Beneath the stage.
"Zhang shi … I don't think he's going to cause any more trouble, right?"
"I don't think so..."
Pavilion Master Kang, Su shi, and the others wiped the cold sweat off their foreheads.
This Zhang Shi always caused a huge ruckus in every single examination, and it seemed like he wouldn't stop until he scared them to death.
They were still worried that the same thing would happen to the third examination, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like they were overthinking it.
Unlike challenging the Ghost Domain Illusory City and fighting against the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, it was much more refined. Surely, it would be better than the previous two examinations.
"Hmm? What's Zhang Shi doing? "
Just as they were heaving a sigh of relief, Ling shi's voice sounded, and the duo leaped in shock. "What's wrong? Did he break the bookshelf or burn the books? "
As they spoke, they hurriedly turned to look at Zhang Shi, only to realize that the other party was still reading the books, and he didn't seem to be doing anything out of the ordinary.
They had been tormented by that fellow to the point that they were traumatized. Upon hearing the question, they couldn't help but wonder if the other party had done something atrocious.
Seeing the anxious looks on the duo's faces, Ling shi was speechless. Pointing forward, he said, "No, look... Everyone else is busy reading the books, so why is he standing motionlessly on the spot after picking up a book?"
"Hmm?"
Pavilion Master Kang and Su shi also came to a realization.
As soon as Zhang shi walked up to the bookshelf, they saw him touching the bookshelf, as if trying to see what kind of books there were on it. After which, he took out a book and … fell into a daze!
It was similar to how he was when facing the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe. Could it be that... there was some special meaning behind his daze?
"Could it be that he's staring blankly at the calligraphy?" Zhao Feiwu frowned and muttered.
"Staring blankly at the calligraphy?"
Pavilion Master Kang and the others were perplexed.
"Oh, it's like this. When Zhang Shi was taking the examination for the other occupations, he used the 'Beast Pummeling Taming Method', 'Knockout Treatment Method', and 'Single Kick Formation Breaking Method'. I was thinking that this might be a method specially suited for him!"
Zhao Feiwu had been following behind Zhang Xuan for a very long time, and she had seen the latter execute quite a few of his means. Every single one of them was astounding, and no one would dare to believe it.
"Beast Pummeling Taming Method? Knockout Treatment Method? Breaking the formation with one kick? "
The three 4-star master teachers stared at one another in bewilderment.
What the hell was this?
Why can't I understand?
"Oh, it's like this …"
Zhao Feiwu explained the names in detail.
"There is such a thing?"
Upon hearing those words, the three master teachers widened their eyes in shock, as though they were dreaming.
To be able to tame a savage beast just by beating it up, to be able to treat a person just by knocking him out, to be able to decipher any kind of formation with a single kick... Why does it sound more and more impossible?
However, this fellow couldn't be judged by common sense. Otherwise … he would definitely go crazy.
Since there were so many precedents … perhaps, this daze might really be a strange way of reading books.
"However, even if it's a special method, it's useless to only read one page!"
After the shock, he was even more puzzled.
Even if your [Dazed Gazing at Calligraphy] is incredible, allowing you to swiftly memorize the contents within, but... if you were to hold onto a book and refuse to let it go, not even flipping through the pages, how could you possibly see the other contents?
In order to memorize the knowledge in a book, you have to flip through the pages first. It's just like how you need to have rice before you eat.
"Zhang Shi, are you giving up on this stage?"
Not only were the few of them confused, the others were as well.
The two consecutive stages had left Hong Shi on the verge of insanity. If the crowd below still couldn't discover the uniqueness of this Zhang Shi, they would have to give up their lives.
Since they knew how incredible the other party was, they naturally paid more attention to him. They thought that he would be like the others, swiftly flipping through the books as soon as he arrived, trying his best to memorize the contents. Yet, after taking out a book … he stopped moving.
Wasn't the efficiency way too low?
It was impossible for him to match up to the others.
Could it be that the first two stages were so incredible that he had exhausted all of his means?
…
Paying no heed to the guesses of the crowd, Zhang Xuan flipped open the Clarifying Turbidity realm Heaven's Path manual, and his eyes lit up.
He was still thinking that he would have to head to the Miryu Empire to collect the complete Heaven's Path manual, but who could have known that he would succeed just by participating in the selection round?
Now that he had the manual and sufficient spirit stones, it would be easy for him to reach Transcendent Mortal 4-dan pinnacle.
However, he was in the midst of the selection round, so he couldn't cultivate right away. Otherwise, it would be too shocking.
Thus, he could only read through the content twice and memorize it before moving on to the other books.
"To think that there would be manuals on souls …"
Sweeping through the Library of Heaven's Path, Zhang Xuan found quite a few books on souls. Most of them were Hong Shi's personal notes and understanding.
As a Transcendent Mortal 6-dan Cosmos Bridge realm expert, Hong Qian had a unique understanding of the cultivation of souls.
"Compile!"
Zhang Xuan gathered all of these notes together and fused them together with the cultivation technique that Mo Hunsheng had given him.
Soon, a book appeared before Zhang Xuan.
Transcendent Mortal 5-dan Soul Art!
"To think that I would obtain two Heaven's Path cultivation technique manuals from the selection round …"
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but exclaim in agitation.
