The pen walks on the snow-white paper, just like a person walking in the desert, sometimes making rustling sounds and sometimes silent.

It seemed that there were a lot of mulberry trees and a lot of silkworms in the Zhaowen Palace instantly.

Chen Changsheng held the pen and answered the questions on the volume seriously. His pen was not far away from the scroll, and he wrote carefully, stroke by stroke, so serious that he was even a little restrained.

Because of his restraint, he felt a little nervous when he looked at it. In fact, he was very relaxed. The countless articles he had read since childhood, like fallen leaves in the wind, kept passing through his mind. Looking at the topic, he gently picked a piece from the fallen leaves, and copied it. There was no need to think for a long time - the question that needed to think about before reaching a conclusion has not yet appeared. In the several test papers that have been seen, there is no knowledge assessment beyond the scope of the Taoist sect. The priests who gave the questions have not yet shown the wisdom of countless predecessors.

Not far away, Gou Hanshi put down his pen and rubbed his wrists, then continued to roll, with a calm and relaxed expression, as if he was taking notes in Lishan Study.

The Zhaowen Palace was quiet, and you could only hear the sound of reading test papers and writing. Occasionally, you would hear a cough or two, which meant nervousness.

At this moment, something that no one expected happened - someone handed in advance.

Of course it was not Gou Hanshi, nor Chen Changsheng. Their pens had just fallen on paper and started writing. As the person who was most optimistic about the literary test, at least they had to finish all the questions, right?

The first person to hand in the paper was not Xuanyuan Po. There is no elimination in the literary test. If you are really not good at it, Yu Qiang will give up directly. This is what Tang Sanshiliu said to him. This is what many college teachers or sect elders said to his disciples. This is the so-called experience. If you perform very well in the martial arts test and battle later, even if you don’t have any results in the literary test, you will still have the hope of entering the third grade.

It is common for people to submit papers in advance in the annual Grand Court exam, but this year, some people still surprised people because it is too early.

The first person to hand in the paper was the boy in a single-wearing dress that Chen Changsheng had always paid attention to. The boy didn't even read the paper. To be more precise, when the paper was just sent to his desk, he stood up and walked towards the examiner's position with the paper. What's the difference between this and abandoning the exam? This is abandoning the exam.

In previous years, even though there were many people like Xuanyuan Po who had the experience taught by their predecessors and teachers and would give up the literary exam directly, they would always think about leaving some face to the court and the state education, and at least they would have survived half an hour in the examination room before handing in the paper.

The young man did not hesitate and gave up the exam directly at the beginning, seemingly ignoring the world. The candidates were surprised to see his back, and some showed gloating expressions, thinking that even if the examiner did not have any good impression of such candidates, he would not leave any good impressions.

The young man walked to the examiner's seat and placed the question paper on the table.

The thick stack of papers is naturally blank.

Several examiners from the imperial court and the national religion stared at the young man, silent, and the atmosphere was a bit strange.

A priest broke his silence and said in a cold voice: "Are you sure you want to hand over the paper?"

The boy's appearance is pretty, and his biggest feature is that his eyebrows are very thin and flat, and they look like a straight line. It is not ugly, but it looks a little cold.

Listening to the priest's question, the boy still had no expression on his face and asked, "Can't it work?"

When he was talking, his thin eyebrows were slightly raised, and he seemed a little bored, and he seemed to dislike talking to people very much.

His voice was as light as ice, his tone was as flat as wilderness, and his speaking speed was very slow, like he was jumping out one by one, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

The priest frowned slightly and said a little displeased: "According to the rules of the Grand Court Examination, it is natural to hand in the paper in advance, but..."

Before the priest finished speaking, the young man said, "I hand over the paper."

The speed of speech is still very slow, the tone is still very flat, the emotions are still very cold, the meaning of expression is very clear, and the willingness is firm, that is, nothing is left.

The priest looked at the blank question paper and stopped saying anything. Another examiner sternly scolded: "You can't enter the second grade now. If you feel a little ashamed, you should feel ashamed. You are so proud. I really don't know how your teacher teaches you."

The boy still had no expression on his face and did not answer this sentence.

