I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Looking at the dazzling array of signs, Lu Yuan roughly understood what kind of transactions were possible here: skills, knight tokens, and even barter.

In one corner, there was a small wooden board with skill certifications written on it: Medicine Making, Inscription, Alchemy...

Then the exam is held at the end of each month, and the registration fee is one Knight's Token.

After passing the test, a mark and exclusive academy certification will be awarded.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yuan instantly understood that this thing was probably needed to facilitate identity verification and to make it easier to accept jobs related to potion production.

Can I get certified myself?

Especially pharmaceutical science, which can be done by oneself.

If there's a certification for creating bizarre inscriptions, you can try to get one yourself.

In that case, I can take on some jobs and charge higher prices to help me accumulate Knight Tokens. I can't keep asking the Blue Knight for them every day, can I?

What if they drain the Blue Knight dry? The more Lu Yuan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, especially in pharmaceuticals, since he had Gray Text as a backup.

Then, with his current strength, he could easily handle small jobs using the strange inscription techniques.

Especially now that it's been upgraded, Lu Yuan originally planned to take some time to play the bronze whistle and see if he could call over the nearby dwarves, ask them for some materials, and get some work done.

It might be postponed again. Let's see if the school has any certification for this kind of strange inscription. If not, I'll try to get some work from the dwarves. If they do, I'll try to earn knight tokens from the school first.

Fortunately, he still had some money on him, and the end of the month wasn't too far off. After confirming the skill certification notice on the wooden board, Lu Yuan looked away, carrying the pile of materials in his arms, and walked towards the registration desk at the entrance.

People were coming and going in the round hall, while in the semi-private cubicles, some people were writing things and discussing prices.

In front of the wooden grid partitions on the wall, some people were craning their necks to look for their favorite bounty missions on the notices.

The several fully enclosed rooms on the left all had signs indicating "occupied," meaning people were clearly negotiating prices inside.

The walls were covered with gas lamps, which illuminated the entire underground space.

There were still people queuing at the registration desk.

Lu Yuan waited for a while with the materials in his arms, watching the senior student flip through a slip of paper, checking several stamps over and over, then take out his stamp and slap it between several slips of paper, thus completing a transaction.

After the students in front of him left, it was finally Lu Yuan's turn.

"What's up? Are you accepting a mission or issuing one?" the veteran student asked, looking at Lu Yuan who was holding the materials.

"No, I'm here to ask about something related to certification," Lu Yuan said.

"Certification?" The senior student put the stamp aside. "Okay, go ahead and ask."

"Could you tell me the general rules? For example, the certification time, and what skills are required?"

"Certification is not something anyone can take at will; there are dedicated knights within the academy who oversee this process."

"Which knight is in charge of overall coordination?" Lu Yuan asked another question.

"String Knights," the senior continued.

"He is the only teacher in our academy who teaches knighthood through music theory. He is quite old and doesn't care about anything else now. He is mainly responsible for the basic coordination work within the academy."

Lu Yuan was taken aback. A fourth-tier knight who had mastered music theory?

Blue Knight had deliberately told Lu Yuan that he had his own unique insights into music, and that his fighting style was based on rhythm. He also explicitly stated that the other party should know some ancient music theory techniques or pieces.

Lu Yuan had already memorized it back then, but he hadn't had a chance to inquire about it during his stay at the Knight Academy. He never expected to run into it here.

After all, Lu Yuan's understanding of ancient music theory had been stuck for quite some time.

First, there is no complete musical score; second, there is no complete technique or fingering.

If the wrong thing is done, the gray text experience won't jump, and you can only force it to accumulate over time, but that doesn't fit Lu Yuan's current choice.

There's nothing we can do; a mistake is a mistake, unlike pharmaceuticals where there are gray and white text prompts.

When he first learned ancient music theory in Sandworm Town, everyone was equally clueless, and no one could teach him.

