Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 26: The feeling of being a top student
Jiang Wuyan was completely shocked by Tang Zheng's shamelessness.
Cheating?!
Cheating in the sky star blue curtain built with Wenqu broken Chen stone?
This guy is making a fortune out of himself...
Tang Zheng didn't notice at all that he had choked Jiang Wuyan to death. Instead, he looked at the layout of the examination room with great interest .
Today's weather is actually a little rainy.
Many first-time candidates also brought umbrellas, raincoats and other rainproof items.
However, after entering the inner courtyard and seeing the faint smiles of other candidates who had participated in the election before, I realized that my actions were completely unnecessary.
The entire sky of the inner courtyard was completely covered by a light curtain that flickered with a faint blue light.
The raindrops falling from the sky landed on the light curtain, causing tiny ripples, which was very beautiful.
But apart from that, not a single raindrop fell into the examination room.
The tables, chairs and floors in the inner courtyard were all extremely dry.
Those candidates from other places who had never seen such a wonderful sight were so amazed that they secretly hid their rain gear under their feet, fearing that their cowardly behavior would make their hometown a laughing stock.
It was also the first time that Tang Zheng had seen such an interesting star power creation. It had no formations or star power fluctuations, but it was able to protect such a large inner courtyard so that not even raindrops could get in.
It’s worthy of being a noble family academy!
"Luckily, I've had a big head since I was young, so I don't have to worry about rain. Others carry umbrellas, but I have a big head. Otherwise, my status would be immediately dragged down." Tang Zheng shook his folding fan gently, imitating those "senior failed students" who didn't prepare rain gear at all. With a knowledgeable and humble smile on his face, he waited for the exam to begin.
After all the candidates entered the inner courtyard, the clear bell rang again.
The three examiners, along with a group of academy stewards, entered the inner courtyard. Leng Buchen was still in the lead, with Li Xiaoren and Ouyang Luoluo following closely behind.
Leng Buchen's expression was still solemn. As soon as he entered the examination room, he announced the start of the examination without saying a word. He was indeed decisive and efficient.
"Hey, they didn't even talk about the exam rules, the encouragements before the exam, the threats against cheating, and they just started the exam? They didn't even say some of the usual polite words like "This examiner is a villain first and a gentleman later, I'll say it in advance?" Tang Zheng took the first exam paper handed to him by the deacon, looked at Leng Buchen and complained secretly.
However, despite his complaints, Tang Zheng still quickly lowered his head to check the test paper.
"Oh my god, why is it blank?" Tang Zheng frowned when he saw that there was not a single word on his test paper. He thought he had won the prize and got a blank paper due to a printing error.
"Don't make any noise. Once the test papers are distributed and the time is up, the test questions will appear naturally." The deacon who was distributing the papers heard Tang Zheng's words and scolded him softly.
Jiang Wuyan on the side looked back at Tang Zheng in surprise. This was the most basic common sense, how could Tang Zheng not even know this? Some other candidates who were sitting closer even chuckled and secretly mocked him as a bumpkin in their hearts.
Tang Zheng knew that he had embarrassed himself again, and secretly complained: "At least write an instruction manual. Are you bullying those of us who didn't pass the exam?..."
Despite this small incident, the work of distributing the curling papers was completed quickly and orderly.
After all the test papers were distributed, Leng Buchen, who was sitting in the position of the chief examiner, stood up. The stars rose up, emitting a beam of starlight that shot directly into the blue starry sky.
Then, dots of inky light fell from the blue starry sky and landed on the test papers of every candidate at the same time.
When the inky light fell on the test paper, Tang Zheng was shocked to find that the test paper, which was originally blank, was instantly filled with lines of test questions written in regular script.
At the same time, the bell rang again, and a huge hourglass next to the bell, with star sand flickering brightly inside, slowly fell down.
Obviously, when the star sand runs out, the assessment will end.
All the candidates in the room took out paper and pen, lowered their heads, and started answering almost at the same time.
When Tang Zheng saw this scene, he felt a little sad. He wondered if other academies were the same, but this academy's concept of fairness and justice was truly reflected in every detail.
However, his previous hope of gaining more time to answer questions by taking advantage of his front seat was completely dashed.
But this little thing certainly wouldn't affect his mood. Tang Zheng smiled, picked up his pen and dipped it in ink, and began to check the test paper.
Unlike most candidates, I just start writing.
Tang Zheng decided to read the entire test paper first to get a general idea in his mind of how many questions there are, how difficult they are, and what the score ratio is. Then he could decide how to answer the questions smoothly, starting with the easy questions and then moving on to the difficult ones.
Before traveling through time, although Tang Zheng was not a top student, he had at least taken many exams since he was a child. In terms of examination experience, he was much more experienced than everyone present, even those "senior failers".
After all, even if you take the imperial academy selection exam every time, you will only have less than ten chances in your lifetime.
But before traveling through time, any talented junior high school kid had to face monthly exams, joint exams, midterm exams, and final exams... Each of them was like a Lu Bu among men, and they would be sick of taking the exams.
"Exam-oriented education is also good. At least after traveling through time, my mother won't have to worry about me not being able to pass the exam anymore..." Tang Zheng said to himself with a smile as he looked at the test paper.
