Chapter 3: Journey to the West -The Four Disciples.

The monitoring room was deathly silent.

“This………………this can’t be possible!” Lin Wenyu abruptly stood up from his seat, 

“She actually matched with a deity?”

In the footage, four divine beams of light were still interweaving in the void.

“And it’s four deities appearing at the same time!” Jiang Yuqing’s voice trembled a bit, 

“This situation………………”

In the footage of other candidates, a summoning usually only brings  one deity.

Even a genius like Jiang Qingyu only had a dual deity resonance.

And here, she directly summoned four deities? 

Did the Chinese deities match this D-level exam paper?

“Is she even more of a genius than Jiang Qingyu?” Jiang Yuqing muttered to herself.

Zhou Nanyuan’s expression also turned somewhat grave, his gaze fixed intently on the screen.

He had never seen this kind of situation either.

Not to mention a D-level exam paper, even an A-level exam paper couldn’t summon four deities at once.

How did this candidate, Su Fu, manage to do it?

Lin Wenyu’s face turned ugly, “Even if she summoned them, she wouldn’t be able to recognize them.”

“The Chinese deities are the hardest to identify. There have been instances of Chinese deities appearing before, but no one could recognize them.”

“Recognizing even one would be a pipe dream, let alone four!”

What he said was the truth.

The biggest difficulty with the Chinese pantheon lies here.

When deities appear, they only have a vague outline. 

One must accurately state the deity’s name and title to establish a connection and gain divine empowerment.

Otherwise, even if the deity appears right in front of you, you won’t gain divine power.

But for candidates of the Chinese pantheon with incomplete information, this is an almost impossible task.

However, at this moment, a somewhat ethereal voice from Su Fu came from the examination space:

“Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong!”

Boom!

The first beam of golden light shone.

Lin Wenyu’s expression froze.

“Sandalwood Merit Buddha, Tang Seng!”

The second beam of golden light was dazzling.

Jiang Yuqing’s expression became even more serious.

“Keeper of the Clean Altar, Zhu Bajie!”

The third beam of silver light shot up into the sky.

Zhou Nanyuan slowly stood up.

“Golden Body Arhat, Sha Wujing!”

The fourth beam of blue light exploded.

The monitoring room was silent.

Everyone held their breath – the Chinese deities had all been successfully summoned!

After a long while, Zhou Nanyuan finally broke the silence.

His voice was a bit hoarse: “If I’m not mistaken……………this is the first time the Chinese pantheon has been successfully summoned in Lingxiao Province.

Jiang Yuqing gasped: “Are you saying……”

“That’s right.” Zhou Nanyuan looked at Su Fu on the screen with a complex expression,

 “According to the deity’s regulations, when a pantheon is successfully summoned for the first time in a province, it will be announced throughout the province.”

“After this exam is over, Shen Yuan will spread this news all over Lingxiao Province.”

“Everyone will know Su Fu’s name.”

Su Fu, the first candidate to successfully summon the Chinese pantheon.

This means that the faith of the Chinese pantheon has descended in Lingxiao Province.

After the shock, Jiang Yuqing looked at Su Fu’s skills with anticipation.

Although there were only names, the specific effects were only known to the candidates themselves, but as an experienced examiner, she could also make a rough judgment from the names.

Perhaps the expectations just now were too high, and after seeing these skills, she shook her head disappointedly, 

“Club weapons and rakes are all the most basic weapon – based skills.”

“The most common in D – level exam papers, almost every candidate can draw one or two.”

“As for the Flow – Sand Crossing Technique, it should be some kind of auxiliary skill, also very regular.”

She had thought that these four Chinese deities would have some powerful skills, but it turned out to be this?

This made Lin Wenyu’s mind more balanced. 

Also, although Su Fu summoned the Chinese deities, this is after all a D – level exam paper, and everything has an upper limit.

After looking at the skill names, he obviously had a clear mind and echoed, 

“It seems the most useful are Buddha’s Light and Demon’s Calamity. Especially Demon’s Calamity, judging from the name, it should be a skill specifically to counter demon anomalies.”

“But……” 

He paused for a moment, his gaze falling on the four shadows, 

“The level of these deities is probably not high.”

