The examination began on the first day of December and ended on the morning of the fourth day of December, no more, no less, exactly three days and three nights.
The other candidates for the Juren examination finished the first test of the Jinshi examination and left the examination room one after another, but Fang Yun was still sleeping soundly.
The examiners in the academy did not wake up Fang Yun, nor did they go to mark the test papers. They continued to stand in front of the holy temple waiting.
Waiting for the astonishing scholar.
Fang Yun didn't wake up until long after the examination was over, close to dusk.
Fang Yun opened his eyes dazedly, feeling exhausted all over. He wanted to stay in bed, but with Wen Dan around, his body was almost out of control at this time, and he sat up instinctively.
Fang Yun sat on the edge of the bed with his head down, his mind a mess. He felt as if something big had happened yesterday, but his mind was full of various fragments of memory and it was chaotic.
It took a long time for Fang Yun to wake up completely and recall what happened yesterday.
Fang Yun hurriedly looked at the desk and found that all the poems, scriptures and policy essays had been taken away.
Fang Yun hurriedly stood up and checked his body. He was seriously injured yesterday, but today, apart from body aches, he had no other injuries.
"It should be the Holy Temple that saved me..."
Fang Yun thought to himself, took a deep breath, forced himself to be strong, quickly packed up all his things, and carried the book box on his back.
As he walked out of the examination room, Fang Yun looked up and around.
The sky above the capital was still clear, and the winter sunset shone on my body, making me feel particularly comfortable. Far away from the capital, the clouds were hanging low, and heavy snow was falling. I wonder if it was affected by yesterday's strange phenomenon.
Fang Yun looked up again. That was the place where the divine punishment fell yesterday, but there was nothing there today. It was as peaceful as usual.
"What happened after the Holy Path Eight-Sided Sword entered the demon world? What will happen to me if the demon world's divine punishment fails this time? How high will my ranking be on the Great Scholar Hunting List? I hope I won't be directly included in the List of All Saints. The List of All Saints is not just a list for the human race, but a list for all realms. It's not an ordinary ranking. There's a mystery inside, but unfortunately I don't understand it yet."
Fang Yun thought to himself and walked out. Now he didn’t have the official seal in his hand, so he didn’t know how long he had slept.
After walking out of the examination room area, Fang Yun came to the edge of the Holy Temple Square and saw all the examiners looking at him.
"Greetings, Saint Fang Xu!" Minister Jiang Hechuan bowed first, and the others followed suit and bowed in greeting.
Fang Yun hurriedly bowed in return and said, "Minister Wen, you are embarrassing me. Could it be that my statue has been placed in the Void Saint Garden?"
Jiang Hechuan stroked his beard and smiled, "Although your statue has not been placed in the Void Saint Garden, the six sub-saints have awakened because you are the Void Saint, so you are the Void Saint!"
The other examiners nodded slightly. Yesterday, King Wen of Zhou had said, "Who can hurt the false saint of our human race?" This was the legendary "granted by the holy words". Only the sub-saint could object, and all the half-saints of the human race combined were not qualified to object.
The Sub-Sage himself gave the Holy Blessing. Not to mention that Fang Yun is a virtual saint who deserves the title. Even if Fang Yun is penniless, the Sub-Sage said he is a virtual saint. He is a virtual saint!
Fang Yun realized it then, and said, "It is the kindness of the six sub-saints, and I am unworthy of it."
Those people wanted to persuade Fang Yun not to be modest, but after thinking carefully, they realized that "being loved by a sub-saint" could not be considered modesty. The human race had not seen a sub-saint for hundreds of years, and even those semi-saints were not able to say that they were loved by a sub-saint. Fang Yun's words had nothing to do with modesty.
Fang Yun saw that everyone's eyes were not right, and he didn't know why. He quickly interrupted and asked, "Excuse me, what day is it today?"
"It's the fourth day of the New Year. You just slept for one extra day, not too long." An examiner kindly reminded.
