Fighter of the Destiny

Chen Changsheng did not notice the gazes falling on him. After Luo Luolai left the palace, he had not enjoyed this kind of treatment for a long time, but once he returned to the past, he quickly adapted and got used to it. Moreover, he was thinking about something and was a little distracted.

He is confident that he will be at least in the top three in the literary test. The problem is that Gou Hanshi should also be in the top three. Even Tianhai Shengxue's literary test results will not be too bad. Based on this calculation, he will get the highest score in the imperial examination. If you are ranked first, you must at least enter the final round of the battle, and then you need to win five consecutive rounds. Of course, if Gou Hanshi, Tianhai Shengxue, and the four Huaiyuan scholars who submitted the final papers for the literary test are eliminated soon, then he will face much less pressure. The problem is that no matter how you look at it, this is impossible. matter.

Zhuang Feibai, Liang Banhu, and Qijian were also potential strong enemies, as well as Zhuang Changyu, who seemed particularly silent today. What made Chen Changsheng most uneasy or wary was the young man in single clothes standing alone.

This wolf boy has no literary test scores, so no matter what his battle results are, he will not be able to get the first place on the list, and there will be no direct competition with him. But what if he encounters this guy in the previous rounds of battles? What should a young man do? No one wanted to meet this young man in advance, and I believe Gou Hanshi and Tianhai Shengxue thought so too.

The short break ended quickly. Li Nvshi took her maids to pack the food boxes and left the venue. The second round of the Great Examination Competition was about to begin. The outside of Xichen Building gradually became quiet, and the atmosphere was similar to the atmosphere before the first round of competition. It is even more tense and depressing than before, because the top fifteen candidates will also join the battle.

The first fifteen candidates to pass Qujiang in the martial arts test were all very strong, including four from the Lishan Sword Sect, two from the Star Reaching Academy, a senior sister from Saintess Peak, and Tianhai Shengxue stood at the front with an indifferent expression. Zhuang Changyu stood calmly with a classmate. The wolf boy named Zhe Xiu was still standing alone outside, only one person whom no one knew.

Compared with the first round, the basic rules of the second round of the Great Examination are the same, with only two major differences. The first is that the two sides are no longer designated by the first serial number, and it has nothing to do with the examiner. Instead, the method of drawing lots is adopted. , and in the subsequent rounds of battles, lots will be drawn again in each round. What kind of opponent the candidates will encounter is completely left to fate.

Secondly, starting from the second round, the loser of the battle will no longer be sent out of the academy directly, but will stay on the court because it has reached the top sixty-four. In order to determine the ranking and top three candidates for the final imperial examination, the examiner The scoring cannot guarantee absolute fairness, and the loser will most likely need to play extra games.

Before the battle begins, lots must be drawn first. In a sense, the draw is even more important than the match itself. If you can draw a relatively weak opponent, it is equivalent to passing one round early. But if you are unlucky and draw an opponent like Gou Hanshi, what should you do?

Dozens of pairs of eyes followed the hand of the priest who presided over the lottery ceremony as he left the lottery box and landed on the piece of paper with the candidate's name written on it.

"National Education Academy, Xuanyuan Po." The Li Gong priest then pulled out a second piece of paper, took a look at it and said, "Fighting against Li Shan Sword Sect, Gou Hanshi."

There was silence or deathly silence in front of the Xichen Building. It took a long time for the candidates to react and let out countless exclamations.

In everyone's opinion, since Qiu Shanjun unexpectedly did not come to participate in the imperial examination, there is no doubt that the strongest person in this year's imperial examination is Gou Hanshi. It is natural to think that his name will appear very late. , who would have thought that in the first round of drawing lots, the examiner would pull out a piece of paper with Gou Hanshi's name written on it.

The emotions in those exclamations were very complicated. In addition to shock, there was also a lot of joy. In a few of the exclamations, one could hear the emotion of schadenfreude.

Just like no one wanted to face that wolf boy, no one wanted to face Gou Hanshi.

Now people don't need to worry, because the one facing Gou Hanshi is Xuanyuan Po, Xuanyuan Po of the National Education Academy.

Lin Pan was very quiet. Chen Changsheng and Tang Sanliu looked at Xuanyuan Po with no sympathy in their eyes, only questions.

Sympathy means nothing at this time.

Xuanyuan Po looked confused and asked, "What should I do?"

Tang Sanshiliu said: "Don't you see that we are all waiting for you to make a decision?"

Xuanyuan Po looked at Luoluo and said, "Sir, I listen to you."

Luoluo looked at Chen Changsheng and said, "Sir, what do you think?"

Chen Changsheng looked at Tang Sanliu and said, "How about you make an idea?"

Without thinking, Tang Thirty-Six raised his hand and shouted to the priest in charge of drawing lots: "We abstain!"

There was an uproar in the venue. No one expected that the National Education Academy would directly choose to abstain from voting when the lottery was just released. This was too straightforward, or a bit shameless, right? There were jeers from the crowd, and Xuanyuan Po lowered his head, looking a little depressed.

Chen Changsheng said consolingly: "Reserve some strength, and you can take advantage in the extra games later."

Tang Sanliu was in charge of external affairs. Looking at the candidates who were laughing endlessly, he said, "Abstaining is surrendering? You are really capable. We will give this lot to you. Are you going to fight Gou Hanshi?"

