The time during the Talisman Studies class in the afternoon was somewhat harder to endure than Zheng Qing had imagined.
On the pocket watch, the slender second hand ticked steadily, unhurried and causing anxiousness to those watching. Outside, the sunlight shifted from intense to pale and then faintly crept behind the academic building.
In the classroom, almost every student pricked up their ears and kept their eyes tightly fixed on the blackboard, afraid to miss a word or line for fear of regretting it in the exam room later.
Teacher Zhang stood on the platform, equally serious as she taught the key points and difficulties of this year's Talisman Studies final exam, occasionally mixing in some experiences from her own exams—those tips she interspersed were even more captivating to many students than some of the revision focuses.