There was one piece of the exam paper.
Under the invigilator’s eyes, Fang Qiu finished all the questions in fifteen minutes, with detailed and complete answers.
Zhu Benzheng and the other two were still writing.
Their speed of answering questions was not bad. But in the past fifteen minutes, they had just completed one-fourth of the paper. At this rate, it would take them about an hour to complete the exam paper.
An hour was more than sufficient for Fang Qiu to complete his paper. But for ordinary examinees, it was far from enough.
After all, they were usually allocated one and a half hours for the exam.
“Sir, I’ve finished it.”
After getting it all done, Fang Qiu put down the pen in his hand, and remained in his seat to sort out the test paper. Then he stood up to hand over the test paper to the invigilator standing at the side.
“Oh.”
The invigilator was puzzled. He had watched Fang Qiu finish the exam, yet he did a double-take when he accepted the test paper Fang Qiu handed in.
However, he was not the only one who was stunned.
Zhu Benzheng and the other two were startled as well.
The important thing was…
They had prepared themselves well in order to pass the final exam and surpass Fang Qiu.
But the result went against all their expectations.
Fang Qiu handed in the paper when they had just done a quarter of the questions.
Fang Qiu’s declaration that he had completed his task sent a quiver of astonishment through the three of them, who couldn’t help but turn to look at him. Their eyes were full of shock and disbelief.
They had heard of Fang Qiu’s extraordinary achievements in the last two final exams, but this exam should have been different in their eyes.
They knew Fang Qiu hadn’t studied anything about these subjects during the past year. He had been busy attending to all kinds of matters, which did not include reading through his textbooks.
The three of them had been very busy, but compared with Fang Qiu, they all lived a life of leisure.
There was no doubt that Fang Qiu could pass the final exam, but because he had so little time to revise, this exam would not be an easy matter, even for Fang Qiu. The three of them had guessed he would take a longer time to complete as compared to the previous two exams.
This time, they agreed to take advantage of this situation and were fully prepared to ‘defeat’ Fang Qiu for once.
They had never imagined that the outcome would be like this.
Fang Qiu was always busy and had no time to study. Who would have thought he finished the exam in merely fifteen minutes?
This speed was utterly terrifying and unbelievable!
Of course.
On top of all this…
The teacher was watching him scribbling away the whole time.
However, Fang Qiu seemingly felt no pressure at all. His peaceful state of mind elicited everyone’s admiration!
All his roommates stared at him in shock.
It was the same with the invigilator. Zhu Benzheng turned his head and exchanged glances with Zhou Xiaotian and Sun Hao. They saw the shock in each other’s eyes and felt helpless.
“The youngest is like an alien with extraordinary abilities.
“We were simply inviting humiliation on ourselves with our challenge.
“Is this guy even human?”
They were struck dumb.
Meanwhile, the three of them were proud of the super strength that Fang Qiu had shown. With such a superman, they were lucky to gain an enormous fortune that ordinary people couldn’t attain even through the labor of a lifetime. It was also because of him that they got this rare chance to take the final exam.
Of one accord, they remembered the bunch of tasks waiting for them in the cultivation base.
In a split second, the three set aside thoughts of Fang Qiu’s incredible speed from their minds and collected themselves to answer the following questions on the test paper. They were trying their best to pass the final exam!
After handing over the paper, Fang Qiu walked out of the examination room.
He would wait for Zhu Benzheng and the others to finish the exam and go out with them.
However…
He couldn’t bear to wait for such a long time!
Leaving the examination room, Fang Qiu turned around and went to the second examination room next door.
At the sight of Fang Qiu, the invigilator in the second examination room was stunned.
“You… finished the previous exam?” the teacher asked.
“Sure.”
Fang Qiu nodded affirmatively.
The teacher who was supervising the second exam was surprised.
But since the candidate had come, the exam should begin.
The test paper was handed to him.
Soon, Fang Qiu officially began his second exam.
He dealt with it with the same astonishing speed as he did in the first exam.
Another fifteen minutes passed.
His second exam was over, but Zhu Benzheng and the other two hadn’t even come out yet.
After handing in the paper, Fang Qiu headed for the third examination room!
Since he didn’t wait for his three classmates after the first exam, Fang Qiu didn’t intend to take the following exams with them. Each exam lasted fifteen minutes. After one exam, he would go to the next and his speed was astonishing.
The invigilators were all amazed when they witnessed Fang Qiu’s terrifying speed in the examinations.
This time, they experienced the same flabbergasted feeling as those supervisors who invigilated the exams two years ago.
No wonder the previous invigilators acclaimed him as a marvel. All the invigilators today could swear that Fang Qiu was truly a marvel in every sense!
…
Soon, Fang Qiu was down to his last exam.
The last examination room was a consultation room.
It was for the clinical course set for juniors. Students taking this exam were supposed to treat patients in person. Then, judging from their conclusions, the supervisors would decide whether they passed or not.
When Fang Qiu went to the consulting room, he was surprised to see no patient but only one invigilator.
“Excuse me, but there must be a patient for the clinical examination, right?” Fang Qiu asked.
“Yes.”
