The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror

The Wenqu Star stirred, naturally shocking every examiner in the examination hall.

In fact, during past examinations, there have been scenes that shocked the Holy Image, but those instances were often because the essays conformed to the principles of the Saints, thereby receiving a response from the righteous energy in the Holy Image.

This time, the brilliance of the essay startled the Beidou, yet there was no phenomenon in the examination hall, which clearly suggests a deeper reason.

The principles in this essay not only align with those of the Saints, but also contain new and emerging ideas that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the interpretations of the Ancient Sages. Therefore, during the examination, the righteous energy of the Holy Image and the energy of the essay content opposed each other, thus the brilliance was restrained and did not reveal itself.

Until night fell, when the Copy Paper Officer unsealed the test paper bag that left the examination hall, coinciding with the fair weather and brilliant starry sky season, the energy of the essay soared to the heavens, stirring the Wenqu.

Thus, creating the extraordinary scene witnessed by everyone.

At this moment, no examiner believed it was the result of Dao Skill.

This is the capital; which demon could produce such a grand scene?

Unless it's the old demon of Black Mountain, reputed to be the foremost expert under the heavens, it might be possible.

The phenomenon lasted for half a quarter of an hour, then disappeared.

Yet the examiners were long unable to regain their composure.

Subsequently, an examiner proposed opening the paper to see who it was.

In fact, everyone already had an answer in their hearts; it must be Xu Gongming. Who else could write an essay that could shake the Wenqu Star?

If the name on the test paper was not Xu Qing, it would likely immediately escalate into a major crisis.

Someone would surely suspect that Xu Qing's name on the test paper had been altered.

Although Huo Jing was also certain it was Xu Gongming, his heart was filled with bitterness. If he personally selected Xu Qing, he could gain a good reputation for not avoiding former enemies when elevating virtuous talents, a delightful notion for him, as the chief of the present Pure Stream, even legitimately becoming Xu Qing's mentor at the examination.

This could indeed be a gratifying matter.

But now, someone's essay had already startled the Wenqu Star, what does it have to do with you, Mr. Huo, whether you select him or not?

The meaning of teacher-student acquired through the examination is not applicable at all.

No matter how thick-skinned Huo Jing was, he dared not claim to be Xu Qing's teacher.

The essay was acknowledged by the heavens, what concern is it to you?

One could say, from the moment the Wenqu Star was startled by the essay, the true examiners of this test paper had been replaced by the heavens.

Huo Jing was unworthy.

This is also the crux of the Heavenly Human Sensing theory advocated since the dominance of Confucianism.

Since the theory of Heavenly Human Sensing is acknowledged, such matters have to be accepted, unless one uproots the Confucian foundation.

Huo Jing is merely a Left Imperial Censor, how could he have such a great face?

In terms of academic and scholarly status, Huo Jing is no match for Xu Qing, the crown of the southeastern scholars, not to mention that he is the hidden leader of the Recovery Society, which already has the trend of becoming the largest society today!

One could say, under Xu Qing's influence, the status of the Recovery Society is approaching that of the Great Zen Temple in the Worldly Society.

Currently, with Xiong Chan, the Martial Saint, the Great Zen Temple can be said to be the number one sect of the Worldly Society.

Hence, the Recovery Society is also undoubtedly the strongest contender for being the largest scholarly society.

One literary, one martial, they have the potential of becoming the Empire's Twin Pillars.

Moreover, considering the ages of the two, they are definitely the pillars of Great Yu for the next several decades.

Barring accidents, once the old Emperor, two old Martial Saints, the Grand Secretary, Elder Fang, and others step down, it will be a situation of "Whether the world is chaotic or not, Xu and Xiong will decide" for many years to come.

One Wenqu, one Military Qu, their halos are too bright.

On the other hand, despite facing the gazes of the examiners, Huo Jing suppressed his disappointment and calmly said, "This matter still depends on the West Garden."

He cupped his hands towards the West Garden Longevity Palace.

The examiners couldn't help but feel disappointed, Huo Jing was still too cowardly. If he took advantage of this matter to disrupt the examination rules, wouldn't it significantly boost the prestige of the Civil Servants?

Essentially, this is also a means for Civil Servants to vie for power.

They often say the ancestors' system cannot be changed, but in truth, they love to increase their power by destroying the laws of the ancestors. Otherwise, if they follow the ancestors' laws, in the current Court, nine and a half of ten Civil Servants would be skinned and have their grass mats removed, yet there are still some who escape punishment.

This is also the reason the old Emperor enjoys destroying the ancestral system.

If you can break it, can't the old Emperor, as a descendant of the Grand Ancestor, do so?

Either no one does it, or everyone does it!

Because the old Emperor often threatens the Ministers by reinstating the method of skinning and grass matting, making it difficult for the Ministers to use the ancestors' system to constrain the old Emperor.

It's assuredly using magic to attack magic.

This also explains why the previous Emperors were severely constrained by the Civil Servants; during the previous dynasties, the Civil Servants lived quite comfortably, deceiving the top and fooling the bottom. Suddenly, this old Emperor appeared, who didn't follow the script, initially confusing many Civil Servants as he pushed and pulled them, until now, they've slowly adapted.

Originally, it was thought that the old Emperor was a minor sect entering a major sect, back then only a teenager, about the same age as Xu Qing when he first took his examination, but it turned out he was playing with a maxed-out account in power struggle.

In terms of strategy and tactics, the old Emperor's level as a teenager was no less than Xu Qing's today.

The two are quite similar in some respects; if not for Xu Qing's tall and grand figure and vigorous appearance, simply looking at their brows and eyes, they resemble each other a bit.

However, the stylistic difference between the two is very clear; the old Emperor leans towards being subtle and cunning, while Xu Qing is boldly vigorous with a touch of softness.

Subsequently, Huo Jing hurriedly dispatched someone to request instructions from the West Garden.

The Cabinet always has Cabinet Ministers and Ritual Supervision officers on duty to guard.

Today, the duty officer is Elder Liang.

Being a veteran heavy Minister, naturally, there's a place for him to rest.