"Difficult? Hehe, if one can't produce a brilliant essay, they'll never leave the mountain in their lifetime. Every year, there's a batch of students who can't graduate and are left behind to do menial work, and of course, there are also those talented scholars who, after achieving success in their studies, choose not to leave the mountain and stay on as lecturers. These people stay here, marry, have children, and that's how we get a lot of ordinary people here—the immortals. The immortals settle here, run small businesses to make a living, and that's how Shushan City came to be," Immortal A explained patiently.
Another immortal, Immortal B, said, "It's not the only way. I've heard that historically, there was this guy who…"
"Ahem, don't talk about that," Immortal A quickly interrupted Immortal B, who promptly shut up.
The freshman asked a couple more questions, but the two of them refused to discuss the previous topic any further.
