Then, with a single rumbling, endless sounds of chatter erupted.
“I’ve heard that he hasn’t even managed to Purify, yet he wants to place first upon the First Bannner? What kind of joke is this?”
“That youth is the sole grandchild of the Wen Shui Tang family? How much money has Old Master Tang frittered upon him?”
“Who’s that barbarous looking brute? He’s only thirteen? Oh, so he’s just a yao race lout.”
Having Orthodox Academy positioned at the front, the most incensed were naturally students from Heavenly Academy; since Orthodox Academy’s ruin some decades ago, Heavenly Academy had been the undisputed leader of the Ivy League academies, who would have thought, that their usual positioning would be usurped by Orthodox Academy this year. Zhuang Huan Yu didn’t say anything, but a student from Heavenly Academy reprimandingly said: “They actually came late today?”
Tang Thirty-Six had intentionally groomed himself today; his green robe swaying in the breeze, ornamental jade buckles upon the waist, a paper fan in hand and an expressionless face; an indescribable sense of aloofness and pride.
He ignored his former fellow-student; lightly flourishing his fan and basking in self-feelings of elegance, he was suddenly interrupted by a sound that came in from the side.
He turned around indignantly, using his fan to cover his nose and gave Xuan Yuan Po a stare while saying: “I told you not to eat so much, yet you wouldn’t listen; what’s so good about leftover venison?”
Xuan Yuan Po rubbed his chest and said with some embarrassment: “I’ve heard that the Grand Examination can sometimes last for three days and three nights without providing any food, that’s just scary, not to mention, even though it’s been cold lately, the deer meat had been sitting for two days, leaving it for another day will cause it to go off; wasting food is not good.”
Upon hearing this exchange, the students that were nearby had some spectacular expressions on their faces.
The Grand Examination was near, yet these two brats from Orthodox Academy were still in the mood to discuss this type of matter?
Chen Chang Sheng was not in the mood for this type of discussion.
The countless gazes that were currently concentrated upon him, made him feel somewhat solitary.
He thought back to Xi Ning village.
He was currently feeling especially sensitive to stares.
He noticed someone that wasn’t staring at him.
It was a youth.
The youth stood amongst the group from Star Seizer Academy, yet didn’t wear the military-like attire of the academy.
The weather was chillingly cold, yet the youth only wore a single piece of clothing, and even had their sleeves rolled up, with their small arms exposed to the cold breeze.
At this moment, the gazes of everyone at Li Palace were directed at Chen Chang Sheng, yet that youth had their gaze upon the distant sun that was about to break out from the horizon.
Within that sea of people, the youth seemed extremely solitary.
Chen Chang Sheng suddenly felt that he and that youth were the same type of person