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Chapter 101: That little bit of confusion, will I encounter it or not? (Second update)

In the examination room, there is a shadow blinding the students?
Chen Xu was sitting in the examination room when a term suddenly popped up in his mind: paperworm!

Feng Yuanbai once told him: "In some examination halls, if a student has died, there is a possibility of paper borers appearing.

Even the Juntian Bell could not suppress it. After all, the Juanwu was neither a human nor a ghost, but the result of the obsessions of generations of students who had devoted their efforts to it.

But even if you encounter this thing, there is no need to panic.

This proves that you did well in the exam. After all, the paperworm only targets the best student in the exam room."

Chen Xu was used to hearing strange things now, so he wasn't surprised at the time. He just asked, "What if we encounter a beetle?"

"Answer the paper," Feng Yuanbai said, "Only by concentrating your mind and using your supreme will to break through the shadows in your eyes and write the best answer can the paper borer naturally dissipate.

When the beetles disappear, the Juntian Bell will ring loudly.

At that time, your test paper will not need to be graded and you will be directly named the top candidate."

Feng Yuanbai laughed and said, "After all, this is the result of the unwavering dedication of generations of students. It can even break through the veil of ignorance. Who dares to say I'm not number one?"

"What if we can't break through?"

"If we can't break through, some students will hand in blank papers. Then we'll just have to consider ourselves unlucky. We'll definitely fail this exam.

After all, the emergence of the beetle is both a crisis and an opportunity. How can we take advantage of the opportunity without facing the risks? "

Feng Yuanbai sighed meaningfully, "When it comes to judging papers, sometimes you can go up or down.

But if a borer were to ring the Juntian Bell, it would surely take first place.

So, do you want to meet this beetle, or not?"

Chen Xu did not answer Feng Yuanbai's question at that time. After all, if you don't encounter some things, you may not even know the answer yourself.

And now the beetle appeared alive in front of Chen Xu, covering his eyes. Chen Xu's mood fluctuated slightly for a moment, but he immediately calmed down.

He concentrated his thoughts, remembering Feng Yuanbai's words about relying on the supreme will to break through the darkness before his eyes.

But how should the supreme will be manifested?

Chen Xu was thinking, but suddenly he felt something bright approaching in front of his gray eyes.

Several vague voices rang in my ears.

There is an old voice crying: "Forty years, I have taken the exam for forty years and still haven't passed! I have wasted half my life here, my wife and children have all left me, what else can I take the exam for?
So what if I passed the exam?
Am I...am I wrong?"

There were also young men shouting angrily: "I won't accept this! I won't accept this...

How could I not take the exam? If I didn't, how could my mother and I, an orphan and a widow, stand up to those wolves and tigers?
They have seized my land, my property, and trampled me into the dust.

I can only take the exam, I can only continue to take the exam.

Ahem… Let me take the test, I didn’t cheat, I didn’t cheat!”

There was also a middle-aged voice that seemed to be a little drunken, laughing: "Today is Xiao Taohong, tomorrow is Liumian. One, two, three, four, five, all are prettier than the lady.

My lady, I have failed you.

I can’t continue the exam. Don’t push me anymore. I’d rather be a waste…”

There were also young boys' voices, women's voices, and what seemed to be the voice of an old woman. There were all kinds of strange and bizarre voices.

The shadows overlapped one after another, as if to surround Chen Xu from all directions.

They blindfolded him, pulled his arms, and pressed down on him like a mountain.

Even if he had a pen in his hand, how could he open his eyes, break through the confusion, and face the test paper in front of him at this moment?

It happened to be daybreak.

At the front of the examination room, the prefect Ding Qian, who was the chief examiner, suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes.

Ding Qian sat in the chair, but he had not slept all night.

After entering the examination room, he, the chief examiner, was more vigilant than anyone else.

But there were also times when he felt powerless, such as when he faced the two deputy examiners sent by his superiors. One was Luo Cong, a sixth-rank official from the Ministry of Rites, and the other was Shi Wentao, a palace eunuch who was given the title of Inspector.

What a great inspector.

Ding Qian had been an official for so many years, but only now did he realize that the eunuchs in the palace could not only be sent out to supervise the army, but they could also supervise examinations!
Luo Cong is a normal person and has always performed his duties as deputy examiner diligently, let’s not talk about that.

Shi Wentao was very annoying. He always acted like a palace scholar. If you didn't know him, you would think he was some great scholar.

The thought of grading papers together with this eunuch made Ding Qian feel dissatisfied with everything.

What annoyed him even more was that eunuchs were grading the papers, which was definitely not a good sign.

Your Majesty is so foolish as to appoint eunuchs to interfere in the imperial examinations. Who knows if something even more absurd will happen next?
Ding Qian was upset but had no one to talk to, so he could only sit in the examiner's seat and endure it in silence.

Suddenly, he realized something was wrong.

There seemed to be a strange surge of energy in the seventh row of houses in the Yi group.

Ding Qian opened his eyes wide, suddenly realized something, and was immediately surprised.

It's a borer!
Someone actually attracted borers in the examination room.

who is it?

Ding Qian resisted the urge to stand up and inspect. Seeing that the two people on his left and right seemed to be unaware, he calmed down and waited patiently.

Can the person who attracted the termite break through the maze?

Ding Qian suddenly felt tormented.

——Alas!
A voice in his heart seemed to sigh: "Ding has been studying for half his life, but he has never felt so miserable as he does now..."

At this time, there was another person who was also suffering.

No, it should be said that there are many, many more people.

After all, whenever there is an exam, there will always be people who worry about their grades.

But some people are more typical, such as Cui Yunqi.

By this time, the sky was already bright, and many people were waiting in groups of three or five on the street outside the Imperial Examination Hall.

Cui Yunqi was not on the street. He was waiting with his servant in the teahouse diagonally opposite the Imperial Examination Hall.

From the window on the second floor, you can see what is happening in the Imperial Examination Hall at any time.

Cui Yunqi would not tell anyone that he had been unable to sleep since midnight and wanted to rush to the Imperial Examination Hall to see if a wisp of green smoke would rise from the hall when the third test poem came out.

If there is blue smoke, it must be Chen Xu writing poetry!
If he could write another poem about blue smoke, Chen Xu might not necessarily win the first place, but...it's probably a close call.

There shouldn't be any problem with Chen Xu's Moyi Tiejing, right?

The provincial examination is very simple——

Cui Yunqi also ranked first in the provincial examination two years ago.

He sat by the window on the second floor of the teahouse and turned his head towards the Imperial Examination Hall with a burning gaze.

Inside the Imperial Examination Hall, many voices were still murmuring and shouting in Chen Xu's ears.

"What's the point of taking exams? What's the point of studying? Even if you study for half your life, you might still end up with nothing..."

"Come back! I don't want you to go and strive for fame anymore. I won't urge you anymore. Mother doesn't want you to die, my son! Wuuwuwu..."

"What's the point of passing a mere provincial exam? After the provincial exam, there's the academy exam, and after the academy exam, there's the provincial exam, the metropolitan exam, and the palace exam...

Exams, exams, exams, one after another, endlessly, when will it end?

"How terrifying! Look, what is that? It's going to swallow me up...ah!"

In the darkness of ignorance, endless shadows pressed down, like a huge gluttonous mouth in the dark, trying to swallow Chen Xu in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)