Dao Fruit

There are many people who have similar feelings. That day, Pang Qianru invited all the students to a banquet, and she only invited famous people among the candidates. The Pang family was well-informed and had sufficient manpower in the capital, so many of the invited people were on the list and were proud to participate in the palace examination today.

During this period of time, these people fought in the military world, some succeeded, and some failed. The successful ones could keep their troops, and the unsuccessful ones left the plain after the defeat and could not enter again.

However, no matter what, they have gained military knowledge, and they can answer questions today with ease.

Of course, when they were grateful, they did not deliberately say it, but kept it in their hearts, treating the military world as a secret of one person.

After all, because of what the Chen family's ancestor did, everyone's memory has changed. They no longer remember the military notes, and they don't know the various changes that night. Many people returned to their residence after the dinner, and their souls entered the plain after falling asleep. They didn't know that others could also be like a dream, and their faces were also covered in it, so they treated it as a secret.

Some people secretly looked at Qiu Yan, wondering if they could beat Qiu Yan with the help of the military world. After all, everyone has his own specialty. In their opinion, even if Qiu Yan was knowledgeable, he could not be proficient in everything.

During the palace examination, Li Kun stayed at Qiu Yan's desk the longest, and it was impossible for him to escape the attention of many candidates. It was inevitable that there would be comparisons, but as Qiu Yan's name became more and more famous, no one dared to question him publicly.

Qiu Yan ignored these small movements, and even ignored external objects. His mind and intention, from the moment he put down his pen, turned from the outside to the inside, the soul controlled the consciousness, the consciousness bloomed the spirit, and the spirit was entangled with dragon energy.

The dragon energy rose and fell, and the three mimic souls in the virtual pill that suppressed it rotated rapidly, pulling the essence of blood and flesh to gather.

However, these essences were stripped from the flesh, and Qiu Yan did not fall into weakness again, because the virtual pill was the foundation of the body after all. The extension of the seven spirits and the strengthening of the virtual pill are equivalent to strengthening the body, which can only make the spirit more abundant!

This spirit surged, causing Qiu Yan's bones and muscles to tremble slightly. Every step on the ground, a faint breath surged from the soles of his feet. Combined with the ground, penetrating the fertile soil.

Around him, Xingjing's will rolled up, attracting invisible dragon qi to descend, hovering around Qiu Yan, and in his body. The dragon qi has expanded to the extreme, no longer absorbing the spirit of the sage, but instead being entangled by the information revealed in the spirit, being bound by Qiu Yan's own thoughts and ideas, and being suppressed by the vaguely round, rotating virtual pill.

The dragon qi was difficult to move, but it also involved Qiu Yan's entire mind, leaving him no time to look outside.

Fortunately. After the palace examination just now, all the candidates have consumed a lot of energy. This exam requires full concentration and serious thinking. No one dares to take it lightly. With the emperor and the prime minister next to them, the candidates have to think about perfect answers on the one hand. On the other hand, they want to leave a good impression on the emperor and the prime minister. They are exhausted from doing two things at the same time.

Even if someone looks at Qiu Yan, it is difficult to concentrate, and they can't see the weirdness of Qiu Yan. Soon, they followed the eunuchs and walked out of the palace. They had to cultivate themselves for a day and wait for the announcement of the ceremony.

The identity of the top scholar. Who doesn't want it? Glory to the ancestors!

However, there are exceptions to everything. Just when everyone was concentrating their thoughts, someone accidentally discovered something unusual about Qiu Yan. This person had sharp eyes. It was Yang Yan who was noticed by the emperor.

Yang Yan was tall, and the straight blue shirt he wore held him up and stretched him tight. At first glance, he looked more like a military general than a scholar, but after a closer look, one could see a bit of his elegance and bookishness.

Yang Yan had a pair of slender eyes, which were now shining brightly as he stared at Qiu Yan.

"This man is Qiu Yan, but he doesn't look as impressive as I imagined. But there seems to be a change in his body, and his strength is trembling. Could it be that he has practiced martial arts?"

Boom!

Yang Yan was thinking, but his train of thought was interrupted by a thunderclap.

"Hmm?" Yang Yan had already looked up, and just in time to see a flash of lightning streaking across the sky above the clear sky, and the tribute student next to him also made the same move.

The sky was clear, but there was lightning streaking across it. This scene amazed everyone present, and they didn't know why.

In the void, the dragon energy changed slightly, and the military scene had begun to spread, and through the connection of the dragon energy, it began to approach the order in the void one by one!

Qiu Yan's eyebrows moved slightly, and a gleam of brilliance suddenly flashed in his eyes. Then his mind followed the wind and came into contact with a surging, vast, and rich information!

The change quietly occurred.

On the other side, the examination was in progress.

After collecting and arranging the examination papers, the sealing officer began to cover the names, and another clerk came to copy them. After the comparison and arrangement were completed, they were sent to the examiners for marking.

