Since Ye Xiruo and the others have such high levels of spiritual power and are exceptionally talented, they must be geniuses who have been carefully nurtured since childhood. The second test should be the easiest for them.
Old Wang and Old Ge also looked relaxed and happy; in short, they had high hopes for Ye Xiruo and the others.
What could Ye Xiruo, Zishu, and Yingxun say? They had to bite the bullet and go for it! At worst, they'd be eliminated. They were sure they could find a place willing to take them in.
"Alright, it's about time, let's begin!"
Old Wang took out three parchment exam papers from his spatial ring, one for each person, and the exam officially began.
After receiving the test paper, Ye Xiruo glanced at it and found that the twenty questions were indeed very solid, without any fluff.
Five questions require completing a prescription. Judging by appearances, these prescriptions are either extremely obscure or simply copied from some mysterious ruins, and are incomplete. The difficulty level is five stars.
The five questions give you the names of the pills, and you need to write out the formulas. You must write at least three different recipes. The difficulty level is four stars.
The first five questions concern the special effects and processing methods of certain rare medicinal herbs, testing intelligence. The last five questions test the alchemist's adaptability and practical skills. During alchemy, unexpected situations arise: scenario one, scenario two, scenario three, and scenario four. How should you respond and what steps can you take to save the elixir being refined? Difficulty level: four stars.
In summary, is this the level of difficulty for selecting talent in China's national college entrance examination? This is clearly the level of difficulty only found in doctoral entrance exams. Holding the exam paper, Ye Xi felt like crying.
Yingxun and Zishu were in a similar situation. This assessment was too abnormal. What kind of pills were these? They had never even heard of them before. How were they supposed to memorize the pill formulas? This was simply making things impossible for them.
As for completing the pill formula, that's something we can give a shot. We have the name of the pill and the desired effect. By analyzing the properties of the given medicinal materials and their previous combinations, and based on the principle of the five elements balance, we can still identify some spiritual herbs to complete part of the formula. As for the accuracy rate, that's not within their scope of consideration.
Of the twenty questions, Ye Xiruo glanced at them and realized she had absolutely no clue about eight of them, so she decided to hand in a blank paper. She could answer a little about two, was about 80% confident about five, and was about 50% confident about three.
The principle of answering questions naturally starts with what you know how to write. Ye Xiruo held a small brush, her expression serious, and wrote furiously.
Old Man Wang and Old Man Ge nodded repeatedly as they watched Ye Xiruo. As expected of the genius they had their eye on, even if he wasn't completely right, he was at least 80 or 90 percent right.
Haha, this is truly a beautiful misunderstanding.
After inheriting the legacy of Medicine King Valley, Ying Xun, having grown up there and been groomed to be the next Medicine Emperor, absorbed most of the valley's treasures and heritage. He could probably solve about 60% of these challenging questions, but accuracy wasn't guaranteed. As for the unprecedented pills, prescriptions, and elixirs, and the incredibly bizarre situations, who knows how to handle them?
Ye Xiruo spent an hour writing down everything she could, regardless of whether she was confident or not.
There was still an hour left. Should she go to sleep? She felt embarrassed to be watched by these two old men.
If you daydream or space out, you'll definitely be caught, so what should you do? Submit your paper early!
Forget it, I'll just fill in the blanks anyway. This is the golden strategy from my past life's exam guides. Even if you don't know anything, you have to seriously spout nonsense and fill in the blank paper.
In the unlikely event that the examiner is amazed by your writing style and moved by the philosophy contained in your words, a high score is not out of the question. Even if your writing is utter nonsense, the fact that so many words were written neatly and legibly shows effort, and you might even get some sympathy points.
If Ye Xiruo starts making things up now, it's going to be a huge drain on her brain cells.
Scenario 1: The water-attribute medicinal material is of a higher grade, suppressing other medicinal materials. What do you do?
Add ingredients to balance the five elements. Or draw out some water-attribute spiritual herbs.
Scenario 2: What to do if the oven explodes?
"Take good care of your face." You can't afford to be disfigured.
"If you refine a top-grade pill without being prepared, and a pill tribulation descends upon the world, how would you handle it?"
"Smash your magic weapons, explode your pills, saving your life is the most important thing."
If the layout of the exam paper is filled with squares, then Zishu will simply not write anything, because even if he does, it will be wrong, so it's better not to write anything at all to save ink.
Yingxun only answered the questions she was confident about, leaving the rest blank. Some of the pill names were completely unheard of; even if she made them up, she wouldn't know where to begin.
Old Wang and Old Ge were surprised by how quickly the three of them answered the questions. It seemed they had already finished. So they kindly offered a few words of advice: "If you've finished and feel there are no problems, you can hand in your papers early."
"Submitting the papers early? That's great!" Yingxun and Zishu immediately put down their pens, intending to hand in their papers.
While racking her brains, Ye Xiruo wrote furiously. Finally, she finished writing, put down her pen, and let out a long breath, as if her body had been completely drained.
Today's insane test was much more tiring than yesterday's; I don't know how many brain cells I lost.
"Since all three of you have handed in your papers, today's assessment is over. We will carefully review your papers and give you a response tomorrow."
"Alright, thank you for your hard work, we'll head back now."
"Alright, take care, you three."
As soon as they stepped out of Youranju, Zishu couldn't help but ask, "Little Yezi, how are you feeling?"
"What do you mean, 'what if'? It's a complete mess. I just hope they won't change their minds."
"Junior Sister is writing so diligently over there, doesn't she seem confident?"
Ye Xiruo's lips twitched: "There's a word called 'nonsense'."
"That's not a good idea! The alchemists at You Ran Ju aren't so easily fooled. What if we anger them—"
"It's alright. It's their loss if they miss out on a peerless genius like me."
"Hey, aren't you afraid of biting your tongue in this wind? You Ran Ju wouldn't miss a liar like you." This person looks familiar. Right, it's the one I ran into in the hallway yesterday.
I was in a good mood yesterday and didn't bother with this guy, but he's acting all high and mighty today, really treating them like pushovers.
"None of your business." Ye Xiruo's words were full of hostility.
"You, you, I've seen plenty of swindlers like you. You dare to come to Youran Residence if you don't have some skills? What do you think this place is?"
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