He thought that since it was just an ordinary selection round, he would just have to take it step by step. Who could have thought that these five thousand books would be so valuable that they would help him perfect two Heaven's Path cultivation technique manuals?
As long as he had the time to cultivate, his cultivation would surely rise by leaps and bounds.
After synthesizing two cultivation technique manuals, there wasn't much else that was useful to him. Sweeping through them with his consciousness, Zhang Xuan realized that there was nothing else that caught his interest. Thus, he retreated from the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Only ten minutes have passed?"
Returning to his physical body, Zhang Xuan realized that only ten minutes had passed.
In less than a tenth of the two hours, Zhang Xuan had already memorized all of the content. If he were to run over right now and say that he wasn't going to continue reading, not just the others, even Hong Shi would be frightened to death.
But if he wasn't going to read the books, he couldn't possibly just stand there and do nothing!
"Forget it, I have plenty of time anyway. Let's see if I can memorize these contents or not!"
Since he couldn't leave, he might as well give it a try and see how many books he could memorize in the remaining time.
Of course, he was using his consciousness to scan through the books in the Library of Heaven's Path. This way, not only would he be able to memorize faster, his speed of reading would also increase significantly.
Without hesitation, Zhang Xuan's consciousness returned to the Library of Heaven's Path, picked up a book, and began flipping through it.
Hualalala!
Back then, when his cultivation was only at Tongxuan realm, his speed of reading in the Library of Heaven's Path was already several dozen times faster than in the outside world. Now that his soul had grown stronger, it was much easier for him to do so.
Of the five thousand books, it only took the master teachers outside the Library of Heaven's Path to finish reading them in the blink of an eye.
After finishing those books, Zhang Xuan picked up the other books and began flipping through them.
Over the past few months, he had collected more than ten million books, but he hadn't had the time to browse through them. Since he had the time, he decided to browse through them as much as he could.
Just as he was immersed in the books, Hong Shi's crisp voice sounded once more, "Alright, time's up. Everyone, please put down the books in your hands!"
Hearing that it was finally time, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. Regaining his consciousness, he put down the books in his hands and turned to the others.
At this moment, everyone looked a little fatigued, and their faces were a little pale.
Two hours of high-intensity memorization and memorization was something that even master teachers with extraordinary Soul Depth found hard to endure.
"How many books have you memorized?"
"820 books. What about you?"
"I'm slightly better. I've memorized 917 books!"
...
Putting down the books, the crowd walked over to Hong Shi while discussing with hushed voices.
Upon reaching a Soul Depth of 10.0, one would possess a photographic memory. However, it was still difficult for one to finish reading and memorize the contents of a book.
To be able to memorize eight to nine hundred books in two hours was already the highest speed a 4-star master teacher could achieve.
"Zhang Shi, how many books have you memorized?"
Ruohuan gongzi walked up to Zhang Xuan.
"Me?" Afraid that he might scare the other party to death if he were to speak the truth, Zhang Xuan scratched his head awkwardly. "Probably around the same level as you!"
"Around the same level? I've read 1,240 books, and you've also read 1,200 books? "
Ruohuan gongzi was perplexed.
Based on Zhang Shi's usual performance, he should be an incredible genius. Just like him? Why did he find it hard to believe?
"Ah... It shouldn't be too far apart. Right, how will this test assess who has read more books and who hasn't?"
Zhang Xuan asked doubtfully.
Since it was a test of one's intelligence and memory, it was impossible for one to just read through the books. One would have to memorize them as well... However, how would one judge who had memorized more books and who had memorized less? After all, one couldn't possibly memorize so many books one by one!
"I don't know either. Hong Shi should be able to explain it to me!"
Ruohuan gongzi was perplexed.
If one wanted to be fair, one would have to memorize or write down the content of the books. However... this was only the preliminary round of the Master Teacher Tournament. It was impossible for one to waste several days on such a thing.
Besides, how many books did one have to memorize before one was qualified?
Furthermore, the word count of each book was different. If one were to judge based on the number of books, it would be unfair.
In truth, not only were the duo perplexed, the other participants were perplexed as well.
"Hehe, is everyone worried about the fairness of the test?"
Seemingly seeing through everyone's doubts, Hong Shi chuckled. "Don't worry. Since I'm the one who suggested this test, I have my own way of judging it!"
Stroking his beard, Hong Shi's eyebrows shot up. "I've conducted a test before. For an ordinary 4-star primary stage master teacher, memorizing five hundred books in two hours is already an incredible feat. Six hundred books is the minimum requirement. On the other hand, you all are the cream of the crop of the major powers. Even among the 4-star master teachers, you aren't qualified! "
"After many tests, I've come up with a standard for you all... If you can memorize eight hundred books, you will be considered to have passed the test. If you can't memorize that many books... I'm sorry, but you will have to leave regretfully!"
"Eight hundred books?"
Amidst the crowd, the faces of the dozen or so young men paled.
Clearly, the number of books they had memorized earlier wasn't that high.
"Of course, eight hundred is just a rough number. Some people might think that the difficulty of memorizing a book is different depending on the thickness of the book. If you choose to memorize the thinner books, you might not even be able to match up to the six hundred books of others! "
Hong Shi continued. "Thus, for the sake of fairness, I've applied for a treasure from the headquarters... Book of Emptied River!"
(Old Demon Zhang: If you don't give me the monthly ticket, do you believe that I won't talk to you?)
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