ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 11 Bays of Being Parents

Lu Yao felt that he did well in the Shinese exam in the morning. He found the questions easy to answer, so he finished them quickly.

As for the composition, Lu Yao even found it as easy as pie because the assigned subject was "My Father".

Lu Yiqian endured all kinds of hardships to bring him up. Though Lu Yiqian was just his godfather, Lu Yao treated him better than how he would treat his father. So Lu Yao just wrote down the things that he always wanted to say to his godfather.

The math exam would start at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. During the long lunch break, Lu Yao didn't go home. Instead, he took a rest in the arbor of the school after having lunch.

"Have you heard that Lin Jiayi, the school babe of the No. 1 High School in Shuangta City, also takes the exam in our school?"

"I also heard about it. But I haven't seen her. It's said that this girl is really beautiful. She has a good figure though she always wears the school uniform. Moreover, some people say that no one can get this Ice Queen. So she is a chick!"

"Really? Then we also have a chance. Ha-ha!"

"Ha-ha..."

Lu Yao just felt funny when he heard those rascally students talking about Lin Jiayi. Of course, he laughed at not only those students but also himself.

He used to like looking at beautiful girls like them. He once compared Lin Jiayi, his desk-mate, with his dream girl.

However, since he began to cultivate, he had changed a lot. Now, he simply devoted himself to study and cultivation. Therefore, he no longer thought about these things.

What was more, Lin Jiayi was the well-known "Ice Queen". So Lu Yao just ignored these guys.

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After the lunch break, the math exam started.

Liu Taibin and the middle-aged female teacher surnamed Tian were still the invigilators of this exam hall. However, they looked more intimate when they walked into the classroom. Something might have happened to them when they had lunch together.

Liu Taibin still let Lu Yao sit in the first row.

But that wouldn't affect Lu Yao at all. He only wanted to take this opportunity to regain his ranking.

Lu Yao had some rather unusual ideas about math.

Lu Yao believed that many students could at least get 100 marks in the math exams if there was no time limit. However, if they calculated the time, some students would feel nervous and worry that they couldn't finish the questions within the allowed time. Therefore, they would make unnecessary mistakes.

So Lu Yao had been immersed himself in math exercises recently. He believed that like English, math would get easier as students practiced more. But Lu Yao didn't pursue quantity alone. Instead, he selected some representative questions and practiced over and over again.

Many people believed that to solve math problems, one had to memorize all the formulas and theorems. And they had to use different theorems to deduce useful formulas before getting the answers.

However, it was only applicable to daily practice. During the exams, students could not only use formulas and theorems but also use some empirical conclusions that had been verified.

Of course, these were lessons drawn from Lu Yao's setbacks in the past.

Unlike the Shinese exam, there was only one answer to a question in the math exam. One hour after the exam started, some students handed in their papers one after another.

"Now you can hand in the papers. If you can't work out the answers to the problems, don't waste your time here. You'd better hand in the papers and do some last-minute revision for the next exam."

During the exams, not only students but also invigilators should obey the regulations.

All invigilators were not allowed to stare at students' test papers or speak to a student who was taking an exam alone.

Liu Taibin was an experienced teacher and he knew these regulations very well. He noticed that Lu Yao hadn't written for a while. So he thought that Lu Yao must have found many questions difficult.

Lu Yao knew that Liu Taibin's words were meant for him. He allowed himself a wry smile. And then he got up, put his test paper on the designated desk, and left the classroom.

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It was still early. So Lu Yao decided to go home on foot.

The provincial placement exam for high school seniors in Xinlu Province was of great significance to every student who was going to take the college entrance examination, especially for those top students who had been looking forward to being recommended for admission to a university.

Therefore, Shuangta municipal government attached great importance to this exam. Lin Yuandao, who had been transferred to be the secretary of the municipal Party committee this year, warned time and again that all departments should make sure everything related to this exam would go smoothly in his speeches.

When the exam started, all branches of government became busy. Traffic officers were maintaining the traffic order. Urban management officers were protecting students from the damaging effects of human-generated noise and construction noise. In short, all efforts were made to provide a quiet and ideal environment for the students.

