Time seemed to stop.
On the invigilator's platform were the Dean, the mentors, the invigilators who were responsible for maintaining the exam's discipline, the students from the first to fourth years who were participating in the exam, and the members of the various factions who had come to watch the exam with the goal of selecting talents. Everyone had the same posture, motionless. Only their eyes were following the movements of a certain figure.
The first years' exam was not the focus of everyone's attention. The second, third, and fourth years' exams could better display the students' abilities.
But right now, the first years' exam had attracted everyone's attention. Some people who did not pay attention at the beginning did not understand what had happened. They only focused on the collapse of the Tower of Soul. But when they understood what had happened, they immediately stared at the figure with their mouths agape.
The figure leisurely walked forward. His steps were not too fast or too slow, just like a normal person walking on the road. Then he returned to the Zhenfeng College's group.
The Zhenfeng College's students subconsciously distanced themselves. But their gazes were no longer filled with disdain. Instead, it was as if they had seen something terrifying and they instinctively avoided him.
Lu Ping's expression was the same as usual. He was as calm as when he was despised by everyone for the past three years.
The students looked at each other. The invigilators also looked at each other. The invigilator held the result sheet in his hand, but he did not know how to record it down.
Reaching the top of the tower was the full score of 100.
Collapsing the entire Tower of Soul, how would that be counted? There was no precedent like this. There was no precedent in the entire continent.
The invigilator thought about it again and again. This was not something he could decide, so he prepared to ask the higher-ups of the two academies. But seeing that he was about to leave, the first years of the Canyon Peak Academy immediately panicked and surrounded him.
"Teacher, what about our exam?" The Canyon Peak Academy students asked.
The invigilator felt a headache coming on. That's right! The Canyon Peak Academy students had not even taken the exam, but the Tower of Soul was already gone. The Tower of Soul was specially designed and made. The second, third, and fourth years' Towers of Soul were definitely not suitable for the first years. If they were forced to use it, it could even be life-threatening.
"Please wait a moment, I'll go and ask …" The examiner didn't dare to make any promises. After comforting the students, he left in a hurry.
The students of Canyon Peak Academy were no longer in high spirits. As for how powerful Lu Ping was, they didn't have the time to think about it. The most important problem now was that the Soul Pagoda for the first years was gone. How were they supposed to take the test? This tower was the only one in the entire Canyon Peak region. The main reason why Zhenfeng College and Gorge College wanted to take the exam together was because Zhenfeng College didn't have its own Soul Pagoda.
"Probably some other way?"
"I've never heard of any assessment methods other than the Soul Pagoda, especially for first years. Are you going to go through the trials like the fourth years? He wouldn't even know how he died! "
"I can't possibly wait to build another Tower of Souls, right?"
"How long do we have to wait?"
"Isn't this the same as repeating a year?"
The first years of Canyon Peak Academy were all talking at once. Regardless of whether they sensed five or six types of soul power, or even those who had broken through to the first Heavenly Layer, they all had worried looks on their faces. They didn't know if the collapse of the Soul Pagoda would have a negative impact on them.
When the students of Zhenfeng College saw the panic on the Canyon Peak Academy's side, they naturally let out a sigh of relief. As for Lu Ping? It wasn't as difficult for them to change their emotions as it was for Siffin. After all, Siffin was someone who had been eyeing Lu Ping for three years. Was there a need to say how stable his emotions were? As for the first years? Many of them had only heard rumors about Lu Ping and didn't have a direct impression of him. They were just going along with the crowd. Now that they saw Lu Ping's shocking performance, their previous emotions quickly turned indifferent.
"That's amazing. How did you do it?" Finally, a student came up to Lu Ping and took the initiative to talk.
"It's nothing." Lu Ping said.
"If you're so amazing, why didn't you pass the last two exams?"
"Oh, because I didn't take the exam." Lu Ping said.
"Why didn't you go?"
"Because it wasn't necessary …" Lu Ping said.
"Then what about this time?"
"If I don't take the exam this time, I'll be expelled." Lu Ping seriously explained.
This conversation was also heard by Morin and Siffin.
"That's the truth!" Morin sighed. Lu Ping's strength was far above the standard of Zhai Feng Academy. The biggest question should be why he came to Zhai Feng Academy, and not why he couldn't pass the exam or why he didn't participate in it.
There was no need. This reason was absolutely true and absolutely credible. Even Siffin couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.
"If we knew it would be like this, we wouldn't have let him take the exam! It's a pity about this tower. It must have cost a lot, right? "Morin said.
After a moment of silence, Siffin finally said: "The tower belongs to Canyon College."
"Oh, oh." Morin had a look of realization. "That's good, that's good."
Strictly speaking, the exam hadn't ended yet. Siffin and Morin weren't allowed to get too close and could only watch from the side. Then, they saw Lu Ping raise his hand towards the invigilator.
