While Ji Zhibai was thinking about how to take revenge on Fang Yun in Ning'an County, the three hundred Jinshi scholars put on their Jinshi sword robes and entered the main hall of the holy temple one by one.
The holy temple of Jingguo Academy is the largest holy temple in Jingguo. The hall is illuminated by the light of luminous pearls, and in front are statues of saints. There seems to be an invisible force in the air that has accumulated for thousands of years, so thick that it cannot be dissolved, making people feel like they are in water, forming a strange resistance to the mind.
"Boom..."
The gate was closed, and the three hundred scholars faced the sound with their heads lowered, solemn and dignified under the light of the luminous pearl.
A subtle sound was heard, and then the entire capital city within a thousand miles shook slightly. Then, an orange light column several dozen feet thick was seen falling from the sky, bombarding the sky above the holy temple with the power to guard the heaven and earth.
At the same time, in the other eleven academies such as Qiguo, Qingguo, Wuguo, Kongcheng, and some ancient places outside Shengyuan Continent, there were talented people descending from heaven with great momentum.
Fang Yun's students, scholars, juren and jinshi were all in front of the emperor, and this time was the eighth baptism of his talent!
The total amount of talent Fang Yun has acquired is far less than that of the great scholar, but the number of times has exceeded that of the great scholar!
Only semi-saints can receive the eighth talent baptism!
Fang Yun only felt a huge and strange torrent descending from the sky and penetrating his whole body. The force was like water but invisible. It clearly carried the power of heaven but was as gentle as a breeze.
Since Fang Yun's Wen Palace had already undergone the transformation of a Jinshi, this baptism of talent did not cause too much change. At first glance, it only seemed that the Wen Palace was wider and more solid, the Wen Dan was more condensed and crystal clear, the stars in the Wen Palace were brighter, the body was slightly strengthened, the lifespan increased a little, and the talent grew again, reaching seven inches, but there were four of them.
He is extremely talented.
The higher one’s literary rank, the slower one’s talent grows. It often takes an ordinary Jinshi more than ten years for one’s talent to grow to ten inches.
However, Fang Yun has the blessing of Wenqu Star and Wengong Star, and his talent grows much faster than anyone else. Especially the huge Jingsheng Star, Tianxia Star and Zhenguo Star, which are the most dazzling.
At this time, Wenquxing was located in the center of Wen Palace, and the other stars were motionless. Only the Jingsheng Star, which represented "Six Kingdoms Theory", was like a satellite of Wenquxing, orbiting around Wenquxing.
The starlight emitted by this Shocking Star is extremely powerful. Under the illumination of this star, Fang Yun's talent growth and recovery speed far exceeds that of ordinary people. Fang Yun looked at the Shocking Star in the Wen Palace and knew that this star must have other magical uses, but it was a pity that it was difficult to know now.
"Huh?" Fang Yun looked at the column of smoke of his talent again.
At the innermost of the Wen Palace is a statue of Fang Yun himself. Above the statue is a column of smoke representing everyone's talent.
Now Fang Yun is a Jinshi, and his talent is as thick as his arm. When he was a student, his talent was as fine as silk, thinner than an ordinary person's hair.
The talent of ordinary scholars is in the form of smoke, but if one continues to hone his talent, the talent in the smoke column will become more solid and flow slowly, forming a talent that flows like a stream. Fang Yun had already entered the realm of talent flowing like a stream.
And now, Fang Yun's talent column has finally reached the third level, his talent is like water.
From then on, Fang Yun's battle poems would have an extra layer of water wave light on the surface. The power would be increased by an extra 10%, allowing the verbal battle to fly further.
Fang Yun once met a genius with talent as great as water, that is Xun Zhixing, who grew up in the ancient land of Shihan. Because he got a treasure in the ancient land of Shihan, his talent is extraordinary. When Fang Yun challenged ten people from the Xun family in succession, Xun Zhixing was in ninth place. He almost defeated Fang Yun with his talent as great as water.
Fang Yun had already known through letters that the top three candidates in this year's Qing Kingdom examination were the undisputed first being Yan Yukong, the second being Xun Zhixing who changed his student status from the ancient land of Shihan to Qing Kingdom, and Zong Wude was only ranked fifth. It can be seen that Qing Kingdom is home to many hidden talents.
