Fang Yun glanced at the people in front of him and walked towards the holy temple.
Everyone followed Fang Yun in a strict order of status: great scholar, university scholar, Hanlin...
Zhao Hongzhuang and the masked woman in black veil were half a body length behind the great scholar, and ahead of the university scholar.
Not everyone knew about the Moon Tree Divine Punishment. Some students who woke up late were so frightened when they saw the mighty procession and the purple robes of the great scholars that were more brilliant than the sun and the moon that they forgot to greet the others and instinctively moved to the side of the road.
It was not until Fang Yun and others had left for a long time that those people came to their senses and joined the corresponding teams according to their own rank.
Many Juren students entered the academy one after another, because just last night, three semi-saint examiners had dreams about all the Juren of Jing State. Because of Fang Yun's great contribution, a special examination was opened. This year, two hundred Jinshi and one hundred Jinshi were admitted from Jing State students, which has reached the number of Qi State, the country with the largest imperial examination, and is almost ten times the number of Jinshi admitted in previous years.
Even the most powerful country of Jing could not admit so many Jinshi in a year.
It can even be said that after the end of this joint examination, all the Jinshi ranked after the 60th were half-disciples of Fang Yun, because without Fang Yun, they would not have been able to become Jinshi this year.
Many candidates who originally did not want to participate in this year's imperial examination also came one after another. These candidates had never seen such a scene before. Whether they were on the side of Fang Yun or in front of him, they all made way involuntarily and stood in place with their heads down waiting. Only after Fang Yun and others had passed did they join the team of candidates in black.
When they were approaching the holy temple, Zhao Hongzhuang and the woman in black left the team. At the same time, they looked towards the holy temple with eyes full of reluctance and attachment.
In front of the Holy Temple stood a great scholar in a purple robe from the Holy Academy. Fang Yun had known before that the national examiner who came to Jingguo to supervise the examination was the great scholar Tang Shoude from the Academy of Classics, who was a low-key person with little reputation.
This man achieved great success as a scholar on his own merits, and had no close relationships with the various aristocratic families.
Arriving at the Holy Temple, the other officials could not go in further and stood outside the Holy Temple Square. The candidates and examiners followed Fang Yun into the venue one after another, and the originally tense atmosphere began to ease a little.
There are still many people who don’t know about the Moon Tree Divine Punishment.
"Brother Liu, why did you all come to see Fang Zhenguo off? I almost got my heart pumping when I saw it. This scene is too scary. If you know, you are seeing Fang Yun off, but if you don't know, you might think you are seeing off some great scholar..."
"Hush, stop talking nonsense!" Mr. Liu hurriedly stopped him, and the other candidates around him looked at the person who was asking the question with unfriendly expressions.
Mr. Liu hurriedly explained in a low voice: "We only found out today that the demon world used the Moon Tree Divine Punishment a month ago to accumulate strength. The Moon Tree Divine Punishment may come within three days to kill Fang Wenhou."
"What?" Many people in the crowd of candidates in front of the Holy Temple Square suddenly screamed, all of them were frightened by this incident.
"If you look carefully at the Holy Way and the Literary Newspaper, you will naturally understand that half of the pages of the Holy Way were set aside for Fang Yun, and the draft was finalized a few days ago. But the poems Fang Yun wrote yesterday are all on it. Changing the content of the Holy Way temporarily is not something even a single half-saint has the power to do. At least three half-saints must agree together and have no objections to do so."
"I understand! The Holy Way involves the supreme power of the human race. We can't say anything nonsense. At most, we can ask the Eastern Saint to comment on the first sword-summoning poem in the history, the Dragon Sword Poem. But the Literary Newspaper is different. I was just wondering why the Literary Newspaper changed its previous neutral attitude. It invited several great scholars and university scholars who are famous for their sharp words to publish articles to accuse the Lei family, the Zong family and others."
"They are seeing Fang Wenhou off."
"So, the reason why the clan prevented Fang Yun from entering the Void Saint Garden was to prevent him from gaining extra power through Void Saint to resist the Moon Tree's divine punishment. What a beast! He is worse than pigs and dogs..."
The man's voice was suddenly interrupted by a thunderous sound.
