"Mother, pay attention to rest. Don't tire yourself out!"
Mei Ziyu didn't wish to disturb her mother's work. She put down the lunchbox and after saying a few words, she retreated and closed the door of her office. After that, she walked toward the temporary vote-counting room.
At this moment, the office building was brightly lit.
The examinees could rest, but the examiners' work had only just begun.
Tang Nian and the other two supervised each other. After sealing up the small wooden boxes containing the paper ballots, they immediately sent them to the ballot-counting room. After all the small wooden boxes were brought over, the 1-star great teachers who had been split into groups started to tally the votes.
This kind of work was very simple, but it was too boring.
The only fun was knowing in advance who would pass and who would be eliminated!
"Teacher Mei, good evening!"
"Are you feeling better?"
"Teacher Mei, if you can't hold on any longer, don't force yourself!"
The moment Mei Ziyu entered the No. 2 ticketing room, the few main examiners smiled and greeted her. Mei Ziyu's mother, Mei Yazhi, was a 6-star great teacher. A major character of this level was already someone who played an influential role in the great teacher world.
Moreover, other than this title, Mei Yazhi also liked to guide newcomers and give them opportunities. Therefore, during these years, many young teachers had taken fewer detours due to Mei Yazhi's recommendation.
Naturally, Mei Ziyu was weak and had a quiet personality. She gave off the feeling that she was an obedient and lovable girl.
Mei Ziyu greeted them one by one, and a little nervousness couldn't help but appear on her face.
"You can sit here!"
Tang Nian knew that Mei Ziyu was afraid of strangers, so he arranged for her to sit in a corner. The other members of her group were also young girls.
The counting began.
There were five 1-star great teachers in a group. Two of them would do the first check, then they would swap places. The leader of the group would do the third check to ensure that there were no mistakes.
Soon, an hour had passed.
"Isn't this too tragic?"
After the team leader, Bi Tao, finished registering, he could not help but gasp when he saw that only six of the fifty-seven people had passed.
"That's for sure. This year, we have to get 80 excellent votes to qualify. It's too difficult."
Li Yao saw that there were 12 people who got more than 60 votes, but they didn't have 80 votes. If it was last year, they would have qualified.
"It's about the same on our side. The elimination rate is shockingly high!"
"Same here!"
"However, the great teachers who are qualified this year are definitely those with the best comprehensive qualities in all the previous selections!"
The great teachers started to discuss among themselves.
Although Tang Nian was strict, he didn't stop everyone from speaking. After all, counting votes was a very boring job. It was not a bad idea to talk to relieve boredom.
"Luckily, I took the exam last year!"
Someone mocked himself, but no matter how one listened to it, there was a tinge of joy in his words. Thus, a large group of great teachers in the ballot-counting room burst into laughter.
Everyone was a 1-star great teacher, and in this great teacher examination, they were in charge of doing menial labor. But don't look down on this. If one's aptitude and results were too bad, they wouldn't be chosen by the Saint Gate.
After all, this kind of work was also a kind of opportunity and training.
Hence, the standards of these 1-star great teachers weren't bad. But even so, if they were to participate in the examination this year, they might fail miserably.
It was late at night, and three hours had passed.
The great teachers gradually lost interest in talking and continued to work mechanically.
Creak!
The door was pushed open, and three aunties pushed a small flatbed cart out. On the flatbed cart, there were two large wooden barrels.
The supper was delivered. It was very simple. There were two types of porridge and three types of pastries from Daoji.
"Eat something and take a break!"
Tang Nian spoke.
Hua ~
The atmosphere in the ballot-counting room instantly relaxed. The great teachers rubbed their shoulders and came over. At this moment, Bi Tao called out.
"Wow, it's Gu Qingyan's ballot box!"
In order to keep it a secret, the names of the examinees were pasted on the inside of the box. Hence, before the box was opened, no one would know who it belonged to.
Upon hearing this, the great teachers who were walking toward the supper cart immediately turned toward Bi Tao.
"It's that top graduate from the Skyraise Academy, right? Quickly take a look and see if he can break the record! "
"I remember that he got full marks in the second round of the written examination. How impressive!"
"He's very impressive, alright? It's rare to encounter someone like him even in a thousand years."
"Forget it, what thousand years? Your flattering posture isn't elegant enough. I heard that there's another person who got full marks!"
The great teachers chattered. Some of them were openly mocking Bi Tao because one of them came from the Skyraise Academy while the other came from the Jixia Learning Palace. They were natural enemies.
Right now, the Skyraise Academy was the number one famous school in the world. Its students and teachers all felt this way. Even if schools below 'A' grade were unhappy, they didn't have the qualifications to evaluate them. However, the other eight supreme schools didn't accept this. Although they wouldn't fight, they didn't want to be at a disadvantage when it came to words.
Mei Ziyu didn't like crowds and wanted to hide at the side. However, this was her job and she had no way to reject it. She could only increase the speed of the ballot-counting.
60 votes!
80 votes!
"He passed!"
Someone spoke up.
"This is basic, alright?"
That 1-star great teacher from the Skyraise Academy smiled complacently. To Gu Qingyan, the highlight was whether he could break the record or not.
"103 votes."
Mei Ziyu stretched her hand into the small wooden box. After touching it, she took it out. "There's nothing else!"
"What?"
Bi Tao started, thinking that he had heard wrongly.