The invigilator chuckled and said, “I was going to take you to the hospital, but you finished all the previous exams at a faster rate than usual. In addition, you have seen patients in that hospital, so your sudden appearance might cause a disturbance there. Let’s make an exception this time. Please examine me.”
Fang Qiu was stunned by this suggestion and said with a smile. “Sir, I think you’re abusing your power for personal gain.”
“Am I?”
The invigilator looked around and said, “No. I’m setting examination questions for you. I’m sick, for real, and you need a clinical patient now. Doesn’t it work out well for both of us?”
“Okay.”
Fang Qiu shook his head and chuckled.
After that, he sat down before the invigilator and began diagnosing him using the Four Methods to Diagnose a Disease.
“Do you feel any discomfort? How about your medical history?”
Fang Qiu checked on the invigilator’s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
“I have a stomachache.”
The invigilator didn’t hesitate and said directly, “It’s been five years. I’ve done a gastroscope test. The result showed I had superficial gastritis. Whenever I eat something, I’ll have continuous pain in my stomach. It makes me feel terrible, and my stomach feels bloated all the time.”
“I see.”
Fang Qiu nodded with understanding.
Then he began to feel the invigilator’s pulse.
“Your face is dark and mottled, and your pulse feels slow and weak. In addition, your tongue is too red, but the coating on your tongue is excessively white. You must have been suffering from liver-Qi stagnation syndrome, and your liver-Qi has transversely invaded your stomach.”
Fang Qiu went on speaking, “Have you taken any medicine?”
“Sure.”
The invigilator was waiting for him to ask this. He quickly took a few pieces of paper from his pocket and said, “These are the medicine I’ve taken in the past few years.”
Fang Qiu took a closer look.
He said, “These medicines are good. After taking them, you can smooth your aura, clear your liver fire, and purge your gallbladder.”
“However…”
Fang Qiu continued, “Your current symptoms should be different from those when you were in the early stage of the illness. Do you now have the symptoms like excessive dreaming or feeling perturbed? Your stomach pain has been greatly eased, and you feel more energetic, but the stagnated heat in your liver and gallbladder hasn’t yet dissipated. Especially since the summer vacation has just passed, you must have had some damp-heat syndrome. That is why you aren’t feeling well now.”
“I’ll write you a prescription to clear away the dampness and heat. You should recover after finishing taking the medicine.”
Fang Qiu picked up a pen and paper and began to write out the prescription.
“Oriental Wormwood 10g, Gardenia 6g, Radix Bupleuri 6g, Radix Scutellariae 6g, Fructus Toosendan 6g, Eupatorium (decocted at a later stage) 10g, Agastache Rugosus (decocted at a later stage) 10g, Areca Peel 10g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulate Viride 10g, Orange Peel10g, Talcum 10g, and Rheum Officinale 5g.”
After making a note of how to take the medicine, Fang Qiu handed over his prescription.
The invigilator took the paper and scanned through the prescription.
“Excellent.”
After reading it, the invigilator laughed heartily and said, “I’m also a doctor. I wrote a prescription to treat my stomach. Each of the previous four diagnoses has a special meaning. Now I happened to have reached the last treatment stage. It turns out that your prescription is the same as mine!”
“Congratulations! I give you full credit!”
The invigilator said with a beaming smile.
“Thank you.”
Fang Qiu got up to express his gratitude.
Then, he followed the last invigilator back to the teacher’s lounge.
The results of his other exam papers had been released.
Fang Qiu passed all the subjects with full marks!
His flawless performance deeply shocked all the teachers.
Fang Qiu thanked all of them.
After giving thanks, Fang Qiu turned around and left.
At this moment, Zhu Benzheng and his other two roommates had just finished one exam and were walking to the next examination room.
Hearing that Fang Qiu had gotten full marks in all subjects and finished all the final exams, the three couldn’t help smiling wryly. When they saw Fang Qiu coming out of the teachers’ lounge, the gloom in their eyes even made Fang Qiu feel pity for them.
Fang Qiu felt much more relaxed after the exams.
It was still early. The students were all in their classrooms, and no one was in any physical education class on the sports ground, so Fang Qiu decided to walk around his university.
It had been a long time since he went for a stroll at his university.
Fang Qiu sauntered on.
Soon, he came to the Central Lake.
Just as he was about to exercise a little and run a few laps around the old place where he used to do sports, a sudden gust of wind caught his attention.
Fang Qiu looked in the direction of the sound of the gusty wind.
In the woods near the Central Lake, a figure was practicing Kung Fu among several trees.
He gazed intently at the figure.
“Chen Cong?”
Seized with an impulse, Fang Qiu hid himself and observed him secretly.
“Third-class?”
With merely one glance, Fang Qiu saw that Chen Cong had reached the third-class Martial Superior Realm.
He carefully did the sums in his head:
“It has only been two years.
“He has no outstanding talent but broke through to this stage after only two years of hard work. Impressive indeed!”
Fang Qiu couldn’t help praising him in his heart.
He wondered if he should go over to say hello.
“Beep, beep, beep…”
A series of ringtones sounded.
It was Chen Cong’s phone.
Fang Qiu stopped in his tracks.
