C36

"Little brother, how did you do that?" Yu Tian Xiang looked curiously at Lu Que. Although this Ran Zhao roamed among the flowers and did not have a good reputation in the imperial city, he was still the son of the Marquis of Wenchang after all. His talents were considered average in this talented Phoenix Cry School. Yu Tian Xiang never expected that Lu Que would cause her to lose face so easily.

Seeing that there were a lot of people around, looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, Lu Que smiled and shook his head, refusing to answer Yu Tian Xiang's question. When Lu Que was speaking, his left hand that was hidden in his sleeve formed a seal with the name 'Heart Reflection'. He did not plan for it, so he allowed Ran Zhao to follow his words. However, this was not something that could be said in front of the crowd.

Gu Qingcheng also noticed the inquiring gazes of the crowd. She hurriedly said, "The three of you are in the same school, Golden Scale Valley's No.7 courtyard. I'll bring you there right away."

"Oh, Qingcheng, Golden Scale Valley is a place for male students after all. It would be inconvenient for you to go, so I'll take them there." Cloudstrings, who had been standing at the side without a word, finally spoke up.

"What is it? You mean I can't enter the Golden Scale Valley? " Gu Qingcheng looked at him with displeasure.

"I didn't mean that." Yun Xian quickly explained, "It's just that there are many new students in and out of Golden Scale Valley today. As a woman, it's not good for you to go in and out of the valley."

Gu Qingcheng wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lu Que, "Sister Qingcheng, Brother Yun is right, Golden Scale Valley is a place for male students. It would be inconvenient for you to go, so please bring us there."

"Are you looking down on your sister?"

"I would not dare." Lu Que hurriedly clasped his hands together. He had known Gu Qingcheng for almost half a year and he knew that this sister of his was not to be trifled with. How about this, when we get back to clean up, I'll take care of everything at noon, and invite you and Sister Tian Xiang to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion for lunch? "

"Really?" Gu Qingcheng's eyes lit up. They had known each other for so long, this was the first time Lu Que treated her to a meal.

"Little brother would not dare to lie to big sister."

"Then that's good." Gu Qingcheng's bright eyes looked at Lu Que for a few moments before she nodded, "Do you need me to bring you a few more beautiful sisters to get to know?"

"This, there's no need."

"How can I not use it?" Seeing that Lu Que was about to open his mouth and refuse, Zhuge Yan became a little anxious. "Everyone will be studying in the same academy in the future, so of course we'll have to get closer. Besides, isn't that right, Duanmu Huanghun?" As he spoke, he hit Duanmu Ye twice with his shoulder.

"Me … Me …" Duanmu Ye scratched his head.

Before Duanmu Ye could finish his sentence, Zhuge Yan continued, "You see, Duanmu had the same intention as Duanmu Ye. However, he was too embarrassed to say it."

Lu Que shook his head and smiled wryly when he saw Zhuge Yan's appearance.

Zhuge Yan walked to the side of Gu Qingcheng and Yu Tian Xiang. Unconsciously, he rubbed his hands together and said with a face full of smiles, "Princess, Sister Gu, can you bring Lady Yun Chang along?"

"You …" Yu Tian laughed as she patted Zhuge Yan.

"That will depend on your performance. If Lu Que dares to refuse the contract, you know the consequences." Gu Qingcheng whispered in a low voice.

"Leave it on me. Even if I have to tie it up, bring it here." Zhuge Yan patted her chest.

"Little brother, then you should go to the school to familiarize yourselves with the materials." Little brother, then you should go to the school to familiarize yourselves with the materials. "I think you like it. I sent someone to send a few knives to your room. You use them first, but when you're done, I'll have someone send them to you." Yu Tian Xiang said gently, as if she was her own sister, as she smoothed the non-existent wrinkles on Lu Que's clothes.

"Then I'll have to thank sister Tian Xiang." Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lu Que cupped his hands together and said in embarrassment, "We'll be going now. See you at noon."

Seeing Yun Xian leading Lu Que and the other two towards the Golden Scale Valley, Gu Qingcheng walked beside Yu Tian Xiang and said, "He likes brocade clouds and snow, you should tell me. It's his first time entering the academy, so I'm worried that I don't know what to give him."

"Qingcheng, I can give you this note, but you can't." Yu Tian Xiang looked at Gu Qingcheng as she seriously spoke.

"Why?" Although the brocade cloud snow letter was worth a lot of money, to Gu Qingcheng, it was nothing.

