“Hair curlers!”

With the warning shot fired, the assessment officially began.

The next moment, several city guards carried large boxes through the door, filled with papers… no, books!

Thick books!

A young instructor from the Great Xia War Academy smiled and said, “These are written exams! There are 660 sets of exams in total, some may be the same, some may be different. Take them and write. The War Academy gives a maximum of 100 points for languages, meaning if you pass 10 language courses, you get full marks.”

“Of course, you can write more. Each set of exams may have dozens of courses. You can fill them all out and try your luck. Maybe you’ll get 10 courses right out of dozens and get a perfect score! Each course has 10 questions, and you need to answer 6 correctly to pass!”

In the exam hall, everyone was silent after the warning shot.

After a while, a candidate raised his hand.

The young instructor said calmly, “Speak.”

“Teacher, if the exam I get is all languages of the myriad races that I don’t know, can I trade with someone else?”

“Your decision. Violation results in disqualification!”

“…”

Below, Su Yu raised an eyebrow slightly. It was indeed the same routine every year. Last year, the exams were the same, but the myriad races’ language papers were mixed up, making you find them yourself. This year, the exams are actually all different.

The War Academy’s assessment sometimes doesn’t just test martial arts and cultural courses; the Civilization Academy is the same.

Su Yu wasn’t entirely sure what the assessment was testing right now.

Different exam papers, different language exam papers. The language exams on the paper you get might not be languages you know at all. The languages of the myriad races that you know might be on someone else’s paper.

What should you choose to do at this moment?

Soon, Su Yu received a thick exam paper. He flipped through it casually and noticed some differences.

The Immortal Demon language, Common language, and Demon race language were the three basic language courses at the beginning, which everyone basically knew and had studied. But the papers that followed were language exams of various races.

Su Yu quickly flipped through the pages, giving them a quick scan. He knew a total of 20 languages. He had learned two more in the past two months, but on this set of papers, including the three basic courses, he only found 9 languages he had studied.

“90 points?”

Su Yu hesitated slightly. Even if he passed everything, he could only get 90 points for the cultural course, not 100.

The difference of 10 points, of course, might not be much to him, but for others, losing 10 points could affect whether they passed the assessment.

Su Yu was looking at the exam paper, and other students were also looking at it. Some were not in a hurry at all, knowing only three languages and starting to write.

As for the thick stack of papers behind… it was none of their business!

They wouldn’t be able to do it anyway, they couldn’t even understand it, so they simply pretended the papers behind didn’t exist.

Was it possible to exchange exam papers?

Su Yu didn’t know, but if the War Academy gave out such exam papers, it would be unfair to some outstanding students. Did that mean they could exchange them?

Su Yu looked at the invigilators at the front. They were all expressionless, and he couldn’t see any clues.

Most of the students started writing.

Su Yu hesitated for a moment, then quickly made a decision. He looked at a male student on his side who was also looking at the exam paper and said quickly, “Trade exams?”

The person looked like he was from out of town. He didn’t care who Su Yu was at the moment and quickly said when he heard this, “Do you have the Flying Tiger, Pangolin, Nine-Tailed Fox… these races’ exams?”

“Not too sure. Some of the ones you mentioned I don’t know, I don’t recognize…”

Su Yu shook his head. He hadn’t mastered some of them, so he naturally didn’t recognize them.

There were too many languages of the myriad races. Who knew which script belonged to which race.

The person next to him hesitated for a moment, then immediately said, “Trade!”

With that, the two exchanged exam papers.

The invigilators at the front watched without saying a word.

Now, others no longer hesitated. Some students who had mastered more languages began to exchange papers with others.

Trading exam papers didn’t mean you’d get what you wanted.

Soon, some people realized that the exam they exchanged for was worse than the one they had before and started looking for people to trade with again. At this time, the young instructor from the Great Xia War Academy said calmly, “Once you write your name, you are not allowed to exchange!”

As soon as he said this, many people’s expressions changed. They could only find other students who hadn’t written their names to continue exchanging.

The rustling sounds lasted for a few minutes, and now it was almost 10 minutes since the start of the exam.

And Su Yu, after exchanging for this set of exam papers, looked at it and found that he knew even fewer languages of the myriad races, only 8.

