"Hundred Sages resounding together? How is this possible? How is this possible? Something like this shouldn't happen! Throughout the dynasties and imperial examinations, only those with extremely pure writing styles and profound cultivation, who were all great Confucian Sages, who had a strong spirit and a writing style in line with the Way of the Sage, could obtain the recognition of the hundred sages! Anyone who received the recognition of a hundred sages, even the Emperor had to admit that they were the new zhuangyuan! How could it not be? How could it not be me? Who could it be? It's neither Xie Wenyuan nor me. I don't believe that there would be such a person in the world who could gather his essence, qi, and spirit in his writing, and actually cause a hundred sages to resonate … "
In the examination room, the eight-year-old prodigy, Fang Yuan, caught the ink and saw that his examination papers were not stained. He breathed a sigh of relief. After wiping off the stains on his hands with a towel, he gritted his teeth and revealed a sinister grin that did not match his age.
This sinister smile contained deep jealousy. It was as if the thing that belonged to him had been snatched away by someone else.
In reality, something that belonged to him had indeed been snatched away. That was his great reputation as a zhuangyuan in the imperial examinations! This reputation was immeasurable both in the imperial court and among the common people.
The common people referred to zhuangyuan as a literary star from the heavens who had descended to the earth.
However, throughout the ages, there had been many top scholars, but there were very few who could win the resonance of the hundred sages with their essays. Only in the most prosperous dynasties, in the dynasties with a flourishing style of writing, could a sage great scholar appear.
In the examination room, when an expert wrote an essay, it was the gathering of one's essence, qi, and spirit. What could resonate with a hundred sages was the principle of the essay, and the spirit was so strong that it could resonate with a hundred sages. Although this was miraculous, it had been recorded in the history books of the dynasties and was regarded as a great event in the literary world.
Such a person had an unwritten reputation, and that was a "quasi-sage". Although he was not a sage, he was close to the ancient sages and had received their approval.
Of course, the imperial court would not officially express its stance. After all, the imperial court had to maintain its own authority. If a quasi-sage appeared, who would be more powerful, the emperor or the sages?
However, the influence of such a reputation in the imperial court and the scholarly community was immeasurable.
Who would dare to compare to a scholar whose writings could resonate with a hundred sages of the Imperial Academy? The emperor had to admit that he was fully deserving of being the leader of the literary world.
The person who wrote such an essay didn't need to take the exam at all. The emperor would bestow him with the title of zhuangyuan.
The holy statue in the Yujing City was not erected by the Da Qian Dynasty, but it had been erected for 2,000 years.
Throughout the ages, no matter how violent the royal family was, no one dared to casually destroy the statue in the Tribute Courtyard. Instead, as soon as they controlled the capital, they would come here to worship in order to win the hearts of the people.
For over two thousand years, the sacred statue in the Tribute Courtyard had never stopped burning incense, symbolizing the core of the Middle-Earth Heaven Region's culture.
Almost any scholar would be sure that the Sage Statue of the Tribute Academy had the power of a great deity to maintain the righteousness of the world.
In the Tribute Courtyard, there were hundreds of statues of sages, representing the 'righteous path'!
No evil spirits dared to cause trouble.
In reality, no Daoist experts dared to send their thoughts out of their bodies in the Tribute Courtyard. This was because they couldn't do so at all. The great prestige of the Sage Statue would suppress every thought of leaving one's body. Spirits, ghost immortals, even ghost immortals with profound Daoist techniques wouldn't dare to provoke this place.
This was especially so for those great scholars who understood that although these statues didn't have their own consciousness, they represented a kind of pure 'reason'.
Reason was reason. Dao represented power, while reason represented laws.
When the reason was united, it would possess boundless power and control the rules and rules. Then, what could be greater than it in the world?
"A grand occasion of the literary world, a grand occasion of the literary world …"
After Li Shenguang rushed out of the main examiner's room, there was already a commotion outside. Many examinees stuck their heads out of their rooms. The guards and hidden experts also started to discuss because they had never experienced such a strange scene before.
