On the same day, the judge of Xiangzhou reported to the Criminal Court, which made a judgment, depriving Zhuang Liwen of his title, prohibiting him from ever taking the imperial examination, and detaining him for one year.
The results were announced on September 19th. On the morning of September 20th, Fang Yun came to the Academy of Literature again because the newly-crowned successful candidates had to go to the Book Mountain.
Near noon, the book climbing mountain ended.
Although no one remembers the specific process of climbing Shushan Mountain, everyone knows which mountain and pavilion they will eventually reach.
Although there were many candidates who went to Shushan this year, very few reached the four mountains. Among the millions of candidates, less than a hundred reached the four mountains. As for those who reached the seventh mountain like Fang Yun when they were candidates, there was not a single one.
Scholars from all over the country, especially those from poor families, praised the Holy Academy for expanding the scale of the Book Mountain, because among the dozens of most outstanding people, there were several students from poor families, and these people were unknown when they were scholars.
If these people had not passed the imperial examination in previous years, they would have been unlikely to pass it. Even if they did, they would have been ranked low and not qualified to go to the Book Mountain. Without going to the Book Mountain, their potential would not be stimulated, and they would be lost in the crowd, and their precious pearls would be covered in dust.
But now the human race has given them a chance, allowing them to enter the mountain of books, stimulate their potential, and leap onto the same level as geniuses. In the future, they can at least become Hanlin, or even have the hope of becoming a Grand Secretary. If they are lucky, they will have the opportunity to become a great scholar and leave their names in history.
The power of the human race is growing explosively.
However, it will still take several decades for these young people to grow to the level of university scholars.
What made Fang Yun most happy was that the scholars of Jing State achieved relatively good results in this petition, especially Dayuan Prefecture and Ning'an City, which far exceeded other prefectures and counties.
Xiangzhou performed slightly worse because the scholars in Xiangzhou had been suppressed by the people of Qing and it would take many years to recover.
Being the chief examiner of a state's imperial examination for the first time, Fang Yun was extremely calm and experienced, and it was impossible to find any flaws in his performance.
After finishing the most important imperial examination, Fang Yun got caught up in something even busier. It was not the rectification of Xiangzhou's administration, but preparations for the ancient land of Shihan.
The Yan Zi family specially dispatched a university scholar and two Hanlin scholars who had lived in the ancient land of Shihan for many years to rush to Baling City to instruct Fang Yun on how to live in the ancient land of Shihan and how to seize the king of Shihan.
Not only that, Yan Zi's family brought a large number of books for Fang Yun to read, including many portraits of the ancient land of Shihan.
At four o'clock in the morning, Fang Yun stretched, walked out of the study, looked at the dim sky, and walked slowly in the yard. While exercising his body, he was thinking about the information of the Shihan Ancient Land.
"This Ten Cold Ancient Land is very strange. It is shrouded by great power and floats in the starry sky. Saint power cannot enter directly and can only search in the vast starry sky. People below the Saint position can enter the cross-border star gate leading to the Ten Cold Ancient Land. This should be similar to the Saint Yuan Continent, preventing overly powerful forces from the outside world from entering."
"There are many different opinions about the origin of this place, because there are traces of dragons, ancient monsters, and demons. The origin has not been determined yet. But I always feel that this ancient land of Shihan has an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but I am not sure why."
Fang Yun looked up at the sky. It was the end of the month. It was clearly the second half of the night, but the moon had just risen.
"There are also star monsters in the Shihan Ancient Land, which is an advantage for me. But the disadvantage is also great, because the Ice Clan and other monsters in the Shihan Ancient Land are closer to the monster world. In addition to me and the Yan family, the Mengzi family, the Xunzi family, the Zisi family, the Wenwang family, and the Zengzi family will definitely take action, and the Zong family has been operating the Shihan Ancient Land for many years."
"The Ten Cold Ancient Land was originally a Sub-Saint Ancient Land, controlled by the six Sub-Saint families, but there was no explicit rule that the other Semi-Saint families could not enter, nor was there a prohibition on the other Semi-Saint families from competing for the Cold King. However, many Semi-Saint families abide by the unspoken rules and can enter the Ten Cold Ancient Land, but they do not compete for the Cold King and do not conflict with the six Sub-Saint families. The Zong family is different. It paid a huge price to make the other Sub-Saint families ignore it, so that they will participate in the competition for the Ten Cold King this time."
"However, there is another reason. Now that the human race and the demon world are about to go to war, seizing the position of the Cold Lord will be of great significance to the human race. The six sub-saint families know the importance of this matter. To be on the safe side and avoid the human race getting nothing, they tacitly agreed to the participation of the clan in the battle for the Ten Cold Lords."
Fang Yun thought to himself, and began to ponder over the most famous ancient land of birth and death in the Ten Cold Ancient Land, also called the Ten Cold Birth and Death.
Every three hundred years or so, the ancient land of Shihan will undergo earth-shaking changes, resulting in a horrific catastrophe. Ninety-nine percent of all living beings will die in the disaster, and only a few can survive by passing through the Ice Emperor Palace.
Moreover, during the process of the ancient land's birth and death, everyone has to compete for the identities of the ten cold kings. After the end, each cold king will be blessed with the power of the Ten Cold Ancient Lands and possess the strongest power under the Half-Saint.
The strongest is the First Cold Lord, also known as the Great Cold Lord.
Han Jun has an extremely long lifespan, at least two hundred years, but as long as he leaves the Shihan Ancient Land, his lifespan will return to normal.
The current ten Han Juns are all descendants of the previous Han Jun. They are not eligible to compete for the next Han Jun. Once a new Han Jun is born, their lifespans will be drastically shortened.
Just now, Fang Yun received some very bad news. Because of the imminent birth and death, the Shihan Ancient Land had fallen into chaos.
Not everyone is qualified to enter the Ice Emperor Palace to avoid life and death, so many people initially looked for protection like crazy. After confirming that they could not enter the Ice Emperor Palace, the human race, demon race, or ice race from all over the Ten Cold Ancient Lands went crazy one after another.
If it were just that, it would not have alarmed the Yan family and Fang Yun, but a Cold Lord of the Ice Clan seemed to think that his descendants would not be able to seize the position of Cold Lord again, and his future status could not be guaranteed, so he went crazy and wanted to unify the Ten Cold Ancient Lands before the ancient lands were created or destroyed and slaughter all the geniuses so that no one would compete with his descendants for the position of Ten Cold Lord.
Afterwards, the two blood demon Man Hanjun joined forces to attack the star demon Man Hanjun.
Killing and snowstorms permeated the ancient land of Shihan.
Fang Yun felt a little heavy-hearted. The Shihan Ancient Land was about to collapse and there was no order at all. Entering there now would be a huge risk.
"However, there is a power there that is attracting me. It may be the power of the dragon clan, the ancient demon, or even the power of the emperor clan. No matter which power it is, it will not harm me. I have a feeling that if I don't go there, I will definitely regret it. At my level, if I really have this feeling, I must go and find out."
Fang Yun lowered his head and thought for a long time. Suddenly he raised his head, looked at the moon in the sky, and returned to the study.
"Now that we have decided, let's make the final preparations."
Just when Fang Yun was busiest, a major case occurred in Xiangzhou, and a family of fourteen in Zhengde County was wiped out.
This kind of case was nothing when the Ten Nations were at war, but today when relations between the ten nations of the human race are gradually easing, once it was disclosed, it shocked the world, and many scholars on the discussion list were discussing this matter.
The reason why this case attracted the human race was that Zhengde County was the fief of Prince Ji.
Fang Yun is Prince Ji.
.(To be continued)