When Downton arrived at St. George's an hour early, there were already many candidates waiting outside the exam room, sitting or standing, all of them finding a place to read every second, hoping to memorize a few more knowledge points before the exam.

"Wouldn't it be, so many candidates?" Downton roughly counted, and there were nearly two thousand.

The Potions Master's qualification exam is difficult, the barrier to entry is high, and sometimes there is not a single passer in successive exams.

Although there is a qualification exam every month, you must pay an application fee of 200 gold coins to participate, the money of ordinary students is not blown by the wind, and the continuous exam is not interesting, after all, the questions are different every time, and it is basically impossible to bump into familiar topics, so most candidates generally choose to take the exam every six months.

Downton was unlucky, just in time for the half-year slot of summer vacation.

No one chatted or spoke, except for the sound of recitation and the sound of turning the pages of a book, and everyone's face had a thick and solemn expression, as if they were rushing to the execution ground.

"Brother, are you okay?" Elaine was overwhelmed by the tense atmosphere and took Downton's hand.

"Don't worry, for sure. "Downton still has that confidence.

The Royal Apothecary Society has strong financial resources and a huge shili, and half an hour before the start of the exam, a thousand royal guards completely blocked the surroundings of the examination room, and their arrival made the atmosphere even more depressing.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Two Inca slaves yelled at passers-by, after which a luxurious carriage with six horses drove into the gate, their hooves clattering the floor with a crisp sound.

The candidates recognized the family crest hanging on the wall of the car, which belonged to the Chancellor's family, so they retreated to the side, and if they were stepped on, they would not compensate. I can only consider myself unlucky.

"It's James. Elaine reminded that the kid was very arrogant, and often rode in and out of the school in this carriage, and the panache could be said to be the biggest in the school, even more majestic than the principal.

"That guy is actually a potions master?" Downton was stunned, "It seems that he is not a creature with developed limbs. ”

"He wants to be a potions master even if half of his subjects are in the single digits?, heh, but he wants the title of pharmacist. It's just a long face for the family. ”

Everyone is from the same school, how could Elaine not know the details of James, that kid was able to get the chief student completely by relying on a lot of resources, "Who let the family have a father who is the chancellor of the exchequer." ”

The carriage came to a sudden stop after passing a few meters past Downton, and James opened the window and glanced at Downton.

"Yo, isn't this our holy daughter?" James called Elaine's nickname, his tone full of mockery. "Didn't you learn magic patterns, how did you get here?"

Elaine looked away, ignoring James.

"Hmm, let me guess, is it that you're going to take the Potions Master exam?" James stared at Downton, suddenly as if he had discovered the funniest joke of the year, "You dare to come to the exam?"

"Shut up, my brother Weishenme can't take the test?" Elaine stood up, she hated being looked down upon by others the most.

“haha。 weishenme?" James raised his voice and mocked as much as he could: "Do you see it?" Don't you feel ashamed that a civilian from the border, an illiterate person who has never been to school for a day, should enter the examination room with you top students who forget to sleep and study every day?"

James is worthy of being born in the aristocracy, his words are sharp, and he is very good at inciting other people's emotions, and the students are already worried that they will fall off the list. At this time, I heard that an illiterate person can come to the exam, and I was naturally a little unconvinced, of course, I was more nervous, what if the other party passed?

"Oh. By the way, I heard that because of Andrea's mentorship, you jumped directly over the Templar and got the status of a Templar, so she must have also obtained a Potions Master qualification certificate for you, right?"

James's words were quite heartfelt, and the atmosphere around him was suddenly filled with the smell of gunpowder, and the students' expressions, which were not indifferent, were suddenly full of hostility, which was anger at going through the back door.

"Don't talk nonsense, my brother got the Templar badge with his real skills. Elaine retorted loudly, but she didn't know that this sentence would make James take the opportunity to attack.

"It's useless for you to quibble, at least I know that in a hundred years, your brother is the first special case of non-wartime promotion, we don't know if he has the ability, but Andrea has the ability, there is no doubt about it. ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer supported the Priest of Fastoe, so James tried his best to slander Andrea, piggybacking on Elaine to suppress him.

"We want a fair exam, let this illiterate get out!"

James's servant was very discerning, and before his master could speak, he raised his arms and shouted.

Most of the students were still hesitating, but a few of them were afraid that the world would not be chaotic and James's companions shouted out.

The unknown candidates in the distance looked over and asked in a low voice, and then the rumors about Elaine's brother going through the back door began to spread more and more.