Seeing such a commotion, Li Shenguang rushed to the high altar in the center of the Tribute Courtyard and sounded the alarm bell. He shouted sternly, "In the Nation's Grand Examinations, the essence of the essay has shaken a hundred sages, causing a hundred sages to resonate at the same time. This is a major event in the literary world, and the imperial court's prosperity has arrived. This is a great auspicious omen! All living beings are not to make a ruckus! All guards are to guard the room. Whoever dares to cause a ruckus will be severely punished! This examiner has the imperial sword. Anyone who dares to cause a ruckus will be killed without mercy! This phenomenon is an auspicious omen, and it's no small matter! Head examiner Hong and I will report this to the Emperor! Please order the Emperor to make a decision! "
The hundred sages resounding at the same time had caused a huge commotion and couldn't be covered up. Naturally, everyone was alarmed.
Among the 9,000 examinees present, there was no lack of peerless experts. They all knew what the hundred sages resounding at the same time was. Many people were extremely shocked.
The Imperial Court had an Imperial Astronomer, which was responsible for monitoring the anomalies in the world. Reports had to be made on the locations of earthquakes, volcanoes, and even solar and lunar eclipses. Now that the anomalies in the Contribution Courtyard were known to everyone, they had to be reported immediately.
After Li Shenguang suppressed the commotion, he looked at a room. A straight ray of light pierced through the sky. At the same time, a ray of light shot out from the Hundred Sage Temple, resonating with this ray of light. Although mortals couldn't see it, he was a great scholar who had cultivated his Qi for decades. His mental strength was extremely strong, so how could he not feel it?
"Which Sage is the examinee in that room! Heavily guarded! Quick, quick, quick … who is it? I want to pay my respects personally! "
As he spoke, he hurriedly walked down the high altar.
There were already soldiers surrounding Hong Yi's room.
The examiner from that room walked up, his legs still trembling. He couldn't even speak clearly. "That examinee is last year's Jade Capital Top Scorer, Hong Yi … the illegitimate son of Grand Tutor Hong. In a few days, he became the martial arts champion …"
"Quick, quick, quick …"
Li Shenguang ignored the examiner's nagging and walked a few steps to the room where Hong Yi's examination was held.
"This article can be said to be the essence of my Dao techniques … Examiner …"
After writing the article, Hong Yi woke up from his deep thoughts. Suddenly, he felt that the holy statue in the Tribute Courtyard was trembling and buzzing non-stop. He was shocked at first, but then he immediately knew the reason.
Then, he saw many soldiers neatly walking out of the room, holding their spears. Li Shenguang and the examiners pounced on him like wolves and tigers.
"Hong Yi, it really is you … Have you finished writing your article?" Li Shenguang rushed here in a few steps, then stopped at the door. He bowed to the article written by Hong Yi, then calmed down. "I didn't expect your article to reach such a level! To be able to resonate with a hundred sages, I have to seal your article and ask the Emperor to make a decision! "
"Someone, seal the article carefully."
Li Shenguang ordered. "Hong Yi, I don't have time to talk to you in detail now. After the examination, I will ask you for advice on the way of learning."
As he spoke, he looked deeply at Hong Yi, then left.
"Secondary sage, secondary sage … The spirit of the article, to be able to obtain the recognition and resonance of a hundred sages, who is this person? To have studied to this extent, this life is really not in vain … Those ancient statues of sages all have the thought of truth condensed on them, not dispersing even after thousands of years. Only when one's thoughts are pure and one's self cultivated to the highest level, in line with the Divine Path, can they resonate with all the sages. In this world, there is actually such a person? In history, such a grand event only happens once every five hundred years … How is this possible? "
In the examination room, Xie Wenyuan also heard the ancient philosophers in the Confucian Temple being shaken.
He was a Confucian scholar, a great scholar, so he naturally knew that these ancient Philosophers were surrounded by a pure will of 'Truth'. Each ancient Philosopher had at least one or more types of Truth in them. Only when their writings were in accordance with their Truth, when their scholarship was refined, and when their minds were cultivated to an extremely high level, would their writings be able to pierce through metal and resonate with others.
In history, when something like this happened in the examination room, it would become a grand event in the literary world, and it would be widely spread.
"I originally thought that the eight year old child's divine ability was vast and his words were beautiful, bursting forth and rising. He was a formidable opponent of mine, but I didn't expect that the 'Second Saint' who was truly pure in his studies and resonated with the children of the Divine Dao was actually someone else! Could it be the person I saw on Wen Chang Street the other day? "
Xie Wenyuan put down his brush and washed his hands with water. He walked out of the room and looked at the sky.
