When Downton arrived at St. George's one hour early, there were already many candidates waiting outside the examination room. They were sitting or standing, finding a place to read every second, hoping to recite a few more knowledge points before the exam.
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"No way? So many candidates?" Downton roughly counted, there must be nearly 2,000 people.
The qualification exam for a potion master is difficult and the entry threshold is very high. Sometimes there is even no one who passes the exam for several consecutive exams.
Although there is a qualifying exam every month, you must pay a registration fee of 200 gold coins to participate. Ordinary students do not have money brought by strong winds. In addition, continuous exams are not interesting. After all, the questions are different every time. I think
It is almost impossible to encounter familiar questions, so most candidates generally choose to take the test every six months.
Downton is unlucky enough to catch up with the summer vacation, a half-year period.
No one was chatting, except for the sound of reciting and the turning of pages. Everyone had a solemn expression on their face, as if they were rushing to the execution ground.
"Brother, are you okay?" Elaine was overwhelmed by the tense atmosphere and held Downton's hand.
"Don't worry, I'm sure." Downton still had some confidence.
The Royal Pharmacists' Association has strong financial resources and power. Half an hour before the exam started, a thousand royal guards completely blocked the surroundings of the exam room. Their arrival made the atmosphere even more depressing.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Two black Inca slaves yelled at passers-by, and then a luxurious carriage pulled by six horses drove through the gate, and the horses' hooves hit the floor, making a crisp sound.
The candidates recognized the family crest hanging on the wall of the car, which belonged to the family of the Chancellor of Finance, so they retreated to both sides. If they were stepped on, they would not compensate them. They could only consider themselves unlucky.
"It's James." Elaine reminded. The boy was very arrogant. He often rode this carriage in and out of the school. His style could be said to be the most impressive in the school, even more majestic than the principal.
"That guy is actually a potion master?" Downton was stunned: "It seems that he is not a useless person with well-developed limbs."
"He has single-digit grades in half of his subjects and still wants to be a potion master? Haha, he just wants the title of pharmacist. It's just to make his family look good."
We are all from the same school. How could Elaine not know the details of James? That boy was able to get the title of chief student only by relying on a large amount of resources. "Who has a father who is the finance minister?"
After the carriage passed a few meters past Downton, it suddenly stopped. James opened the window and glanced at Downton.
"Hey, isn't this our saint?" James called Elaine's nickname, his tone full of ridicule. "Didn't you study magic patterns? Why are you here?"
Elaine looked away and ignored James.
"Huh? Let me guess, are you going to take the Potion Master exam?" James stared at Downton, and suddenly laughed as if he had discovered the funniest joke of the year, "You dare to take the exam?
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"Shut up, why can't my brother take the exam?" Elaine stood up. She hated it when others looked down on Downton.
"Haha. Why?" James raised his voice and mocked as much as he wanted: "Did you see that a commoner from the border, an illiterate who has never been to school for a day, actually wants to be with you top students who spend all their time studying and forgetting to eat and sleep?
Don't you feel embarrassed to enter the examination room together?"
James was worthy of being born into a noble family. He had sharp words and was good at inciting other people's emotions. The students were originally worried that he would fail the exam. Now that they heard that an illiterate person could take the exam, they were naturally a little unconvinced. Of course, they were more nervous.
What if the other party passes?
"Oh. By the way, I heard that because of Andrea's mentorship, you directly jumped over the Templar Knights and obtained the Templar Knight status. I guess she will also get a Potion Master Qualification Certificate for you, right?"
James's words were quite heart-wrenching, and the atmosphere around him suddenly became filled with the smell of gunpowder. The students' originally indifferent expressions were suddenly filled with hostility, which was their anger for taking the back door.
"Don't talk nonsense. My brother got the Templar badge based on his real ability." Elaine retorted loudly, but she didn't know that this sentence would make James take the opportunity to attack.
"It's useless for you to quibble. At least I know that in a hundred years, your brother is the first special case to be promoted during non-wartime. We don't know whether he has the ability, but Andrea has the ability. There is no doubt about it.
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The Chancellor of Finance supported Falfo as the officiant, so James tried every means to discredit Andrea, and even Elaine was suppressed.
"We want a fair examination and let this illiterate get out!"
James' servant was very discerning, and before his master could speak, he raised his arms and shouted.
Most of the students were still hesitant, but a few who were worried about the world being in chaos and James' companions shouted out.
Those candidates who didn't know what was happening in the distance looked over and asked in low voices, and then the rumors about Elaine's brother using the back door began to spread more and more widely.
"Please pay attention to the exam, and you must pass it, otherwise I will be very disappointed." James laughed and retracted his head, "Let's go."