"Please take the exam carefully and be sure to pass, otherwise I will be disappointed. James daxiao retracted his head, "Let's go." ”

"He's so hateful. Looking at the carriage in the distance, Elaine was about to die of anger, and she understood that James was trying to break her brother's normal heart and make it impossible for him to play normally.

"The master is so powerful, such a fuss, how can that kid still be in the mood for the exam. "The servant patted the horses.

"Hmph, fighting with me? It's really self-defeating, I want them to understand whose territory the king is. "James has too many tricks, if he hadn't just known that Downton was going to take the exam, he would have prepared enough a few days ago so that the kid would never dare to enter the exam room again.

"You go back first. ”

Downton had become the target of public criticism, and people kept looking at him, and he was worried that his sister would not be able to withstand this pressure, and wanted her to go back first.

"No, I'm going to be with you. Although Elaine was very happy to be cared for by her brother, she knew that Downton needed someone to accompany her more at this time.

"If Downton had been stumped by such trouble, he wouldn't have lived here. Homer's ridicule is actually deliberately soothing the atmosphere.

"You're so old, do you still have to take the exam?" Downton looked at a few gray-haired old men and couldn't help but ask, during which he also saw a lot of middle-aged people: "Even if you become a potions master, your future development prospects are not great, right?"

"Potions, like state officials, is a desirable job, if you get a qualification, not to mention anything else, your social status and rights alone will be greatly improved, you don't have to do hard labor, you don't have to pay too many taxes, and if you have some connections, you can also work in the national pharmacy. ”

Elaine explained the benefits of becoming a potions master: "Many candidates here are here for that certificate, not for you to become a great potions master. ”

"I see. Downton nodded, "No wonder the association and national team exams attach so much importance to it and contain so many meanings." ”

Ten minutes before the start of the exam, ten magic flowers shot into the sky in turn, blooming in a violent roar.

"It's time to get in. Elaine stood in front of Downton and helped him straighten his collar: "Don't be nervous, I'm sure you can get through." ”

"Wait for my good news. Downton rubbed his sister's hair, followed the number on the admission ticket, found the classroom, and lined up at the back of the line.

"I repeat, throw away all the magic accessories and books on your body, and if you find them, you will be disqualified from the exam. ”

The proctor of the potions stood in front of the door, yelling at the candidates.

There are always some students who don't know the power of the invigilator equipment for the first time, and there are also some guys who are lucky, and without exception, as soon as they step through the door, a sharp alarm sounds.

"Drag him away. ”

The Potions Master gave the order with an expressionless face, and the royal guards on duty immediately pounced on them and took the candidates away, showing no mercy.

After having a few 'role models', the students gave up and began to remove the magic trinkets from their bodies.

"Are you all right?" Downton asked, saying that it was too easy to build some tech-advanced proctoring equipment with the association's financial resources.

"Hey, I'm an ancient magic book, and it's a pipe dream to find out my existence just by relying on those broken copper and iron. ”

Although the invigilation equipment has undergone many improvements, with Homer's knowledge, it is only a few glances that their prototype is the magical preparation of the Nethrel civilization.

Homer didn't brag, and Downton easily walked into the classroom, and if it wanted to, it could even activate the magic energy fluctuations to paralyze the monitoring devices.

Some of the students just heard the rumor and stared at Downton, which made the other candidates wonder why, and they were driven by the herd effect to look over, so the teachers found that a teenager had become the target of public criticism.

"What's going on?" asked an older potions master, lowering his voice, to the nearest candidate.

Candidates tell the truth.

"Keep an eye on him, and if you cheat, get out immediately. The Potions Master told his colleagues that, in his experience, such people were generally not good students.

Downton didn't care, he didn't have the slightest look like he was on pins and needles, but closed his eyes and chatted with Homer.

After receiving the exam papers in the principal's office, several of the proctors returned to their respective examination rooms and handed out the papers after ten gun salutes.

It was in this situation of hostility that Downton began the first exam of his life.

Although there was no sound of speech in the classroom, the sound of rapid breathing and the sound of turning the test paper made people unable to calm down, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Downton was still calm, and after a cursory reading of the test papers, a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Homer, you don't have a chance to appear if you want to!" Downton teased in his heart, there are five test papers, the first is a fill-in-the-blank question, the second is a choice, and the third is an essay, all of which are examined by basic knowledge.

The fourth is to give a drug, according to the described pharmacological properties, let the candidate design a configuration plan, draw a configuration diagram,

The fifth paper is free to play, expounding the understanding of potions, and the future development of potions, this paper does not have a high score, mainly to test the candidate's vision, knowledge reserves, and potential, its role is actually mainly for senior potions masters to choose apprentices. (To be continued......)