"Thank you for your good words. Please pay more attention to the matter of private soldiers. However, ordinary demon commanders can no longer satisfy me. The worst should be royal demon commanders or ordinary demon marquises."
"Of course I know you have high requirements. Otherwise, with my background, it would be easy for me to find ordinary demon commanders. It's easy to pick demon barbarian soldiers for others, but it's different for you. The blood demon barbarians are doomed to fail. Even the descendants of the blood demon barbarians are excluded by me. I can only target the star demon barbarians. With your status as the Moon Emperor, the star demon barbarians will not only not rebel, but will be particularly loyal. But the number of star demon barbarians is too small. Give me a few more months. If it really doesn't work, I will find a way to get a batch of demon barbarians from the ancient land of the deserted city."
"Well, you can handle these things. It's better to match them properly. I want more monsters that master special magic to make up for the lack of scholars like me. It would be even better if we can find rare insect monsters."
"Insect demons? They are so rare that they are protected as rare demons in the demon world. By the way, there are many legends about insect demons, but I have never understood why they are so rare. You should know, right?"
"I do know why the insect demons are so rare. When the demon race rose to power, the four tribes of insect demons, bird demons, beast demons, and fish demons fought against the ancient demon race. Although there were few saints among the insect demons at that time, they had a reproduction capacity far exceeding that of other tribes. If there were no half-saints in the battle, the insect demons would be invincible on the battlefield. Later, the half-saints of the insect race were killed by the saints of the ancient demons, and then the saints of the ancient demons cursed the entire insect demon race, causing the insect demons to never recover."
"I see. The war back then must have been very exciting. Unfortunately, I don't know if our human race can defeat the monsters and usher in a new era. Well, I'll go and prepare. You continue to study. We'll meet in Kongcheng during the Ten Nations Competition."
After chatting with Zeng Yuan, Fang Yunshen entered Wen Palace to check out the seedling of the Heavenly Tree. The seedling was only an inch tall. It consisted of two ovate tender leaves and an upright, thin trunk. It was called a Heavenly Tree seedling, but in reality it looked like a small bean sprout.
This little bean sprout seems to have nothing special about it, but it can take root in the Wen Palace. It neither releases power to benefit Fang Yun, nor absorbs Fang Yun's power.
Fang Yun carefully checked his Wen Palace and body. After sitting in the Heavenly Tree for three hours, the vitality in his body was obviously stronger, and his Wen Palace was also stronger, just as the book said. His self-healing ability will be extremely strong in the future.
Every time the sapling of the Heavenly Tree grows, Fang Yun can enter the Heavenly Tree once. Each time, the leaf continent he is in will be higher than the previous one, and the strange energy he obtains will be better.
A Semi-Saint had deduced that if the seedling of the Heavenly Tree could be cultivated to a certain extent, it could acquire the powerful vitality of the Heavenly Tree itself, and could even restore the shattered Wen Dan.
Fang Yun recalled the scene he saw yesterday. The leaf continent was suspended in the night sky alone, with no tree trunks or other leaves around. He didn't think much about it at the time, but now he thinks that leaf is like a world of its own.
Looking at the sapling of the Heavenly Tree, Fang Yun thought of the Dragon Saint Corpse Qi it needed, and felt helpless. Not even a few Half-Saints had seen that thing, and it was not unfair for those geniuses who fell into the hands of this Heavenly Tree sapling.
Fang Yun continued to study, staying indoors until the morning of September 15, when he personally carried his book box, left the first dormitory, and headed for the imperial class of the academy.
September 15th of every year is the first day of school for the Juren class.
The imperial academy has one regular class for Juren every year, and each class lasts for three years, so it is divided into three grades: A, B, and C. Each year, they are divided into eight classes according to the beginning of "Thousand Character Classic": "Heaven, Earth, Xuan, Huang, Yu, Zhou, Hong, and Huang".
These twenty-four classes bring together the most outstanding candidates in Jingguo. Every year, the first place in each state's examination is exempted from the examination and enters the Bingtian class of that year, while the rest of the students need to take the examination.
In addition to the top scorer of the year, candidates recommended by the literary academies of each state can also come here to study, but such candidates must have more than three years of experience as a candidate and must be among the top ten in the examination that year.
In addition, semi-saint families, grand secretaries and great scholars all have their own right of recommendation.
These recommended students can directly enter the imperial academy's Juren class to study, and they account for nearly three-tenths of the total.
The remaining 70% of students need to take multiple exams before they can enter the Juren class.
In addition to the regular class, there is also a deputy class. Although the deputy class for Juren is affiliated with the Imperial Academy, it only recruits Juren from the capital. Its actual status is equivalent to that of a class in a literary academy in each state.
In addition to the Juren class, the academy also had a Jinshi class, a Xiucai class, a Tongsheng class and a women's class.
There is only one class of Jinshi every year. Only those who do not want to be officials and want to make further progress in their literary careers will continue to study here in order to consolidate their knowledge. Most of them are people who have just passed the Jinshi examination. Experienced Jinshi will choose to join the civil service, literary academy or military. Only a few Jinshi will travel to study in various countries.
As for the top batch of Jinshi, they either entered the Confucius Mansion for further studies or competed for a position in the Holy Academy. If they could not study in the Holy Academy, they could settle for the next best thing and fight for the opportunity to work in the Holy Academy, even if it meant doing odd jobs.
Although the Xiucai class and Tongsheng class were also in the imperial academy, they were actually affiliated with the "Capital Academy of Literature". The status of these two classes was far inferior to that of the Juren class and the Jinshi class.
