Chapter 21: Exams Begin
October 25, 1005, Aoshan Road College.
Unlike the earth, all the entrance exams and graduation exams in this world are set in the fall, usually from October to November.
This time was set by the Taizu of this dynasty, because this decision was in line with the tradition of "Qiu Fu" since ancient times, and many Confucian disciples praised it, thinking that although he did a lot of things that did not conform to the Confucian tradition, this matter was still right.
However, after the archives of later generations were declassified, people found out that the reason why the Taizu Emperor set the graduation exam in autumn was simply because he felt that the autumn weather was good, and it was just right to play lukewarm.
According to the folk "The Secret History of Taizu", his guards once revealed that Taizu himself had vomited: He actually put the exam in the summer, and I don't know which bastard came up with it? Lao Tzu is really fed up!
But the official did not approve of this, and they explained: There was no school in Taizu's era that had summer exams, so this Taizu's original words must have been made up.
No matter what the truth is, the majority of students in Daxia are grateful for this regulation, at least they don't have to risk heat stroke to take the exam.
No one likes to brave the heat for mental work, not even monks.
In order to prevent accidents, the examination room is set up in a "learning cave" in the school.
As a top university, Aoshan Dao College has quite enviable resources, and there are three places in Dongtian alone.
A "Ten Thousand Souls Cave Heaven" linked to the "Ten Thousand Beasts Field" of the "Mountains and Seas" is mainly used to equip students with spiritual pets and catch experimental objects;
A "Hunting Battle Cave Heaven" linked to the "Shura Realm" is mainly used for actual combat drills, and it is also the production area of experimental products;
There is also a "Yangxue Dongtian" divided from the "Penglai Realm", which is full of spiritual energy and is the main teaching area of the college.
That's right, only the office, accommodation and other parts of the Aoshan Taoist Academy are located in the human world, and a large part of the teaching area, experimental area and cultivation area are in the "Cultivation Cave".
At this time, the gate of Dongtian was already full of candidates waiting to enter.
And the worldly celebrities who came to act as spectators were also waiting on the side. This was a rare opportunity for them to enter the monastery, so they looked around curiously while observing the students, and exchanged words from time to time.
Many of these celebrities are high-level executives of major institutions, and Ying Lina's father is also among them, and they are also looking for talents for their own families by the way.
The candidates of the twelve departments lined up separately with their semi-finished products, and then it was clear how many people were in each department.
The forecasting department has the smallest number of people, less than fifty. The students of this department have a common characteristic, they all wear glasses, and the whole school can see that their phalanx is "sparkling".
The second is the formation system and the spell system, and the number of people is in the early hundreds. The number of people in the sword cultivation and physical cultivation departments was the largest, and they stood in two large phalanxes with hulala, and they were very energetic at first glance. The number of people in several other departments is between one hundred and two hundred.
When students get together, it is natural to talk about the period of graduation exams.
A student asked, "This is the last exam, why haven't the scores of the first four exams come out yet?"
An insider next to him immediately replied: "The scores have come out early, but they haven't been made public yet." The school has always been like this, and the scores of the first four games are announced at the end. ”
The graduation examination of the Taoist Law School is divided into six courses, the first of which is the cultural knowledge test, which examines the public knowledge subjects such as language, mathematics, history, geography, chemistry, biology, politics, ethics and society, which are not much different from those of secular universities.
The second is the transcendent knowledge exam, which includes theoretical knowledge of cultivation, spells, immortals, extraordinary powers, transcendent creatures, heavenly planes, demons and monsters, etc., as well as specialized courses unique to each department.
The third session is the graduation thesis and defense, and the topics of the dissertation are naturally related to the extraordinary research and cultivation of their respective majors.
The first three are written exams of theoretical knowledge in various subjects, and the fourth exam "Spell Application and Identification" is practical, which tests the student's spell casting ability, spell identification and countermeasures, etc.
The results of the first three games have not yet been announced, but the general situation is still known.
For the top students, the results of the theory test are very different, and it is the last three practical exercises that pull the score.
"Spell application and identification" is naturally the strength of magic cultivation, and Su Lei is still very confident in this to be the first.
He could say without humility, "There is no one in the entire grade who knows more about spells than I am......
In the fifth "Find and Contract Spirit Pet and Survive in the Wild" exam, he relied on Xiuxue to get the first place with a far ahead result, and now it seems that even if he fails in the last test, the score is also in the first group, as long as he plays normally a little, the first result this year is stable.
But his requirements are not only that, in order to get the highest "SSS" evaluation, this one must also explode to be sure.
Qiao Qiao next door sent a text message: Su Lei, I heard that your spell department is preparing to participate in the all-staff collective project this time?
Su Lei replied: That's right.
Qiao Qiao: Oh, it seems that you are really going to make a big move this time! The refining department is also preparing to hold back the big move, and you are fighting head-on this time......
