The Gu Nation students who were watching the light screen sighed continuously. Being ranked 11th made them lose the right to enter the "Reading Ten Thousand Books" competition.
"What a pity …"
It was unknown who said this sentence, but these three short words fully expressed their disappointment.
In the literary world, the eyes of many Jinshi of the upper house began to glow because there was a fundamental difference between the first and second round. There would be rewards!
The eliminated Gu Nation students would not have any chance to get any rewards.
"I must fight for the Bell of Courage!" Lu Xu, a Jinshi of the Confucius Academy, said. He was second only to Kong Deyu among the ten people of the Confucius Academy.
"I fought for the Bell of Courage once last year. My goal this year is to do it twice!" Yun Xunsong said firmly.
The other students did not despise the two of them at all. Not only were the two of them famous in the Ten Nations many years ago, they were also among the best in the Ten Thousand Miles Excursion last year and this time. Others said that they were being arrogant and conceited, but the two of them said that they deserved it.
Xun Li said, "Yukong, you fought for the Bell of Courage twice last year. Today, you have to fight for it at least three times! Gyeongo is counting on you! "
To his surprise, Yan Yukong glanced at Fang Yun and said feebly, "If you had entered the Holy Ground with me and knew how Fang Yun studied while in a wheelchair, you wouldn't have said such things."
"Hehe, I heard from Delun before. That's why I dared to say that I would fight for the Bell of Courage last year, but I don't dare to say it today. "Kong Deyu chuckled.
The other students were confused as they did not understand what he meant.
A voice sounded in the sky. "There are a thousand books in a row of bookshelves. Each person reads a thousand books, and each country has ten thousand books. The faster you finish reading, the higher the number of votes. Take a seat first. "
A hundred people immediately walked over and sat in front of the table.
"Call the book with your hand and turn the page with your mind. You can read quickly. The first person to finish reading a hundred books. Then, the Bell of Courage will sound. The Bell of Courage will split into ten sounds. The person who triggers it will get 50%, the student will get 30%, and the rest of the students will get 20%! Every hundred books, the bell will sound. If one person continuously triggers the Bell of Courage, he will get an additional one. It will continue to accumulate! Begin! "
As soon as the voice disappeared, the hundred students waved at the bookshelves in front of them.
The first book on the bookshelf in front of everyone flew out.
Fang Yun glanced over and saw that the book that flew out in front of him was "Tales of the Wild Prairie". The author was someone that Fang Yun had never heard of.
Meanwhile. Fang Yun saw out of the corner of his eye that the book flying towards Qiao Juze was "Shanzhou Folk Song Collection". The book flying towards Yan Zewei was "Twenty-two Techniques for Mending the Zither". The book flying towards Gong Yangyu was "Yang's Yi Tong", which explained the "Book of Changes". The book flying towards Chen Liyue was "Leizhou Local Annals Volume Three".
Fang Yun secretly nodded. Before coming to the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, he had already learned the relevant knowledge. The second round of the tournament was to read 10,000 books, which was said to be a comprehensive collection of knowledge. It was a more complex test than the imperial examination and Book Hill.
A journey of ten thousand li is a test of a scholar's ability. On the other hand, reading ten thousand books was a test of one's learning ability.
For a scholar, the ability to learn was the foundation of everything.
Even Fang Yun had never read those books before, let alone the Jinshi of Jingguo, because those books were not sold in the market at all. They were only sold decades or even centuries ago, and even if they were, no one would read them because they were of little use to the imperial examination. It would be better to read the books of the Half-saint or the great Confucian scholars instead.
"Tales of the Wild Prairie" flew in front of Fang Yun. With a thought, Fang Yun immediately flipped the pages of the book and a preface appeared. The preface was written by a good friend of the author of the book. Fang Yun knew the author of the preface, who was a scholar of the Kong family a hundred years ago. Fang Yun had long memorized the names and brief experiences of all the scholars, Confucians, and Sages in human history. There were too many people below the level of a scholar, so he did not spend time memorizing them.
Fang Yun did not stop reading the preface just because it was not important. Instead, he read it carefully.
The book was very ordinary in black and white, but in the blink of an eye, the edges of the black words on the entire page were glowing with a faint white light.
This meant that Fang Yun had finished reading the entire page. If he could not finish reading and understand the basic meaning, the words would not glow and he would not be able to turn the page. He would have to read it again and understand it again before he could turn the page.
Fang Yun had been baptized by too much talent, so his mind and literary palace were very strong. His reading ability had long surpassed ten lines at a glance. It only took him a blink of an eye to read a page, and he could understand the basic meaning at the same time.
This required a certain amount of talent and literary courage. If the literary courage was not strong enough, he would be exhausted quickly. If the talent was not strong enough, he would not be able to understand.
Reading ten thousand books was also a test of talent and literary courage.
After reading the first page of the book, Fang Yun flipped the pages of the book. In the blink of an eye, the edges of the black words on the second and third pages all glowed with white light. He turned the pages again, and the contents of the fourth and fifth pages appeared in front of him …
The book in front of Fang Yun seemed to be blown by the wind, and the pages flipped at an extremely fast speed.
Fang Yun flipped the pages too frequently. Other people flipped the pages with a soft swishing sound after a few breaths, but Fang Yun flipped the pages with a constant swishing sound.
Many people could not help but turn their heads to look at Fang Yun. They were immediately frightened by Fang Yun's terrifying flipping speed.
