Su Mu probably guessed the reason why he was left behind, so he was not panicked and nodded to show that he understood.

Kevin was anxious.

He thought that Su Mu was left behind because of his involvement, and hurriedly said: "Teacher, the matter of the invisible beast has nothing to do with Su Mu. It was all my idea. He even advised me, but I didn't listen..."

Su Mu was a little surprised. He really didn't expect that Kevin, a rich man, was actually so loyal and responsible.

He quickly pulled Kevin and said, "Stop talking. It has nothing to do with that."

"It's not because of the invisible beast?" Kevin was stunned at first, then realized that he had just said too many things that he shouldn't have said. He hurriedly laughed it off, trying to fool around: "Please don't misunderstand, respected teachers, what I just said is not what you think..."

Just as he started to speak, he was interrupted by Wen Wubin: "You don't have to say it, we don't want to listen."

How could they not know why the invisible beast sneaked into Shangqing Palace? It was just for the sake of money... ahem, for the sake of friendship with the Western Magic Academy, so they didn't investigate further.

"Sumu, come with us." Wen Wubin waved his hand.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. You go down the mountain first and we'll contact each other by phone. Don't worry, I'm a trustworthy person and I won't do something like taking the money and running away." Su Mu said a few words to Kevin and made a little joke before walking up the stairs.

When Su Mu came up to him, Wen Wubin turned around and led him to Shangqing Palace.

The admissions teachers from other colleges and universities quickly followed and entered the Shangqing Palace.

Not until all the admissions teachers had left did the candidates on Kongba dare to discuss what had just happened.

However, because only the passing list of the subject examinations was announced and the detailed score information was not disclosed, it was naturally impossible for them to guess the real reason why Su Mu was left behind.

"What's going on with that guy named Sumu? Why was he left alone?"

"Did he get caught cheating on the test?"

"Tell me how to cheat in the subject examination? Even if he can cheat, if he is caught, he will definitely be disqualified from the examination and handed over to the judicial authorities. How can he be declared to have passed the examination?"

"That's right. Hey, could it be related to him selling chicken in front of the mountain gate?"

"That's possible..."

Not only were the ordinary candidates curious and watching the spectators, but even the candidates from the cultivation families were also discussing the matter curiously.

"Pei Jun, what do you think?" someone asked Pei Jun.

So far, most candidates think Pei Jun is the one with the best performance in this year's Xishu provincial exam. Therefore, after hearing this question, many people looked at Pei Jun, wanting to hear what he would say.

Pei Jun thought about it seriously and looked at Shangqing Palace again. In addition to curiosity, there was also a bit of envy in his eyes.

“It shouldn’t be a bad thing,” he said.

Everyone was stunned.

Not a bad thing? Then it must be a good thing? What good thing could it be? And why Su Mu?

They had more questions in their minds, but unfortunately no one could answer them.

"Okay, let's stop discussing and follow me down the mountain!" Teacher Sun called out.

This time, he did not take the candidates to walk along the mountain road or take the cable car. Instead, he took out a brass whistle from his pocket and put it in his mouth to blew.

“Ding ding ding—”

The whistle was not loud, but it was extremely penetrating, reaching the sky.

“Huff—”

A strong sound of wind came from above their heads. The candidates looked up at the same time and saw a giant bird falling from the sky.

This giant bird was at least fifty or sixty meters long, with a wingspan of nearly a hundred meters. It was like a dark cloud covering the sky, giving people a great sense of oppression.

If this wasn't the Qingcheng Mountain Cultivation University, and the examinees saw that the giant bird was summoned by Teacher Sun with a whistle, they would have probably fled in all directions and found somewhere to hide.

To this giant bird, people like them are probably no different from insects.

"What a big bird... What kind of bird is it? Is it a Dapeng?" someone asked curiously.

"This is not a roc, it's a rare bird."

The person who said this was Teacher Sun.

He glanced at the candidates on the empty dam and shook his head: "Your understanding of spiritual herbs and exotic beasts is not good enough... Students who have passed the examination, you'd better take advantage of the holiday before school starts to buy some reference books and prepare well. No matter what major you are in, spiritual herbs and exotic beasts are compulsory basic subjects. With your current performance, I'm afraid you will have to retake it!"

As he was speaking, the rare bird had already flown down.

There was not enough space on the empty dam, so it folded its wings and landed in an open space in the woods nearby.

When the candidates came here before, they saw this open space and were wondering what it was used for. Now it seems that it is specially used for rare birds to land?

"Let's go on the cable car." Teacher Sun called out, "When you were going up the mountain, didn't you complain that it was too cheap to climb the mountain road and take the cable car? When we go down the mountain, I will satisfy you and let you take the cable car down. Oh, and everyone should prepare some change. One dollar per person."

Riding a bird and getting paid?

The candidates were stunned again, and then they saw a furry figure emerging from the back of the rare bird, which turned out to be a monkey.

This clever monkey held change in his left hand and something that looked like a ticket in his right hand. He was actually in charge of selling tickets.

At this point, what else do the candidates not understand?

This rare bird is clearly an exotic version of the school bus!

The candidates complained about it, but they still had to ride it. Now that they were here... Besides, it was hard to even see this bird in other places, let alone ride it. Only the Cultivation University could use them as buses.

Under the guidance of Teacher Sun, the candidates walked towards Xiyouniao, bought tickets from Linghou, and got on the bus... no, it was the bird.

There are actually chairs and stools on the bird's back, which is very thoughtful.

Kevin didn't get on the bird. He found Teacher Sun and said he wanted to stay here and wait for Su Mu to come out.

It seems that he is still a little worried.

Teacher Sun said, "It's okay for you to stay here, but when the time comes, you'll have to get down the mountain on your own."

This place is usually an open tourist attraction, but it has been closed for the past few days due to inspections. Since tourists can come, it doesn't matter if Kevin wants to stay here.

Kevin nodded: "No problem, we will go down the mountain by ourselves. Thank you, my kind teacher."

Surprisingly, Pei Jun didn't get on the bird either.

"Brother Pei, aren't you leaving?" A candidate who had climbed up a rare bird stuck his head out, looked at Pei Jun who was standing far away, and asked in confusion.

"I'll leave later." Pei Jun replied, without saying why he stayed.

Kevin heard this and turned to look at him.

He also looked at Kevin, smiled and nodded.

"This person is quite interesting..."

This thought came to the minds of both of them at the same time.

Is this considered telepathy?

Tsk…