The Emperor of the Three Realms
chapter 37
Admittedly, Jiang Chen's memories were impressive. He had filled many scrolls in a span of two hours.
Jiang Chen stood up, rolled up his answer scroll well, and presented it.
“Your Majesty, please read this carefully and then leave it to the officials of various regions.” Jiang Chen's tone was calm and full of confidence.
Eastern Lu took the scroll and glanced at it a few times. He found that this answer scroll was indeed different from the previous one. He thought for a moment and then handed it over to the four subject officials.
“Four ministers, read it well. This is an important issue and you absolutely should not be numb or careless.” Eastern Lu reminded.
The four officials in charge of their respective subjects suddenly felt an enormous pressure on them.
On one side was the ruler of the kingdom – king reminder – and on the other was Du Ruhai's gaze which contained blatant warnings and threats.
After all, they were in the Aurum Imperial Hall, in the territory of the kingdom. The majesty of a dignified king finally overcame the psychological pressure that Du Ruhai brought to them.
The four people tried hard to calm themselves down and started reading.
At first, the expressions of the four of them were only a little surprised as they thought that this answer scroll was indeed completely different from the previous one.
But when they read the creative part in the second half, the expressions of the four subject officers became very grim. They occasionally revealed a deep-seated expression in his mind and then smiled understandingly. They would follow it up with expressions facing difficult problems, but then expressions of enlightenment suddenly appeared on their faces.
Many were very curious to see the rich play of expression on all four faces. Was the answer scroll so complicated that it made these four people read it with ridiculous expressions?
The four of them finally rolled up the scroll after a long time, despite wanting to continue.
"By good?" Eastern Lu asked in private.
“In response to Your Majesty, if we rate this scroll, we will definitely give you the full points.”
“Of course. And, the creative part showcases theories so profound, unique opinions, and vast experience that even your humble subject feels humble and ill-suited.”
“Your simple subject strongly agrees. This answer roll is full of talent and inspires the feeling of looking at a high mountain.”
“Your simple subject has only one sentence to say. This scroll is the first one seen by your simple subject in his life, this is unprecedented!”
The evaluation is higher than the others.
Anyone can see that the official in charge of the four subjects did not speak haphazardly. The fact that this answer scroll contained many things that took time to digest could be seen from their drunken expressions.
Judging from their satisfied expressions, it was most likely true that the contents inside the scroll were enough to open their eyes, and provide no small amount of benefits.
Eastern Lu looked at Jiang Chen meaningfully and sighed lightly. “The ministers, we are a bit confused. How the two answer rolls can be very different when viewed from the same test subject. One of them is full of talent and has subdued local officials, while the other is full of illegible garbage and does not pass.”
“Your Majesty, one night has passed since that exam. The Jiang Han household could easily hire a group of experts to compile satisfactory answers throughout the night. Such a problem will be very easy.”
It is true that many things change easily throughout the night.
Du Ruhai also started shouting. “Your Majesty, this Jiang family considers themselves smart and do not deserve to be hated. Your subject wants to say something unwanted. This Jiang Chen was famous throughout the capital as a useless as well as a stupid and incompetent person. Even the peddlers and porters would be hard-pressed to believe that he had created the answer scroll that had subdued the testers.”
This situation was once again unfavorable to Jiang Chen.
When everyone's gazes once again focused on Jiang Chen, he laughed widely and took a proud step forward. “It makes sense that you all thought I was cheating given the same exam topic. Then if it would please the examiners, please propose a few more topics and Jiang Chen was willing to immediately engage the examiners in learning from each other.
Learn from each other!
“Jiang Chen, do you think this is your Jiang Han home? Your childish play will not be tolerated in this grand hall! It used to be quite outrageous, how could you be allowed to do it again?”
It is true, the king is already generous enough to allow you to answer that question again. How can your bad behavior be allowed to go again?
Eastern Lu laughed out loud and resisted the wishes of the officials and members of the palace to take action. “In this great hall, we sat down and gave the papacy. It is incredible that our Eastern Kingdom has such a young junior with such courage. This is to be grateful for and not to be underestimated. We will agree to Jiang Chen's wishes. Unfortunately, this puts additional pressure on officials of the four countries and causes them to expend more effort.”
The officials of the four subjects did not care much, they had already let go. Since there was an opportunity to express themselves before the king, this was not too bad either.
Besides, they were very curious. Did Jiang Chen really create four answer scrolls? If that was the case, they also wanted to test Jiang Chen and see what they could obtain.
Four main subjects are “Article Martial Arts”, “Article Treatment Roh”, “Make Power and Influence”, and “Make Strategy Militar”.
Among them, “Take Power and Influence”, and “Take Militar” Strategy is actually an accompanying topic. Not a lot of content is tested, and the proportions are not very weighty. Therefore, these two subjects are tested first.
Clear thinking, innovative perspective, aspirational point of view, unbound realm.
When Jiang Chen had answered all four questions, not only the two examiners, but also some of the palace members and officials, applauded.
Because Jiang Chen's answer was too good. Every answer is unintentionally attempted to do something new and original.
