Chapter 99: Bad Reputation



"Ahhh, I passed, exactly 55 points, it was so close!"

"Wow, I'm just one point short. Why are the questions this semester so difficult? They're not made by humans at all. I can't guess them even if I want to."

"Oh, I passed the exam too, luckily. But I heard that the questions for this semester were set by Professor Fan."

"This devil always sets such difficult questions. The scariest thing is that there are people who can get full marks!"

"Who is so awesome that he can't even stump himself with the questions posed by old man Fan? I want to see who this boss is!"

"Haha, who else could it be? Who is the most awesome one in our first-year weapon refining class? Besides Yuan Zhe from Class 1, who else could it be? I don't think there is anyone else but him."

Several like-minded people squeezed to the front. No one thought that Yuan Zhe would rank at the bottom. The intelligent computer ranked people according to their performance, making it convenient for everyone to find their performance according to their own abilities.

"The first place really got a perfect score of 100. Yuan Zhe is so amazing... uh, how could it be him!" The person who spoke suddenly raised his voice in a sharp and unbelievable tone.

Everyone looked carefully and saw that there was no sign of Yuan Zhe written on it. It was clearly Gao Han, and even the student ID number was correct.

The atmosphere fell into awkward silence in an instant.

Someone broke the atmosphere and swallowed his saliva, "If I remember correctly, this Gao Han seems to be the one who made a lot of noise before, saying that he wanted to surpass Yuan Zhe and become the number one in the Refining Academy, right?"

The rumor originated from Class 1, and by now, almost everyone believed that Gao Han had said this, and everyone wanted to laugh at his behavior. Being the top student in the grade, how could one be easily surpassed? Even students who were not fans of Yuan Zhe thought it was impossible.

Now this joke has become true. Even though it was only the first level, it is a fact that he got full marks. Yuan Zhe was only five points behind him, but he could not escape the fact that he dropped to second place.

"Haha, Brother Han is first, with a full score of 100, it's amazing, he is worthy of being my Brother Han!"

A wild laugh broke the eerie silence at the scene.

It was Zhao Bin and his group who came to help Gao Han check his results.

"I told you that Brother Han would definitely surpass that Yuan Zhe. Now you know what it means to be slapped in the face with real strength! Those idiots just didn't believe it!"

A bunch of idiots who don't believe it: "..."

That’s too much. After all, they are still here. But my face really hurts. Is this what it feels like to be slapped in the face by strength?

"Don't talk too early. This is only the first level. There are four more levels to come. It's just that you got five more points in the first level. There's nothing to be proud of." Someone who defended Yuan Zhe immediately retorted in dissatisfaction.

"Who knows if he cheated? The questions this semester were so difficult that even Yuan Zhe couldn't get full marks. How could Gao Han possibly get full marks? Wasn't there a rumor that he stole the test questions?"

Zhao Bin immediately became angry and was stopped by Ma Zechao just as he was about to lose his temper.

Ma Zechao took a step forward, tugged at his collar politely, and stared at the student who was speaking with contempt, "Are you questioning the authority of the school?"

The students who accused Gao Han of stealing the test questions felt guilty after seeing this.

The authority of the school is unquestionable. The school punished Huang Baiyang and other three people, but did not punish Gao Han, which shows that the incident of stealing the test questions had nothing to do with him.

"Don't be angry, classmate. Zhou said something wrong. How could he question the authority of the school? We are all classmates. Don't ruin the relationship over such a small matter." Someone jumped out to act as a peacemaker.

"It's not that he's questioning the school's authority, it's that he can't stand losing. It turns out that Yuan Zhe's so-called magnanimity is all fake. Is he so afraid that Brother Han will replace him?" Ma Zechao sneered, with a strong hint of sarcasm, "Zhao Bin, Dali, let's go and tell Brother Han the good news!"

"I can't afford to lose, bah!" Zhao Bin pretended to spit.

"I can't afford to lose. Bah +1!" Dali also did the same thing.

Everyone looked unhappy.

Yuan Zhe did not look at the results. He was different from Gao Han. Gao Han did not care about the results, but he cared too much about them and cared even more about his own face.

Wei Kaiyang came back later than usual, walked up to him with a troubled look on his face, and didn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Zhe tilted his head and saw his depressed expression. He had a bad feeling in his heart and his face changed slightly. "Is there something wrong with the score list?"

Wei Kaiyang knew that he would find out sooner or later, so he nodded slowly and said with a grim expression: "You are the second place, and your score is 95 points."

Yuan Zhe's expression gradually became gloomy, "What are his grades?"

"The full score is 100." Wei Kaiyang answered helplessly. Seeing his friend's face getting uglier and uglier, he almost couldn't hold it anymore and hurried to comfort him: "Azhe, actually you don't have to worry too much. This is only the first round. The results of academic subjects are not so good to begin with, and the scores don't mean anything. I heard that Gao Han only has good academic results, so he will definitely not be able to beat you in the second round."

"What do you think I'm going to do?" Yuan Zhe wouldn't do anything strange just because of his academic performance.

He was not convinced and wanted to know whether Gao Han scored five points higher than him because of the last question.

According to his own prediction, he should have been able to get full marks. Now that 5 points were deducted, it could only be that there was a problem with the last question.

Before handing in the paper, he felt that the question type was beyond the syllabus, but he did not think about it too much at that time. He just thought that the school wanted to test the students' reading volume and self-study progress. He did not expect that it was a trap question.

Like Wei Kaiyang, Tang Minghao and his sister also comfort themselves by saying that academic performance is not important.

As soon as the results came out, the two of them ran to check the results, not to see Tang Xinyu's results, but to see Gao Han's.

