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Chapter 142: Taking the exam? I will directly turn against Tiangang! (Please subscribe and vote)
Since he was a knife expert in Tianyuan Realm, Xiao Ming naturally thought of Fan Kuai.

But the problem is that the lake where Fan Kuai's sword fell is to the east of the imperial capital, very far away from here.

The remnant soul of the saint suggested that Fan Kuai's body was found in the imperial capital. There must be a reason for this. Perhaps Fan Kuai was carrying out some mission at the time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming reported the clue to Pang Jin.

He wanted to take Fan Kuai's sword to the scene for comparison, and needed Pang Jin's permission.

Upon hearing the news, Pang Jin naturally led a team to investigate in person.

After comparing it with Fan Kuai's sword, it turned out that this was the place where Fan Kuai had fought.

Pang Jin investigated in this area and actually found a clue.

Based on his experience, the people fighting with Fan Kuai should be the remnants of the previous dynasty. Only they knew that special martial arts, which made them very easy to identify.

There were traps all around, and Fan Kuai must have fallen into the trap, which led to his defeat.

Since everyone present was his own people, Pang Jin simply told them everything he had investigated.

Before his death, the prince had been investigating the remnants of the previous dynasty. These files have records of this, including the prince's investigation records.

At that time, the prince discovered that several large families were harboring remnants of the previous dynasty, so he executed all of their families as a warning to others.

Pang Jin still remembers that the imperial capital was also bloody a few years ago.

Now it seems to be increasingly proven that Fan Kuai was lured away and the prince was being retaliated by the remnants of the previous dynasty.

The former Minister of Justice Feng Huai also held the same view, but he did not know who killed the prince.

Because the prince had killed enough people back then, he would rather kill the wrong person than let them go, could there still be remnants of the previous dynasty near the imperial capital? Or remnants of the previous dynasty in other areas?
When Pang Jin led people to investigate everywhere, Xiao Ming investigated alone. Anyway, Pang Jin felt that he was lucky and he might get something if he went on his own.

As Xiao Ming was walking, he suddenly said, "Master, do you think there is a possibility that the crown prince was colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and then he found out that the remnants of the previous dynasty had turned against him, causing his plan to fail."

The remnant soul of the saint was stunned for a while, then said, "Tell me first, what is your logic for judging this? Can this be linked together? The prince is the heir to the throne, what benefit does he get from colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

Xiao Ming said, "I just put myself in the position of the crown prince. If the crown prince wants to be the emperor, the best way is to kill the emperor. If the emperor doesn't step down, how can he ascend to the throne? I can judge from the files that his power was already very great at that time.

But these powers were given by the emperor, so he naturally had no way of using them against the emperor. In the imperial capital, the only people who dared to take action against the emperor were the remnants of the previous dynasty. Other families did not dare to kill the emperor.

Therefore, it can explain why after the prince killed so many so-called remnants of the previous dynasty, there seemed to be quite a few remnants of the previous dynasty in the imperial capital. It can also explain why Fan Kuai was attacked by the remnants of the previous dynasty.

The most important point is that when the prince died, Fan Kuai was obviously still alive. Why didn't he dare to go to the emperor to complain? Would he dare to say such a thing? The emperor would not believe it. Moreover, Fan Kuai was the prince's confidant. He must have participated in the plan to murder the emperor.
He even had a relationship with the remnants of the previous dynasty, which was a capital crime, so he kept looking for other people to help him, but who knew he would die too. "

Xiao Ming's words made the saint's remaining soul think deeply.

Yes, that seems to be the case.

If the prince had died of natural causes, Fan Kuai could have just reported it directly to his superiors. Why would he have to hide here and there?

Perhaps no one thought that the prince would collude with the remnants of the previous dynasty, so the direction of this case has always been wrong.

"What you said may make sense. The prince may have other intentions in exterminating those families by killing the remnants of the previous dynasty. As long as we find the people from those families who are still alive, we will know what the prince is doing."

This is also what the remnant soul of the saint does not understand. Why did the prince kill so many families back then?

But at that time, all the families were executed. Is there anyone who could have survived? Where should we start to investigate?
At this time, the remnant soul of the saint and Xiao Ming had no idea that they had tracked and investigated a living coffin.

When Zou Yi contacts Lin Yue'e again, Xiao Ming will be able to remember it.

