Chapter 70

In the evening, Lanling took a carriage to the Royal City Academy to attend the first exam of the night.

At the same time, the bet between him and Zining had already spread throughout half of the royal city in just half a day.

Because it was too explosive—Lanling would win the right to kiss any part of Zining's body if he won. Immediately, countless men had the most vulgar fantasies, all focusing on Zining's most alluring and private parts.

After Zining returned to the Manor of the Princess and calmed down, she already regretted the bet. Even if Solon lost, it would still cause significant damage to her reputation for purity and integrity.

However, when she faced Solon, she found it very difficult to maintain her previous calm and wisdom. Especially when his gaze was always lewdly fixed on her buttocks and even between her thighs.

But overall, the bet was still advantageous. At least it would allow Solon to officially abandon Tianshui City. This was the most important thing. As for her reputation, it would be a sacrifice for her brother Zili's strategy.

"Princess, it's about time to go to the Royal City Academy," a eunuch said outside. "There is only one and a half hours left before the first major exam."

"Let's go..." Zining got up and walked out. She wanted to witness the downfall of the Suo family on the exam field.

About half an hour before the first exam, Lanling arrived at the Royal City Academy. By then, the news of his bet with Zining had spread throughout the entire royal city. Instantly, he once again enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention, with almost all the students pointing and whispering about him.

Male students mocked him relentlessly. Who didn't know Solon's academic record? He was academically and militarily incompetent, and his only strength was painting. But to pursue Tutor Nia, he chose to study music in the arts department, so he had always been at the bottom of the class.

Indeed, he was the absolute last place. He had studied at the Royal City Academy for six years, and every year's final exam, he was the last place.

With such a record, it was impossible for him to pass, let alone earn a noble warrior medal, which he probably wouldn't even dream about in his sleep.

Female students looked at Lanling with sympathy. After all, Solon was so handsome, and now he was about to lose his territory and title, becoming penniless.

Lanling completely ignored these gazes, entered the noble academy's branch, and directly went into the exam room.

The major exam at the Royal City Academy's noble branch was divided into four parts: the first part was the basic theory exam, the second part was political theory, the third part was the elective art, and the fourth part was the martial arts exam.

The first two parts were taken by all noble students together, with identical content.

The third and fourth parts depended on the students' elective subjects. For example, Lanling's third part was music, and the fourth part was archery.

The total score for the four subjects was 500 points: the first part, basic theory, was 200 points; the second part, political theory, was 100 points; the third part, art elective, was 100 points; and the fourth part, martial arts, was 200 points.

The first part, the basic theory exam, was held that night, with over 200 noble students in a large exam room.

The exam room was very large, covering several thousand square meters, with each student at least several meters apart, separated by partitions, making cheating impossible.

Moreover, there were ten mental cultivators and over a dozen patrolling exam supervisors in the exam room.

Thus, any form of cheating was completely eliminated.

Lanling found his seat and sat down, finding it was a small cubicle, closed on three sides except the back.

He took a deep breath. The content of the basic theory exam was very diverse, covering history, geography, martial arts theory, philosophy, and basic mathematics.

For other students, this might be the easiest exam. For Lanling, it was the most disadvantageous of the four exams.

Because Lanling had only been in this world for a few months, and this world had thousands of years of history and extremely complex geographical knowledge, which required rote memorization. Lanling, however, lacked the time.

As the exam time approached, dozens of examiners entered one after another.

Among them, ten were from the Royal City Academy, five from the cabinet and the royal family, and another five from the Divine Dragon Temple.

Princess Zining, representing the royal family, and a high-ranking cultivator from the Divine Dragon Temple sat in the center, overseeing the entire exam.

After the exam, the twenty examiners would grade the papers on the spot, and the scores would be announced in one hour. In short, everything was fair, just, and transparent.

After Princess Zining sat down on the platform, she instinctively searched for Solon's position.

"Clang, clang, clang..." The bell rang.

The first part of the basic theory exam officially began.

Ten tutors from the Royal City Academy distributed the first part of the exam, which consisted of four large sheets.

Each sheet covered history, geography, literature and philosophy, and mathematics, with a total answering time of one and a half hours.

After receiving the four sheets, Lanling quickly glanced at the questions. Immediately, other noble students groaned.

Because the questions were very difficult, especially the literature and philosophy, and basic mathematics. For Lanling, this world's literature and philosophy were almost derived from ancient Earth, and he was a student of a key university's screenwriting department, so answering these questions was easy for him.