Su Lei: I know, they were preparing for it last year. It's just a cricket cub, what's so scary?
Qiao Qiao: If you want it, then I'll see you fight each other.
Since it is a collective project in which the whole department participates, it is definitely impossible to keep it completely secret, and all the teachers and students in the school know that the spells and refining tools have chosen to hold back the big move this time.
However, they are generally not optimistic about the spell system, even if Su Lei was in the limelight in the previous game, it can't hide the fact that the refining department is more professional. Since it is a collective project, it must depend on the overall strength.
The gameplay of your spell system is hanging, but in terms of making weapons, it is still worth considering.
According to the examination rules, the number of participants in the collective cooperative system is at least three and the maximum number is unlimited.
As we all know, the more participants the more difficult it is to execute a production plan, but the weighting coefficient of the score is also higher. So once this kind of thing is done well, the rating will be very high. But once you mess up, all the participants have to fail.
So even if there is a group work, it is a small team formed by a few students who trust each other and cooperate tacitly. Like this kind of plan that the entire department is collectively engaged in, except for the refining department that specializes in this way, other departments rarely dare to play such a large-scale collective project.
After all, once you hit the street, it will be a failure.
"Candidates are ready to enter......" At this time, an instructor came out of the gate.
Candidates lined up in an orderly manner to enter. Then came the worldly celebrities who came to visit.
The examination room is a large square, each department occupies a piece of territory, and at this time, each student has a talisman making table and a medicine making table in front of him. Once the students were all in place, they began to check that the things were in good condition. Taking advantage of this time, the onlookers also took their seats.
After the students were busy, the dean didn't say much nonsense, and directly announced the start of the exam:
"The 1005 'Preparation and Dispensing' exam is your last exam in our school, and this exam is divided into three sections, the first stage is to make talismans, which takes one and a half hours. The second stage prepares the medicine, which takes one and a half hours. There is a two-hour break at noon, and the third stage is performed in the afternoon for four hours. I hope you do well in your exams, and now begins!"
Su Lei immediately picked up the blank chip on the workbench and put it on the seal engraver, which was very easy to operate.
Drawing talismans is the basic skill of monks, and modern monks are no exception, although the carrier has changed from rune paper to wafer, and the tool of engraving has changed from brush to engraver, but it is also the same.
Talismans are divided into two categories: Divine Runes and Dao Runes.
As the name suggests, the rune is related to the gods, and this thing can only be used if you hug your thighs, and without the permission of the corresponding gods, you can't use it even if the drawn runes are perfect.
The Dao Fu is really on its own, it is to draw the spell model onto the rune paper and other carriers, so as to communicate the laws of the universe and show all kinds of extraordinary effects.
In fact, there is a fundamental difference between the two kinds of runes, the drawing of the runes is relatively casual, it is equivalent to a report to their own boss, send an application letter, as long as the name of the boss is correct, the content is clearly stated, of course, each level of the rune has grade requirements.
The drawing of the Dao symbol requires that it be as accurate as possible. However, the spell model is basically a three-dimensional configuration representation, and it is quite difficult to project it into a two-dimensional configuration representation, and the effect will be greatly reduced.
Because the drawing requirements of the Dao rune are high, the effect is not good, and the tools of ancient times are not good, so it has not been the mainstream in ancient times, and it is basically the world of runes.
It wasn't until this revival of the aura that a genius invented the Legislative Rune Method, allowing the rune to accurately express the three-dimensional spell model, that the Dao rune began to shine, breaking the monopoly of the rune in one fell swoop, and quickly replaced it as the mainstream rune in modern times.
No way, runes need the permission and authorization of the gods to be valid. Because it is the divine power that is borrowed, and the divine power of others is not blown by the wind, except for the witches who really serve the gods, it is difficult for other monks to get the permission of the gods.
Of course, the production of this exam is all Dao talismans, otherwise everyone will only be able to watch the performance of the Wu Zhu Department.
The chips are made from a variety of gems, and depending on the spell, there are also materials that are suitable for each other. However, mutton fat white jade and crystal are the most common materials, the former is adaptable and suitable for almost all spells, and the latter is easy to engrave because it is a transparent material.
The blank chips provided by the school this time are both materials.
The exam requirement is to make three different storage chips, the level is not required, you have to make a five-grade or even a four-grade symbol, if you are forced to do it, you can do it outside the product, or you can not do it, and you can directly hang the course.
At the level of graduates of Aoshan Taoist Academy, the production of nine-grade talismans is as stable as a dog, and the success rate of the students of Niu Cha in making eight-grade talismans is not small. As far as Su Lei is concerned, the original body has a ninety percent success rate in making eight-rank talismans.
But today, Su Lei is no longer satisfied with the eight-rank rune, mainly because there are too many demons in this session, and the eight-pin rune can no longer stabilize the audience.
If he wants to take a big lead, he needs to challenge the production of the seven-rank rune.