Early in the morning, Yan Guilai woke up in Yafu and Yanni's fragrant bed. He stretched himself lazily.
Today was the day of the Green Wood Examination. Whether or not he could get into Aoki University depended on today.
After waking up Yafu and Yanni, the three of them made a simple breakfast together. After eating and drinking their fill, they gathered at the small square in the middle of the slums.
There were more than thirty thousand street children in the slums. Not all of them were suitable for Aoki University. Aoki University only accepted students with two types of attributes. One was fire, and the other was wood.
As for metal, water, and earth, Aoki University didn't accept them. After all … these three types of energy weren't suitable for alchemy.
Therefore, the first part of the Green Wood Examination was a test of innate talent. Only children with fire and wood attributes could continue to the next part of the examination.
After many years of testing, almost all of the street children knew their own attributes. Therefore … there weren't thirty thousand who came to take the examination, but only three thousand!
Gathered in the square, Yan Guilai frowned as he looked at the children in tattered clothes. He said to Yafu in a low voice, "Why are there so few? Could it be that the wood and fire attributes added together only account for one-tenth of the total number of street children?"
Shaking her head, Yafu said in a low voice, "It's not that those with the wood and fire attributes will be accepted. They have to pass the next examination before they can enter Aoki University."
As soon as Yafu finished speaking, Yanni said, "The standard of the examination is relatively low for us street children. Even if we don't have high innate talent, we will still be accepted. However … basically, we street children are trained to be alchemy apprentices."
Indeed …
Hearing her younger sister's words, Yanni interjected, "Don't underestimate us just because we only have three thousand people here. You should know that there are ten slums in Greatwood City alone. Adding all the homeless children together, there are at least three hundred thousand of them. There are also thirty thousand people participating in the examination this time around!"
Greatwood City was only one of the thousand cities in the human race. There were a thousand similar cities in the human race!
In other words, in the entire human race, there were a total of 30 million children participating in the Azurewood Examination!
Looking at Yan Guilai's shocked expression, Yaf continued, "Every year, Aoki University will recruit 10,000 official students and 30,000 street children. Every city will have 30 spots."
He nodded in understanding. The reason why Aoki University did this was because they didn't want to waste talent. After all … many geniuses weren't just suited for alchemy, they were suited for other fields as well.
Therefore, he chose the most outstanding ten thousand people and carefully nurtured them, striving to nurture them into Alchemy Grandmasters.
As for the Alchemy Apprentice, there was no need to waste humanity's top geniuses. After all … humanity was now in a precarious situation. Not only was there a shortage of people in the Alchemy field, there was a shortage of people everywhere.
Therefore, the best way was to select 30,000 outstanding children from the slums and train them into alchemy apprentices to assist the 10,000 genius alchemists.
Basically, among those ten thousand official students, as long as they became Alchemists, they could freely choose two Alchemy Apprentices.
As an Alchemist, tasks such as cutting, washing, drying, grinding, pounding, and taking care of the furnace fire required the help of others.
Basically, after a year of training, as long as they weren't too bad, all official students would be promoted to Elementary Alchemists.
Therefore, after the year-end exam, all Alchemists would choose two Alchemy Apprentices for themselves according to their ranking.
After the exam, at the end of the year, there would be a ranking selection.
After those ten thousand official students officially became Elementary Alchemists, they could rush to the Alchemy Apprentice Training Department where the street children were and choose two Alchemy Apprentices.
Regardless of whether they were willing or not, as long as they were chosen, they had to agree and follow the Alchemist. From then on … they would follow the Alchemist for life and become the Alchemist's right-hand man.
It must be known that Alchemy Apprentices were extremely important. Their mutual understanding, familiarity, and tacit understanding were of the utmost importance.
Between Alchemists and Alchemy Apprentices, who had a true tacit understanding, there was basically no need to speak. They didn't even need to exchange glances. They knew what they wanted with just a wave of their hand and a nod of their head.
Moreover, alchemy … especially high-grade pills, usually took a few days, a dozen days, or even a month or a few months!
Therefore, it was impossible for Alchemists to stay by the alchemy furnace at all times. After all … a person's energy was limited. How could they stay awake for so long?
When Alchemists weren't around, they basically had to rely on the Alchemy Apprentices to look after the furnace fire and add various herbs according to a certain time.
Therefore, two outstanding alchemy apprentices were really too important to an alchemist.
Most Alchemists were only responsible for a small part of the core work. In the entire alchemy process, eighty percent of the work was done by the Alchemy Apprentices.
Listening to Yafu's introduction, Yan Guilai's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Finally, shaking his head, Yan Guilai said, "You mean, if I pass the exam, then at the end of this year, there is a possibility that someone will point at my head and choose me, and I can't refuse?"
Nodding, Yafu said, "I'm afraid so. The rules are so, and no one can do anything about it."
"In other words, if at the end of this year, someone chooses you and your sister, then you can only go with them? No matter if it's a man or a woman? "
Yan Guilai continued to ask.
With a bitter smile, Yafu nodded once more. "That's right, that's the truth. However … you don't have to worry about it. Even though many of the apothecaries and apprentices aren't clear about the details, we sisters …
Waving his hand, Yan Guilai said, "That won't do. If you leave, how am I going to sleep at night?"
* Cough cough … *
Yan Guilai's words immediately caused Yanni to cough violently. This won't do, that won't do. In the end, it's just because there's no one to accompany him to sleep?
Frowning as he looked at Yafu and Yanni, Yan Guilai waved his hand grandly and said decisively, "No, we won't take the Alchemy Apprentice exam. We'll directly take the official exam and become a real Alchemist!"
Hearing Yan Guilai's words, Yanni smiled bitterly and said, "Who doesn't want to take the Alchemist exam? But do you know how difficult it is to take the exam?"
Although there were 30 million people taking part in the Alchemy Apprentice exam, there were still a lot of spots. There were only 30 thousand people.
However, there were more than 100 million people taking part in the Alchemist exam, but there were only 10 thousand spots!
Most importantly, although most of the children taking part in the Alchemist exam were the children of commoners, the top 10 million children were the children of the rich and powerful.
One was one in a thousand, and his opponents were all homeless children from the slums. Everyone was of the same origin.
The other was one in ten thousand, and his true opponents were the children of the rich and powerful. They were the most elite people of the entire human race.
To put it simply, one was the tallest among the shorties, and the other was the most talented among the tallest.
It wasn't that no one had tried it before. There were also geniuses in the slums, but the conditions of the slums were like this. The children here couldn't have a good education. They couldn't even eat, so how could they talk about anything else?
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