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Chapter 42 - The Hogwarts Foreigner and the Astonished Teacher
Kevin was really loaded. He offered Su Mu a whopping ten thousand yuan a day just to chat with him and help him get rid of his awkward dubbed film accent.
The price even shocked Su Mu.
Ten thousand a day just for a chat companion? With that kind of money, what kind of company couldn't you buy?
"Do you...have some ulterior motive or something?"
"I swear to God, my friend, I have absolutely no bad intentions!"
Kevin quickly explained himself.
It turned out this foreign friend was actually nobility, with a hefty inheritance passed down through generations. Money was no object for him, and since he was hiring a language tutor for himself, and Su Mu might very well get admitted to a cultivation university, he would soon be a quasi-cultivator with naturally deserving of a decent salary.
Well, this was like a fat sheep waiting to be sheared...
Su Mu then asked, "Why me?"
"Because no one else really talks to me. On the way up the mountain, I tried to chat with several people, guess what? They all ignored me. At most, they'd say a word or two and then stay silent." Kevin spread his hands, looking aggrieved.
No wonder, people are tense before an exam, and climbing a mountain is exhausting. Plus, you're a chatterbox with a strange accent; it's a wonder anyone can put up with you.
But I'm different, money talks.
Su Mu relaxed and said seriously, "Alright, I can help you. It's not for the money, I just don't want a foreign friend to stray further down the wrong path."
Kevin was overjoyed: "Thank you, my friend, your friendship is like the sun in the sky, warming me."
"No thanks needed... oh, right, are you paying in cash or by transfer?" Su Mu asked.
"Ah?" Kevin was stunned, having thought that Su Mu was offering his services for free.
"I'll WeChat you. I must say, WeChat is so convenient, I can't imagine how inconvenient it would be to go back to not having it. Oh my, that would be dreadful!"
Kevin was generous; he scanned the QR code and transferred 300,000 yuan to Su Mu right away.
"Why transfer so much?"
"The school is on break, and it's boring staying on campus, so I'll just follow you and learn Chinese for a month. Dear friend, I don't think you'll mind, right?"
Su Mu replied, "You've paid, so of course I don't mind. But where are you staying? I'm worried we might not be in the same city."
Kevin laughed, "No worries, we can chat on WeChat, I absolutely love this app. Or, I could also buy a place to stay near your home. I've always wanted to experience the ordinary life of an Easterner."
That sounded a bit awkward, didn't it?
To learn Chinese properly, buying a place right next to the teacher's house... Who lives like that ordinarily?
Su Mu sighed internally, then curiously asked, "Hey, Kevin, how come you, a foreigner, ended up taking the cultivation exam here?"
"I've always been interested in the Eastern cultivation culture, and it just so happened that my school had an exchange program with your cultivation university. I made a donation to my school and got an exchange student spot. After arriving here, the cultivation exams were just starting, and I wanted to experience it, so I donated some more money, and they approved me."
Awesome!
Su Mu gave Kevin a thumbs up.
Having already gotten into a cultivation university and still spending money to endure the tribulations of an examination for cultivation, he truly was one-of-a-kind.
Are all the hobbies of the wealthy so peculiar?
"What school did you attend before?" Su Mu asked.
"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Whoa!" Su Mu looked at him in surprise, "That's a prestigious school! Is your principal Dumbledore or McGonagall? Do you know Harry Potter, Hermione, and the others?"
Kevin looked puzzled: "Buddy, who are these people you're talking about?"
While Su Mu and Kevin were casually chatting, the examinees had more or less finished their discussions.
What was puzzling and unsettling for them was that the recruitment teachers hadn't come out to announce the results for a long time.
Had something happened?
They peered into Shangqing Palace, but nobody dared to go and ask about the situation.
What the examinees didn't know was that inside the Shangqing Palace, the recruitment teachers were currently astonished by the results of this examination.
To be precise, they were astonished by Su Mu's results.
