The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing
Chapter 35 Priest Paxi These three are heavyweights!

Priest Paxi, as a cleric of the Order Church, had already served as the chief examiner for several years.

This was his pride.

The Order Clergy possessed a unique characteristic, their Scales of Order, which could judge people's actions.

Judge whether it disrupted order, whether it harmed fairness.

Capable of detecting whether an examinee was cheating.

Therefore, they were very suitable to serve as examiners.

His eyes were sharp as torches, as keen as those of a falcon; any student trying to disturb the order of the examination room was nowhere to hide; thus, half an hour into the exam, the order of the examination room was crystal clear, with only the rustling sound of vigorous writing.

All the examinees were concentrating fully.

As the clock ticked toward the top of the hour, someone raised their hand to signal.

Priest Paxi narrowed his eyes, observing the examinee, who seemed to be from a border city.

An Su Moningsta, his name was written on the exam paper.

A title of [Novice], huh...

Priest Paxi walked over to the young man and bent down.

"Mr. Paxi, may I submit my paper now?" An Su asked.

As soon as he spoke, the tips of the pens of the surrounding examinees trembled at once.

What kind of livestock is this?

The exam just started half an hour ago, are you planning to submit your paper so soon!

They immediately felt sweat drenching their backs,

Could it be that this question is actually very simple, and only I am replaceing it so headache-inducing?

Asking to submit a paper—a normal right of examinees.

This passed the judgement of the Scales of Order.

"You can submit your paper only after one hour has passed since the start of the exam," Priest Paxi explained patiently, "If you're finished, then carefully check your work."

It was common for students to be unclear about the exam rules, an occurrence every year; this was very normal.

What piqued his curiosity was why this young man from a border city was so fast at answering questions, even the valedictorian from last year's Holy Maiden Luojia wasn't so exaggerated...

Even the last question was done...

Wait, it seemed as though this guy only did the last part!

Priest Paxi's gaze immediately became stern; the young man hadn't even started the rest!

Then why was he asking if he could submit his paper?

He clearly hadn't finished.

Wasn't he afraid that Paxi would collect his blank paper?

A very absurd conjecture emerged in Priest Paxi's mind. Perhaps this young man was clear about the exam rules and knew that a paper can't be submitted until an hour has passed... Because the time hadn't come, he was confident Paxi couldn't collect his paper.

An Su was doing this on purpose!

Deliberately showing he had finished.

Deliberately working backward, from the last question to the first.

It was to pressure the other examinees!

And his actions were all legal, neither cheating nor breaking the rules, behavior that could be judged by the Eye of Order.

Answering questions backward was not illegal, and asking whether one could submit their paper was also not illegal.

All these acts of order brought chaos.

—Was this young man a chosen of chaos?

Priest Paxi looked around and already saw several examinees with anxious expressions, even glancing over to An Su from time to time.

They too had noticed that An Su had completed the last part, the final big question even filled out completely.

Bathed in sweat.

"Cough." Priest Paxi coughed, deciding to say something to maintain order, "Continue with the exam. Young man, you haven't completed the first part yet."

Paxi's words had a certain calming effect, and the mood of the examinees in the three examination rooms gradually stabilized.

Still, there was a lingering thorn in their hearts, a subtle unease buried within them.

Even their thinking became somewhat unclear.

As the clock ticked away, half an hour passed after the chime of the clock struck the hour, right on time, not a minute more or a second less, and that young man, An Su, raised his hand again.

This time, Priest Paxi was truly angry as he stormed down from the stage.

If you want to disturb the order, then I will indeed take away your blank paper.

But to his surprise, when he picked up the test paper, he found that all the boxes were filled with answers, and they were all correct too.

This time, An Su had indeed finished.

Thanks to the baptism of the Mother Goddess, his memory was exceptionally good, and after over a month of cramming like mad, he had mastered a fair amount of the knowledge.

And when it came to humanities questions, memory was the most crucial talent.

All the questions were answered, leaving no room for corrections.

There was no need to stay in the examination hall any longer.

In fact, An Su was still regretful; after observing for a long time, not a single person in the entire examination hall was cheating.

No fun to be had.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, An Su handed in his paper cleanly, left his seat cleanly, and was the first to leave the examination room cleanly, striding away.

Noticing this scene, especially observing the expression on Priest Paxi's face, the hearts of the surrounding examinees suddenly slowed by half a beat.

They could even hear An Su's muttering, a voice deliberately lowered, but not so low that one couldn't hear it if they listened closely enough.

"All previous questions I've done, exactly the same, too simple."

How could there be previous questions?

Lies.

Priest Paxi's mouth twitched fiercely; all the questions on this test paper were originally composed,

Even the last question from the Druid Sect was reworked, and there was no way any question could be found on the market, let alone be exactly the same as the original question!

Paxi observed the expressions of the surrounding examinees and felt even more overwhelmed.

Clearly, many examinees had heard An Su's words, and at that moment, they all thought,

'Damn, what a loss!'

'No wonder he finished so fast, could it be he saw the questions beforehand?'

'All previous questions? Why haven't I come across any?'

'It can't be that everyone else did them except me?'

As a cleric of Order, Priest Paxi could feel the disorder spreading among the examinees' hearts.

And yet, he couldn't disqualify An Su for this muttered sentence.

