The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 88- Becoming A Minor Celebrity

Chapter 88: Chapter 88- Becoming A Minor Celebrity

The Alchemy Pavilion Mountain at the moment was void of disciples walking around with crazed looks.

Today was the day of the monthly exams for every disciple, both in the Inner Mountain and in the Outer Mountain.

Currently, inside a large hall somewhere in the Inner Mountain, a sea of disciples could be seen taking the Alchemy Pavilion’s monthly exam.

Despite the number of disciples here, this was only one of the five exam locations in the Inner Mountain.

The layout of the exam was rather relaxed compared to the importance of the exam itself.

Disciples were seated in rows at a desk that showed projections of plants and herbs they should name and describe, as well as list the ingredients and the concoction methods of pills named.

Each desk did have a rune formation that blurred each disciple. Even if disciples were taking the exam around three feet apart, they were unable to see each other clearly to cheat.

However, they wouldn’t dare to even if they could. They were too scared of being kicked out of the Alchemy Pavilion and potentially the Academy itself. So the disciples’ fear of cheating was a major part of why the exam was so relaxed.

Among one of the rows of disciples, Sol was sitting at the table scratching his head.

He was looking at a plant that he couldn’t identify.

The exam had a point system where for each answer he got right he would receive one point. The maximum points that he could get as someone from the Inner Mountain was fifteen thousand for the pill formal section, and thirty thousand for the plants and herbs section.

However, the academy at least acknowledged the difficulty of the exam.

Not only did the exam force disciples to memorize thirty thousand Tier 1 and Tier 2 plants as well fifteen thousand Tier 1 and Tier 2 pill formulas–every month! They also so didn’t specify which plants or pill formula they should memorize.

So one could understand why the disciples looked so crazed and suffered from Alchemic Formula Disease.

However, they did add several bonus questions that had up to a thousand points.

These questions for the plant and herbs section was to identify the characteristic of several plants and herbs that were combined into one.

For the pill formula section, the questions were originally to just list the formula of the pill and its concoction method, but for the bonus questions instead of giving names, disciples had to identify the pill from images.

And strangely, they were able to get the illusory image of the pills to give off the pill’s aroma so disciples could better identify them.

Currently, Sol had already finished the pill formula section and was now on the plants and herbs section.

If he had to guess, he had gotten the maximum points for the pill section and even more for answering the bonus questions. However, the plants and herbs section was rather difficult, especially the bonus questions that would pop up randomly.

He had about a dozen more questions left when this abomination of a medicinal plant appeared in front of him.

Sol scratched his head before he tentatively began destructing the mixture of plants.

He pinched and detached a few stems and roots before arranging them into a plant he thinks exists. However, as soon as he did the image of the plants disappeared.

Sol sighed, he didn’t even get one right.

Sol completed the last dozen questions before he got up from his seat to leave.

He was wondering how he did on his first exam, but he would need to wait until the next day to see the results.

As Sol got up, he look around and realized he was one of the few people who had finished first.

As he carefully walked out of his row to exit the hall, the dozen or so disciples who finished the exam and were standing around chatting about the answers, paused to watch Sol leave the hall.

"That’s him right? The person who fought with Byeong-Ho?"

"Yeah, it’s him. But if you had told me someone from our Alchemy Pavilion was talented enough to fight Byeong-Ho on equal grounds I would have scoffed at you."

"Bah! What equal grounds? I was there and I never saw Byeong-Ho use Martial Art Techniques from the Huashan Sect or released his Tier 8 Innate Dharma! That means he wasn’t using his full strength. If he had that brat wouldn’t be a match for him!"

One disciple in the group turned to this person and stared at him with derision in his eyes.

"I was there as well, and I specifically remember Brother Byeong-Ho admitting that Brother Sol wasn’t using his full strength either."

The disciple huffed at that.

"Unless he comprehended a Heavenly Martial Art do you think Byeong-Ho would lose to him?"

"You can’t rule out that possibility, there is obviously a reason why Brother Byeong-Ho was so eager to spar with him and even treated him as an equal."

"Yeah, and haven’t you heard the rumors going around? Brother Sol has become the second disciple of the Grand Elder, Byeong-Ho’s Master! He was using the same Movement Skill as Brother Byeong-Ho in the match so that confirms it!"

Sol who stepped out of the hall, rubbed his nose and blushed a bit.

Everywhere he went in the Academy he would hear people talk about him.

"It has been almost a week since then, I can’t believe the gossips haven’t died down yet."

Sol had no idea this sort of situation would happen just because he sparred with Byeong-Ho.

He essentially became a minor celebrity in the academy.

There were even people debating on whether he deserved the title of Rising Star.

But Sol was still trying to decide if being a public figure was a disadvantage or an advantage.

However, Sol couldn’t help it even if he wanted to.

He was talented and that would draw people’s attention. And Sol wasn’t going to hide, he didn’t see the need to suppress himself for anyone.

While Sol was walking, he suddenly received a message via his Disciple Token.

When he took it out and checked, he saw that it was from Byeong-Ho.

"Brother Sol, meet me on the Weapon Pavilion Mountain."

Sol’s expression lit up when he saw this message and he rush to Teleportation Hall.

After Sol was teleported to the Weapon Pavilion Mountain, someone immediately approached him and lead him to a small open pavilion in the Inner Mountain.

The male disciple stopped a distance away from the open pavilion and motioned for Sol to continue.

"Brother Sol, Young Master Byeong-Ho will visit you shortly."

Sol nodded before he walked to the open pavilion.

There was a small table with two chairs at the center, but Sol didn’t sit and instead waited by the side for Byeong-Ho.

He looked out at the garden that surrounded the open pavilion and noticed a white butterfly on a flower.

Sol lifted his hand and extended his index finger.

His index finger then glowed with a green glow before a fragrant scent appeared in the surrounding.

The white butterfly smelt this aroma and became agitated.

It left the flower and hurriedly flew to land on Sol’s extended index finger.

Sol admired the white butterfly for a moment before a voice spoke causing it to fly away.

"Brother Sol, I apologize if I kept you waiting. I had to speak with my father."

"No worries, I didn’t wait long."

Sol turned and said with a smile.

However, Sol subconsciously thought in his head.

’He might as well just enter the Academy at this point.’