Chapter 92: The Frightening Written Exam Questions

  "Hey, why didn't Luofei come with you? Are you also here to find a spot in the preliminary round? Ah, I get it, you must be helping Luofei find a spot, right?" Zhu Muer asked Ning Cheng two questions in a row.

  After asking, she didn't wait for Ning Cheng to answer and turned around to say to a man with a bitter melon face behind her, "Yin Zhangmen, you might as well give us the other spot too. It's not like you're going to make it through yourself, and you won't find anyone better than us here to represent Huayu Sect in the preliminary written exam."

  The bitter gourd-faced man's face turned even more bitter after hearing Zhu Muer's words, "Miss Muer, the Huayu Sect only has two quotas in total. I've already given you one, and now you're asking me for another? Why don't you go somewhere else to look?"

  "Rest assured, I'll help you with what I promised. My dad will definitely listen to me and won't hesitate at all. You'll only gain from this. Besides, if you go yourself, you probably won't even make the cut. But if I and Lu Fei go, we might actually be able to get you a spot in the rematch, and that would be a big deal for your Huayu Sect."

  Ning Cheng didn't expect Zhu Muer to be so eloquent, and he wondered what she had promised the leader of Huayu Sect. The leader of Huayu Sect seemed to have a cultivation level of Congzhen Ninth Layer, and should only be the leader of a second-rate sect.

  A cultivator of the Nine Layers being so polite to Zhu Muer is definitely not because they have a good relationship, but rather because what Zhu Muer promised him is very important and also has something to do with Zhu Muer's father.

  Ning Cheng thought of Zhu Muer and casually took out a third-grade superior Yiling Dan. Then, thinking of Yin Zhongmen's Jingzhen Nine Layers, and also being mindful of the things Zhu Muer had promised, Ning Cheng could almost guess that Zhu Muer's father should be an alchemist. The matter that Yin Zhongmen asked Zhu Muer about was likely related to the Zhuyuan Dan.

  For a cultivator of the Nine Layered Heaven, nothing is more important than the Primordial Yuan Pill.

  "Is your old man a high-ranking dan master?" Ning Cheng immediately asked out his guess.

  "Huh? How did you know my dad is Dan Shifu?" Zhu Mu'er stared at Ning Cheng in surprise and asked back.

  Ning Cheng was speechless, thinking to herself, "You might as well write a few words on your own face, my old man is Dan Sheng." Is this really that hard to guess? With a personality like this, Ning Cheng was truly worried for her as she traveled through Huazhou. Just a few days ago, she was still saying that she wanted to use her own abilities to achieve some results and show them off to her father, but now she's using her father's reputation to swagger around everywhere... This Zhu Muer really is...

  Yin Zhongmen hesitated for a moment, and after hearing Zhu Muer's question to Ning Cheng, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I agree, both quotas are yours. However, after this matter is over, you must take me to see Master Yao."

  Zhu Muer took over the jade plate handed over by Zhu Zhangmen and sent it to Ning Cheng, saying, "Look, isn't this the jade plate for participating in the preliminary written test?"

  Ning Cheng accepted the jade token and thanked Zhu Muer, then turned to Yin Zhangmen and said, "Yin Zhangmen, thank you for the jade token. I will definitely not let your quota go to waste."

  "Alright, alright, I've already said that once, there's no point in saying it again." Zhu Muer waved her hand and said with a very calm tone.

  Ning Cheng put away the jade token and looked at Zhu Muer, asking, "Have you found a place to stay?"

  If Zhu Muer hadn't found a place to stay, he planned to invite Zhu Muer to stay at their inn.

  "Of course I found it, it's easy, my father is well-known by many people here." Zhu Muer said without any hesitation.

  It seems that Zhu Muer needs to rely on her old father, and make some achievements to prove it to her father. Ning Cheng rubbed his temples and said to Zhu Muer, "Then I'll go back first, or else Luo Fei will be anxious waiting for me. Good luck in the preliminary round, and then let your father look at you with new eyes."

  "That's natural, I'm going back too." Zhu Muer said, and didn't forget to bid farewell to Yin Zhangmen of Huayu Sect.

  …….

  Ning Cheng bid farewell to Zhu Muer and returned to the inn, telling Ji Luofei about the jade token he had obtained from Zhu Muer. However, Ji Luofei felt that Zhu Muer was a straightforward person.

  A few days passed quickly, and during these few days, Ning Cheng did not go to find Meng Yu Jing. He knew that with Meng Yu Jing's status, he would never be able to see her.

  It was already the fifth day of the preliminary written test, and Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei had arrived early at the Mo Ze Grand Plaza. In order to avoid being recognized by her aunt, Ning Cheng specially made Ji Luo Fei wear a layer of veil and then put on a wide-brimmed female hat. If not for deliberately using his divine sense to scan, Ning Cheng believed that Ji Luo Fei would not be recognized.

  The large square of Mozec City was soon crowded with monks from all directions, because today is the fifth preliminary round, and after the end of the fifth preliminary round, the list of one thousand people who entered the final round will also be announced. So there are more people in Mozec City today, all wanting to know which ones have qualified for the finals.

  The preliminary competition venue was a large hall next to the Mozhe Square, and Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei entered the examination hall with many participants after making an appointment.