But each answer is taken from a new point of view and produces unexpected responses that also make sense. The listener is able to reflect on the answer and obtain something.
“Yang Mulia. Both of these topics already cover the lifelong knowledge of your subject. No matter from which angle we look at it, Young Duke Jiang's response has surpassed the level of learning your simple subject. Your humble subject agrees.
“Your humble subject also agrees. Your humble subject believes that with young duke Jiang level for “Makalah Militar” Strategy, there is no way he is the one who wrote the original scroll.”
These words create waves when spoken.
“Checker Hua, what do you mean by that?”
Tester Hua of “Makil” Strategy speaks weakly, “I am an old and rambling, but also a scholar with the integrity of a scholar. The standards of young duke Jiang amazed me. Therefore, I will say one additional word. As the organizer of the Hidden Dragon Trials, His Majesty Du is broad-minded, tolerant of diversity, and should be able to accommodate a wide variety of voices?”
Du Ruhai's face darkened, “But aren't your words a public slander tricked by someone in the Hidden Dragon Trials?”
“Against whether someone cheated or not, we ask Your Majesty to make an honorable decision. This humble subject does not dare to speak insolently.” After concluding, examiner Hua consciously retreated, closed his eyes and automatically entered a state of death.
“Heh heh, this simple subject will now test young duke Jiang in “Spirit”.” Treatment Articles
“Please convey your instructions.” Jiang Chen cupped his hands.
“Alright, the first question relates to the cultivation of spirit materials. How could a common level nine spirit material Three Immortal Grass often appear as one or two strands of grass when cultivated, compared to three strands of grass as it should be, like the three immortal beings in heaven?”
Those who understood how to cultivate spirit herbs all personally cursed this examiner. This question is too complicated, right? Even the examiner himself might not know why?
Jiang Chen smiled faintly. “The reason is simple. The Three Immortal Grass was a spirit herb whose three blades grew on the same stalk. If there is a slight deviation at the time of conception that causes one of the blades to become too strong, then the other two blades will be swallowed. Therefore, in the cultivation of the Three Perennial Grass there should be absolutely no irregularities in the processing of the soil and the provision of spirit fertilizers. The slightest deviation will cause the biggest error.”
"What's? Didn't I think it would be so demanding?” The examiner thought carefully and suddenly hit his head. “That's right, why don't I think about this? I always thought it was a matter of the seeds. According to the records, the Three Immortal Grass was like an eagle and an eagle, capable of eating its own kind. So it turned out that it was not the Three Immortal Grass that could not grow three blades, but he was swallowed by his brothers in his stalk!”
The examiner grinned widely and a few traces of admiration appeared in his gaze at Jiang Chen.
“Then I will test you another question about refining pills. If you can also answer this question, I will also guarantee you just like old Hua did!”
"Please go." Jiang Chen was neither humble nor arrogant, and did not forget himself in excessive excitement due to the other party's promise.
“When I perfect the 'Divine Qi Return Pill', sometimes I use water heart insect eggs, and sometimes ice cricket wings. Why does the use of water lice eggs sometimes produce top-tier pills, and sometimes ice crickets wings can produce top-tier pills? I want to ask which of these two materials is more suitable for refining ‘Pil Qi Divine Return’?”
This question was also one of the questions that plagued these testers for quite some time. Over the years of refining the Divine Refund Qi Pill, he ended up with a middle rank nine out of ten and rarely produced a top rank pill.
This causes him not to get a lot of profits, sometimes even resulting in losses.
Jiang Chen traced his memories and gave his response. “Although water heart insect eggs and ice cricket wings are both ingredients used in refining the Divine Return Qi Pill, they are actually not the most ideal choice. If you use the Frozen Rain Dream Spirit Fruit, it will increase your chances of refining a top rank pill to seventy, eighty percent.”
“But why is that?” The examiner asked humbly.
“It's quite simple. Whether it was the eggs of water heart insects or the wings of ice crickets, all of them were fleshy and bloody creatures. The main ingredients of the Divine Return Qi Pill would be slightly wiped out by the strength of these two beings. If this was the case, you would have a great difficulty refining a top rank pill. Being able to produce it once in a while was simply a fortune. Frozen Rain Fruit Dream Spirit was a plant and had no strength. Its characteristics are also most appropriate to its main material. It was the best choice.”
“Ah...” The mouth of the examiner is agape and he does not speak for a long time. He finally bowed towards Jiang Chen after some time had passed. “Now after I heard it today, I can die without regret. I, old Zhao, also agree to it.”
He then came to Eastern Lu, “Your Majesty, this young man's knowledge of spirit herbs is vast and profound, far exceeding this old man's knowledge. Your simple subject also felt that young duke Jiang was not the author of the answer scroll.”
Tester Zhao paused for a moment, then added, “Sama is completely incomparable. One in the sky and the other on earth.”
Someone's words may not have much effect. The words of two people can also be a coincidence.
But if three people spoke, then it was no longer a coincidence.
The three examiners who were testing Jiang Chen had spoken on his behalf and praised him endlessly. This situation far exceeded everyone's expectations.
Changes slowly begin to occur in this situation.
