Dragon Clan, First Word of Power: Gojo Satoru

Chapter 34 Dragon Pattern Inscription

Late at night, at the Gattuso family estate.

Frost handed Percy a white card.

"Using the power of the school board to modify the 3E exam questions"

Percy took the white card with a puzzled look: "Is it really necessary to go to this extent for an S-rank?"

Frost took a sip of red wine and said with a smile:

"If Su An's lineage is genuine, then modifying the test questions will naturally have no impact on him."

But if his lineage is questionable and Angers intends to protect him, it's hard to guarantee that he won't cheat by rote memorization or similar methods.

Only by shuffling the question order and randomly drawing 76 dragon runes can we determine which side our adorable S-class freshman belongs to.

"What if Su An's bloodline doesn't pass the test?"

"Then the Gattuso family can take over Suan through the school board process. At that time, this powerful force might be able to be used by us."

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Kassel College, Norton Building.

"Ni...ni...ni what?" Su An couldn't remember.

"Your brain... forget it, don't bother remembering it, let's just call him... Old Ni! We'll call him Old Ni!" Fingel waved his hand. "Old Ni lived in Paris, worked as a scribe, and was also an alchemist. He's the only person on record to have successfully forged the Philosopher's Stone!"

"The Philosopher's Stone?" Su An silently raised his hands and looked at them.

Why are you looking at your own hands? Do you think you're the Philosopher's Stone?

That's an incredibly valuable item; even a tiny Philosopher's Stone, no bigger than a grain of rice, would be fought over in the world of hybrids.

You think the Philosopher's Stone will just deliver itself to your door? Dream on!

Su An pursed his lips, finally understanding the vice principal's expression when he saw him; it was one of heartache.

Fingel gently comforted Su An, completely unaware of Su An's strange expression.

"Many hybrids have never even seen the Philosopher's Stone in their entire lives. You shouldn't even think about it, as it's something that's so rare and hard to come by!"

The Philosopher's Stone is the fifth element besides earth, water, wind, and fire; it's a pure spiritual element. You think it's just a cabbage?

You will learn these in the "Introduction to Alchemy Principles" course. Alchemy and Word of Power are the two pillars of dragon technology. In the era before science, dragons created many miracles using alchemy and Word of Power.

Old Ni is quite interesting. He was a scribe, but he suddenly learned alchemy, a dragon technique. The reason was that while copying rare books, he discovered a handwritten alchemy manual, which contained the grammar of dragon script.

Old Ni learned this grammar, but instead of passing it on to others, he summarized 76 obscure dragon script phrases and only passed them down. These are all the dragon script phrases we can currently decipher.

Su An keenly noticed the key phrase and subconsciously repeated, "76 dragon script lines?"

"Binggong!" Fingel snapped his fingers.

"So you understand? There will only be a maximum of 76 questions on the test."

"There's a question bank?" Su An suddenly realized.

You were right!

Let me tell you how the questions will be asked. When you enter the exam room, they will only give you a blank sheet of paper and a pencil, without any hints.

They will play recordings of chanting dragon script. For those of dragon blood, the dragon script resonates with their spirit, creating a "spiritual vision" effect. Dragon script is a hieroglyphic script, and you will "see" incredible sights.

"What do you see?"

"Different people will have different results. They often see things like messy lines, tangled snakes, or wildly growing plants. Just record what you see."

"Is this an art exam?" Su An was a little dumbfounded. "I'm not very good at drawing."

"As long as you have the ability to draw turtles, that's enough. We don't care how well you draw them, we look at the effect of your 'spiritual vision.' The purer the student's lineage, the more they can see, and the more realistic they will be."

Fingel took out a piece of white paper and quickly sketched on it with a pencil. It was surprising to see that Fingel was such a skilled sketcher. Su An watched as the pencil lines gradually formed a picture, an extremely abstract image with countless overlapping waves that, from a distance, resembled an ocean.

"This painting contains a lot of curves. If you extract certain parts from the curves," Fingel emphasized some of the lines, "that's the 'words' of the dragon script. The examiner was Norma. She would analyze your drawing in detail, looking for the dragon script within it. She was very precise, so scribbles are useless. This painting is one of the questions I drew back then."

"Does that mean... there are seventy-six paintings? And seventy-six paintings with various variations? This question bank is impossible to memorize!" Su An's newly ignited hope was about to be extinguished again.

"Don't worry, now, let me reveal the ultimate secret to you!" Fingel grinned, "The biggest flaw in Kassel College's 3E examination system is that they reuse old exam papers!"

"A cycle?" Su An asked, puzzled.

"There are only eight sets of exam papers in total, used in a cycle of eight years, and never changed!"

"Have the professors lost their minds?" Su An couldn't believe it.

In China, students experience countless battles between teachers and students.

The Chinese college entrance examination only has a few books, but which high school teacher can't come up with hundreds of mock exam questions?

The Chinese teachers' training is like Huang Yaoshi's Jade Flute Swordplay, with endless variations and hundreds of moves. The professors at Kassel College seem to be practicing something like the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, which is powerful and has fierce moves, but once a set is finished, it's over, and you have to start all over again.

Fingel shrugged:

"Only a few dozen or a hundred people take the 3e exam each year. They are all geniuses. They graduate in four years and will inevitably join the Executive Department to search for dragon relics all over the world. How could they possibly write down the exam questions and leak them to the new students?"

So an eight-year cycle is actually safe, but there are always exceptions.

He raised an eyebrow, his face full of lewdness: "Remember? I've been in school for eight years!"

Su Anru suddenly realized: "This year's exam questions are exactly the same as the ones you took when you entered university!"

"That's right, Su An, you only need to memorize one set of test papers."

Fingel picked up a pencil and started scribbling on an A4 sheet of paper.

When those intricate and profound lines fell into Su An's eyes, he always felt his body rejoicing and responding.

Su An suddenly realized that it was the cheer of the Philosopher's Stone power within him.

It seems that if he memorizes even one more dragon script phrase, a gold-plated pattern will be etched onto his body in the dark.

Under the guidance of the gold-plated patterns, the blood and qi begin to flow smoothly and interconnect, and the essence, energy, and spirit surge wildly.

After memorizing these dragon runes, Su An felt that his physical body was incredibly strong!

But Fingel was completely unaware of the earth-shattering changes within Su An's body. He finally finished drawing on the A4 paper and then instructed Su An:

"If you memorize the entire paper, you'll have all night before the exam tomorrow morning."

Su An felt the alchemical patterns engraved in his body. The dragon pattern was firmly memorized in an instant. He couldn't help but scratch his head and say.

"I think I'm all better now..."