novelraw Chapter 61 Simulation 2
Chapter 61 Simulation 2
With three chimes, the one-day mock exam finally came to an end.
As dusk fell, the candidates walked out of the examination hall one after another, each with a somber expression.
Some people anxiously huddled together to check the answers, some stood blankly in a corner, and some were on the verge of tears—all aspects of life were on full display here.
On the other side, the spacious hall at the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave was also bustling with people.
In order to grade the results as quickly as possible, Guo Lichan gathered all available teachers here to grade the results in three subjects.
The marking of the few subjects that had ended early was nearing its end. Some people were busy with the final grading, some were busy calculating scores, and some had already begun transcribing the results...
Under the pale yellow light of dozens of fluorite stones, everyone was busy but not chaotic, and Guo Lichan, who was sitting quietly drinking tea, was quite satisfied.
After finishing the last exam, Fang Yingyue hurriedly returned with the answer sheets from the top-tier class. As soon as she entered the grading area, she saw Fatty Huang, who was in charge of the numerology courses for the Xuan and Huang classes, and casually asked, "Graded? How did it go?"
"What else can we say?" Fatty Huang laughed awkwardly. "117 people, and they only got a total of 500 points. At least that's enough to make up the difference..."
"There are more turtles than points..." a teacher nearby complained.
Fang Yingyue glanced in the direction he pointed and saw a pile of answer sheets scattered haphazardly in the corner. At a glance, they were covered with all sorts of drawings, mostly turtles, followed by portraits of people with round heads, fat ears, and short beards—uh, exactly the face of this chubby yellow guy…
It was both infuriating and laughable, but Fang Yingyue was in no mood for jokes at the moment. Just then, the proctor for the Earth Class came in with the exam papers and asked, "Can a few of the good ones be collected separately?"
"Four of them were pretty good; at least they made it to the end." The female proctor handed over the four answer sheets she was holding in her left hand, and then stuffed a stack of papers in her right hand into Fatty Huang's hand, laughing, "You can do the rest. Some of them made it to the second round, so they'll get some points."
Fatty Huang stared intently at the papers shoved into Fang Yingyue's hands, drooling, "At least let me grade one that's passable..."
Only four?
Fang Yingyue was a little disappointed. She waved to Fatty Huang, added the four answer sheets to the top-tier answer sheets, found a spacious spot, and began grading them impatiently.
Soon after, Teacher Yue and Guo Xiqin also joined the grading team. The three of them sat around three tables, forming a triangle shape, and buried themselves in grading.
Fang Yingyue only graded the students with good grades, while the other two were responsible for the students with poor grades. Several other teachers were also there to help with the final score.
Guo Lichan also took a teacup and sat down nearby. Every time a good score was given, someone would bring the answer sheet to the old dean's desk.
Everyone knows that the number of promising students Aolai Academy can produce this time depends entirely on this stack of answer sheets.
"Zero points, another zero, the third one already, are the top students all this bad..."
"13 points, haha, at least one player got double digits..."
……
The fastest scores to come out are naturally the worst ones. Guo Lichan listened to the teacher muttering to himself, but remained unmoved.
"Has Chen Xuanbiao's been born yet? Show it to me quickly..."
Some cultivators were anxiously waiting for Chen Xuanbiao's results, holding several scores. When Teacher Yue heard this, he specially looked through the handwriting, found Chen Xuanbiao's answer sheet, and graded it first.
46 points!
The results were disappointing, but it was obvious that several people around him breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn, it's at least 46!"
The cultivator breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the results. He grabbed the exam paper and rushed to Guo Lichan's desk, introducing Chen Xuanbiao's scores to the old dean: "Great Wilderness 93, Four Arts of Cultivation 100, Moral Theory 83. Elder Guo, what do you think of these scores? Is there any hope?"
"Your general knowledge is a bit lacking, and your understanding of the Great Wilderness still has room for improvement, but don't worry, let's wait for the overall rankings to come out." Guo Lichan comforted the cultivator, "I know, Chen Xuanbiao, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, the academy will always do its best to help him."
"Alright, alright!" The cultivator agreed and withdrew, waiting to wait for the final rankings to be released. He muttered through gritted teeth to the cultivator beside him, "Damn it, making this so difficult is just asking for trouble! Xuan Biao was so sure of himself, but his divination score dropped by dozens of points... Damn it!"
"Feng Xiangguo, 69 points! It's out! Finally, someone passed! Damn, he even passed this test, and he's from the lowest grade! Our Aolai isn't without talent!"
Fang Yingyue finally graded a passing paper, and the bald man immediately calculated the score, shouting excitedly as he eagerly presented it to the old dean's desk.
The Earth Class really has some experts!
Guo Lichan couldn't help but stroke his beard and smile.
Upon hearing Feng Xiangguo's name, someone immediately brought up his scores in other subjects—70 in the Great Wilderness Treatise, 93 in the Four Arts of Cultivation, and 87 in Moral Theory. His overall score was surprisingly comparable to Chen Xuanbiao's.
