Chapter 79 Be decisive and resolute, that's what a man should be!_2

As for the martial examination, Chen Shi was very confident, but not so much for the literary examination.

Although he had studied diligently under Zhu Xiucai, he had only studied for two years, while others had spent five or six years in private schools, much longer than him.

Moreover, what was crucial was that he had taken the scholar examination ten years ago; he did not know if something would go wrong if he tried again.

Becoming a scholar and advancing to a higher rank was an obsession for Chen Shi.

Living in the countryside, he believed that besides becoming a talisman master, advancing from a scholar to a higher official rank was the only other viable way to make a living. Although being a scholar was not very useful, a higher rank could warrant being called a master.

Once he became a master, he could legitimately dominate and benefit from the villagers.

Besides, even if he couldn't become an official, he could seek out Jin Hongying and join the Divine Mechanism Camp.