Chapter 104: Full marks! Full marks!

The entrance exam at the Academy lasts three days in total.

According to the Academy's six major schools, there are six subjects in total, with two subjects per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

The requirements to meet the admission conditions fall into three categories.

Either pass four subjects, or excel in two subjects, or achieve full marks in one subject.

Tinari's feeling was not wrong.

If it were the former Luo De, aside from taking the special recruitment student route, it would basically be difficult for him to achieve a passing score in this year's entrance exam.

But after receiving guidance from A De Ba Yi and Nadixa, and since Luo De himself is a pragmatic person, having personally practiced much of the material, his understanding of the Life Theory Faction is extremely profound.

Based on the question-setting standards of previous years.

Even though the Academy may increase the difficulty of the exam for Desert People, Luo De scoring full marks in the Life Theory Faction is basically no problem.

However, this optimism did not make Luo De overly arrogant.

One fears not the ten thousand, but the one off chance.

Who knows if the Academy will go crazy this year and throw a bunch of ridiculously difficult and abstract questions.

So he could not possibly put all his hopes on the Life Theory Faction subject alone.

Therefore, outside the Life Theory Faction.

Luo De chose the Elementary Theory Faction, which he was already studying.

With the innate advantage of possessing three Visions, plus Nadixa's guidance as the top problem-solver in all of Teyvat, Luo De picked up the Elementary Theory Faction extremely quickly.

Just before departure.

Nadixa also gave him several mock tests.

The final result was.

That is, unless the Academy temporarily changes the rules this year or tests out-of-syllabus content, otherwise this admission spot is secured for Luo De.

"One subject full marks, or two subjects excellent."

This is the requirement Luo De set for himself.

The three days passed in a flash.

The scene was quite similar to when Luo De's college entrance exam ended in his previous life.

As the students walked out of the exam hall, some were elated, some cried with their heads down, some looked relaxed, and some wore grim faces.

Of course.

Given the Academy's exam difficulty.

Those with grim faces and those crying with their heads down were the most numerous, basically over eighty percent of the students had that expression, including the students who had mocked Luo De outside the exam hall earlier.

In comparison.

Although Luo De was not that relaxed, he could not be said to have a grim face.

"How was it?"

Dixiya, who had held it in for three days, finally asked this question.

Everyone said that during the Academy's exam period, one should not casually ask how the exam went, lest it affect the examinee's mindset.

Therefore Dixiya never dared to ask Luo De how he did, fearing that an unstable mindset would affect his performance in the next subject.

"Not bad."

Luo De stroked his chin, still recalling the questions he had answered earlier.

From the discussion among the surrounding students, his exam paper differed from that of the Rainforest Area, and some answers could not be referenced.

Actually.

He was in the same exam room as those few Desert students, and the exam room consisted of just those few people.

Although everyone was spaced several meters apart, the invigilators' supervision was unusually strict; they not only stared at them without relaxing during the exam, but also conducted a strict and thorough body search before entering the exam hall, even taking Luo De's Vision, ostensibly to prevent cheating.

Fortunately, before entering the exam hall Luo De had handed his Fire Vision and Grass Vision to Dixiya for safekeeping; otherwise there would surely have been a big mess.

Harder examination standards, stricter supervision.

"This is basically not intending to give Desert People any chance to enter the Academy at all."

Luo De slightly shook his head, asking Nadixa in his mind: "How are my grades?"

He certainly did not cheat in this exam.

Although theoretically he could cheat with Nadixa's help.

However, Luo De himself did not want to cheat, and Nadixa could not possibly help him cheat.

So he answered the questions entirely relying on his genuine ability and learning.

And precisely because of that.

For a few proof questions, he was not sure whether he could get full marks, so he still had to ask Nadixa, who had been watching him answer.

However, Nadixa's subsequent answer made Luo De slightly furrow his brow.

"Depending on the grader's mood?"

Luo De's confidence on his face faded a little.

That is not a very good answer.

He had encountered similar situations in his previous life.

The answers to proof questions, as well as subjective questions like literary analysis and Chinese-English essays, are all prone to going awry.

If the grader is lenient, the score can be higher.

If the grader is strict, the score will be lower.

Luo De's impression of this matter is extremely deep.

Back when he took the college entrance exam, his scores were entirely based on guessing, and he certainly did not apply after seeing the results.

Moreover, when applying, the only thing known was the score line.

For each school you apply to, there are only three choices; if you miss your first choice and are shifted to the second, even if your score is sufficient, the school's admission priority is low, making it very likely you'll be reassigned to an unwanted major.

"Hah—"

Recalling the painful events of those years, Luo De couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

At that time, Luo De, fearing that overestimating his score would affect his application, calculated his estimated score for the subjective questions according to the graders' strictest standard.

The result was that Luo De's estimated score was thirty or more points lower than his actual exam score; finally, the school he applied to was not his ideal school, and even the major was not his favorite.

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't do well?"

Seeing Luo De's poor complexion, Dixiya repeatedly comforted him: "It's fine, I told you before, if you don't do well this year there's next year, if you don't do well tomorrow there's the day after; with your cleverness, you'll surely get into the Academy sooner or later."

"Not exactly."

Luo De lightly shook his head, but with a smile said: "Just a few questions I wasn't sure about; getting in smoothly is still no problem."

