Pokémon: The Climb

When everyone was almost inside, Yang Yan took a slow step forward.

According to the information on the admission ticket and his familiarity with the school, Yang Yan found the examination room no slower than others.

But when he came in, he realized that except for himself, all the other candidates had arrived.

The empty seat by the window in the back row of the classroom was undoubtedly his.

Yang Yan walked to his seat and sat down.

There were only one or two people his age in the whole classroom, and the others were all adults. Based on their appearance and clothing, Yang Yan felt that most of these adults seemed to have switched careers from trainers, because these people lacked the bookish temperament unique to breeders, but instead had the stronger fighting temperament of breeders. .

After sitting down, Yang Yan no longer closed his eyes to rest. He needed to keep himself awake because the exam was about to start.

The junior cultivator exam will last a whole day, with the written test in the morning, starting at 8 o'clock and ending at 11:3, which means it lasts for 5 and a half hours. There are 500 test papers in total, with a maximum score of points.

The exam in the afternoon is the practical part, including Pokémon's physical examination, injury treatment, care, training, battle, energy cube production, etc., in total 10 categories.

Each exam is worth 50 points.

In other words, the total score for the junior cultivator exam is 1000 points.

The passing standard is not like other exams, where a total score of 60% is considered a pass. Instead, the total score is required to reach 700 points, and each individual assessment needs to pass 60% of the total score of this assessment.

In other words, the written test needs to reach a minimum of 300 points, and each practical assessment also needs to reach 30 points. You cannot fail any of the subjects, otherwise it will be regarded as a failure in the assessment.

And this is not enough, candidates also need to be particularly good in certain aspects to obtain more points, so as to reach the minimum requirement of 700 points.

It is precisely because of this requirement that in the eyes of outsiders, the threshold for becoming a cultivator is very high and difficult to pass.

It should also be mentioned that the results of the practical assessment will be recorded on-site by the invigilator. Candidates will know soon after taking the test.

There are three invigilators, and the candidate's score is the average of the scores given by these three invigilators.

There will also be two supervisors in the examination room. The supervisors do not have the right to score. The meaning of their existence is to supervise whether the scores given by the invigilators are fair and just. Prevent some invigilators from deliberately giving low or high scores to candidates because of their personal emotions.

Since the results of each assessment will be announced on the spot in the afternoon, if the candidates know that they have failed one subject, they actually no longer need to take the remaining exams.

This is different from the written test, where the results will be announced 3 days later.

This arrangement seems a bit unreasonable, because wouldn't it save a lot of time if the order of assessments was reversed?

But the vast majority of cultivators feel that rich theoretical knowledge is the foundation among foundations and should be valued the most.

As for the practical part, to be honest it is not that difficult, and even many experienced trainers can pass it.

The reason why there is a practical part is that I don’t want everyone to just hold a book. Because being a educator is a profession that requires a combination of theory and practice. This is more clearly reflected the higher the level of the cultivator.

Talk back to the classroom.

While Yang Yan was looking out the window in a daze, the invigilator walked in.

Along with it, there were two people, a man and a woman.

They are here to collect the items carried by the candidates and are also responsible for distributing examination supplies, such as paper and pens, to the candidates.

After each candidate turns in something, one of them will check the candidate again to make sure there is really nothing hidden on the candidate.

There were about 40 candidates in one examination room, and it was almost exactly 8 o'clock from the time they came in to the time they took away all the candidates' belongings.

Each of their belongings will be placed in a transparent plastic bag marked with a serial number, and the plastic bag is placed in a large plastic basket. The plastic basket will eventually be placed outside the door of the examination room, and the two people will guard the items outside the door throughout the process. After the exam, candidates can just take away their own things according to the number on the admission ticket.

When it was Yang Yan's turn, Yang Yan's action of taking out a few banknotes naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Especially the two people searching for something.

Because no one brought less things than Yang Yan, and almost everyone must bring money, so it can be said that Yang Yan actually brought nothing.

There are only two types of people like him in the eyes of everyone.

One is confident and the other is self-defeating.

Looking at Yang Yan's listless look, how does he look like a confident person? Therefore, many people regard Yang Yan as the latter, and some are even full of disdain for him.

It feels like it's unlucky to be in the same examination room with such a "trash".

Yang Yan stood up nonchalantly and let the man search.

When he found nothing found, the man gave Yang Yan a meaningful look.

Don't know what it means either.

After everyone's belongings were handed in, the invigilator began to open the test paper bags and distribute the test papers and answer sheets.

By the time everyone got the test papers, it was exactly 8 o'clock.

This means that the exam has officially begun.

Yang Yan glanced through the test paper after getting it, and did not start answering the questions in a hurry like others.

He started writing only after he felt that his heart had completely relaxed.

When he answered the questions, he looked listless and slow, but in fact, his speed was not slow at all.

This is mainly because unlike others, he needs to spend a lot of time thinking. He almost has the answer in his mind after reading the question.

This exam, unlike previous exams, would set up various hidden traps to make things difficult for candidates, because in terms of simple basic knowledge, it is already difficult for many people to master it.

This is mainly because there are too many Pokémon, and many people are not completely familiar with those in their own region. What's more, they also need to learn a lot of Pokémon knowledge unique to other regions, so it shouldn't be too much trouble.

Although Yang Yan answered quickly, he soon discovered that this test paper took care of the locals of Kalos. The Pokémon involved were basically Kalos, and there were questions about Pokémon unique to other regions. The rate is less than 4/1.

Fortunately, Nagai reminded him that Yang Yan had made a surprise visit to this school to refresh himself on Pokémon knowledge in the Kalos region, otherwise he might have been in trouble.

Of course, although many of the questions use the Pokémon of Kalos as an example, it will not have any impact if they are replaced with Pokémon from other regions. After all, Pokémon are the same in many places.

……

Time always flies during exams.

By the time Yang Yan finished writing the last major theoretical question, the time had reached 11 o'clock.

Yang Yan couldn't help but rub his eyebrows. After all, anyone would be a little tired after doing the questions for three hours.

Looking at the other people, some were busy writing, some were thinking hard, but no one had finished writing like him.

Looking at the bright sun outside the window, Yang Yan couldn't help but smile confidently.