A dialogue in the Qianyuan Academy was hidden in the lights of the Shangyuan Festival. For the people of Yujing, the upcoming spring exam is a show of young men from the entire Dayong Kingdom showing off their feathers. In the eyes of the candidates, this spring exam is a rank of success and a rank of immortality. In the eyes of the Qianyuan Academy, this is a competition between the powerful and saints of the Yujing, and even the saints and Buddhism.

As time goes by, the days of spring trials are getting closer and closer, and talented men and beautiful people appear more and more frequently. In addition to the beautiful figures of the palace and the flying towers of the cloud bridges, the soldiers of the various guards have also become more and more visible.

Li Chan became famous for a legend of strange stories, but the closer the spring test, the more lively the city of Yujing. After being disturbed by booksellers from various workshops, life in the garden gradually became dull. In addition to practicing, Li Chan studied and prepared for the exam, discussing knowledge with Mai Wang, Bai Weizhi and others. Occasionally, he set up a chessboard, took out the precious chess pieces given by Li Guanqi, and played a game with others.

The spring grass in Guangzhaifang is getting deeper, and the daffodils in the pond, the mountain tourists in the garden, and the Ditang are gradually blooming. If the garden was still in ruins last winter, it is now a prosperous scene. The money sent by the two major bookstores in Yujing City made the poor family rich suddenly become rich, and the monsters finally don’t have to continue to save money and live a life. Saiqing’s mother bought five pieces of cloth and red medicine to add two new clothes for monsters that can turn into human form in the family. It was not until the Spring Festival on February 2 that she stopped needlework and went to the lush cherry blossom forest in the eastern suburbs to watch people playing the piano and drum. Li Chan was carrying an official position, although she had not fulfilled her duties several times, she was summoned to the altar of the country and drank with all the officials in Yujing City.

Four days after the Spring Club, the spring water in Longyou Tang in the northwest of Yujing was boiling. Every time the Jingzhe arrived, Longyou Tang always had this strange phenomenon. Sure enough, spring thunder rang that night, accompanied by a heavy rain, washed away the last little snow in the city. When it cleared, the weather completely warmed up.

From then on, Li Chan changed into a spring shirt. On the second day of the vernal equinox, he received a notice from the Ministry of Rites, and gathered at Jingfeng Sect with the 391 people who were in the spring examination of the Qianyuan Academy. Then he was taken to the northeast corner of the imperial city by eunuchs. Longyuan Pavilion is here, and there are portraits of thirty-one grand scholars of the Qianyuan Academy of each generation in the pavilion, most of which made great achievements in the chaotic times of the demons of the past.

Outside Longyuan Pavilion, Yuan Shuo, the priest of Qianyuan Academy, personally shared the wine with everyone. When everyone crossed their hands and bowed to the red building, the Taiyue Bureau hit the drum. After the ceremony, the musician played a song "Anshile" and everyone sang together.

Yuan Shuo was old, staggering, and his voice was hoarse, but even the people at the farthest could hear clearly. The practice of the practitioner was almost destined to disturb the vitality of heaven and earth. Li Chan observed carefully, but could not see any signs of this priest who showed his supernatural powers. He thought to himself that such a clever and clumsy method would probably break the realm of knowledge and have entered the Tao.

Yuan Shuo sang in front, and everyone followed closely. In recent months, although these young people have frequently appeared at various kinds of elegant gatherings in Yujing City and most of them have met each other, they have gathered together for the first time. Although the festival is not a competition, everyone is also competing in secret. Four hundred people sang together, and the sound shook the sky. Even the people outside the imperial city could vaguely hear it, and they all sighed with such a mighty and majestic atmosphere...

The Longyuan Pavilion Festival is a signal that the spring examination in Qianyuan Academy begins.

Li Chan was used to wandering around and was a kind of person who was at ease. Although he wanted to enter Qianyuan Academy, he did not have any obsession with becoming a good person without success. Because of this, he was able to be at peace when others were busy paying homage to nobles and nobles. However, as the gardens in Guangzhaifang became more and more decent and the lives of monsters became more and more organized, Li Chan became accustomed to life in Yujing City. When he knew the names of his neighbors, he could smile at the old man selling tofu in the alley every day and greet the apricots selling. One day, he returned from Lantai and looked down at his house from afar on the cloud bridge. When he remembered the days when he had no fixed place in the past, he felt like he was a different world.

Perhaps because he was nostalgic for this peaceful and comfortable day, Li Chan became very nervous a few days before the spring trial. He originally planned to read the scriptures again, but he couldn't calm down. He went out to discuss the article with Bai Weizhi, but when he arrived at the Taoist temple where he was staying, he learned that Lingqiu Hezi had gone out to appreciate the flowers. He also heard that the peach blossoms were blooming at the foot of Duling Mountain in the western suburbs, so he put down the book and took the monsters out of the west gate of Yujing for a trip.

