World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 73 - 70th The First Big Exam Stunning Everyone!

73: 70th Chapter: The First Big Exam, Stunning Everyone!

73: 70th Chapter: The First Big Exam, Stunning Everyone!

At dusk, Lanling took a carriage to the Royal City Academy to attend the first exam of the evening.

Meanwhile, the bet between him and Zhi Ning had spread across half of the Royal City in just half a day.

Because it was simply too explosive, if Lanling won, he could kiss any part of Zhi Ning’s body.

Instantly, countless men started having the most vulgar fantasies, without exception, all focusing on the most enticing and private parts of Zhi Ning.

After Zhi Ning had returned to the Commandery Princess’s mansion and calmed down, she already regretted the wager.

Even if Suo Lun lost, her pristine reputation would still suffer immense damage.

But when she faced Suo Lun, it was really hard for her to maintain her previous composure and wisdom.

Especially since his gaze was constantly lingering on her buttocks and even between her legs in a lewd manner.

Overall though, the bet was still advantageous, at least it could legitimately force Suo Lun to give up Tianshui City.

That was the most important thing; as for her own reputation, she considered it a sacrifice for Zhi Li’s strategic needs.

“Commandery Princess, it’s about time to head to the Royal City Academy,” a eunuch said from outside, “There’s only two and a half hours left until the first exam.”

“Let’s go…” Zhi Ning stood up and walked outside, where she was determined to witness the downfall of the Suo Family in the examination hall.

More than two hours before the first exam, Lanling arrived at the Royal City Academy.

By then, his bet with Zhi Ning had spread throughout the entire Royal City.

Suddenly, he was once again experiencing the feeling of being the center of attention, with almost all the students pointing and whispering about him.

The male students were full of ridicule, for everyone knew Suo Lun’s academic performance—neither good in literature nor martial arts, with his only talent being in painting.

But in order to woo Tutor Niya, he unfortunately chose music in the art subject, and so he had been last in the rankings for a long time.

Indeed, the very last.

He had studied at the Royal City Academy for six years, and in each year’s final exam, he was always the last one.

With such grades, he couldn’t even dream of passing, let alone earning the Noble Samurai medal.

Female students, on the other hand, looked at Lanling with sympathy.

After all, Suo Lun was so handsome, and now he would completely lose his territory and noble title, owning nothing.

Lanling ignored all these gazes and entered the Noble Academy Branch, heading directly to the examination room.

The Royal City Academy Noble Branch had a total of four exams: the first was the basic theory exam, the second was political essay, the third was electives in arts, and the fourth was Martial Arts.

The first two exams were the same for all students of the Noble Academy, with identical content.

As for the third and fourth exams, it depended on the subjects each student had chosen to take.

For instance, Lanling’s third exam was in music, and the fourth was archery.

The four subjects had a total of six hundred points, with two hundred points for basic theory, one hundred points for political essay, one hundred points for elective arts, and two hundred points for Martial Arts.

The exam taking place tonight was the first one, the basic theory exam, with more than two hundred Noble Academy students in a large examination hall.

The hall was incredibly spacious, covering thousands of square meters.

Each student was spaced several meters apart, and with partitions between them, cheating was impossible.

Moreover, in the examination hall, there were ten mind-elementalist proctors and more than a dozen patrolling tutors.

Thus, there was absolutely no possibility of cheating.

Lanling found his seat and sat down, realizing it was like a small cubicle with three enclosed sides and only the back open.

Taking a deep breath, the content of the basic theory exam was varied, ranging from history to geography, to theories of martial arts, to philosophy, to basic mathematics—covering everything.

For other students, this might be the easiest exam.

For Lanling, however, this was the most challenging of the four exams.

Because he had only been in this world for a mere few months, and this world had thousands of years of history.

Its geographical knowledge was incredibly complex and required rote memorization, which was exactly where Lanling lacked time.

As the exam time drew closer, dozens of examiners entered one after the other.

Ten of them were tutors from the Royal City Academy, five came from the Cabinet and the Royal Family, and the other five were monks from the Dragon Temple.

Princess Zhining, representing the Royal Family, and a high-order monk from the Dragon Temple took their seats in the center to supervise the entire exam.

After the exam, the twenty examiners would grade the papers on-site, and the scores would be released in two hours.

In short, everything was fair, just, and transparent.

After sitting down on the high platform, Princess Zhining instinctively searched for Suo Lun’s location.

“Dong, dong, dong…” The bell rang.

The first basic theory exam officially began.

Ten tutors from the Royal City Academy distributed the exam papers for the first test, a total of four large sheets.

History, geography, literary philosophy, and mathematics each had their own sheet, and the time for answering was two hours.

Upon receiving the four exam papers, Lanling first skimmed the questions.

Almost immediately, other noble students began to voice their despair.

That’s because this time, the exam questions were difficult, particularly the later parts on literary philosophy and basic mathematics.

