Chapter Ninety-Three Who is First

  Time is passing bit by bit, and some people even fainted after reading hundreds of pages. So much information flashed in a few seconds, can't be memorized with divine thoughts, completely relying on memory power, just thinking about it feels terrible.

  Even with a strong memory, it is extremely difficult to sustain high-intensity use of memory for several consecutive hours.

  After a period of time had passed, fainting was already considered mild, and several participating cultivators actually vomited blood on the spot due to excessive mental exertion.

  Ning Cheng was now completely immersed in deep memory, and the content of this exam did indeed put some pressure on him, but it wasn't too much. In the past, every time he took an exam, he would just read a book for one or two hours before the exam. The intensity of his memory was also very strong, and the reason why it wasn't as good as now was that he always had a lot of time before the exam, and another reason was that he didn't need to get 100 points, just scanning through with his eyes would allow him to remember.

  Nowadays, a page flashes by in about five seconds, which is still within Ning City's tolerance. As long as his eyes touch a place, it will generally be completely remembered. Ning City knows that this ability of his is a very special ability anywhere.

  On the continent of Yi Xing, even true flight can be cultivated. This special ability is astonishing, but it won't be out of this world compared to Earth's usual standards.

  At first, Ning Cheng barely finished reading one or two pages when the new page of the desktop projection array turned over. Later on, after Ning Cheng finished reading a new page, there was still time to spare. Although this spare time was at most only half a second, it allowed Ning Cheng to sort out his memories and rest his brain for a moment.

  Later on, Ning Cheng was no longer memorizing for the sake of exams, he felt that what he was reading were extremely useful things.

  Various shapes, grades, colors and smells of spiritual grasses, identification methods, growth environments and special effects of various spiritual grasses, which elixirs can be refined, and what effects will be produced by combining which spiritual grasses. These things were all remembered by Ning City without exception, he believed that these would be useful for his future.

  Zengjing had also given him a basic Lingcao book before, but the content of that book was only one-tenth of what was here.

  Three hours passed in the blink of an eye for Ning City, and it wasn't until he noticed that the shadow on the table in front of him had disappeared that he slowly lifted his head. He glanced at the beautiful young woman still standing on the round platform, and Ning City couldn't help but feel a certain affection for her. For three consecutive hours, six hours in total, this beautiful young woman hadn't moved an inch - she was indeed a qualified teacher.

  The key is that Ning City can still see that this woman's cultivation is at least in the Building Yuan Realm, and even exceeds the Building Yuan Realm.

  All candidates who participated in the preliminary written test focused their attention on the beautiful young woman because there was no projector.

  The young woman spoke again in a warm voice, "There's still half an hour left. Now let's give everyone half a stick of incense time to sort out what they remembered just now."

  The examination room was silent, and the half-column incense passed quickly. The woman then continued to say, "Before the written test, please ask all participants to write their names and the sect they represent on the top of the white paper."

  After a while, when everyone had finished writing their names, the woman continued, "Now, please look at the topic. On each person's desk in front of them, the topic for this written test will be projected. Write down the various properties and main characteristics of the ten kinds of spiritual grass on the white paper. Remember to be detailed, with a level of detail comparable to the basic spiritual grass article you saw earlier. Each of these ten questions is worth 10 points, for a total of 100 points."

  Ning Cheng let out a breath, this kind of question was not challenging for him at all. He had already memorized the Spiritual Grass Chapter from earlier, as long as the questions were within that chapter, he would definitely be able to write them down.

  Ning Cheng took a look at the questions and found that they were all from the Spiritual Grass Chapter he had just read. If he hadn't read the Spiritual Grass Chapter earlier, he wouldn't have known any of these questions. All of these spiritual grasses were what he had seen earlier, and he had never seen them in any other book before.

  However, when Ning Cheng saw the tenth question, he was suddenly stunned. Please write down the name of the first spiritual grass introduced on page 2932 and its various properties.

  It's not that he can't, but just now he not only remembered every single content on each page, but also the serial number of each page. The key is that once he does this question, it means his incredibly powerful memory will be exposed without a doubt. If he doesn't do this question, he can still make an excuse that he saw the Basic Spirit Grass chapter somewhere else.

  Ning Cheng knew that even if he didn't do this question, he would definitely be able to enter the Five-Star Academy. Those with 76 points could get in, but he had 90 points and still couldn't get into the academy, which was a strange thing.

  If he did this question, he would make a big splash, but there were not many benefits. At most, the ranking changed from second to first, and then participated in the rematch with the identity of the first, without substantial rewards.

  Ning Cheng wasn't particularly worried about exposing his memory in a place like this. The Yi Xing mainland was different from Earth, it was a Cultivation continent. There were all sorts of strange people here, and those with strong memories weren't just him alone. Moreover, when one's divine consciousness became powerful in the future, their memory would become secondary.

  Ning Cheng was concerned about whether there were any substantial rewards, but now that there weren't any, he didn't want to take the lead anymore. After all, he still had the Xuan Huang Pearl in his body, and since the last time the Xuan Huang Origin remolded his meridians and merged with him. Ning Cheng believed that ordinary people would absolutely not be able to see that he had the Xuan Huang Pearl, but it was always better to be cautious, and now that the goal had been achieved, why bother taking the lead?

