On the way back to school from the Internet cafe, the two chatted.
"Shi Nan, why do you feel different from before?"
Shinan was shocked. Li Yu had grown up with him and knew him very well. Could it be that he had discovered something? "Oh? Why is it different? Is it an extra head or a missing nose?" Heather could only say jokingly.
"It's not that, it's just a feeling. We don't discuss games much in the Internet cafe. When I came here, I actually saw you watching the news. How should I put it? I feel that you are different from before."
"Maybe it's because the college entrance examination is about to take place. I'm a little stressed after all." Shi Nan said perfunctorily.
Can it be the same? I feel almost forty now! In addition, I am still very confused about this familiar and unfamiliar world. But after nearly an hour of browsing and searching, Heather finally figured out something.
For example, what is a cultivator?
There is not much difference between modern cultivators and previous fantasy novels and Xianxia movies. It’s just that these things that can only be seen in novels and movies have appeared in modern times and have been integrated into modern society. Cultivators are only a category officially recognized by China. kind of profession. In some Western countries, there are more bizarre professions recognized. For example, in the beautiful country, the profession of supernatural beings is the main profession. China also has these professions, but the mainstream is cultivators.
According to the information that Shi Nan found on the Internet, today's cultivators are divided into nine realms: Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Yuanying, Shen transformation, Dongxu, Hedao, Mahayana, and transcending tribulations. Each major realm is divided into four smaller realms: initial, middle, late and Dzogchen.
Practicing Qi, Building Foundation, Golden Pill, and Yuanying are low-level cultivators, transforming gods, Dongxu, Hedao, and Mahayana are middle-level cultivators, and transcending tribulations (passing this level can ascend to the immortal world and live the same life as heaven and earth) is high-level cultivators. Duan cultivators, this group of people are also called half-step immortals. In addition, people with supernatural powers are divided into mages and warriors, who are also divided into grades one to nine, respectively for the nine realms of cultivators.
If professions like cultivators and superpowers simply appeared, Heather wouldn't necessarily have to become a cultivator.
But in today's society, these cultivators and superpowers are no longer just professions, they also mean rights and status!
The weak eats the strong. This is an eternal truth. If the will is not established, nothing can be done in the world.
For example, if you want to set up a company, the legal person of the company must be a strong person above Nascent Soul. Another example is if you want to take the public office exam, you must be a practitioner of Jindan or above.
The political world is a little different from the previous life. Today's society is the integration of local military and political affairs. The governor has the greatest authority within a province, and the lowest governor is a cultivator in the early stage of Dongxu. For example, the current governor of Shuchuan Province is still a cultivator in the middle stage of Dongxu. Although he is not the weakest among the governors of the provinces, he is not strong either. This also makes it impossible to obtain more resources for Shuchuan.
In the business world, Penguin Group's main business is similar to that of Heather's previous life, focusing on instant messaging. Currently, QQ is China's main online chat tool, but it is only limited to China!
Penguin can't even enter Asia now, because although Ma Yueteng's strength has reached the early stage of Hedao before, as a global conglomerate, Microsoft and Google have also developed instant messaging software, and the strongest MSN Messenger in Asia is an eighth-grade superpower. .
Ma Yueteng is not strong enough to compete with Microsoft for resources, let alone expand externally.
This is true for all walks of life in politics, business and the military, and even the entertainment industry and other industries are no exception.
The famous kings and queens first need to be powerful, and their talents and looks must also be outstanding.
Today’s second-generation rich and second-generation officials almost all have a unified name—Second Generation Xiu! Because those with money and power are all powerful cultivators.
Of course, some ordinary people have reached high-level positions, but these people have the support of powerful cultivators, and most of their talents are related to scientific research, and their own contributions are much more than those of cultivators.
Therefore, those who cannot become a cultivator are doomed to achieve nothing. This also causes all ordinary people to yearn to become a cultivator.
"For those who are not good at cultivating, no matter how many methods they use, it will be useless." Heather muttered to herself.
I just checked the information online and found that except for things related to cultivators, everything else is similar to the previous life.
In other words, if Heather wants to start a business, the foreseeability in her previous life is not bad.
The problem is that Heather has no prerequisites. It's okay to make a little money, but if it wants to become bigger and stronger, it's just a pipe dream.
If it really becomes big, the best thing may be that the industry will be taken away, and the worst thing may be that one's life will not be saved.
For example, at this moment, there is no Android system in society, and there is no IOS yet. If Heather casually gets one out, there is only one result - it becomes someone else's.
If you don't want to be a salty fish, then becoming a cultivator is the only way for Heather.
Even if you want to be a salted fish, you should at least be a salted fish with guaranteed personal safety, right?
Fortunately, in this society, there is no such thing as abandoning ordinary people and cutting off their hopes. The college entrance examination has become a way for countless ordinary people to achieve success in life through hard work and progress. This society has never been stingy about its love for those who strive. This era is still worthy of belief and expectation.
Today, there are only 958 prestigious schools, all of which have established cultivation departments specifically for cultivating practitioners. Some of the professional subjects in Heather's previous life are available for students who have not been admitted to the cultivation department. These students can still learn basic cultivation knowledge, but it is not as systematic and professional, so that ordinary people can also hope to continue cultivation.
But only by being admitted to the Cultivation Major can you get the country’s resources to train you.
Therefore, the annual college entrance examination is particularly strict for cultivation candidates!
In 2004, the number of students taking the college entrance examination in Huaxia was 7.29 million, while the cultivation departments of all universities in the country enrolled less than 5,000 people. This is the total number of all schools.