They're practically identical to the people in the Earth Class!
The cultivator guarding Chen Xuanbiao's score shook his head and frowned, becoming even more nervous.
At this time, the other three subjects had already begun to register the scores. Guo Lichan had someone bring the rosters of the four classes and hung four large sheets of paper directly on the wall of the Water Curtain Cave, and had people write down the scores one by one, just waiting for the divination to be performed to calculate the total score.
Fang Yingyue then approved three more papers, all from the "Di" class: Wei Yiye (62), Li Fengping (48), and Yu Qianqian (43).
"Wei Yiye is currently in first place, with an average score over 80, that's pretty good..."
"This is the class monitor of Class 'Earth', who was among the top eight in last year's college-wide competition."
……
Amidst the whispers, Fang Yingyue felt something was off.
The proctor for Class 1 only gave her four answer sheets. She thought they were from Cai Fei, Wei Yiye, Feng Xiangguo, and Li Fengping, but she didn't expect the fourth one to be from Yu Qianqian.
What about Cai Fei's?
Amidst the urging from those around her, she didn't have time to think it through. Several answer sheets were mostly blank, so Fang Yingyue simply handed them to Guo Xiqin. She only continued grading after finding one with familiar handwriting.
This is one of the three geniuses specially recruited by Xingyue. He got all three pages right and also got 3 points on the last page. Fang Yingyue wrote down the score with a stroke of her pen—83!
"Tang Moumou—83!" The bald man's shout attracted seven or eight people to gather around.
"It's a sure thing, this result is absolutely guaranteed."
"Teacher Fang is truly skilled..."
The marking center was in high spirits. Tang's total score was quickly calculated to be 360, immediately replacing Wei Yiye as the new number one, far ahead of the others.
Fang Yingyue felt a little smug—it was time to boost morale. Thinking this, she simply flipped through all the answer sheets and also looked out the answer sheets of the other two outstanding disciples.
"Gu Moumou, 85, total score 352!"
"Xie Moumou, 79, total score 354!"
With two consecutive high scores, the atmosphere at the marking center quickly reached a climax.
"Aolai is full of geniuses! Someone actually managed to get an 85 on this test!"
"To be honest, I almost fainted when I saw the divination paper while proctoring the Yellow Class exam. It was so difficult! There's no way anyone could pass! It seems that Master Guo was right after all; his high-salary special appointment was indeed justified."
"How can there be so many high scores! Elder Guo, Xuanbiao's score is way too low. Where would he rank in Xingyue? Does he even have a chance?"
With Chen Xuanbiao's high score, the cultivator guarding the score became anxious again. He thought the test paper was written by Xingyue and rushed to Guo Lichan's table, wanting a definite answer.
"Don't be too anxious. 322 is still a good result. If you work harder in the next three months, there's still a good chance," Guo Lichan comforted her.
The exam paper came from Yingtian Academy, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Caves. Although it was modified, the difficulty level was similar.
Yingtian Academy is a major Confucian school, renowned for its teachers and academic atmosphere in the Heavenly Realm. A score of 350 is enough to get into the top twenty in Yingtian, making entry into the Great Wilderness quite certain. Chen Xuanbiao and others are also contenders. There are still many papers to answer, and there should be quite a few promising talents in the future. The results are already better than the old dean had expected, so he felt quite reassured at this moment.
"Is there any hope...?" the cultivator murmured, recalling the boy's dejected appearance after the divination exam. He shook his head, glanced at the results on the cave wall, and went out to comfort Chen Xuanbiao.
We really found the right teacher, Mr. Yue. The results of the "Great Wilderness Master" class in the top-tier class are only slightly inferior to those in Yingtian. It's just a pity about the results of the bottom-tier class...
As the teachers quickly tallied the scores, the large sheet of paper hanging on the cave wall was gradually filled with marks. Guo Lichan stood up, walked to the cave wall to look at the results, and saw the "80+" marks in the "Great Wilderness" column of the "Heavenly Class" and the few "60+" marks in the "Earthly Class". He couldn't help but sigh.
"How did he become a disciplinary officer? Look at his grades, he probably won't even make it into the top fifty of the academy..."
"Those two subjects were terrible, but the four arts were perfect scores, that's pretty impressive!"
"A level six Qi Refining cultivator can get full marks in all four arts? Which art did he choose? Did any of you see him choose it?"
……
A few whispers suddenly drifted into the old dean's ears. Following the fingers of those people pointing, he saw the name Cai Fei from Class 1. His scores for the first three subjects were: Great Wilderness 65, Four Arts of Cultivation 100, and Moral Theory 75.
Judging from the top three subjects alone, they really wouldn't even make it into the top fifty, the old dean frowned.
Both "Dahuang Tong" and "Moral Theory" require hard work. The students in Class 2 of the Earth class generally had very poor grades in these two subjects, but Wei Yiye scored above 80 in both subjects, while Yu Qianqian and Li Fengping both scored above 90.
Cai Fei volunteered to be the class discipline officer, but he only got this score?