Chapter 32：The Scholar Examination

Stepping through the gates of the temple, the original noises on the streets disappeared in an instant. All that was left was the solemn and stillness particular to the temple.

No matter how indifferent and accepting the Wisdom Divine Temple was, it was still a temple. Therefore, it still had to be given respect. Nobody who went to the Wisdom Divine Temple would make an uproar. They would either read a book quietly or look for priests inside the temple to ask some questions. Occasionally, a few young people were wearing plain white robes that would walk by while holding a thick book.

The young people were clerics who voluntarily believed in the God of Wisdom.

The clerics in the game "Miracle" were different from the clerics in the other games. They did not just have skills in casting heals. Due to the concept of the Divine Skills System that was introduced, the clerics had many different divisions of faith. That meant that the skills that people could master were more bizarre. However, perhaps due to the consideration for the game, all players could only go to the God of Order's temple to start the new [Cleric] profession during the early stages of the game. Only when the profession had reached level 10 could the players go to different temples to start a new profession and become a cleric of different factions.

The clerics, who could wear the plain white robes unique to the Wisdom Divine Temple, were all rank two [Wisdom Cleric].

In reality, the God of Wisdom did not need clerics at all. That was why his temple was a Divine Temple and not a God Temple. However, any god would need servants; therefore, the cleric professions had inevitably appeared. However, inside the Wisdom Divine Temple, scholars were more honorable than clerics. That was the opposite of the God of Light's temple, where the cleric profession was more honorable than a warrior profession.

"Their buttocks determine their brain." Sean suddenly felt appalled when he thought of the crazy followers of the God of Light. He could not relate to any of them. He could not even consider signing his life away like the followers of the God of Light.

A young woman wearing a plain white robe suddenly appeared in front of Sean. She looked angry. Even though she did not say anything, she placed her index finger in front of her mouth. That meant he was not allowed to speak. It was only at that moment that Sean remembered the front hall of the Wisdom Divine Temple was called the Hall of Meditation. Anyone who entered had to be silent. Even if they were opening a page of a book, they had to do it as carefully as possible not to disturb other people.

Sean smiled apologetically, but his movements were so gentle that he did not make any more sounds.

The woman made a gesture, and Sean followed after her, glad to leave the Hall of Meditation.

Behind the God of Wisdom statue in the Hall of Meditation, there was an entrance to a corridor. This corridor led to the center courtyard of the Wisdom Divine Temple. Unlike the center courtyard at the God Temples, there were no flowers and plants in the central yard. Apart from a few stone tables and chairs for people to rest, everything looked clean and straightforward. However, there were four rooms on the left and right side of the center courtyard. The Scholar Hall that Sean had his eyes on was inside this central courtyard.

The young people in plain white robes who were holding books did not stop in the central courtyard. They had walked towards the back area of the temple to the back hall of the Wisdom Divine Temple. That area was also significant, as only scholars and clerics approved by the Wisdom Divine Temple were able to enter. Also, people who came to this temple to study were not allowed to go beyond the center courtyard. Back when Sean was in the game, he had been inside the back hall of the temple. There were only precious books and nothing else. Therefore, he was not interested in the back hall.

"Did you not know that the place you were in was the Hall of Meditation?" As soon as they entered the central courtyard, the woman let her anger burst forth.

However, due to the Wisdom Divine Temple, no matter how angry she was, her voice had to be suppressed as she did not dare to make a loud noise. Sean found the strange scene a bit funny, so he ended up laughing.

"What are you laughing at?!" The woman became even angrier, and the tone in her voice rose a little higher.

"Nothing." Sean shook his head with a smile on his face.

Back when Sean was in the game, the rules were dead. Even though the intelligence of the NPCs was relatively high, a lot of the time, they still followed some kind of rules. Now that Sean had arrived in this world, he was able to experience the joys and sorrows that he had not felt inside the game. Sean's heart was a little touched. He realized that he had started to gradually like the world.

"I was just thinking of something funny." Sean smiled. "It was my fault. I accidentally forgot to pay attention to it."

There was still a bit of dissatisfaction on the woman's face, but Sean did not look like he was faking it, so she let it go. "Tell me, what are you doing here at the Wisdom Divine Temple?"

"I have heard that there have been examinations for scholars here recently," Sean said according to the hints from the game. "So, I'm here to take the examination."

To adapt to the situation in the game, the Wisdom Divine Temple had indeed organized examinations for scholars with academic qualifications. It was a straightforward examination paper with only a few questions on it. The questions were all related to living demonic beasts or other things such as minerals and plants. As long as the players were careful, they could find the answers on the game's official website. Therefore, passing the examination was easy. The problem was how to achieve a high score!

Only those who took the examination and answered all the questions correctly the first time could receive a prize.

Sean came to the Wisdom Divine Temple, not just because he wanted to obtain the status of a scholar. His goal was to pass the examination with a high score.

