Chapter 148 (1/2)

The second round of the Duelling Stage had already entered its second half, in the twomatches between Li Shan Sword Sect and Orthodox Acade defeat and the other, a loss It could be said that Li Shan Sword Sect had regained the dignity they lost at the Ivy League gathering, while Orthodox Acadee of a cliff

Though it had to be said that the duels are not team battles and that, in the end, the Grand Examination will only rank people based upon their individual results, the young exa that had just bounded out of sos; whether be it in the eyes of the ed by thelory of their respective academies and sects

The third person of Orthodox Acade

Luo Luo was the one recognised as to being the strongest in Orthodox Acade Xue, who had already co, theto be impossible, therefore, if the academy didn’t wish to see a total defeat in the second round, it was up to Chen Chang Sheng as to if he could pass this obstacle

Even though he had won against that Heavenly Acadeht well of his chances, everyone knew that he was the weakest of the four Orthodox Acade to avoid failing? Awas to happen frequently, it wouldn’t be aquestionable

The second reason why no one was opti for the second round today, was questionable

They all knew that so

Chen Chang Sheng’s opponent for this round was the scholar fro

No matter from what perspective this was viewed at, this was the perfect choice, it wasn’t the best choice for Chen Chang Sheng, but it was the best choice for those anted him to fail

From the Divine Empress to peddler and pawns; from the White Emperor Royal Couple situated in the faraway yao domain to the Capital’s storytellers Everyone upon the central continent were paying attention to the Grand Exa the announceathering and the declaration of his intent to place first upon the First Banner by His Eminence, The Archbishop, countless eyes were focused upon Chen Chang Sheng

Under these circumstances, those ished to suppress Orthodox Acade had to be extra careful in their deeds, at least to the point of not being uncovered upon a single glance

If Chen Chang Sheng had been iainst Gou Han shi+ in the second round, anyone would have recognised that so whether if the Education Board ht flip the table, the castanets on the tables of those storytellers within the Capital would definitely clack more often

Huo Guang of Scholartree Manor was the perfect choice

This young scholar had always stayed within Scholartree Manor, peacefully studying and had never left to train, hence, he was still unranked on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds, for those who didn’t know any better, he would seely weak

The truth however, was that Scholartree Manor had no weaklings, not towas an individual theto enter the Grand Exa possibly be his match?

The atmosphere of the woodlands was rather dreary

Tang Thirty-Six leaned on the white poplar, looking at Chen Chang Sheng’s back, he suddenly said: “If you can’t win then just withdraw, don’t let anything happen to you”

He had previously said to Chen Chang Sheng that they can’t afford to lose again, this was because he knew that Chen Chang Sheng had some sort of reason why he had to place first upon the First banner in the Grand Examination, as such, he obviously couldn’t afford to lose

Having suddenly thought of how, even if Chen Chang Sheng was to once again achieve a baffling victory and defeat that scholar from Scholartree Manor, in the end, he would still be unable to win against opponents such as Tian Hai Sheng Xue and Gou Han shi+,Thirty-Six want to take back the words he had said previously

Fro and had a lot of years re, who kno far he could progress in the future? If he was to strive his utmost and yet still fail to place first, why should he strive so hard? Why not set his sights on the ti it for the future, why be so cruel to himself?

Chen Chang Sheng waved his hand, but didn’t turn his head, this was because he didn’t have a way to explain hi, he didn’t have many years left to squander

He did a foryman and walked to the top of the stone steps

In the first ht boot had been destroyed, at this time, he had a pair of new boots on

These boots were brought over by Lady Official Li from her chambers, they were new, but very coht; Luo Luo had probably recorded his measurements privately

Wearing these boots, he felt rather well-grounded, full of confidence

By the woodlands, Xuan Yuan Po said to Tang Thirty-Six: “Do you need to rest for a while?”

Tang Thirty-Six looked at Chen Chang Sheng, as standing faraway, upon the stone steps He reive me the crystal”

As stated in Elder Tian Ji’s evaluation at the time of the procla quite strongly; such as, at this , he quickly removed hi to meditate and recover his True Essence

Since there was the possibility of a second tournament, he had to at least make it into the Third Grade, otherwise, he really would start to feel di

This wasn’t a matter of achievement in realms, but a matter of will

The tower door opened, Chen Chang Sheng and that scholar na walked in

They were separated by a distance of tens ofupon the sand covered floor, they quietly faced each other

If one were to carefully observe, they would perhaps be able to see the faint existence of blood stains below the yellow sand near their feet, these were probably left behind by the examinees in the previous duel

“I’ve heard about you,” Huo Guang broke the silence, staring at hi at the Capital”

That scholar froe, his expression was cold; he and his other fellow students looked as if they had been carved out frole mould; in truth, their features were not si was because the young scholars froave off a hard to describe type of aura

Chen Chang Sheng didn’t answer; he didn’t feel the need to

“I knew that I would run into you at the Grand Exa looked at hi at the Capital”

It was at thisfinally knew, the suppression applied upon Orthodox Academy today at the Grand Examination, wasn’t just interference from the Zhou Dynasty, or more specifically, from within the Orthodoxy, it even involved the far off Southern Domain

Yet, he continued to re and True Essence flow

“In order to resist the demon race’s invasion, the huto prevent this, would only be flushed into the fetid gutter of history itself As for you… you have already affected the progress towards an alliance between the North and South, therefore, you cannot take first place upon the First Banner, ”

Huo Guang looked at hi, with an expressionless face