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Chapter 11: The villain barks at the Luming Banquet

Just like that, two days later, Zhang Wei closed the door of Qingyun Cottage, took Zhang Da and others back to Luyang County City, and headed straight for Luyang River.

The Lu Ming Banquet was held on a large pleasure boat on the Luyang River. A total of 33 students who had passed the imperial examinations in Luyang City were invited, as well as young men and women from other aristocratic families who came for blind dates, officials from the academy who hosted the Lu Ming Banquet, and servants on the boat. There were more than a hundred people crammed on the boat.

So when Zhang Wei boarded the pleasure boat, he had no place to hide and was recognized immediately.

"Hey, look who's here."

"Zijie?! You finally decided to go out? I thought you weren't going to attend the Luming Feast."

"Zijie, long time no see. I haven't seen you much in the past few years."

After Zhang Wei got on board, many of his former classmates, with whom he had a good relationship, came over and began to ask him about his well-being.

Zhang Wei apologized, "I'm sorry. I missed a lot of classes in the past two years. After returning from Linglong Island, I have been studying hard outside the city. I have neglected my classmates. Please forgive me. I will drink a glass of wine as a punishment!"

After saying that, he poured a full glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp, which drew praises from the people around him.

One of them couldn't help but sighed: "Hey, my mother said that you are the god of literature. Even if you have been delayed for a few years, you can pass the exam as long as you make up for your studies. I have taken the exam for three years and still failed!"

Zhang Wei comforted him, "A sword is sharpened by grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Brother Qian, please don't feel sorry for yourself. I believe that sooner or later you will be able to win the first prize."

Hearing Zhang Wei's words, the scholars around him clapped their hands and shouted, "Good!"

One of the people who was obviously very prestigious even exclaimed: "What a good saying! A sharp sword is forged from grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold! Zijie, you really deserve the title of a child prodigy! Brother Qian, Zijie gave you a saying that will be passed down through the ages!"

The man called Brother Qian immediately bowed to Zhang Wei and said, "Thank you, Zijie. I'll ask someone to print these words on two plaques and hang them in my study!"

"The original author is still here, why not let Zijie write it down himself? This is the original work! You can take it back and pass it down to your family!"

Zhang Wei: "..."

I just said it casually!

At this time, someone started to urge Zhang Wei to leave his calligraphy, which immediately attracted the response of everyone. Some people even directly brought pens, ink, paper and inkstone and laid them on the table. Some female staff members even ground ink themselves and served him.

Zhang Wei was in a difficult situation surrounded by people and had no choice but to write down these two sentences on a piece of white paper and leave his signature.

I'm sorry, Mr. Feng, I copied another warning from you.

After finishing writing, Brother Qian immediately put away Zhang Wei's calligraphy and stuffed it into his arms as if it were a treasure. No matter how others asked for it, he refused to take it out, which caused others to laugh.

Just when the group was having a great time, a discordant voice came from the ladder.

"Hey, isn't this our child prodigy Zhang Wei, Zhang Zijie?"

Zhang Wei and his group who were having fun suddenly felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on them. They all became quiet and looked towards the source of the sound with unhappy expressions.

They saw a young man in luxurious clothes walking towards them, surrounded by a group of people, with a sarcastic sneer on the corner of his mouth, adding a narrow gloom to his originally handsome face.

"Cheng Yang?" Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows when he saw the person coming.

Even though Zhang Wei is a friendly person and never takes the initiative to make enemies with others, there are still people who don't get along with him. For example, Cheng Yang in front of him is one of them.

Perhaps it was because of the problem of scholars looking down on each other, Cheng Yang often opposed him in the academy. When Zhang Wei failed in his quest for immortality, this man even hosted a banquet for guests in the restaurant to "feel sorry" for him, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see what this guy was thinking.

It was just that Zhang Wei had gone to Luoxia County to pay respects to his uncle. Cheng Yang had put on a banquet for three or four days, but ended up spending dozens of taels of silver before Zhang Wei showed up in a rage, and the banquet ended in frustration.

Later, Zhang Wei went into semi-seclusion and rarely even went to the academy. Cheng Yang wanted to use this to mock him but couldn't find the real person. So Zhang Wei suspected that the other party was about to get sick from holding it in, and couldn't wait to come to him to talk nonsense when he saw him.

However, just when Zhang Wei wanted to retort as usual, he heard his friend whispering in his ear: "Zijie, you haven't been in the academy for a while, so you don't know. Last year, a direct descendant of the Cheng family was recognized by the foundation-building elder of the Yunshang Sect, and a spirit crane was sent to take him to the Yunshang Sect to practice."

Yunshang Sect?
Zhang Wei was stunned, and his mind quickly recalled the information about this sect.

Although Yunshang Sect does not have a Jindan Zhenren like Linglong Fairy Island, it is also a large sect with a Zifu Master. It is considered to be a well-known sect in the cultivation world of Yun Country and the surrounding countries.