Su Yu frowned. It was getting fewer and fewer the more he exchanged!

Should he exchange again?

After hesitating for a moment, Su Yu gritted his teeth and decided not to exchange anymore. 8 languages was fine!

Su Yu lowered his head and started writing the exam paper!

And others also successively discovered that the exam papers they had exchanged for had fewer languages they knew than before, and some began to continue exchanging papers.

Just then, Old Xie suddenly pointed at a student and said coldly, “You can’t exchange papers more than 3 times. The exam has now officially started!”

“Teacher…”

The student who had exchanged three times had a change of expression. On his original paper, he knew five or six languages, but now he only knew three basic languages after exchanging. That was a loss of dozens of points all at once!

“Do you want to be disqualified?”

The student didn’t dare to speak anymore and, filled with frustration and depression, began to lower his head and write the exam paper.

And there were still some students who were looking at each other, only allowed to exchange three times?

…………

At the invigilator’s desk.

Old Xie and the other invigilators looked at each other and revealed faint smiles. Old Xie’s lips moved slightly, “Little Zhou, do you think they’ll regret exchanging papers?”

“Definitely.”

The young instructor also moved his lips slightly, “The ones they were given at the beginning were the ones that suited them the most. Some things can’t be perfect. Pursuing perfection in everything, picking up the watermelon and losing the sesame seeds, ultimately leads to a loss.”

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“For these students who are very good at cultural courses, they all start the same way, all with imperfections. They are not the only ones who can’t get full marks. Exchanging back and forth, they lose what originally belonged to them.”

The young instructor smiled and quickly said, “The more they exchange, the more depressed they become. These little guys, will their mentality collapse?”
“This kind of mentality will collapse, so don’t even bother coming to the War Academy!”

Old Xie wasn’t being polite at all. This was just a small test. If they couldn’t handle this, wouldn’t they completely collapse on the battlefield if they suffered a setback?

Speaking, Old Xie added, “I’m wondering how to create the exam next year. I’m almost out of tricks.”

“What’s the rush?”

The young man didn’t seem worried. He looked at the watch on his wrist and suddenly said, “The cultural assessment has a one-hour time limit! Twenty minutes have already passed, and the remaining time might not be enough!”

“…”

Below, some students’ faces changed completely!

For a one-hour assessment, they spent a long time just exchanging papers.

Looking for someone to exchange with, and then seeing if it matched their needs, exchanging once would take at least five or six minutes. Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye!

As for Su Yu, who was answering the questions, he couldn’t help but smile wryly.

Too tricky!

Was this even a proper exam?

At this rate, even some top students would probably be anxious. There wasn’t enough time. Some people couldn’t even find someone to exchange with, and even if they did, they wouldn’t have time to do it.

Even if they were fast, answering one paper in 10 minutes, with several courses, would still take tens of minutes.

…

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

“Collect the papers!”

With a command, the city guards entered the arena to collect and seal the papers. Some students looked dejected, it was too fast!

“If only I hadn’t exchanged papers just now!”

“So unlucky, I mastered 16 languages of the myriad races, but I only managed to write four sets of papers!”

“Last year’s exam wasn’t like this at all. This year is a complete mess. Does this mean that learning so many languages of the myriad races was a waste of time?”

“…”

Below, there were finally some low voices of discussion.

Too tricky!

Some guys who had mastered many languages were almost in tears. Before, they were all confident of scoring 100 points, but now some people would be lucky to get 30 or 40 points.

This was much more difficult than they had expected.

As for Su Yu, he hurried as much as he could and finished writing the papers for the 8 courses he had mastered. He breathed a slight sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn’t continue to exchange. Continuing to exchange would not only waste time, but even if he got them, he might not be able to finish all 10 papers.

Exchanging a few more times, he would be lucky to write three or five papers in the end.

“It’s good that I wrote all 8 papers. Even if they’re not all correct, I should still have a 60% accuracy rate. Hopefully, I can get 80 points.”

Su Yu was worried that the Civilization Academy in the afternoon would do the same thing.

“Your papers are being graded by specialists, so it will be very fast! The scores will also be released quickly, so don’t worry.”

Old Xie smiled and said, “The first exam is over, now we begin the second assessment!”

