I’m Already a Foundation-stage Cultivator—and You Want Me to Take the Civil Service Exam?!

After being furiously struck by his girlfriend's first sword strike upon reaching the shore, Pei Xingchen unintentionally broke through the nameless cultivation technique he had practiced for 12 years, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. Immersed in the joy of Foundation Establishment, Pei Xingchen was then pressured by his family to take the civil service exam. Little did he know that a remote riverside hydrological station would open up a completely new world for him: demons and monsters hiding behind normal life, unsolved mysteries circulating online, supernatural phenomena, and entirely different promotion rules within the workplace…