normal for Zhang Yu to lose to them."

"At worst, I'll give him more guidance and broaden his path to immortality, which will be a way of compensating him for his efforts this time."

Meanwhile, Luo Wuji, on the other side, looked at the four candidates and thought to himself, "Qing Rang's greatest threat is Chen Xingxuan."

"Secondly, at most, we could include Zhang Yu as well."

When Luo Wuji saw Zhang Yu, his gaze turned slightly cold.

Luo Wuji had long since lost any appreciation for this disobedient member of the martial arts group.

In particular, Luo Wuji was dissatisfied with the other party's choice to hand over the materials to Gu Qingya this time, and even regretted promoting Zhang Yu to the second rank.

"I promoted you, but you're still so disobedient. You really are a guy who lacks obedience and isn't worth investing in."

On the other side, Lu Hengzhang looked at the four of them, hoping that Zhang Yu and Yu Qingrang would not get the opportunity to be promoted.

After all, the former was a person from the lower realm whom he despised, and the latter was a descendant of Luo Wuji; neither of them were people he wanted to see promoted.

"However, Zhang Yu's chances are not high; his experience is still too shallow."

"But this Yuqing makes it difficult for Chen Xingxuan to defeat her."

While everyone was having different thoughts, the adaptive test had officially begun, and a series of rules appeared before them.

Zhang Yu looked at the rules and thought to himself, "Select from the martial arts technique library provided by the verification system and simulate the selected technique."

"You have five minutes to familiarize yourself with the exercise and practice it in a simulation."

"Then... apply these techniques to complete the work tasks."

At the same time, a list of cultivation techniques appeared before everyone, and Chen Xingxuan and Yu Qingrang quickly began to choose.

After scanning the database, Zhang Yu discovered that the highest level of cultivation techniques provided for this test was only expert-level techniques.

"The task that needs to be solved using these techniques is..."

Zhang Yu's eyes flickered as he looked at the task list, summarizing the tasks in his mind: "Simply put... it's transportation, archaeology, and factories, right?" Looking at the specific requirements of the three tasks, Zhang Yu also pondered which cultivation method he should choose.

He said in his mind, "Slay the Immortal, what's your choice?"

……

Luo Wuji thought to himself, "Adaptive testing aims to assess the candidate's professional skills in the position."

What abilities are required for the leader of the martial arts group?

"The ability to review documents goes without saying; it's a skill that even ordinary team members need."

"Secondly, it's about vision. You need to be able to quickly determine the application scenarios, direction of use, and value of a technique in order to allocate tasks more efficiently."

"So... this test is to have the candidates select the appropriate cultivation method based on the task to be solved. It tests both their ability to simulate cultivation methods and their ability to distinguish between them."

While the arbitrators were still pondering their options, the selection of candidates had already been completed.

With the help of Tianwen Star, Chen Xingxuan quickly selected three martial arts techniques.

Lu Hengzhang nodded slightly: "Chen Xingxuan was the first to complete the selection. The three tasks corresponded to three cultivation techniques, and each one was just right, which can be called the standard answer."

顾青崖看向了另一边第二个完成了挑选的玉清让，心道：“一口气选了5门功法吗？竟然还有2心法？很自信啊……是觉得自己能在5分钟之内，连带着2门心法……把这5门功法，全部模拟到40级吗？”

"Otherwise, according to the rules, every skill selected must be used in the mission."

"If you choose not to use it, or if using it results in a hindrance, the evaluation will actually be lower."

Just as Gu Qingya felt that Yu Qingrang had chosen too many techniques, Zhang Yu on the other side also finished his selection and had already acquired 7 techniques in one go.

Seeing this, Gu Qingya frowned slightly: "Why is this kid choosing so many cultivation techniques? This isn't a competition of who can choose the most... With 5 minutes of preparation time, how many levels can you simulate all these cultivation techniques to?"

After Chen Xingxuan, Yu Qingrang, and Zhang Yu made their choices, Shen Qingyun also became slightly nervous. After much deliberation and inner struggle, she finally decided on the three techniques she would use before time ran out.

