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Chapter 78: TheAcademicDiscussion

In the dusk, the golden ray of lightchangesthemountain at the back of Academy into ahighgradedivine place, on the stone plateeven the crack between the bluestonereflect the warmth, people go home one by one with haste, only the students who canpredict the result stay, surrounding the stone plate, they focus on that common looking youngcandidate,occasionally they take note the little maid next to him incidentally, from time to time they turn down and whisper for a few words.

Candidates eyes are very complicated, there arepuzzled and unspeakable, there is a candidate who can get three straight first class-upper in the examination, that overcome NanJinXie, but no one heard the name of thecandidate before, completely notfamous. The riding and shooting skill are reasonable, as the candidate wasrecommendedby the military department, or the skills weretrained at thefrontier fortress,howeverhis mathematics also isan A+.XieChen Yun, Zhong Da Jun, Wang Ying these three candidates were the ultimate hopes, but they can only get first class for the subject and not first class upper.

There is a candidate that could not bear it and forward hisdoubts, suddenly someone response, Si Tu Yie Lan sort herwrinkled front robes, she frowned at Ning Que and asked, How do youanswer the mathematics test?

This sentence reveals a question of doubt, the tone sounded high clearly shown herdissatisfication, Ning Que was not quite happy with her words. When he look atthe girls pupil, heconfirmedthat she meant no harm toward him. She was just those typical impression which been shocked by the results until her mind is drowsy and confused. He just spread out his hand and smileinnocently, without answering.

The military recommend seventy few candidates, which causeda lot of people inChang AnCity to not feelvery happy. Rightnow, NingQue was the person that bath in thelimelight and hedidntintend to answer those question. This make those people in Chang An City to continueSi Tu Yie Lans question and started the discussion.

As the military elected candidate actually robbed the three subjects first place, it wasnaturalthat the candidates formDa Tang empire border troops and the major campsfeel thesense of glory, just that they are older than other candidates, so they only act steady, still they are on Ning Ques side. At this moment they do not rush to give a few word.But there is a ChangAncandidate could not stand it.

ChuYou Xian shaking the fan and walk toward to Ning Que. He reached out on his shoulder while staring at thecandidatespresent. He said, Is there any problem? Ning Que is my friend. Do you know who is he? He is the one who wentto Hong Xiu Zhao drink wine and flirt withgirls without pay any money! Is there anything he cant do in this world?

There was a saying that the youngsterin the city of ChangAnarray for fame, the most effective way are none other than comparing their father official position or power, and also their family wealth. Da Tang empire was such an open and active society, social status and wealth accumulation at any time will make a dramatic changes, by using status and wealth of their family will only make them look vulgar, the people value more on theirpersonalstrength, talent, andthosewho can adapt in Chang An the best.

Talk about adapting in Chang An, it does notcompletelyignore therelationof family background, but that are some places does not really effect by it, likeHongXiuZhao, or places like canteen, so who rule these places show that they are stronger.

ChuYou Xianmentioned that NingQue wasdrinkwine andcalled girlat HongXiuZhaofor free was not the sign ofhumiliation, instead he is helping him to rise his fame. As expected, the impression of those ChangAnyoungster changed after they heard that Ning Que rulesHongXiuZhaowhich is a place that no living being dare to disturb, they started to have awe feeling toward Ning Que.

But not all person was impressed byChuYou Xians statement, like SangSangwho upright her little dark face, frown her eyebrows, staring atChuYou Xians shivering hand that place onNingQues shoulder. She was not even excited listening toChuYou Xiantalking about her masters glory, while on the other handSiTu Yie Langot weird feeling about Ning Ques mind.

I am still notsatisfied,the mathematics test is onlya question, if correct then correct, if wrong then wrong, how many wine drank and how many plumblossomsbeen cut by the master, iscanthavemultiple answers, then why your result is first class upper, yetXieChen Yuns result is just first class?

SiTu Yie Lanholding Jing Wu Cais hand and shout, she feels verydissatisfied.

She usually was not this unruly, the reason was that her femalecompanionJing Wu Caihad been admiring XieChen Yun.However, nowXieChen Yuns glory was overcomeby Ning Que,Wu Cais expression looksdim. Shecouldnthelp but question him, apart from this, there is an important reason that she doesntseemto notice it herself.

At riding test,she was knocked off by the big black horse, and almost trampled, as a daughter of general Yun Hui, shecanteven tame ahorse, it wasextremeembarrassed. To her surprise, Ning Que was able to tame the black horse easily, and he is the only one manage togetfirst class upper atthe riding test, this make her feel very puzzled. n addition,another first class upper on mathematics onlymakes her feel even more incomprehensible, it is natural that she is unable to reconcile.

At this moment, in the crowd an old hoarse voice sound suddenly.

Because he is the first to hand in the test paper, such idiocy and easy question, who cant answer the question is morestupidthana moron, so we can only judge by speed, when I was reading the test question, he already has the answer, that's why his result is first class upper. Thisstudent please let me pass.

