Chapter 93: Marking the Examination Papers
n his previous life, when he was a middle schooler, he once had a crush on a girl and
intentionally tried to perform before her even if it meant going against her. This was all just to
capture her attention!
From the very beginning, this woman had been going against him no matter what he did. It was
highly probable that she might be up to the same thing as well.
Otherwise, was there a need for her to treat him with such ill attitude?
[Sigh, you aren't ugly yourself, there must be many males pursuing you, so why must you get so
obsessed over me?]
Zhang Xuan felt incomparably complexed.
Looks like being pursued by others wasn't anything good either.
The pressure on a transcender was as heavy as a mountain!
"Give up?"
Wen Xue staggered. She felt a mouthful of fresh blood regurgitating in her mouth, threatening
to spit out at any moment.
[You were the one who was trying to attract my attention to get on my good books, alright?
When did I become the one who intentionally caused you trouble?
The heck!
Explain yourself! What does that look of pity mean? What the heck do you mean by that I should
give up on you?
No matter what, I am a beauty who is pursued by many. How did it turn out as though I am
unable to be wedded and had to latch onto you?]
Grinding her teeth, Wen Xue's face twitched and the wrath raging within her was on the verge
of erupting.
Just when she was about to lose control over her emotions and attack this self-assuming man,
the young man shook his head, walked towards a bench by the side and sat on it.
His footsteps were light and inconspicuous.
impression with them. If so, it would be difficult for her to pass the apprentice apothecary
examination in the future.
"Fine, I'll let you off for now. When the results come out later on, look at how I'll teach you a
lesson!"
Glaring coldly at the self-assuming fellow, Wen Xue clenched her jaws furiously.
Couldn't be bothered with this woman who had a 'crush' on him, Zhang Xuan sat on the bench
and began to organize the knowledge within his head.
Most of the information on the medicinal herbs were the crystallization of the knowledge of
numerous predecessors, so there weren't many mistakes in them. Zhang Xuan isolated the
remaining few mistakes and studied them carefully.
When his consciousness was still absorbed in the Library of Heaven's Path, the examination
came to an end. It was finally time for everyone to submit the papers.
"Wait at the entrance. Those who passed the examination will be notified to attend the next
round!"
Ouyang Cheng shook his hand and chased out the crowd. Picking up a brush, he started to mark
the papers one by one.
As he marks, his eyebrows slowly knitted together and his complexion darkened.
"Brother Ouyang, how is it? Is there anyone who passed the examinations this time? I happen to
need an apprentice!"
Just when he was done marking all of the papers, a middle-aged man walked in.
The other 1-star apothecary of the Apothecary Guild, Du Man.
"It is the paper of a playboy, so the results must be even worse than the others. It is clear that he
wouldn't pass even if I don't look through it. Rather than get angry while marking it, I might as
well just leave it there..."
Remembering the fellow who sped through the paper, Ouyang Cheng's mood took a dive.
[A fellow who submitted his papers after answering the questions for an hour, it is obvious that
he won't pass the examinations. There's no need to mark the papers at all!
What is going on? The previous two examinations, there were at least three to four people who
were able to pass the first round. Yet, this time, after spending so much time marking the paper,
only two people were qualified for the next round. The scripts of the other examinees were all a
mess!]
"Indeed! For there to not be a single error! We intentionally left a few difficult questions at
some parts and even if I were to answer it myself, I would have most probably fallen into those
traps and commit a mistake..."
Du Man's face was also filled with incredulity.
The reason why he was so confident with the paper was because the questions on this paper
were rather abstract, such that even official apothecaries like them would be unable to derive
the correct answer without jogging their memory, logically rationalizing from it and even
flipping through the books to double check their contents.
However, not only was there not a single mistake in the answers, they were actually... phrased
out extremely succinctly!
This... How was this possible?
"There isn't a single mistake in this paper... Brother Ouyang, why were you so certain that he
would be unable to pass the examination?"
After getting through the shock, Du Man couldn't help but ask him.
There was never a candidate in the Tianxuan Kingdom Apothecary Guild who answered the
examination paper so well before. For Brother Ouyang to fail such a genius without even
looking at his script, he was too rash!
"I..." Ouyang's face flushed. He felt so embarrassed that not a single word came out from him
for a very long time.
He was known for being strict and meticulous, earning the respect of many through such. Yet,
today...
The slap on his face stung as though it was on fire.
He clearly saw the fellow finishing the paper in less than an hour without putting much effort
into it, how did he... get it all right?
Even he was unable to accomplish such a feat with that speed!
Could it be that the fellow's knowledge had already exceeded that of his?
To label a person whose knowledge of medicinal herbs exceeded his as a playboy and a failure?
[The heck, can reality not be so damned?]
Ouyang Cheng felt his entire body go stiff, as though constipated.
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