"Faint and intoxicated with the flow of thoughts, endless lamentation, cloud travel, and then dip in thick ink, love is fresh. Meng Xing's tears dried up, and his ten thousand strands of love were all spent. He felt sorry for her today, and found it hard to put into words what he felt for her. I am his elder sister. I can give this brocade clouds and snow letter to you, but you cannot. " Yu Tian Xiang muttered.

"Tian Xiang, don't tell me you …" Gu Qingcheng stared at Yu Tian Xiang in astonishment.

"You're thinking too much." Yu Tian Xiang smiled a little unnaturally. "It's almost time for the new students to report. We should make some preparations."

Gu Qingcheng looked at Yu Tian Xiang who had walked to the side, then at Lu Que and a few others who had already left. She frowned.

"I didn't expect that we would be able to be divided into two. But, is this C # 7 courtyard a beauty's house or a high-class one?" Duanmu Ye said somewhat excitedly.

"Didn't Elder Lei tell you?" Yun Xin, who had been walking at the front without saying a word, suddenly spoke.

"Master didn't say that."

"Both the Golden Scale Valley and the Wutong Valley are for the Imperial Academy students to live in. They are arranged according to the order of the heavens, with the five characters of A, B, C, D as the Li Shi and the Gui Hengxin as the Upper House." Although he and Lu Que were rivals in love, Yun Xian, who was known as Young Master Yu, still carefully explained the Golden Scale Valley's layout to them.

Lu Que, who came to the Golden Scale Valley for the first time, discovered that the layout of the buildings and the decorations on the pavilions were much more detailed than the Red Leaf Valley he had visited before. Each building was carved and decorated, and it could be said to be a pavilion with every five steps and a scene with every ten steps.

Furthermore, Lu Que discovered that the courtyard houses in the valley were not only divided according to the number of words in the sky. There were only twelve courtyards, which was the same as the twelve buildings in the valley. Counting the total population of Golden Scale Valley, there were only four hundred and eighty people. Including the symmetrical Wu Tong Valley, there were at most nine hundred and sixty students in the entire Imperial Court, less than a thousand.

Yun Xian seemed to have seen through Lu Que's doubts and explained to him, "The imperial courts of the Nine University Palace are all strict. It's not easy to enter this place but it's even more difficult to successfully graduate from here. I am not sure about the other academies, but ever since our Phoenix Cry School was built, the Golden Scale Valley has never been full. "

Zhuge Yan was aware of this long ago, so he didn't have much of a reaction. On the other hand, Lu Que and Duanmu Ye were secretly clicking their tongues in their hearts. There were hundreds of millions of people living in the Great Gan City, so how many talented people were there? But if even the Phoenix's Cry School, known as the First College of the Great Gan, had not been full, then there was no need to even mention the other academies. From this, one could see how difficult it was to successfully complete your studies in the academy.

"Brother Yun." At this moment, Zhuge Yan spoke up, "Are the privileges of the Imperial Court the same as before?"

"Privileges of the Imperial Court?" Duanmu Ye, who had been silent all this time, looked at Zhuge Yan in astonishment. "What is the privilege of the Imperial Court? Don't tell me that the Imperial Court has other privileges as well?"

"Since it's the Imperial Court, it naturally has its own special privileges." Zhuge Yan showed off, "The greatest privilege of the Imperial Court is that you don't have to attend classes. If you encounter any problems, you can ask the teachers of the academy directly. As long as you pass the end of the year exam, no one will care what you usually do."

"You don't need to go to class?" Duanmu Ye was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect the Imperial Court, which was so difficult to enter, to be so lax in its lessons.

"Zhuge Yan is right. This is indeed the privilege of the Royal Academy. However, there is one thing he didn't say. The entrance examination results are divided into five grades, A, B, and D. As long as a student of the Royal Academy is below B, they will be expelled from the Imperial Court." Yun Xing Si looked at the few of them and then shifted his gaze onto Lu Que.

Excluding Gu Qingcheng's reasons, Yun Xian had no choice but to admit that Lu Que was even more outstanding than his father at that time. He was also very curious about how long it would take for Lu Que, the second person to reach the thirty-sixth grade in the Great Gan Empire and create such a big commotion during the new year, to finish his work in the Imperial Court. When he thought of the upcoming battle for the position of the Academy's Head, Yun Xian, who was usually gentle and gentle, could not help but feel a tinge of fighting spirit in his heart. It was just that he was not sure if Lu Que would participate in the battle for the position of Head.

Lu Que had already become the knot in Yun Xian's heart. Only by fair and square defeating him in the competition for the top spot would Yun Xian be able to continue pursuing Gu Qingcheng.

