7: Chapter 7 Absolutely Guaranteed!

7:50 AM, Municipal Health Commission Examination Center.

Su Ye stood in front of the examination building, feeling the early June morning breeze brush against his face.

[Water-elemental Golden Core Embryo · Mental Type]

[Fusion Progress: 67%]

[Approximately 24 hours until full fusion]

The fusion progress was significantly higher than yesterday, and the improvement in his Mental Energy was visible to the naked eye. Last night, when he sat at his desk and opened the materials Jiang Xiaoyue had sent him, he had been prepared to pull an all-nighter, only to find it wasn't necessary at all.

Four sets of mock exams, two thousand four hundred questions—he went through them all in less than two hours. Every test point, trap, and optimal solution was crystal clear in his mind. The compilation of ten years of past exam papers took him another hour.

The effort others put in over several months, he had mastered in a single night.

The current Su Ye felt terrifyingly strong!

People arrived at the exam entrance one after another. Most were young faces around Su Ye's age—medical students who had just graduated or Standardized Resident Trainees. Some gathered in small groups to flip through notes, some wore headphones with eyes closed to memorize silently, and others held their phones to grind through question banks. Their expressions all spelled out one word: panic!

The Medical Practitioner License Exam, also known as the National Medical Licensing Examination, was the rite of passage for medical students.

If you failed, you didn't have the qualification to practice medicine independently, and you couldn't stay at the hospital after finishing your residency.

Su Ye stood on the steps with his hands in his white coat pockets, his expression very calm.

“Su Ye!”

A crisp voice called out from behind him.

Su Ye turned around. Jiang Xiaoyue was walking over quickly, her ponytail swaying behind her head. She was accompanied by another girl with a round face, big eyes, and a bun hairstyle who looked quite lively.

The Girl with the bun followed Jiang Xiaoyue to Su Ye, looked up at him, and then her eyes visibly brightened.

It wasn't her fault; Su Ye's changes over the past few days were indeed noticeable. After merging with the Water-elemental Golden Core, his entire state was exceptionally good—his eyes were clear and spirited, his skin was clean and translucent, and his aura had gained an indescribable sense of steadiness. Standing there, he formed a sharp contrast with the haggard-looking examinees around him.

Jiang Xiaoyue didn't notice any of this; her attention was entirely on Su Ye's exam preparation state.

She sighed, looking at Su Ye with an expression of disappointment: “Did you review last night?”

“I did.”

“Finished reviewing?”

“More or less.”

Jiang Xiaoyue felt it was impossible, but seeing Su Ye's confident look, she didn't press further. She just looked at him seriously and said, “You have to do your best. Your previous accumulation is sufficient, and your foundation is there. Even if you encounter a question you haven't reviewed, don't just guess blindly. Eliminate the obviously wrong options first, and then use your Clinical Reasoning to deduce the answer. Your Clinical Reasoning has always been very strong...”

Looking at her solemn expression, Su Ye couldn't help but smile: “Understood, Teacher Jiang.”

“Stop being cheeky.” Jiang Xiaoyue rolled her eyes at him, but the corners of her mouth still quirked up.

She and Su Ye were classmates during their undergraduate years and shared the same mentor during their master's. After years as classmates and fellow disciples, they had a good relationship. Su Ye was dull and didn't like socializing much, so Jiang Xiaoyue naturally took on the role of the 'worrier,' managing everything from his thesis topics to what he ate in the cafeteria.

Su Ye was used to it.

“Alright, go in. The exam starts at 8:30. Find your seat and settle in; don't be late.” Jiang Xiaoyue waved her hand.

Su Ye nodded and turned to walk into the examination hall.

After he walked away, the Girl with the bun leaned toward Jiang Xiaoyue's ear and whispered, “Is this the Senior Brother you're always talking about?”

“Yeah.”

“He looks quite spirited,” the Girl with the bun blinked. “I used to hear you say your Senior Brother was a genius, a super scholar who ranked first in every assessment?”

Jiang Xiaoyue nodded, then sighed: “Yes, he definitely was before. But I don't know what's been going on with him lately. He actually forgot about this exam. I only sent him the materials yesterday at noon. I thought he had already finished reviewing through other channels...”

“Huh?” The Girl with the bun widened her eyes. “You only sent the materials yesterday? So he only studied for one night?”

“Yeah.”

The Girl with the bun was silent for two seconds, then sighed: “Xiaoyue, I'll be blunt. The Medical Practitioner License is getting harder and harder to pass, and the passing rate drops every year. He dares to take the exam after studying for just one night?”

She paused and lowered her voice: “The registration fee is several hundred yuan. Is your Senior Brother's family very wealthy?”

Jiang Xiaoyue shook her head: “No, both Senior Brother and I are from small places. Our circumstances are quite average.”

Her expression didn't show dejection; one's background couldn't determine everything. It was precisely because of this that she admired Su Ye so much. With the same starting point and conditions, Su Ye had fought his way up through talent and hard work. He won scholarships every year as an undergrad, published two papers in core journals during his master's, and never dropped out of the top three in clinical skill assessments.

How could such a person suddenly become so unreliable lately?

Jiang Xiaoyue thought to herself that after the exam, she needed to have a good talk with her Senior Brother to see if he was going through something; she needed to show him more concern.

The Girl with the bun patted her shoulder and comforted her: “Don't think too much. Maybe your Senior Brother has a good foundation and can pass even by cramming at the last minute.”

Jiang Xiaoyue gave a bitter smile and said nothing.

The Medical Practitioner License Exam consisted of four units taken over two days, with one hundred and fifty multiple-choice questions per unit, totaling six hundred.

It covered Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Medical Humanities. The breadth of scope and the level of detail made it notoriously difficult among all medical exams.

Many people weren't confident even after six months of preparation, yet Su Ye had only studied for one night...

What a joke.

Her Senior Brother wasn't a god!

If he failed in the first year, he would have to wait until next year to retake it, wasting a whole year. For someone from an average family, the time cost of that year was too heavy.

“Let's go, we should head in too.” The Girl with the bun pulled her arm.

Jiang Xiaoyue nodded and took one last look toward the examination building.

Senior Brother, good luck.

...

Inside the examination hall, Su Ye found his seat and sat down.

The surrounding examinees were still making a final sprint—some flipping through notebooks, some grinding through mobile question banks, and some with eyes closed, muttering to themselves.

Su Ye brought nothing.

He leaned against the back of his chair, closed his eyes, and felt the pulsation of the Rudimentary Golden Core deep in his left waist.

Fusion progress was at 67%, and his Mental Energy was still continuously growing.

At this moment, his brain was like a supercomputer that had just finished a hardware upgrade. All medical knowledge had been organized into a massive and orderly database, ready to be called upon at any time! As for the exam that made ordinary medical students flinch, the current Su Ye was even looking forward to it!

At 8:30 AM, the proctor announced the start of the exam.

Su Ye opened the test paper and scanned it roughly.

The corners of his mouth curled up.

Heh heh.

Simple as hell!