  Jiudao finished the questions in Ningcheng very quickly and left the tenth question blank.

  Just as half a time was about to pass, the middle-aged beauty suddenly spoke again, "This round of written test is the same as the previous ones, and there is an additional question. The additional question is also very difficult. I will recite the additional question orally, please listen carefully."

  Ning Cheng only then understood that a perfect score was 110 points, and if he did the extra questions, as long as he didn't draw attention to himself, he wouldn't continue pretending not to know how to do them.

  Everyone had paper and pen ready, the middle-aged beauty slowly said, "What we just saw was the basic spiritual grass article. Now our additional test question is the simplest spiritual grass configuration problem. The topic is as follows: now there are ten different spiritual grasses, if you need to choose six of them to refine a furnace of Dan medicine, how many selection methods do you have?"

  This question sounds very simple, some people have already enthusiastically picked up their pens and started combining on the white paper.

  Ning Cheng was stunned, and there was still a problem with the arrangement combination? This topic only took him less than three seconds to calculate that the result is 210 kinds. But if you think this topic is simple, then you are greatly mistaken. In just a few short minutes, it's very difficult to list out 210 different combinations.

  As expected, the candidates who started to arrange them one by one with a pen immediately knew how difficult it was. It's not just a few or dozens of questions, but even more than that.

  The last bit of time passed quickly, and those who could really calculate the results with Ning City were few and far between.

  "Time's up, please use your own jade token to press down on the answer sheet and enter the written examination hall. After five breaths, the answer sheet will be transmitted away."

  It's said that after the fifth breath, the answer sheets will be sent away. Those candidates who were still arranging the Lingcao selection method hastily wrote a number and pressed their jade cards on the answer sheet.

  Ning Cheng had long since finished his test and after his exam papers were taken away, he followed the crowd of first round participants out of the examination hall.

  Ning Cheng had just walked out when Ji Luo Fei, who had been waiting for a while, hurriedly ran over and asked, "How was the written test?"

  "It should be no problem getting on the list, it'll be out soon, let's go wait outside the big screen." Ning Cheng pulled Ji Lu Fei out of the crowd.

  ……

  Outside the huge six-sided array screen on Mozhe Square, it was already packed with people. Everyone was waiting for the exam results to come out.

  Because the written tests of the five preliminary rounds have all ended, everyone has started discussing the questions. When others heard that the fifth round was to memorize nearly 5,000 pages of Spiritual Grass Foundation within three hours without using divine sense, they were instantly stunned and speechless. Immediately, someone mentioned that the previous rounds also required memorizing around 4,000 pages of material foundation. Those who did not participate in the preliminary rounds no longer had any illusions; this kind of examination absolutely does not exist by chance.

  "It's definitely going to be Yiyang this time, I reckon that when the score of 94 comes out, even the teachers grading the papers won't dare to believe it." A young girl in a pink dress not far from Ning City covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled.

  "Needless to say, look at the third place, it's only 76 points, and it's far behind Leng Shixiong." Someone next to the girl immediately echoed.

  A man in white clothes hastily bowed his hands and said, "The results of the fifth game have not come out yet. It's too early to say first at this time."

  "Yiyang big brother, you are 100% the first. I think only you, Yiyang big brother, would be willing to participate in the preliminary written test among the pure spiritual roots." The girl did not agree with the white-clothed man's modesty.

  "That's for sure, that's the real deal. If someone else had a pure spiritual root, they wouldn't have been able to participate in the preliminary round at all. What's the purpose of the competition? Isn't it just to be chosen by one of the five-star academies? Leng Shixiong has a pure wood spiritual root, any of the five-star academies would fight over him." Someone on the side chimed in agreement.

  "It's said that Ling Nai Xin, the representative of Thunder Five Star Academy, is also a Pure Spirit Root. She was originally the core disciple of Thunder Academy, but she also insisted on signing up for the preliminary written exam, just like Cold Shixiong." A gray-clothed youth spoke up, somewhat refuting the pink-robed girl.

  "Is that Ling Nianxin? The one who got 85 points in the third preliminary round and was first in the individual competition?" someone asked in surprise. It's clear that no one expected both high scores to be from pure spiritual roots.

  "Even if Ling Nai Xin is a pure spirit root, she only scored 85 points and will still be second on the overall ranking. Yi Yang big brother is first." The red-clothed girl continued to firmly support her Yi Yang big brother.

  More and more people around joined in the discussion, that man in white clothes was even more humble with his fists closed, but his proud and complacent eyes had already shown that he got the first place was a matter of course.

  Ning Cheng seemed to have understood, this person should be Leng Yiyang who scored 94 points in the preliminary written test. He thought of Shui Yu who flew down from the wine tower earlier, also wearing a white robe, and couldn't help but mutter, "Indeed, he's trying to show off by wearing white."

  "What's the point of pretending to be elegant in white clothes?"

  Ji Luo Fei had just asked a question when she heard someone loudly say, "The fifth block of the Array Projection Screen has lit up, the results of the fifth written test are about to come out."

  (Here is the second update, goodnight to all friends who support the Gate of Creation!)