"Don"t worry, Director Chu. It has been sealed. Anyone who wants to review it cannot find any fault," Mr. Hou said with excitement.
It happened that he marked all three full-mark papers.
It was an honor.
It would become a much-told story in the future.
Unconsciously, he had looked at Lin Beichen as his own student and favored him.
"Yeah, this prodigal was unexpectedly able to make a great coup and set up such a record. For our Third College, it is an honor enough to be written into the annals of history."
"Why did we not find that this prodigal was so accomplished in theoretical courses?"
"Speaking of that, do you still remember Lin Tingchan?"
"Of course. She is Lin Beichen"s older sister, a super genius in Cloudy Dream City, famous all over the empire. But I remember that the best record of Lin Tingchan"s performance in theoretical courses was 100, 100, and 99 points, not as good as Lin Beichen"s."
"There are two super geniuses in the Lin family. Unfortunately, the Heaven-fighting Marquis... Alas."
After mentioning the Heaven-fighting Marquis, it was suddenly quiet in the conference room.
Different from the students who were young and naive, the teachers knew that the Marquis, who was born in Cloudy Dream City, had made great contributions to the empire.
Lin Jin"nan had repeatedly tried his best to save the situation and rescue the people in trouble.
The youngest man of the 10 Greatest Generals in the empire was also the only one of humble birth.
The name of Heaven-fighting Marquis once represented a mythological figure on the battlefield.
Unfortunately, he suddenly...
You never knew what would happen next.
Grade Dean Chu Hen said, "What happened to the Heaven-fighting Marquis has nothing to do with the college. We should stop talking about it... It"s a surprise that Lin Beichen made a great coup today in the knowledge tests. Pay attention to him in the martial arts tests tomorrow. I wonder if he can surprise us too."
"I"m afraid it"ll be difficult."
"Cramming can have an effect on knowledge tests because, for some geniuses who have an amazingly retentive memory, it is very easy to improve their performance in a short time. But in the martial arts tests..."
"Yeah, the two martial arts tests require long-time cultivation of Mystery Energy and martial skills. It cannot be done overnight. Lin Beichen just has level-one Mystery Energy in his body."
Other teachers talked about it.
On the second day...
The air was fresh, and the PM2.5 index was zero.
It was a very sunny day.
On the soph.o.m.ore practice court...
Among the more than thousand students, the ones of the same cla.s.s gathered together and stood in a square matrix.
Grade Dean Chu Hen stood on the high platform of the spectator seats and glanced over all the students. He fixed his gaze on Lin Beichen for a while, and then looked away. He did not say anything else, directly giving a sign to start the martial arts tests.
The martial arts tests included two parts.
The first one was the Mystery Energy test.
The second part was a battle in groups.
Compared with the knowledge tests that all students could take part in at the same time, the martial arts tests were more time-consuming and would last three days.
The test conducted this morning was to test one"s level of Mystery Energy.
It was relatively simple.
All the students in the same grade would draw lots, and then the draw would decide the grouping results. Each group of students would line up on different platforms and accept the test by means of the Mystery Energy-testing Stone.
Lin Beichen drew stone card No. 251.
Then he was drawn into Group Six.
According to the grouping, Lin Beichen went to the sixth platform and waited in line for the test.
Unexpectedly, before the test started, the old teacher Ding Sans.h.i.+ directly walked over and said, "Lin Beichen, because Wu Xiaofang, who took the first place in the last compet.i.tion, used a privilege, coupled with the joint request of other great talents, you have been allocated to another group. Follow me to the No. 1 platform and take the test."
All of a sudden, countless people looked at Lin Beichen, curious and sympathetic, with a pitying look.
The No. 1 platform had a special meaning in the previous compet.i.tions.
That was a place where the geniuses who were favored by school leaders.h.i.+p and many teachers took the test.
Yesterday, Lin Beichen made a great coup in the knowledge tests, got three full marks and set a record. It really caused hostility from other geniuses. Otherwise, according to Lin Beichen"s previous performance records, he would definitely not be eligible to be tested on the No. 1 platform.
The students could already imagine that during the martial arts tests, the soph.o.m.ore geniuses would take turns kicking Lin Beichen"s a.s.s.
It was simply terrible.
Lin Beichen followed Ding Sans.h.i.+ and walked toward the No. 1 platform. He whispered, "Mr. Ding, why does the one who took first place in the last compet.i.tion have such privileges?"
Ding Sans.h.i.+ did not turn back and said as he walked, "He just had some insignificant privileges of deciding on test order and test sites. It"s one of the symbols of the glory of the man who takes first place, unable to be used as awarded marks."
"Oh," said Lin Beichen.
After a pause, Ding Sans.h.i.+ said while walking, "You guy got three full marks yesterday, which shocked all the colleges of Cloudy Dream City. In the martial arts tests today, the United Examination Committee has sent a special observer to inspect the Third College, especially to observe you. Be disciplined in a while."
"Oh," said Lin Beichen again.
He understood that Mr. Ding was implying that he should not mess the tests up at will.
But how could that be possible?
Because of the previous bet that he had to take first place, he had to show off.
As long as others did not provoke him, Lin Beichen was happy to be a very low-key man.
After taking a few steps, Ding Sans.h.i.+ could not help asking Lin Beichen in a low voice, "What do you think of this compet.i.tion? Are you confident that you can come out in front in the martial arts tests today?"
Lin Beichen said, "Just so-so."
"What does that mean?"
"Oh, that is to say, it shouldn"t be difficult for me to take first place."
"Young man, don"t joke around. I"m asking you very formally."
"I"m not joking."
"Forget it, I"ll never ask again... I believe that you are uncomfortable at this moment. Different from the knowledge tests, cramming is meaningless in the martial arts tests. After all, you have a poor foundation. As long as you work hard and don"t fail the compet.i.tion, it should be not difficult for you to stay in college."
"Uh... Mr. Ding seems to care about me, right?"
"For the sake of your father."
"Did you have a good relations.h.i.+p with my father?"
"You"ll know later... Here we are."
While talking, they had come under the No. 1 platform.
Grade Dean Chu Hen and four other senior teachers were on the No. 1 platform, talking and laughing with a middle-aged man in a cyan brocade robe. Noticing the noise under the platform, they looked at Lin Beichen in unison.
Among them, a person was taking a sharp look at Lin Beichen.
He was the middle-aged man in a cyan brocade robe.
Presumably, he was the special observer of the United Examination Committee that Ding Sans.h.i.+ mentioned.
Lin Beichen had an illusion that this special observer seemed to be very hostile to himself.
"It was so weird," he thought to himself.