As the selection of the exercise method ends, a 5-minute countdown begins.

Within these 5 minutes, the four candidates need to quickly familiarize themselves with the techniques in preparation for their subsequent application.

Just as everyone was getting familiar with the technique, a whooshing sound came out. Chen Xingxuan was already reading the contents of the technique while pushing his Wuxiang Martial Arts to begin simulating the technique.

Level 30... Level 33... Level 40!
With each move he made, he was mimicking the effects of martial arts techniques at an astonishing speed.

"As expected of an elite from the mental cultivation group who broke through to the 20th level of martial arts, your learning speed is very fast." Luo Wuji nodded slightly, then looked at Yu Qingrang on the other side.

"But compared to my bloodline..."

The next moment, Yu Qingrang waved his hand and successfully simulated the effects of each martial art to level 40, then spent most of the remaining time on his inner cultivation techniques.

The reason she was able to do it so quickly was because Yu Qing had downloaded and memorized various expert-level martial arts techniques before the exam even started.

Relying on her memory of these cultivation techniques, it was a natural progression for her to use the Formless Martial Arts to simulate them, almost as if she were simulating a cultivation technique she had practiced for many years.

Gu Qingya looked at Yu Qingrang and thought to himself, "This Yu Qingrang, an auditor in the Daoist arts group, can simulate cultivation techniques faster than Chen Xingxuan? It seems Luo Wuji has given her a lot of help."

Then he looked at Zhang Yu, only to find that the other was sitting cross-legged on the spot, showing no intention of simulating the cultivation technique at all.

"What is this kid doing?"

Zhang Yu flipped through the texts of the seven selected cultivation techniques, memorizing each word. After reading through all the content, without any further attempts, he knew that he could successfully simulate these seven techniques.

Zhang Yu knew that this was the power of the Chain Law Diagram's Formless Martial Arts, which originated from his amazing talent and potential. It possessed incredible power, allowing him to immediately simulate the technique with Formless Martial Arts after reading the main text, reaching level 40 and possessing 5% of its power.

He thought to himself, "After I cultivate Martial Arts Eleven, Martial Arts Twelve... and other techniques belonging to the Formless Martial Arts, the effect of this Chain Technique Diagram will be further enhanced. I just don't know how strong it will be then."

In Gu Qingya's view, Zhang Yu's attitude was as if he hadn't succeeded in simulating the technique, so much so that he hadn't even tried once.

"Why doesn't this kid even practice once?"

Under Gu Qingya's puzzled gaze, the four candidates had already arrived at a simulated work environment and begun their first task—transportation.

A burst of "Mysterious Magnetic Qi" emanated from the suspended star, carrying the goods with a repulsive force and delivering them to their destination.

Lu Hengzhang nodded slightly as he watched this scene, thinking to himself, "Relying on pure expert-level martial arts for work is a rather primitive work scenario. Using internal energy for transportation under these conditions is also a relatively efficient approach."

But at that moment, Yu Qingrang let out a loud shout, his body suddenly swelled up and transformed into a giant, swallowing the goods one bite at a time, and then rushed towards the target location.

Seeing this, Luo Wuji nodded in satisfaction: "The Qi is too slow; in the end, it can't compare to the speed of a physical body charging straight ahead."

"But to simulate the technique of physical transformation, one must have extreme control over the physical body. Fortunately, under my tutelage, Qingrang's level of physical cultivation is very high, and simulating this technique is already a piece of cake for him."

At the same time, Luo Wuji's gaze also fell on Zhang Yu. He recalled how quickly this boy had mastered the body-refining technique during the interview, and knew that this kid's control over his physical body was equally astonishing.

Suddenly, Zhang Yu's body swelled up, transforming into a giant that supported the sky, no less than Yu Qingrang.

Seeing this, Luo Wuji thought to himself, "It seems that the first task is not enough to widen the gap between us."

Just as Luo Wuji was thinking this, he saw Zhang Yu let out a long roar, and he even simulated pushing out layers of qi, which swept up more goods and sent them out.

