Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1126 Test
"Where's the recommendation letter?" A tall woman with exquisite makeup looked Shi Jia up and down, frowning slightly, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied.

Shi Jia took out the letter of recommendation and handed it to her.

The woman took the letter of recommendation, opened it casually, and immediately her expression changed upon reading it. "Who is Madam Lanxin to you?"

Lady Lanxin's name is quite prestigious!
“I suppose he’s an elder,” Shi Jia said.

The woman nodded. "My name is Cheng Ning, and I am the director of admissions at Emerald Academy."

"Hello, Director Cheng!" Shi Jia adapted very well to the change in the woman's attitude.

"Okay, I'll take you to take the test first. By the way, what major are you planning to choose?" Cheng Ning gestured for him to follow.

Shi Jia was recommended, so she needs to take a test first. Only after passing the test can she register and choose her major.

"Well, let's take the test first. I haven't decided yet," Shi Jia said truthfully. He was valued by Madam Lan Xin because of his purification abilities and should have chosen the Purifier profession.

But to be honest, he felt he knew a lot about purification, and only needed to learn some basic common sense about this world; there was no need to study it further.

Therefore, he wants to choose a different major. According to what he has learned in the past two months, the university offers majors such as magician, array master, materialization, creative studies, gastronomy, architecture, and so on.

He was inclined towards the first three options, but could only choose one, so he was somewhat conflicted.

“Okay, that’s good. Our tests are targeted and can help you choose a major,” Cheng Ning said.

The Green Emerald Academy covers a very large area. Shi Jia and the other person came out of the administration building at the main gate and took a school bus. It took them a full half hour to arrive at the testing location that Cheng Ning had mentioned.

The building in front of us is very unique. Its shape is somewhat like some kind of animal, and its exterior is covered with a glass wall that reflects the sunlight, making it look like a gemstone.

Shi Jia followed Cheng Ning up to the third floor and into a spacious classroom filled with all sorts of art supplies and models.

"Teacher Lu, are you busy?" Cheng Ning knocked on the door.

The person who was drawing inside immediately stopped what they were doing, got up and walked over. It was a tall male teacher.

"Director Cheng, I wonder what brings you here?" Teacher Lu adjusted his silver-rimmed glasses and looked at Shi Jia.

Cheng Ning smiled. "This is a recommended student who came to take the test. Please make the arrangements. Let me know when the results are in."

"Come with me." Teacher Lu nodded.

Shi Jia hurriedly followed, but couldn't help but wonder, "Teacher Lu? His surname is Lu? I wonder if he's related to Lu Tianheng."

"Let's test your basic skills first." Lu Tianheng pointed to the drawing board next to him.

Shi Jia suddenly felt a little nervous. Although he had practiced painting for the past two months, he didn't have much free time because he had to go out hunting and go to the quarantine area for purification.

Besides, Madam Lanxin didn't say that the entrance test would include drawing.

Okay, that should be common sense.

Shi Jia sat on the stool with a nervous heart, her eyes darting nervously around.

"There are two basic skills tests. The first is to draw the objects you see in front of you, with a time limit of half an hour," Lu Tianheng said.

Half an hour? Shi Jia's eyes widened. That should be enough time for him to decide what to draw, right?

He subconsciously turned to look at Teacher Lu, who had already sat back down in front of his drawing board, as if he didn't exist at all.

Shi Jia took a deep breath. Okay, I'll draw it!
His eyes scanned rapidly ahead. In front of him were two paintings, a sculpted head, a toy car, a basket of fruit, a vase with fresh flowers, and a pile of easels...

He frowned. Each of these was difficult for him. The only one that was relatively easy was the toy car.

Why don't you just draw it?
Shi Jia glanced at the wall clock out of the corner of her eye. It was a very ordinary round clock with no special decorations. The numbers on the clock face and the hands were also very ordinary.

At this moment, the clock shows that the hour hand is above 10 and the minute hand is pointing to 3, meaning 5 minutes have passed!
Why so fast!
A thought suddenly struck him: why not paint this wall clock? Shi Jia felt a sudden impulse, not from Sun Yu, but from himself!
That's it. Shi Jia didn't delay any longer and picked up a pencil to draw. The pencil slid across the paper, making a "swish~ swish~" sound, while the second hand of the wall clock ticked away.

Gradually, the two voices overlapped, and with each sound, time moved forward one second.

Teacher Lu, who was engrossed in her work, twitched her ears, looked up at the person next to her, then glanced at the wall clock, raising an eyebrow. She then looked away and continued working on her piece.

But perhaps the sound of the second hand and the sound of the pencil scratching the paper overlapped too much, and this time Teacher Lu was unable to return to his creative state.

He took a deep breath, put down his paintbrush, stood up, and tiptoed behind Shi Jia.

At this moment, Shi Jia was completely immersed in painting. The frequency of her brain, eyes and hands was almost synchronized. Although each stroke was slow, the position of each stroke was very accurate.

In fact, each stroke is more natural and accurate than the last.

If Shi Jia could watch me paint right now, she would definitely notice that my painting skills are improving at a visible rate.

"Swish~, swish~"

"Tick, tick."

When the second hand reached 12 again, Shi Jia put down his pencil at the same time.

As the pencil left his hand, Shi Jia suddenly came to his senses. He looked at his work, a hint of surprise and delight flashing in his eyes.

How could he paint a wall clock so realistically?

"10:40."

Suddenly a deep male voice came from behind her, and Shi Jia quickly stood up. "Teacher Lu, I'm done drawing."

Teacher Lu did not answer him, but instead picked up Shi Jia's artwork. On the drawing paper was a clock that looked exactly like the one on the wall, and even the time displayed on it was exactly the same.

10:40:01! That's the time Shi Jia put down her pen!

However, this little trick is not worth praising. What surprised him was that the variation in his lines was clearly visible in this work.

From clumsy to clean and accurate!

That's amazing.

"Teacher Lu, have I heard it?" Shi Jia couldn't help but ask when Teacher Lu remained silent.

"Secondly, based on what you just drew, create something creative." Teacher Lu put Shi Jia's drawing aside and looked at Shi Jia. "One hour."

"Creativity? In what aspect?" Shi Jia asked hurriedly, as there were many things that could be creative.

"Whatever." Teacher Lu sat back down at his easel, and suddenly he had some inspiration.

"Anything is fine?" Shi Jia took a deep breath. These kinds of unconditional requests are the hardest to come by. What is the direction? What is the goal?
However, Shi Jia always had his own ideas. He immediately sat back down at his easel, pulled a piece of paper from the side, and wrote: Creative subject: wall clock (hidden meaning: time), Creative direction: ...

Hmm, anthropomorphism? Or objectification? Or perhaps spiritual magic?
Shi Jia first considered personification: a girl wearing a dress with clock-shaped hair clips (hair crowns) and clock-themed prints.

Hmm, never mind. Putting aside his lack of confidence in drawing people, he also felt that the idea was rather mediocre.

If we're talking about personification, a clock in a room? No way.

Spiritual magic! Right, isn't his little sapling a kind of spiritual magic now?

Let me think about how to design a spiritual spell related to a wall clock. Hmm, perhaps I can change my mind and design a spiritual spell related to time.

Time stop! Time rewind! Time jump!
For some reason, Shi Jia became increasingly excited as she thought about it. She even wished she could immediately design the time-manipulation technique.

Thinking it over and doing it, Shi Jia grabbed another piece of paper and started drafting.