However, there is one thing that the remnant soul of the saint can be sure of. Before it is clearly found out, it cannot tell Pang Jin for the time being. If the judgment is wrong, it would be slandering the prince.

After returning to the imperial capital, Xiao Ming noticed that many new faces had come to the capital recently.

As police officers, they would instinctively go up and ask about their origins. If their origins were unknown, they would be arrested and interrogated.

When these young men saw that they were officials, they said that they were all talents from various regions of the Tiance Dynasty and were participating in the enrollment of the Imperial Capital Combat Academy.

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming's thoughts went back to many years ago when he came all the way from another place in order to obtain the strange fire from the Xinhuo Combat Academy.

Because there is a place for alchemy in the Xinhuo Combat Academy, and as everyone knows, the elixir made from the strange fire is better than that made from ordinary flames. What's more, Xiao Ming is a fire cultivator and can recover the strange fire.

With his talent, he would have definitely been able to enter the Combat Academy, but because he met Chu Ruoyan by chance, he thought it didn't matter if he entered a few years later, so it has always been like this.

And there is no way to change career to become an alchemist.

Hearing that the school would start recruiting students soon, Xiao Ming was actually a little excited.

But considering that if he could make some more contributions, he could directly exchange them for strange fire, it would be better for him to be a servant.

Seeing these confident geniuses from various regions, Xiao Ming thought to himself: You are lucky this time, otherwise if I went there, you could only compete for second place.

Perhaps Xiao Ming could not have imagined that even if he went this time, he could only come in second.

Because Li Chen was also there.

There was no morning court today, so Li Chen followed Xia Qing to Xinhuo Combat Academy early in the morning.

Along the way, Xia Qing kept talking about the interesting things that happened to her in the Xinhuo Combat Academy in recent days.

She felt that the teachers in the capital were very friendly, spoke very politely, and took good care of her.

In fact, what she didn't know was that these people treated her as Li Chen's concubine, and they couldn't show it, so they could only take care of her.

What's more, now Li Chen came to Xinhuo Combat Academy with her, which further confirmed this identity.

Li Chen doesn't need to worry about the registration at all, as Qu Heng, the dean of Xinhuo Combat Academy, will take care of it. He is just here to go through the task process.

At this moment, in the dean's office.

No one is more nervous than Qu Heng today, because His Majesty is coming in person to take the exam and nothing can go wrong.

Your Majesty will definitely mingle among the candidates, communicate with them, and examine the qualifications of the teachers at Xinhuo Combat Academy.

The most important thing is that I cannot tell Your Majesty about the fact that he is taking the exam so that Your Majesty can experience his real feelings.

But the question is, what if Your Majesty’s grades are not good?
Should we give His Majesty more points?

But then again, if I do this, wouldn't it be an act of favoritism and fraud, and would not reflect the fairness and justice of this recruitment exam?

What if this is something Your Majesty doesn't want to see?

Furthermore, the questions for this comprehension test were set by Qu Heng himself. He used to be known as the 'devil test setter'. The test questions were so tricky that even the elites of the Battle Academy complained.

In order to demonstrate his level this time, Qu Heng also increased the difficulty.

But now I wonder if the questions I set are too difficult or too many?

If you only think about showing off your level, what if it causes the other candidates to get poor grades?

Careless, careless!
And in the talent test this afternoon, will the teacher be too strict and thus annoy His Majesty?

Because of considering so many issues, Qu Heng had reminded the teachers of Xinhuo Combat Academy early in the morning to be more serious and have a better attitude this time.

But even with the explanation, he still felt uneasy.

Keep walking back and forth in the room.

Especially at this point, candidates should enter the venue one after another to take the comprehension test.

Just when he was feeling most upset, someone pushed open his door.

And he didn't even knock on the door, which made Qu Heng very annoyed. Didn't he know what time it was and why was he still so impatient?
He wanted to see which person would dare to provoke him at this time.

However, when he saw the person outside the door, Qu Heng's angry old face immediately smiled, and then he quickly walked to the door and said, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

At this stage, Qu Heng thought of a hundred solutions for Li Chen's appearance here.

Perhaps an invigilator in the college spoke rudely and offended Li Chen.

Or maybe Li Chen discovered some problems in the academy and came to me to solve them.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Chen said directly: "I plan to find a random place to take the exam, and I think your place is good."