  The hall is extremely spacious, with five thousand people sitting inside, it doesn't feel crowded at all.

  Ning Cheng sat down according to the number on the jade plate, just like everyone else who participated in the preliminary round, quietly waiting. This grand hall, when he first entered, had tried to use his divine sense to scan it once, only to find that his divine sense couldn't even extend half a fraction of an inch, let alone cover the entire hall. Moreover, his mind went blank for several breaths.

  Apart from the chair he sat on, there was only a desk in front of him, with several sheets of white paper and a pen on it. There were no other objects apart from this.

  Half an hour later, a beautiful woman in a white long dress with rolled edges walked in. She first looked at the people taking the written test in the hall, then walked to the front round platform and said, "Today is the last round of the Five-Star Academy's recruitment exam for new students. After today's competition ends, the top 1,000 on the overall ranking will be produced. Most of these 1,000 people will be selected by the Five-Star Academy, and some lucky ones may even participate in the competition between the five academies two years later. I wish everyone here to achieve their best results in this preliminary round."

  This beautiful woman in white not only has an extremely beautiful face, but her voice is also warm and unparalleled, making people feel a sense of comfort and longing when they hear it, longing for her to continue speaking.

  Perhaps this is the teacher of Wuxing College. As soon as they thought about entering Wuxing College and having such a teacher to guide their cultivation, all the contestants' hearts were set ablaze, and they rubbed their fists together, hoping to achieve the best results in this exam.

  The beautiful young woman paused for a moment after finishing speaking, waiting until everyone understood how important the fifth written test was before continuing to say softly, "Today's test time is three and a half hours, with three hours for reading questions and half an hour for answering..."

  Ning Cheng heard that the written test would take three and a half hours, and his mind was already stunned. How could it be so long? Seven hours! When he heard that the three and a half hours were for reading the questions, and only half an hour was needed to answer them, he was even more bewildered.

  "Although the subject of this written test is different from that of the previous four tests, I am sure that the difficulty level is the same. In the previous four tests, we tested the basic materials of talismans, array methods, alchemy, and prohibition in turn. Today, we are going to test the knowledge of alchemy that everyone is more familiar with, which is also a test of basic materials."

  The beautiful young woman had just finished speaking, and there were many more discussions below. Ning Cheng also furrowed his brow. He had never learned the basics of alchemy, so wouldn't those who had studied alchemy have an unfair advantage? No wonder the scores of the first four rounds differed so much, those with high scores must have studied that way.

  The beautiful young woman saw the commotion below and raised her hand to calm it down, saying, "Wait until everyone has finished reading the questions and you'll understand. Even if someone has studied alchemy before, they're still on the same starting line as you. Of course, I won't rule out the possibility that some people have systematically studied it, or even seen the questions I'm about to bring out. If these people score high, it's only right, because they've worked hard enough, or had good opportunities."

  Everyone thinks that others understand a lot, and it's also the result of opportunity and hard work. Isn't the selection of disciples in Wuxing Academy to choose those with stronger abilities?

  The beautiful young woman saw that everyone had understood, and only then did she smile and say, "Don't stare at me, please pay attention to the table in front of you. Each person's table has a projection array. The topic of this exam is the Spiritual Grass Chapter from the foundation of alchemy, which mainly records the color, taste, shape, and nature of spiritual grass. This time we brought out an incomplete version of the Spiritual Grass Chapter, with about 4,600 pages."

  The contents of these 4,600 pages of Spiritual Grass Scripture will be flipped through in the projection array on your desk within three hours. You need to remember all the contents of these 4,600 pages within these three hours... After the three hours are up, our topic will be selected from among these 4,600 pages...

  Almost everyone is gasping in shock, no wonder the scores of the previous exam were so low. Memorizing 4600 pages of content in three hours is just too crazy.

  Ning Cheng was also secretly called a freak, this is almost less than five seconds to read a page. Because Ning Cheng knew that here one page is the content of a piece of paper, equivalent to two pages on Earth. And the pages here are slightly larger, if the words were any smaller, it would be too terrifying.

  Just as Ning Cheng was thinking that a powerful cultivator like him would definitely remember more things, the beautiful young woman smiled and said, "Later when the Spiritual Grass Chapter comes out, everyone please use your heart to memorize it, don't use your divine sense. This is shielded from divine sense usage. If you use your divine sense, not only will you not be able to see anything, but you will also fall into a blank period."

  The mind can't move, this is completely relying on memory. Ning Cheng finally understood why his brain went blank for a moment earlier.

  Ning Cheng thought to himself that with his exceptional memory, he didn't believe he could score only 70 or 80 points. His memory was beyond the realm of being just strong, it could even be said to be supernatural.

  "Alright, introduction is over. Please note that all candidates participating in this preliminary round should pay attention to their own desks, the projection will now begin."

  The beautiful young woman finished speaking, and Ning City immediately saw the first page of the Spiritual Grass Chapter appear on the table in front of him. The dense content made Ning City dare not think about anything else, his entire mind focused on memorizing the Spiritual Grass Chapter in front of him.

  The first page is displayed for less than five seconds and it's already on the second page. People with poor memory can't even remember the previous few lines.