Protect Our Chief

Yao Chengchao cried harder and harder, the more he cried the sadder he got.

What kind of crappy test paper was this? He knew every single character on it, but once they were strung together he realized he couldn’t solve a single question.

Was this really stuff taught in the Wang Clan Academy? How could it be this perverted...

He had never in his life had such a moment, suddenly feeling that he truly was uneducated.

"Don’t cry, don’t cry." Wang Lixian stretched out a thin little branch, gently patting Yao Chengchao’s head as comfort. "Ning Xi is super bad, super bad. The test he gave you is the elite-paper used to examine the clan academy top students. Getting sixty points on this already makes you a pretty awesome study overlord. For study trash like us, just seeing the questions is enough to make us dizzy."

As a fellow study trash, Wang Lixian deeply understood the fragile psyche of a poor student. As a king among study trash, she felt she had an obligation to comfort other study trash.

What do you mean "study trash like us"? When in this life had he, Yao Chengchao, ever been study trash? And he was actually being comforted by a tree... Wait, what kind of tree was this?

How could something this tiny already be able to talk?

On the verge of collapse, Yao Chengchao was still somewhat shocked. This had to be a High-tier Spirit Tree, right?

"Brother Ning Xi~ for this elite test paper, how many points can you get?" Shangguan Lingbo asked curiously.

Everyone else, including the mutated Little Green Serpent hiding in Lici’s sleeve, all lifted their heads, their gazes bright as they stared at Wang Ningxi.

This guy was so confident—could he really score above eighty?

Most likely not, right? Couldn’t he see that Yao Chengchao couldn’t even solve a single question?

"Well..." Wang Ningxi shook his head. "These are all basic questions that form the entry threshold for normal elites in the clan academy tests. Internally, we have a group of people who don’t take these at all; instead they follow the clan academy tutors to do further research."

"Please, everyone, don’t ask too much." Wang Lixian covered her "face" with a branch, looking like she couldn’t bear to watch. "Ning Xi is one of the very few study gods in this year’s clan academy. On this kind of elite test paper, it’s basically impossible for him to get anything wrong."

Having sent off generation after generation of study gods, Wang Lixian was the one who could best feel the gulf between people.

"..."

Everyone couldn’t help straightening up with respect.

"Alright alright, let’s just test everyone’s basics first." Wang Ningxi started handing out the real test papers, and even thoughtfully tied a pen to the paw of that mutated Little Green Serpent. "Little Snake, take the test properly. Our Ancestral Grandmother Lilong used to write like this. She’s a dragon and already graduated from the clan academy. Although her graduation exam scores... sigh~ anyway, do your best~"

Then, a whole group of people plus a tree and a "snake" all started "rustling" away as the exam began.

Even Yao Chengchao settled down.

This time, though, he found a bit of confidence. The questions at the beginning were all basic; with a few quick strokes he finished them. But the further he went, the more wrong it felt, because the difficulty was climbing in a straight line.

The more he did, the harder it got. By the end his scalp was about to explode from thinking, and no matter how he racked his brains he couldn’t find a way in. Helpless, he could only give up.

Still, he’d already held on longer than most.

Before him, Wang Lici, Lan Wan’er, and Little Green the "snake" had already given up early, eyes turned into dizzy spirals.

When Wang Ningxi collected all the papers in one batch, his brows immediately scrunched into a knot.

Wang Lici: eighteen points; Lan Wan’er: nineteen points; Shangguan Lingbo: thirty-three points; Wang Lixian: forty-two points; Little Green Serpent: eight points; Yao Chengchao: twenty-seven points!

Absolutely shocking!

It was actually Ancestor Grandmother Lixian who scored the highest; even Lingbo only had...

"I’m the highest?"

Wang Lixian was stunned on the spot.

This was the first time in her long clan academy career that she’d ever placed first in a ranking exam. She simply couldn’t believe it. So there were actually this many study trash in the world?

In that instant, Wang Lixian actually felt a heroic surge of "One day I’ll stand atop the peak and look down on all the mountains."

Crystal tears dripped from her tender branches.

So hard-won~ Turns out I, Wang Lixian, can also take first place, sob sob~ Turns out I also have the potential to be a study god.

The mutated Little Green Serpent was also stunned.

He, a dignified Ancestor Dragon reborn, had actually only scored eight points! How was that possible? Could it be that this Ancestor had his brain squashed by the eggshell during reincarnation?

"Your foundations are all way too bad." Wang Ningxi pressed a hand to his forehead in headache, feeling the heavy weight upon his shoulders.

The mission Grandpa Ancestor gave him was a long and arduous one~

Forget it~ let them grind through ten beginner test papers to warm up first. Raise their state a bit, then start lecturing them~

Sigh~~

...

While Yao Chengchao, Wang Lici, Lan Wan’er and the others were wearing masks of pain, miserably grinding through questions, some distance away from Yoongchun Garden, a half-grown tiger cub was darting swiftly through the lush vegetation of Cyan Emperor Valley.

This was a half-grown tiger cub whose back hadn’t even reached table height yet. It had thick black paw pads and a pair of round tiger ears with white spots on them, and the black-and-white striped fur covering its body shimmered in the sunlight.

Its movements were lithe and agile; as it ran, the solid muscles over its body rolled and shifted, making it look extremely intimidating.

Above its head, a Fire Elemental Spirit Butterfly with a body of pure flame was flying.

The Spirit Butterfly was almost half the size of the tiger and not much slower. As it fluttered, the fire-lit wings behind it trailed long tails of flame, as if they were going to melt into the sunlight itself.

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