There are four test papers in total.
There are four categories of topics: classics, history, poetry, and essays.
Classics are classical works, history refers to major historical events, poetry refers to lyrics and songs, and theory refers to arguments and discussions of opinions.
The first two categories are objective questions with fill-in-the-blank answers, and the last two categories are subjective questions with free expression. The three categories of classics and epic poems account for one point in total, and essays account for one point alone.
After Tang Zheng finished reading the four types of questions, he felt relieved.
The first two types of objective questions, whether they were classics or history, were very solid, ranging from easy to difficult, but not tricky either. With the experience of being a teacher for more than half a year, Tang Zheng was already very familiar with the classic works and important historical documents of the Xingyao Continent - as a teacher, how could he teach students if he couldn't even handle it himself?
"High professional ethics will indeed be rewarded!" Tang Zheng was secretly happy as he wrote quickly. Many of these objective questions were the ones he had used to make things difficult for naughty children in class. He didn't expect that he would be tested with these questions again in the examination room today.
Tang Zheng quickly filled up the two test papers of classics and history while answering them. When he looked up, he saw that the hourglass had only drained less than one-fifth of the time.
Looking at the other candidates, some had sad faces, some were biting the tip of their pens, and even Jiang Wuyan next to them frowned occasionally. It seemed that these questions, which seemed extremely simple to Tang Zheng, were still very difficult for most of the candidates.
"Tsk tsk, this is what they call men are afraid of choosing the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man... Sir, you don't want to work in such a promising industry, you deserve to be stumped on the exam. Well, it turns out that being a top student is so exciting. If I had known, I would have studied hard and made progress every day..." Tang Zheng saw that he had plenty of time, and looking around, he felt so sour and refreshing, just like slurping a big bowl of old-style pickled cabbage and beef noodles, he couldn't stop.
After a little fun, Tang Zheng stopped while he was ahead. He had told the story of the tortoise and the hare to his students many times. To be a man, you must be a strong tortoise, not a soft rabbit.
Continue answering the questions. Next are two subjective questions. The first one is about poetry.
The title is to recite a poem related to Yisu Academy.
Tang Zheng frowned slightly. For this kind of subjective question, the key is to solve the question. It is very broad and the easiest thing to think of is people, scenery, or history related to the academy.
But no matter which one it is, Tang Zheng feels it is not good.
First, the people, scenery, and history are too common and too easy to be thought of. In an exam, you must first grasp the examiner's psychology, and secondly, grasp the psychology of other candidates. You must be different from the examiner and be different from others, so that you can stand out.
Second, the people, scenery, and history are all too specific. The problems caused by being too specific are, first, the intention is not high, and second, it is not easy to copy.
Well, it’s not easy to copy. This is the most important part.
Asking Tang Zheng, a junior high school graduate, to create his own poems, he can't even get the rhythm right, so he thinks it would be more promising for him to be a great plagiarist.
However, if he wanted to write something too specific about Yisuli Academy, where could Tang Zheng find an article to copy? After all, the literati and poets before the time travel had never visited Yisuli Academy, so naturally they would not leave any calligraphy works related to it.
What should I do? Tang Zheng thought about it and looked up to see the three examiners. They all cast their eyes on him intentionally or unintentionally. It seemed that they were also very concerned about his exam.
When Tang Zheng saw Leng Buchen's serious face, he couldn't help but think of what Leng Buchen said during the first test the day before, when he got full marks and faced doubts from some candidates and the audience.
Yisu Academy is an academy that believes in miracles!
Yes, miracle.
A light flashed in Tang Zheng's mind. He believed in miracles and believed that no matter how difficult it was, as long as there was a glimmer of possibility, there was a chance of success. This belief was not only the past of the founding of Feishi City, but also one of the concepts firmly believed by Yisu Academy and Leng Jiasu.
If a poem is composed based on this concept, it will not only be very relevant to the topic, but also have a profound meaning, and the connection will not be too specific, giving Tang Zheng the opportunity to borrow the masterpieces of the masters he had learned before traveling through time.
The only problem was that Tang Zheng racked his brains but couldn't think of many popular poems related to miracles.
“When you think there is no way out, you will find another village after seeing the willows and flowers.”
This poem is quite good. It has a miraculous meaning as "after the darkness comes the bright willows and flowers". This was the first poem that came to Tang Zheng's mind, but then the problem arises again.
He didn't even remember what the first two lines of the poem were...
"What a bummer, Brother Lu You. It's all my fault in my previous life that I thought your poems were not domineering enough and the style was not right for showing off, so I didn't study hard..." Tang Zheng thought for a long time in frustration, but he just couldn't remember what the first two lines of Lu You's poem were about.
With his ability, there is no way for him to connect these two good lines of poetry to the first half of the sentence. That would absolutely be a poor imitation and out of place.
But even in Xingyao Continent, the rule that two lines can make up a poem has never been recognized, so Tang Zheng had to give up this poem with great reluctance.
But what are some other poems about miracles?
Tang Zheng looked at the time in the Xingsha hourglass, which passed by bit by bit, and began to recall with all his might.
