"Jinshi Fang Yun, come to participate in the Sangu Lianzhan Jinshi selection." Fang Yun bowed, and felt a white light enveloping him. Then his mind left his body, just like climbing a mountain of books. First, his eyes went dark, and then he came to a large parade ground.
The parade ground was three miles long and wide, with rock steps all around. Standing nearby were outstanding Jinshi from various countries, more than a hundred of them, as well as four university secretaries and two great scholars.
There were still some candidates standing on the steps and did not leave.
Fang Yun's eyes swept across the two great scholars and recognized them as the two elders from the Criminal Hall and the War Hall respectively. One was the great scholar Gao Mo of the Legalist school, and the other was the great scholar He Qionghai of the Military School. Both of them had white hair, but ruddy complexion and bright eyes. After seeing Fang Yun, they just nodded slightly and did not give him any special treatment.
Fang Yun looked at the people around him again, and most of them were famous scholars of the human race. Some of them were in Ning'an City a few days ago and left after the Chongyang Literary Meeting.
Except for a few younger people in their early twenties, most of them are old scholars in their forties or above, and there is even a centenarian in his nineties.
There were many talented people who passed the imperial examination with Fang Yun last year, such as Yan Yukong and Li Fanming, but they were too young and lacked combat experience to be qualified for the Sangu selection.
The Juren have been selected, and after the Jinshi are selected, the Hanlin will be selected.
Seeing Fang Yun, many Jinshi showed joy and walked towards him quickly.
"Brother Fang!"
"Fang Xusheng!"
"Fang Zhenguo!"
Fang Yun saw people he knew returning the greetings one by one. Fang Yun recognized all the Seven Sons of the Holy Academy, as well as some middle-aged Jinshi who had participated in the Jinshi Hunting Ground. The attitudes of both sides were quite warm.
The other old scholars had almost no interaction with Fang Yun, but a few special people also came over to say hello.
They are all from Qing country, and were Fang Yun’s opponents in the battle of Xiangzhou!
There is Zhang Huzhu who is good at painting, Mo Tuo who has a strong mechanical beast, Yin Qi who is a doctor and an old Jinshi who is good at using poison. There is also Zong Jibing who Fang Yun still remembers. This person has the blood of the ice clan of the Ten Cold Ancient Land and obtained the power of the ice clan great saint to form a sub-sage star. Fang Yun defeated him after a hard battle, and this person is a strong competitor for the next generation of Jinshi Shilao.
Although these people had fought with Fang Yunwen and had grudges against him, there was no hostility between the two sides today.
Seeing them, Fang Yun thought of Qiu Chongshan, who had the Jiaoya Ancient Spear, who died in a literary battle because he fulfilled his wish, and Qu Hange, who tried to crush Fang Yun's verbal battle, but was eventually killed by Fang Yun with "Red Dust Kill".
Zong Jibing brought the scholars from Qing Kingdom with him. He had the blood of the Ice Clan, his skin was white and his eyes were glowing blue. Although he was not tall, he was very strong and did not look like an old scholar in his seventies at all.
"Zong Jibing greets Fang Xusheng." Zong Jibing greeted Fang Yun politely.
"Greetings, Fang Xusheng!" Many scholars from the Qing Kingdom greeted Fang Yun, not daring to break the rules.
"Greetings, Mr. Zong, and all the scholars of Qing country." Fang Yun returned the greeting politely.
Zong Jibing said: "I hope that in this three-valley battle, I can go hand in hand with Fang Xusheng. Defeat the monsters!"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Zong has made some progress recently. Mr. Zong has a better chance of being selected this time."
"It's nothing. I can just summon two stars at the same time." Zong Jibing showed pride.
Fang Yun was stunned. He said, "It seems that one of the three Jinshi this time must be Mr. Zong. Congratulations!"
The star position consumes one's own power in exchange for part of the power of the holy position. It is extremely difficult to summon a star position. If two star positions are summoned at the same time, the talent consumption is extremely large, and the body of an ordinary person may not be able to withstand it. But there is no doubt that once two star positions are summoned at the same time, the power in a short period of time will be difficult to estimate.