Because the Scales of Order judged his behavior lawful and in accordance, all was judged by the Scales of Order.

First, there was no transmission of answers in that sentence, not a hint of answer information.

Second, it didn't disrupt the order of the examination room—he said it quietly after leaving the examination hall.

Priest Paxi slowly exhaled, fortunately, that rascal was finally gone.

He didn't need to guard against that bastard anymore.

Besides, he had only caused a small disturbance after all, most examinees wouldn't believe that the Church's test could have leaked questions.

But before his hanging heart had even half settled down, another hand was raised.

"Handing in the paper."

The examination room fell silent instantly.

Someone else handed in their paper!

The second one, just one hour into the test.

Could it be that there really was a leak of the actual questions in this examination?

Chaos began to spread further, and many examinees started to doubt their lives.

Priest Paxi looked back and saw a title, "The Glorious Young Lion."

A very sunny and handsome man, with long, blond hair, dressed like a noble son, that confident smile was like the warm sunlight of early spring.

Arthur Sunny, also from the border city.

Are all the students from the border city overachievers?

Priest Paxi could only consider himself unlucky now, but when he picked up Arthur's paper, he found a blank expanse.

What's all this about?

So many questions left unanswered!

"...Am I really taking it away?"

Priest Paxi asked tentatively. Having been an examiner for so many years, he had never encountered such a thing, "Am I really taking it away?"

This Glorious Young Lion, wanting to do the same as that originator, feign completion, and hence induce panic among the other examinees?

But this time, Paxi would not indulge him.

Because the paper really could be taken away now, as one hour had elapsed, and he could directly collect this blank paper.

This is playing with fire!

"Are you sure you want to hand it in, because I'll take it away."

Paxi threatened, the implication being clear, stop your games and concentrate on the exam.

That ought to stop the student from acting recklessly.

To Paxi's surprise, Arthur nodded confidently in the sunlight, "Yes, please take it."

This guy—

Paxi gazed at Arthur as one would a monster, what wicked scheming, what evil and chaotic thoughts, what an awakening!

More importantly, he really looked confident, so sure of himself.

This guy, rather than properly completing the paper, preferred to prematurely turn in a blank sheet, just to unsettle other examinees!

Are all the creatures coming from the border city such evil and chaotic spirits!

Arthur had a very simple reason for submitting his paper.

Because An Su had turned his in.

—So Arthur knew with certainty that he was done for.

Since the start of the exam, he had been waiting for An Su to pass him answers!

But, waiting left and right, he got nothing—apparently, the money he gave yesterday wasn't enough.

Now that An Su had turned in his paper, there was no chance of receiving anything at all, so he followed suit.

His hanging heart finally died.

Paxi's mouth twitched. He didn't believe for a second that Arthur knew nothing; he was a saint-to-be, how could there be such a foolish person.

It had to be intentional.

These damned agents of chaos.

"Fellow student, you haven't finished writing yet..." Paxi decided to say something to stabilize the mental state of the students around, "You don't want to regret it."

"I won't regret it, take the papers."

Arthur revealed a sunny and confident smile, saying, "I've already taken the path I was meant to take. I have no regrets in this life."

"From now on, the crown of justice will be preserved for me."

I've already taken the path, he filled out all the multiple-choice questions.

I have no regrets in this life, after returning home, he probably was going to be beaten to death by his father.

The crown of justice will be preserved for me, after finishing, he was going to ask the swindler An Su for a refund!

One can only say that there was a reason this guy was ranked first in the #MostDesirableSaint#; that smile was truly sunny, confident, and holy, very deceptive.

So carefree, so arrogant, so wild and unrestrained,

How could the surrounding examinees believe this guy wrote nothing after seeing such a confident smile on Arthur?

They must have thought that Priest Paxi, fearing their psychological pressure, had deliberately said those words to comfort himself.

"You may leave..." Paxi murmured quietly.

At that moment, another hand was raised.

"Priest Paxi, I request to hand in my paper."

The third person asked to hand in their paper early!

The entire examination room's candidates' mindsets completely exploded.

Dammit, there really must have been a leak of the actual questions, and only they hadn't reviewed them; otherwise, how could three people hand in their papers early, as if there were so many geniuses!!

—They almost simultaneously entertained this thought.

Paxi turned to look,

It was a very elegant and handsome man, radiating an aura of an overachiever, his left hand gently pushing up his gold-rimmed glasses, his right hand slowly rising.

He looked very commanding.

#MostDesirableSaint# ranked second, "The Goddess's Moonlight"—

Lister Muen.

Upon seeing the examinee information on Lister's paper, Priest Paxi felt like he was going to have a stroke.

God damn it, this guy also came from the border city!

These three originators from the border city!

Lister was even more confident, elegantly handing in his paper.

He didn't know how to do the problems at all; he wrote randomly,

But he was very confident, because he believed the Goddess would favor him.

Even if it was written randomly, it would be correct.

You perfectly avoided the right answers... Priest Paxi looked at the paper, his face as if he had died.

The key point was, Lister really looked elegant, very sure of himself, very persuasive, and influential.

The surrounding examinees, no one doubted him.

With three successive early submissions, the mindsets of all examinees totally shattered.

At that moment, Paxi had only one thought in mind:

A land of destitution breeds troublemakers!