"The Lei family is like pigs and dogs, and the Zong family is like insects. They are a den of snakes and rats, and are truly a great shame to the human race! If I pass the imperial examination this year and learn how to use my tongue, I will definitely volunteer to go to Liangjie Mountain for training! I may not be able to avenge this, but I will definitely let my innocent blood splash on the Lei and Zong families!"
"Oh? The Lei family is here, why are you yelling?" A clear voice sounded. Unlike the heroic voice of the previous person, there was a sweetness and crispness in the voice, like a eunuch.
Everyone immediately turned their heads and saw a Hanlin with lips like a young girl appear outside the Temple Square.
Fang Yun didn't recognize this man, but he recognized the Jinshi Lei Yuanting standing next to him. He was the head of the Lei family in the capital of Jingguo.
Someone whispered in Fang Yun's ear, "It's Lei Yuanding, the Lei family's top scholar. He not only has the lower-grade literary mind of writing quickly, but also the middle-grade literary mind of 'empty words on paper' obtained from the sea of learning. At the same time, he has obtained the star position of the second-level official. He is hard to find an opponent among the scholars. Although he has not competed with the evil king at his peak, the armless scholar Peng Zouzhao once said that Lei Yuanting and the evil king are equally strong, and in terms of verbal battles, he is even better than the evil king! Because the dragon bone that Lei Yuanting used to conceive the sword is not an ordinary dragon bone, but a genuine holy son dragon bone, which is far superior to that of ordinary people."
Hearing the three words "Peng Zouchao", Fang Yun and the people around him stood in awe and completely forgot about Lei Yuanting who came to cause trouble.
Peng Zouchao was born in Liangjie Mountain. Before he was born, his mother was scolded by the demon saint, which shook the fetus. After he was born, Peng Zouchao was not only physically weak, but also had both arms broken at the elbows.
However, it was this man without arms, who tied a pen to his broken arm, and actually became the top scholar in the Wu Kingdom, reached the second level of calligraphy, and became a Hanlin. He was also recognized as the Hanlin's best eloquent debater.
Whenever the human Hanlin engages in a literary battle with him, there will be no winner and no draw. Peng Zouzhao will win every battle.
Moreover, like Li Wenying, Peng Zouchao did not have a complete dragon bone when he was conceiving the sword, and his innate conditions were far behind the others, but in the end they all became masters of verbal sparring.
Peng Zouzhao's body was injured from his mother's womb, and was damaged by the powerful power of the demon clan semi-saint. Even if he had more rebirth fruits, he would not be able to regenerate his broken arms. Only the semi-saint paid a huge price to restore his two arms.
However, just when Peng Zouchao passed the imperial examination in Tongzhou, Wu State and became the first place in the state, the playful Nan Sheng appeared before him and said that if Peng Zouchao could become a university scholar, he would personally help him restore his arms.
From then on, Peng Zouzhao worked even harder, and at the same time obtained some Heavenly Leaves given by noble families, and entered the Heavenly Tree.
There has been no Son of the Heavenly Tree among the Demon Marquis of the Demon Clan since ancient times, but Peng Zouchao, as a Hanlin equal to the Demon Marquis, became the first Hanlin Son of the Heavenly Tree through the ages!
Although Peng Zouzhao was a Hanlin, he was listed on the hunting list of university scholars and ranked ninth.
This means that in the eyes of the demon clan, his chance of becoming a semi-saint is more than 20%!
The armless Hanlin Peng Zozhao was recorded by historians early on, and he will surely be recorded in history after his death.
Peng Zouchao was not good at poetry and his knowledge of scriptures was average, but his talent in ancient swordsmanship was extremely sharp, reaching the fourth level and only one step away from breaking through to the fifth level, making him comparable to a university scholar.
There are not many people among the human race’s Hanlin whom Fang Yun admires, and Peng Zouchao is one of them.
While Fang Yun was thinking about Peng Zozhao's experience, many people in Jingguo glared at Lei Yuanting.
However, Lei Yuanting is too famous, and seniors with higher literary status cannot reprimand juniors, while people with lower literary status are not qualified to criticize him. (To be continued...)