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The moment Dong Xian's words left his mouth, the entire hall fell into silence. Basically, everyone was looking at the image of the black object in front of them with a puzzled expression, even Lu Chen and the others were lost in their own thoughts, not knowing where to start from.

Lu Chen raised his head to look at Jinhai who was sitting leisurely on the Dragon Throne, then thought back to what Jinhai had told him before about his desire to unify Emperor Dragon Continent. An idea came from the bottom of his heart, but Lu Chen did not dare to write it down.

At this moment, Dong Xian's words broke the silence. "Since everyone already knows the questions, then let's begin the questions. The time limit is one incense stick of time."

"What?" Some of the examinees below immediately voiced their doubts. However, they immediately realized that they were standing atop the brocade hall. They immediately covered their mouths and lowered their heads in contemplation.

The other examinees also no longer dared to delay any further. They immediately lowered their heads and racked their brains, wishing that they could fill in the answers from their brains on this paper.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Shangguan Qing Fei chuckled lightly, he picked up his pen and started answering the paper, the corners of his mouth curled up in a confident smile, showing that he was full of confidence.

As soon as Shangguan Qingfei finished writing, South Theater Shang and Qingkong also picked up their pens and started writing. It was obvious that they were unwilling to be left behind.

The other examinees looked at the three of them with envy before lowering their heads and thinking hard.

Lu Chen sat in his own seat, not paying attention to Shangguan Qingfei and the others, not even looking at the other examinees, but practicing his own thoughts in his mind, constantly thinking about shortcomings, thinking about possible consequences of failure, and deducing a truly feasible plan from this.

Time passed minute after minute, and the incense stick had already burnt to half. Other than Lu Chen, all the other examinees, regardless of whether they knew what they were doing or not, picked up their pens to answer the questions.

Seeing that Lu Chen had not even raised his pen to answer the questions, a trace of disappointment quietly flashed through Jin Chen's eyes. After that, she no longer paid attention to the examinees. Instead, she leaned back on the Dragon Throne, deep in thought.

Suddenly, other than the sounds of the examinees writing, and everyone's heartbeats, there was no other sound within the brocade hall.

When the incense was about two-thirds full, Lu Chen suddenly picked up the pen and started writing on the paper. However, at this moment, everyone was not optimistic about him, as time was short, even if they thought of a good solution, it would still be a problem. Moreover, in their eyes, Lu Chen had only started answering questions for such a long time because he did not have enough time.

Lu Chen didn't pay attention to the gazes of the others. Instead, he focused on answering the question and wrote on the paper, "On the Emperor's birthday, you can take out this item and explain that it was accidentally discovered in an ancient ruin. Halfway through the banquet, you can invite a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator to come in as a rogue cultivator and say that he wishes us the Emperor's birthday, and pretend to accidentally see this black object. This black object is said to be a secret treasure left behind by an ancient emperor, and anyone who can control this secret treasure can rule over the entire Dragon Continent. The emperor could immediately cancel the birthday banquet and let the ambassadors return to collect the items, acting like they were very nervous. At night, someone would come to the palace to search for this item. The emperor had to convince himself that with this item in hand, he would be able to rule the world, act regretful, and then hide it well. The next day, he could panic and say that he lost that thing and wanted to go to the residences of the various envoys to search for it. After finding no results, he could anger the envoys and chase them out of the Embroidered Embroidery Dynasty. On the other hand, he could let them spread rumors that it was stolen by the small dynasty that the emperor wanted to destroy. At the same time, they sent people to bring the secret treasure to the small dynasty and to deliver it to the emperor of the small dynasty in front of a person who had investigated the matter during the dynasty, so as to make them believe it even more. Then the rumor spread again that the small dynasty was going to unite the world and that the Embroidered Empire had been attacked and the Emperor had been seriously injured, and now the emperor was going to send a letter asking the other dynasties to join in the suppression of the small dynasty and give the secret treasure to them when it was completed. The rest are details of the implementation.

