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Chapter 52 Chapter 3 The suspense of the first place, iron water to make money (k words, please subscribe!)
Yu Que took a few glances, then sat down beside the examination room and waited patiently.

Not long after, the situation in the field changed again. The candidate who scored full marks threw out a yellow paper in his hand, apparently answering the additional question of his choice.

While almost everyone was paying attention, a puff of smoke slowly rose from the other party's brazier.

Some people were immediately disappointed and kept muttering: "Why didn't they choose a question that was taken earlier and fell into a trap?"

The smoke slowly mixed into the opponent's full-mark smoke column, instantly making the smoke column even taller, and suddenly it grew to a length of sixteen feet.

But when Yu Que thought that the woman's column of literary energy would rise further, the other party's column of smoke stopped at 16 feet. That is, the additional question only increased the literary energy by one foot for this candidate who scored full marks.

This situation fell into the eyes of everyone, especially the county school examiners who came to pay attention. They sighed:

“It’s still a little less.”

"It's a fly in the ointment. Students like this usually can answer the additional questions with about two more lines of literary style."

Obviously, although this candidate who scored full marks did not make any big mistakes in the additional questions, he also made some minor mistakes, and the result he obtained was not very good.

Yu Que was watching from the side and suddenly had a strange look on his face.

He widened his eyes, repeatedly comparing the opponent's spiritual smoke column with his own, and suddenly found that the two were equally matched, both were exactly sixteen feet long, and neither was taller or shorter than the other!
In this way, facing this candidate who scored full marks, Yu Que did not seem to be at a disadvantage.

A small expectation rose in his heart: "Could it be that I might be the first in the literature exam? "

In addition to helping the candidates enter the county school, the results of each subject in the county examination will also be kept in writing for future use in selecting a Dharma lineage, visiting famous teachers, and applying for a Taoist temple.

Therefore, for candidates, the higher the score, the better. Even if the liberal arts exam is only one of the three exams, the first place is only the first place in a single subject, but it is still the first place, which is a good reputation!

However, Yu Que was just daydreaming in his mind. He still felt that his chances of winning the first place were not very great.

After all, his basic literary talent was only 13 feet, and there were already people in the examination room who were not lower than him. He was promoted entirely by taking additional questions. If he was really compared with the candidate who scored full marks, he would really look a bit superficial.

While Yu Que was struggling, the candidate who had scored full marks looked up at his own Wen Qi, a few sighs showing on his indifferent face.

This person did not stay in the examination room for too long. He packed up his things, calmly left the examination room, and walked towards where Yu Que was.

After she left the stage, the lantern monsters that had gathered above her brazier staggered away again, wandering around the field aimlessly with their test questions in their hands.

The candidates immediately withdrew their gazes, concentrated their minds, and continued to answer their questions.

Occasionally, there would be cries of grief:
"I gave birth to her! Who stole my extra questions? Ahhhh."

The opponent used his head to grab the ground. The basic cultural energy in the brazier in front of him was not low, about ten feet high, but because he was slow, he missed the additional questions and stopped there.

As time passed, emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness became more and more obvious in the examination room, and there were many cries.

There were also a few white-haired candidates who screamed and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which sprayed on the brazier in front of them. They clenched their teeth, exhausted their spirits, and had already fainted on the spot.

Upon seeing this, the bailiffs rushed forward and hastily dragged him out of the examination room to avoid anyone dying in the first stage of the written test.

However, the various types of candidates have nothing to do with the remaining vacancies.

He has already jumped out of it, and is not surprised by the fame or disgrace. He just needs to sit at the edge of the examination room and recover his spirit.

Soon, several other candidates also finished the exam, with confident looks on their faces, and walked to Yu Que's side. It was obvious that like him, they were all the top seeds for tonight's county exam.

Their attitudes towards Yu Que were different, some bowed with a smile, some looked at him coldly with disdain, some ignored him and walked aside with their eyes closed to rest.

The candidate who scored full marks also appeared. This woman had a cold complexion, pale skin, and an air of sickly plum. Only her eyes were bright and extremely spirited.

She looked around the field, her eyes only lingering on Yu Que, and then she sat down to rest without speaking to anyone.

Yu Que continued to sit cross-legged. Not long after, he suddenly heard laughter in his ears:
"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, it's me."

He looked up and found that it was his friend in the Alchemist Guild, Qian Huazhen.

Yu Que also smiled and stood up to greet him: "Congratulations, Brother Qian, I hope you did well in the written exam."

Qian Huazhen cupped his hands, smiling, and praised him:

"Congratulations! Haha, I know that Brother Yu will definitely get amazing results in the county exam.
But I didn't expect that Brother Yu would become such a sensation. Your literary talent is 16 feet high! Don't worry, the first place in the literary exam is definitely yours."

"Brother Qian, thank you for your compliment."

The two were flattering each other, when suddenly a cold laugh sounded beside them:

"You haven't even finished the exam yet, and you're already thinking of taking the top spot? Mr. Yu, you're just a cunning and flattering kid. Others who got full marks didn't say anything, but you have the nerve to brag about yourself."