He said to the three of them, "This is the C Seventh Courtyard, I won't be going in. The front yard is a place for you to entertain guests, and the back yard is divided into four smaller courtyards. There are wooden signs for each of your names in front of the entrance. Go and find them yourself."

"Sorry for the trouble, Brother Yun. Thank you." The three of them clasped their hands and thanked Yun Xian.

"Lu Que." Just as the three of them were about to turn around and enter, Yun Xian called out to Lu Que and seriously said, "There are still two months before the Academy Chief Competition. I hope that you will come."

"Chief? Thank you for your kind intentions Brother Yun, I'm not interested. " Lu Que shook his head.

"Not interested?" Yun Fang's face revealed a strange expression. He gave Lu Que a deep look, then turned and left.

Yun Xianxin knew that with Lu Que's temperament, he might not really care about the position of the chief executive. However, there were some things that he did not want to participate in. Whether it was His Majesty, the Empress or the Grand Princess, they all hoped that Lu Que would be able to take the top seat. Even if Lu Que didn't participate, Princess Tianxiang, Gu Qingcheng, Zhuge Yan and Duanmu Ye would still strongly advise him to participate as well. This was also the reason why Yun Xian didn't say anything further.

Lu Que looked at Yun Ying Si's back as he left, seemingly lost in thought.

"Lu Que, what are you looking at? What's there to look at? Let's go, let's take a look at our residence first." Zhuge Yan pulled Lu Wuji through the courtyard door.

"Hey!" There seems to be someone living here. " When they reached the front hall, they found a fire still burning in the room. There was an unfinished game on the table and a chess book on the chessboard.

"I wonder if it's the seniors who lived here before us, or the same year who arrived earlier than us. Let's go to the backyard and take a look. " Zhuge Yan smiled and pulled Lu Que and Duanmu Ye towards the backyard.

The three of them went to the backyard and found that the two sides of the yard were separated by two courtyards. Each courtyard had a wooden sign in front of the moon with a person's name engraved on it.

East 1 Lu Que, East 2 Duanmu Ye, West 1 Zhuge Yan, West 2 Lin Qingyu.

"So it's the Cauldron Armor's tenth place, Lin Qingyu. However, his family lives in the Azure Forest County, so why would he come to the Academy so early?" Duanmu Ye felt a little strange, because whether it was the fire that was still burning in the front yard or the traces in the back yard, they all showed that Lin Qingyu had already lived here for quite some time.

"Why are you thinking so much? We'll find out if we go to his place." As he spoke, Zhuge Yan took the lead and walked into the courtyard hung with Lin Qingyu's nameplate. Lu Que and Duanmu Ye exchanged a glance before following behind her.

However, the three of them searched around the small courtyard, but didn't find anyone. At this strange moment, a handsome young man was struggling to push a wheelbarrow into the room. Obviously, this was the first time he was pushing a wheelbarrow like this.

The three of them looked at the wooden carriage and saw that it was neatly stacked with books. It seemed that they were afraid that the books would be lost, so they had even used a few loops of silk rope to fasten the books onto the body of the carriage.

"You are?" When Lin Qingyu saw three people suddenly appear in his courtyard, he was stunned for a moment.

"You must be brother Qingyu, I am Lu Que."

"Zhuge Yan."

"My name is Duanmu Ye."

"So it was the same year for the three of you." Seeing the three of them saluting, Lin Qingyu smiled bitterly as he looked at the wheelbarrow that was propped up by his hands. "Can you help me unload these books? The balance of these carriages is not too good."

"Brother Lin is indeed worthy of being in the top ten. To think that you would be so diligent in studying. I'm impressed. I'm impressed." Duanmu Ye believed that Lin Qingyu must have settled down and then gone to borrow books. This was the first time he saw someone borrowing a cart of books in one go.

"It's not like that. The books on this car are all from our year's classes. I came earlier than you guys, so I brought all four of us back."

"Heavens, why are there so many? How am I supposed to learn this? " Duanmu Ye was about to extend his hand to help carry the books off the carriage, but upon hearing Lin Qingyu's words, his hand seemed to have been electrocuted as it retracted. The wooden carriage was filled to the brim with books, almost two feet high. Even if he divided it into four parts, that person would still need tens or even hundreds of books, and this was only a year's worth of work. Only now did Duanmu Ye truly understand why it was so difficult to graduate from the Imperial Court. Just these books alone were enough for a person to read for a year or so.