An old lady wearing a big blue coat and holdinga bamboo broom, sheappearsat thestoneplate suddenly, bend her body, and slowly sweep the duston the ground, she slowlyleavesthe stone plate.

Watching the old ladys backvanishing deep inside the Academy, the candidates arestunnedandspeechless,actually there are at least four out of five of the candidates that does not manage to answer the math question, but the old lady said that it was anidiocy easy question,a candidate couldnt bear it and say angrily, who do she think she is?

Outsidethe crowd, anexaminer answer coldly, She is the only female honored lecturer in the Academic, she will be your math lecturer for this few years if you enter the Academic.

Is shethelecturer? Ning Que watching thericketsold lady at far away, endure the laughter in the heart.

XieChen Yunis now completely calm, even him have the hot blood side, after all he is still have the highestoverallmark inthetest, moreover his target wasdifferentfrom others, his vision also was different from others. In his mind,entering the SecondFloor was more important than compete in the test result. The young candidate seem to be very common,arguing with him will be meaningless.

Incontrast, after he heard the old ladys statement, he knows that Ning Que only used a short time period of time to answer. It was inevitable for him toadmire Ning Quein silent. He saidseriously, that mathematics question, I first usedmethod of exhaustion, then I get infinite number, finally I understand its meaning, sir..

SiTu Yie Lanwhisper him his name,XieChen Yunnod hisheadto show appreciation, looking at Ning Que while continue to say, How doyoucalculateit? Do you use othermethod,that'swhy you can answeritin such speed?

If at one glance you already know that it is infinite number, why do you need to usemethod of exhaustion? If you want to talk about the final answer,honestly,I am just lazy to continue the calculation, and write a just about right answer.

Ning Ques answer has a bit of masters style, it showsirresponsibility, but in fact that it is notnonsense, so call the conversion between infinite conceptand precise number, this is the irresponsibleindistinction.

Not many people understand, some thinks Ning Que just lucky, some thinks Ning Que hide the truth, onlyXieChen Yununderstand it, when he wanted to pursue deeper, at the further site sounded the voice of the lecturer takeattendence.

XieChen Yun, WangYing, Ning Que, Chen Si Miao, He Ying Qin.proceedto technical room and report.

Ning Que had been absent-minded for a second when he heard his name was mentioned. Go to thetechnical room What is thatmeans?

Hewonders whyhe alwaysfelta cold between his legs everytime he needs to report himself. But it is not very comfortable to ask others, so he brief SangSanga few words. WithXieChen Yunand others slowly disappears deep inside the Academy, he felt troubled. He noted that there is a female candidate, only then that he feltreassureda bit.

The candidates at the stone plate was not surprise at all, in fact they also wants to be the one called bythetechnical room. They watched as few candidates walk toward the Academy, their faces showadmiration.SiTu Yie Lankicking the crack of the bluestone disappointedly, watching Ning Ques back and mumbled, why did that guy the one that robbed everything?

For awhile, this seven to eight candidates came back from the Academy as they seems likestrolling.XieChen Yunhave acalmexpression, while others seem to be happy yet Ning Que dont evenshowsany expression.

Other than the 6 classes, the academy had added a technical classspecially. This was to train theextraordinarystudents. These studentswill learn sword and charm skills, that's the reason it wasnamedtechnical class. The students summoned by lecturersare thepotentialstudents, they haveaccepted aspiritualinspection.

Ning Que ischosen, because his hairpin xiaokai duringwriting test and hisextraordinalperformancein mathematics test, the Academy think he haspotentialon the practice, sadly his sea of qi is still not awaken, and it is rare that a lecturer make mistake on the inspection.

Just experience once again the exchange of hope todespair, if there is no hope, then there is no despair, Ning Que already understand his condition perfectly, so he can face it calmly.

XieChen Yunalready started his practice when he was in NanJin City.It was reasonablethat he does not felt surprised, but the others know that they can enter the legendary and mysterious path, it is naturalfor them to beexcited.

I cant. Ning Que spread out his hands, explain to the mass, Oh.couldntsay cant the lecturer say that I have no problem with the will power, just my Qi is bad, so my body cant do the practice.

The Academy summoned seven students, only him alone that couldnt pass. Thevision of thecandidatesseemcomplicate, some faintly change from hostiletosympathy whilethere are also some that filled with ridicule.

People of Tang centuryrespect the strong, but they dont discriminate the weak. Thousandyears of tradition had educated them to betolerant. For example; moment ago, SiTu Yie Lanwas not pleased wit Ning Que but now she can only look at him and sighed. she sympathizesand tries tocomforthim, Dont be tooupset, practitioner in minority, we are just the same as you are.

Your words are rational, cant practice doesnt meanworthless. Ning Que take a bottle from SangSangshand and drink, hesmilesat her and say: I am a professional firewood cutter.

After finish his sentence, the master and maid leave the Academy at twilight.

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