"Thank you! Thank you for your hard work, examiners. I have to go home, so I won't say any more." Fang Yun said and turned to leave, but was stopped by Jiang Hechuan.
"Wen Ying became a great scholar not long ago. Today he is leaving for the ancient land of Huangcheng to guard and practice. Many scholars from Jingguo are seeing him off. I cannot go, so you will see him off on my behalf."
Fang Yun immediately said: "I will convey the intention of the Minister of Literature. By the way, I want to ask, when Jianmei Gong became a great scholar, how many layers of clouds, how many layers of towers, and how many stars did he get?"
Jiang Hechuan looked around and said, "It doesn't matter what I say. Three layers of clouds, three layers of towers, five stars."
Fang Yun was extremely delighted and said, "The stars in the Cloud Tower are all over three, and some have even broken five. There is hope for canonization!"
Jiang Hechuan said, "It's nothing to have a Cloud Tower star sign of over three. I've also been over three, but my stars are not as good as Wen Ying's. If you really want to be canonized, the Cloud Tower star sign must be at least five. Then Yi Zhishi is the one who has a real chance of being canonized, six layers of cloud, five layers of tower, five stars."
"Then I will go and see Master Jianmei off." Fang Yun turned around and left again, but was stopped by Jiang Hechuan again.
"Wait!" Jiang Hechuan's tone suddenly became cold.
Fang Yun was slightly surprised and looked at Jiang Hechuan seriously.
Jiang Hechuan looked serious and said slowly: "Although you are a virtual saint, you are still a Jinshi after all."
"I know that I am not complacent." Fang Yun felt a little strange. Although his will was not as firm as that of the saint, he would not be looked down upon like that.
Jiang Hechuan said, "You must think carefully at the Snow Plum Blossom Conference tomorrow! The plum blossoms are in full bloom this year, which is a good omen."
Tang Shoude, the national examiner standing by, suddenly said, "Brother Hechuan, you are already talking nonsense before the examination is over. Be careful or I will report you to the Holy Academy!"
"Traitors!" Jiang Hechuan said, turned around and walked towards the marking room, holding his head proudly.
A number of examiners followed closely. The strange thing was that some of these examiners were examiners from the Holy Academy and should have a good relationship with Tang Shoude.
Tang Shoude held his head high and chest out, and walked towards the examination room. The examiners who had been standing still followed him closely, and among them were many officials from the Kingdom of Jing.
On the surface, the two great scholars seemed to have suddenly fallen out with each other, but some officials following them were smiling.
Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing. This involved an interesting story about scholars that lasted for hundreds of years and became more and more popular.
Fang Yun shook his head and walked out.
The examiners hurried into the marking room.
Jiang Hechuan and Tang Shoude seemed to be irreconcilable, but they made peace in front of the marking room. They smiled, made a gesture of invitation, and went in together.
The moment they entered the marking room, all the examiners' eyes lit up. They quickly scanned the marking room and finally their gazes fell on a place where the talent was so strong that even the holy temple could not suppress it.
Other people’s test papers were loaded with hundreds of copies in one cart, but it took three ox carts to carry Fang Yun’s test paper alone!
Unlike the Tongsheng examination, Xiucai examination and Juren examination, the first joint examination of the Jinshi examination has to go through two rounds of marking. The examiners present will mark it once, and the three semi-saint examiners will select the best ones to mark them personally, which is the semi-saint comments.
But no matter what, the three semi-saints will be asked to make the selection at the beginning. This time, Jingguo will admit 200 Jinshi and 100 Tongjinshi, so the semi-saints will select 600 test papers, and the examiners in the examination room will arrange them and admit the owners of the first 300 test papers.
However, the examiners present completely forgot about worshipping the Three Saints, and walked quickly towards the place where the talent was strong, with bright eyes and slightly red faces.
There, the three test papers all emitted a faint glow. (To be continued...)