I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong-Chapter 257 - 221 How is it the Best

As the monthly exam approached, the competitive tension within the Academy grew palpably intense.

However, this mainly concentrated among those few who had been transferred from Class C to Class D; given the limited spots available in Class C for this monthly exam, these three were naturally bound to struggle against each other.

What saddened Senior Brother Changxue was that these three individuals from Class C, treated him with extra respect and politeness.

It seemed that none of them perceived Senior Brother Changxue as a threat.

Tian Lin was pleased that from beginning to end, including Senior Brother Changxue, none from Class C treated him as a competitor.

So much so that they were willing to help clarify any doubts Tian Lin had.

In the blink of an eye, the end of the month quietly arrived.

The next day, just as dawn broke, the bell of the Wendaos Sect echoed through the mountains.

This time, Senior Brother Changxue was fully focused on getting into Class C, therefore he wasn't presiding over this monthly exam.

Instead, the exam was personally administered by the Teaching Elder from Class D.

To the Teaching Elder's disappointment, Elder Xue did not attend this test session.

"I have personally taught you for a month. If your studies have not progressed an inch, do not blame me for being strict on disciplining you."

As he said this, the faces of the Class D disciples immediately fell.

Consequently, during the 'mourning' segment of the Funeral Science, quite a few 'excellent' evaluations appeared, possibly because many were influenced by the Teaching Elder's bad mood, thus they cried with genuine emotion.

"Tian Lin has made good progress; his performance in Funeral Science has already reached an 'excellent' standard. If Elder Xue knew, he would certainly be very pleased."

The Teaching Elder, upon seeing Tian Lin's results, felt much better and then cautioned Tian Lin, "However, you must not take the upcoming Array Formation study lightly."

Tian Lin immediately responded, "Please rest assured, Elder, I dare not treat it carelessly."

Over this month, everyone felt a peculiar favoritism from the Teaching Elder towards Tian Lin.

Fortunately, Tian Lin was new so the displaced disciples from Class C did not believe the Teaching Elder would dare to blatantly favor Tian Lin to the extent of unfairly scoring him.

As for the 'excellent' rating in Funeral Science, everyone felt the Teaching Elder had been lenient with Tian Lin, but it was harmless.

"Next up is Array Formation study, all disciples begin drawing lots."

The Teaching Elder placed the lot container onto the table, and Zhao Tong picked a bamboo slip, holding it up and asking, "Who is number one? Who is number one?"

In the crowd of Class D disciples, a chubby face turned pale, muttering, "Why am I so unlucky, to face him?"

When he met Zhao Tong's gaze, he thought about conceding but then remembered what the Teaching Elder said during last month's exam.

Afraid to be scolded by the Teaching Elder, he had no choice but to step forward.

Zhao Tong glanced at the chubby disciple and scoffed with a smile before looking towards Zhou Jin, "It's a pity I can't compete with Senior Brother Zhou this time; Zhao truly regrets it."

Zhou Jin smiled, saying, "Rest assured, Zhao Tong, if you score 'excellent' in all five heterodox exams, naturally we will have an additional match."

Zhao Tong snorted coldly and turned to enter the Prohibition area set by the Teaching Elder to start forming arrays.

Being demoted from Class C, Zhao Tong naturally had superior skills in forming arrays compared to the ordinary disciples in Class D.

In just a moment, he had set up an Array.

In contrast, the chubby disciple was still sweating profusely while engraving array stones.

After a quarter of an hour, the chubby disciple and Zhao Tong switched places, and Zhao Tong easily broke the chubby disciple's Array using a Compass.

When the chubby disciple entered the area of Zhao Tong's Prohibition, just as he took out his Array Compass, it exploded instantly.

Before he could react, dozens of Sword Qi rained down on him densely from heaven and earth.

Anticipating this, Senior Brother Changxue swiftly moved and activated his Divine Skills.

His body instantly covered in thick earth, he blocked several Sword Qi with his hands.

But just as he was about to pull the chubby disciple out of the Sword Array, he found that no matter which direction he changed to, the surrounding Sword Qi would strike towards him.

Fortunately, having watched from the outside, he knew how Zhao Tong had set up the Array, thus he directly drew the iron sword hidden in the earth using his True Qi.

Once the Array Eye was broken, the great Array's power instantly collapsed.

Outside the Prohibition, Zhao Tong, furious, pointed at Senior Brother Changxue and accused, "This is a monthly exam, and you dare to cheat openly?"

Senior Brother Changxue was even angrier than Zhao Tong, pointing back at him and retorting, "You know this is a monthly exam, why set up such a lethal Array, aren't you afraid of killing your fellow disciple?"

Zhao Tong, infuriated and amused by Senior Brother Changxue, was caught off guard while the Teaching Elder intervened at this moment:

"A monthly exam is as a battlefield, if one's skills are inferior, dying is not worth lamenting. Fu Tianguang, you're rated 'poor', punished to clean toilets in the Chores Courtyard for a month.

As for Zhao Tong, you obtain a 'good' evaluation."

Hearing the Teaching Elder's verdict, Zhao Tong clearly objected, "In Class D, to set up an array with forty-seven swords, probably no one else but me can do that.

Giving me just a 'good' rating is truly unreasonable."

The Teaching Elder, bristling with anger, pointed at Zhao Tong and rebuked, "Who told you that using more 'Array Flags' for setting up an array is better? The more flags, the more flaws, aren't there?

It seems giving you a 'good' rating was too generous, your evaluation should be 'barely pass'."

