On the way home, Fang Yun was flipping through the letter with the official seal in his hand. He hadn't encountered any urgent letters at the literary gathering, so he hadn't opened it to read.
Some letters congratulated him on creating a new regular script. Once it was listed as a must-learn regular script for students of the human race by the Holy Academy, his reputation as a writer would surely rise to a higher level.
Some people also gave a list, which included some of today's famous scholars or wealthy families. All the forces on the list had firmly opposed the Jinguo Academy in those days, and their methods were extremely fierce. Some families even secretly killed some women who refused to surrender.
More friends sent him letters to persuade him, but did not stop him. They just hoped that he would take a long-term view. The Jinguo Society and the Jinguo Academy were both hot potatoes. If he really wanted to change the human race and create a new holy way, it would not be too late to become a semi-saint. After all, except for the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, no one could create a holy way on their own. The most they could do was to expand it.
Yan Yukong was different from the others. He did not say a word about the Jinguo Society. He just said that he liked Yan style very much and would major in this type of font in the future and give up the idea of creating his own font. At the end, Yan Yukong mentioned some trivial matters by the way, reminding Fang Yun not to forget to choose classes tomorrow, and that the Infinite Battle Hall would open in late spring, so he must not forget to attend the Spring Festival Essay Meeting.
Fang Yun replied to Yan Yukong to express his gratitude.
Every time the human race's holy land is used, a large amount of the Holy Academy's talent will be consumed, so many holy places of the Holy Academy are not always open. For example, the Infinite War Hall will open after Qingming Festival every year, close during the Zhongyuan Festival, and then open during the Mid-Autumn Festival and end at the Little New Year.
Some more sanctuaries, such as the Holy Pagoda, which consume more energy, are only open twice a year, each time for a month.
According to the rules of previous years, the day before the Infinite War Hall opens, the Holy Academy will hold a Spring Festival literary gathering, which is only for students within the Holy Academy, and all new students joining the Holy Academy are required to participate.
The Spring Farewell Literary Festival is a ceremony for the Holy Academy to formally accept the new year's students, and is organized by last year's students.
From a long time ago, old students have been finding ways to embarrass new students, so there is an unwritten tradition of sending off the Spring Festival literary meeting. The theme of the literary meeting does not have to be difficult, but it must be novel.
Over time, the Spring Festival Literary Festival has become a literary gathering for young people to play.
This article can be absurd at times, but there are also some new and interesting things occasionally.
Fang Yun couldn't help but think of a literary gathering one year with the theme of "Spring Breeze", where poems could be written in any rhyme. This was normal, but what was unusual was that two people had to write spring breeze poems in pairs, and then use the talents of the Holy Academy to turn the poems of both parties into reality, forming a strong wind blowing against each other. The one who was blown down would lose.
The old students' idea was not surprising, until the literary competition officially started, because the wind formed by the poems did not blow people down, but blew people's clothes first. But the literary competition could not be stopped, so the old students gritted their teeth and let it continue, but the criterion for judging the winner was whoever had more clothes on.
The whole literary gathering was extremely joyful. Everyone present laughed from beginning to end. The worst-off people had their clothes torn to shreds and were left naked in surrender.
Although there are such accidents, they are rare, especially when new students with great backgrounds join the Holy Academy, the old students will not play too much.
With Fang Yun's current status, there is no need for him to participate in this kind of entertaining literary gatherings, but he is a new student of the Holy Academy after all, so he has to participate no matter what. Being gossiped about is secondary, but not being able to integrate into the Holy Academy is a taboo.
Fang Yun knew that Yan Yukong was reminding him that it was okay not to go to some literary gatherings or group activities, but he had to participate in the Spring Festival Literary Gathering and some other activities.
After thinking about it, Fang Yun decided not to participate in the literary gatherings of Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival. There would be plenty of time in the future. He would absorb the power of Longmen first. He would keep breaking into the Hanlin Hall, and then directly participate in the Spring Festival Literary Gathering, and then enter the Infinite Battle Hall.
