Chapter 247: Scale Above 10?

"Huh?"

Yun Tao didn't react.

Wasn't he just adamantly refusing to take the exam? How did the tone suddenly shift?

The moment he heard riding flying beasts was free, he immediately changed his attitude...

Yun Tao felt saliva stuck in his throat, nearly choking to death.

In his eyes, this Senior Zhang Xuan was a youthful grandmaster, with unfathomable cultivation and unattainable strength. Such a person should regard money as dirt, but upon hearing 'free,' his eyes lit up—cough, too realistic!

"Well then..."

After finally swallowing his saliva, just as he was about to speak, he saw Miss Mo Yu looking over, her proud neck raised, a cold sneer in her eyes.

"Try taking the exam? Hmph, do you think beast taming is child's play, something you can just test for casually? You happened to tame two beasts and think beast taming is easy! Let me tell you the truth, just memorizing the names, physical traits, temperaments, habits, and many other features of the tens of thousands of common beasts on the continent would take years without being able to do it!"

Having just challenged this guy and been rejected, Mo Yu was full of pent-up anger. Now, seeing him speak so arrogantly, she immediately snorted in retaliation.

Try taking the exam...

Beast taming is one of the more prominent professions among the upper nine classes, its difficulty no less than that of alchemist. Do you think it's playing house, that by taming one or two beasts by chance you can take the exam?

It's like mixing a medicine by accident and curing an illness, then thinking you can take the physician exam?

Dream on!

Every profession has its own system of knowledge, profound and intricate, not something you can learn in a day or two.

Especially beast taming—low-level beasts can be subdued by brute force, but what about high-level ones?

If you dare to be rude, they might destroy you first.

Not knowing the beast's habits, not knowing why geese fly south or fish swim, yet daring to claim you can take the beast tamer exam—if that's not arrogance, what is?

"Miss Mo Yu, don't get angry at such a conceited, ignorant person! He happened to know the name of the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow and somehow tamed the Golden Body Iron-Leopard, and now he thinks he's the greatest in the world. In reality, he knows nothing about beast taming. Once he takes the exam, he'll definitely be exposed!"

Zhu Jinhuang stepped forward.

Beast taming is a discipline. Even with talent, without years of study, you only learn the surface. This guy is neither a beast taming apprentice nor seems to have any exposure. With a few crude tricks, he wants to take the exam?

"Just an arrogant fool who doesn't know his place. A beast tamer doesn't just subdue beasts; he must understand them inside and out. Defeating a beast by force and forcing it to submit, then calling yourself a beast tamer—what a joke! If that were the case, wouldn't everyone become a beast tamer?"

Zhou Xuan also sneered.

The two were hostile to Yun Tao, so naturally they didn't want anyone close to him to pass the exam. Besides, this guy had just offended Miss Mo Yu, so it was a good chance to speak up for her and win the beauty's favor.

"So I happened to tame two beasts and know nothing. In that case... Miss Mo Yu, why did you want to compete with me and even learn how to gain the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow's favor?"

Ignoring the sycophants Zhu Jinhuang and Zhou Xuan, Zhang Xuan looked up at the beautiful figure before him and said calmly.

"You..."

Her body stiffened, Mo Yu's face flushed with anger.

She was of noble status, and in her dealings with others, she was always flattered. No one had ever dared to speak to her like this. For a moment, she was choked and didn't know how to respond.

"Kid, do you know who you're talking to? An ignorant fool..."

"Apologize immediately! Miss Mo Yu deigning to speak to you is your three-lifetime honor, yet you dare to talk back? How bold!"

Seeing this guy dare to insult their goddess, Zhu Jinhuang and Zhou Xuan immediately objected, shouting loudly. But before they could finish, Miss Mo Yu's face darkened.

"Shut up! No one will think you're mute if you don't speak!"

"Miss..." The two were stunned, both falling silent.

They were speaking up for her, so why were they being scolded?

But at this moment, even fools knew they had overstepped.

"It's all this guy's fault. Let's see how you embarrass yourself later!"

The more they thought about it, the angrier they got. Not daring to vent their anger on the goddess, they transferred all their resentment to Zhang Xuan, finding him more and more irritating.

Ignoring these three, Zhang Xuan followed Yun Tao to Hall Master Feng.

"Hall Master Feng, Senior Zhang Xuan has agreed to take the beast tamer exam. Look... when can we start?" Yun Tao said happily.

He had great confidence in this Senior Zhang Xuan.

When he tamed a beast, he struggled desperately, but the other guy just beat it up and it was done, and he even easily helped it advance. With such skill, even Hall Master Feng couldn't do it!

How could someone with such ability fail to pass the beast tamer exam?

"We can start now. I heard you haven't taken any exams yet and aren't even a beast taming apprentice?" Hall Master Feng looked at him.

