My health recovery is incredibly fast.

"Class, before we begin, I'd like to announce the specific arrangements for the 25 exams."

She crossed her arms and leaned against the edge of the podium:

"At the beginning of the semester, the professors distributed course schedules to everyone."

"There is an exam syllabus in the appendix of the course schedule. I believe you have all seen it, right?"

"Each exam has about two or three hundred test centers."

"Each exam two weeks from now will cover all the test points, and each exam will have a total score of 1000 points."

The classroom erupted in chaos as students vented their intensely fluctuating emotions.

"Huh? 1000 points?"

"Why do you only get 100 points on regular quizzes, but 1000 points on the final exam?"

"No way? We're going to be tested on all these topics?"

"My God, I've only watched half of it..."

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"Every exam is scored out of 1000."

Anru lowered her head and murmured to herself.

Xia Zuo took the other person's slightly cool hand under the table and gently rubbed it in his own. "Don't worry, I'm here."

"Hmm." An Ru'er gave a forced smile, her brows furrowed with worry.

Taking advantage of the commotion, Xia Zuo quickly scanned the classroom and found that more than a dozen students were also very calm, which made him secretly relieved.

It seems that news about the score has already been circulating among the freshmen, but those who know about it have chosen to keep it a secret, thus limiting its reach to a very small circle.

"Class, please be quiet."

Beatrice gently calmed the students' restlessness, and after the noise in the classroom subsided, she said:

"The exam will last for 25 days, with one subject each day, starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m.

"The exams are conducted in each person's dormitory, and three meals a day are delivered to the dormitory door by elemental servants."

"In addition to multiple-choice questions in classroom quizzes, the test paper also includes application problems."

"Multiple choice questions are worth 1 to 3 points each, and application questions are worth 10 to 20 points each."

The classroom was filled with low murmurs of conversation once again.

Anru picked up a pen and wrote down a few numbers in the blank notebook.

Xia Zuo didn't speak or make any extra movements; he just watched her calculate the exam duration and the speed at which she answered the questions.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., a total of 9 hours, after deducting time for eating, drinking, resting, and taking care of urgent needs, at most only 8 hours are spent on answering questions.

On average, you only have about 2 minutes to answer multiple-choice questions, and about 15 minutes to answer application questions.

If you encounter a difficult problem that leaves your brain stuck, it's easy to waste a lot of time spacing out, and 9 hours of answering time simply isn't enough.

The classroom gradually quieted down.

Xia Zuo looked at the beautiful woman in front of the podium, wondering what she would say next.

Beatrice clapped her hands lightly, signaling the students who were engrossed in their conversation to continue listening to the lecture.

"Your enrollment period is very short, and your study time is less than one-tenth of that of senior students. This 25-day exam will be exceptionally challenging for you."

"So, starting today, your general alchemy course will be used for practice problems. These problems are from previous years' exams for senior students, who didn't have this privilege before their exams."

"I hope you will seize this opportunity and strive to secure your place at the university in the first exam."

Xia Zuo tilted his head, looking at the headmaster who was starting to distribute the exam papers with a puzzled expression.

Why wasn't the passing score for the exam announced?

He knew it was 950 points, but the other students didn't.

Fortunately, someone is very concerned about this issue.

A student in the front row of the classroom raised his hand and asked the question.

Beatrice distributed the exam papers remotely while saying:

"The passing score for the exams will be announced after all 25 exams are completed."

Xia Zuo nodded as he pondered, somewhat understanding the headmaster's intention.

This approach can avoid discouraging students from preparing for exams.

Otherwise, some students who know they will fail the exam might deliberately harass others, trying to drag them down with them.

Two exam papers floated down from the sky and landed on the desk in front of me.

Anru couldn't wait to uncap her pen and start practicing.

Xia Zuo spread out his test paper, his eyes scanning over the herbalism questions, but he hesitated to write anything down.

too easy.

It's so simple.