Zhao Tong was dumbfounded, while Zhou Jin and Wang Yanyu laughed.

Zhao Tong, ever since he joined Class D, has not been behaving properly. He not only disregards his classmates but even dares to contradict the Teaching Elder.

With this incident, I believe that in the following three examination courses, Zhao Tong must not be able to score high.

In this way, Zhao Tong is not worth considering. Then, who can compete with Zhou Jin and Wang Yanyu for the admission quota to Class C?

While they both thought so, they quickly moved on to set up their Arrays.

Soon after, their evaluations came out, each receiving a middle-high assessment.

Although such evaluations were not entirely satisfactory, neither of them was foolish enough to criticize the Teaching Elder like Zhao Tong did.

After all, Zhao Tong's alchemy evaluation had already been released, getting only a 'just above average' evaluation.

Zhou Jin and Wang Yanyu continued their Alchemy exam with satisfaction, while Tian Lin was just beginning his Array Formation test.

The Teaching Elder stroked his beard; he lowered other people's scores just to narrow the gap between Tian Lin and the others.

If everyone scored highly and passed, but only Tian Lin failed, how could he face Elder Xue and report on Tian Lin's performance?

But soon, the Teaching Elder was stunned.

"Is this the Five Elements Trigram Formation?"

The Five Elements Trigram Formation isn't very powerful, but this Array doesn't use engraving array stones nor spiritual tools.

Simply put, it's an Array constructed with ordinary flowers, plants, and stones.

These ordinary flowers and plants naturally represent the Five Elements.

Now, using just the eight directions to represent the Eight Trigrams can successfully construct the Five Elements Trigram Formation.

Therefore, although the power of the Five Elements Trigram Formation is not great, setting it up is extremely difficult and requires a deep understanding of the basic principles of the Array.

At this moment, the Teaching Elder realized that Tian Lin intended to set up the Five Elements Trigram Formation, and other students also understood Tian Lin's intention.

But like the Teaching Elder, they were not very optimistic about Tian Lin.

If the Five Elements Trigram Formation was so easy to set up, why didn't others choose to do so?

"Really, this Junior Brother Tian," Zhou Jin said, "I once told him, if financially constrained, he could easily borrow Spirit Stones from me.

Now thinking about it, he was too proud to borrow Spirit Stones from me and too stingy to spend money on engraving array stones, thus he had to use ordinary plants for his Array."

Zhou Jin's words made others regard him with new respect, finding Zhou Jin not only powerful but also generous in character.

However, Wang Yanyu, who genuinely helped Tian Lin by giving him a Cold Fragrance Leaf, said:

"If I remember correctly, Junior Brother Tian sold a few ferries half a month ago, right? Logically, he shouldn't be unable to afford engraving array stones—"

Zhou Jin also frowned, their expressions growing more solemn.

They saw Tian Lin engraving Array Patterns on the plants and arranging stones and plants into the earth.

The life of plants is fragile, and Array Patterns themselves gather Spiritual Energy.

Engraving Array Patterns on these plants is akin to wrapping fire with paper or carving on water.

But clearly, Tian Lin not only engraved Array Patterns on the delicate plants but also activated them.

"Did he really manage to set up the Five Elements Trigram Formation?"

Zhou Jin found it hard to believe, and instantly a warning bell rang in his heart. Looking at Tian Lin again, he no longer saw him as a modest younger brother but as a cunning wolf who had deceived his feelings.

"Alright, both of your Arrays are set up; you can now attempt to break each other's."

There, with a command from the Teaching Elder, Tian Lin went to his opponent's Prohibition area and began breaking the Array without holding back.

He was remarkably quick in breaking Arrays, which undoubtedly gave him a significant boost in his evaluation.

While he finished breaking the Array, his opponent had also nearly broken most of the Five Elements Trigram Formation.

Tian Lin could set up an Array with ordinary plants, but his ability was ultimately limited, after all, the Five Elements Trigram Formation is not a tremendously powerful Absolute Kill Array.

Therefore, with the Array broken, there was not much for Tian Lin to be disheartened about.

Seeing this, the Teaching Elder smiled, stroking his beard and said, "Tian Lin has shown the most progress this month. He must have carefully followed my teachings, which is why he has achieved what he has today."

Below, Tian Lin immediately bowed in respect: "Disciple entirely relies on the teachings of the Teaching Elder, all because the Teaching Elder once said, in the world there are many Heterodox paths, but only the way of Array Formation is of utmost importance."

The Teaching Elder nodded, deeply agreeing, while only Senior Brother Changxue frowned slightly.

Because those words were clearly said by him, Senior Brother Changxue.

So, had the Teaching Elder said something similar?

"The power of the Five Elements Trigram Formation is not great, but it is extremely difficult to set up. Although Tian Lin's Five Elements Trigram Formation was broken, given his performance, a middle-high evaluation isn't too much, right?"

After the Teaching Elder finished, the assembled Disciples nodded in agreement.

The Teaching Elder then said, "Tian Lin broke the Array without using a Compass, clearly showing his strong foundation in Array Formation. Giving him a middle-high evaluation isn't too much, right?"

The Disciples nodded, and both Zhou Jin and Wang Yanyu felt that the Teaching Elder had not shown any bias towards Tian Lin.

Then they heard the Teaching Elder say, "Therefore, in my opinion, Tian Lin's performance truly deserves a 'high-high' evaluation."

Upon this declaration, the assembled students were somewhat taken aback.

Both setting up and breaking the Arrays were only considered middle choice, but how did the evaluation end up being high-high?