The other great teachers who were spectating also looked at Mei Ziyu with bewilderment. (Could it be that you touched wrongly?)
Mei Ziyu shrank her neck from being stared at. However, she still added with certainty, "There are no more votes!"
"Impossible!"
That great teacher from the Skyraise Academy cried out. It was as if he had seen his loyal wife suddenly being exposed for having an affair with another man.
"How can there be no more? Gu Qingyan is someone who wants to break the record. What's the meaning of 103 votes? "
This great teacher stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the small wooden box. However, he was pulled back by Mei Ziyu.
"It's against the rules!"
Mei Ziyu reminded.
Everyone whispered to each other and looked at the small wooden box like they were looking at an unbelievable monster.
"Let me do it!"
Bi Tao stretched his hand in and touched it. After that, he had a look of surprise on his face. "There's really no more?"
"How is that possible? Where are the votes for the patrolling students? "
"There are also the votes for the patrolling examiners. No matter how you count, it's impossible that there are only 103 votes, right? This means that only the students and examiners in the classroom can vote. There aren't any patrolling votes at all. "
"What the hell?"
The great teachers couldn't understand. In their minds, there was basically no such thing as Gu Qingyan being insta-killed. After all, the title of the top graduate of the Skyraise Academy wasn't just nice to hear. It also represented great strength.
This also meant that among this batch of graduates, there were at least five whose strength was on par with Gu Qingyan. There would definitely be someone who would be stronger than him.
"Someone stole the votes, someone must have stolen the votes!"
That man from the Skyraise Academy seemed to have discovered a flaw and cried out.
"Enough, shut your mouth!"
Tang Nian was originally only watching the show, but when he saw this scene, he couldn't hold it in anymore. If he allowed this fellow to continue speaking, where would the Saint Gate's reputation be?
Hearing this, that fellow also reacted. He was so shocked that he broke out in cold sweat. If these words were to spread out, he'd be banned from the Saint Gate.
"From the time the small wooden box was voted, to the time it was sealed, to the time it was transported here, there were over ten pairs of eyes staring at it. How could someone steal the votes?"
Tang Nian walked over and slapped down, smashing the small wooden box open.
The broken pieces scattered all over the table. One could see that there really wasn't a single vote left.
The entire vote-counting room was completely silent. Their only thought was that Gu Qingyan had failed.
The few aunties had wanted to invite everyone to supper, but when they saw this scene, how would they dare to say anything? They directly shrank to the door.
"97 excellent votes!"
Bi Tao looked at the registration book. It was already very good for him to get this many votes from just 103 people. However, it didn't seem real no matter how he looked at it, since it was under Gu Qingyan's name.
Where were the patrolling votes?
Were they eaten by someone?
Everyone felt a little distracted. After a simple supper, they continued to work. However, they would occasionally glance at Bi Tao's group.
Luckily, the exact number of votes wouldn't be announced for the third round. If not, Gu Qingyan would lose a lot of face.
"Don't look over here!"
Mei Ziyu was unhappy and opened another small wooden box. In the end, the tickets inside were too full, and a few of them directly popped out.
"..."
The five of them blinked their eyes. Because there were too many tickets, they filled up the wooden box. They could see a lot of them with a single glance.
"What's the situation?"
Li Yao gulped down a mouthful of saliva. After counting so many votes, she could be considered to have some experience. The box with the most votes had over 300. She searched for a very long time, but she still didn't see a situation where the paper tickets were piled up.
"Main... Main Examiner Tang!"
Bi Tao called out.
"What's the matter?"
Tang Nian walked over. After taking a look, he knew what was going on. Clearly, he had bumped into Sun Mo's ballot box. "You are making a big fuss out of nothing. Let's count the votes!"
"Let's start. Examinee, Sun Mo!"
After Bi Tao spoke, Mei Ziyu's eyes brightened. Was it that young man whose smile was very radiant?
"Let me do it!"
Mei Ziyu took the small wooden box and started to take out the tickets. She basically didn't need to put her hand in. She just needed to use her index and middle fingers to grab one.
Because of the conversation between Bi Tao and Tang Nian, the great teachers' attention was attracted over. After Mei Ziyu took out 300 tickets, they couldn't hold it in anymore and all of them walked over.
After that, exclamations rang out!
"My heavens, there are already 400 tickets."
"From the looks of it, there seems to be more!"
"Damn, 500 tickets. What the hell? Who is this Sun Mo? "
"Is he that 'Like a Dog in Front of the Door' Sun Mo?"
The great teachers discussed, their faces filled with astonishment. 500 tickets was already the highest number of votes today. Moreover, even if one used their toes to think, they would know that since so many patrolling examinees voted for him, it basically meant that they admired his teaching. They definitely wouldn't cast ordinary or eliminated votes.
"Quickly look! Quickly look! There are already 600 tickets! "
"700! Seven hundred! Is there anyone who wants to bet that the number will exceed 800? "
"What the f * ck? Nine hundred pieces? Is he still human? How many patrolling examinees are there in total? Are you trying to catch all of them in one fell swoop? "
"Is this Sun Mo a graduate from the Nine Greats? Why is he so strong? "
When Mei Ziyu's slender fingers took out the 1,000th paper ticket, the entire vote-counting room fell silent. It was like they had seen the most unbelievable thing in the world.
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