Meeting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's nervous and puzzled gazes, Zhang Pianpian started by talking about something else.
"About several decades ago, the university's Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate program began to reduce the number of admissions."
"Do you know why the number of admissions was reduced?"
Zhang Pianpian didn't expect them to answer and continued to speak on her own, "Because the total number of Foundation Establishments each year is limited."
"And reducing the number of Foundation Establishments at universities is to allocate some of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates to high school students."
Ah?
Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were shocked. University students were allocating Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates to them, high school students?
Are we worthy?
Seeming to guess what they were thinking, Zhang Pianpian continued, "Not high school students like us."
Zhang Pianpian pointed upwards and said, "It's those high school students above."
Amidst their surprised gazes, Zhang Pianpian further explained, "Do you think those on the second level of Kunxu and above, like those staying on the fifth, tenth, or even the twentieth level of Kunxu..."
"Those Golden Core True Persons, Nascent Soul Great Experts, and even those above, like Transformation God and Refinement Void stage super-rich, whose immortal wealth is astronomical... will their children, descendants, and disciples have to take the college entrance examination and enter the Top Ten like us?"
Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were slightly stunned. Instinctively, they felt that the high school students above didn't need to honestly take the college entrance examination like them.
But how exactly did the high school students above enter the path of immortality? Besides the Prodigy Class, how did they attend high school and university... they couldn't imagine it.
Zhang Pianpian continued to explain, "The descendants or disciples cultivated by those upper-class super-rich still have to abide by Kunxu's rules and enter the path of immortality in high school."
"The Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates I just mentioned being allocated to high school students are allocated to these kinds of high school students, which is why there is a special examination, an examination for the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate that high school students can apply for."
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, thought for a moment, and then looked towards the slum in the distant suburbs across the river, saying, "In Songyang City, the wealthy in the city center will join forces to suppress the geniuses emerging from the poor, trying every means to restrict the poor in schools to ensure their own advantages."
"But similarly, these wealthy people are also paying to provide food, some daily necessities, and some jobs that cultivators are unwilling to do to the poor in the distant suburbs, helping them to reproduce and even giving them the opportunity 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 top of the Ten Great Sects, those super-rich who want to become immortals inside and outside the sect, as well as the children and disciples of the rich, are the targets to be restricted and suppressed."
"And the lower levels of Kunxu may be like this slum in the distant suburbs, belonging to the objects that need to be supported and continuously produce poor geniuses."
Listening to what Zhang Pianpian said, the evil god, who had been disguised as a rosary, sneered and said in Zhang Yu's mind, "Hehe, the immortals... want to make more and more people who want to go to university but can't, who want to enter a company but can't, who want to join a sect but can't, who want to become immortals but can't... so that the competition becomes more and more intense."
"Only by making the competition among these people below more and more intense, squeezing themselves dry, squeezing their families dry, and dedicating everything for the sake of competition, can the profits of the Ten Great Sects become higher and higher, enough for those high and mighty gods, those immortals overlooking Kunxu, to continue to comfortably enjoy sitting above the clouds."
The evil god's tone revealed a kind of extreme envy, as if she couldn't wait to lie on the top of Kunxu and enjoy the continuous contributions of hundreds of millions of living beings.
But suddenly, her heart stirred, and she suddenly realized something: "Wait, damn it, could it be that some Evil God King messed with me? Afraid that I would continue to improve and become a new Evil God King?"
Zhang Yu naturally had no way of knowing what the evil god was thinking in her heart. He just listened to what the other party said in his mind, and a trace of thoughtfulness flashed in his eyes.
Originally in his heart, all the rich people 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 rich people, like a symbol, and he didn't bother to distinguish the differences between them.
But at this moment, Zhang Yu truly realized the great gap between rich people and rich people.
Especially in the different levels of Kunxu, the attitudes of the rich people who were one level higher, two levels higher, and three levels higher than him would be different.
And these rich people at each level would have completely different attitudes towards people who were different levels lower or higher than them.
Thus, all kinds of suppression, competition, wooing, support, exploitation... extremely complex relationships ran through Kunxu, like a tangled mess.
At the same time, Zhang Pianpian's words continued.
She continued, "In short, the High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination was finally decided by the Heavenly Court."
"In addition to the places 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 at each level, and the high school students at each level would compete among themselves."
"It's just that the lower the level, the fewer the places."
Listening to Zhang Pianpian's words, Zhang Yu seemed to see countless bloody storms regarding this 'High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination'.
He didn't know how much game-playing and fighting Kunxu had gone through to decide on such a High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination that each level had.