Although the 211 and 958 prestigious schools in the previous life only enrolled a few thousand students each year, there were also many prestigious schools. Those universities together enrolled more than 100,000 students each year.
Nowadays, there are only 39 universities with cultivation departments across the country, with an enrollment of 5,000 students, which is too few on average.
The admission rate is less than one in a thousand, and this is still in big cities. In small cities, the rate will increase exponentially!
This is the main reason why people in third- and fourth-tier cities like Shi Nan are desperate.
In addition, there are many thresholds for applying for the Cultivation Department.
For example, spiritual power test, strength test, speed test, nerve reaction speed test, total score of college entrance examination cultural courses, etc...
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The two of them walked into the classroom unknowingly. There were still 10 minutes before class time, and most of the students had already entered the classroom. Heather returned to the desk and rummaged through the books under the desk, and happened to see a book on the basics of spiritual power.
"Shi Nan, what's wrong? What are you looking for?" Looking back, he saw Ma Yang, his best friend from high school, standing next to him, saying to himself with a smile.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just remembered something. What's wrong?" Shinan looked at Ma Yang and said.
"Seeing as you are reading this book, why do you still want to take the Cultivation major?" Ma Yang said.
Ma Yang and Shinan met at the award ceremony for the first year of high school. At that time, Shinan entered Miancheng No. 1 Middle School with the first place in the city, while Ma Yang entered with the fifth place.
Ma Yang left a deep impression on Shi Nan when they met for the first time. He was a little over 1.8 meters tall, with sharp features, well-trained muscles, and always smiled politely to everyone.
Ma Yang can be said to be one of the most influential figures in the entire Miancheng No. 1 Middle School. Not only is he good at studies, but he is also proficient in sports. He is the ideal prince charming in the hearts of countless girls.
There are many people who want to be friends with Ma Yang, but only Shi Nan and he have become good friends and brothers who talk about everything.
Since Heather's academic performance was very good, his seat and Li Yu's were always in the first row in the middle. And Ma Yang was sitting directly behind Heather.
"Hehe, you still have to have dreams, what if it comes true!" Heather said with a strange smile.
"What you said makes sense." Li Yu and Ma Yang said in unison and looked at Heather strangely.
After Shinan tidied up her desk, she sat there and prepared to wait for class.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Let me announce a few things to you!" A young man who was also very handsome and about the same height as Heather stood on the podium and preached to everyone.
"The first thing, the head teacher said today that Ma Yang and I will handle the registration for the cultivation major for everyone. The second thing is that there are still very few people who have passed 100 pa in the simulated spiritual power test. Please hurry up and practice. Time, don’t hold back our class!”
The young man who spoke was Zhu Guiyou, the study committee member of the class. After he announced these two things, he walked straight to Heather.
"Heather, you haven't taken the spiritual power test yet? Are you afraid that you won't be able to pass it? You're not trying to hold us back, are you?"
"Why didn't I do it? What happened? How did I know there was this test?" Heather thought to herself, then looked at the provocative Zhu Guiyou speechlessly.
"You clearly knew that Shi Nan was ill and went to the hospital on the day of the mock assessment, and you still ask like this?" Li Yu immediately came to the rescue for Shi Nan.
"Heather, are you really going to fall down? You were once the number one in the city, but now you can't even take the mock exam. You are really a weirdo!" Zhu Guiyou clearly looked like he could embarrass Heather. His voice It has also improved a lot.
Some students around them turned back to look at the two of them, and Ma Yang also stood up after hearing the sound.
"Zhu Guiyou, don't go too far!" Ma Yang couldn't stand listening any more and stopped him: "Shi Nan has always been in poor health. Everyone knows this. He asked for leave from the teacher and said he was going to the hospital. I went to the hospital, do I need to lie to you?"
"I went too far. Why did I go too far? But look at him, he has fallen from the top of the school and become what he is now. It makes me lose my face too! Besides, as a student who is about to take the college entrance examination, go to Seeing a doctor in the hospital is no reason to score 0 on the test!"
"That's enough, Zhu Guiyou, just take care of yourself. You can achieve such results because of your own efforts. It's undeniable, but you have to ask your conscience, isn't it because of Heather's contribution? Now Heather is Due to some physical reasons, I didn't take part in a simulation test, but you shouldn't add insult to injury like this!" Ma Yang became a little angry at Zhu Guiyou, and his tone of voice became slightly more serious.
"Humph, birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together. He could barely call me brother before, but now, what can he do to be my friend?" Zhu Guiyou also became a little anxious when he saw the classmates around him looking over.
In the past, when Shinan was still number one in the school, Zhu Guiyou always said that Shinan was his good brother when he met everyone, and how good the relationship between the two was. He described his relationship with Shinan as a supreme honor.
But now, Zhu Guiyou feels that this is simply his shame.
"I just didn't take part in a test, so why be so aggressive!" While Ma Yang and Zhu Guiyou were having a heated argument about Shinan, Shinan's deskmate Li Yu also joined the quarrel.
"Ahem!" Jiang Xiaoyun, the head teacher, stood on the podium and cleared her throat.
The originally noisy classroom suddenly became quiet.
"Shi Nan, this is all you can do in this life. After the college entrance examination, your and my life trajectories will be completely different and parallel. You can only look up to me forever!"
In the end, Zhu Guiyou said this harshly, pushed Ma Yang away from him and walked straight to his seat.
