Chapter 340: A Bird's-Eye View and Superb Skills

It was not until half an hour later that Shi Xuan finished answering eight theoretical questions about Taoism and handed the test paper to Xiao Cangtian who was standing beside him. Xiao Cangtian suddenly woke up, took the test paper, nodded to Shi Xuan with satisfaction, and signaled Shi Xuan to wait outside the quiet room so as not to disturb other people's exams.

Shi Xuan walked out of the quiet room and came to the corridor, blowing the wind through the hall and listening to the people coming and going.

"How did you answer?" A voice came into Shi Xuan's ears, which made Shi Xuan startled suddenly, as if he had returned to the university before. Every time he handed in the test paper in advance, he often stood outside the classroom, waiting for those bad friends to come out after the test, ready to go out and have fun together, and one of them loved to ask others how they did on the test.

After shaking off his false thoughts and coming back to his senses, Shi Xuan saw that it was one of the dozen cultivators who came to take the spellcasting license exam, so he smiled lightly and said, "It's okay, it's all explained in the Taoist books."

The cultivator's face was full of bitterness: "But some of the questions are too deep. Who can answer if you are not specialized in this? Usually everyone follows the steps of cultivation step by step."

In the quiet room, Xiao Cangtian read Shi Xuan's test paper from beginning to end again. This time he was not so obsessed. First, he had already read it once, and second, it was just the Taoist theory below the Soul Stage, which did not involve more advanced content, and there was no outstanding viewpoint. It was just that sometimes the way of thinking about the problem was very high and the explanation was very thorough. For him, a Jindan Grandmaster, the novelty was only temporary, and he could figure out the key points quickly.

"Haha, this cultivator is the one who has the most profound and thorough understanding of Taoism in this stage after watching the Taoist theory exams of the Qi Induction Period for so many years. He is much better than you two back then!" Xiao Cangtian generously praised Shi Xuan in front of his two disciples, Ba Zhiyuan and Xu Zhang.

Xu Zhang smiled lightly and did not answer. He took the test paper from Xiao Cangtian and started to read it. Ba Zhiyuan's face changed slightly, but soon changed to an expression of approval: "Teacher, you always have a good eye for people."

Xiao Cangtian waved his hand and said: "Anyone with vision can see it. By the way, let's see what his background is?" He was a little bit fond of talent.

Ba Zhiyuan quickly found Shi Xuan's registration information: "From, from, Xuqing Taoist Academy, haha, it turns out that he is from the Taoist Theory Department of the Lower Academy." His face was a little stiff.

"No wonder, no wonder, has Xuqing Taoist Academy's theoretical research on Taoism reached this point? It is worthy of being the top Taoist academy in the empire! It's a pity that I didn't enter Xuqing Taoist Academy back then, otherwise I wouldn't have achieved what I have today." Xiao Cangtian suddenly realized and sighed.

Ba Zhiyuan said with a bit of disdain: "But I heard that the students of the Taoist Theory Department of Xuqing Taoist Academy are very crude in performing spells, using magic tools and formations. I think it's because of this that he didn't get a spellcasting license in the imperial capital. Humph, although our Linyuan City is a small place, it is just as strict."

Xiao Cangtian took a deep look at Ba Zhiyuan. He understood the character of his disciple, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen to the point of using elixirs to advance to the Soul Stage, and there was an accident that time, which cut off his future path. This made him even more jealous when facing the outstanding Later Jin cultivators.

However, Xiao Cangtian did not say anything. After all, the students of the Taoist Theory Department of Xuqing Taoist Academy were notorious for their poor practical skills. Otherwise, they would not have returned to Linyuan City. There was no need to create a rift with his disciple, who was a great help, for a young cultivator who had nothing to do with him.

At this time, Xu Zhang had finished reading Shi Xuan's answer sheet, and said with great admiration: "As expected of a student from Xuqing Daoist Academy, these answers are quite helpful even for us, the soul-level cultivators, and it seems that sometimes the perspective of looking at problems is from above, well, a bird's-eye view."

Ba Zhiyuan took the test paper with a bad face, and the more he looked at it, the worse his face became. On the other side, Xiao Cangtian smiled and answered Xu Zhang: "Xuqing Tianzun is a celestial immortal, and his perspective of looking at problems is naturally very high, so it is normal for students from Xuqing Daoist Academy to answer like this, because they are influenced by what they hear and see. Well, this test paper is given to you. Do you have any objections?"

Xu Zhang immediately replied: "Disciple has no objection." In public, Ba Zhiyuan couldn't openly belittle him, otherwise it would be a slap in the face of his teacher: "Disciple also agrees."

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After another half an hour, when more than a dozen cultivators handed in their test papers, the three chief officials made their judgments one by one, demoted five of them, and only eight cultivators were left to participate in the following practical spellcasting project.

Shi Xuan and seven other cultivators followed the three chief officers through the building and came to a large courtyard at the back. It was empty without even a tree.

"The following is the actual combat spellcasting. As long as you can break the protective spell of a chief officer and take his attack, you will pass. Of course, their spells will be controlled at the same level as yours, and you can use your life magic weapon." Xiao Cangtian announced.

The so-called same level means that the highest level of the Out-of-Body Stage is no more than the third level, the highest level of the Qi Induction Stage is no more than the sixth level, and the highest level of the Soul Stage is no more than the ninth level. As for the Golden Core and Yin God, they must go to the imperial capital to take the exam.

