In the practical class exams, there are not many students who can defeat the second-year seniors like Merlin. Most of the students can get a passing grade as long as they can hold out against the second-year seniors for a period of time.
Therefore, as long as you take this subject a little seriously, it will be basically possible to pass it.
But for the vast majority of noble children, this is not the case. Only half of the first-year alchemy students passed the practical test in which they practiced against their seniors.
Those pampered aristocratic children know nothing about actual combat. Only those who are highly regarded by their families and trained as heirs can achieve good results.
The final exam results of the practical course are very important, but the competition with seniors only accounts for 30% of the total score. As long as you can pass the subsequent courses in the Warcraft Mountains for training, promotion to the second year is a very stable thing.
It is possible to "cheat" when going to the Warcraft Mountains for training. The college encourages students to form teams to explore and complete the assigned tasks. Therefore, students with weak practical abilities can spend some gold coins, magic items, and rare materials to hire students with strong practical abilities to form a team to complete the exam.
This was also tacitly approved by the academy. Before Merlin's arrival, the annual freshman exam was the best opportunity for common students to earn money from aristocratic students, and they would receive different levels of compensation based on the scores required by the aristocrats.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Merlin. What he cares about most now is of course Stacy...the affairs of the Mixue Time Beverage Shop that she is in charge of.
A small pavilion appeared outside the arena at some point. The pavilion did not occupy a large area, but there were three or four figures working frantically.
"You love me~ I love you~ Honey snow time is sweet~"
"You love me~ I love you~ Honey snow time is sweet~"
"You love me~ I love you~ Honey snow time is sweet~"
The magical brainwashing music has been echoing. The temporary pavilion in front of him is the Mixue Time Arena store specially built by Merlin. Although it is small, it has everything. Although the store is not as spacious as a classroom, it is enough for a beverage store.
With the advertisements on the crystal ball screen of the arena and such brainwashing music, the Mixue Time Teahouse has been blocked by students at this moment.
"Please keep your iced lemonade!"
"My beautiful lady, this is the deluxe honey pearl milk tea plus extra large cup you ordered, full of pearls, so you can drink it all at once!"
"Sorry, we're out of ice cream. We're making it now!"
The cute first-year girl in the Mixue Time uniform spoke hurriedly to the dark group of students in front of her.
The clerk inside did not stop for a moment. The freckled girl quickly divided the cups one by one, then lightly tapped the French stick in her hand, and the cut lemons and refined saccharin automatically flew into the cups.
"There's no water!"
"Don't worry, I'm singing!"
The water ball condensed by the water element was accurately poured into each cup under the control of the first-year girl. She called out to the boy who was boiling pearls, "Hurry up, add ice to everything."
The boy who was boiling the pearls held a magic wand in his hand and whispered a spell. As he chanted, the air suddenly cooled down. His control over ice magic had definitely reached the level of a genius. Crystal clear ice cubes fell from the sky like elves, blending perfectly into the lemonade, instantly making the drink cool and delicious.
"Hurry up! The customers are waiting!"
"Damn, bubble tea is selling so well!"
"Buy one lemonade, get one free, buy now!"
In the Arcane Academy, the sun casts a warm glow, and the surrounding area is shaded by green trees and filled with the fragrance of flowers. Merlin sits on a chair and watches the students coming and going. He holds a pen and a notebook in his hands. Almost every student holds a cup of bubble milk tea, a gift of lemonade, or a tempting ice cream. The entire campus has been dominated by the honey snow time.
Merlin looked to the left and saw a boy in a blue robe holding a cup of ice-cold bubble milk tea. The black pearls were swaying in the transparent cup. He was drinking the milk tea while discussing the exam that had just ended with his classmates. With every sip of the milk tea, a satisfied smile was on his face.
Merlin looked to the right and saw a group of girls sitting on a bench, each holding a glass of refreshing lemonade. A few mint leaves were floating in the transparent liquid, giving off a fresh aroma. They chatted, stirred the drinks gently with straws, laughed and shared their exam experiences.
Even the invigilators and professors in the college were holding an ice cream in their hands.
This advertisement is really worth it. Merlin knows that the initial investment cost has been fully recovered. The materials for making lemonade or pearl milk tea are not expensive and are all locally available.
But he can sell it for dozens or even hundreds of times its value!
Ordinary lemonade only sells for one silver coin, but this stuff uses saccharin refined by alchemy, plus a slice of lemon and some water. Can all these things together be worth one or two copper coins?
If you add mint to the mint lemonade, you can sell it for 2 silver coins. The most luxurious iced honey lemon mint water is just mint lemonade with a little bit of honey added, but it can be sold for 5 silver coins!
As for bubble milk tea, this thing is even more amazing. It is made of cheap milk, black tea water made from black tea that has been used countless times, some poisonous cassava for pigs, and low-quality brown sugar. The pearls are made from this, and an ordinary bottle of it can be sold for one gold coin.
Add honey and it's two gold coins per cup. If you add a portion of pearls, you will have to pay one more gold coin.
The poisonous cassava that pigs rarely eat can be bought with one copper coin. And this very thing, if made into brown sugar pearls by Merlin, can be sold for one gold coin!
Huge profits! Too much profit!
If we get a stomachache, these students might be even happier, thinking that they have been cleansed of their bones and marrow, and they will even thank us.
Merlin really thought he was a genius, when suddenly he saw a hooded student stealthily buying a bunch of drinks and ice cream, and walking into a dense forest as if he was being followed.
Merlin always felt that the figure looked familiar, so he followed quietly.
In the dense forest outside the arena, it is relatively dark and generally not many students are willing to come here. But for some reason, there are actually more than a dozen hooded students secretly gathered here in this grove, as if waiting for something.
When the students saw someone running over with a bunch of bubble milk tea, lemonade and ice cream, they all showed happy expressions.
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