Above the mage!

Chapter 168 Full marks, full marks, and full marks!

Winter Solstice month, 2nd.

The nearly seven-day assessment week has ended.

A large number of branch courses officially ended after three months of teaching.

Joseph Boll, the instructor of "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials", sat in front of a long table, meticulously looking at a pile of test papers collected from students on the table and marking them.

During the review process, the middle-aged wizard shook his head from time to time, and then casually pushed the parchment in his hand aside.

There were already dozens of parchments of the same material.

Each one represents a student who failed the assessment.

A course with a low pass rate, in addition to the high difficulty of the course itself, often also has a strict and rigid instructor.

The same is true for "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials".

Joseph Boll is recognized by many students in the academy as one of the most demanding instructors.

If "General Knowledge of Medicinal Herbs" was not one of the compulsory branches of "Alchemy", many people would not be willing to choose this course because of Joseph.

"Terrible, terrible. These students are getting worse and worse. If they spend a little more time on the course, they won't answer questions with such an attitude. How can they make any achievements in Potions in the future?"

After sighing in his heart, Joseph Boll's eyes fell on the next piece of parchment.

After taking two glances, suddenly, his pupils shrank slightly, and he stared at the neatly written answer on the parchment, refusing to look away.

After a moment, Joseph Boll's face turned slightly red, which showed his happiness.

The twenty questions he designed carefully covered all aspects of knowledge and contained many pitfalls.

This was the first time he saw a student avoid all these pitfalls and all his answers were correct.

Even if he looked at it with a critical eye, he could not find any loopholes or omissions in the details of the answer on the parchment in front of him, which made the always strict Joseph feel like he had no idea where to start.

After a while, the blush on Joseph Boll's face faded and he revealed a satisfied smile.

To be honest, when he was "posing the question", he never thought that anyone could come up with such a perfect answer.

However, when he really saw that such an answer existed, Joseph Boll's heart was filled with joy.

Without hesitation, he gave the test paper a full score.

This is the first time that Joseph Boll has given a full score in all the years he has been teaching the "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials" course.

He was just about to see who the student was who gave such a perfect answer when the unlocked door was pushed open very rudely.

The visitor neither knocked on the door nor greeted in advance. This impolite behavior made Joseph frown subconsciously.

However, after seeing who the visitor was, Joseph's brows relaxed and he smiled.

Rhodes, who was also a lecturer in the Potions Department, was not only his colleague, but they were also students who entered Ceres College in the same batch. After graduation, they chose to stay in the college together and had been friends for many years.

"Joseph, did you hear that the new student Gao De got full marks in the assessments of the last two courses?"

"Although 'Common Spells' and 'Geography of the Norlan Continent and War Geography' are both famous credit-earning courses in the academy, the difficulty of getting full marks is no less than that of other courses!"

As soon as he walked in, Rhodes said excitedly with a gossipy look on his face.

"God?" Joseph frowned and thought for a moment, "Who is that?"

"Hey, you," Rod scolded with a smile, "Didn't I tell you about this new student last month?"

Joseph smiled and said seriously: "You talk about so many things every time, how can I remember them all." Although the two have been friends for many years, their personalities are actually completely different.

Rod is a warm, extroverted person who loves "gossip".

He, on the other hand, is much more taciturn and has never been interested in all those miscellaneous "gossips".

"I know you are focusing on potions, but you need to have some fun to spice up your life from time to time." Rod said earnestly, and at the same time gave Joseph a brief introduction: "God is the freshman who has chosen sixteen courses."

Joseph had no impression of the name "Gold", but he was impressed by the label "sixteen elective courses" and remembered it immediately.

"Oh, it's him!" Joseph suddenly realized, then remembered something and said with a smile: "You didn't think highly of him, thinking he was a student who was just trying to attract attention. Now you've been slapped in the face."

"He was able to get full marks in two courses. This is real strength."

Rhode smiled awkwardly and said weakly: "I am just making inferences based on common sense."

Then, he slapped his thigh fiercely, "I came to you because of him!"

"What do you mean?" Joseph was puzzled.

"This freshman has also chosen your 'General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials' course. Although it is not easy to get full marks in those two credit courses, the difficulty of the courses themselves is relatively low after all. At most, it shows that this kid has a solid foundation and studies hard."

"Your performance in the Medicinal Materials General Knowledge course should reflect your level." Rhode praised Joseph quietly again and continued:

"As a result, because you had to go to Karls City to purchase medicinal herbs a few days ago, the results of the subsequent exams, 'Geography of the Norlan Continent and Geography of War', have come out, but the results of your 'General Knowledge of Medicinal Herbs' have not yet come out."

"It's already the second day since you came back. I guess you must have been marking the students' papers today." Rhodes chuckled, "Tell me quickly, how is this kid doing in your class?"

"Oh, you made a special trip just for this." Joseph held his forehead helplessly, convinced by his friend's temper, but he was also easy to talk to, at least in front of his friend. "Okay, I'll show you."

"Gaode." He paused for a moment, feeling as if he had seen the name somewhere before. It looked familiar.

"Wait?!" The next moment, Joseph suddenly reacted and his eyes fell on the name on the perfect answer in his hand.

The two words "Gaode" were lying there quietly.

"What's wrong?" Rhodes asked in confusion when he saw that his friend agreed with him verbally but did not take any follow-up action.

Joseph took a deep breath and said slowly: "This time, I also gave a full score."

"Oh?" Rhode raised his eyebrows in surprise. "You are the famous 'cold-faced instructor' in our academy. You will point out every little mistake to the students. How can you give them a perfect score?"

"What a cold-faced instructor," Joseph said dissatisfiedly, "Preparing potions is an extremely rigorous process. The slightest difference may lead to failure. In the early stages of learning, it is natural to cultivate a rigorous attitude towards potion learning for these students."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Rhodes was also aware of his friend's temperament. He was too responsible and had a strong sense of educational ethics. Although he felt it was unnecessary, he still respected him very much and responded quickly.

"But I am still more concerned about Gao De's results. I want to see how good he is." He turned the topic back to Gao De.

"Didn't I tell you?" Joseph put away the smile on his face, put on a "cold face" attitude, and said lightly.

"When will you tell me?" Rhodes paused, then reacted in an instant, "Your full score is from Gaode?!"

"Yeah." Joseph responded.

Rhodes was completely confused. He looked at Joseph's face and confirmed that given his friend's character, he would not joke with him.

"Full marks in three tests," he muttered.

"A talented person has emerged." Joseph was much calmer and sighed leisurely.

(End of this chapter)