Looking at the young scholar from Scholartree Manor, Tang Thirty Six's eyebrows were raised high and his chin was raised even higher, the feeling of 'come to choose me' and 'come to beat me' was similar; in short, he gave off an extremely arrogant and smug feeling, a feeling that he deserved a beating, even if his face was so handsome. In reality, the more handsome his face was, the more he deserved a beating in the eyes of those of the same sex.
All the examinees followed the scholar's gaze and understood the hidden meaning behind Tang Thirty Six's expression: if you don't choose me, then you're my grandson.
The scholar from Scholartree Manor had never thought of choosing him, no matter what, Tang Thirty Six was a young expert ranked 32nd upon the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, to choose him as an opponent due to a conflict of emotions? Even if he won with difficulty, it would definitely affect the following matches and affect his final result in the Grand Examination. Such a decision was not made by a wise person. Scholartree Manor cultivated the mind, so he obviously wouldn't do such a thing. His gaze deliberately fell upon the woodlands where those from Orthodox Academy were, just to make them nervous, he didn't think that Tang Thirty Six's reaction would be so arrogant and provocative, his expression immediately became unsightly, thinking back to the previous fight in the sea of trees, Tang Thirty Six's harsh words, his blood surged and he could no longer control his emotions, raising his right arm to point at Tang Thirty Six.
At this moment, a hand reached out from the side and pressed down on the scholar's hand. The one who stopped him was a fellow student, that young scholar had a childish look on his face. Amongst the four from Scholartree Manor that had come to participate in the Grand Examination, he seemed to be the youngest, but his status was vaguely the highest. Previously, on the Northern shore of the River Qu, it was also him who stopped his fellow student from demanding justice from Orthodox Academy.
The scholar from Scholartree Manor named Huo Guang looked at Tang Thirty Six and sneered, he randomly picked someone from the latter half of the examinees and walked towards the tower.
Seeing this scene, Chen Chang Sheng was a little surprised, thinking to himself that the South was indeed different, in places like Li Shan Sword Sect and Scholartree Manor, it was actually the youngest disciple who had the most power.
The second match ended even faster than the first, not too much time had passed. It was as if the scholar from Scholartree Manor called Huo Guang had only walked into the tower to take a look, then pushed open the door and came out again. His opponent did not come out, so naturally he had lost and was escorted out of the Education Palace by the priests.
Previously, when they crossed the River Qu, the four scholars from Scholartree Manor crossed the river at roughly the same time. After Huo Guang, the next ones to appear were naturally his three fellow students. Without any mishaps, each match ended faster than the last. They had obtained victory in the first round and entered the next round.
"Scholartree Manor … so it turns out they really are this strong." Su Mo Yu sighed as he walked to the edge of the forest.
Tang Thirty Six looked at the four scholars from Scholartree Manor, and his expression gradually became serious. He didn't like these scholars from Scholartree Manor. In his opinion, the scholars from Scholartree Manor valued rules and wisdom too much. In reality, they liked to snitch and play tricks. However, he had to admit that these scholars from Scholartree Manor were really strong.
"That young scholar is called Zhong Hui, ranked ninth upon the Proclamation of Azure Clouds."
He knew that Su Mo Yu was well aware of this, but Chen Chang Sheng didn't seem to have any impression of him. He said in a low voice: "Those two scholars from Scholartree Manor are also on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, both entering the top 100. That fellow called Huo Guang isn't on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, but his strength is stronger than those two. It's possible that he's been hiding in Scholartree Manor all these years, preparing to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat."
Three people on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds in addition to a hidden young expert, Scholartree Manor's strength was indeed as unfathomable as people had guessed. At this moment, if one were to compare schools and sects, apart from the high and mighty Li Shan Sword Sect, Scholartree Manor, Heavenly Academy and Orthodox Academy should be the three strongest.
However, what was interesting was that the four from Orthodox Academy were currently in the latter half, and could only wait to be chosen.
