Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 40: The World's Most Eminent Scholars

When the spring breeze awakens all things, it is also the day when Confucianism is put to the test.

The spring examination is one of the important days in Confucianism, and it will attract the attention of many parties including hundreds of schools of thought and princes, especially those students who are listed on the various lists of the Taibu Lantai.

If a student makes it onto Taibulantai's world list, he or she will surely become famous and known to the world.

This is the pursuit of scholars all over the world.

Countless students are looking forward to the spring examinations, preparing to show off their knowledge and dreams of becoming famous overnight.

The first day of the spring exam passed with Feng Qingyan becoming famous all over the world.

He single-handedly surpassed all the students in the 81 academies, and as a top-ranked gentleman, he ranked first in the world...

All the students pale in comparison to him.

While the students of the 81st Academy admired him, they also felt unwilling and dissatisfied.

Especially for the students of Sanshang Academy and the ten great academies, who were always proud of themselves, they could not have imagined that the glory of the spring exam would be snatched away by a student from Weideng Academy.

Where does this place the Sanshang Academy and the Ten Great Academies?

Although the disciples of Sanshang Academy and the Ten Great Academies admired Feng Qingyan as a Three-Ranked Gentleman, they were unwilling to see all the glory taken away by one person. They prepared to regain the glory of the exam and the attention of the people of the world in the upcoming exam.

In particular, the world-renowned "Taiping Youxiang" represents the brilliance of literary talent.

In front of Taibulan Terrace on Meihua Mountain in Wangcheng, there are stone tablets that are ten feet high. Each stone tablet is a world list, which is sought after and crazy by the people of the world.

The dream of a scholar is to be ranked among the best in the world one day.

The Gentlemen's List is highly respected by all the people in the world, and some even call it the best list in the world.

Moreover, there is no limit on the number of people or age on the Gentlemen's List.

However, in the Zhou Dynasty, which had a vast territory and dozens or hundreds of vassal states, there were less than a hundred people on the list of gentlemen.

Qingyan was named a Three-Tripod Gentleman and ranked 15th on the list of gentlemen in the world.

There is one gentleman with six tripods, one gentleman with five tripods, five gentlemen with four tripods, and seven gentlemen with three tripods.

There are twenty gentlemen of the Second Ding level below, and the rest are all gentlemen of the First Ding level.

In addition to the most eye-catching Gentlemen List in the World, the Literary List in the World is particularly eye-catching. In the minds of young scholars, it even surpasses the world lists of music, chess, calligraphy and painting to a certain extent, and is catching up with the Gentlemen List in the World.

But this list is limited to students under the age of 20.

It doesn't matter what your degree is, it only matters your talent.

Therefore, the disciples of Sanshang Academy and the ten major academies are preparing to take the World Literary List as the main focus and the World Lists of Music, Chess, Calligraphy and Painting as the secondary focus, in order to regain the glory of the spring examination.

Although it is difficult to surpass the three gentlemen, at least they are equal.

The three academies and the ten major academies have been sharpening their skills, and even the other academies have begun to feel threatened and they also want to compete in the spring examination.

On the morning of the second day of the spring exam.

A student from Sanshang Academy was listed on the list of young zither players in the world by Taibu Lantai as a sixth-rank zither player.

A student from Dashi Academy was listed on the world's youth chess list of Taiblantai as a sixth-rank chess master.

A student from Sanjia Academy was listed on Taibu Lantai's list of young painters in the world as a sixth-rank painter.

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In just one morning, five people from the Eighty-one Academy made it onto the world rankings of the Taibo Lantai. Although they were all on the four young people's rankings of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, they were also on the world rankings that attracted the attention of the world, and their future achievements were immeasurable...

Moreover, they are all teenagers under the age of 20.

The sixth-rank zither player at Sanshang Academy was only fifteen years old...

The news that students from other academies were listed on the Taibulantai National Ranking naturally spread to Zangshan Academy, which amazed many students.

Moreover, they also heard rumors that Sanshang Academy and the ten major academies were preparing to regain the glory in the spring examination.

The students would not sit still and wait for death. Especially the famous students like Mu Yu, Rong Tao, Mei Lan, etc., they were naturally aroused with a strong fighting spirit and wanted to compete with Sanshang Academy and the ten major academies.

Although Feng Qingyan is one of the Three-Ranked Gentlemen, he is only Feng Qingyan himself after all.

His honor, not theirs.

Besides, Junzi Qingyan has not yet opened the Wen Palace, so how can he compete with Sanshang Academy and the ten major academies?
In the Zangshan Academy.

"Meet the gentleman."

"Meet Feng Sanding."

Whenever students walked past Feng Qingyan, they would bow to him and address him as a gentleman or Feng Sanding. Even the teachers and tutors in the academy treated him with great courtesy and some would even address him as a gentleman...

Soon, Feng Qingyan came to Qin Valley, intending to see how the students' Qin skills were.

Qin Valley is located in a valley on the west side of the academy. The environment is beautiful and quiet, which is very suitable for playing the zither.

At this time, many students were already sitting on the ground in Qin Valley.

"Meet the gentleman."

"Meet the gentleman."

When the students in Qin Valley saw Feng Qingyan coming, they stood up and saluted, and Feng Qingyan returned the salute one by one.

Around 3 p.m., an instructor and two teachers came to Qin Valley, a handsome young man in white, a middle-aged man in green with a square face, and an elegant old man in a gray robe.

As the elegant old man walked, he said, "I will be the examiner of the academy's piano test. Students can perform as they please. If you are not admitted, don't worry. As long as you perform well, you still have the hope of entering the academy..."

"Start now."

The elegant old man said, and then he knelt down with the other two teachers and said to the students, "Which student will come first?"

The students looked at each other and one of them went up first.

Huh?
Feng Qingyan was slightly surprised.

The first person to come up was actually a young girl, with eyebrows like emerald feathers, teeth like pearls, skin as white as snow, and a waist as white as silk. She knelt in front of the white jade table, playing the zither with both hands, with graceful movements, her body was hidden in the mist, looming like a fairy, beautiful beyond description.

Suddenly, clouds and mist rose up in the Qin Valley, which was the sound mist created by the zither player playing the zither.

The appearance of sound mist indicates that the piano playing skill has reached a high level.

At this time, the Qin Valley was filled with sound mist, as if a thick fog had fallen, and the looming and graceful figures amazed many students.

"I never thought that a girl who is only sixteen or seventeen years old would be able to play the zither at a high level..."

For young students, it is extremely rare to have good piano skills. If nothing goes wrong, they will definitely get first-class praise.

At this time, the girl stopped her hand, but the sound lingered on, and the sound mist filled the air, as if lingering in the air for three days.

The examiner's instructor and the teacher were both immersed in the sound of the piano. They kept nodding their heads with smiles on their faces.

"Your piano skill has reached the ninth level. Your fingering is very skillful, without any bad sound. You can be rated as A." The elegant old man said after a pause, and the young instructor next to him immediately wrote a review.

The girl smiled slightly upon hearing this and bowed to the old man.

The piano test continues.

Students sit behind their piano tables...

But more than 20 students walked past the piano table, and there was not a single qualified musician, which surprised Feng Qingyan.

Qinshi, is it really that difficult?
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