Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 56 Jealousy can distort a person beyond recognition.

The first half is over. 🍫🍫 ❻9şђù𝐱.ς𝓸Μ 🐍🎉

Qin Feng had originally hoped that the afternoon's internal debate exam would be a good warm-up and a chance to get some exercise, but when the exam was about to start in the afternoon, he was told by the staff that he had already been guaranteed a spot in tomorrow's final debate round, and that he should not participate in the afternoon's exam.

The reason is quite simple: to protect the vast majority of ordinary liberal arts students.

In humanities debate competitions, if the debate ends in a tie, physical action is required to resolve the issue.

The fifty-six individuals on the Astounding Ranking all possess blood energy values ​​far exceeding those of ordinary people. If these Astounding Ranking experts were to participate in the competition, they would generally adopt a more direct and frank communication style.

For example, you could directly tell the other person, "I disagree with your opinion, let's fight!" Then, relying on your superhuman health, you could knock them out with one punch!

Under such circumstances, how could ordinary liberal arts students possibly beat star students?

Back in the days when the "Amazing List" existed, there were a few times when those who didn't believe in fate insisted on having these geniuses from the "Amazing List" participate in the preliminary rounds of the internal debate. As a result, these top students from the "Amazing List" made half of the ordinary candidates in the examination room cry!

It brought a slight shock and a faint psychological shadow to the ordinary liberal arts students that year.

Let those test takers back then truly see that the concept of one person defeating ten thousand is indeed a real thing in physics!

Some might say, if humanities subjects involve hands-on activities, then is there any need for humanities exams? Why not just merge them with martial arts subjects?

No, it is still necessary to have liberal arts exams. Liberal arts exams require that martial arts practitioners, if not proficient in the Six Arts, at the very least, not be illiterate.

Liberal arts theory courses account for 30 points. An average score for theory courses is released every year. Those who score below the average score are not qualified to participate in the finals. Once the average score for liberal arts courses in the finals is released each year, it will eliminate two-thirds or even nine-tenths of the top students on the list!

After all, those who practice martial arts have limited academic backgrounds. Truly achieving proficiency in both martial arts and academics requires immense effort. The majority of those who actually reach the final rounds in the humanities exams are ordinary humanities students, not those on the "Top Ten" list who can do whatever they want. 💜💜 ➅9s𝕙Ⓤ𝕏.Ⓒ𝔬ｍ 👺🐳

"I think I understand now."

"The exam rules don't protect us top-ranked contestants."

"It's to protect ordinary test takers."

"The existence of rules is to constrain the masters on the Astounding Ranking!"

Qin Feng's words elicited a reaction from Zhang Beihai, a temporary worker at the Court of Justice, who was standing nearby.

Zhang Beihai swirled his red clay wine cup, sipping his 1982 Dukang liquor, and said leisurely, "Isn't that obvious? Have you ever seen a law that applies to ordinary people?"

"The law targets those who can break the law, not ordinary people who are incapable of breaking the law."

"You guys on the Astounding Ranking are now capable of breaking the rules!"

"If we don't keep you guys in check, the final round of the liberal arts exam will be all yours!"

"What's the point of ordinary people taking exams! How could they possibly have a chance to get ahead?"

Qin Feng spread his hands and said, "But teacher, have you thought about it? Even if we make it to the finals, the experts on the Astounding Ranking will still have an advantage! Those scholars who can't even lift abs won't be able to beat us either."

Zhang Beikaido: "The final rounds are different; you don't play one-on-one in the final rounds."

Qin Feng was taken aback. "Not one-on-one? Team competition?"

"Brilliant!" Zhang Beihai laughed. "As Confucius often said, 'Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me.' Therefore, in the final rounds, it's usually three people per group, and the group with the highest score gets first, second, and third place! And when these three-person teams are formed, even if you have some top-tier experts among your members, they won't be in the same group. Instead, each group will have one top-tier expert. This way, the strength ceiling of each group will be roughly the same, making it much fairer!"

Qin Feng exclaimed admiringly, "Confucian scholars know how to have fun!"

Zhang Beikai said, "Although the exam rules are somewhat biased towards the top performers on the 'Amazing List,' everyone is still most concerned about them. After all, your group's combat strength directly determines your group's ceiling. And for the liberal arts students who have reached the finals, their theoretical levels are roughly the same; no one is significantly better than anyone else. At this point, what determines your group's ranking is the group's combat specialist. The stronger they are, the more likely they are to get first place. ♧✌ 6➈SĤ𝐮x.℃σΜ 🎃♚"

Qin Feng asked, "Was the division of this three-person group random or deliberate?"

Zhang Beihai said, "Generally speaking, the top expert on the Astounding Ranking is the core of a group, and then a student with a low score who just passed will be assigned to the group, and then a student with a high score who is a humanities expert will be assigned to the group. That makes a compliant three-person group."

Qin Feng nodded and said, "Doing it this way is quite fair."

Just as the teacher and student were chatting, light and shadow appeared on the wall opposite them.

