When the three finalists were brought into a side hall, Ma Fan couldn't help but take a closer look at the other two finalists.

One is an old man with gray hair, who has no aura on his body, and looks like an ordinary mortal.

The other is younger, looking a little literati, but there is still no aura in his body.

It seems that both of these are ordinary people.

Also, in the territory of Lixu, if you are a cultivator, most of them will not have extra time and energy to spend on mathematics.

However, if you have a lot of time to devote to mathematics, you will inevitably be unable to devote your time and energy to cultivating the truth.

This is also the reason why most places can only choose one or the other to develop cultivation and technology.

However, the Haotian Continent is an outlier. However, there is an important reason for the Haotian Continent to deviate from the general development trajectory, that is, the Haotian Continent was originally two independent spaces, one of which was particularly developed in Xiuzhen civilization, and the other was extremely advanced in space technology.

However, it was only an accidental reason that the passage between the two spaces was widened, and finally the barriers between the two spaces were completely removed, and the two worlds merged into one and merged into a whole, so a situation was formed in which Xiuzhen and science and technology developed and blended with each other.

Thinking of this, Ma Fan only felt that the current scene on the earth was very similar to the original Haotian Continent.

The biggest difference is that the level of cultivation and technological development on the earth is far from catching up with the Haotian Continent.

"This little brother, the old man wants to ask for advice............. Just as Ma Fan was in his trance, the older gray-haired old man stepped forward and looked at Ma Fan with burning eyes, his eyes were not frustrated by being defeated by Ma Fan, but were full of strong interest.

Another young finalist also looked at Ma Fan with interest.

"We don't need to ask for advice, we just learn from each other........... If you have any questions, just ask........... "Ma Fan knows what this old man is going to say.

"I want to ask, just now the little brother answered two questions so quickly, what method is the result calculated?"

"It's simple, but it requires the use of unique symbols that my teacher taught me." Ma Fan did not hide his secrets, but replied directly.

"What symbol?" The old man was puzzled.

"Do you have pen and paper?" Ma Fan stretched out his hand and asked.

"Yes, yes!" The old man hurriedly took out the paper and pen he had brought with him from his body.

This old man has been obsessed with mathematics all his life, and he is actually a little famous in the Eastern Continent Kingdom, and he usually carries paper and pen with him, and once he thinks of something, he will immediately take out the paper and pen to calculate.

Ma Fan took the paper and pen, expressed the two questions in Arabic numerals and operation symbols, and handed them to the old man.

"What is this?" The old man was puzzled. He had never seen these symbols before, so naturally he did not understand the meaning.

Ma Fan was also patient and explained to the old man one by one. Another slightly younger man also approached with curiosity and listened to Ma Fan's explanation.

Soon, the faces of the two showed a look of sudden realization, followed by a look of shock.

This way of representing numbers, as well as the symbols and ways of expressing the whole process of operation, completely subverted the perception of the two. But it was simple and clear, so that the two of them immediately understood the whole principle of operation at a glance.

If the entire calculation process is expressed in the language of the Eastern Continent Kingdom, it will definitely need to be written on three full pages.

However, the strange symbols that Ma Fan gave them only took half a page to express the two questions clearly.

The two of them couldn't care anymore and waited to enter the third application link, and began to deduce excitedly around the page written by Ma Fan.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Soon, the two of them let out exclamations from time to time.

At this time, the final part of the application competition began.

The last part of the competition is the on-site mock bookkeeping, and whoever makes the most satisfactory accounts at the fastest speed will be the winner.

The other two finalists reluctantly took their eyes off the piece of paper written by Ma Fan, while the older man carefully put the paper away and collected it like a treasure.

"The last link, on-site simulated bookkeeping! Three test takers, please carefully sort the pile of materials in front of each of you, and then write the accounts in the most reasonable way! The final result will be judged by the three princesses themselves, and the one who keeps the account in the shortest time and with the most reasonable bookkeeping method wins! If there is any error, the ............ will be eliminated naturally"

Several people heard the rules clearly. Ma Fan naturally understood, but he felt that this rule was too rough.

However, Ma Fan didn't think much about it. Ma Fan is no stranger to bookkeeping.

Previously, in the Haotian Continent, Ma Fan had mastered the most convenient and scientific way of bookkeeping, and at this time, he only needed to draw a scoop according to the gourd.

However, Ma Fan didn't know if the set of statistics he mastered would be recognized by the third princess. But as soon as he thought of the attitude of the third princess towards Arabic numerals before, Ma Fan made up his mind and decided to take a gamble.

This third princess seems to be an enlightened person, and she should be able to accept it.

His heart moved at will, Ma Fan picked up and put pen to paper, and quickly drew a standardized accounting form on the paper.

Then there is the name and amount of each item.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Ma Fan stopped writing.

"I'm done!" Ma Fan raised his hand.

Immediately, someone came to collect Ma Fan's answer sheet.