"This isn't him bragging."

"This is what Nadixa said verbatim."

"Who is Luo De?"

Strictly speaking, he is currently the only genuine disciple of a deity in all of Sumeru Cheng, a student personally taught hand‑by‑hand by the Dendro Archon.

Since he already had considerable attainment in the Vitalist School, after receiving Nadixa's instruction, according to A De Ba Yi's words, he was qualified to take the Tatasa exam.

In the Materialist School's studies, Luo De, although unable to reach the Vitalist School's ability to easily score full marks, still could obtain an excellence with no problem.

According to Nadixa's assessment, even if those few argumentation questions were all scored at the minimum.

Luo De could at least get two excellences.

Getting into the Academy is at least enough.

"Are you not worried about not getting in?"

Hearing Luo De's brimming confidence, Dixiya couldn't help but be startled.

"Yeah."

"I just think it's possible I won't get a full mark."

Luo De grinned: "After all, the treatment for a full mark and for excellence is different."

Don't just see that the Academy's admission standard says one subject full mark qualifies, and then think the standard is nothing more than that.

"In fact."

Among the students the Academy admits each year, those who can score a full mark in a single subject are few and far between; those who are desert people and can do so are even rarer.

"The previous one who could achieve this."

"Or rather, the scholar named Setare."

With such grades as a foundation, after entering the Academy, Setare's studies were smooth sailing all the way, eventually attaining the position of assistant to the Great Sage.

"This is the value of a single-subject full mark."

"Moreover, this is also the basic requirement for the Six Great Sages to accept disciples under normal circumstances."

"Earlier, before giving Luo De a recommendation letter at Chan'na Garden Ti Na, they definitely had to test him first, and that's why."

"If possible."

Luo De thought that if he could become Nadixa's disciple without a recommendation letter, he would stand out among the Academy's students and thus have a chance to encounter an opportunity to save Nadixa.

"Unfortunately."

Nadixa's remark "depending on the grader's mood" almost completely crushed his hope.

Would the Academy's staff so easily give Luo De a single-subject full mark when his answer isn't perfect?

"The answer."

"Probably not that ideal."

With a regretful mood, Luo De and Dixiya returned to the Humei household, beginning the most anxious wait for the results.

"I don't know if it's to let Luo De relax properly."

"Even though Luo De said he wasn't anxious at all."

Dixiya still insisted on taking him out to play every day.

"Of course."

Dina Ze Dai also had to follow along.

As Dina Ze Dai's personal bodyguard, since Dixiya accepted employment from the Humei household, she must do her duty well.

Dina Ze Dai also understands Dixiya's thoughts.

Coincidentally, she had grown a bit bored staying at home, so she simply went to have fun with Dixiya and Luo De in Sumeru Cheng for a few days.

Especially the Grand Bazaar.

This place has become where she must go each day to sign in and punch the clock.

It is also precisely here.

She met many merchants stationed at the Flower Goddess Festival, among whom Vigar, responsible for playing the Flower Knight Faris, and Nilou, who performs the Flower Goddess dance, are people she chats with every day.

When she saw that the Zubair Theatre's facilities were dilapidated and old, she directly sought out Zubair, provided a large sum of funds, and had Zubair properly renovate the theatre.

To show his gratitude to her.

Zubair also gave her many performance props.

Really looking forward to next year's Flower Goddess Festival.

This is what Dina Ze Dai said when leaving the Zubair Theatre.

Happy times always pass quickly.

After spending several days fully relaxing and playing with Dixiya and Dina Zeda in Sumeru Cheng, it finally came to the day when the Academy announced the results.

Early in the morning.

Dixiya then went to the Academy together with Luo De, waiting for the results to be posted.

Actually, in the Academy's philosophy, the act of posting paper bulletins is considered quite embarrassing.

If possible,

They would prefer to announce the results directly in the Void Terminal.

But there's nothing they can do.

Not every student has a Void Terminal.

After all, it's not yet time for a full rollout of Void Terminals; just from what Luo De saw, at least about a third of the students weren't wearing one.

So they can only use this outdated paper bulletin method.

Looking at the crowd of students and parents waiting for results around him, Luo De, who had been curiously looking around, couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.

Hehe.

His laughter drew Dixiya's attention.

At the same time, in this solemn setting, Luo De's behavior of laughing before the results were even out also drew dissatisfaction from many nervous people.

Dixiya had to nudge him with her elbow and remind him: "What are you laughing at? You're so confident? What if you don't pass? Then wouldn't you be letting others laugh at you."

Oh.

Just thinking of something funny.

I won't laugh, I won't laugh, that's it.

Luo De immediately put on a straight face, looking left and right as he continued to wait for the Academy staff to come out and post the results.

But the more he looked at this familiar scene, the more he couldn't help feeling an urge to laugh.

Who would have thought we'd end up in another world.

And still be able to see such a scene.

However.

He soon couldn't laugh anymore.

When the Academy posted the results and Luo De saw his name followed by full marks in the Life Theory Faction and full marks in the Simple Theory Faction, his brain short-circuited and his mouth opened wide enough to swallow an egg.

What the heck!

I believe the Life Theory Faction gave me full marks!

I got one objective question wrong in the Simple Theory Faction, and this isn't an ambiguous subjective question—how could they give me full marks in the Simple Theory Faction!

(End of chapter)