Inside a Spirit Vessel, following a Demonic Path Grandmaster to ascend and become an immortal? There’s even a wicked ascension method like this?
Aren’t they afraid of being used as a shield by the Demonic Path Grandmaster during the Heavenly Tribulation, resulting in their souls being scattered?
One must know that the reason Ghost Cultivators are kept at a distance by many cultivators is that it is extremely difficult for them to pass the Heavenly Tribulation. They must use many special methods to bypass it.
Furthermore, signing a contract with a Demonic Cultivator—why does that sound so ridiculous? Expecting a Demonic Cultivator to abide by a contract is as laughable as the Buddhist Order taking money to provide the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
In any case, Mu Yanxin would absolutely not choose this last one, the Ghostslasher Advanced Sect. He looked back at the original host’s three choices.
He couldn’t get into his first choice, the Swordwashing Advanced Sect, because his score didn’t reach the cutoff.
The only ones that met his score requirements were the Spiritual Moon Sect and the Ghostslasher Advanced Sect.
Even then, he hadn’t reached the cutoff for the key programs at the Ghostslasher Advanced Sect; he had only passed the special recruitment line for Soul Cultivators.
“This is a total scam! Why did the original—er, why did I choose these three Great Sects back then? Weren’t there any normal Sects to choose from?” Mu Yanxin asked with a face full of dark lines.
“I do not understand what standards the Master considers a ‘normal Sect.’ Based on the Master’s considerations when filling out the choices, it was either that the scores were insufficient or other additional conditions could not be met.”
“Ultimately, after the Dao Web combined the scores from previous mock exams, it recommended these three Great Sects.”
As the Terminal Ring spoke, it projected Mu Yanxin’s previous mock exam scores and several Great Sects near his score line. It could be seen that the original host’s scores were all around five hundred points.
“The Yaosu High Sect only accepts disciples from the Yao race. The Cihang High Sect is established by the Buddhist Sect, and there are extra points for shaving one’s head and becoming a monk, but your parents did not agree to the shaving and opposed you going to any Buddhist Great Sect.”
“Confucian Sects like the White Crane Academy require candidates to have already cultivated Righteous Energy. Physical education schools like the Sacred Pillar Physique Sect require a physical strength score of at least one hundred and twenty points, which you did not reach.”
Mu Yanxin knew about Righteous Energy. It was a requirement for Confucian cultivators, generally requiring one to read scriptures and compose poetry and lyrics from a young age to cultivate it.
Once formed, its power was boundless, but it had to be nurtured from childhood and was very time-consuming.
As the name implied, a Physique Sect was a Sect that trained Physical Cultivators.
Mu Yanxin had originally thought the original host’s physical strength was quite high, but given that this world had a Body Refinement Stage, it seemed the average physical strength was very high across the board, and the original host was not considered among the top tier.
Mu Yanxin didn’t actually mind shaving his head to join the Buddhist Order, but those Buddhist Scriptures were also extremely obscure and difficult to understand.
Mu Yanxin truly had no confidence in Buddhist Cultivation. Adding to that the opposition from the original host’s parents, it was indeed not an option.
Left with no choice, Mu Yanxin could only look at the Sect Entrance Exam scores and how the subjects were divided. The result left him stunned.
The Sect Entrance Exam was first divided into two major categories: the Innate Score and the Examination Score.
The Innate Score also consisted of two parts: the Spiritual Root Score and the Physique Score. The Spiritual Root accounted for two hundred points, while the Physique accounted for one hundred points.
Both were divided into five levels. Spiritual Roots were categorized as: Celestial Spiritual Root, Sacred Spiritual Root, Heavenly Spiritual Root, True Spiritual Root, and Pseudo Spiritual Root.
Physiques were categorized as: Celestial Physique, Sacred Physique, Heavenly Physique, True Physique, and Mortal Physique.
Each level of Spiritual Root accounted for forty points, and each level of Physique accounted for twenty points. However, this was only a general classification; in reality, many specific score-setting items were also marked.
For example, a Heavenly Spiritual Root was worth one hundred and twenty points, and a True Spiritual Root was eighty points.
However, mutations derived from dual Spiritual Roots, such as the Wind Spiritual Root, Thunder Spiritual Root, or Dark Spiritual Root, counted as one hundred points.