Zhang Wei even considered Yunshang Sect as his goal in order to become an immortal. But when he learned about the existence of Linglong Fairy Island, which was even stronger overseas, he immediately forgot about Yunshang Sect and devoted all his efforts to planning Linglong Island's immortal order.

After all, if you can go to Peking University or Tsinghua University, who would want to go to an ordinary first-class university?

But the result...

"No wonder he jumped out so eagerly. It turns out that he has made great achievements."

Zhang Wei's eyes flashed, and he understood why Cheng Yang came to mock him after more than a year.

The immortal sect that Master Zhang Er had always wanted to enter was ruthlessly rejected, while the other party's family had a Qilin child who was able to become a disciple of the immortal sect and was favored by a master who had established a foundation.

In this situation, if Cheng Yang didn't come over to comfort Master Zhang Er, he would be really unworthy of their close relationship for the past ten years.

"Unfortunately, you found the wrong person."

Zhang Wei, who understood the other party's thoughts, was no longer in a hurry to slap the other party in the face. Instead, he sat calmly in his seat, watching Cheng Yang coming over with a smile on his face.

"Zijie, long time no see. I really missed you." Cheng Yang came over with a warm look on his face, and naturally pushed away the person who was originally sitting next to Zhang Wei, and then said in a familiar manner: "Isn't it just that you don't have spiritual roots and failed in your quest for immortality? What's the big deal? If I were to say, Linglong Xianzong would lose you, Zhang Zijie, that would be their loss!"

"And this pursuit of immortality is just like that. I heard from my cousin who became a disciple of Elder Yunyang of the Yunshang Sect that without the guidance of a famous teacher and sufficient resources, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to achieve anything in the way of immortality. Zijie, don't let this put you in despair."

Cheng Yang's words were very sincere, but it seemed his acting skills were not very good. The expression of forcing a smile combined with what he said made Zhang Wei think of a Chinese proverb - the cat cries over the rat, it is false compassion.

In response to this, Zhang Wei had only one answer.

"Ah, yes, yes."

Cheng Yang: “…”

For a moment, Cheng Yang was filled with an indescribable sense of loss. Zhang Wei's reaction made him feel like he had punched into nothingness.

What he wanted to see most was Zhang Wei's frustrated expression, who was angry but dared not speak out because of his scars being exposed by him! But Zhang Wei did not do as he wished. Instead, he smiled and said, "Yeah, right, right?"

What should I do if I suddenly feel like I am the clown?
The smile on Cheng Yang's face froze for a moment. Seeing that Zhang Wei didn't respond, he could only ask, "By the way, Zijie, I heard that you also passed the county exam. What place did you get?"

Another person immediately started to make a noise, "Do we even need to guess? With the literary talent of our child prodigy Zhang Zijie, he must be number one!"

Cheng Yang's face turned serious. Just as he was about to follow his plan and continue to mess with Zhang Wei's mentality, he heard Zhang Wei take the initiative to say, "No, I'm fourth."

Cheng Yang choked. Zhang Wei's reaction once again exceeded his expectations.

After spending some money to learn about Zhang Wei's ranking from the academy, Cheng Yang came up with a plan.

According to his thinking, after Zhang Wei failed in the road to immortality, he would definitely pay special attention to and protect his remaining advantages in order to maintain his self-esteem.

In this situation, if I point out that Zhang Wei did not get the first place in the academy as he did in the past, he would definitely be furious. But how come... you just admitted it so cleanly? You should be angry! I can only be happy if you are angry!

You should be angry!
"No way? Impossible! How can you be fourth? It must be..." Cheng Yang laughed dryly and tried to bring the topic back. However, Zhang Wei interrupted him and said with a smile: "No, I am fourth."

Cheng Yang's face was as depressed as if he had swallowed a fly, and then he heard Zhang Wei spread his hands and said helplessly: "I can't help it. After all, I missed several years of study in order to seek immortality. Now I am very satisfied with this result.

If I can still get into the top three under this circumstance, wouldn’t it be unfair to people like you, Brother Cheng, who study hard every day?
By the way, Brother Cheng, what's your ranking?"

The boomerang suddenly hit him, which was unexpected for Cheng Yang.

Before he could say anything, the scholar who was pushed away by him said, "He is the seventeenth."

Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows and looked at Cheng Yang.

Only seventeen?
Worse than me!
Who gave you the courage to challenge me when your grades are not as good as mine?

Is that Miss Jingru from the Liang family next door?

However, Zhang Wei seemed to be speaking up for Cheng Yang. He slapped his thigh and said, "It's impossible. With Brother Cheng's talent, how could he only be ranked 17th? There must be something else going on. Brother Cheng, come with me to visit the masters of the academy and let them seek justice for you!"

As he said this, he pulled Cheng Yang's arm and was about to stand up, intending to go deep into the pleasure boat to find the dean of the academy to speak up for Cheng Yang.

This frightened Cheng Yang. Why would he go to the academy dean for such a small matter? He quickly waved his hand and said, "No need, no need..."

Zhang Wei said, "Why not? Brother Cheng, I know you well. Your talent is the best in my academy. How come you can only get the seventeenth place? You are not even as good as me who has been absent from school for several years?"