Multiple choice questions, you can tell the answer at a glance.

For word problems, a little thought is all it takes to find the corresponding practical experience from your knowledge base.

It's not worth wasting time and effort practicing it.

Xia Zuo covered his face.

For the first time, I realized that learning at too fast a pace isn't a good thing.

But there's no way around it... I have to do the problems I'm supposed to do.

He picked up his pen with a hint of helplessness.

It only took me one hour to finish the exam.

His answering movements were incredibly smooth from beginning to end, and his pen never left the page.

After finishing the last question, he took out an ecological classic and began to read.

The most important thing is to level up as soon as possible and accumulate enough free attribute points.

It was 6 p.m. that evening.

Inside the restaurant.

After dinner, Xia Zuo asked An Ru'er how she felt about the test. She felt there were too many questions and she had to pay attention to the time limit. As for the difficulty, it was moderate and not difficult.

As she spoke, she hugged me and snuggled into my arms. "You're so good to me, telling me your memory techniques. Otherwise, I wouldn't have found it so easy when I was doing my test."

When this girl learns to summarize the key points on the test paper, she will realize that those numbers are actually the frequency of the key points appearing on the test paper.

Xia Zuo patted her back gently and said with a smile, "Don't lie down. Do you have class tonight? If not, come with me to the Poison Alchemy Zone."

"I don't have class tonight," Anru'er sat up straight and stammered.

"But wouldn't it be inappropriate to bother Professor Kulov now that I've already learned how to make poisons and identify toxins?"

Xia Zuo slung his backpack over his shoulder. "I have other plans. My advisor has also agreed to let you go."

"Then I'm relieved." Anru smiled sweetly and quickly picked up her schoolbag to follow.

In the afternoon, in the poison alchemy area, Xia Zuo asked his mentor if Anru could take the exam there. Kulov readily agreed, only instructing him not to take the exam outside.

In the poison alchemy zone.

After giving Anru a few test paper sets, Xia Zuo left the small classroom and went to his tutor.

Kulov wasn't meditating.

He sat at the desk and pointed to the wooden chair opposite him.

This expression and these movements have appeared three or four times in the past few months.

Each time it means something is about to happen, and so far, it hasn't been a bad thing.

Xia Zuo's brow twitched, but he calmed himself and sat down in the chair.

"You finished the exam in about an hour during your class at the head of the department today?"

Kulov took out Shazo's test paper from the drawer. All the questions were answered correctly, without a single mistake.

He stroked the corner of his beard and asked, "Have you done this exam paper before?"

"No." Xia Zuo shook his head, his face full of honesty.

I haven't actually done it... I just have the entire test point database in my head.

Kulov suddenly realized that he had already rated Shazo's memory very highly, but it might not be high enough.

He reached out to the bookshelf and summoned 25 textbooks at once, making them float in mid-air and form a circle above their heads.

A book is open directly above Xia Zuo.

Kulov asked calmly, "What does the 'Double-Legged Sprout Grass' section of the Magic Herb Catalogue say?"

Xia Zuo closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, pondered for a few seconds, and then said:

"Two-footed sprout grass is a magical herb that grows deep in dense forests. Like ordinary weeds, it sprouts and grows from the soil. In its natural environment, it can grow up to 80 centimeters tall."

For the next half hour, Kulov kept changing books and tested Xia Zuo on more than twenty knowledge points. Xia Zuo recited them all fluently, with only minor differences in insignificant details.

Kulov's face gradually revealed an expression of undisguised surprise.

Even though he had lived for over 70 years and had been a high-level mage for decades, this was the first time he had ever seen someone memorize an entire book without the aid of magic.

Wait, there's another possibility.

Kulov stretched out his arm. "Give me your hand."

Xia Zuo was taken aback, and stretched out his right hand. A warm current flowed from the place where his palm was grasped.

The warm feeling lasted for a few seconds before gradually fading away.