It was a new day.
As soon as the first ray of sunlight passed through the mountain crack and shone into the Qixing Valley, the North Mountain New Courtyard at the foot of the North Mountain immediately became lively.
The newcomers had just arrived at the North Style Academy, they didn't dare to be lazy. As for the Second Precinct, Third Precinct, and Fourth Precinct, these Big Dipper students could be considered old students in front of the newcomers, but they did not have the right to be lazy. They were at the bottom of the North Style Academy, if they were unable to obtain the acknowledgement of the academy for a long time, the grand North Style Academy wouldn't be a place where they could only enter and not leave.
Just like that, from the first to the fourth, the further they went, it meant that they would be staying at the North Style Academy for a longer period of time. The mood of the students would also become heavier. As for the fifth courtyard, which was located on the east side of the row, the older students of the four neighboring courtyards all avoided it as if they were avoiding the plague.
The first year, the First Courtyard; the second year, the Second Courtyard … By the fifth year, those who had not left the New Courtyard of Beishan had to move to the Fifth Courtyard.
From this moment on, their days at the North Style Academy might very well be the last month.
That's because the North Style Academy's Seven Star Exam is held a month after the new students enter the academy. There were many allusions to the Seven Stars Examination, one of which was most relevant to the Northern Mountain New Courtyard.
The Seven Star Trial was to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
New was the new of a newcomer; resignation was the resignation of a dismissal.
The annual Seven Star Examination was the last chance for the students of the five academies to prove themselves. If they didn't perform satisfactorily, they would leave the North Style Academy forever.
Four years and one month. This was the time that the North Style Academy left for every student to prove that they were worthy of the North Style Academy. This amount of time was more than enough for most people, but there were always exceptions. There were always some people who couldn't break through the bottleneck in four years and one month. After entering the five academies, there was only one month left. Many people fell into despair the moment they entered the five academies.
In the eyes of the students of Beishan New Academy, the five academies were like the gates of hell. Even though the students of the four academies were still one year away from entering the five academies, they couldn't relax at all. The people from the four academies had the strongest sense of urgency.
As for the newcomers from Courtyard 1, they had also woken up very early. But there was no obvious sense of crisis. Compared to the students of the four academies, all of them seemed to be slower.
At this moment, Zhuo Qing was standing in the courtyard, looking at the shabby woodshed in the corner. Yi Feng was yawning. She came to his back.
"Are those two boys back?" he asked.
Last night, Lu Ping and Zi Mu had suddenly rushed out of the First Courtyard and had not returned for a long time, causing everyone to be confused. In the end, he probably couldn't bear such humiliation and would rather find a place to sleep outside than stay in that shabby woodshed.
Who would have thought that early in the morning, Zhuo Qing would pay attention to that shabby woodshed. He immediately sensed that someone was there!
What if the two of them came back after running out yesterday? Or did he live in that run-down house that wasn't meant for humans?
Now that Yi Feng asked him, Zhuo Qing naturally nodded his head. Soon, Guan Xun, Luo Qin, and Yu Ran gathered around as well. The five students of the State Protector Academy looked at the broken woodshed together.
"I'll go take a look." As Yu Ran spoke, he was about to walk over there. With a creak, the dilapidated wooden door was opened. Zi Mu walked out of the door drowsily. He stretched himself. Lu Ping, who was behind him, also walked out of the wooden door.
"Your rabbit." Lu Ping extended his hand. He handed a rabbit over to Zi Mu.
"This is your rabbit right?" Zi Mu looked at the one Lu Ping handed over.
"Mine has a tuft of grey hair here." Lu Ping picked up the rabbit in his other hand and showed it to Zi Mu.
"Oh." Zi Mu clearly didn't care about distinguishing between the two rabbits. He carelessly yawned and took the rabbit from Lu Ping's hand, hugging it in his bosom.
"Don't always carry it like this, I feel like they don't like it." Zi Mu said.
"Right?" This time, Lu Ping didn't pay attention to this, but he quickly copied Zi Mu and hugged the rabbit in his bosom.
"It's time to find them something to eat." Lu Ping said.
"We haven't eaten yet!" Zi Mu said.
"North Style Academy should provide meals right?" Lu Ping asked.