“The cultural assessment is over, so now it’s time for the cultivation assessment!”

As he spoke, another group of city guards entered the arena. Old Xie smiled and said, “Kaiyuan, open nine orifices! The mouth, nose, ears, and eyes are the seven basic orifices. Just saying you’ve opened them doesn’t mean you really have!”

“The first three levels of the Kaiyuan stage assessment begins!”

As his voice fell, each candidate had a cup in front of them, filled with liquid.

“For the first three levels of the Kaiyuan stage, opening the orifices of the mouth and nose, smelling and tasting are the basics. Smell if you can drink it, taste what the liquid is, what ingredients have been added. These are all basic materials, including common demon race blood and household condiments. Of course… there are also laxatives!”

Old Xie said calmly, “If you smell it wrong or taste it wrong, the rest of the exam will be irrelevant to you, because you’ll have to wait in the restroom. So be careful when you try it, and then write it down and submit it. This is the basic assessment for the first three levels!”

“I forgot to mention that there might also be drugs with sleep-inducing effects. If you taste it and fall asleep, you’ll miss the rest of the assessment.”

“…”

A candidate couldn’t help but raise his hand. After Old Xie gestured, he hurriedly said, “Teacher, last year’s assessment wasn’t like this. Last year’s assessment had limited answers, only ten options. Does this year not have options to choose from? If that’s the case, the range of choices is too big!”

“You’re wasting not just my time, but everyone’s!”

Old Xie said calmly, “If you want to take the exam, take it. If you don’t want to take it, shut up! That’s how Daxia Prefecture is testing this year, it’s not just you. If you want to chat with me for a while, I don’t mind, I have plenty of time!”

Hearing this, everyone was helpless.

Su Yu was also very helpless. This year’s assessment content was very different from last year’s. Although the process was similar, the specific details were completely different.

“Try carefully, smell it right before tasting it, and finally write down the results. I guarantee that the results won’t exceed your knowledge. You can also try writing randomly, maybe you’ll get it right.”

Old Xie also smiled and said, “The first three levels of the Kaiyuan stage don’t have any combat power at all. Are you planning to stage a free-for-all? If so, I don’t mind. The last hundred people standing will pass the assessment, how about that?”

“…”

The whole place was silent. What a joke, if everyone fought now, it would be just a street brawl. It would be embarrassing to go out with a black eye after taking an exam.

Since Old Xie said that it wouldn’t exceed their knowledge, everyone didn’t waste any more time.

Su Yu carefully smelled the liquid in front of him, making some judgments in his mind. “It smells like fire pig blood…”

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He was very sensitive to blood. Different blood had different smells.

Different races, and the different things that demon races were good at, were reflected in their blood.

Su Yu smelled it for a while, and didn’t feel any threat. He picked up the cup and carefully tasted a little bit, felt it, and quickly had the answer.

“Fire pig blood, normal duck blood, chili sauce, water, beef tallow…”

Su Yu quickly wrote down the answer. Other candidates also started to try one after another. Some were already filling in the answers, while others were still hesitating whether to taste it, worried about getting it wrong.

“Allocate your time reasonably!”

The young examiner spoke again, coldly, “Students who have written down the answers don’t have to wait for them, go to the back to participate in the assessment for the third level and above of the Kaiyuan stage!”
As soon as these words were spoken, many students quickly got up.

Su Yu was among them, worried that there would be time limits again, and he wouldn’t have time to participate in the assessment of other projects.

Su Yu had previously thought that the entire floor was just one space, but it turned out that there was another assessment venue behind the wall.

Su Yu and the others quickly entered the assessment venue behind, and Old Xie, the woman from the Yiqiang Department, and the person from the Zhenmo Army followed along.

…………

Inside the assessment venue at the rear.

At this moment, more than 30 people arrived one after another.

These people are all at the Kaiyuan level of the third level or higher. Of course, there are also many guys at the Kaiyuan level of the third level or higher who are still identifying that liquid.

“Kaiyuan fourth and fifth levels, open the ear orifice, improve hearing!”

Old Xie walked to the front with a smile, “You are just at the Kaiyuan level and have not been on the battlefield. Daxiafu will not demand too much of you, but since you have reached the fourth and fifth levels, the basic requirements must still be met.”

