A Top Scholar in Everything

Regarding the development and understanding of Magic Elixir, Baiyu has a lot of insights in this area. After all, he's someone who has concocted elixir in a cooking pot.

Twenty minutes into distributing the exam papers.

Students are still writing furiously on the first page, while Baiyu has already started tackling the last elixir composition question.

"No, this question..."

Baiyu furrowed his brow.

The last question, as usual, is the final and challenging one, designed for the most exceptional students and meant to widen the gap among them.

According to the information from Jiang Xi, after the quarterly assessment, the real ranking-GPA system will be implemented.

The higher the ranking.

The more GPA one can receive from the student services department each month.

Students ranked lower in the quarterly assessment will have reduced resources, and if they consistently perform poorly over several quarters, they might face demotion or expulsion, among other consequences.

After all.

Martial Arts School students receive their monthly GPA from the school's financial aid, and it's impossible to allow some students to linger around without progressing.

This is the rule of the Martial Arts School, survival of the fittest.

If the purpose is to distinguish capabilities, common exam questions that everyone can solve naturally cannot test the student's proficiency.

Therefore, some beyond-syllabus, particularly challenging questions are needed to filter students.

However.

The questions in this quarterly assessment made Baiyu feel very strange.

This was an elixir composition multiple-choice question.

Its purpose was certainly to assess students' understanding of various herbs, observing whether they would create repulsion reactions, neutralization phenomena, or special effects when combined.

However.

There are clearly two herbs that should not be combined.

If one follows the preliminary preparation method as stated in the question, not only will the herbs be ineffective, but the entire elixir composition will be impacted, resulting in absolute failure and loss.

"This elixir composition question definitely has a problem; didn't the exam creator notice this?"

Baiyu thought for a while and finally stood up.

His movement.

Made the entire examination hall raise their heads, their eyes filled with confusion.

Why stand up at this time rather than focus on the exam?

Everyone had various thoughts.

Of course.

Most people, like Geoffrey, were waiting to see a joke.

Because now the biggest possibility for Baiyu standing up is that he doesn't understand these test questions and can only submit early and leave. Any genius who skips class is useless after all.

Baiyu walked from the step classroom passage to the podium.

The two teachers also noticed Baiyu approaching the podium.

This student seemed unfamiliar to them.

Besides, at a time like this, shouldn't he be focused on the exam? What is he doing?

"Teachers, it seems there's a problem with the exam paper."

Baiyu picked up the exam paper.

A teacher with gold-rimmed spectacles took the exam paper and frowned. Seeing the name "Baiyu" on the name field made both of them indignant.

I wondered why he looked unfamiliar; turns out it's you.

Never attended a single class, but unexpectedly appeared for the exam.

Originally, Baiyu, being the top scorer of Maple Leaf County's college entrance exam, and top scorer in the entrance test, coming to the Research Academy made these teachers very happy.

Research Academy has been suffocated by Mysterious Academy and Martial Arts Academy in recent years.

At this moment, such a great prospect arrived.

It's not impossible to restore the Research Academy's prestige.

If he can develop a few new types of elixirs, it might even cause a nationwide sensation, bringing fame to Celestial South Martial Arts University's research section.

Yet after enrolling.

Baiyu never attended a single class.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Now it's feared not only that he can't make Research Academy proud, but even outside rumors may arise saying the Research Academy's teachers misguided a student, ruining such a great prospect.

But the truth is.

This brat doesn't attend classes, what can they do?

With such preconceived notions.

The two teachers naturally, instinctively believed Baiyu didn't understand the content on the exam paper and was looking for an excuse to escape.

"There's an issue with the exam paper? This paper was personally created by me and two other elixir subject teachers from Research Academy, how could there be a problem?"

Wen Mushu adjusted his glasses and looked at Baiyu:

"Return to your seat and carefully recalculate. Only twenty minutes have passed, and you are solving the last question; did you properly check the previous ones?"

The implication is.

He believed that Baiyu randomly filled in answers for the previous questions.

Baiyu helplessly said, "Teacher, I've recalculated multiple times, the last question indeed has a problem, if you don't believe it, try solving it here.

If there's no issue, I'll willingly accept the exam grade being nullified."

Upon hearing these words, Wen Mushu frowned.

The other proctor beside him also didn't have a good expression.

Willingly nullifying one's grade means being at the bottom, the same as not attending the exam.

The last few spots in each exam have their GPA aid cut by the school.

They might feel frustrated, but certainly don't wish to see such a good prospect fade into the crowd.

"Alright, then I'll solve it for you personally."

Seeing Baiyu insist, Wen Mushu picked up a pen from the podium and began writing on a piece of scratch paper.

Elixir composition questions require not only knowledge of the effects between herbs but also calculations of quantities, heat levels, order of adding herbs, etc.

If one step goes wrong.

The final results could vary drastically.

Wen Mushu, having taught for many years, was skilled in the knowledge points of the elixir subject.

Though these questions used extremely obscure herbs, the essence remained the same.

"Three grams of Mugwort, paired with five milligrams of Ice Blade Silkworm, to fully activate their medicinal properties without any loss, Celestial Joy Flower must be added for neutralization.

Here's where the ice-and-fire duality theorem is used.

Simply plug the dosage and age of the two herbs into the formula to find the need for 4.72 milligrams of Celestial Joy Flower, then continue..."

Wen Mushu's solving steps were orderly, various formulas and theorems at his fingertips.

Originally extremely complex problems were simplified into small hurdles, each successfully overcome, causing the nearby master to repeatedly nod.

Such clear and flowing problem-solving was a pleasure to watch.

And for the students below, they were even more impressed.

Although Wen Mushu's voice was very low, these students were Martial Artists, their hearing much keener than average, and with the hall so quiet, their focused listening allowed them to grasp the gist.

However.

The last question's complexity surpassed imagination.

Its computational and predictive load was astonishingly vast, moreover, it had an open-ended answer with more than one correct solution.

They only understood the complex problem-solving somewhat.

"Baiyu couldn't solve it himself yet questioned the teacher; has he been obsessed recently?"

"He probably feels embarrassed about handing in the paper as it is, trying to find an excuse. Didn't he just say if the last question isn't problematic, his grade should be invalidated."

"Sigh, being absent from classes for two months would have effects even on a genius."

"Indeed, choosing the Research Academy over the Mysterious Academy and Martial Arts Academy might be because he felt the competition here was less intense."

Whispers rose among the students.

Geoffrey coldly watched from above, a trace of smugness on his lips.

Chu Chan furrowed her brow.

She was also angry about Baiyu's behavior.

As someone who had relied on her efforts to enter the Martial Arts School, she especially envied those exceptionally talented individuals.

Seeing Baiyu squander his gift naturally felt like a waste.

However.

Now, thinking about him possibly failing the exam, she felt somewhat guilty and worried.

Being class president for two months without seeking him out once, it felt like neglect of duty.

On the podium.

Wen Mushu pointed to the densely calculated and reasoning process on the scratch paper, saying: "Understand now?"

"Understood."

Baiyu replied, modestly.

"That's good, go sit down. This time's assessment for the last question, you disregard the score."

Wen Mushu's tone softened slightly.

But before he finished speaking.

Baiyu continued, "Teacher, the last question indeed has a problem. You made a mistake in one of the steps during the solving process; the answers you derived afterward are all incorrect."