"Don't just stand there. Bring the book down first." Lu Que patted the stunned Duanmu Ye and Zhuge Yan, then picked up a stack of books from the carriage and placed them on the table in Lin Qingyu's study. The few of them moved the books in the car five or six times before they finally emptied it. Although the book wasn't too heavy, it still gave everyone a lot of psychological pressure.

Because when they were moving out, they roughly counted 432 books, no less, no less. They divided them into four parts, and each person got 108 copies. This was only what the first year of the academy had to learn. The four of them divided the books that had been roughly placed on the table and returned them to their respective courtyards.

After cleaning up, they sat down on a stone table in the middle of the backyard. Lin Qingyu took out a set of tea set and started to make tea for them.

"This is our Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom's unique camellia tea. Although it can't be considered to be anything good, the taste is still acceptable. Kind brothers, please have a taste." Lin Qingyu said as he poured himself a cup of tea.

"Green Forest Mountain tea can be considered a famous tea, but I've never tasted it before. Today is Brother Lin's fortune." Lu Que, who had always had good tea, had naturally heard of Green Forest Mountain Tea before. However, the annual production of Green Forest Mountain Tea was not high. It was very difficult to find genuine Green Forest Tea in the city.

"Sigh, let's have some tea first." Zhuge Yan pressed down Lin Qingyu's hand that was about to pour some tea and said, "The four of us can take the same year's test and be on the same tier. Now that we're living together, it can also be considered fate. Every day is too troublesome to call Brother Lu and Brother Lin courteously. How about we announce our birthdays, recount our years, arrange our lives for a long term, and call them brothers from now on? "

Hearing Zhuge Yan's suggestion, the three of them nodded their heads in agreement. Everyone reported their birthdays. Duanmu Ye was the oldest, Zhuge Yan was second, Lin Qingyu was third, and Lu Que was the youngest.

After the four of them had arranged the order of their age, although they did not burn incense and swear an oath to the heavens, they still felt that they were much closer to each other.

"Right, Third Brother, why did your family live in the Azure Forest County earlier than the few of us who live in the capital?" Zhuge Yan asked curiously.

"It's like this." After Lin Qingyu had poured some tea for them, she said, "My father worked in the Longxian army and is currently working with the Marquis of Wuan, Soaring Snow. Even when I returned home, there was no one at home, so I decided to stay in the capital."

Lu Que and the other two looked at each other and saw that Lin Qingyu only spoke of his father and not his mother. Either there was something that was hard to explain or he was already dead. They all avoided this topic with great tacit understanding.

I heard that you're at the 26th level of the Foundation Establishment Stage when you ordered it, third brother. Don't tell me that there's no elder to take you in as a disciple?" Duanmu Ye asked. In his opinion, other than Lu Que, who could be taught, people with extraordinary backgrounds like Zhuge Yan naturally had their own inheritances. For someone like Lin Qingyu, who came from a poor family and had a high foundation grade talent, there would definitely be an elder from the academy who would come out to take her in. "Just as her teacher had said, although a good teacher was hard to find, a good disciple was even harder.

"I have already taken Teacher Yao as my disciple to learn medicine from him. If not for Teacher Yao's words, I wouldn't have been able to stay here in advance." Lin Qingyu said.

"Are you Mr. Yi An?" Hearing that Lin Qingyu's teacher was surnamed Yao, Lu Que hurriedly asked. One must know that when he was ambushed and injured, although he was able to recover quickly by relying on phoenix tears, the first physician of his generation Yao Yi An was also able to heal the injuries in his internal organs in time.

"Yes, teacher."

"Third Brother, if you have the chance, bring me to meet Mr. Yi An. Back then, he had a kindness for me, and I haven't thanked him personally yet."

"Uh, we'll have to wait a bit longer. Teacher has already left to gather herbs, so he's not in the academy now. As for when he'll be back, I'm not too sure either."

The few of them were around the same age, and Lin Qingyu was an amiable person. Thus, they chatted as the sun rose in the middle of the sky. Seeing that it was already near noon, Zhuge Yan could not sit still any longer.

"It's almost noon now, and I'm a bit hungry. Brothers, let's go eat first." Seeing the hesitant look on Zhuge Yan's face, Lu Que took the initiative to stand up.

"Come, come, I'm hungry." Zhuge Yan said impatiently.

"Fellow brothers, this courtyard has a kitchen. Why don't I make a few dishes for everyone to taste?" Lin Qingyu could not understand why Zhuge Yan was so anxious. He thought Zhuge Yan was really hungry.

"What's the point of cooking? Lu Que is treating us to lunch today." With that, Zhuge Yan pulled Lin Qingyu along, saying as they walked, "Third Bro, I'll tell you ~"