He had no division commander, and he came to participate in the Grand Court Examination, just to participate in the battle, he wanted to defeat everyone, especially the little girl from Baidi City, and told himself again that he was the strongest. As for the top spot in the Great Zhou court and the National Education Selection, he didn't care at all.

Later, someone took the boy out of Zhaowen Hall to the venue for the martial arts test.

Hundreds of candidates in the hall watched the boy get away with a complicated look.

Gou Hanshi vaguely guessed who the boy was, and his expression became a little solemn.

Zhuang Huanyu raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression was still calm, but there was a little uneasy deep in his eyes.

Half an hour later, candidates handed in the papers one after another.

The candidates were taken away from Zhaowen Hall by officials and walked along the shrine in the palace for a long time before they arrived at Chaoyang Garden, the place for the martial arts examination.

Chaoyang Garden is a large garden on the east side of Ligong. When spring is bright, countless grasslands are green like the sea, and countless trees are filled with a faint and graceful feeling. When birds are singing in the morning and the water is in the evening, the scenery is extremely beautiful. At this time, the cold winter has just passed, the spring has just arrived, and the grasslands are slightly yellow, but the scenery is still very charming.

What is the real intention of the Great Court Examination?

Selecting talents for the national religion and the court, setting a threshold for enlightenment of the Heavenly Book of Tombs? Yes, these are all, but the ultimate goal of the Great Court Examination is to select and cultivate more and more truly talented young people to reserve follow-up power for the war with the demons.

The single combat power of the demon clan is too strong. Humans and demon clans can only fight hard by relying on their number advantage. From a thousand years ago, people realized that only by cultivating more peerless strong men in the true sense can they gain a real and overwhelming advantage in this war.

In the long road of cultivation, the most important threshold is the most important threshold. Once you pass this threshold, it will become the focus of the human world, but age is also a very important reference value. A thirty-year-old sitting upper realm is far less important to the human world than a thirteen-year-old sitting upper realm. This is the truth that everyone understands. Otherwise, even if you finally enter the Star Gathering Realm when you are eight hundred years old, you are already exhausted and you will never be able to enter the highest realm again. What is the significance of this war with the demons?

Therefore, just like the Tiandihu List issued by Tianji Pavilion, the Great Chao Examination attaches the most importance to the potential and talent of the candidates, and looks at the future. In fact, talent and potential are the same in a sense, but the latter has more subjective initiative factors than the former. Together, they are shown in ability.

The martial arts test is the most direct means for the Great Dynasty to achieve its own goals.

Geniuses like Xu Yourong and Luoluo have natural blood talents, and they do not need to be tested, but their abilities can be tested. First, the strength of their spiritual consciousness, which determines the distance of the candidate's destiny star and the efficiency of their practice within a unit of time. Secondly, the number of true energy, which is related to the candidate's diligence and perception efficiency of the world.

Under the leadership of the officials, the candidates walked through Chaoyang Garden and came to the east and deepest part. They did not see the young man who handed in the first paper. They only saw the holly bushes that were about two people in front of them, and they were very flat and trimmed. Some Kyoto candidates knew the origin of this green forest and realized that this year's martial arts examination was like this, and they couldn't help but whine silently in their hearts.

Not to mention the difficult situation the candidates who were preparing to take the martial arts exam faced, the literary exam in Zhaowen Hall continued. Some students bit the end of their pen and looked pale, as if they might faint at any time. Some students were sweating in the cold early spring weather, and the light heat was emitting their bodies, and the atmosphere between the scene was particularly depressing.

——This year’s article exam questions are too difficult, and they involve too much knowledge and are too deep, far exceeding those in previous years. No matter how hard they rack their brains, the manpower is sometimes poor, and candidates are constantly defeated in the battle with the question-setting person and handed in advance. Then, crying sounds come from behind Zhaowen Palace from time to time.

The examiner and the priests' eyes fell more and more on Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng, but they seemed to be unaware of anything and continued to do the question paper, without pausing the pen in their hands.

As time passed, there were only more than ten people left in Zhaowen Hall, most of the seats had been withdrawn, and the venue was even more empty and deserted. Even the remaining people had given up the answers to the last few pages of the question paper and began to carefully check the previous answers, hoping that there would be no undue mistakes. Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng were still answering the questions.