Qian Huazhen's brows knitted immediately, and without Yu Que saying anything, he immediately shouted:

"Did you eat shit in your mouth? It stinks!"

But the other party only glanced at Qian Huazhen, and continued to stare at Yu Que with a sinister look, as if he wanted to tear off a few pieces of flesh from Yu Que.

This person was none other than Fu Ling, the son of the patriarch of the Fu clan.

This fellow also passed the test, but in his heart he was extremely disgusted and resentful of Yu Que's limelight. Yu Que did not avoid it, but looked at Fu Ling with a calm gaze.

The dispute between several people attracted the attention of people around them, and a yamen runner was approaching.

After Fu Ling's eyes flickered for a moment, he bared his teeth, lowered his head and passed by Yu Que, and laughed coldly: "Don't worry, I won't give you a chance to take the first place!"

After he finished speaking, he walked over and sat down without even turning his head.

When Yu Que heard this, his brows furrowed slightly.

Although the results of the county examination were announced on the spot and everyone could see them at a glance, situations where the scores were evenly matched, such as the surplus and vacancy rates, would often be decided by the examiners of the county school after all the examinations were completed.

If Fu Ling did not want Yu Que to take the first place in the literary examination, he would certainly hinder Yu Que in the next two stages in an attempt to lower his examination evaluation.

Even take blatant action and pay blood debt with blood!
Yu Que recalled the other party's eyes just now, and always felt that there was a strong murderous intent.

But he was not panicked at all, and he showed his teeth, thinking coldly in his heart: "Just right. Grudges don't stay overnight, it seems that we can settle the cause and effect today."

In the waiting area, Qian Huazhen exchanged a few words with him, then happily sat next to him.

Originally, there was a candidate who had left the examination room next to Yu Que, but money talks, and Qian Huazhen paid some money and let the other person go.

Subsequently.

More and more candidates left the examination room, and fewer and fewer people were able to walk to the entrance of the second examination room.

Finally, the yamen runners came and mercilessly arrested those confident but actually lucky candidates at the entrance.

There was a burst of crying and shouting at the scene:

"Impossible! Impossible! My literary talent is nine feet and one inch high. I would have been able to pass the test in previous years."

"Hey, this year is different. Those who are less than ten feet tall will be eliminated."

"No, no, little brother, you are mistaken. My spiritual energy is exactly ten feet, with a few centimeters more... Ah, don't do it, don't bully the old man!"

In the meantime, there was another acquaintance who was missing.

The other party stood in the middle of the field with his body tense, watching the candidates in front of him being caught and eliminated one by one. He was so nervous that sweat covered his forehead.

This person is Fang Mulian.

It was not until the field was cleared and no one was eliminated that Fang Mulian wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. Her complexion recovered and she looked happy and excited.

He now had time to look around.

When she saw Yu Que, Fang Mulian's eyes immediately revealed a look of deep envy.

This man wanted to step forward and meet Yu Que and start a conversation with him, but he felt ashamed of himself and stopped after taking a step forward.

Because his literary aura was just over ten feet long, which was barely enough to pass. Compared with Yu Que's literary aura of sixteen feet long, who could take the first place, the difference was like that between a dragon and a snake.

In addition, when Yu Que was expelled from the ghost shop, he not only did not help to speak up for him, but also suggested that Yu Que leave as soon as possible. Fang Mulian actually felt quite embarrassed.

He thought that his relationship with Yu Que was not deep enough, so he decided not to go forward and get in the way.

Maybe after they are admitted to the county school together, Fang Mulian will be able to stand in front of Yu Que openly and talk about their old times!
At this time, Fang Mulian looked in the direction of the second exam, her eyes even more excited.

He could already smell the strong smell of oil and fire behind the door.

The next second martial arts test is very likely to be related to frying, and Fang Mulian is best at making deep-fried dough sticks!

as predicted.

As the gongs sounded, the door to the second examination room opened.

Many candidates filed in, and the first thing that caught their eyes was the blast furnaces. The molten iron in the furnaces was boiling, and oil and fire were splashing, as if a giant was breathing.

The heat came with a roar, and the chill of early spring disappeared from everyone's side in an instant.

A murmur and a commotion also sounded among the examinees:
"Is this wrong? This year is so difficult, but we still managed to build an iron smelting furnace!"

"Is this molten iron meant for us to drink?"

Fang Mulian was looking at the scene, but he was so excited that his body was shaking slightly, and he was overjoyed in his heart: "Mom! I can do it, I will definitely do it."

The two times he failed the county exams before were because he failed in the first level, the literary exam, which did not allow him to fully demonstrate his strong physique. Now that he passed the literary exam, the martial arts exam happened to have content that was extremely suitable for him. It was simply a blessing from heaven!

Fang Mulian was still thinking happily in her heart: "The harder this level is, the greater the gap will be, which will help me to get into the county school."

The crowd was excited, as the second stage of the county examination began, the military examination.

Fishing chestnuts from the fire and making gold from molten iron, the game has officially begun!
(End of this chapter)