Seeing this, Gu Qingya's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of appreciation: "You simulated and advanced two cultivation techniques in one go? And both reached the peak level of level 40?"

With the completion of the first task, Yu Qingrang and Chen Xingxuan's gazes toward Zhang Yu had changed.

Chen Xingxuan said to Tianwenxing, "What's going on? Didn't you say Zhang Yu was insignificant? How could your judgment be wrong?"

Tianwenxing: You're absolutely right, I did make a mistake in my previous answer. However, judging from Zhang Yu's performance data, the number of techniques he can simulate mastering in 5 minutes is definitely limited; these two techniques have probably already consumed most of his energy. His current excellence represents a future disadvantage.

Tianwen Star: "Please relax and complete the subsequent tasks in the best possible condition. You will surely return in triumph."

On the other side, Yu Qingrang also looked at Zhang Yu, thinking to himself, "This guy... is more threatening than I expected. In the next two missions... I must completely overwhelm him."

Shen Qingyun looked at the three of them, secretly shocked: "I thought that I was already at a first-class level, having surpassed the three major martial arts groups. I didn't expect that compared with them... I am still far behind. In terms of martial arts power alone, I can only push it to 4% at most, while they have all reached 5% effect."

"Especially Zhang Yu, who was able to simulate two martial arts techniques simultaneously in such a short time? Just how deep is his understanding of martial arts? How quickly did he master these techniques?"

Thinking of this, Shen Qingyun felt a wave of sadness, as if the test in front of her was no longer relevant to her.

Soon, the four candidates arrived at another simulated work area, a simulated archaeological site.

Watching this scene, Gu Qingya thought to himself, "The task of this archaeological mission is to seal off and preserve the site. This is also the key to various archaeological sites, especially those involving lost sects."

"It's not just for secrecy. As times have progressed, the environment of the immortal path is very different now than in the past. Many things from the past, once unearthed, might collapse upon contact with the current immortal path environment."

"The key to this task is how to use the expert-level techniques we have selected to seal off the scene."

While Gu Qingya was pondering, the candidates on site had already started to take action.

"Is Chen Xingxuan's choice to freeze? A level 40 freezing technique is indeed quite effective."

Just as Gu Qingya was thinking this, Yu Qingrang on the other side experienced a sudden tremor beneath her feet.

The earth churned and the air howled; the entire archaeological site had been completely sealed off into a vacuum.

Seeing this scene, Gu Qingya's heart stirred: "Not only were there level 40 techniques, but two level 40 techniques were also unleashed. One technique pushed the earth, and the other controlled the airflow, directly turning the scene into a vacuum."

"I never expected that besides Zhang Yu, Yu Qingrang could also simulate two martial arts techniques in such a short time."

"These lower-level cultivators are really ruthless, each one more so than the last. I'm afraid some of the team leaders in the martial arts assessment are not as good as them."

On the other side, Luo Wuji thought to himself, "In this task, Qing Rang should be the best..."

Just as he was thinking this, he saw that Zhang Yu on the other side had not moved at all, and the work environment in front of him did not seem to have changed at all.

“No…” Luo Wuji’s eyes flickered, and he thought to himself, “It’s not that there’s no change, but that the change has ended. The entire scene is shrouded in a stagnant force field, and all matter has fallen into stillness.”

"How did you do it?"

Luo Wuji was also surprised at this moment: "This effect is almost at the military level. Is this the effect that an expert-level technique can achieve?"

With a slight thought, Luo Wuji's mind immediately conjured up... the list of all the cultivation techniques in the cultivation technique library.

In his memory, he did not recall any technique that could achieve this effect.

But Luo Wuji, being the head of the review department, quickly noticed the anomaly.

"It's the 'Breath of the Clouds' and the 'Heavenly Soul Freeze.' Zhang Yu simultaneously activated these two techniques... and then fused their effects together. After the two types of qi combined... a stagnant field was formed?"

"Two expert-level martial arts techniques, after being combined and executed by him, were actually pushed to a near-military level effect?"

(End of this chapter)