There were only more than 300 people in the palace examination. Compared with the joint examination, the workload was not large, and with sufficient manpower, the examination went very smoothly. Many examiners gathered in one hall, cross-examined the papers, and then communicated with each other to determine the ranking of each tribute student.

In fact, when it came to this palace examination, the examiners followed the emperor to inspect in the Jiying Hall, and they had already known which paper belonged to whom, and they would basically not make a mistake. This process of covering the names was just a formality. The ranking was certain, and everyone knew who it belonged to.

However, the final ranking was not determined by them. After the ranking was completed and the names were removed, the test papers would be sent to the emperor for review, and the emperor would decide the ranking.

The top three were the first class, namely the top scholar, the second and the third, and the rest were the second and third classes, respectively, the Jinshi and the Tongjinshi.

This is the normal process, but since Li Kun ascended the throne, he has always been personally involved in everything. For example, in this palace examination, the emperor usually just came to go through the motions, but Li Kun had to really supervise the examination, carefully investigate and inspect.

This is a very energy-consuming thing. If it were other emperors, they would definitely go back to recuperate and decide the rankings tomorrow, but Li Kun seemed to not care at all. Not long after he went back, he came back and went to the hall for marking papers.

While many examiners were marking papers, Li Kun would pick up the test papers and read them, and write his comments with his imperial pen.

Looking at them, Li Kun nodded and smiled at a paper: "This one is good. It uses the method of strange troops, and it clearly states the risks. It is meaningful and it is in line with Qiu..." At the end, the voice stopped abruptly, and Li Kun shook his head, "It's still not as good as that one."

The examiners who were marking understood what "that one" meant, and did not say much, but this test paper boasted by the emperor was also picked out and given a good ranking.

After annotating for a while, Li Kun's energy ran out and he looked tired. The eunuch persuaded him repeatedly and finally convinced him to go back.

He only took a few steps and immediately felt quite regretful. The reason why he came here in a hurry was to find out if there was a tribute student's paper that could be close to Qiu Yan's knowledge. In this way, he would have a reason not to select Qiu Yan as the top scholar, so as to avoid being criticized. In the end, he still failed to do so.

"It is indeed a natural talent, which is difficult for others to match. It is fortunate to say that if Qiu Yan's vision occurred during the palace examination, I would be in a dilemma. Now I can make up for it to some extent."

Thinking about it, Li Kun was about to leave the palace, but the eunuch behind him suddenly exclaimed and stepped forward to protect Li Kun, as if facing a great enemy.

"Your Majesty, look at this..."

In the air around, a thin layer of bright yellow mist appeared at some point!

"This is..." Li Kun suddenly widened his eyes and looked around. There was fog everywhere. "How is this possible?"

The face of the Supreme Lord of Great Rui changed drastically. He turned around and went back to the examination hall without caring about anything else.

In the hall, the examiners who were grading the papers stopped their actions and looked at the fog lingering in the hall with different expressions. Some of them couldn't help but look at Wang Fu.

It was not the first time they had seen such a scene. They knew the meaning behind the fog, so they were surprised.

Wang Fu had also stopped his actions, frowned and looked around, and then suddenly thought of something. He stood up and walked to the door of the side hall in two steps.

The fog here is even thicker!

"Wang Qing, is this fog coming from the test paper?" Li Kun's voice came from behind. Wang Fu quickly turned around and retreated. He was about to salute, but was stopped by Li Kun.

"Let's go in and take a look first. If it is really a scene of order and dragon energy, then... it is a happy event." Although he said so, Li Kun's face was full of contradictions, as if he had guessed something and was unable to make a decision.

As they spoke, the two walked into the side hall.

In the depths of the side hall, there were several panicked voices, which were the shouts of the sealing officer and the clerk.

This side hall was used to temporarily store the original test papers. After the main hall finished reviewing and ranking, they would be taken out. According to the previous rules, this hall would be quiet for at least a few hours.

But just now, something strange happened.

It was calm a moment ago, but a moment later, bright yellow smoke rolled out of the pile of test papers and spread rapidly. In almost the blink of an eye, it filled the entire side hall, and then overflowed into the main hall, and was finally discovered by Li Kun.

Arriving at the side hall, Li Kun heard the exclamations of several seal officials. He remained calm and calm, spoke to comfort them, and then went to the table with Wang Fu and found the source of the mist.

"It is here!" With a whisper, Li Kun reached out and pulled out a paper from the layers of test papers.

The test paper was trembling slightly. After he unfolded it, he could see that every word on the paper was jumping, as if it was alive. The dark ink seemed to connect to another world, and the bright yellow mist was floating out from it!

"It is Qiu Yan's paper!"

Looking at the test paper, Li Kun knew who the author was without opening the name. He had stood by Qiu Yan's desk before and saw him write this paper with his own eyes. The words were full of bones and blood. How could Li Kun not recognize the handwriting?

Turning to look at Wang Fu, Li Kun whispered: "Wang Qing is also a person of literary order, but can you see which human order Qiu Yan's article resonates with? Is it a perfect match?"

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