"What's the matter?" One of the invigilators came over and asked.
"Can I leave after the exam?" Lu Ping said.
"Uh …" The invigilator was speechless. He turned around and looked at the ruins. The dust had yet to settle. Lu Ping's final score wasn't recorded in the scorebook yet, because they didn't know how many points he should get.
"Let's wait for the examiner to come back." The invigilator said.
"Alright!" Lu Ping could only continue to wait. His gaze swept towards the third year exam. But right now, the center of attention was on the first years. Who knew how much soul power floated over to sense Lu Ping's body … …
At the invigilator's desk, the examiner came in front of the two deans. Zhenfeng College's Guo Youdao's expression was still relatively normal. However, Canyon College's Ba Liyan's table had been smashed by his stomach and hadn't been replaced yet. At this moment, he sat paralyzed in his seat. His eyes were wide open as he looked at the ruins of the Tower of Soul. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
The examiner looked left and right and felt that it was better to talk to Guo Youdao first.
"President Guo, how do you think Lu Ping's score should be given? I'm not sure. "
Guo Youdao smiled slightly: "Of course, full marks."
"Alright." The examiner didn't raise any objections. Grading was originally the job of the Tower of Soul. His responsibility was only to record. Now that the tower was gone, they naturally needed to find someone who had the authority to grade, and he would be responsible for it.
Lu Ping full marks.
After getting this answer, the examiner looked at Ba Liyan again. It seemed that he still hadn't recovered, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask.
"Dean Ba, this … … how should we arrange the first year exam for the Canyon College?"
Ba Liyan was still in a daze. He only came back to his senses when the teacher beside him called him twice. He thought about the examiner's question again and immediately felt even more vexed.
He had been so worried about the Tower of Soul that he had forgotten about this matter. None of the first years of the Canyon College had taken the exam yet? How should they be arranged?
"Why don't I write a recommendation letter and let them take the exam for Amaterasu College?" Guo Youdao suggested.
"No need!" Ba Liyan refused decisively. Of course he knew that Amaterasu College was the closest college to their Canyon College in the Zhiling District. He had heard that they had a good relationship with Guo Youdao, so a recommendation letter from him would indeed save them a lot of trouble.
But Ba Liyan didn't want to owe Guo Youdao a favor. Did this guy think that he could use a recommendation letter to dismiss the matter of Zhai Feng's student destroying the Tower of Soul? It wasn't that cheap! It wasn't as if Ba Liyan didn't have the connections to arrange for the exam at another college.
"Arrange for these students to go to Twin Pole College. I'll arrange for someone to take care of this matter later." Ba Liyan instructed.
"Alright." The examiner was just following orders. Although the two colleges were taking the exam together, they didn't interfere with each other's affairs. The examiner immediately followed the arrangements of the two colleges.
On the exam platform, Ba Liyan didn't feel that this matter was over.
"President Guo, what do you think we should do next?" Ba Liyan asked.
"Oh? What next? "Guo Youdao said.
"Don't play dumb!" Ba Liyan was annoyed and didn't have the patience to beat around the bush with Guo Youdao. He couldn't care less about his demeanor, "The Tower of Soul was destroyed by your Zhenfeng College students. I won't ask you to take full responsibility, but you should at least give me an explanation, right?"
"Oh, don't tell me you want me to compensate you for the tower?" Guo Youdao asked.
Ba Liyan was of course very willing, but he also knew that this request was a bit delusional. It was true that the tower was destroyed by a Zhenfeng College student, but this kind of thing had never happened before in the history of the continent. Therefore, when Zhenfeng College discussed borrowing the Tower of Soul, there was no such agreement. How could he clarify things now?
"Forget about paying for the tower. No one expected such a thing to happen. Leave the student who destroyed the tower to me!" Ba Li Yan gritted his teeth as he spoke of the student. He looked like he had a deep hatred for him.
"Oh, Lu Ping." Guo Youdao smiled and nodded happily, "Sure!"
"Ah?" Ba Liyan was stunned. He was still thinking about how to deal with this problem. He didn't expect Guo Youdao to not hesitate at all. Not only Ba Liyan, but even the teachers of Zhenfeng College were shocked by his straightforwardness. If it had been in the past, and an academy wanted Lu Ping, they would have been willing to send him away even if they had to pay a large sum of money. But now, even a blind person could discern that Lu Ping was extraordinary. Which academy would still send away such a person? Guo Youdao, on the other hand, didn't hesitate at all.
"You must keep your word!" Ba Liyan didn't dare think too much and hurriedly said.
"I will keep my word. However, whether the student is willing or not, this matter is not up to me." Guo Youdao said.
"Oh?" Ba Liyan immediately understood something. Needing the student to be willing was not wrong, but Guo Youdao's attitude seemed to be very confident that Lu Ping would not leave Zhenfeng College!
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