As soon as he opened the door, he could smell a faint spiritual fragrance coming from the several exotic flowers placed in the room.

In the center of the room is a huge desk made of thousand-year-old black wood. Several ancient books are scattered on the desk. The pages are yellowed, but every word is precious, recording the lost martial arts and formations.

In a corner of the desk, there is an exquisite jade pen holder, on which are inserted several pens made of dragon beard grass.

The cushion on the dean's chair is made of the fur of the cloud-winged thunder leopard. Sitting on it is not only extremely comfortable but also refreshing.

The walls were covered with portraits of past deans and various trophies and medals, each of which was a testimony to the glorious history of the academy. In a corner of the room stood a seemingly ordinary wooden cabinet, but in fact it contained a secret, and inside it were stored the most precious treasures of the academy, which were said to be several secret books passed down from ancient times, and several bottles of spiritual liquid refined from the blood of ancient fierce beasts, all of which were magic weapons that could stimulate the potential of the human body.

Li Chen was quite satisfied with this environment.

Anyway, the system just asked him to come here to take the exam, and how to take the exam specifically is up to Li Chen to decide for himself.

If Li Chen, who had just traveled through time and obtained the system, was only a prince in the Condensation Realm, he would not have such privileges. Many royal children were taking the exams obediently.

But who is Li Chen? He is the emperor and has many privileges.

If so, why should we sit together with other candidates and take the exam in boredom?

It would be better to find a more comfortable place and set up a separate examination room for yourself.

Don’t ask, the answer is that I have the right and I like to use it.

When Qu Heng heard that Li Chen was going to take the exam here, he immediately said that it was no problem. He then moved a stool for Li Chen, tidied the table, and personally went to get a test paper.

All kinds of pastries, tea and fruits are ready.

No other candidate has such treatment.

With the sound of a heavy bell, the exam officially began.

This time, Li Chen used the alias Cheng Li, and the dean's office was his examination location.

Qu Heng himself is standing here, looking more like a study companion than an invigilator.

Li Chen took a sip of tea and picked up the test paper. Wow, it was all short answer questions.

Qu Heng was also looking forward to seeing how this emperor at the Saint level understood these issues. Maybe he could also gain some insights from them.

Li Chen picked up the test paper, looked at it for a while, then put it down and said to Qu Heng: "Tell me what you think about the first question."

Qu Heng took a look and saw that the first question was: Please briefly answer, if you are in the Condensation Realm, how can you increase your advantage in winning in a battle of the same level.

These questions were all asked by Qu Heng, so he naturally knew the answers.

But Your Majesty asked me, do you want me to announce the answer?
No, no, Your Majesty shouldn't be that superficial.

He should be testing me, yes, that's definitely the case.

Unfortunately, this is a question I asked, so it’s not difficult for me.

Thinking of this, Qu Heng answered seriously: "Your Majesty, this question has some pitfalls. When seeing a battle of the same level, many people will think about weapons, magic weapons and skills.

These advantages are certainly important, but this is set in the Condensation Realm. Even if a cultivator in the Condensation Realm obtains a magical weapon and uses a powerful technique, the consumption will be enormous.

If the meridians are not strong enough, their combat effectiveness will decrease instead of increase, and they may even be unable to bear the burden brought by these things. Therefore, I believe that the cultivators in the Condensation Realm should retreat as the main method, wait for the opponent to consume their energy appropriately, become familiar with the opponent's moves, and then kill them with one strike. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

This is a relatively standard answer. He is the one who set the question, how could it be wrong?

Qu Heng was looking forward to hearing words of praise from Li Chen.

But Li Chen said: "You only guessed the first trap of the question setter, but fell into the second trap of the question setter."

This sentence made Qu Heng stunned. What? What's the trap? How come I don't know about it?
"Your Majesty, please give us some advice." Qu Heng also wanted to hear what Li Chen had to say.

Li Chen explained: "Since the questioner said it was the Condensation Realm, there is no restriction on what means can be used. Why don't you just find a cultivator of a higher level to fight the opponent?"

Qu Heng: “.”

It has to be said that Li Chen's train of thought made Qu Heng a little unable to keep up.

Good man, is this how you play?

Qu Heng wanted to refute, but what Li Chen said made sense.