Just as Lu Chen was writing, he heard Dong Xian say, "Time's up. Receive the paper." Inwardly, he could not help but sigh in relief as he sat on his seat and quietly waited for Dong Xian to take the papers one by one.

After Dong Xian received the paper, he respectfully handed it over to Jin Chen. Jin Xu took a glance at the paper and found the most reliable one. He placed it to his left, while the others that were too far away were placed on the right.

Basically, all of the examinees were standing below the stage, not daring to fear that if they did not perform well, they would lose the opportunity to enter high school. Even though they knew that Jinshi did not even know who they were, they were still constantly worried.

Jin Chen read through them one by one for about four hours. Finally, when there were only a dozen papers left on his left hand, he raised his head and rubbed his eyes. He then handed the papers in his left hand to Dong Xian.

Dong Xian took the paper and said, "Apart from Shangguan Qingfei, Nanhua Shang, Qingkong, Baixia, Yunan, Yuwen, Lu Chen, Zheng Xiong, Yuwen, Zhang Yi, and Han Yi, none of the other eleven students qualified. They had lost their chance to compete for the top three positions, so each went back to wait for the Central Confucianism to assign their respective positions and notify them. As for the 11 of them who have just read out their names, they will return and wait for three days before coming to the Chinese Academy of Confucianism to look at the final results. "

Other than the eleven people whose names were called, some of them had faces full of satisfaction, while some of them were so close to beating their chests and stomping their feet in satisfaction. Some of them seemed to be lost in thought, while some even looked enviously at the eleven people whose names were mentioned.

As for Lu Chen and the others, they calmly stood in their seats. There was not a single trace of sadness or happiness. It seemed like this result was already within their expectations, but from the slightly trembling table, they could see the excitement in their hearts.

On the way back to Wandering House, it was already night. Along the way, Lu Chen continuously dealt with those who wanted to curry favor with him, feeling a tinge of disgust and tiredness. Although he knew that a higher official level was enough to crush someone, he still found it hilarious to curry favor with Lu Chen before the real result had come out.

Lu Chen laid on his bed and fell into a deep sleep, having thrown away all those random thoughts.

The next three days were extremely peaceful for Lu Chen. He no longer needed to memorize books, nor did he have to worry about the upcoming exams. His sudden free time had caused a change in his state of mind.

"Young Master Lu, the official rankings have already been posted outside. You can go take a look." You Chen walked to Lu Chen's side and respectfully said.

You Chen was the chief steward of the Residence of You, although he looked like an ordinary cultivator, Lu Chen could clearly feel the fluctuations of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator from him. Although the steward was living in order to take care of his life, once Lu Chen knew Jin Chen's identity, he realized that You Chen was actually Jin who kept him around to monitor him.

"Butler You, thank you. Would you like to come with me to take a look at the rankings?" Lu Chen said with a faint smile.

"Young Master Lu, I'm just a servant and I don't recognize this sort of thing. Moreover, there are many things in the mansion that I can't leave, so I don't deserve you." You Chen said expressionlessly.

Lu Chen helplessly shook his head and went to the Chinese Academy.

When he arrived at the Central Confucianism Academy, he saw that there were many people surrounding him. After all, there were many people who didn't take the examinations and wanted to see what the top three ranks looked like so that they could fawn over them in the future.

Lu Chen walked through the crowd and arrived at the front of the rankings. When he saw his name being written behind the first place, an irrepressible excitement surged from the bottom of his heart. Although he was very excited, Lu Chen still maintained his calm on the surface.

"Are you Lord Lu Chen?" One of the imperial guards asked when he saw Lu Chen.

"Yes." Lu Chen nodded.

"Great, you've finally come. The emperor has invited you." The guard said.

Lu Chen nodded and left with the guards. The people around him also made way for him, afraid that they would offend him.