“Listen carefully…”

Old Xie reminded, and everyone hurriedly listened attentively. At this moment, it seemed that someone was talking in this examination room, but it was not clear.

“Now someone is reciting a cultivation technique. He will recite it 10 times, 5 minutes each time. After 50 minutes, if the people in front haven’t arrived and haven’t heard it, even if they are at the seventh or eighth level of Kaiyuan, they won’t pass this level. The 60 points for the fourth and fifth levels of Kaiyuan will not be given to him!”

“If you don’t know what’s important, waste time, or don’t allocate things reasonably, people like this will only hold you back on the battlefield!”

Old Xie said, and everyone vaguely heard the sound.

Indeed, someone was reciting something.

Su Yu listened to a few sentences, but it wasn’t very clear. At this time, a girl with braids in the crowd raised her hand. After Old Xie nodded, she frowned and said, “Teacher, what if someone knows this cultivation technique? He doesn’t need to listen at all, wouldn’t that be cheating?”

“Don’t worry, no one will know it.”

Old Xie said calmly, “This is a small clan’s cultivation technique that was just seized. This is the first time Daxiafu has obtained this cultivation technique. If someone knows it…then they are from the Ten Thousand Clan Sect!”

After saying that, Old Xie said playfully, “And sometimes the translated versions may not be the same. If the translated version you write is different from the one we recited, but similar to the one that the small clan provided to the Ten Thousand Clan Sect…hehe, this is the process every year, and many spies can be caught. I hope none of you will be caught in order to get into the academy!”

As if knowing what these people were wondering, Old Xie added, “Curious as to why I would say it out loud, instead of just catching them after they write it down? It’s very simple, to give you a chance. This small clan has been completely destroyed. If there are any members of this clan, there is still a chance to forget the past and start over.”

Su Yu was too lazy to listen. At this moment, he was concentrating on listening to the sound.

The sound was very vague, as if he could hear it, but as if he couldn’t.

As long as you’re not careful, it will become blurred.

In this way, if you don’t listen carefully, you can’t write it down.

Su Yu wrote intermittently, not bothering to care about others, nor did he have the energy to care about them.

Five minutes later, the first passage was read.

Su Yu looked at what he had written and wrote down about one-third of it. At this rate, he would need at least three to five more times to write it down completely.

There weren’t many words, about a thousand words or so.

Su Yu was doing well. Many people had only written a few words on the paper in front of them.

It was too difficult to keep up with the speed, listen, and write!

And in the examination room outside, students came in one after another. These people came in late and heard it fewer times, so they couldn’t write it down at all.

“I can probably write it down completely after listening to it three to five times, but Haozi that guy…don’t fall asleep listening!”

…………

Just as Su Yu was worried about Chen Hao.

Chen Hao was also listening.

He scratched his head. There were many words written on the paper in front of him, but the proctor glanced at it and almost couldn’t recognize it.

This guy wrote a lot, but what the hell did he write?

Of course, some people were in a worse situation than Chen Hao, with only a few scattered words written down, and they all looked depressed at the moment.

In this situation, even if some people reached the fourth or fifth level of Kaiyuan, they might not be able to get these points.

“If you only have the level but don’t know how to use it, people like this…it’s better not to enter the academy!”

The proctor thought to himself. After five years of studying at a mid-level academy, everything that should be taught has been taught. Except for not having any practical experience, these people are real warriors.

As a result, a group of warriors can’t even master the basic abilities. There is almost no hope of entering a war academy.

Just as the proctor was thinking about these things, Chen Hao raised his hand next to him and said with some depression, “Teacher, don’t keep wandering around in front of me! You’ve been wandering around several times. Can you go to other people’s places?”

“…”

The proctor was stunned, then smiled and said, “This is also a kind of test. On the battlefield, there will be various accidents…”

Chen Hao rolled his eyes, “If it was really on the battlefield, I would take out my knife and stab you to death! Teacher, if you wander around in front of me again, I will stab you!”

“…”

The proctor laughed. Not far away, the chief examiner nodded slightly, signaling him to leave Chen Hao’s side.