As everyone knows, deities also have levels.

High – level deities are unlikely to appear in such a low – level exam paper. 

The reason is simple: high – level deities have their pride and will not easily stoop.

But…… there are exceptions, such as noble families, who can pay a sufficient price.

“And look at these deities’ shadows,” Lin Wenyu pointed at the screen, 

“Although only outlines, except for the human – shaped one, the other three seem to be in animal form.”

According to the current general understanding, animal – shaped deities are far less powerful than human – shaped deities.

This is almost a consensus.

“So, the human – shaped deity should be the most powerful,” Jiang Yuqing concluded, 

“And I remember, the Demon’s Calamity skill was granted by him.”

Zhou Nanyuan’s eyes were deep and thoughtful.

“The exam has begun.”

With the prompt from the God – derived, the void in front of Su Fu began to twist and quickly constructed a forest scene.

In the distance, the mountains were faintly visible, and a mountain path could be seen winding up through the mist.

This path leads to Vulture Peak.

And her assessment is to move forward step by step on this mountain path full of minor demons until the end.

She flexed her wrist and took a deep breath.

With her movement, her school uniform gradually turned into an ancient blue robe.

She entered the exam.

The prompt sound in her ear also rang:

[Assessment Scoring Criteria: Number of Anomalies Eliminated]

[Current Location: Eastern Edge of the Vulture Peak Branch]

[Number of Nearby Anomalies: 0]

Su Fu said she was not panicking. 

Zero anomalies meant she was safe.

But after walking for ten minutes……………

Why haven’t I seen a single demon yet!

Without demons, how can she eliminate anomalies? 

How to score?

She stopped and looked at the empty mountain path, doubting life.

“I should ……………… not be so unlucky, right?”

The examiners who saw this scene had subtle expressions.

For D-level exam papers, they can see the positions and anomaly distribution of all the exams.

Jiang Yuqing looked at the obvious map and said: 

“Shen Yunling’s luck is really good. His location is in the central area of the map, where the anomaly density is the highest.

The light points flickered, showing Shen Yunling’s location, and his surroundings were densely marked with red dots.

This is not an anomaly, these are all a lot of points!

“Jiang Qingyu’s position is slightly worse, but the number of anomalies is also considerable.”

But Su Fu…

Lin Wenyu leaned in a bit and laughed out loud: “Someone is so unlucky. They are at the edge of the map, with no anomalies around.”

On the map, there is a blank area around Su Fu, and the nearest demon anomaly is at least half a day away.

Lin Wenyu breathed a sigh of relief and his tone became relaxed, “I originally wanted to see her skills, but now it seems she may not even have a chance to use them.”

There are two ways to end the exam paper. 

One is to reach the end according to the anomaly rules. 

The other is to eliminate all anomalies and end the exam paper in advance.

After all, without anomalies, its rules also come to an end.

With Su Fu’s bad position, by the time she encounters the first demon, Shen Yunling may have already eliminated all anomalies and ended the exam paper in advance.

At this time, in Shen Yunling’s assessment footage, the statue of Apollo slightly raised its hand.

Golden arrows condensed in the void.

He raised a confident smile on his lips. 

With his deity and skills, all the examiners’ attention must be on him now.

[Arrow of the Sun God · D – level] is activated!

In an instant, golden light radiated in all directions.

Arrow after arrow shot through the sky like meteors, flying in all directions.

Before the demons could react, they were pierced by the arrows and dissipated into points of light.

[Ding!]

[Score + 10]

Shen Yunling walked and shot all the way, and the points soared like a rocket.

In the monitoring room.

“This kind of progress……” Lin Wenyu’s eyes lit up, 

“Maybe in this exam, Shen Yunling really can surpass Jiang Qingyu.”

His luck is really too good. 

For him, this density of demons is like a gift.

Jiang Yuqing regretfully said: “It’s a pity that in terms of strength, Jiang Qingyu should be higher than Shen Yunling.”

In Jiang Qingyu’s footage, Artemis and Hecate appeared at the same time.

The silver arrows of Artemis and the spells of Hecate intertwined to form a deadly hunting net.