The sun in early spring moved from the horizon to the middle, and fewer and fewer people were still taking the literary exam. Even Tianhai Shengxue and the four young scholars in Huaiyuan had finished answering questions. Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng were still answering questions silently. They had already answered the last page at this time.

The examiner and priests in the hall could no longer sit down, and left the tables and chairs, and came to the venue with tea. Because they were worried that they would affect their answers, they did not get too close. They watched this scene that was extremely difficult to appear in the Great Court exam, and no one made any sound, and the expression on their faces became more and more exciting.

——In the past few years, no one has been able to finish all the questions in the literary test. Because the people who gave the literary test were old priests who were carefully studying Taoist scriptures in the palace. Those old priests or practiced in ordinary places and had no power, but they were buried in old papers throughout their lives and were extremely knowledgeable. They were used to writing the most difficult questions in the last few pages of the question paper to prove their value. It was extremely difficult for these knowledgeable old priests to answer them alone, let alone those students who came to take the literary test.

Gou Hanshi is known to read the Taoist sect throughout the Tao, and Chen Changsheng now has the same praise. Or because of this, the learned old priests in the palace were angered. The questions in this year's Grand Court Examination are much more difficult than in previous years, especially the last few pages of the question paper, which is even more profound and far-reaching, just to embarrass Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng.

The examiner and the priests knew the inside story of this year's literary exam. At this time, when Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng answered to the last page, they seemed to be able to finish all the questions, which was naturally shocking.

Tianhai Shengxue had already handed in the paper. He stood at the gate of the hall and looked back at Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng who were still answering questions in the hall, frowned. As the most promising heir to the Tianhai family, he had never relaxed his requirements for himself, but the last few pages of the question paper were too difficult. He couldn't understand why Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng could continue to answer questions. Is it really that big gap between the two sides in terms of knowledge?

The scholars of Huaiyuan submitted the paper in the countdown. According to the principle, they should be proud enough, but looking at the two people who were still writing quietly in the audience, they could not have such emotions. They were not surprised that Gou Hanshi, who had a scientific name outside, could persist until now. However, they thought that the boy named Chen Changsheng would definitely not be able to make the last few pages of the paper. It must be because of vanity and refused to leave, and a sarcastic expression appeared on his face.

I don't know how long it took.

The sound of clothes and tables and chairs rubbing in the quiet Zhaowen Hall, and the discussion and vague restlessness could no longer be suppressed, and it rang from the east side.

Gou Hanshi finished answering the questions and stood up.

Almost at the same time, the sound of tables and chairs moving and sorting out the questions came from the west.

People looked over there and saw Chen Changsheng holding the paper in his arms and preparing to hand over the paper.

Quietly descended to the hall again.

Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng were separated by more than ten feet apart, looking at each other quietly, and then bowed slightly.

They saw each other for the first time since the bell rang, and of course, they always knew that each other was there.

The literary test ended, and the silent formation outside Zhaowen Hall retreated, and a wave-like voice rushed in.

The people who came to see the Grand Court exam were blocked far away. Even so, the sounds still reached the scene. It is conceivable how lively it would be there at this time.

The people watching the fun had already learned the specific situation of the literary test at this time. They knew that Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng had finally handed in the paper and answered all the questions in the paper. They couldn't help but feel excited and shouted to each other. The two young people who read through the Taoist sect finally handed in the paper together. The scene was fascinating.

Gou Han Food Festival is famous all over the world, it is the first popular literary test, and is highly respected by the world. But after all, he is a young man from the south. Although Chen Changsheng offended all the young men in Kyoto because of his engagement with Xu Yourong and the story of the autumn rain, he was a Zhou person after all. At this time, he became the representative of the people of Kyoto. Most of the people were cheering for him for the pride of the Zhou people.

Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng couldn't hear clearly what the people from afar were shouting. They took the hand towels handed by the deacons, wet them in a basin of water, washed their faces and hands, tidied them up, and walked out of Zhaowen Hall under the leadership of the officials. It was obvious that these were the unique treatments of the two of them.

Walking under the green tree in front of the Shinto, Gou Hanshi asked him: "Although Zhou is old country, his destiny is only true. What do you think of this question?"
Chapter completed!