"You?" Perhaps because of what happened earlier when Sean was in the Hall of Meditation, the woman was looking down on him. "For people like you, who have no respect for knowledge, wanting to get a scholar's qualification certificate is just wishful thinking! If you want to win the favor of the magicians so that you can become their apprentice, it is better if you leave now. The God of Wisdom will not accept people who have no respect for knowledge."

The smile on Sean's face disappeared, and a slight frow appeared instead. He was slightly displeased with the words from the woman in front of him.

He had the freedom to do what he wanted. It was not up to outsiders to tell him what to do. Also, the most important thing was that he was not worried about not being able to acquire scholar qualifications. Plus, he now had the [Eye of Truth] and [Narrow Escape], two special abilities he could use together. Even if he had not had them, he still knew most of the answers to the questions on the scholar examination. However, he would not have been able to get as high of a score.

"I don't think it's any of your business whether I can get the scholar qualification or not." Since the woman spoke so impolitely, Sean would not be polite with her either.

With that, Sean ignored the woman and turned around and walked towards the left of the center courtyard, which was separated into two areas. The larger space was the Scholar's Hall, which was specially prepared for those who came to take part in the Scholar Qualification Examination.

The examination was not new to a modern person. There were many tables inside the hall, and each had something on it. They could be a mineral, a plant, or a picture of something like a demonic beast or a wild beast. The examinees were then required to say the origin, history, habits, and other things related to the minerals, plants, and creatures. As long as the examinees were able to answer more than 70 percent of the questions correctly, then they could obtain the qualification certificate of a scholar and formally become a scholar. If the examinees were able to say everything related to all the items, then they could receive a reward from the pedants of the temple.

Sean remembered that back in the game, the reward was completely random. However, most of the rewards were useful for a scholar.

"Hey, you can't go in now!" Seeing that Sean was completely ignoring her, the woman suddenly became anxious.

She wanted to reach out and grab Sean to stop him. However, when she reached out, Sean was already more than ten steps away from her. When she ran to catch up with Sean, he was already about to step into the Scholar's Hall. The woman rubbed her eyes in disbelief. She was close to Sean at one point, so why was he so far away from her after only walking a few steps?

However, before she could figure out the reason, the woman started to run, as she saw that Sean was about to open the door of the Scholar's Hall.

But since she was not able to stop Sean earlier, and Sean had already arrived at the door of the Scholar's Hall, how could she make it in time?

Rumble!

The closed door was pushed open by Sean, and in the next second, Sean froze on the spot.

There was someone in the hall who was taking part in the examination!

"I'm sorry." Sean soon came to his senses and immediately apologized.

Back in the game, the door of the Scholar's Hall was never shut, even if someone was taking the examination inside. However, under normal circumstances, there was always a guard outside the door who was responsible for informing other people preparing for the scholar examination. When Sean had arrived at the hall, he did not see any guards. Therefore, out of habit, he pushed open the door to go in. But he did not expect that the real world was a bit different from the game.

The three pedants, who were tasked with monitoring the examination, along with the examinee, all turned their heads and looked at Sean.

Even though they were slightly dissatisfied with Sean's actions of pushing open the door, one of the oldest looking pedants waved his hand, indicating that he would let the matter go. Sean slightly nodded and was about to leave when the woman finally ran over. The expression she looked at Sean with was no longer just anger. It was a type of resentment as if she wanted to skin Sean alive.

From this, Sean knew that the woman was the guard of this hall.

But just when Sean was about to leave, the examinee inside the hall suddenly shouted, "Stop where you are!"

Sean was slightly stunned, but he still stopped walking and said, "What's the matter?"

"What's the matter? That's easy for you to say!" The examinee rolled his eyes and then walked towards Sean angrily. "Do you know that I had almost figured out the origin and characteristics of that ore? But now I forgot again because you startled me! This is my Scholar Qualification Examination. Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?!" With that, the examinee turned towards the woman and continued to shout, "What's the matter with you? Aren't you a guard? How can there be such an irresponsible guard who allows others to come in? Do you know that you have made the intellectual world lose another talented person?!"

Looking at the examinee's unreasonable manner, Sean was a little dumbfounded. Did this guy think that the pedants were stupid?

Pedants were experts who focused on intellectual knowledge. Even though they did not have any combat ability and the skills they had were not for the development of their combat skills, they were no doubt a rank-five class. Yet the examinee wanted to fool the pedants with flashy behavior. Sean could only lament that the number of stupid people in this world was not less than in modern society.

"Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?!" After scolding the female guard, the examinee turned to make a scene with Sean.

Hearing the examinee's words, which were intended to blackmail Sean, he sneered. "If you know what that ore is, then you wouldn't forget after being startled. Or could it be that your head is made of fart and because you couldn't let it out, it blocked your brain from working after you were startled?"