But for Lanling, the literature and philosophy of this world were almost derived from those of ancient Earth, and he was a student from the dramatic writing department of a key university; answering these questions was naturally easy for him.

As for basic mathematics, it might be hard for students of this world, but for Lanling, he could answer them even with his eyes closed.

Because the basic mathematics of this world were created by the Dragon Emperor alone, and more likely than not, he was a humanities student.

Furthermore, mathematical advancement in this world hadn’t progressed much over thousands of years.

So, without exaggeration, Lanling’s mathematics level was even beyond that of the Dragon Emperor’s.

Thus, the so-called difficult math exam questions were at most on the level for a junior high student on Earth.

However…

for other students in this world, the easiest geography and history questions were actually the hardest for Lanling.

After all, he really didn’t have the time to memorize history from several years ago, or the geography spanning tens of thousands of miles.

“Dong…” Another bell rang, and everyone started answering the questions.

Lanling tackled the easy questions first.

In less than twenty minutes, he finished all of the basic math section, ensuring a perfect score of fifty points.

Then, he spent thirty minutes completing the literature and philosophy questions.

He couldn’t guarantee a full score, but he was confident of achieving at least forty-five points.

After finishing half of the questions, he had used less than a third of the time.

Next, he began to answer the history and geography sections.

The history section was also worth fifty points.

Lanling first completed the questions he was sure about, roughly scoring thirty-five points, leaving fifteen points that he was uncertain about.

After all, the historical knowledge of this world comprised dozens of thick books, which Lanling absolutely could not memorize completely in just a few months.

“Yao Xing, do you know how to answer these questions?” Lanling thought of Yao Xing first.

Yao Xing was silent for a moment, probably speechless.

Then he answered, “I have no idea.”

Lanling had no choice but to rely on himself completely.

For the remaining fifteen points, he had to guess.

He spent a full hour on the history questions.

There was about an hour and ten minutes left in the exam time.

Finally, he started answering the geography-related questions.

Perhaps teachers from other countries’ academies didn’t place much emphasis on geography.

But Rage Wave Kingdom certainly did, since its territorial borders had been expanding over the past hundred years.

Many lands that used to belong to the Barbarian Tribes were continually becoming part of the kingdom.

Moreover, for Rage Wave Kingdom, geography was always intertwined with military affairs.

Using the same method, he completed the questions he was confident about in the shortest time.

Unfortunately, he seemed to be in even more trouble this time.

On the geography questions, he was only confident about thirty points; the remaining twenty points were uncertain.

For the questions he was unsure about, he had to rely on one thing: guessing.

Based on his first instinct, Lanling finished all the remaining uncertain questions.

At this point, there was about half an hour left before the end of the exam.

Lanling looked up and noticed that many students had already submitted their papers.

Moreover, many noble students seemed very relaxed because they would graduate smoothly as long as they passed.

And even if some students who were to inherit noble titles failed, they could always retake the exam next year.

The only exception was Lanling.

If he didn’t achieve the highest excellence, he would lose his noble title and the Suo Family’s century-old foundation.

Gradually, almost all the students had handed in their papers and left, while Lanling was still answering and checking his work.

Seeing this scene, all the students couldn’t help but think the same thing: Suo Lun, the useless dandy who spent all day chasing girls, could never pass the simplest theoretical knowledge test.

In an exam worth two hundred points, he had never scored over eighty, so it was normal for him to not finish.

Princess Zhining saw this scene, slightly pursed her lips, and let out a disdainful sneer, confirming her thoughts.

Suo Lun, the worthless one, was all talk and incapable of handling even the simplest theoretical exam.

Finally, a few minutes before the end of the exam, Lanling put down his pen and submitted his test.

…

Next, twenty examiners would mark the papers on site and announce the scores immediately.

All the candidates had to leave the examination hall and wait outside.

Within two hours, all the scores would be announced.

Of course, some students didn’t wait and left for home.

But most of the noble students who stayed were probably not waiting for their own scores, but for Suo Lun’s.

Despite being considered by all students with a ten thousand percent certainty to fail the graduation exam and lose his title and land, they had nothing better to do and thought it would be like watching a show.

…

In less than two hours, the marking by the twenty examiners inside the examination hall was complete.

Finally, the papers were submitted to the monks of the Dragon Temple for final supervision and review.

Once the scores were confirmed to be correct, they were announced on site.

Another quarter hour passed, and all the scores were written on a large billboard and posted outside.

The instant the scores were posted, more than a hundred noble students surged forward.

No one looked at their own scores first; everyone’s eyes were searching for Suo Lun’s.

After all, Suo Lun had opened such a big betting pool that the whole Royal City knew about it.

Before the scores were announced, Lanling had estimated his own score to be around 168 out of the full 200.

When the billboard was posted, Lanling hadn’t had the chance to look yet when he suddenly heard exclamations nearby.

“How is that possible?

Suo Lun actually scored 172 points?

Am I seeing things?” exclaimed one of the noble students incredulously.