8: Theoretical assessment

Xiao Weiqing tapped his Wristband against the card.

In the next second.

The card instantly burst with light, and the desk, along with Xiao Weiqing, was enveloped by a square light screen.

Xiao Weiqing could only see the screen in front of him. There was a countdown in the top right corner, and the surrounding light screen blocked his view of anyone else.

"Let's begin."

Wasting no time, Xiao Weiqing started answering the questions. For the theory class, relying on the memories in his mind, he still had some confidence. He didn't expect a score of 9, but an 8 should be achievable.

Xiao Weiqing's fingers moved rapidly, clicking on the holographic screen. He quickly finished the Language, Mathematics, and History sections; these questions weren't difficult.

The difficult parts were the Spiritual Qi and Yao Beast questions that followed.

Especially the Yao Beasts; there were no fewer than a thousand known and dangerous species, plus some strange variants. Every year, there were questions that went beyond the syllabus because the types of discovered Yao Beasts increased annually.

Multiple-choice question.

Which tail of a Four-Tailed Blue Fox is poisonous?

"Weren't they all Two-Tailed? How did it get to Four-Tailed? The version updates are too fast, aren't they?"

"Sigh, another one I don't know. I'll just guess."

Whenever Xiao Weiqing encountered something he didn't know, he just picked an answer and didn't plan on going back to check.

If you don't know it, you don't know it.

Short answer question.

"If you encounter an adult Gale Tiger in the wild, how should you respond?"

Xiao Weiqing's fingers quickly wrote down a few words: "Call for help, run."

Actually, Xiao Weiqing had thought about writing 'wait for death,' but he felt that wasn't quite appropriate.

Right now, they hadn't undergone the Supernatural Awakening yet, so they had no means of fighting an enemy.

Of course.

If there were many people, maybe they could choke the Gale Tiger to death with the legendary 'Sliding Tackle' technique.

An adult Gale Tiger had at least Rank 1 strength and was extremely fast; he couldn't think of any way to survive.

Time passed.

Everyone in the classroom was clicking rapidly on their screens.

"Ten minutes left until the end of the exam," the proctor reminded them.

By this time, Xiao Weiqing had already finished the exam.

There were too many questions, and he was too lazy to check them. It was about as he expected—estimated to be around 8 points, maybe 8.5 if he was lucky.

Ten minutes later.

The exam bell rang.

The light screen vanished.

"Students, the exam is over. Results will be announced in one hour and can be checked on your Wristbands."

"Also, I wish you all a smooth Supernatural Awakening tomorrow."

...Xiao Weiqing stood up to stretch, walked out of the school gates, and then squeezed through the crowded streets to arrive at the Tianxue Bingcheng milk tea shop.

Wei Lan was already waiting and spotted Xiao Weiqing in the crowd at a glance.

"Brother Qing, over here!"

Wei Lan waved, holding two cups of milk tea in her other hand.

"Brother Qing, here."

"Thank you."

"Brother Qing, how did you do on the exam?" Wei Lan asked.

"It was alright. How about you?"

Wei Lan stuck out her tongue upon hearing this. "My theory classes are no good. I estimate that after conversion, I'll only get 9 points."

Xiao Weiqing: "?"

What a girl. I have no grudge against you, so why are you humble-bragging in front of me?

"Brother Qing, it's dinner time. Let's go eat."

Xiao Weiqing shook his head. "Never mind, I want to head back to school first."

Wei Lan seemed to recall something. "Then can we go eat at your school?"

Xiao Weiqing looked at Wei Lan in surprise; she was a very considerate girl.

"Wei Lan, as for me, I have no father or mother and grew up in an orphanage. If I don't get a good talent during tomorrow's Supernatural Awakening, I don't know where I'll be the day after. Do you understand what I mean?"

"How could that be? You will definitely get a 'Technique'."

Wei Lan whispered, "Didn't we test it yesterday?"

Xiao Weiqing shook his head and didn't say anything.

In the end, the two of them had a meal at a relatively affordable restaurant.

"Yay, 9.5 points! I thought I'd only get a 9."

"Brother Qing, hurry and check your score," Wei Lan urged.