Ba Zhiyuan secretly said to Xu Zhang with his spiritual sense: "Junior sister, let me host today."

Xu Zhang would naturally not be unhappy. Although there was a Jindan Grandmaster guarding him, it was not pleasant to be attacked.

Ba Zhiyuan got Xu Zhang's consent, and stood in the middle of the yard with a dark face and a sneer. A light yellow light shield with mud floating in it rose above his body: "Start with the Qi Induction Stage. Today, as long as anyone of you can break this sixth-level yellow light shield in three attacks, it will be considered as passing the first level." As he spoke, he also looked at Shi Xuan provocatively.

There were two other cultivators who took the Qi Induction Stage exam at the same time. Their faces suddenly became extremely ugly. Although they could use the sixth-level magic on the surface, in actual operation, no one would be so ruthless. For the test of the Qi Induction Stage cultivators, at most the fifth level was used. If they met a good relationship, they would even only use the fourth level.

You should know that most of the Qi-inducing cultivators who came to participate in the spellcasting exam had only achieved a minor success in Qi-inducing not long ago, and most of their innate minor supernatural powers were only at the fifth level, not the full sixth level, and their life-defining magic tools were either just refined or not yet refined, and were not useful at all, so Ba Zhiyuan was making things difficult for them.

Especially under the blessing of his spiritual consciousness, the seventh-level magic might not be able to break his sixth-level defense.

After entering the courtyard, Shi Xuan felt that the invisible force that suppressed him disappeared, and he could use both Taoism and spiritual consciousness, so the biggest problem in passing the exam was: not to expose his strength.

Although all of Shi Xuan's magic has now been upgraded to Taoism, and he can cast magic with his mind, it does not mean that Shi Xuan cannot use magic. He can just cast according to the basic steps again. Moreover, Shi Xuan's magic was cultivated one by one, and Shi Xuan knew exactly what the talisman characters of the fifth, sixth, and seventh levels were like.

"Shi, please come first. Please teach me." Shi Xuan's tone was very cold to Ba Zhiyuan, and he didn't even call him senior, but it was very consistent with his current state after being embarrassed.

Ba Zhiyuan snorted coldly, thinking in his heart, this kid is really so rude just because he was born in Xuqing Taoist Academy. Humph, he is only 38 years old, he must have just achieved a small success in Qi Induction, and he is also from the Taoist Theory Department. I want to see how you break my yellow earth light shield, so he nodded to signal Shi Xuan to start attacking.

Just as Ba Zhiyuan was watching Shi Xuan casting a spell with confidence, Shi Xuan pointed his hand, and a crystal white cold light came out from his fingertips, which was very fast, causing the surrounding atmosphere to condense into white mist. In terms of magic, it was already quite powerful.

Ba Zhiyuan secretly said that it was not good, but when he was careless and unprepared, the white cold light like ice crystals had already hit his yellow earth light shield, which quickly condensed into ice, and the cold air penetrated through, cracking and falling to the ground. The cold feeling made Ba Zhiyuan shiver.

When everything calmed down, all the cultivators except Xiao Cangtian looked at the scene in surprise. The defense of the arrogant chief officer Ba Zhiyuan collapsed without even a moment of support under the cold light, and then the whole person was shrouded in a white mist.

"How, how is it possible? How is it possible?! How can you, how can you have an eighth-level spell?!" Ba Zhiyuan rushed out of the white mist in a rage. Caught off guard, his head and face were covered with white frost, and he was trembling all over, looking extremely embarrassed.

Shi Xuan smiled faintly and said, "Shi just happens to have a small magical power of freezing cold light that is at the third level when it appears, and it is only at the seventh level now."

"How can that be..." Before Ba Zhiyuan finished speaking, Xiao Cangtian said, "Well, it is indeed at the seventh level, but the magic is superb, and it is much more powerful than the ordinary seventh level, which makes me look at it with new eyes. I thought that the disciples of the Taoist Theory Department of Xuqing Taoist Academy were not good at magic, but it seems that there are exceptions. Zhiyuan, you are too careless."

Ba Zhiyuan took two deep breaths and said coldly, "Then even if you pass, it will be my turn to attack next, you must not be careless." The last four words "must not be careless" were said with gritted teeth, thinking to himself, I don't believe that you can still have a seventh-level defensive magic.

Shi Xuan chuckled and motioned Ba Zhiyuan to come in. Ba Zhiyuan's eyes flashed coldly, and countless white lights seemed to flash in his palms, and then turned into a wall of wind blades that rushed towards Shi Xuan, leaving Shi Xuan no chance to dodge.

Shi Xuan flicked his hands, and seven or eight freezing cold lights shot out, all concentrated on one point of the wind blade wall. That point first became darker, then turned into ice crystals, and finally shattered. As that point shattered, the entire wind blade wall suddenly collapsed, and those wind blades flew in all directions. If Xiao Cangtian hadn't stopped them, several out-of-body cultivators would have died on the spot.

"You, why don't you..." Ba Zhiyuan asked angrily, but he remembered the occasion halfway through the question and stopped abruptly.

Shi Xuan smiled and said, "The best defense is offense, which is just a personal opinion of Shi."

Xiao Cangtian stood up: "Okay, Shi Xuan, you passed the test." At the same time, he motioned Ba Zhiyuan not to entangle.