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SOTR Chapter 33
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Chapter 33: End of Exams, Brothers Lay Their Hearts Open
A generous amount of time was given for the exam and Jiang Chen wasn’t unduly worried. This third exam was a walk in the park for him. With the reading abilities that his past life had cultivated for millions of years, he had developed an almost photographic memory for things that needed to be committed to memory.
Therefore, this little bit of rote memorization was no sweat for him.
He inked in his name with a grand flourish of his brush and started to answer the questions.
About an hour later, he had completed the rote memorization problems to his satisfaction.
The creative portion was next. This section’s questions would be more flexible and deeper as well.
Of course, with Jiang Chen’s experiences, these questions were still so low and crude that they were just a joke to him. However, he still structured his answers very seriously.
Although the topics were shallow, it wouldn’t do for his answers to be too insightful. With the Eastern Kingdom’s standards of theoretical knowledge, it was unlikely for the kingdom to be able to digest anything that was too convoluted.
With Jiang Chen’s knowledge, if he really answered too profoundly, then it would be no different to him handing in a blank exam paper.
Anything too profound wouldn’t be understandable… then what difference would there be to answering nonsense?
Therefore, Jiang Chen racked his brains to start from this world’s foundation of knowledge, and elaborated with some innovation.
These answers were actually ranked as very low knowledge in his knowledge banks. But Jiang Chen was still a bit worried that he had gone outside of the box and created some unnecessary trouble.
Thus, he repeatedly held himself in check and finally overcame the urge to really elaborate. He controlled the summary for the creative section and held it at a level appropriate for knowledge found within the Eastern Kingdom.
Doing it this way actually created more work for him. He double checked his exam paper after an hour, discovered that it was impeccable, and then turned it in.
The organizer in charge of this exam sealed Jiang Chen’s exam into a box in accordance with the rules.
“Jiang Chen, this exam needs to be read by senior officials and graded by officials from the various subjects. Do you understand this rule?”
There was indeed such a rule and Jiang Chen paid it no heed. He nodded.
No matter who graded it, this exam was sure to pass. Jiang Chen was completely confident about this point.
It was already dusk when he’d completed the three foundational exams. Fatty Xuan jogged as he kept up with Jiang Chen. With his weight and body shape, it was tough for him to keep up with Jiang Chen.
Fatty Xuan was panting heavily after a short distance. “Brother Chen, wait for your brother!
Brother Chen, I’ve reserved a table at the Autumn Crane to celebrate you passing the three foundational exams. I knew a long time ago that Brother Chen must be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. You didn’t pass the exams before to purposefully portray that you’re weak. Heh, numbing the enemy through strategy!”
Fatty Xuan’s fawning words flowed like the tides and he was utterly unembarrassed in doing so.
“Let’s not go to the Autumn Crane.” Jiang Chen said faintly, thought for a moment, and sighed when he saw the earnest Fatty Xuan and Hubing Yue. “Let’s gather at my place tonight.”
Hubing Yue nodded, “Yes, Brother Chen is correct. My old man has also said that there is too much going on within the capital recently. We should avoid going to places like the Autumn Crane.”
“Heh heh. If Brother Chen says not to go, then we won’t go. Besides, going to Brother Chen’s manor just means more face for us brothers, right?” Fatty Xuan was an easygoing character and went with the flow instead of stubbornly sticking to something.
As a personal body servant, this was Jiang Zheng’s moment to shine. He immediately spoke up when he heard Jiang Chen’s words, “Your steward will return home to make preparations.”
Fatty Xuan and them were even more relaxed once they reached the Jiang Han manor.
This was also the first time that Jiang Chen had gotten together with his best friends since arriving in this world. He was in good spirits, and listened raptly to fatty Xuan and the others talk of all that had happened before.
“Brother Chen, wouldn’t you say that that Yang Zong is completely heartless? To think that you took such care of him back then, and he recoiled from fear and shrank from responsibility after something happened to you. He hunkered down and was too afraid to interact with us. Looks like this person is unreliable. And I even treated him as a brother before. What a shameful person!”
Fatty Xuan was quite impassioned when it came to Yang Zong.
On the other hand, Jiang Chen laughed easily and decided to ignore the matter. Everyone had th