After coming out of the Infinite War Hall, you need to prepare for the third trip to the Book Mountain.
Fang Yun took a deep breath and went deep into the Wen Palace.
The True Dragon Ancient Sword was lying in the Wen Dan, with six True Dragon patterns appearing on it!
This increased the actual power of the True Dragon Ancient Sword by more than 20% and had a great effect on the Infinite Battle Palace.
The next day, Fang Yun started doing what every student of the Holy Academy needed to do, which was to choose his own courses.
The number of students in Chongwen Academy was no more than a thousand at most, but Chongwen Academy covered a huge area, equivalent to a garden city, and there were no other residents within a hundred feet of Fang Yun's residence.
Fang Yun rode Chongwen Academy's unique means of transportation, the flying boat, to the course selection room.
When they were in the Academy of Literature and the Palace of Learning, students aimed to take the imperial examinations, but when they arrived at the Holy Academy, they needed to pursue a higher level, which was the holy way.
The courses in the Holy Academy are generally divided into sacred doctrine courses and practical courses.
There are many subjects in the Holy Way Course, but the classification is clear at a glance. The content of each subject is a classic of the saints.
New students can recite all the saints' classics, and even have a certain level of attainment, but the courses in the Holy Academy are different from others, because the content taught by the teachers in the Holy Academy are all compiled by great Confucian scholars themselves, and every once in a while, they will use the power of Confucius' literary world to evolve the world, and even the examination method is no longer the ordinary paper and pen.
There has always been a saying in Shengyuan Continent that only those who have studied in Chongwen Academy can be considered true scholars.
It is not enough to just study the holy way. Scholars also need to master the power to pursue and maintain the holy way, so everyone must take practical courses.
A few days ago, Fang Yun consulted the Minister of Culture Jiang Hechuan and was mentally prepared.
Chongwenyuan was filled with lush vegetation and elegant scenery. A ten-foot-long flying boat was one foot off the ground, carrying Fang Yun forward at a rapid speed.
When we met some students or gentlemen along the way, we nodded slightly to each other as a greeting, and only some enthusiastic people smiled and bowed to greet us.
Not long after, Fang Yun arrived at the course selection room, which was a huge courtyard with a wide gate. When he stepped through the gate, he could see that the yard was more than a hundred feet in radius. It was simply a large parade ground where horses could be raced.
Fang Yun looked around and saw many houses on both sides and in front of the courtyard. There was a vertical plaque next to the door of each house with some words written on it.
Many people stood in the courtyard.
The Holy Academy recruits new students every year, more than half of whom are recommended by the saintly families, great scholars and monarchs of various countries. The rest are selected by the Holy Academy from various ancient lands and the Holy Yuan Continent. Those who rank high in the palace examination have a great chance of entering the Holy Academy.
However, due to the arrival of Wenquxing, the number of students in the Holy Academy has increased greatly this year. Normally, the maximum number of students admitted per year is more than 600, but this year the number has been expanded to 3,000.
When the students saw Fang Yun coming in, they immediately bowed from a distance. Those who were friends with Fang Yun and those who were scholars from Jing State all walked quickly towards Fang Yun.
Those new students from Jing Country were all in high spirits, not because they became students of the Holy Academy, but because they could say hello to Fang Yun.
In addition to last year's new Jinshi, there are also some older Jinshi or Hanlin, all of whom are beneficiaries of the expansion.
Fang Yun greeted the people he knew, chatted with them for a few minutes, and then started choosing courses.
Generally, students study in the Holy Academy for three years, majoring in three courses and minoring in two courses every year. There are also three compulsory practical courses, namely, verbal battle, war poetry and survival.
Each course is very in-depth and the class time is not long, usually finishing in one hour, but the after-class preparation and review are extremely heavy. Eight courses are enough to fill a student's time for a whole year.
.(To be continued.)