As for basic mathematics, it might be difficult for the students of this world, but for Lanling, it was something he could answer with his eyes closed.

Because the basic mathematics of this world was created by the Dragon Emperor, who was probably a humanities student. Moreover, the mathematical progress in this world over thousands of years was not significant.

So, to be frank, Lanling's mathematical level surpassed the Dragon Emperor. Therefore, the so-called difficult questions in this math exam were at most at the level of a junior high school student on Earth.

However... for the other students in this world, the easiest subjects, geography and history, were the most difficult for Lanling. After all, he really didn't have the time to memorize thousands of years of history and vast geographical knowledge.

"Clang..." Another bell rang, and everyone began to answer the questions.

Lanling started with the easier questions and then moved to the harder ones. In less than twenty minutes, he completed all the basic mathematics questions, ensuring a perfect score of 50 points.

Then, he spent another thirty minutes on the literature and philosophy questions. He couldn't guarantee a perfect score, but he could ensure at least 45 points.

After completing half of the questions, he had used less than a third of the time.

Next, he began to answer the history and geography questions.

The history section was also 50 points. Lanling first answered the questions he was sure about, which were about 35 points, and the remaining 15 points were uncertain.

After all, the historical knowledge of this world filled dozens of thick books, and Lanling couldn't possibly memorize them all in just a few months.

"Yaoxing, do you know how to answer these questions?" Lanling immediately thought of Yaoxing.

Yaoxing was silent for a moment, seemingly speechless, and then replied, "I have no idea."

With no other choice, Lanling had to rely on himself. The remaining 15 points would have to be guessed.

He spent a full hour on the history section. There was still about one hour and ten minutes left for the exam.

Finally, he began to answer the geography questions.

Perhaps teachers from other countries did not place much importance on geography, but the Rulang Kingdom certainly did, as its territory had been expanding over the past century. Many territories originally belonging to barbarian tribes had continuously become part of the kingdom.

Moreover, for the Rulang Kingdom, geography was always intertwined with military affairs.

Using the same method, he completed the questions he was confident about in the shortest time possible. However, this time it seemed even worse. On the geography questions, he was confident about only 30 points, and the remaining 20 points were uncertain.

For the uncertain questions, he could only guess.

Relying on his first instinct, Lanling answered all the remaining uncertain questions.

At this point, there was about half an hour left before the exam ended. Lanling looked up and saw that many people had already submitted their papers. Many noble students appeared very relaxed because passing would allow them to graduate smoothly.

Even for those who would inherit noble titles, they could just retake the exam next year if they failed.

The only exception was Lanling. If he did not achieve the best results, he would lose his title and the Suo family's century-old legacy.

Gradually, almost all the students submitted their papers and left, but Lanling continued to answer and check his answers.

Seeing this, all the students were unsurprised. Solon, the waste of a man, spent all day chasing girls. Even for the simplest basic theory exam, passing was out of the question. With a total of 200 points, he had never scored more than 80, so it was normal for him not to finish.

Zining saw this and smiled disdainfully. As expected. Solon, the waste of a man, was just all talk. Even the simplest basic theory exam was beyond him.

Finally, a few minutes before the exam ended, Lanling put down his pen and submitted his paper.

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Next, the twenty examiners would grade the papers on the spot and announce the scores.

All the candidates left the exam room and waited outside for the results, which would be announced in no more than one hour.

Of course, some students didn't wait and went home. Most of the noble students who stayed were not waiting for their own scores but for Solon's score.

Although in the minds of all the students, Solon had a 100% chance of failing the graduation exam and losing his title and territory.

But since they had nothing better to do, they might as well watch the drama unfold.

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In less than an hour, the twenty examiners in the exam room had finished grading the papers.

Finally, the papers were submitted to the cultivators of the Divine Dragon Temple for final supervision and review. After confirming that the scores were correct, they were announced on the spot.

Another fifteen minutes later, all the scores were written on a large list and posted outside.

The moment the list was posted, over a hundred noble students rushed over. No one looked at their own scores first; they all looked at Solon's score.

After all, who made such a big bet that the entire royal city knew about it?

Before the scores were announced, Lanling had estimated his score to be around 168 out of 200.

After the list was posted, Lanling hadn't had a chance to look yet when he suddenly heard a gasp from the side.

"How is this possible? Solon actually scored 172 points? Is my eyesight failing me?" one noble student exclaimed in shock.

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