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He had taken exams in four Majors and scored full marks in all of them!
In specialized subject examinations, scoring full marks in one subject was already quite remarkable. Four full marks were unheard of, at least in recent years.
Pei Jun, who was unanimously favored by them, although he answered ten questions, only scored full marks in one. The rest of his scores were around 90.
"How is Su Mu's score so high?"
"Wasn't he constantly changing questions and not really studying much?"
"Could there be a problem somewhere?"
"The examination system was jointly developed by several senior professors from our schools; it's absolutely impossible for there to be an issue. And Su Mu couldn't have cheated during the exam, otherwise, he would have been caught immediately and expelled from the examination hall! His scores should be without a problem."
"Pull up the video playback, let's see how exactly he took the exam."
As the recruitment teachers discussed among themselves, the video playback was quickly retrieved, and they stopped talking, focusing intently on the video.
In the early part of the video, all they could see was Su Mu constantly changing questions, looking at each one briefly before moving on, without any hesitation.
Because this part of the video was so dull and there was nothing much to study, Wen Wubin sped up the playback, and on the screen, Su Mu appeared to be frantically waving his hands in front of him like he had some kind of fit, and the light shadow teaching him cultivation knowledge was dancing wildly, turning into a blur.
The video content quickly advanced to over forty hours.
"Stop—"
Suddenly, a recruitment teacher shouted.
Wen Wubin paused the video.
This recruitment teacher pointed at the light screen: "He's seen this spell before, right? Is he reviewing it?"
"Yes, he has indeed learned this spell before."
"This is the Fire-Attracting Spell from the alchemical cuisine school, and it's one of the four examination questions he chose."
True to being cultivators, they were able to clearly see what was happening in the fast-forwarded video when an ordinary person would have been completely lost.
Wen Wubin continued playing the video, and they saw Su Mu not only reviewing the Fire-Attracting Spell once more but also reviewing the knowledge from the other three Majors.
These were the four examination questions he had chosen.
Su Mu deliberately reviewed the material twice, fearing that mastering it and making improvements after just one look would be too shocking.
Yet, achieving such results after only two viewings was equally astonishing...
After each repeat, Su Mu didn't practice; he simply began drawing runes, casting spells, and engaging in alchemy and Artifact Crafting.
Could this kid have really learned all this knowledge about spells, alchemical and Runic Formation, and Magical Tools after just two viewings? He couldn't have learned it previously, right?
Wen Wubin quickly said, "Teacher Sun, could you please pull up this examinee's information? We need everything, including family background and learning environment."
Then, he retrieved Su Mu's 'exam papers' from the examination space.
A piece of Runic Paper, a spiritual pill, a Magical Tool, and a spell power test report issued by the examination system appeared in the Shangqing Palace.
"Hey, this rune—"
Wu Jian quickly stepped forward, snatching the Runic Paper in his hands.
The other recruitment teachers were a step too late to grab the Runic Paper and could only lean in to look.
This was a Spirit-Channeling Rune, which could direct spiritual power to where it's needed. It had a wide range of uses, whether in runic formations, Magical Tools, or even higher-level Runic Papers.
To put it simply, it's like a circuit board.
Wu Jian came from the Southwest University of Science, Technology, and Cultivation and was most skilled in runic formations and Magical Tools. As one of the most challenging Basic Runes, the Spirit-Channeling Rune could leave many newcomers in the field scratching their heads in frustration. However, for him, it was as familiar as his own hands.
He immediately noticed several differences between the Spirit-Channeling Rune drawn by Su Mu and those in the question bank.
Logically, having several 'mistakes' should not have resulted in a perfect score.
Unless...
Wu Jian's expression changed.
He quickly pulled out his phone, placed the Spirit-Channeling Rune on top, and then activated his spiritual power, channeling it into the Runic Paper.
The Spirit-Channeling Rune lit up.
At the same time, a 'ding-dong' sound came from the phone, indicating it had started charging.