Overtake the Big Four!
Four big words.
If it was said that there was a bit of a joking element before, even the words were written by Xu Weifeng casually. But this time, under Guo Youdao's gaze, Lu Ping and the others' expressions became very serious. They finally completely believed that overtaking the Big Four, no matter how absurd, uncertain, or unrealistic it seemed in the eyes of others, was a sincere dream. Some people were sincerely looking forward to it. Even if it was just a dream, it was a sincere dream.
Lu Ping took the pen.
His handwriting wasn't that good. From the organization to the three years he spent in Zhenfeng College, no one had seriously taught him how to read and write. He had learned a little bit by paying attention. And he didn't have any intention of learning. He just had some extra things to do in the kind of life in the organization.
He didn't write well, but he wrote very seriously.
Overtake!
He put the pen on the flag. The strokes were very stiff and a bit crooked. Immediately, there was a sneer from the crowd.
"You need to practice your handwriting." Even Guo Youdao made such a comment, but he definitely didn't mock him. His tone contained incomparable gratification. The beauty and ugliness of the words and the attitude expressed by the words were two different things. It was a fact that the words were very ugly. Guo Youdao also said so, but the attitude of writing these words was what he looked forward to and valued.
"You need to practice." Lu Ping also nodded. He also agreed with this fact. As he said that, he handed the pen to Su Tang who was beside him.
Overtake!
Su Tang wrote the second word. Guo Youdao was also very gratified, but on another matter, he still shook his head. "Slightly better, but limited."
Su Tang stuck out her tongue. Her handwriting wasn't that good either. However, she studied and practiced with the others in the Zhai Feng Academy, and she often wrote things down. This was why she was better than Lu Ping.
This time, there were obviously a lot less people laughing. They were laughing at Lu Ping's and Su Tang's ugly handwriting, but this was not the focus of their attention at all. Guo Youdao, Lu Ping, and Su Tang all admitted that their handwriting was ugly, which made the people who mocked them feel embarrassed.
The pen was then handed to Siffin without any hesitation. Just as he was about to write, the chief examiner, Ding Wen, who had been hesitating for a long time, finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"Wait!" he suddenly said. Everyone looked at him, but he was looking at Guo Youdao.
"President Guo. Catching up to the Big Four is an unrealistic claim. It is already very rash to casually proclaim it. Now, you even want to make it into the Academy Flag. Isn't that a little too disrespectful to the Big Four? "Ding Wen said.
Zhenfeng College and Guo Youdao. Ding Wen had actually heard about it long ago. To most people, catching up to the Big Four was a joke. They snorted and didn't take it seriously. However, that wasn't all Ding Wen felt. He had great respect for the four great academies. To him, words like "surpassing the four great academies" were a great insult to the four great academies. He was very angry about it.
Therefore, regardless of whether it was Zhenfeng College or Guo Youdao, Ding Wen didn't like them at all. He only hated them completely.
But now. The people from Zhenfeng College wanted to make the words "catching up to the Big Four" into the Academy Flag and use it as their symbol. Ding Wen's patience had finally reached its limit.
He had no right and didn't want to interfere with the design of the Academy Flag. But to him, this was an insult to the Big Four. He absolutely couldn't tolerate it. He wouldn't hesitate even if he did something out of line.
"There's nothing disrespectful about setting the Big Four as the goal, right?" Guo Youdao thought so.
"Is that so?" Ding Wen sneered. "With your Academy, you dare to say that you can catch up to the Big Four? Isn't there something wrong with this respect? Or should I say, you guys are being too respectful? "
"Not really." Faced with Ding Wen's unyielding questioning, Guo Youdao was still indifferent. "We aren't being disrespectful, but we aren't being too respectful either."
Not being too respectful? His words were a little subtle. It was a little harsh. Between the lines, it seemed that he didn't think much of the Big Four.
Ding Wen's bottom line had been touched again. The other examiners were ready to welcome his impending anger. They were the clearest about the status of the Big Four in Ding Wen's heart. Even the slogan of catching up to and surpassing the Big Four would make him very angry, let alone words that were disrespectful to the Big Four.
But before Ding Wen could flare up. From Zhenfeng College's side, Lu Ping interrupted first. He asked in a very sincere tone, "Why should we respect the Big Four?"
Why should we respect the Big Four?
No one thought that someone would ask this question. This respect had long been taken as a matter of course by everyone. If they really wanted to answer in detail, they really didn't know where to start. Of course, everyone just thought about it. No one really planned to answer Lu Ping, because this question wasn't worth answering.
"If there's no special reason, I feel that Zhenfeng College is more worthy of my respect. They've provided for my meals for at least three years," Lu Ping said.
What kind of reason was that? Everyone was stunned. In this guy's eyes, the Big Four didn't deserve more respect than Zhenfeng College. Did he lose because of their meals for three years?
"The Big Four also provide meals! But you have to be able to eat it! "Someone in the crowd of students added.
Lu Ping shook his head. "I don't want to eat it."
"Do you think you can eat the meals of the Big Four just because you want to?" Ding Wen sneered.
Lu Ping was stunned. He looked at Ding Wen blankly. "Didn't I say I don't want to eat it?"
"Brat, you talk big. Let me see if you have the qualifications to think about this question." As soon as Ding Wen's voice fell, he opened his palm and a string of flames immediately rushed towards Lu Ping. He just wanted to teach Lu Ping a lesson and let him know his place. He didn't expect that when the flames shot out, Lu Ping had already disappeared from his sight.
So fast!
In the end, Ding Wen still managed to catch a glimpse of the afterimage that Lu Ping left behind when he quickly dodged. Just by looking at this speed, it was indeed somewhat extraordinary, but it wasn't enough to look down on the Big Four.
Ding Wen shook his wrist. The string of flames flew back to him and danced in his palm.
Due to his identity, he only attacked Lu Ping with the excuse of testing the school. It wouldn't be good if he didn't hit Lu Ping in one strike. A dignified chief examiner couldn't go and pester a student.
However, his identity was enough for him to be a bit more serious.
The flames still danced in his palm. Ding Wen looked at Guo Youdao. "I heard that President Guo is also from one of the Big Four, the Black Tortoise Institution?"
"That's true." Guo Youdao said.
"I'm a bit suspicious about this. I, who is also from the Big Four Institution, would like to see the strength of President Guo who is from the Black Tortoise Institution. "
Ding Wen pointed the spearhead at Guo Youdao. The dean's identity was worthy of him being more serious. Moreover, Guo Youdao had such a background, but he didn't think much of the performance of the Big Four Institution. This made Ding Wen very suspicious of the authenticity of Guo Youdao's background.
"There's no need for that, right?" Guo Youdao said.
"Are you afraid?" Ding Wen smiled. "President Guo doesn't have to worry too much. Just try my Hanging Forest Li Fire. You're old, I know what to do."
The other examiners were silent. They all knew the power of Ding Wen's Hanging Forest Li Fire. It was a special ability that was cultivated through the linking of Qi and Pivot Dual Spirits. It was evaluated at the fourth level. No matter how much he knew what to do, it wouldn't feel good.
Who would have thought that Guo Youdao would smile calmly?
"Did Liu Lin teach you?" he said.
Everyone didn't understand. Ding Wen's face was full of surprise. He blurted out, "How did you know?"
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