Chapter 171 - 171: Where Did He Go?
The two old men couldn't help staring at Lin Fan in a daze for a bit after the bomb that he had dropped.
Most people would at least learn the format of the test they were taking, but this young man had come into the test completely blind without any preparations, just where did he get this courage from?
Was it because he was confident or was it because he believed in his luck?
Still, thinking about how easily Lin Fan had answered his questions, they had to believe that he was confident.
The first old man explained, "The same format is used for Monster Trainer tests of all grades. The first test will always be the general knowledge test since a Monster Trainer's greatest weapon will always be his knowledge. The second test will be a specific knowledge test based on the type of pets that you specialize in. The third test will always be a practical demonstration test of your abilities since in the end, one has to have the ability to train pets to be called a Monster Trainer."
When Lin Fan heard this, he couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief.
While he did have a great amount of general knowledge, he felt that he didn't have too deep of a knowledge on different types of pets. Not to mention that he didn't specialize in any one type of pet to train since he could train them all with his special methods.
But what he didn't know was that his general knowledge was actually deep enough to be considered specialized knowledge. Lin Fan could be considered the only person on the Blue Star Planet with the special all type specialization.
Of course, that was just what came naturally when he was being taught by a walking encyclopedia.
Lin Fan then said, "It's a good thing I'm skipping the second test, I don't really have a specialization."
The two old men were shocked again when they heard this.
The first old man asked, "Young friend, what do you mean by you don't have a specialization? I'm sure that there's one type of pet that you can train better than any other type, right?"
Lin Fan shook his head and said, "No, I can train all kinds of pets equally. There's no one type of pet that I can train better than the other."
The two old men didn't want to believe it at first, but seeing the serious look on Lin Fan's face and thinking of how easily he had answered those questions, they couldn't help suspecting that he wasn't lying.
The two old men began conferring again before one of the old men suddenly left the room.
Lin Fan watched that old man leave the room with a confused look before turning to look at the one who was still left in the room.
This was the first old man who had chosen the questions for Lin Fan, he just sat there with a smile, trying to look as friendly as possible.
Seeing Lin Fan look at him with that confused gaze, the old man understood and said, "With this information, there might be a need to change the format of your test since all of our tests are prepared for Monster Trainers of specific specializations. For now, I'll take you to the site of the third test, but we can take our time since it'll take some time to prepare the test."
Lin Fan didn't have a problem with this since there didn't seem to be anything wrong with this.
The old man stood up from the table and walked out of the room with Lin Fan. During this time, there were plenty of things he wanted to discuss with Lin Fan. He even began discussing his most recent theory paper with Lin Fan, gaining quite a bit of insight from this discussion.
When they came back to the main room for the people taking the test, the old man stopped and said, "Young friend Lin, I'll go and report to the results of your test. Normally we just send a message, but since I'm already here, I'll report it and prepare a few things."
Lin Fan agreed and headed back into the main room alone, but there was no one else there since everyone was still in their tests.
Time passed quickly and thirty minutes went by. Once those thirty minutes were up, the other participants slowly came out of their test rooms and came back to the main room.
There were plenty of people who looked depressed and only a few who looked happy.
The one who were depressed were clearly the ones who had failed their tests and the ones who were happy were the ones who had guessed correctly on which questions to memorize, which had allowed them to pass.
Then there were the few who looked quite calm since they had already been prepared for this and had easily passed.
Among those that looked depressed was Chu He.
He was especially depressed since he was only a single question away from passing the test.
He had been lucky with the first four questions, but then once he reached the fifth question, he didn't know the answers at all. He flipped through the rest of his questions, but there hadn't been a single one that he was able to answer.
Of course, he had planned for this and had prepared a cheat sheet on his wrist watch, but with the examiners watching him like a hawk, he didn't dare look at all.
In the end, he spent the last half an hour of his time agonizing over finding the answer to the question in his mind while also trying to find a chance to cheat, but that chance never came and his mind gave him nothing.
He could only watch as the two examiners gave him the grade that was just a single point away from letting him pass.
All his efforts had gone to waste just like that and now he couldn't take the test again for another year. It wasn't like he was getting any younger, the longer it took him, the slower his progress would be in the future.
The Monster Trainer Union had a rule that if one failed their test for any grade, they would have to wait another year before taking the test again. This was to stop stubborn people from wasting their resources since if they couldn't pass it the first time, there was no doubt they couldn't pass it the second time. It was better for them to take the time to slowly develop their skills and try again in another year.
Now that he had failed, Chu He was filled with frustration, but there was nowhere for him to vent.
That was until he noticed Lin Fan casually sitting in the participant room. The moment he saw Lin Fan, his eyes lit up as he found his target.
He walked over in a proud manner and said, "Hey kid, you're out so early? Did you give up as soon as you saw how hard it was?"
Lin Fan heard this voice and when he saw him, he couldn't help finding this man funny. He said with a smile, "What do you think?"
Chu He gave a cold laugh at this and said, "I think that someone here still owes me an apology? How about it, are you going to go back on your words?"
Lin Fan just said with the same smile, "I would, but I'm not the one who lost the bet. I remember that someone said that they would run around naked if they were to lose our bet, wasn't that the case?"
Chu He looked at him for a few seconds before bursting out in laughter, "I've never heard anything so funny before! You really think that you're fooling anyone? Does everyone hear what this kid is saying? He thinks he actually passed the test!"
Hearing Chu He's loud voice, everyone turned over to look at them.
Many people sided with Chu He since they knew just how tough the exam had been, they didn't believe that someone as young as Lin Fan could pass it as easily as he made it out to be.
However, the voice that suddenly came from behind Chu He changed everything.
"Young friend Lin, I hope that I didn't keep you waiting for long. Please come with me, I'll take you to the special test that we've set up for you."
Chu He immediately turned around and said, "Who do you think you are…"
But before he could even finish, he saw the badge that was on the collar of this person and his words couldn't come out of his mouth anymore.
This badge was one of honour when one was inside the Monster Trainer Union, this badge was what they were all working towards, it was the badge of a Master Monster Trainer!
This Master Monster Trainer was actually personally coming out to meet Lin Fan and he was treating him this kindly, just what was going on?
The old man ignored Chu He as he came up to Lin Fan and said, "I'm really sorry about how long it took, it took a while to prepare everything. But the good news is that even the president and the vice president was notified of this matter and they're coming to watch your test."
Everyone was in a daze as the old man led Lin Fan away.
As they walked away, Lin Fan spared one last look at Chu He and revealed a smile before completely walking off.
Someone like Chu He wasn't worth any of his time at all.
When Lin Fan and the old man left, everyone came back to their senses.
One person who had sharp eyes couldn't help asking, "Hey, where did that guy who was shouting go?"
Chu He was no longer in the room, he had run out while everyone was in their daze.