Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 389

Chapter 389 Two Compositions

Inside the classroom, countless teachers were grading the Gaokao exam papers on computer screens.

The grading criteria for other papers were clearly displayed, making them easy to grade and requiring minimal subjective input. However, the Chinese language paper proved difficult, with scores fluctuating widely.

The Gaokao exams were graded using a double-blind scoring system, meaning two teachers graded each paper. If the scores were similar, the average was taken. If the discrepancy was significant, the score was handed over to the head grading team leader for a final decision.

Two teachers were faced with this situation.

“On How the Tribulation-Crossing Stage Can Defeat the Mahayana Stage? What a strange name!” the teacher muttered to himself. In all his years of grading, this was the first time he had seen such an odd title.

“I wonder what’s going on in kids’ heads these days.”

The teacher hesitated and gave it a score of 25.

…

“On How the Tribulation-Crossing Stage Can Defeat the Mahayana Stage? That’s an interesting name.” Another teacher, upon seeing the essay title, instantly snapped out of his drowsy state.

“Right? Writing should be original. What’s the point of just using the same old templates and clichés?”

The teacher liked it more and more as he read it, and without hesitation, he gave it a 60.

This was the perfect score for an essay.

…

“Huh? Two essays were automatically submitted to me? It seems the scores are quite different.”

The head examiner chuckled and clicked on the two essays.

“On How a Tribulation Stage Can Defeat the Mahayana Stage,” and “How to Cultivate Immortality”… Interesting, but I’m not sure what these Tribulation Stage, Mahayana Stage, and Immortality Stage all mean.”

“I see. Assuming someone in the world can become an immortal through hard work, then the closest level to immortality is the Tribulation Stage. Very rigorous.”

“The writing and imagination in the first essay are brilliant. It’s as if the essay is truly considering how a Tribulation Stage can defeat a Mahayana Stage.”

“But the second essay seems to be teaching someone how to cultivate immortality from the very first step.”

“I see. This way, you can draw Qi into your body. I’d really like to try it… Let me test whether it’s auspicious or inauspicious… Is it auspicious?”

Few people knew that the head examiner was actually a person with supernatural powers who could predict good and bad luck.

Not all psychics join the Psychic Administration or the Psychic Church. Some, like the head examiner, register with the Administration and live ordinary lives.

“Let me try. Something’s drilling into me?!” The head examiner stood up, his face filled with horror.

The other teachers stared at him, bewildered.

Knowing his own impropriety, the head examiner coughed dryly and quickly waved his hand to indicate it was nothing.

He tried to suppress his excitement.

“According to ‘How to Cultivate Immortality,’ I’m drawing Qi into my body and entering the Qi training stage!”

The head examiner felt a constant surge of energy within him. His entire body felt like it had aged several years, and his various chronic ailments were showing signs of improvement or even healing.

And this was just the basics of cultivation.

“Where’s the rest? Why is there nothing here?” The head examiner, hoping for the next tutorial, eagerly read on, only to find it abruptly cut off, as if completely discontinued.

“Who capped the essay at 800 words?” the head examiner roared inwardly, his eyes bloodshot. He had never hated word limits so much.

If the author could complete the essay, it would bring immeasurable benefits to the entire world.

The head examiner was so frustrated that he almost spat blood. He wanted to check the author’s name, but he didn’t have the necessary permissions.

To access the author’s information, he had to report it through various levels of government.

He used his supernatural powers and discovered that reporting the matter to the education department had neither good nor bad luck.

This meant his mission was a failure.

“Those idiots must have disbelieved me.” The head examiner knew the ways of these bureaucrats all too well. He tried to avoid any trouble if possible.

He used his supernatural powers again, imagining he would report the matter to the Supernatural Administration.

“Good luck?”

The head examiner was delighted. The Supernatural Administration seemed trustworthy.

Unlike the bureaucrats, the people in the Supernatural Administration loved to stir up trouble. They weren’t afraid of trouble; they just thought it wasn’t interesting enough.

This matter would definitely pique their interest.

…

To prevent favoritism and fraud, the college entrance exam papers were scanned online and sent to other cities for review by teachers in those cities.

The head of the grading team wasn’t based in Bihai City, but in a larger city thousands of kilometers away.

As the head of the grading team had anticipated, the Psychic Administration was intrigued by his report, not to mention that he had personally demonstrated the results of his Qi-inducing technique—breaking a large stone with his chest.

The grading team consisted of men in their fifties, beer bellies, bald heads, and the look of a man worn down by time. The sight of such men patting their bellies and claiming nothing was a problem, while bare-chested, they placed a stone on their chests, a sight the other psychics found strange.

They trembled in fear, wondering if it was the stone breaking the chest, or the stone breaking the chest.

“Come on, you look the strongest,” the head of the grading team observed, seeing a muscular psychic who looked like he could wield a sledgehammer.

“Alright,” the burly man replied in a muffled voice.

As the burly man raised the massive hammer, the head examiner suddenly demanded, “What’s your special ability?”

“Shooting the bull from behind the mountain.”

“…Quick, change someone!”

Finally, another examiner wielded the hammer.

The examiner, a true Qi training master, ultimately lived up to everyone’s expectations, perishing alongside the boulder.

As the boulder shattered, he himself vomited blood from the shock.

After all, he was only at the Qi training level, not a body of steel.

A waiting healing user rushed over and rescued him.

However, this led everyone to believe the head examiner’s story.

He possessed only a first-level supernatural power, and his body was that of an ordinary person. His survival despite such treatment was a testament to the profound transformations that had taken place.

The Supernatural Administration recognized the value of the article “How to Cultivate Immortality” and submitted it as well.

“And this article, ‘On How Those in the Tribulation Stage Can Defeat the Mahayana Stage,'” should also be submitted as a supplement.

The

Supernatural Administration was incredibly efficient, and within half a day, a deputy director-level official took charge of the matter.

“Director, something important has happened.” The deputy director ushered the head examiner into his office,

where two guests were currently meeting.

The deputy director considered the matter so grave that he had to inform him, even while the director was meeting with them.

“Please take a look at these two articles. They were written by two college entrance exam candidates, whose names have been blocked by the education department. Do you think we should use our authority to remove the blockage, or wait until the results are released before contacting these two individuals?”

The director examined the articles, then the guests, a strange expression on his face.

Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu watched the head of the grading team with great interest and called him over.

“Are you in charge of grading?”

“Yes.” The head of the grading team didn’t dare to slack off. A guest who could be invited into the director’s office must be of very high status.

“Then tell me, which of these two essays is better?”

(End of this chapter)