Lu Yuan could only wait here idly. Now that he had finally found it, it was quite a coincidence.

He had originally planned to participate in this certification, and now he had another reason to go.

By getting acquainted with the certified string knights, it will be easier to study ancient music theory in the future.

"Then it's time for our certification," the senior student continued.

"Each of us has one certification opportunity per month, and each project requires one Knight's Token. Of course, if you take the exam this month and fail, you can take it again next month, and you'll still need one Knight's Token. But if you can't wait and want to take the exam a second time in the first month, you'll need three. This loophole is specifically for those who fail the exam, because there are always a few who are not satisfied."

Do I need a Knight's Token? That shouldn't be a problem. But I don't think I'll fail the exam, right?

Lu Yuan quickly assessed the situation and concluded that with his current strength, he would have no problem with a simple certification process.

"What certified skills are there besides alchemy?"

"We have three skill certifications here: Pharmacy, Inscription, and Alchemy. Each of the three requires separate certification," the senior student continued.

"Our exams all start at the end of the month, so the registration fee has to be paid in advance."

"Okay." Lu Yuan decisively chose to pay. "How do I pay?"

The senior pointed to the side of the platform, indicating that Lu Yuan should press the badge onto that small platform.

Lu Yuan pressed down on the badge, and the inscription on the table flashed the next moment. Then, one of the knight's tokens stored in the badge was deducted.

Then a small card was ejected from under the platform. Lu Yuan picked it up and glanced at it. The card wasn't very thick, and the edges were neatly trimmed. The date of the exam was written on it, and there was a line of small print below: "Entry with this ticket; otherwise, it will be invalid."

"You can take the exam once you pay the fee," the senior student continued.

"When the time comes, take this ticket. You can choose any one of the three subjects: Pharmacy, Inscription, or Alchemy. Just hand the ticket to the String Knight to enter the exam. You can't get in without a ticket."

"Are there different levels of certification?" Lu Yuan asked, voicing a question that was of great concern to him.

Because if there were no different levels, that would be really bad.

I imagine there must be some different levels.

Lu Yuan had no intention of starting from the beginner level and slowly taking the tests.

If possible, Lu Yuan wants to start with intermediate certification.

Because Lu Yuan was very confident in his abilities, he believed that he had no problems with anything except for those extremely rare drugs.

"Of course it's divided into levels. Our certification here is divided into low, medium, and high levels." The senior student nodded.

"However, if this is your first time taking the exam, you can only take the intermediate level exam at most. You still have the same ticket; you can go to the low-level or intermediate level exam, but you can't go to the high-level exam. Only after you pass the intermediate level exam and receive a certain number of potion orders will you be qualified to take the high-level exam and get advanced certification."

"Of course, this is also to prevent anyone from causing trouble, because the medicinal herbs needed for advanced certification are very rare, and a single knight's token doesn't even cover the cost." The senior student unusually explained a few more words to Lu Yuan.

"Because there were always a few people who didn't know their own limitations and tried to get certified as advanced, which ruined a lot of the college's materials. That's why our college came up with this new rule."

Lu Yuan indicated that he understood.

After thinking for a moment, he swiped the badge again, paid with a Knight's Token, and got an extra card.

Lu Yuan is preparing to take exams in pharmaceutical science and inscription.

As for alchemy, since I don't know it, I'll leave it for now.

Lu Yuan then turned and went back, clutching the two receipts.

After registering, I still had nine Knight's Tokens left in my badge.

As he walked up the stairs, Oden finally snapped out of his reverie.

"I just looked at that announcement, and many of the materials your academy is looking to purchase look quite familiar. I did a quick calculation, and materials that were extremely rare in our time seem to have become quite common in yours. On the contrary, some medicinal herbs that weren't so rare in our time seem to have disappeared completely. I just checked those dozens of task lists and purchase lists, hundreds of them, and there wasn't a single medicinal herb that I thought was common. Has something happened?" Oden muttered to Lu Yuan.