"There's no first place in literature and no second place in martial arts, but today, the Divine Path of the ancient philosophers has made a choice. I wonder what the imperial court will think. His Majesty is probably watching the Da Qian Literature Movement in the Fenghua Tower right now. His Majesty must have seen this … The Hundred Sages Debate is a grand event in the literary world. However, I'm here to advise His Majesty, not to take the top scholar's place. It doesn't matter if I'm outdone. Besides, I'm completely convinced by the ancient philosophers' choice."
"Grand Preceptor, the Hundred Sages Debate is a grand event in the literary world. It will definitely be recorded in the annals of history. Congratulations, Grand Preceptor. The essay that attracted the Hundred Sages Debate was written by your son. He will definitely be the leader of the literary world in the future. The essay chosen by the ancient philosophers is no small matter. I've already ordered the essay to be sealed and the imperial court will make a decision."
After Li Shenguang led the examiners in, he cupped his hands and said to Hong Xuanji, who had stood up and was looking at the sky on the roof.
Some examiners hurriedly echoed.
"Congratulations, Grand Preceptor. Back then, you were the third in the examination and now you're the leader of our Da Qian literary world. I didn't expect your son to surpass his father. His essay was recognized by the ancient philosophers and the Divine Path. Your son will definitely be the leader of the literary world in the future."
The other examiners also exclaimed in admiration.
"Although we're examiners, we can't comment on an essay that even the ancient philosophers were moved by. We can only hand it over to His Majesty to make a decision."
Li Shenguang said.
"Hmm … Then please order His Majesty to make a decision. The Hundred Sages Debate is a grand event in the literary world. There are precedents for this. Although I'm the chief examiner, I don't dare to comment on an essay that alarmed the ancient philosophers."
Hong Xuanji's lips moved. He sat in the chief examiner's seat motionlessly. No one knew what he was thinking.
Regarding this matter, even if he was a Human Immortal, a Grand Preceptor of the current dynasty with great authority, he had no way of interfering with Hong Yi's exam paper. An essay that even the ancient philosophers resonated with was no small matter.
Most importantly, there were precedents for doing things. No matter how powerful Hong Xuanji was, he couldn't overturn something that history had already determined.
"An essay that alarmed the ancient philosophers of the Contribution Institute is a grand event that happens once every five hundred years! I've read many ancient books and imagined that scene. I'm extremely excited! I didn't expect that I would actually experience such a scene! When I go back, I'll write a book about it. I must record this matter down! "
At this moment, the middle-aged Confucian scholar with the surname Zhu also stopped writing. His heart was filled with excitement.
"Why is the martial arts fate and literary fate of the world all in the Hong family? Grand Preceptor Hong Xuanji is a Human Immortal! He has already gathered the martial arts fate of the world! As for his son, Hong Yi, he had won the Hundred Sage Literary Contest, which was even more impressive! He's good at literature. However, after Hong Xuanji abandoned martial arts for literature, he became a Confucian scholar and became the leader of the literary world. Now that his son has surpassed him, I wonder what will happen to the father and son? "
In the Contribution Institute, some well-informed and smart people from the aristocratic families thought to themselves.
Hong Xuanji was vaguely the leader of the literary world. However, after Hong Yi's essay was published today, the ancient philosophers were shaken. In the future, he would be known as the "Lesser Sage" and his reputation in the literary world would surpass that of Hong Xuanji.
This was something that many people understood very well.
Hong Xuanji was very clear about this.
On the Fenghua Pavilion.
Emperor Yang Pan, Ji Changyue, the Crown Prince, Prince Yu, and Prince He, who were watching the literary fate of the Imperial Court, also noticed the grand event in the Contribution Institute.
"Congratulations Imperial Father, congratulations Imperial Father. If the imperial court didn't have luck, the scholars of the world wouldn't have come to participate in the imperial examinations. If the imperial court obtained luck, the scholars of the world would all come to participate in the imperial examinations. Beautiful essays would be written one after another, and a hundred sages would sing their praises together. This is a major event that happens once every five hundred years!
Prince Yu immediately knelt on the ground.
"Pass down my order. Ask! Who wrote it? "The Big Dry Emperor Yang Pan's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly asked.
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