"Brother, have you ever participated in this literary test before? Tell everyone." The uninformed monks asked one after another.

"How should I put it...the questions in this essay test are very weird, difficult to say and easy to say."

A casual cultivator who had gone through the "Literary Examination" was surrounded by everyone, with a thoughtful look on his face, and spoke slowly.

"What does it mean to say 'it's hard to say it's hard, but it's easy to say it's simple'? Is it difficult or simple?"

"Why do you make it sound like you didn't say anything..."

It was obvious that the fellow cultivators did not buy what this old man said.

"Indeed, Lin's "literary test" is indescribable. It is said to be easy because even a child can pass it. It is said to be difficult because even a highly educated person may not be able to pass it!"

Another casual cultivator stood up and expressed his own opinions, but everyone still felt specious and confused.

In fact, even those casual practitioners who have taken the "Literary Examination" don't quite understand it.

"Don't be impatient. Regarding this literary test, please follow me to the examination room. You will know after you take part." At this time, Jin Bo stood up and said to everyone with a smile.

Immediately, Jin Bo led everyone to the literary examination examination room.

There has always been no shortage of literati in the Lingwu world, and they have written many poems and songs that have been widely circulated.

The garrison also uses literary examinations to select unimportant officer positions, but casual cultivators generally disdain to participate in the competition.

Soon, under the leadership of Jin Bo, everyone arrived at the literary examination examination room.

In addition to Jin Bo and others, many people were already waiting in the literary examination room.

The child named Xiaoyuan is there.

There are also requirements to participate in Lin's literary test. You must be a person of good blood.

Some casual cultivators knew that their strength was limited, so they gave up on the competition and directly prepared to take the literary test.

"Please show your credentials and enter the venue in order. The assessment will begin soon." said a middle-aged proctor wearing the official robe of Wolong Town.

After hearing this, everyone immediately became quiet and quickly entered the examination room to choose their seats and sit down.

There are no more casual cultivators participating in the literary examination than those participating in the martial arts competition. Many casual cultivators who are good at martial arts are not interested in the literary examination.

The literary test was held indoors, so it was naturally not as lively as the martial arts competition.

Therefore, Lin's conference has always been famous for its martial arts competitions, but its reputation for literary examinations has not been as prominent.

But in fact, Lin attaches much greater importance to the literary test than the martial arts test, but outsiders don't know it.

Lin's literary test is also different from the literary test used by the garrison to recruit officers. It does not consist of one or two questions and essays and poems, but rather it involves entering an assessment tower specially made by Lin.

"Please keep quiet and enter the assessment tower in order according to the order arranged by the examiner!"

Jin Bo led several people to maintain the order of the assessment at the scene.

Lin Qinglong, Lin Guhe and several other members of the Lin clan were also at the scene, observing quietly.

The casual cultivators also cooperated very well and entered the assessment tower one after another to take part in the assessment.

The appearance of this assessment tower is the same as that of an ordinary tower-like structure, but the inside is not simple, with numerous formations set up.

Of course, these formations are not very complicated, nor are they lethal.

Even so, the cost of building this assessment tower is extremely high, and the value of each assessment tower is comparable to a high-grade spiritual weapon.

There are three assessment towers in total, each of which can accommodate nine people at the same time to participate in the assessment.

After the casual cultivators enter the assessment tower, they will be arranged into a small closed space like a secret room.

"What's this?"

All the casual cultivators who entered the assessment tower for the first time couldn't help but raise questions.

In front of them, patterns emitting shimmering light appeared.

"Is this an inscription?" This is the first feeling of many people.

Most casual cultivators have no chance to come into contact with inscription patterns. This is something that only the children of aristocratic families are qualified to learn.

"No, this is not an inscription..." Soon, some casual cultivators discovered some patterns.

In fact, the shapes of these patterns refer to the inscriptions, but they are not pure inscriptions, they just look similar.