Zong Jibing originally had the opportunity to be selected as one of the ten elder Jinshi, and now he can control the double star position. He is bound to be one of the best Jinshi in the entire human race.
When the nearby Jinshi heard this, they congratulated together. Even the Jinshi from countries such as Wu, which were hostile to Qing, were very happy. Now was the time to unite against the outside world. The stronger Zong Jibing was, the greater the possibility that the three valleys would win the battle.
The scholars who participated in the selection had not arrived yet, so Fang Yun first chatted with the scholars around him.
Soon, all the candidates for the imperial examination arrived, including the most outstanding scholars from Shengyuan Continent and most of the ancient lands, a total of 221 people.
A university scholar in blue coughed lightly, and the sound was like the pleasant sound of jades colliding, attracting everyone's attention.
The university scholar glanced at the group of Jinshi candidates and said, "I am the examiner of the Sangu Jinshi candidates this time. I believe you have read the content of the examination, so I will not repeat it. But there is one point that I want to emphasize..."
At this point, Grand Scholar Guo once again glanced at the scholars and said slowly in a more serious tone: "This three-valley battle is more significant than in the past. If the three-valley battle fails this year, the benefits to the demon race will be immeasurable. As for why this is the case, we will explain it in detail after the three-valley scholars are selected. Then, let's not waste any more time and start the selection. The first test is to compare the flying speed of verbal battles. The full score is 100. If it is less than 50, you will be automatically eliminated! Follow me into the training ground and stand at the designated position!"
A cloud of rapid advancement appeared under the feet of Grand Secretary Guo, and he slowly flew to one side of the parade ground on the white cloud. Two hundred and twenty-one successful candidates quickly lined up in a row and looked forward.
A hundred feet ahead of them, there was a red line.
Grand Scholar Guo said, "In the first round, without using the Hidden Edge Poem, control the lip-gun and tongue-sword to fly ten times back and forth. The faster it flies, the higher the score. Everyone has already prepared for this, so I will not elaborate on it. Ready... Start!"
When Grand Secretary Guo gave an order, everyone started to speak veiledly.
The verbal attacks flashed with different lights, emitting explosions that broke through the sound barrier one after another, and flew forward at a terrifying speed.
Hundreds of swords flying together are very spectacular and full of unique beauty.
Fang Yun was multitasking while spitting out his tongue sword and found that among the 221 Jinshi, more than 20 of them had sword-drawing speed faster than him. The fastest one was 5 percent faster than him. This time may seem short, but it can mean the difference between life and death on the battlefield.
Fang Yun knew that the speed of sword drawing mainly depended on experience, and secondly on the quality of the sword. These twenty-odd Jinshi had been using verbal battles for more than thirty years, so it was normal that they could not defeat the opponent.
Although Fang Yun's sword was ranked outside the top 20, its initial speed was extremely high. After just one breath, it surpassed all the ancient swords and continued to lead with an absolute advantage.
Everyone present was amazed. They all knew that Fang Xusheng's True Dragon Ancient Sword was fast. A mere Jinshi, without the need for the Hidden Edge Poem and additional assistance, had reached the speed of five rings, which was equivalent to five times the speed of sound, and was the normal speed of a university scholar's verbal sparring. But they had no idea how fast it was. Now that the comparison was made, it was very clear.
There were many old scholars present, some of whom had practiced verbal sparring for more than fifty or even sixty years. Reaching the third ring was already the limit, and they were left far behind by Fang Yun's True Dragon Ancient Sword.
However, most verbal sparring sessions only last about two seconds.
So an interesting scene appeared in the training ground. When Fang Yun reached the finish line a hundred feet away and returned to the starting point to complete the first round trip, most of the verbal battles had not reached the finish line for the first time. Even when Fang Yun reached the finish line for the second time, nearly one-fifth of the verbal battles had not even reached the finish line for the first time.
The participating scholars were quite discouraged. This first test was like a race between an eagle and a flock of chickens.
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(To be continued…)