It was still early spring, and the so-called peach blossoms were blooming. It turned out that there were only a few branches. Before they had accumulated much vitality, they became buds early and were very thin and thin. They were not as famous as Xuandu's peach blossoms, and they were not even as beautiful and plump as Li Chan used to seeing them, but they also evoked a sense of intimacy that was thousands of miles away, and then reminded me of my experience in Xuandu last spring.

I took a step back and thought, even if I couldn't enter the Qianyuan Academy, my situation would not be worse than before, and I felt much relieved immediately.

...

After the rain, the first morning when the rain stopped, the darkness was filled with the undispersed moisture. The sky was not yet visible, and the moon was still hanging in the sky. A rustling sound was made in Li's bedroom, which was the sound of clothes rubbing against the bedding when he turned over. The sound repeated for about half a quarter of an hour and finally stopped. The people on the bed no longer tossed and turned, but did not sleep well, but instead held up on the edge of the bed and cleared their voice.

There was a sudden light in the room, and the colorful rooster with candles was standing alone in front of the table. Li Chan squinted her eyes under the candlelight, yawned, and pulled the willow branches from the water bottle, chewing it, and walked to the window while walking. His movements were very light, but his breathing was more obvious than his steps.

Today is the day of the Qianyuan Academy. He slept without a dream all night, but woke up very early. After pushing the window and looking at the sky, the sound of a donkey pulling a millstone in Cangmi's tofu shop, which made the black donkey sleep sound so much that it was so fragrant that the black donkey occasionally sniffed. Seeing that it was still a while before dawn, Li Chan touched his stomach and remembered that there should be some cooking cakes left in the kitchen last night, so he left the bedroom. When he opened the door, there was a light in the west room. Just now, there was no more than two steps, and the sound of a red yaksha came from the wall: "Arang gets up so early?

"I'm full of sleep." Li Chan spit out some willow branches.

Qing Yasha's voice came from the roof: "We just said we shouldn't go to the room. Xue Shi'erjun insisted on climbing the tiles, but now he woke up Ah Lang..."

"It's not like this." Li Chan smiled, "Why didn't you sleep?"

On the top of the chess pavilion with four corners, the white fox was swallowing a thin wisp of moonlight. He turned his head and looked down, jumped down, turned into a human form, and said quietly: "Alang is a human being. Even if he planted Taoism, he was used to sleeping at night. But we were born to be used to hiding out at night. But we had some Taoism and were also energetic during the day."...

Xu Da said, "The Fox Fairy Empress is a cheerful person, why is she so awkward tonight? We are worried that Alang can't sleep at night, but she can't sleep at night. Why did Alang wake up so early today?"

"After all, it's a big deal. If you don't worry at all, it's better to say you don't care about it than to be calm." The red paper-cutting fell, and Saiqing's mother appeared under the window and said softly, "Speaking of this, Shaolang should have been a little nervous when he was invited to take the Qingque Palace to take the school entrance exam in Fuyushan."

Bi Jun also appeared on the side and smiled and said, "When you enter Qianyuan Academy, you will be able to stand alone in the future."

Li Chan looked around the monsters, and it turned out that not only he could not sleep well, but the monsters in the whole family were awake. He was a little moved and smiled and said, "Isn't it the only one now?"

Bi Jun shook his head, "Now you are just a rootless Ping. Take Xiyi Mountain as an example. You can kill Hong Yixuan with a deliberate intention. When you meet Wu Quexie, who is stronger than him, you can only run away in a hurry. If someone is stronger, you paused for a while." He paused for a while and said seriously: "If a practitioner in the realm of knowledge wants your life, you will not even have the chance to escape by relying on you alone."

"I entered Qianyuan Academy." Bi Jun patted Li Chan on the shoulder, "You have the following steps."

...

Waking up in the middle of the night was a little sad, but with monsters accompanying him, Li Chan also relieved the last bit of nervousness in her heart. The red medicine mixed a plate of calming fragrance. As the word "incense" turned gray, the moon gradually set and the sky gradually became brighter.

Although the monster house cannot worship gods, the monsters got three statues of gods from somewhere.

During the exam, the Confucian children of the Dayong Kingdom worshipped Wenchang Star, the Taoist priests worshipped Kui Star, the monk worshipped Wenshu, and Li Chan merged with the three religions to flask a stick of incense for each of the three statues. Then they put on their bodies, rode on a black donkey, and left Guangzhaifang. I don’t know if the three great gods had their own responses, whether they would bless or punish them.

The black donkey passed through the streets and alleys. Just after Chenchu, he rushed to the Gongyuan in the southeast of Yujing City. The Gongyuan was originally an examination place for the imperial examinations, contributing talents to the saints. The first three examinations of Qianyuan Academy were also held here. There is no noise near the examination room, but the onlookers had how they could resist exchanges and discussions with nearly 400 candidates. Before the exam was taken, the reputation accumulated by the candidates became different. The handsome men who had become famous were not only stared at by countless pairs of eyes, but also formed major societies for them.

The black donkey who was ridiculed outside Xinyuan was approaching the Gongyuan this time, but he received a small cheer. It was vaguely heard the shouts of "Drawing Immortals".
Chapter completed!