"Lucky bastard, it seems that the number of words on the page is too low. Humph, everyone's thousand books were evenly distributed. The overall number of words is not much different, and the overall meaning is also similar. Don't be fooled by the fact that you are happily flipping through the pages now. Be careful not to feel uneasy later! "
"That's right! Let's continue. Ignore him, I don't believe that he can maintain this speed forever! "
A few people muttered softly and continued flipping through the book.
Qiao Juze was right beside Fang Yun. When he read the 24th page, he suddenly couldn't help but stop because he saw Fang Yun waving at him from the corner of his eye!
Qiao Juze hurriedly turned his head to look at Fang Yun, only to see that there were only a few pages left of Fang Yun's first book. When Fang Yun finished reading the last page, the second book flew in front of Fang Yun and automatically flipped the cover while the first book flew back to its original position on the bookshelf.
"I want to die." Qiao Juze muttered to himself and then looked down at his book, only to realize that he had only read less than one-seventh of the entire book.
Ordinary Jinshi scholars could be observant and alert, let alone the most outstanding Jinshi scholars of the Ten Nations. Fang Yun's action of changing the book immediately shocked all the Jinshi scholars. The eyes of the most outstanding thirty-odd Jinshi lit up as they all saw the title of Fang Yun's second book.
"The Fourth Volume of the Zhang Clan's Complete Book of Seven Political Strategies".
Xun Li suddenly laughed gloatingly and said, "Haha, he got the last book out of sheer luck. It's a book with very few words, but this Complete Book of Seven Political Strategies is an arithmetic book that's second only to the Book of Changes!"
"If you have what it takes, show us one page at a time!"
"Arithmetic books have always been one of the things that we students hate the most. I don't believe that Fang Yun isn't afraid!"
"Hehe …"
Xun Li, Lei Shisan, and all the people who were hostile to Fang Yun were overjoyed.
That was one of the difficulties of reading 10,000 books. It was naturally easy to read novels and history books, but it was extremely troublesome when it came to professional books. Besides, these books were very obscure. Even if many Jinshi scholars had photographic memory and could read a line at a glance, they could only read these books carefully at the same speed as ordinary people and repeatedly understand the meaning.
In reading 10,000 books, there were often people who read dozens of books in the first hour, but they might not even finish one book in the next two hours.
It wasn't that they were illiterate, but that they couldn't understand the meaning of the text.
Kong Deyu was stunned and he hollered, "Are you going to let me read or not? Stop talking nonsense. I'll ask the great scholar to seal your mouths! "
The rest of the people knew that the Kong family had a good relationship with Fang Yun, so they stopped mocking Fang Yun. They smiled and continued reading, but their ears continued to listen to the sound of Fang Yun turning the pages.
Fang Yun turned a deaf ear to him and continued to read the book in front of him.
Cui Wang could not help but whisper, "Fang Yun, you'll be slower reading this book, right?" Although he asked this, his voice was filled with worry, unlike the others who were gloating.
"Yes, it will be slower," Fang Yun replied casually.
The students of Jingguo sighed one after another. A small number of students from other countries chuckled softly as they read.
Yan Yukong also had a faint smile on his face, but his smile seemed to be different from the others.
Fang Yun's speed of turning the pages was indeed slower. Originally, he could finish a page in the blink of an eye, but now, he needed two blinks of an eye.
Whoosh …
Fang Yun's "Zhang's Complete Book of Seven Governance" was flipping the pages at a much faster speed than anyone else. Even if some of them were reading the simplest poems or travel notes.
At first, everyone was still skeptical. They thought that the beginning of the book was very simple, but when Fang Yun was still flipping the pages at this speed, many of them were confused. Their expressions changed. They racked their brains but did not know what to say.
Their reading speed began to slow down.
They could lie about other things, but they could not lie about "Reading Ten Thousand Books". This was because it was a rule set by the Sages that one could only turn the page after reading and understanding it. Even if Fang Yun was a Half-saint, he could not turn the page until he finished reading and understanding it.
Cui Wang was surprised and happy. He could not help but ask again, "You call this much slower?"
Fang Yun did not slow down at all. He said, "The interval between turning the pages is twice as long as before. Of course, it's much slower."
Dozens of scholars rolled their eyes. A few of them were angry at Fang Yun and laughed.
"Whoever believes Fang Yun is an idiot!" Yan Yukong laughed softly.
Kong Deyu smiled and said, "Who was the one talking nonsense just now? Continue! Say it loudly! Let me listen to it and let the people of the Ten Nations listen to it! "
The person who had previously mocked Fang Yun the most lowered his head and blushed as he tried to read the book in front of him.
At the same time, the audience outside the literary circle and in front of all the literary academies in Jing Country erupted in laughter and cheers.
The Jingguo students beside Fang Yun heaved a sigh of relief and continued to read seriously.
Soon, Fang Yun waved his hand again and everyone stared at the book that flew towards Fang Yun.
'Reading Yi Xiang'.
Many people secretly rejoiced. The Book of Changes had always been cryptic and difficult to understand. Although this book was not famous and was at most written by a Grand Scholar and was not as profound as the books of Great Scholars and Half-Saints, it was definitely not easy to understand.
Fang Yun's speed of flipping the book finally slowed down again, and he took much longer to read some pages.
Many people secretly heaved a sigh of relief. However, they soon discovered that even though Fang Yun's reading speed had slowed down, he was still reading faster than everyone else on average.
"This bastard!" Kong Deyu shook his head and smiled helplessly. After saying that, he stopped paying attention to Fang Yun and focused on reading the book in front of him.
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