When she saw that Ma Fan's answer sheet was only a single page, and there was a strange square table on it, with multiple vertical and horizontal straight lines staggered and regularly arranged, the third princess actually felt a little excitement in her heart.

"What is this?" When she saw the form on Ma Fan's answer sheet, the third princess couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

However, the third princess Bingxue was smart and had already understood the meaning and expression of Arabic numerals, so after careful scrutiny, the third princess understood the meaning of Ma Fan's table.

"Great! Isn't that a kind of innovation? The third princess patted her thigh violently.

Half an hour later, the other two finalists turned in their answers almost at the same time.

However, both men used traditional bookkeeping methods, so no one wrote down three full pages.

The three princesses still judged the three answers fairly, and all three of them were correct and did not record any mistakes. However, Ma Fan took the shortest time, the fastest speed, and the method was novel and simple and convenient, so the third princess finally decided to win with Ma Fan's answer.

When the results were revealed, the old conscripts and the other conscripts were not disappointed, but immediately congratulated Ma Fan.

In fact, these two people obviously did not have the ultimate goal of applying, but to prove their ability in the process of applying.

However, they met the freak of Ma Fan, so the light of the two was completely obscured.

However, Ma Fan's advice to the two was patient, because of the time relationship, so Ma Fan agreed with the two to find time to discuss the Arabic numerals in detail with the two in person the next day.

In the city lord's mansion, the third princess looked at Ma Fan with interest.

"You won, why are you so calm?" The third princess asked.

"Do I need to be ecstatic?" Ma Fan replied calmly.

"That's true, after all, you are a person from the cultivation realm. You should be in the late stage of foundation building, right? With your ability and talent, don't you think it will be condescending to be a small account by my side? ”

"No, no! The third princess is of the royal bloodline of the Eastern Continent Kingdom, and I am just a disciple of a down-and-out sect, how can I feel condescending? Besides, the master sent me out to experience, and I was about to experience the various states of life............." Ma Fan's answer made the third princess feel reasonable.

"Well, then, from now on, if you will, I will be my entourage............ Do you have any comments? The third princess asked.

"Of course no comment! Thanks to the three princesses for not giving up, Ma Fan is here to express his gratitude! After speaking, Ma Fan bowed and saluted.

"Good! Then you go and sign the documents immediately, and then you will receive the costumes and utensils and other .........." After the third princess finished explaining, she left first.

By this time, it was getting late.

Ma Fan accompanied the chief steward of the third princess to the study to sign the paperwork, and then the chief steward asked someone to bring him a royal entourage costume.

Although it is an ordinary standard Tsing Yi, it has exquisite fabrics and excellent texture, which is much better than the entourage clothes of ordinary rich and noble families.

Ma Fan took off the gorgeous clothes on his body and changed into a standard green clothes, and in an instant, the whole person was a little less luxurious, but more capable.

Suddenly, Ma Fan became the most high-profile figure in the entire City Lord's Mansion.

"This is the newly recruited entourage? I didn't expect to be a talent! ”

"Why is this bookkeeper so young?"

"I heard that this Mr. Bookkeeper has defeated Mr. Qingshan, the famous Mr. Qingshan of the Eastern Continent Kingdom, and Mr. Mo Gu, the most outstanding master of mathematics in Songzhou City!"

"That's amazing!"

For a time, Ma Fan became the focus of discussion in the entire City Lord's Mansion.

Under the arrangement of the governor, Ma Fan was taken to his residence, which was located in a guest room in the City Lord's Mansion.

The status of the third princess is noble, and naturally the treatment of the entourage is also rising, so Ma Fan even got a single room.

The next day, Ma Fan took a leave of absence from the third princess, and then came to the place agreed with the other two yesterday.

"It turns out that the two of them turned out to be Mr. Qingshan, a famous master of the Eastern Continent Kingdom, and Mr. Mo Gu, the most outstanding master of mathematics in Songzhou City! What a disrespectful and disrespectful thing! "Ma Fan only learned about the identities of these two people from the mouths of other people in the City Lord's Mansion yesterday, and knew that the two of them were actually quite famous.

"Shame, shame! We really admire my little brother from the bottom of my heart! I don't know who the commander is? The two immediately asked.

They were more interested in the teacher behind Ma Fan.

After the two of them went back yesterday, they immersed themselves in studying the Arabic numerals and operation symbols and methods taught to them by Ma Fan, and the more they studied, the more wonderful they felt, and the two of them applied this method to other mathematical problems, and suddenly felt that this was a great creation.

However, Ma Fan naturally said nothing about his teacher. For the advice of these two people, Ma Fan naturally taught each other carefully.

One day, the passage between the two worlds of the Ruins Realm and the Human Realm will be completely opened, and I am now here to carry out popular science propaganda, which can be regarded as a front station. What's more, these two people are definitely people who are dedicated to studying academic issues, and it is through the hands of these two people that they popularize and publicize the advanced knowledge in the human world. After all, during this period of time, Ma Fan found that the level of scientific development in this realm of ruins was indeed far behind that of the human realm.