It was naturally inappropriate to keep wandering in front of a student. The main reason was that Chen Hao’s actions were too big, and he kept scratching his head, so the proctor circled around him a few more times.

The proctor walked to the side, his lips moved, and he said in a low voice, “The overall performance of the people from Daxiafu is much stronger than that of Nanyuan! The fourth and fifth levels of Kaiyuan are basic. There are not as many fourth and fifth levels on Nanyuan’s side as there are in Daxiafu.”

Daxiafu only had more than 400 people participating in the assessment, while Nanyuan had nearly 3,000 people.

There are not as many fourth and fifth levels as there are in Daxiafu.
The proctor wasn’t surprised and said in a low voice, “After all, Nan Yuan’s vitality is too weak, but…there are advantages too! Nan Yuan students progress slowly, and they have more time to polish their skills in each realm. Most Kaiyuan 4th level students can transcribe some of it, while many 5th and 6th level students from Great Xia Prefecture can’t even hear it clearly.”

The proctor shook his head, obviously feeling that these Great Xia Prefecture people were a bit embarrassing.

Their realm is stronger, but they progress too quickly, and the time they spend in the ear orifice stage is short. They are just eager to become stronger. Some 5th and 6th level guys might not score as high as 4th or 5th level Nan Yuan students.

…

Upstairs.

Su Yu had listened to it five times and completely transcribed the cultivation technique.

There were a few other students like him, not many, less than 10 in total.

In test center number 5, with 660 students, only that many people have completely transcribed it so far. The supervising teacher, Lao Xie, seemed a bit disappointed, but not surprised. The only surprising thing was that some 5th and 6th level students from Great Xia Prefecture hadn’t written it out yet.

Lao Xie didn’t care that other students were still listening and said, “Those who have transcribed it and are willing to participate in the Kaiyuan 5th level or higher examination, follow me!”

As soon as he said this, Su Yu and the others stood up.

Now, some people around them were anxious. Some of them had just come in, but these people were already going to participate in higher-level examinations.

Should they continue listening here, or go participate in the 5th level or higher examination?

What if it’s the same as this time, and they delay the next round of examinations?

“Reasonably allocate time, reasonably allocate energy and physical strength…”

Some people’s minds flashed back to the words of the young proctor before. A few students gritted their teeth, no longer hesitated, and stood up to participate in the 5th level or higher examination!

The listening test is worth 60 points.

Is it better to continue listening here and delay for a long time, or try to get other points? For some students above the 5th level, it’s a very difficult choice.

Listening for too long made them dizzy. If they continued, they might not be able to score in the subsequent examinations, which would be a big loss.

If they passed the Kaiyuan 7th level, each level would be worth 50 points, which could make up for the ear orifice examination.

Lao Xie, who was leading the way, smiled.

Sometimes it’s hard to make trade-offs.

The examinations of higher learning institutions don’t just look at strength and talent, but also other things.

Decision-making ability, judgment, and the balance between gains and losses… these all need to be mastered by these young students themselves. If it were just a matter of strength, why bother with examinations? They could just compare who has a higher realm and whoever wins.

Having a higher realm might be an advantage here, but if one passes the first few tests perfectly, it’s not impossible for a Kaiyuan 3rd level student to be admitted to the War Academy.

“Nan Yuan is still a bit weak. If there were more 4th and 5th level students, the people who came from Great Xia Prefecture this time might not even be as good as Nan Yuan’s students.”

Lao Xie thought about these things, but he didn’t forget to pay attention to a few outstanding students he had been following.

That kid Su Yu had done well in these tests. He made a quick decision after changing his answer once in the first test, passed 8 tests, and got 80 bonus points, which was probably the highest score in the entire venue this time.

“I’m a bit looking forward to whether this kid’s final exam score can be compared with the geniuses from Great Xia Prefecture…”

The entire prefecture had a unified examination, the content was the same, the process was the same, and the scores were the same. How many points Su Yu could get had nothing to do with whether he was a student from Nan Yuan.

Lao Xie was really looking forward to the result. In Nan Yuan, probably only this Su Yu had a chance to compare with the geniuses from Great Xia Prefecture. As for the others… there was no need to compare. The difference in realm alone was too big, and no matter how solid the basics were, there was a natural gap.