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 distant 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 arranged the High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination for the first level of Kunxu, in recent years, it has long been gradually monopolized by the top forces of the first level of Kunxu."
"On the one hand, the news has been jointly concealed by various methods, and year after year, this examination has gradually become unknown in 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.
He immediately understood that this was another kind of information gap, an important means that Zhang Pianpian had been emphasizing when competing in Kunxu.
Just like the time he took the Godhood Outsourcing Examination, ordinary high school students knew nothing about it.
The same was true for this Foundation Establishment Certificate Examination. Ordinary high school students, let alone taking the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, might not even know about the existence of such an examination, or even the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate itself...
He suspected that many teachers probably didn't know about this High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination.
Like Lei Jun, who had introduced him to the university's Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination, probably didn't know about the High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination.
Zhang Pianpian continued, "On the other hand, the remaining high school students who can participate in this examination are also the strongest, most genius, and richest in the entire first level of Kunxu... to the point that they are delusional about obtaining the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate before university."
"And the first level of Kunxu only has 4 places a year. Except for Dao techniques not being used as selection indicators, these 4 places are for the most outstanding high school students in Dao Heart, Mana, Physical Education, and Martial Arts."
"Wanting 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 of the first level of Kunxu."
Looking at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's solemn appearance, Zhang Pianpian said lightly, "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 examination for the Top Ten Top Universities, even if you can find all kinds of different upward paths in the rules... but on every path, you can't do without examinations."
"Choosing to take the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination instead of the Prodigy Class will only be another more difficult examination."
Just listening to Zhang Pianpian's simple descriptions, Bai Zhenzhen could feel the difficulty of this examination, but in the hopeless situation of entering the Prodigy Class, as long as she could get into the Top Ten, she was willing to try no matter how difficult or fierce the competition was.
In comparison, what she was more worried about was the monopoly of the top forces of the first level of Kunxu on this examination.
So Bai Zhenzhen asked, "If we participate in this examination, will there be any danger? Like the wealthy people in Songyang City joining forces to block the poor from taking the Top Ten?"
Zhang Pianpian said, "According to the information I obtained from the Inspection Department, the High School Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination is, after all, an examination determined by the Heavenly Court. Its specifications are not low, and the rules are very strict, just to exceptionally select geniuses from all levels."
"There are various means to prevent cheating and prevent high-level students from descending to lower levels to compete for places."
"And in order to prevent cheating, all students need to hide their identities from the outside world, and the Eight Divisions of Righteous Gods personally execute it."
"The top forces of the first level of Kunxu may be able to deceive the public outside the venue and conceal examination information."
"They may be able to 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, let alone dare to penetrate the protection of the Eight Divisions of Righteous Gods and leak the identity of the contestants."
"That is to say, as long as you can successfully register, you don't have to worry about leaking your identity."
Bai Zhenzhen then asked her second question of concern: "If we pass the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination, can we enter the Top Ten?"
Zhang Pianpian told the truth: "As long as you obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, your college entrance examination score only needs to be above 600 points to enter any one of the Top Ten Top Universities without an interview."
"That is to say, as long as you obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, you don't need to expose your true strength and purpose in your subsequent high school life. Without causing the wealthy to join forces to strangle you, as long as you silently participate in the college entrance examination, you can enter the Top Ten."
"In this way, the situation of the wealthy families in Songyang City joining forces to strangle you will not occur."
Zhang Pianpian said, "But you must understand that this process is by no means simple."
She thought for a moment and then said, "It's mid-April now, and the most recent Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination on the first level of Kunxu... will probably start registering in mid-June, which is not long after I leave."
"Then, from the first round of examinations in August, the second round of examinations in early October, and the final round of examinations in early January next year, it will be about halfway through your second year of high school."
"This means... that after I leave, you will have to complete the examination while attending school."
"In this process, you will also face various threats without my protection."
"Of course, as long as you don't expose that you are going to take the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination and don't expose your goal of wanting to enter the Top Ten, there will be no joint strangulation by those wealthy families in Songyang City."
"But Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling will definitely deal with you after I leave."
Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen nodded secretly upon hearing this, but compared to the joint strangulation by the wealthy families, they believed that as long as they supported each other and took care of each other, they could overcome the threats from Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling.
In contrast, the difficulty of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination itself might be the most difficult part of this whole thing.
Zhang Pianpian looked at Zhang Yu and said, "Are you sure you want to give up the Prodigy Class and take the more difficult Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate Examination?"
Just before Zhang Yu could answer, the evil god had already preemptively said in his mind, "Promise her."
"You can take this Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate!"
