37: Cultivator Assessment (Additional Update for Li Hanyuan)

Initially, through the 'warm-hearted' efforts of Chen Ping on the school forum, and with the endorsement of younger students, 'Lu Chen's deeds' began to spread in a small circle.

The reason it spread so widely was mainly due to the victim's own confirmation; Chu Kai personally admitted it on the forum of Second High School.

Although a few classmates saw things differently from what he said, everyone was still more inclined to believe the firsthand account.

An infiltrator from Second High School appeared on the First High School forum, and after five days of fermentation, even the phrase left at the scene had spread.

Just as he was about to brace himself and explain clearly, Lu Chen spoke again, "Actually, I don't care much. My main concern is that phrase the person left for the younger students; it feels like something I said myself."

"It almost made me think I really had fought someone. If I hadn't actually been in the lab, I almost would have believed it."

"But these are not important things. I mainly want you to focus on your review. Send me a photo of your ID card. Come find me in the lab tomorrow, and I'll take you to the assessment."

"Also, some materials Lin Bufan prepared for you; I'll send them to you in a bit. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."

...How could there be nothing? It just passed so lightly. Li Wen was starting to change his opinion of Lu Chen. This was clearly someone who completely disregarded achievement and reputation for the sake of Breeder development.

Whether it was researched by him or by himself, he was happy. What should I do? I feel he's a bit noble.

Now he also understood why Lin Yan favored him. Although his knowledge hadn't reached that level yet, he already possessed a master-level mindset.

I understand and respect it, but I won't study it. My two little ones at home are real money pits. If breeding could make money, I would consider a part-time job.

Never mind, it's study time now.

Anything sent by a senior brother at the last minute must be pre-exam cram material.

In fact, what Lin Bufan had originally prepared was cram material, but unfortunately, his good intentions went awry, and he sent the wrong file.

The name of the wrong file was, "Advanced Breeder Advancement Knowledge."

Li Wen: ???

"On the development of a pet beast's Mystic form..."

The more he read, the more he felt something was off, but the panel's reaction was spot on.

[Knowledge point +1]

[Knowledge point +1]

...[Knowledge point +5]

Towards the end, adding one point seemed insufficient, so it directly started adding five points... Li Wen didn't sleep all night, his brain filled with knowledge.

With two dark circles under his eyes, he found Lu Chen in the laboratory. At this time, he was still washing up.

Lu Chen himself didn't have high demands for quality of life, so he simply didn't go home and lived directly in the laboratory.

"What's up (so early)?"

"Ptooey~"

"Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

A moment later, he took out a stack of papers. Upon closer inspection, they were all copies of Li Wen's ID card.

So, besides leading the way, your role was also that of a 'DiDipinch hitter' (a play on words for 'DiDi Dàdǎ' - a proxy driver, here meaning proxy printer), the 'printing' kind.

If he had said so earlier, he could have printed them himself in advance, but Li Wen quickly realized he was wrong.

Upon arriving outside the Third High School examination hall, Lu Chen quickly moved between various windows. Soon, the large stack of copies in his hand was swept away like flyers.

Some people outside the venue were still like headless flies, unaware of the submission order for the various windows.

The reason so many materials needed to be submitted was mainly because the requirements of the Breeder Association were more stringent, leading to different input procedures for Breeder information in various places.

Therefore, personal information in different formats had to be submitted at three windows—city, municipality, and province—for the issuance of Breeder certificates.

Li Wen finally understood why, even though the exam duration was only one hour, the entry time was from 7 AM to 9 AM.

It turned out that entry was in batches. The earliest batch were probably those who were trying again, as well as those like himself who had someone to guide them.

"Aren't you going back?"

As it neared the start, Li Wen was curious why Lu Chen wasn't going back to do research.

"My jade powder set meal research is complete. Compared to the new topic assigned by the teacher, I'm more curious about your written exam score."

"Besides, occasional relaxation isn't a bad thing."

"I truly feel the anxiousness of a parent sending their child into the College Entrance Examination hall."

Li Wen: No, you, just as I was about to praise you, you're back to your old habits, taking advantage like this.

Li Wen rolled his eyes, "Alright, I shouldn't have asked you."

"Then you just stay put and keep a good eye out for any competitors for me."

...After entering the examination hall, Li Wen did feel a bit nervous. After all, it was his first major exam since his rebirth.

Exams, exams, exams, the teacher's magic weapon; scores, scores, scores, the students' lifeblood.

This wave, ah, was purely a passive trigger.

"Young man, excuse me, where is examination room 307?"

Turning around, he saw an old man in his sixties standing in front of him.

Even though he had heard many rumors about the high difficulty of the Breeder written exam, he hadn't expected someone of such an age to still be taking the assessment.

Although he wanted to help, he wasn't a volunteer! And no matter how young he looked, he couldn't look like a middle school student, could he?

"Student, excuse me, where is examination room 307?"

"This is Building Two. The building to your left next door is Building Three. Go up the left staircase to the third floor, and the first room is it."

"Okay, thank you." After thanking the person, he turned to the old man and said, "Grandpa, I'm also a candidate for 307. You can follow me; I'll take you."

To make the old man believe him, he even took out his paper admission ticket.

"So you're a candidate too." The emotional fluctuations of older people generally weren't too great; in just two seconds, the old man accepted the fact.

"Young man, it's good to be brave and try new things."

"Don't be disheartened if you fail; you're still young and have plenty of time."

Before the exam even started, the old man had already begun to counsel Li Wen on the way.

It wasn't until Li Wen entered the examination room that he finally got some peace. Although the old man meant well, listening to it all the way was ultimately a bit annoying.

With a gentle breeze, the written exam began.

Many mechanical eyes were perched on the walls. These were all small avatars of the mechanical pet beast, 'Heavenly Eye.' For an assessment with this many people, just one monarch-level 'Heavenly Eye' made cheating completely impossible.

Based on his experience from his previous life, Li Wen still habitually scanned through it. Good heavens, it was completely different from the content he had crammed; not a single question was the same.

Fortunately, the questions didn't seem too difficult.

First question: What are the fur composition of a Fire Spotted Cat and its functions?

Answer: Black, red, white.

Black is mainly distributed on the head, back, and tail, and its main functions are to absorb heat and transmit energy.

Red is on the 'King' character on the head and the ring on the tail, and its main function is to store energy.

White is the fur on the paw pads, and its sole purpose is to protect the paw pads.

Only the white part was easy to overlook in this question; everything else was very simple.

No, let me look at the ones after... OS: This isn't difficult either?

After checking, he looked up and saw that only twenty minutes had passed. Was he really a genius?

The invigilator saw that Li Wen already had the urge to hand in his paper and thought, "This is indeed too difficult for high school students, but to give up so soon is too impatient."

He said, "Calm down, think more. You can only hand in your paper in the last twenty minutes."

Although that was the rule, the first half of his sentence was purely his own desire for Li Wen to try harder.

And so, Li Wen had to wait until 08:10 before walking out of the examination room.

"How do you feel?" Lu Chen asked.

"I feel pretty good. Let's wait for the results at 10:30."