The Academic Exam required thinking and writing, the Martial Exam required using divine sense to scout and prepare, and the Duelling Exam only required choosing an opponent and then making a move. Not to mention, in a battle, victory or defeat was always decided within a few moves, even if the two combatants were at a similar level of cultivation, it wouldn't take too long to determine the victor.
The wooden door of the tower opened and closed, closed and opened, the oil within the door seemed to have decreased due to the frequency of its opening and closing, gradually emitting a squeaking sound. Amidst these sounds, the first round of matches quickly progressed, and very quickly, dozens of matches were concluded. Some of them were won by the examinees at the front, but the number of victories by examinees at the back was not small as well.
The examinees at the front had the initiative to choose, they could do their best to choose an opponent that they felt was weak, but for the sake of the Grand Examination, the young cultivators of this continent had prepared for an entire year. Previous information or impressions were no longer accurate, it was difficult to determine who was strong and who was weak, and the outcome was naturally difficult to predict.
A short while ago, the Proclamation of Azure Clouds had been updated, thus it became the most reliable source of information. Firstly, the proclamation was sufficiently authoritative, the judgement of the Council of Divine Ordinance was trustworthy, secondly, the proclamation had just been updated, the strength of those on the proclamation shouldn't have changed too much, situations like Xu You Rong and Luo Luo wouldn't often occur.
Therefore, no examinees chose Su Mo Yu as their opponent, he was ranked 33 on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, apart from the top 15 examinees and a few from Scholartree Manor, amongst the remaining examinees, his strength could easily be ranked in the top 5. As for Orthodox Academy, no one paid any attention to him, only a madman would choose Luo Luo. As for Tang Thirty Six … even the scholar from Scholartree Manor didn't choose him, who would be stupid enough to send him up?
Even Xuan Yuan Po was not chosen as an opponent, even though he was at the bottom of the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, but he had still entered the Proclamation of Azure Clouds. Furthermore, the cultivation of the Demonic Race was completely different from that of humans, their talent was hard to predict. To be on the safe side, some of the examinees in the first half of the Proclamation of Azure Clouds would rather choose an opponent ranked higher than him.
What was interesting, or perhaps strange, was that even Chen Chang Sheng, who hadn't entered the proclamation, wasn't chosen by anyone.
All of the examinees clearly knew that when the proclamation was updated, Chen Chang Sheng had yet to complete his Purification. Even if he had a fortuitous encounter afterwards and was lucky enough to complete his Purification, cultivating for a short period of time was definitely not enough to allow his strength to increase by leaps and bounds, he should be the weakest amongst those present, but … no one dared to choose him.
The area outside of the tower was very lively, but the woodlands were very deserted.
Luo Luo hugged Chen Chang Sheng's arm and leaned against his body, about to fall asleep.
Xuan Yuan Po yawned, his mouth was wide enough to fit a deer's leg.
It was unknown what Tang Thirty Six was saying to Su Mo Yu, but Su Mo Yu's face was filled with shock.
The youths of Orthodox Academy were truly bored.
Fortunately, according to the rules, the boring wait would eventually come to an end.
The wooden door of the tower creaked open once again, the young girl from Tiger Stream Temple walked out, her small face was filled with tears of joy from her victory. She threw herself into her senior's embrace, just as she was about to act coquettishly, she noticed that the surrounding atmosphere was a little strange, she subconsciously wiped away her tears and looked towards the arena.
An examinee walked towards the arena with heavy steps, he looked towards the West side of the stone plaza in front of the tower, towards the woodlands, his face became a little pale.
There were only five people left on that side, now, he wanted to choose one of these five as his opponent.
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(Who knows when the next chapter will be written, it'll be finished before bedtime anyways, if there's anyone who's still waiting to see the update at this time, what I want to say is, let's first eat some sweet night! I'll go make some Lao Tan pickled cabbage noodles, spicy! What about you!)
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