Xiao Weiqing opened his Wristband. The results were out: 834 points. After conversion, this was exactly 8 points, not quite 8.5.

"How much did Brother Qing get?"

"8 points."

Wei Lan blinked, smiled, and didn't say anything more.

Beep... beep... a message came through the Wristband. It was Zhang Dawei.

"Da Wei, what is it?"

"Brother Qing, I outperformed myself in the theory exam and got 7.5 points. What about you?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "Congratulations. I performed as usual, 8 points."

"Brother Qing, do you know how many points Lin Yuhan got?"

Xiao Weiqing shook his head. "Do you?"

"Yeah, I just ran into her in the cafeteria. 976 points, which calculates to 9.5 points."

"The goddess truly is the goddess; her theory scores never disappoint," Zhang Dawei lamented.

At that moment, Wei Lan suddenly spoke up.

"Brother Qing, who is Lin Yuhan?"

"Eh? Brother Qing, there's a girl with you?" Zhang Dawei was shocked.

Xiao Weiqing said, "A classmate. We just finished eating together."

"Brother Qing, are there any other female classmates I don't know about? I haven't heard this voice before. You'd better confess everything."

"Hello, my name is Wei Lan. I just met Brother Qing."

Zhang Dawei was stunned. They just met and they're already eating together? He knew that Xiao Weiqing basically never ate out.

"Hello, Student Wei Lan. Sorry to bother you."

After saying that, Zhang Dawei immediately hung up.

Xiao Weiqing shook his head; Zhang Dawei had likely misunderstood.

"Wei Lan, participating in the Supernatural Awakening tomorrow is done by school units. I have to head back to school. What about you?"

"Me? I'm following my cousin. I'll go directly to the Supernatural Awakening site tomorrow."

"Okay, then see you tomorrow."

"Mhm, see you tomorrow."

Xiao Weiqing took his clothes and then took a bus back to school.

Without resting, he went to the Spiritual Qi Room.

Xiao Weiqing continued to Cultivate Spiritual Qi according to his usual habit. According to Jiang Peng, the full score for the Spiritual Qi assessment wasn't just 40 points, though this wouldn't be reflected in the Great Supernatural Exam.

But he believed that going to a Supernatural University would definitely have advantages; no one would complain about their Cultivation speed being too fast.

He found his familiar spot, sat cross-legged, and began to calm his heart and mind.

He activated his Breathing Technique and began to circulate his Minor Heavenly Cycle.

The clock on the wall ticked away rapidly.

It wasn't until his body felt a slight swelling sensation that Xiao Weiqing stopped.

He looked at the time and saw that two hours had passed, and another figure had appeared beside him—it was Lin Yuhan.

At this moment.

Lin Yuhan also happened to open her eyes.

"Xiao Weiqing, you're quite impressive."

"I arrived later than you, yet we stopped Cultivating at the same time."

"Your Spiritual Qi score is definitely more than 40 points. It's a pity that in the Great Supernatural Exam, the maximum score is 40 points; otherwise, your advantage would be even greater."

Xiao Weiqing smiled and said, "It's fine. There aren't many in Linhai County with a score of 40 anyway, so there's still an advantage."

"Oh? It seems you know some things about the Great Supernatural Exam."

"Did that girl tell you?"

"What?"

Xiao Weiqing was stumped by Lin Yuhan's question.

"Zhang Dawei said it. He said you met a girl outside and even had a meal together."

"That big mouth," Xiao Weiqing said helplessly.

Lin Yuhan didn't press further on that issue. "Xiao Weiqing, which Supernatural University will you apply to?"

"If possible, I want to enter Luo Jiang Academy."

Lin Yuhan said playfully, "That girl even told you about Luo Jiang Academy?"

Xiao Weiqing shook his head. "I met a senior, and then I looked up Luo Jiang Academy online to find out about it."

"Jiang Peng?"

"You know him?"

Xiao Weiqing was quite surprised.

The information Lin Yuhan revealed in just a few words was quite a lot. Xiao Weiqing couldn't help but be curious about what kind of family background Lin Yuhan had.

"Mhm, my family mentioned him."

Lin Yuhan didn't say anything more and stood up to leave.

"Student Xiao Weiqing, keep it up. I hope we can still be classmates in the future."

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