It is naturally impossible to give up the lottery, but his words reminded many candidates present that if the goal is to enter the top three in the imperial examination, then in the second round if you encounter an invincible strong man like Gou Hanshi, you will either abstain or just give up. It was the best choice. Thinking that they might abstain from voting later, the candidates naturally became quiet.

The drawing of lots continued, and the calm scene was broken again after the Ligong Priest drew the names Tang Sanliu and Liang Banhu.

The candidates looked at the forest bank. No one laughed at the National Education College, but began to sympathize with the National Education College.

Tang Sanliu looked calm as usual, but his mood was extremely bad. He said in a voice that only the people around him could hear: "What the hell do you call luck?"

When Xuanyuan Po met Gou Hanshi, his luck was extremely bad. When he faced Liang Banhu, his luck was not much better. Not long after the lottery was held, two people from the National Education Academy faced off against two people from the Seven Laws of the Kingdom of God, who were recognized as the strongest. No matter how you looked at it, it was obvious that the National Education Academy was memorizing words today.

The Anglican College's bad luck did not end there.

The note with Chen Changsheng's name was pulled out by the Li Gong Priest, and immediately after, the Priest pulled out his opponent.

Huo Guang in Huaiyuan.

There was an uproar in the field. At this time, even the candidates who had a bad impression of the National Education College were in no mood to gloat.

The most shocking thing happened at the end.

Luoluo's opponent is... Tianhai Shengxue.

It was quiet in front of the washing building, and the sound of the priest taking out the lottery papers was so clear.

People were shocked and speechless as they looked at the people from Linpan Chinese Academy of Education.

Several people in the National Education Academy were also shocked and speechless.

At this point, people can be sure that such a lottery result has absolutely nothing to do with luck, but a deliberate suppression of the National Education Academy because the probability is too small.

When Xuanyuan Po met Gou Hanshi, he had no choice but to give up and admit defeat. Tang Sanliu was well-known and known as a young genius, but there was still a big gap in strength between Liang Banhu and Liang Banhu. There should be no possibility of victory. As for the third game... ...Although the Huaiyuan scholar named Huo Guang has not entered the Qingyun Ranking, according to his performance in the martial arts test, he should be the second strongest among the four students in Huaiyuan, stronger than the two classmates who have already entered the Qingyun Ranking. Only under Qingyun Ninth's Zhong Hui, Chen Changsheng would not be able to defeat him even if he had another chance encounter.

The most obvious evidence is the lottery result of Luoluo. She is second on the Qingyun list. The only thing she is afraid of in this year's imperial examination is Gou Hanshi and Tianhai Shengxue, who have already passed through the netherworld. She happened to be chosen by Tianhai Shengxue. And more importantly, among all the candidates present, only Tianhai Shengxue's family background is similar to hers, and at least he can display his strength relatively freely in the battle.

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Just like in front of Xichen Building, there was also silence in Zhaowen Hall.

The bishop finally slowly opened his eyes, his somewhat cloudy eyes fell on the lottery form shown on the light mirror, and gradually became colder.

Mo Yu lowered his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

King Chen Liu raised his eyebrows slightly, with anger on his face.

Xue Xingchuan was a little surprised and turned around to look at Xu Shiji.

Xu Shiji had no expression on his face and remained silent.

The other important figures in the palace also remained silent.

The big shots in Zhaowen Palace are not stupid, how can they not see that this draw is an artificial result? It was obvious that the Ecclesiastical Office’s preference for the National Religion College eventually aroused dissatisfaction among the new factions of the National Religion. After forbearing for a long time, they finally began to fight back in the final battle of the imperial examination. However, I don’t know if this matter was approved by the Holy Queen. Personal instruction from the Empress or the Pope.

"It doesn't look good to use southerners to attack the National Education Academy."

Mao Qiuyu, the dean of Tiandaoyuan, sighed, got up and walked outside Zhaowen Hall.

Hearing these words, some people in the palace, such as the dean of the Ligong Affiliated Courtyard and the two state bishops, looked a little embarrassed.

Mao Qiuyu's status was aloof. He said what he said and walked away, but he could not change the result of the draw.

The imperial examination must continue, and the drawing of lots is also continuing. The four games related to the National Education Academy are naturally the ones that attract the most attention. Guan Feibai, Zhuang Changyu and other well-known young masters have drawn relatively weak opponents. Only Su Mo Yu's luck seemed to be even worse than that of Chen Changsheng and others, because his opponent was... the young man named Zhe Xiu.

Listening to the roll call of the priest who left the palace, the candidates present knew the full name of the wolf boy for the first time.

The young man's name was Zhexiu, the counselor.

The surname "Counselor" is extremely rare, and it sounds like he is not from the Central Plains. He should be from a small tribe outside the Great Wall.

Tang Thirty-Six patted Su Moyu on the shoulder and said, "Admit defeat, who made you stand with us just now? Bad luck is contagious."

Is it really luck? Of course not, everyone in front of Xichen Lou knows this, but just like the first round, if there is no evidence of manipulation, you have no way to object.

You can only throw in the towel or try for an incredible victory.

Tang Sanshiliu suggested that Su Moyu choose the former, but he was prepared to choose the latter.

Luo Luo and Chen Changsheng thought so too.

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(Today’s chapter, due to personal reasons, there have been less updates these days, sorry.)