"He is so hateful." Looking at the carriage going away, Elaine was furious. She was smart and understood that James was trying to break her brother's normalcy and prevent him from performing normally.
"Master is so awesome. With such a fuss, that kid is not in the mood to take the exam." The servant slapped the horse.
"Humph, fight me? You are really overestimating your capabilities. I want them to understand whose territory the capital belongs to." James had too many devious tricks. If he hadn't just learned that Downton was going to take the exam, he would have done it a few days ago.
I will make enough preparations so that that kid will never dare to enter the examination room again.
"You go back first."
Downton has become the target of public criticism, and people are constantly looking here. He is worried that his sister cannot bear the pressure, and wants her to go back first.
"No, I want to be with you." Although Elaine was very happy to be cared about by her brother, she knew that Downton needed someone to accompany her more at this time.
"If Downton had been stumped by such a little trouble, he wouldn't be standing here alive." Homer teased, but he was actually deliberately trying to lighten the mood.
"You are so old, do you still need to take the exam?" Downton looked at several gray-haired old men and couldn't help but ask. During this period, he also saw many middle-aged people: "Even if you become a potion master, your future development prospects will be very limited.
Not big anymore, right?"
"Being a potion master, like a national civil servant, is a highly coveted job. If you get the qualification certificate, apart from anything else, your social status and rights will be greatly improved. You don't have to do hard labor, and you don't have to do anything.
If you pay too much tax, if you have some connections, you can still work in the national pharmacy."
Elaine introduced the various benefits of becoming a potion master: "Many candidates here are here just for the certificate, not to become a great potion master like you."
"I see." Downton nodded, "No wonder the association and the national team take the exam so seriously. It contains so many meanings."
With ten minutes left before the exam started, ten magic fireworks shot into the sky one after another, blooming amidst the violent roar.
"It's time to enter." Elaine stood in front of Downton and helped him adjust his collar: "Don't be nervous, I believe you can pass."
"Waiting for my good news." Downton ruffled his sister's hair, found the classroom according to the number on the admission ticket, and lined up at the back of the queue.
"I say it again, throw away all the magic accessories and books on your body. If found, you will be deprived of the qualification to take the exam."
The potion master who invigilated the exam stood in front of the door and shouted at the candidates.
There are always some students taking the exam for the first time who do not know the power of the invigilation equipment, and some are just lucky guys. The result is without exception. As soon as they step through the door, a sharp alarm sounds.
"Drag him away."
The potion master gave the order without expression, and the royal guards on duty immediately rushed forward and took the candidates away without mercy.
After having a few 'role models', the students gave up and began to take off their magic accessories.
"Are you okay?" Downton asked. It would be too easy to use the association's financial resources to build some advanced technology invigilation equipment.
"Hey, I am an ancient magic book, and trying to discover my existence by relying on scraps of metal is just a daydream."
Although those invigilation equipment have undergone complicated improvements, with Homer's knowledge reserve, it only took a few glances to see that their prototypes were the magical preparations of the Netherese civilization.
Homer didn't brag. Downton walked into the classroom easily. If he wanted, he could even activate the magic energy wave to paralyze these monitoring devices.
Some students had just heard the rumors and were staring at Downton. This made other candidates confused and looked over driven by the herd effect. As a result, the teachers discovered that a young boy had become the target of public criticism.
"What's going on?" an older potion master lowered his voice and asked the nearest candidate.
Candidates tell the truth.
"Keep an eye on him. If he cheats, kick him out immediately." The potion master told his colleagues. From his experience, such people are generally not good students.
Downton didn't care. He didn't look on pins and needles. Instead, he closed his eyes and chatted with Homer.
After receiving the test papers from the principal's office, several potion masters in charge of the exams returned to their respective examination rooms and distributed the papers after ten gun salutes.
It was in this situation of hostility from all sides that Downton began the first exam in his life.
Although there were no voices in the classroom, the sound of rapid breathing and flipping of test papers made people unable to calm down, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Downton remained calm. After roughly reading the test paper, a confident smile appeared on his lips.
"Homer, you don't even have a chance to appear!" Downton joked in his heart. There were five test papers in one set. The first one was fill-in-the-blank questions, the second one was choice, and the third one was discussion. All the test papers were basic.
Knowledge.
The fourth picture is to give a medicine. Based on the described pharmacological properties, the candidates are asked to design a configuration plan and draw a configuration diagram.
The fifth paper is free to express the understanding of potions and the views on the future development of potions. The score of this paper is not high. It mainly tests the candidates' vision, knowledge reserve and potential. Its function is actually
Mainly used by senior potion masters as apprentices. (To be continued...)