"Yes," Zhang Xuan nodded.

"You can tame beasts at the Pore-Opening realm and recognize the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow, so the apprentice exam is nothing for you. It can be waived."

Hall Master Feng said.

Apprenticeship is just the foundation of the profession. Since he recognized the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow, which even they couldn't identify, it showed that Zhang Xuan was not unfamiliar with beast taming. A mere apprentice exam would be troublesome and a waste of time.

Of course, if he knew that Zhang Xuan knew nothing about beast taming and had only heard of it recently, he wouldn't think so.

"However, without the apprentice exam, it's hard to test your understanding of beast taming. So, I'll skip the first stage of the beast tamer exam and incorporate the first stage of the apprentice exam."

The apprentice exam consists of a theory test and beast identification.

The official beast tamer exam consists of gaining a beast's recognition and taming a beast.

This Zhang Xuan could even recognize the obscure ancient relic beast like the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow, showing his extensive knowledge. Testing beast identification would also be a waste of time. If he could tame a real beast and gain its recognition, that would also be meaningless.

So, Hall Master Feng thought for a moment and directly changed the exam. It still had two stages, but they differed from the usual apprentice exam.

"They are: first, a theory test, i.e., answering a written exam; second, taming a beast stronger than yourself. I won't play favorites. If you pass these two stages, you'll be a one-star beast tamer."

"Uh, okay."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

He had heard from Yun Tao about how the beast tamer exam was conducted, and it seemed to follow these steps. The other party wasn't deliberately making it difficult.

Seeing him agree, Hall Master Feng smiled and said, "Alright, I'll prepare a test paper now. You answer it. If you can answer without any mistakes, you pass."

"Wait a moment. Do you have any books on beast taming here? Could I borrow some to read?"

Zhang Xuan said.

"Read books?"

Hall Master Feng, Beast Tamer Lu, and the others exchanged glances, all puzzled.

Why read books at a time like this?

"The library over there is full of books on beast taming. Normally, only beast taming apprentices can read them. If you want to read, I can make an exception, but reading now..."

Although puzzled, Hall Master Feng still spoke. He didn't finish his last sentence, but everyone understood his meaning.

There are at least hundreds of thousands of books on beast taming. Even if you're cramming, you should focus on something important. Reading now... it's like wanting a child and then looking for a wife—too late!

"Oh, I have a habit. Before important events, I get nervous and need to read to calm myself. I might trouble the hall master."

Zhang Xuan said casually.

He had used this excuse before at Master Lu Chen's residence and found it quite effective, so he used it again.

"I see... Alright, the library is over there. You can go directly."

Hall Master Feng didn't suspect anything and pointed ahead.

"Thank you."

Zhang Xuan nodded and strode over.

Without reading books, he definitely couldn't pass the beast tamer exam. But as long as there were books, he could have the library record them, and the rest would be simple.

"This guy..."

Shen Biru, standing to the side, saw this Teacher Zhang actually agree to take the beast tamer exam and felt her eyebrows twitch, nearly spitting blood.

Wasn't he too bold?

It wasn't that she didn't trust him, but... this guy had been with her the whole way and was utterly unfamiliar with beast taming. Just a moment ago, he had asked her what the "Beast Forest" was...

A guy who didn't even know what the Beast Forest was, yet unhesitatingly agreed to take the beast tamer exam?

Most importantly...

He agreed, and then when they were about to hand him the test paper, he wanted to read books?

What was he doing?

"Hmm? Wait... Last time at the academy's library, he was flipping through books randomly. Could it be..."

Just as she was puzzled, a thought struck her, recalling their meeting in the library.

This Teacher Zhang had been flipping through books randomly beside her. At the time, she thought he was doing it deliberately to attract her attention. Later, she realized she had overthought it; he wasn't flipping randomly but had memorized the contents of the books.

Flipping randomly and memorizing the contents...

Could it be that this Teacher Zhang really didn't know beast taming and was now reading books to... learn?

"This... how is that possible? The teacher's library doesn't have many books. Besides, after becoming a teacher, he often went there and must have flipped through them for more than a day. Even a three-star teacher with a photographic memory couldn't learn it all in such a short time, right?"

Her heart shook, but she still couldn't believe it.

Legend has it that when one reaches the Mind-Understanding realm with a calm heart and a scale above 10, they gain a photographic memory. Once they read the content of a book, it is firmly recorded in their mind, never to be forgotten.

That's how powerful teachers can learn many professions and remember so much knowledge in the world.

But even if this Teacher Zhang was extraordinary and had a scale above 10, flipping through hundreds of thousands of books page by page would take months, wouldn't it?

"Could it be... could it be?"

Suddenly thinking of something, Shen Biru's delicate body trembled.