The carriage stopped outside a courtyard. Fang Yun got off with a book box on his back and looked up at the courtyard gate.
There was a plaque hanging on the door with the words "Bing Tian" inscribed on it. Fang Yun smiled slightly and translated the two words into 'C grade Tian class' in his mind with some nostalgia.
According to the military's timekeeping method, the class should start at 7:30 in the morning. Fang Yun arrived at 7:20, which felt neither early nor late. However, when he entered the yard and walked into the classroom, he saw that it was full of students, all of whom were successful candidates in the imperial examinations wearing black robes.
This classroom is not an ordinary house, but more like a small palace. It has excellent facilities in all aspects, and even the desks are made of precious wood.
Fang Yun wanted to take a closer look, but someone whispered "Fang Wenhou" and all the candidates stood up immediately, more excited than when they saw the teacher come in.
"Meet Fang Wenhou!"
Nearly thirty successful candidates all bowed in greeting.
The gazes of 90% of the students were hot enough to melt steel.
Fang Yun glanced at the crowd. These people were all adults. There were almost no people under the age of 20. Some were even in their 30s or 40s. The identities of these people were far more complicated than those of the students in the academy.
Fang Yun did not bend down, but bowed slightly and smiled, "You are too polite. Since we are studying in the same academy, we should call each other classmates from now on. If we are to distinguish between superior and inferior according to the rank of official position, every time you greet each other with "Hello, sir", you should also greet me with "Hello, Lord Wen" together with the sir."
The class burst into laughter.
"However, in order to avoid being reported when I skip school in the future, I decided to bribe you all in advance. After school in the afternoon, I will treat you all to dinner. My classmates in Beijing will help choose the location and order the food. As long as you don't order anything fancy, anything is fine!" Fang Yun said with a smile.
As soon as everyone heard it, they knew that Fang Yun was using such joking words to express goodwill, and he really regarded these people as classmates. If Fang Yun said nothing or even did not get along with them, the whole class would be in trouble. Fang Yun's identity was too special, and these scholars were not children. They all knew how important the relationship between "classmates" was among scholars, almost close to "comrades".
Fellow townsmen, classmates, classmates and fellow society members are called the "four similarities". After entering the court, these relationships are the most cohesive.
In order to be in the same class with Fang Yun, more than half of the people mobilized their families.
Moreover, many people also heard the hidden intention in Fang Yun's words.
"Brother Fang, this is what you said! Since it's a big banquet for thirty people, let's choose Shanghelou in the capital. I'll ask someone to make a reservation after the first class!" said a man with a Beijing accent.
"Thank you, classmate. You all must come and give me the opportunity. I won't be alone facing several tables of food." Fang Yun said while looking at everyone with a smile.
"sure!"
"I'm going to eat you out of money!"
"If anyone doesn't go when Fang Zhenguo invites us, it will hurt the harmony among classmates. I, Shi Xingshan, will be the first one to disagree!" The man looked at the others with a smile.
Everyone was startled. Everyone here knew that Shi Xingshan was the grandson of the head of the wealthy Shi family, and his mother was the daughter of the head of the Zhang Heng family. He had a very high status. What he said was very clear. When Fang Yun invited guests, everyone had to give face. If anyone didn't give face, Fang Yun would take action even if he didn't care.
Although many people in the Juren class had extraordinary family backgrounds, none of them could surpass this son of a wealthy family who had a wide range of friends.
Shi Xingshan's gaze deliberately lingered on the faces of a few people, all of whom were from the left prime minister or King Kang's faction.
The others also looked at them along with Shi Xingshan. Some of them looked at them unfriendly, as if they would not be able to be classmates in the future if those people did not agree.
Those people had no choice but to give an affirmative answer, saying that they must participate in this classmate dinner.
"Since no one objects, it's settled. Fang Yun, if you are interested in Beijing's cuisine, I can help you, but I have to eat with you!" Shi Xingshan said with a smile.
"good."
Everyone laughed together.
Fang Yun walked to the end of the classroom with a smile.
Many people immediately understood when they saw the position Fang Yun chose that Fang Yun would do what a student in the class should do, but it is best not to disturb him at ordinary times.
When the time came, the teacher came to teach. After the class, everyone secretly looked at Fang Yun. If Fang Yun was busy reading, they would not disturb him. If Fang Yun was free, someone would immediately go over to chat with him.
By the afternoon, everyone had gradually adapted to this class and realized that Fang Yun was no different from other students, at least in daily life, he was just a little quieter.
After school in the afternoon, the whole class went to Shanghelou for a party. The party was not very lively and lasted only an hour, but it was a good start.
After finishing this meal, many people felt extremely at peace.
Fang Yun was willing to take the initiative to treat everyone to a meal. His underlying intention was to express that he was willing to accept these classmates as his future team, which was the clearest signal of recruitment.
After the first day, Fang Yun became an ordinary student. He participated in every group activity and did everything an ordinary student should do. He neither bullied others nor had a particularly close relationship with anyone.
The days passed peacefully. On September 20th, Fang Yun and ten other top Jinshi candidates took extra classes to learn how to conduct the Ten-Nation Competition. The teacher was the President of the Academy, Grand Secretary Guo Zitong.
On the morning of September 30th, Guo Zitong, the Grand Secretary of the Jing State Academy, and two Hanlin scholars led ten top Jinshi candidates on a flying boat to Kongcheng.
Everyone arrived at Kongcheng at noon and entered the Jingguo exclusive dormitory area of the Kongfu Academy. (To be continued...)