Yan Yukong had the potential to get A-level in poetry, classics and policy essays and become one of the top three winners, but the A-level policy essay of Qingguo was written by Xun Zhixing, and the policy essay that is now ranked tenth on the literary list was written by Xun Zhixing.
This is the case with the imperial examination every year. There will always be some candidates who are not famous in the Shengyuan Continent and rank among the top. These geniuses are all descendants of the human race in the ancient land. They can also participate in the imperial examination. Most of them are quite famous in the ancient land, but unknown in the Shengyuan Continent.
There are three main human races in the ancient land.
The first type is the most noble "boundary guardians" of the human race. Their name originated from the Liangjie Mountain. These are the outstanding bloodlines selected by various families. They have grown up in Liangjie Mountain, the Shihan Ancient Land, the Huangcheng Ancient Land, the Zhenyu Sea and other places from generation to generation.
The Guardians also participate in the imperial examinations, but their names are not included in the list of any country. Even the Mountain of Books and the Sea of Learning are separated from others. They only enter the Holy Academy when they are about to make a breakthrough and then return. They do not participate in any form of internal fighting among the human race. They have only one goal, to protect the human race!
The guardians of the boundary only marry within the bloodline of the saints, and they also study the scriptures, but their main mission is to fight, which makes it difficult for them to become saints. However, their ability to kill the enemy far exceeds that of ordinary children from noble families.
The boundary guardians are an independent group directly governed by the saints of the Holy Academy. Nominally, they are from aristocratic families and still retain their family names and bloodlines, but in reality they do not have a deep relationship with the various families.
The second type is the children of aristocratic families who have been ostracized and convicted. These people are sinners in the aristocratic families. Unless they have made great contributions or the aristocratic families show them mercy, they will never be able to enter the Shengyuan Continent.
Xun Zhixing is the descendant of a sinner from a noble family, but because of his extraordinary talent, he was fully cultivated by the sinner clan of the Shihan Ancient Land. The head of the Xun family saw that Xun Zhixing was so talented, so he showed mercy and pardoned him, allowing Xun Zhixing to return to Shengyuan Continent and challenge Fang Yun in Wendou State.
The third type is ordinary people. They are neither children of noble families nor criminals. They are treated the same as the scholars of Shengyuan Continent. Each ancient land is equivalent to a country, and there will be a top scholar every year. However, they have very few connections with Shengyuan Continent because the two worlds are separated and it is really inconvenient to communicate.
Some of the outstanding ones will enter the Holy Academy for further study. They can choose to stay in the Shengyuan Continent or the Ancient Land in the future, but most of them give up the superior life in the Shengyuan Continent and return to their hometown after studying in the Holy Academy.
It is precisely inspired by these people that the elites of the human race, after they have achieved academic success, will apply to enter the ancient land for tempering. After becoming a great scholar, whether they are willing or not, they must choose a certain ancient land to make contributions to the human race. If they do not have enough military merits, they will never be allowed to return to the Shengyuan Continent.
The other Jinshi's Wen Palaces were undergoing great changes, and they were all in a trance. Only Fang Yun could carefully feel the subtleties of the baptism of talent and have a deeper understanding of the nature of talent.
After absorbing all the talent, Fang Yun prepared to exit the Wen Palace. Before leaving, he took a quick look and found that all his literary lights had grown, especially the first one, "Writing Furiously", which was twice as strong as "Extremely Talented" and "Speaking One Way and Meaning Another".
"I'll check it out when I get a chance, and see what changes will happen when writing at full speed reaches its peak."
Soon, the baptism of talent ended, and many scholars woke up one after another. Many of them entered the Wen Palace to observe the changes in it.
Fang Yun smiled as he looked at these Jinshi scholars. Usually, Jing State only admitted more than 30 Jinshi scholars a year. This year, due to the change of Wenquxing and Fang Yun's many contributions, Jing State admitted 300 Jinshi scholars, making him the greatest contributor to Jing State this year. (Want to know more exciting updates about "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism"? Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add a public account in Add Friends, search for "zhongwenwang", follow the public account, and never miss any updates!) (To be continued..)