The Holy Academy selects four great talents every ten years. If one of the four is promoted to a great scholar, the Holy Academy will consider selecting the next generation of four great talents in advance.
The selection of the four great talents of this generation began in the year 202 of the new calendar, but the leader of the four great talents was not determined for a whole year. In that year, Fang Yun entered the Ninth Mountain and entered the literary world.
In the year 202 of the new calendar, Fang Yun spent most of his time in the literary world and Liangjie Mountain, and the four great talents of that year had still not been officially determined.
It is now the 203rd year of the new calendar, and the Holy Academy still has not determined the leader of the four great talents.
There are many meeting halls in the holy courtyard. These halls are not built by real objects, but are built by the talent of the holy temple. Only those who are qualified can enter.
Whenever the time comes to select the four great talents, a temporary "Zeyingyuan" will appear, which means selecting talents.
The Academy of Selection of Talents was composed of nine great scholars and thirty-one grand secretaries.
The first step in selecting the four great talents is for thirty-one university scholars to nominate them, and then four people are selected to be the four great talents.
The next step is for the nine elders and great scholars of the Holy Academy to rank the four talented men and select one of them as the leader of the four talented men to be trained as a leader of the human race and to be remembered forever.
The leader of the four great talents of the previous generation was Shi Jun Lu Huaijiang, who was a modest gentleman, a role model in both character and historical knowledge. After the four great talents were selected, the other three gathered together and nominated Shi Jun as the leader of the four great talents without any dispute.
The four great talents before him were headed by Yi Zhishi. Someone once commented that Yi Zhishi was "the one whose literature surpassed three generations". No one of his previous generation, contemporaries, or next generation could be compared with him. He deserved the title of the head of the four great talents. Now Yi Zhishi has been promoted to a literary giant, the number one among the saints of the human race, proving that the selection back then was extremely correct.
However, the selection of the new generation of four great talents has been at a stalemate.
There was no problem with the selection of the new generation of four talented people, but their ranking became the top challenge.
The ranking of the four great talents requires unanimous approval from nine great scholars. If any one of them disagrees, the ranking cannot be completed.
In the past, when the "Selection Institute" was ranking the four great talents, although there had been conflicts or stalemates, they would all be resolved within a year, allowing the four great talents to be revealed as soon as possible to inspire the human race.
However, it has been two years since the selection of the four great talents of this generation, and it is still unclear how long it will take. There is a trend that it may take three years or even longer.
In the past two years, the hottest topic was undoubtedly the expansion of the imperial examination system, while the topics about Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang were also very popular. The third most popular topic was the ranking of the four great talents.
Since the year before last, whenever the ranking of the four great talents was mentioned, the discussion list immediately turned into a battlefield, with scholars from all over the country fighting with words. Some scholars would insult or even curse each other out of momentary excitement, resulting in being banned from the discussion list for days or even years.
Among the four great talents of this generation, the first is Lei Chongmo from the Lei family, who became famous for creating the Jiaolong Wentai, and even saved the Lei family from being severely punished by the Holy Academy.
The second is Yang Xuanye, the Grand Secretary of Gu State. Gu State was weaker than Jing State and it was the only country of the human race that paid tribute to the barbarians. But even in such a harsh environment, Yang Xuanye always advocated war, and he became more and more courageous as the battle went on, with outstanding military exploits.
The third is Huang Zhen. This person has studied the holy way of legalism in depth, and is particularly proficient in the power of drawing a prison on the ground. When he was at Liangjie Mountain, the Shu Kingdom's Tianlao Prison flew out of this person's code and imprisoned twelve demon kings.
The fourth one is Xiao Yetian, who is not well-known in the Saint Academy Continent, but is very famous in the Ten Cold Ancient Land. He can be called the first scholar in the Ten Cold Ancient Land in recent years. It is rumored that he has mastered the power of an ancient demon saint "Cold Emperor" because of his good luck. When the battle poem is out, the coldness descends from the sky. He once killed five ordinary barbarian kings by himself. Some people even say that in the Ten Cold Ancient Land, Xiao Yetian will always be the first.
The names of the four people have also been decided. Lei Chongmo was named "Jiao Lord", Yang Xuanye was named "War Lord", Huang Zhen was called "Prison Lord", and Xiao Yetian was named "Ice Lord".
Currently in the "Selection Academy", there are six people who support Lei Chongmo as the leader of the four great talents, one person each supports Huang Zhen and Xiao Yetian, and two people support Yang Xuanye.
In the past two years, the "Selection Institute" would hold a meeting of great scholars every few days, and the nine great scholars would inevitably argue.
When Fang Yun entered the Sea Eye, the great scholars of Zeying Academy started arguing on time like students in class.
"Everyone, this is already the third year! If we can't select the Four Great Talents again, when one of them is promoted to the Great Scholar, we will have to re-select the new generation of the Four Great Talents. This is not only unfair to Lei Zhongmo, but also to the other Grand Secretaries."
"We can't delay any longer. If we can't select a new top four talent within a month, I will request the Holy Judgement as a great scholar of the Academy of Selection of Talents."
"I think it's better to ask for the Holy Judgement as soon as possible. This matter should be decided by the Eastern Holy Pavilion. His Majesty the Holy Emperor will definitely choose Lei Chongmo as the leader of the next generation of four great talents."
"Ridiculous! What virtue and ability does Lei Chongmo have? He is just relying on the protection of the Lei family and the West Sea Dragon Clan. Although Jiaolong Wentai is strong, he is still an alien race and creature. With just this Wentai, he is not worthy of being the leader of the Four Talents."
"How can I let you ask for the Holy Judgement? Before that, I will definitely find a way to re-elect the Four Talents. You should know that in the past two years, many geniuses have risen in the human race. For example, Zhang Longxiang and Wei Huangan are both outstanding among the human race."
"Don't forget Fang Xusheng! Fang Xusheng was just promoted to Grand Secretary a few days ago. As long as the four great talents are re-elected, the first place will have nothing to do with Lei Chongmo."
"The four great talents must not be elected again!" Lei Tingzhen was furious.
"If I don't have to choose again, then I will choose Yang Xuanye. Although Yang Xuanye's family background is not as strong as Lei Chongmo's, he has been fighting against demons and barbarians, externally but not internally, and even went to Ning'an City to help. If it weren't for the fact that Gu Country has too few generals, he would have gone to Liangjie Mountain long ago, and the limelight of the Bi Can battle would not have been snatched away by a man from the literary world!"
"Yang Xuanye is not bad. He is not like Lei Chongmo, who is so despicable that he even wants to harm Xu Sheng."
Lei Tingzhen couldn't help but say, "I reiterate once again that the head of the family, Lei Chongmo, did not participate in the assassination of Fang Yun."
"Oh? So you and other members of the Lei family were involved?"
"Zeyingyuan only talks about the four great talents, not others!"
"Among the Four Great Talents, character and literary reputation are most important. Lei Chongmo's literary reputation is mixed, and his character is also extremely poor. How can he be the leader of the Four Great Talents!"
"I am afraid that after Fengcheng is destroyed, the Lei family will also produce one of the Four Great Talents who will go against the grain."
Lei Tingzhen said angrily: "You are talking nonsense! When Chongmo returns, if the four great talents have not yet decided, I will ask the emperor for judgment!"
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Zeeiin was caught up in the daily quarrel.
In the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, Fang Yun stepped into the eye of the sea, and then the world spun around, and he found himself in a huge black palace that was a hundred feet high. The style of the hall was similar to the Sin-Suppression Palace in the Blood Ray Realm, but it was more rugged, and every stone seemed to contain a strong fighting spirit.
.(To be continued.)