"[Breaking News] The Jixia Academy's Xianyang branch has released the scores for the first half of the liberal arts exam! A large number of exceptionally talented individuals have been eliminated!"

Upon seeing this headline, Zhang Beihai laughed and said, "See? I told you so! Many of the top students on the Astounding List don't even reach the average score of the science finals!"

Soon, rows of table borders appeared on the screen.

This year's liberal arts theory exam was out of 30 points, and the average score in the final round was 27.99!

The list of top performers includes 56 individuals, with 9 scoring 27.99 or higher!

The details are as follows.

The Confucianism [One Sage], theory worth 30 points!

The Confucian [Vast and Immortal] has a theoretical score of 29.99!

Taoist [Daojun], theoretical score 29.00!

The renowned expert [Daojun] has a theoretical score of 29.00!

The farmer [Daojun] has a theoretical score of 28.85!

The Mohist [Daoist Lord] has a theoretical score of 28.66!

Novelist [Seven Heroes], theoretical score 28.5!

The "Eight Oddities of the Farmhouse" have a theoretical score of 28.12!

The strategist [Half a move ahead of Heaven], theoretical score 100.00!

The media screen erupted instantly.

"One hundred points! Out of thirty! He got one hundred! What does that mean? Did the strategist cheat?"

"It must be cheating! How did this kid manage to score more than three times the 30-point limit!"

"The combined theoretical scores of the three 'Amazing Lists' don't even equal his! Is that reasonable?"

"It must be cheating! We're going to report this to the Jixia Academy headquarters. They must have miscalculated the score; how could it be a hundred!"

Jealousy instantly twisted the faces of scholars across the land.

In the top-tier examination hall, in the celebrity lounge.

The two, [Wild God] and [War God], who had failed the exam, were chatting happily when they saw the score of 100 from the strategist [Victory Over Heaven], and their wine glasses shattered at the same time.

Although the two of them came to the liberal arts exam just to enjoy the scenery and had no intention of making it to the finals with their talents.

But seeing that top students on the same list were able to outperform liberal arts students and achieve an unimaginable score of 100.

This kind of heartache is hard to describe in words.

This is what it means to be more afraid of your brother driving a Land Rover than to be afraid of your brother suffering.

We're all trained martial artists, so why are you the only one who can outperform the entire humanities theory class? Why are you the only one who can get a perfect score?

This score of 100 is unique even among the previous 17 amazing competitions!

[Wild God] roared, his fiery red hair almost ablaze, "Cheating! I knew those bastards from the School of Diplomacy wouldn't follow the rules! They must have cheated! They must have hacked into the Jixia Academy's server and altered the scores!"

In contrast to the enraged Southern Barbarian [Desolate God], the military strategist [God of War] Meng Yi quickly calmed down, rubbing his temple as he said, "Cheating? Unlikely!"

"The exam papers of the top scholars on the Astounding List were personally graded by Master Mencius!"

"Even the grades were given by Mencius!"

"The only reason you and I got a passing grade was because a few teachers pleaded for us; otherwise, Teacher Meng would have torn up our papers on the spot!"

"Master Mencius had a fiery temper and was straightforward; he would never give anyone a chance to cheat. The fact that he got this score in the 'Half a Move Against Heaven' competition shows that he truly had some things that were beyond the comprehension of ordinary people."

"This also explains why the strategists, even though their disciple ranks were already full, still wanted to add another disciple for him."

"This clearly shows that this child is exceptionally intelligent."

[The Desolate God] roared, "I want to see his exam paper! I want to see what kind of heavenly secret techniques he wrote to get a hundred points! Why does he get a hundred points and I only get fifteen!"

Meng Yi said lazily, "What are you thinking! The papers for the Astounding Ranking's top experts are not made public! Even if they are, it's only made public internally, circulating among the teachers, and will not be released to the public! Otherwise, with our papers, we would be completely humiliated if we showed them!"

【Wild God】quickly added, “Strange, it wasn’t spread in the Master’s circle either. My teacher said that 【Sheng Tian Ban Zi】’s exam paper was taken directly by Master Meng and given to the King. Apart from Master Meng, only the King has seen his exam paper.”

Meng Yi said, "Then let's not go looking for trouble. Come on, let's drink!"

"Drink my ass!" [Wild God]'s face turned fiery red. "I feel so awful right now. Why is it that we're all warriors, but I only get a passing grade of 15! He gets 100! Does that mean his IQ is seven times mine? Does that mean I'm an idiot?"

Looking at his brother, whose face was contorted with jealousy, Meng Yi comforted him, "Don't say that! Don't belittle yourself like that! How could you be an idiot? Even an idiot is a bit more dense than you!"

"Ah!"

A man on fire crashed through the glass curtain wall and jumped off the building.

Meng Yi shook his head repeatedly, "What are you getting so worked up about! You're not the Legalist school's preferred humanities student; the Legalist school's preferred humanities student is Han Fei Zi! That person is the real nemesis of 'Winning Half a Move Against Heaven'!"

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