Wherever it passed, demons dissipated into points of light.

[Ding!]

[Score + 8]

Jiang Yuqing analyzed: “The skills of the two deities she randomly drew complement each other. One increases speed and the other enhances power.”

“Very strong.”

But it’s useless. 

Even if Jiang Qingyu kills faster, the total amount can’t compare with Shen Yunling.

As for Su……………

Everyone looked over and saw that in the footage, she was still climbing the mountain with full concentration.

Lin Wenyu laughed and said: “If this were an S – level copy, this would be luck.”

At least it’s safe.

The reason why he paid so much attention to Su Fu naturally has its reasons.

Lingxiao Province’s high schools have already started a special recruitment plan, and all students from the twelve cities want to squeeze in.

In the past, their No. 7 Middle School only had two quotas, which were probably Shen Yunling’s Shen Yunxi and Jiang Qingyu.

But this year is different.

The Education Bureau has reformed and started to allocate quotas according to the pantheon.

It just so happens that their high school has a student of the Chinese pantheon, which directly adds another quota.

Three quotas have been set, but the candidates are not necessarily fixed.

Lin Wenyu’s lips curled into a smile. 

If Su Fu were gone, the quota would naturally be vacant.

Then, when the Shen siblings both get promoted to the province, his contribution would definitely be the greatest, and he would reap many benefits.

Judging by the current situation, Su Fu seems to have no chance.

However, at this moment, Su Fu began to activate her skill.

Behind her, the shadow of Tang Seng appeared, and then slowly brought his hands together.

[Calamity of Demons] activated!

“Huh?” Lin Wenyu was stunned, 

“She’s starting to use the skill now? But there are no demons around……”

Before he finished speaking, a beam of golden light shot up into the sky.

The golden light was as dazzling as the sun, covering an area of several miles.

Wherever it passed, there was a faint sound of Buddhist chanting.

“Such a large range…………”

Su Fu was also shocked by the effect. 

The skill was simple: to attract all demons within the range, with a duration of five minutes.

She could only say, you are truly the Demon Attractor Tang Seng!

From the start of the exam until now, she still had 0 points. 

Su Fu was really feeling unlucky and had to take a risk now!

If luck was not enough, she would make up for it with strength.

The momentum was so grand that it instantly attracted the attention of all the candidates present.

“Whoa! What kind of skill is this? Such a large range?”

“Shen Yunling? Or Jiang Qingyu?”

“No, this light doesn’t seem like Apollo’s………………”

“Then it must be Jiang Qingyu?”

“Is this person crazy? Such a big commotion will attract how many demons? Is he not afraid of losing his life?”

Sure enough, after a while, the earth began to tremble.

Countless dark figures surged from all directions, running towards the golden light.

In the D-level exam, demons have intelligence but not much, and they can’t resist Tang Seng’s attraction. 

They act purely on instinct.

But as more and more demons ran, the candidates who were still watching the show suddenly realized something was wrong.

“Huh? Where is my demon?”

“Damn it! I had three over there, where did they all go?”

“Wait… don’t run! My points!”

Seeing the points that were supposed to be in the bag disappear in an instant, the candidates who were still watching the show were stunned.

Without hesitation, they actually started to chase the running demons.

Thus, a bizarre scene appeared.

Demons ran frantically in front, and candidates chased frantically behind.

The candidates who were still watching the show were shocked, 

“Whoa, this……………… what’s going on?”

“Shouldn’t we be hiding from demons? Why are they all chasing after them?”

“Unbelievable! It’s completely upside down!”

But soon, they couldn’t laugh anymore.

Because they found that the demons around them…… had also run away.

“Whoa! Wait for me!”

Gradually, the entire examination space began to be in turmoil.

The demons that were supposed to scatter all ran in one direction, followed by a group of frantic candidates.

The demons ran until their legs were broken in front, and the candidates chased until they shouted behind.

“You chase your own demons, don’t follow me!”

“Bullshit! I saw it first!”

“Phew! It’s clearly mine!”

The monitoring room was deathly silent.

Lin Wenyu opened his mouth, but couldn’t say a word for a long time.