At this point, Zhang Wei deliberately raised his eyebrows at Cheng Yang. If Cheng Yang still couldn't tell that Zhang Wei was playing tricks on him, his face immediately darkened.

"you……"

Before he could utter the threatening words, Cheng Yang felt a pain in his wrist, forcing him to swallow his words back.

Then Zhang Wei leaned close to his ear and said faintly, "Come on, Cheng Yang, we are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing Liao Zhai? Just because I don't want to argue with you doesn't mean I will turn a blind eye to your offense. Get out of here while I'm still in a good mood!"

"Zhang Zijie, don't bully others too much..."

Click...

Cheng Yang watched Zhang Wei stretch out a hand and gently pry the armrest of his chair off.

Then he pinched it again, and the armrest was broken like a piece of dessert.

"Gudong..."

Cheng Yang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then suddenly shook off Zhang Wei's hand, stood up hurriedly, straightened his clothes, and said with a trembling mouth: "Humph, I... never bother with vulgar people!"

After saying that, he fled with his gang. He even stumbled because he walked too fast, which made Zhang Wei and his group laugh.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A scholar picked up the handrail that Zhang Wei had broken, and said with emotion: "As expected of Zhang Zijie, who was able to subdue the bandits who blocked the road. His demeanor is still as good as ever! Come on, please!"

"please!"

Cheng Yang's little incident did not have any bad impact on the gathering of Zhang Wei and his group. It could be said that his ugly behavior made the atmosphere better.

Except for one chair that was damaged...

After three rounds of drinking, a scholar from an aristocratic family pulled Zhang Wei aside and said, "Brother Zhang, do you have any idea of ​​starting a family? I have a younger sister who is extremely beautiful! Are you interested in meeting her?"

"Listen to his nonsense, Zijie, his sister is not even twelve years old this year! I have a sister who is in her prime!"

As these two people spoke, others followed suit, treating Zhang Wei as a popular commodity and vying to recommend the women of appropriate age in their families to him.

Someone couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "You guys, one by one, Zijie hasn't said anything yet. You can't wait to get married?"

Someone else said with a sour look on his face: "That's right, and with Zijie's talent, at least someone like Miss Junqiu, who has an excellent family background and personal literary talent, can be worthy of him."

Zhang Wei's face turned serious and he said, "Don't talk nonsense. She is still an unmarried girl. Let's not make up stories about her."

Miss Junqiu's full name is Liang Junqiu, the elder sister of Miss Jingru from the Liang family next door. She was the second place in this county exam. She is known as a talented woman in Luyang County.

She was beautiful and had a group of followers in Luyang Academy all year round.

But unfortunately, Zhang Weizi is not here.

But it would have been fine if Zhang Wei didn't say anything. As soon as he started talking, the others couldn't help but start to make a noise: "Look, look, our Zijie is still shy."

"Hahaha……"

After the laughter died down, someone seemed to have thought of something and said mysteriously, "Hey, have you heard? That crazy woman Chang Hongzhuang is back!"

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became quiet, and then a scholar with a pale face exclaimed: "Chang Hongzhuang?! Why is that crazy woman back? Wasn't she taken to the outer immortal sect to seek immortality?"

Others also started talking about it, and many of them turned pale, obviously extremely afraid of Chang Hongzhuang.

Hearing their discussion, Zhang Wei could not help but imagine a tough girl in tight clothes, sitting on a man, punching him in the groin. He could not help but shudder.

It’s not their fault. After all, there are only a few noble families in the entire Luyang County who have not been beaten by Chang Hongzhuang.

Chang Hongzhuang, the garrison commander of Luyang County, daughter of General Chang Shaoyun. Her actions cannot be said to have nothing to do with her name, but can only be said to be completely different.

Some of his more famous achievements include beating up three hungry gray wolves as a ten-year-old child, and only suffering minor injuries! He also single-handedly surrounded thirteen sixteen-year-old seniors from Luyang Academy and won a great victory.

The days she spent in the academy were the darkest years that all male students were most reluctant to mention.

After Chang Hongzhuang's story spread, she was taken away by a winged tiger sent by the Outer Domain Immortal Sect when she was thirteen years old. It has been four years since then.

Since the day she left Luyang Academy, hundreds of Luyang students have been crying for joy, and they are even happier than the Chang family who had a cultivator in their family.

It was precisely because of the story of Chang Hongzhuang being taken away by the Immortal Sect that aroused Zhang Wei's desire to cultivate immortality, so he gave up his studies and turned to work hard to join the Linglong Immortal Sect.

From this perspective, Chang Hongzhuang can be regarded as Zhang Wei's guide. Unfortunately, they were horrified by the deterrent power of the other party's fist and did not have much communication.

"He said he came back to visit his relatives, but he heard about the chaos in Luoxia County, so he stayed for a while. That's when I found out." The man who spoke earlier said with a grim expression.

"Luoxia County... Corpse Chaos?"

(End of this chapter)