They didn't believe that Gao Han's strength was that strong. After all, the cultural courses in the Magical Equipment Academy were different from those in the Equipment Refining Academy. It was impossible for them to be equally good, so they deliberately started looking from the back, which really made things difficult for themselves.

Finally, I found Gao Han’s name at the beginning, and I almost got a stitch in my side.

Afterwards, I comforted myself like Wei Kaiyang did, saying that just because I have good grades in academic subjects, it doesn’t mean I can pass the next four levels.

That afternoon, it was time for the second round of exams.

As soon as Gao Hanpu appeared, everyone saluted him with attention. Most of the other classes were curious about him and wanted to see who this person was who pushed Yuan Zhe, who had always been the number one, to the second place.

"Hey, he's quite handsome." said the female student blushing.

"It turns out that this handsome guy is Gao Han. I almost missed him because of rumors. I will never believe in rumors again."

"Rumors are not to be believed. If he can really squeeze out Yuan Zhe and become the number one in the Refining Academy, I will be the first to follow him."

"Hehe, I'm a fan of him too. This is definitely a top-notch character. Look at those long legs and that cold expression. How cool!"

"A bunch of nymphomaniacs." The male classmates said disdainfully.

After saying this, the girls all looked at him with contempt and made a vomiting expression.

It was so ugly that it scared us to the point of vomiting.

The male students' faces turned green.

Before Gao Han entered the examination room, he took another number tag, and it was from the same staff member who had been there in the morning.

"You actually passed the first level, but don't hand in your paper so early next time. The subsequent exams won't be that easy." The staff was quite impressed with him.

Gao Han didn't expect him to talk to him. He paused for a moment before nodding, "Thank you for the reminder, teacher."

"You're welcome, come in." The staff member said with a smile and even called him teacher in a serious manner.

Yuan Zhe, who heard their conversation not far away, suddenly narrowed his eyes and finally understood the truth as to why he did not see Gao Han after the exam.

Wei Kaiyang walked forward and found that Azhe's face was terribly gloomy. He thought that he was upset about his grades. Now he realized it and did not dare to provoke him.

The second level of the exam was unexpectedly not as difficult as the first. It tested students' basic knowledge and understanding of the materials, starting from the characteristics, effects, and functions, etc. As long as the answer was roughly meaningless, it would be fine.

Because students’ questions may be different, you only need to pass this level and no points will be given.

As if to compete with Gao Han, Yuan Zhe finished the questions very quickly, even finishing them before Gao Han and leaving the examination room.

Gao Han seemed to listen to the staff at the door and was not in a hurry to come out, which made the staff very satisfied. The staff had a better and better impression of him. He was really a good young man.

The truth is, the third level is half an hour after the end of the second level, and you still have to wait to get out, so it is better to stay inside. Yuan Zhe, who went out early, waited outside for an hour.

The third level is also very simple. It involves purifying the materials and then fusing them. Again, you just need to meet the requirements to pass the level.

Only these three levels will be tested on that day. The remaining two levels will be completed tomorrow, and then a comprehensive ranking will be made based on the previous five levels.

Those who failed the first round cannot say that they were unlucky. In previous years, the cultural knowledge examinations were always ranked in the middle. This year, the school specifically mentioned the first round in order to teach a profound lesson to those who do not study cultural courses well, always think of taking shortcuts and rely on luck to pass.

It is impossible to survive at Penglai University by luck.

In this regard, the school has already given them opportunities. Spirit cultivators are inherently stronger than ordinary people, both in terms of spirit and energy. Even if they are not good at studying, they can pass the cultural knowledge test by rote memorization.

After passing the three levels, Gao Han's reputation in the Equipment Refining Academy, which was extremely low, suddenly rose to the same level as Yuan Zhe's within one day.

"Xinyu, I heard that the tall and handsome guy is your cousin, can you introduce him to us?" The girl who was traveling with Tang Xinyu watched Gao Han leave, turned around and asked Tang Xinyu beside her happily, not noticing her reluctant expression.

"For your own good, I'd better not introduce her to you." Tang Xinyu lowered her eyes, with a vicious light flashing in them.

"Ah, what do you mean?" The girls who were traveling with her looked at her in surprise.

Tang Xinyu raised her head, revealing a conflicted expression as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself. "Although Gao Han is my cousin, you are my best friends. I don't want to see you fall into his trap. In fact, my cousin has a very bad character. He got another woman pregnant in Qing City, and he didn't want to take responsibility, so he forced her to have an abortion. As a result, she bled profusely and died on the operating table..."

"Oh my God, he looks like a decent human being, but I didn't expect him to be such a beast in human clothing!" Some girls were stunned by the scene she described.

Tang Xinyu smiled smugly in her heart. Even if stealing the test questions didn't kill him, she would make Gao Han sick to death and ruin his reputation.

"Professor Fan, we finally got your return. In this exam at the Equipment Refining Academy, there was a student who got all the answers correct. He is your student. How do you teach? Even Yuan Zhe, who is in the elective class, was defeated by him." Instructor Xu from another class heard about this early in the morning and was waiting for Professor Fan.

"Gao Han got full marks?" When Professor Fan heard him say that someone got all the answers right, he thought it was Yuan Zhe.

Although he admired Gao Han, he didn't know him well enough after all.

He is not the instructor of Gao Han's weapon refining class. Gao Han majored in the Magical Weapon Academy. His future instructor will only be from the Magical Weapon Academy.

"Yes, it's him, but you don't know him yet. It's a pity that such a good seedling is actually from the Magical Equipment Academy. I also watched the last two levels and there is no mistake. Why didn't he head the Magic Equipment Academy in the first place?" Professor Xu couldn't figure it out.

Professor Fan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go ask the dean. It's a pity for someone with such talent to stay in the Magical Instruments Academy."


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