"This … … should be?" Zi Mu's reply was a little lacking in confidence. There were many legends about North Style Academy, but the details of whether or not they provided meals were not described in detail in any of the legends.
Thus, the two began to observe the other students in the courtyard and quickly saw Zhuo Qing's group of five who were looking at them with hostility. Zi Mu had already heard from Lu Ping the reason why these five were looking at them with hostility. Naturally, he wouldn't try to curry favor with them. He assumed that this group of fellows wouldn't dare to do anything excessive in broad daylight, so he didn't pay them any attention. After observing the other students, he quickly discovered that most of the students who were eating breakfast were returning from outside the courtyard.
Zi Mu randomly found someone and asked. He then found out that there was a dining hall. Thus, he called out to Lu Ping and was about to go over when a person walked in from outside the courtyard. His tower-like body stood there, blocking the entire courtyard door. When the new students saw him, they stood up and saluted him. They were extremely courteous towards the person who just entered.
"Good morning, Senior Brother Ji." The voice came from every corner of the courtyard. There were even people who hurriedly ran out of their rooms to greet this Senior Brother Ji.
Senior Brother Ji's face was solemn as he glared at them. His gaze slowly swept across the courtyard, but he didn't respond to any of the new students. Instead, he suddenly shouted sternly: "Lu Ping, Zi Mu!"
This shout caused many people's hearts to tremble. Zi Mu, who was called out, almost hugged the rabbit in his arms. He couldn't help but feel nervous and fearful. After taking a glance at Lu Ping, he timidly looked back at Senior Brother Ji.
"I am Lu Ping." Lu Ping had already answered.
"I … … am Zi Mu." Zi Mu opened his mouth and discovered that his teeth were actually chattering.
Senior Brother Ji glared at the two of them. He seemed to be satisfied with Zi Mu's fearful expression, but Lu Ping's calm expression made him frown.
He sneered and pointed at the two of them: "You two, pack up."
"Ah?" Zi Mu was puzzled.
"We don't have anything." Lu Ping said. Most of the new students who came to the North Style Academy had their own luggage. Only Lu Ping was alone. Zi Mu didn't think that he would be staying in the North Style Academy, so he didn't prepare any luggage. The two of them entered the North Style Academy empty-handed.
"Nothing? Then what's in your arms? "Senior Brother Ji's tone became sterner.
"It's a rabbit." It was still Lu Ping who answered.
"Who allowed you to bring this kind of thing into the new courtyard!" Senior Brother Ji's right hand shook, and a bamboo whip slid out from his sleeve into his palm. He casually picked it up and knocked the bamboo whip on his left palm, waiting for Lu Ping's answer.
"Academician Ruan?" Lu Ping's tone was slightly uncertain. Because Academy Qingzhu only told them to raise the rabbit for a month and return it to her. Lu Ping wasn't sure if this included raising the rabbit in the new North Mountain Academy.
However, Senior Brother Ji's movements stopped just like that, as if he was stuck. Was there any doubt in his tone? Senior Brother Ji could hear it, but even so, he didn't dare to catch Lu Ping's words. Academician Ruan, the one who gave these two rascal rabbits was actually Academician Ruan? It's better not to get entangled with these two rabbits.
Senior Brother Ji composed himself and raised his bamboo whip. He pointed at Lu Ping and then at Zi Mu.
"The two of you, move to the fifth courtyard."
"What?" Lu Ping didn't say anything, but Zi Mu was very clear about the origin of the fifth courtyard. The two of them actually wanted to move to the fifth courtyard. What was the meaning of this? Were they going to be like the students of the fifth courtyard, one month … … No, it was already less than a month. In less than a month, they might be kicked out of the North Style Academy?
The other new students in the academy were also very surprised. I've never heard of a newcomer being assigned to one of the five courtyards before! Even so, no one made a sound. The entire courtyard was quiet. After a while, a gloating expression appeared on someone's face.
"What, still not convinced?" Senior Brother Ji sneered.
"One has no soul power." He raised his whip and pointed at Lu Ping.
"The other hasn't even reached the Linking realm." The bamboo whip pointed at Zi Mu.
"Letting the two of you go to the fifth courtyard is already very benevolent, okay? At least, you have 26 days, "Senior Brother Ji said with a look of charity.
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