The Lazy Cultivator

Part 15: First Test

Besides Lin Zhu it turned out that there were other people taking the exam today, there were 4 women and 5 men to this day the number of participants was 10 people. Among them was of course the youngest Lin Zhu, their average age was already 20 years old and above until Lin Zhu felt it was natural that he was being looked at lightly by all of them.

“Greet all participants here, introduce my name Bao Xi. I am the committee in this written exam, please sit in the place that has been provided. You are given 1 hour to solve all the problems I will share, there should be no cheating of any kind, you will be expelled and unable to take the alchemist exam for 5 years if you cheat. Is there anything you want to ask?” bao Xi said.

“Do we have to collect answers after the given time is up or can we collect them when we have finished working on it?” Ask Lin Zhu.

“You can collect answers when you are done working on them. Anything else?” Answer Bao Xi.

No one asked anymore so Bao Xi immediately handed out a question sheet once the participants occupied their respective positions, the room that initially felt silent now only sounded friction between the paper and the brush. Everyone was busy working on the matter with teleti, Lin Zhu glanced at the surroundings lazily then glanced at the matter of the exam which numbered 50 matters. The matter was dominated by the basic knowledge of alchemists, Lin Zhu had already memorized it out of his head until he only needed 20 minutes to answer all the questions.

Lin Zhu glanced back at the doubtful answer sheet, should He answer all the questions correctly? Lin Zhu forgot to ask Ji Han what was the highest score ever achieved by the person taking the exam, he did not want to be suspected and attracted attention just for getting a perfect score in this written exam.

‘Qi Lu, how much value do you think I should achieve to look ordinary?’ Lin Zhu finally chose to ask his space ring guard spirit through his inner being.

‘I think the value of 80 or 85 is good miss, the value of 90 is high enough’ replied Qi Lu.

‘Alright, thank you’ said Lin Zhu.

The minimum score that must be achieved in order to pass the exam is 80 so Lin Zhu chose to get a score of 85 but the number of questions there are 50 questions which means each problem is worth 2 points, Lin Zhu had to change his 7 answers in order for him to get an 86, but which question should he make wrong?

Ugh why does it feel more difficult to answer a question incorrectly than to answer a question easily? Did he just collect it without changing it? But He is lazy to face problems that may arise if He gets a perfect score.

‘Nona, you can change the answer to the question about cold roots, ice hearts, fire souls, 9-color lotuses, fire silkworms, ice silkworms, ice silk worms, and the dragon heart because of the knowledge of it was very rarely known by lay alchemist’ Qi Lu again voiced in Lin Zhu's mind.

Qi Lu could see anything in the space ring, although during the journey Qi Lu was silent but he knew what was going on out there.

‘Eh really? In ancient times it was basic knowledge that even ordinary humans knew!’ in Lin Zhu's mind exclaimed in shock.

‘True miss, because at this time they are included in the rare herbal group’ Qi Lu said.

‘Alright, once again thank Qi Lu. It is only you that I can count on’ said Lin Zhu.

‘Sama-sama miss, it has become my duty’ Qi Lu said.

Lin Zhu glanced back at the problem sheet and the answer sheet, now he was confused how to change the answer. Is it just in the scribble? Alright, just doodle it anyway Lin Zhu did not want to take a headache. The remaining time was only 20 minutes when Lin Zhu finished correcting the answer sheet, He glanced at the other participants who were still busy struggling with the question sheet, he said, there was no sign that anyone had completed the exam other than him.

Indifferently Lin Zhu got up then handed the question sheet and the answer to Bao Xi followed by a look of wonder and trivial from the other participants which of course He ignored.

“You sure you want to collect now? There is still time to change your answer when in doubt” said Bao Xi.

“Well you can go out and wait in the administration room, there is still 20 minutes until the exam is over. I will make an announcement about anyone who passes on the administration officer” said Bao Xi.

“Good, thank you tuan” said Lin Zhu then waltzed away without a burden because he was sure that he would escape.

On the other hand Ji Han was walking around in the capital to look for lodging, previously Ji Han had already put on the mask that Lin Zhu had given him to cover his face. This was the capital, the place where the sects and great families were located so Ji Han did not want anyone to recognize him as Wu Ji Han because Wu Ji Han had died.

As a person who was born and lived in the capital, Ji Han knew for sure all the places in the capital so he was not confused when he wanted to find lodging. Unfortunately many inns are already full because the competition will be held until Ji Han was difficult to find lodging, even though the time is still long until the competition is held.

This time Ji Han tried to search in the small inn that people rarely glanced at after trying to search in the luxurious inn.

“Excuse me, is there a room I can rent?” ask Ji Han.

“How many rooms do you want to rent?” ask the waiter.

“I want to order 2 rooms for me and my sister” replied Ji Han.

“Currently the remaining rooms are just ordinary rooms is it no problem?” said the waiter.

“No problem”

“The cost for a regular room is only 20 silver coins per day, two rooms so 40 silver coins. You want to rent for how many days?” ask the waiter.

“I want to rent for 1 month” replied Ji Han.

“Because you rented two rooms in total so 1,200 silver” coins

“Alright, I rent 2 rooms. Here's the money” said Ji Han then handed over 12 gold coins, 1 gold coin worth 100 silver coins.

“This is his room key, rooms number 4 and 5. It is on the 2”th floor

“Thanks” said Ji Han because the lodging problem had been resolved Ji Han decided to go around for food.

He chose to go to the market rather than stop by the restaurant because in the market many sold snacks and He wanted to buy some for Lin Zhu.

To Be Continued