From the proctor's seat, Researcher Huang observed the students. He said, "With this test alone, Wu Lan will gain a lead of at least 100 marks over Su Yu. Zhou Tianqi and the others might have done something stupid earlier, but they each also know no less than 15 languages. They will probably not score lower than Su Yu as well."

Bureau Head Sun nodded in agreement. Instead of giving his opinion, he changed the topic, "What do you think this year's highest score in the capital would be?"

"Overall score?"

"Yes."

"Above 1,000 marks."

Researcher Huang said unhesitatingly, "There are a few freaks taking the exam this year. They have reached the Mental Tempering Stage and completed their Divine Characters. They also know a lot of languages. All that added with the merit point score will push them above 1,000 marks."

Even Bureau Head Sun couldn't help but to be impressed. "Those are truly freaks. Back then, I only entered the academy with 420 marks. Even so, I was ranked pretty highly among my batch. The gap between us and them is too big."

Researcher Huang merely smiled while holding his tongue. He wanted to remind this senior brother of his that he had joined the academy with 500 marks, but he was afraid that he would only anger his senior brother and create more trouble for himself.

Although both of them weren't high-tier students, they were among the best of the mid-tier students. After all, high-tier students were incredibly rare. If it wasn't for the rarity of high-tier students, both of them would not have their current positions as mere middle-tier...