Episode 5

Scientific research had shown that it was not as difficult to reach the Foundation Establishment stage as one might have imagined. As long as a person had adequate nutrition as a child, along with a bit of innate skill, it wasn’t hard to achieve this stage.

Of course, there was also one extraordinary freak in particular who had advanced at a rate of one stage every two years completely without the help of elixirs.

Unlike the Wang couple’s generation, which had suffered from a lack of nutrition, almost every child in urban areas nowadays had access to all kinds of health care products from a young age. Things like “Diamond Partners” and “Brain Gold,” popular brand-name health care products that enhanced a person’s cultivation base, increased intelligence, and built up the physique, were all produced by Huaguo Water Curtain Group.

But the reliance on supplements to enhance one’s foundation had also created the worst problem; as the common saying went, “Gold and jade on the outside, rot and decay on the inside.”

The threshold for entering the Foundation Establishment stage was already low enough, yet the school couldn’t be certain whether a student’s true strength actually matched the stage.

This was the real reason why high schools had set up an entrance test. Apart from obtaining clear assessment results, it was also for identifying potential genius.

By the time Wang Ling’s batch graduated, the number of students who would be able to break out of the Foundation Establishment stage to become a master at the Golden Core stage (Golden Core Transformation Rate) would have a direct impact on the school’s reputation. More importantly, it would be a critical evaluation criterion in the school’s application to become a key high school at a later date.

On the dais, a middle-aged examiner with a sharp face said slowly, “Over the years in our No. 60 High School, the success rate for attaining Golden Core has been two in ten thousand. That is to say, out of ten thousand students, there might be two in their graduating year who will be able to become what people in the modern age all dream of — Golden Core masters. They in turn can take their dreams of reaching the Nascent Soul stage to a better university. I hope that in the next three years, every student here will work hard, aim high, and strive toward becoming a qualified successor of cultivation principles…”

Two in ten thousand might sound a little embarrassing, but No. 60 High School recruited just under three hundred students each year, after all. Wang Ling knew that this wasn’t too terrible a statistic, since some of the worse schools couldn’t even achieve that.

“Next, we shall begin with the strength test. Everyone, please put on your VR glasses for phase one of the test.”

With a roll book in his hand, one of the examiners cleared his throat slightly and called out a name. “First candidate, Lotus Sun

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