Furthermore, a Dark Spiritual Root would receive extra points in Demonic Way Great Sects, potentially counting as one hundred and ten points.
Additionally, a single Heavenly Spiritual Root only counted for one hundred and twenty points, but for every additional Heavenly Spiritual Root, ten points were added.
If it was a Five Elements Heavenly Root, it would be one hundred and sixty points, the same score as a Sacred Spiritual Root. The same logic applied to the Sacred Spiritual Root, which could reach a maximum of two hundred points.
In truth, by the time he saw this, Mu Yanxin’s mind had already gone blank. The amount of information was so massive that he didn’t know how to process it.
In Mu Yanxin’s original world, a Heavenly Spiritual Root referred to a single Spiritual Root with only one attribute. This type of cultivator had the fastest cultivation speed and could break through bottlenecks very easily; it was the highest grade of Spiritual Root.
Following that, those with two or three attributes were True Spiritual Roots, and those with four or five attributes were Pseudo Spiritual Roots.
He had never heard of anything like a Celestial Spiritual Root or a Sacred Spiritual Root above a Heavenly Spiritual Root, nor had he heard that a Heavenly Spiritual Root could have multiple attributes.
Let alone something like a Five Elements Heavenly Root—wouldn’t that just be a Pseudo Spiritual Root?
The overwhelming information and the contradictions with his past life’s basic knowledge forced Mu Yanxin to simply cram the information from the Dao Web and memorize it by force before looking at the Physique Score.
The Constitution would undergo specific analysis and scoring for various types. Scores were given based on the rarity and strength of the constitution.
For instance, while both were Heavenly Physiques, the Yin-Yang Dual Physique was worth sixty-two points, whereas the Glass Dharma Body was worth seventy-five points—there was a significant difference.
The Innate Score required no examination and was determined directly. The score line for the best Heaven-grade High Sects was set exactly at seven hundred points.
Mu Yanxin instantly understood the intent behind this: “In other words, if one doesn’t have a Spiritual Root or a special constitution, no matter how well a regular disciple performs on the exam, it’s impossible for them to enter a Heaven-grade High Sect, and they can only choose from among the Earth-grade High Sects?”
“That is not the case. Many Heaven-grade High Sects have conditions for exceptional admission. Furthermore, some candidates without Spiritual Roots or constitutions can break through the seven-hundred-point limit through various bonus items and gain admission to a Heaven-grade High Sect.”
The Terminal Ring listed a series of Sect Entrance Exam bonus items, such as extra points for winning awards at the provincial level or higher, or for making achievements in miscellaneous studies like Pill Refining, Weapon Refining, Talisman Craft, Formation Arrays, and music.
There were also bonuses for minority races.
“What are minority race bonuses?” Mu Yanxin asked. The Terminal Ring displayed another list of minority races: Spirit Race, Tree Race, Heavenly Race, Stone Race, Sea Race, Divine Beast Bloodline, and so on. The bonuses ranged from five to thirty points.
Doing the math, although each was only ten or twenty points, if one could satisfy several conditions simultaneously, they could even add one or two hundred points, which could indeed break the seven-hundred-point limit.
Even the original host had a bonus item: Divine Artifact repair. Considering he went to the Junkyard to scavenge discarded Divine Artifacts and Marionettes and could actually repair them for use, he was indeed skilled at it. Unfortunately, this item only added five points, which was better than nothing.
The most crucial part was the seven scores in the Examination Score category: Mana, Realm, Physical Cultivation, Spirit Sense, Heart of Dao, Theory, and Combat. Each had a maximum of one hundred points, totaling seven hundred.
Mu Yanxin quickly noticed something was wrong. According to the Terminal Ring, the Chu Sect only corresponded to the Innate Stage of the Body Refinement Stage and didn’t reach the Qi Refining stage at all.
However, the original host was already at the Qi Refining Twelfth Layer and had received full marks for his Realm.
This meant that while the teaching content of the Chu Sect only went as far as the Body Refinement Stage, the disciples were not confined to that realm.
Those with innate talent or those who practiced diligently had long since broken through to the Qi Refining stage, even making rapid progress within it.
Sure enough, when looking at the specific scoring standards, reaching innate completion in Physical Cultivation only earned sixty points, whereas the 10th level of Qi Refining earned a full score of one hundred points, with no additional points for going higher.