Moreover, casual cultivators have basically never studied inscription patterns. Lin knows this very well, so naturally he will not use inscription patterns to assess casual cultivators.

These patterns are composed of the most basic geometric figures and were designed by Lin Qingshan himself. They were inspired by IQ tests on earth in previous lives.

In Lin Qingshan's previous life, psychology was very developed, and IQ was a concept in psychology.

The essence of IQ is a person's cognitive ability, which is related to the spiritual warrior's talent in understanding.

Cognitive ability does not change with a person's age or knowledge.

How much knowledge a person has mastered cannot change his cognitive ability.

Therefore, the test of cognitive ability cannot involve learned things such as knowledge and inscriptions.

These original geometric figures are the best test carriers.

Even children can understand it.

Of course, the premise is that the child's cognitive ability is strong enough.

The spiritual martial arts world is very developed in terms of bloodline testing, but there has been no explanation for the testing of understanding.

In fact, understanding is generally not valued so much here, especially in the lower-class families. The upper limit of spiritual warriors is mostly determined by bloodline, so understanding is naturally not valued so much and is not systematic.

For this reason, Lin Qingshan specially created this way to test comprehension.

The assessment tower has five floors.

At each level, the examinee will encounter three graphic puzzles. From bottom to top, the difficulty of the graphic puzzles also increases step by step.

Lin Qingshan has verified through large-scale testing that the probability of passing the first level is one in ten.

In other words, among the general population, on average, only one out of ten people can pass the first level of the puzzle test.

As for the second level, only one in a hundred people can pass.

On average, only one person out of a thousand people can pass through the third level.

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The last level, the fifth level, can theoretically be passed by only one person in 100,000 people, but that's only in theory.

Because Lin Qingshan does not have the energy to do such a large-scale verification, it is not so accurate, but based on Lin Qingshan's experience, the actual situation should not be much different.

As for the subsequent higher layers, Lin Qingshan has no plans to build them yet.

In fact, as long as you can pass the second level, you will meet Lin's recruitment threshold and will receive Lin's olive branch.

His one-in-a-million savvy is enough to fill an average research-oriented position in the Lin family.

The Lin family has no quota for this kind of talent and can recruit as many as they can. Unlike the martial arts tournament, only the top ten are recruited.

As for picking one out of a thousand, he is already considered a little genius, and he is worthy of certain preferential treatment from the Lin family.

And those who are chosen one in a million can be said to be relatively standard geniuses.

However, the Lin family has yet to meet the one-in-a-million genius cultivator who can pass the fourth level...

"Look, someone is coming out!"

The entrance to an assessment tower suddenly opened, and a casual cultivator walked out dejectedly.

The assessment is time-limited. If you have not solved the pattern puzzle when the time is up, you will be sent out.

After solving the graphic puzzle, the magic array in the assessment tower will guide the examinee to the next level.

Generally speaking, the earlier someone comes out, the worse their grades will be.

This casual cultivator who came out first obviously didn't get any good results in the tower, so he was feeling a little depressed.

"Brother, how do you feel about the assessment?"

The other casual cultivators who were waiting outside couldn't wait to gather around him and asked questions with great interest.

"I..." The casual cultivator was about to say something, but suddenly a strange look appeared on his face, as if he was trying to remember something.

"Let's talk about it quickly!"

"Yes, tell everyone about the assessment questions."

The casual cultivators who gathered around looked anxious.

"I forgot..." After a long time, Nasanxiu finally managed to choke out three words.

"Tch! Who are you kidding?!"

"If you don't want to say it, forget it..."

"What kind of excuse is this for forgetting in the blink of an eye? Are you afraid that everyone will compete with you?"

When everyone heard this answer, they naturally didn't believe it.

But this really cannot be blamed on the casual cultivator. Lin's assessment tower is not simple, and it contains formations that can interfere with the spirit warrior's consciousness.
To be continued...