The exam hadn't ended yet. About 50 meters away from the school gate, a police warning line cordoned off the school. Parents were waiting on the other side of the line.

Some parents expectantly held the hands of their children who just came out of the exam hall, bowing their heads and whispering.

Some parents were still waiting anxiously, looking at the school gate from time to time.

What about Lu Yao? Lu Yiqian couldn't come because he had to do odd jobs every day. But even if Lu Yiqian wanted to come, Lu Yao wouldn't let him come to pick him up, because he was certain he could do well in this exam.

Walking alone on the quiet streets, Lu Yao began to think about his future for the first time.

A poor boy suddenly got incredible power when he was in a desperate plight. It was so exciting for him to gradually regain what he had lost.

And it was all because of cultivation. But if he wanted to cultivate, he had to find the right person, the right time, and the right place. Now he had already found the right time and the right person. But what about the right place?

Although Lu Yao lacked experience in cultivation, he read some novels and knew that brute strength and good luck couldn't determine if a cultivator succeeded.

The slum of the border town where he lived was obviously not the ideal place for cultivation. It would take not only a lot of time but also a variety of elixirs to achieve the omnipotent state mentioned by Li Jiang.

But except for a little money that he saved for the operation before, he didn't have any other resources, let alone the elixirs.

Lu Yao became frustrated when he thought about it. He shook his head sadly and decided to discuss this matter with Li Jiang after the exam.

After taking a deep breath, Lu Yao comforted himself with the thought that there was always a way out.

This placement exam provided a precious opportunity for Lu Yao. He believed that he could easily get the chance to be recommended for admission to a university or get into a good university by himself. But he would also feel happy if his exam result could let those annoying guys stay away from him in the future.

While thinking about his future, Lu Yao arrived home before he realized it.

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After shifting his mindset and forcing a laugh, Lu Yao pushed the gate and walked into the courtyard.

Lu Yiqian hadn't returned home yet. Lu Yao cleaned the house, which hadn't been cleaned for a while, from top to bottom and then started to revise for the comprehensive social science exam.

Though Lu Yao was not sure that he could get full marks in today's Shinese exam or math exam, he believed that he could get at least 140 marks in each exam!

The next morning, Lu Yao would have the comprehensive social science exam, which included history, politics, and geography. And this time, it would cover all that he could have learned before the college entrance examination. So the contents were multifarious.

It required not only a long-term commitment to the accumulation of knowledge but also a strong memory. Otherwise, it was easy to make mistakes. For example, some students would confuse the chronology of several events.

Lu Yao remembered that one time one of his classmates wrote in the composition, "In order to lead the revolution to victory, Lening began devouring Mao's works day and night."

Later, the Shinese teacher handed out the test papers and joked, "There is no grammatical error in this sentence. So it wasn't my fault. Your history teacher is to blame for this misunderstanding."

The class burst out laughing. Even Lin Jiayi couldn't help laughing.

Of course, this was just a small incident in Lu Yao's long high school experience.

Even though Lu Yao had a strong memory, he couldn't go over all the knowledge of politics, history, and geography again in a short time. Fortunately, he had developed a good habit of taking notes. So he just needed to read his notes from beginning to end.

Almost an hour later, Lu Yiqian arrived home. Lu Yao's revision was practically finished.

"Lu Yao, how do you think you did in the exams today?" Lu Yiqian washed his face and asked Lu Yao with a smile.

"Not bad. Unless something unexpected happens, I can get high marks!"

"That's good!" Lu Yiqian paused and continued, "I saw you do exercises before dawn every day. Although I don't know what you were practicing, I hope it won't influence your study. Otherwise, how can you fulfill your promise to Ruoyun?"

Lu Yiqian didn't give Lu Yao any guidance in studying, but he always helped him in other ways.

He hoped his son could go to a good university so that he might have a bright future.

"Godfather, I understand. You can rest assured that I will let you live a happy life. And that will be beyond the reach of your imagination!" Lu Yao said firmly.

Seeing the expression on his son's face, Lu Yiqian was very pleased.

Lu Yiqian didn't say anything more. He walked out of the room and went about his business.