It would certainly be difficult for a high-level cultivator to find someone above him, but it is indeed easy to find someone above the Condensation Realm.

No matter what, if the opponent is one or two realms higher than you, there is no way to beat him.

If someone else said this, Qu Heng would be very angry and accuse that person of being clever.

But when Li Chen said this, Qu Heng praised Li Chen for his great wisdom!
The following exams were pure torture for Qu Heng.

Li Chen was too lazy to write, so he was asked to answer. No matter what he answered, Li Chen had an even more outrageous answer.

But the problem is that Qu Heng didn't dare to say that Li Chen was wrong.

In fact, Li Chen was not deliberately being stubborn. He knew that his brain circuit was unique and he thought about everything in a simple way. As long as I win, it doesn't matter how I win.

It was because he had an understanding of himself that he told Qu Heng in advance that he was going to take the exam.

If he really took the test incognito, his answer would most likely be zero.

Li Chen's method of reversing Tiangang makes the person who sets the question not sure that he has the correct answer. This is the most terrifying thing.

Not to mention that Li Chen didn’t know that it was Qu Heng who asked the question, even if he knew, what would it matter?

You may come up with the questions, but I set the rules.

Do you know more about cultivation than I do?

In the end, Li Chen felt that there were too many questions and he was too lazy to even finish them, so he asked Qu Heng to help him fill in the answers.

Would Qu Heng dare to refuse? Of course not, Li Chen's words were orders, and he was the rules of the Tiance Dynasty!

With someone helping him answer the questions, Li Chen could leisurely eat snacks by the window and watch the candidates around him scratching their ears and cheeks.

The candidates really wanted to curse the person who set the questions. Not only were the questions tricky, but there were so many of them that it was impossible to finish them all!
At this moment, Qu Heng, who was frantically writing on the test paper, also wanted to scold the person who set the test questions: Damn, if I had known I wouldn’t have set so many questions!

These candidates were being made difficult by Qu Heng, the question setter, while Li Chen was making things difficult for Qu Heng, the question setter.

As the bell rang to signal the end of the exam, Qu Heng just put down his pen. He felt like he was about to lose half his life. He was writing until his eyes were blurry, and it was more exhausting than fighting in a war.

Because Li Chen chatted with him for a long time before letting him write, he really tried his best to finish it.

Seeing that Qu Heng had just finished writing, Li Chen said, "It's well written, barely acceptable."

Qu Heng immediately replied: "That is also thanks to your Majesty's blessing."

A gratified smile appeared on his face, as if he had finally completed his work, and he was as excited as a test taker.

After a while, Qu Heng realized that something was wrong. Wasn't it His Majesty who came to take the exam? Why did he act like an invigilator? I was the candidate!

Many candidates around had not yet finished writing when the invigilator forcibly collected their papers.

With a face that looks as hopeless as death, perhaps we can only wait until next year to come back.

Next is the talent test in the afternoon.

Qu Heng finally understood that His Majesty wanted to get a higher score in the exam this time.

There were many candidates around the talent test venue, and Qu Heng was still trying to find a way to help Li Chen "cheat".

But these did not pose any difficulty for Li Chen. The most difficult part of the talent test was how to use the pulse technique to accurately strike the target while being disturbed.

The so-called interference means that there will be various energy turbulences between the launch area and the target area.

There are ten targets in total, and the difficulty of hitting each target is different.

Generally speaking, testers will adjust the trajectory to hit the target after the first test.

Whoever uses it less and hits more accurately will get a higher score.

But this is not a disturbance to Li Chen at all.

With a wave of his hand, ten pulse technique shocks were launched, hitting all ten targets on the opposite side, or even blowing them up.

Not only did he get full marks easily, he also received cheers from many nearby candidates.

If you can hit one, that's just luck, but if you can hit ten at the same time, that's god!

After Li Chen left, a rumor spread among the candidates of Xinhuo Combat Academy that there was a candidate who was ahead in the exam but did not come for further studies. It was said that after he finished the exam, his results were too outstanding, so he was directly recruited into the court and became a legend.

After Li Chen returned to the palace, he only needed to wait for the scores to be announced to complete the task.

It was still early, and when he was considering whether to go to the royal restricted area to chat with Dingtian Shangren, the figure of the Queen Mother appeared before him.

(End of this chapter)