Chapter 73 About the Wanliu Society

Cicadas are different from each other. Huang Zhi is the most annoying cicada because he has no special ability but keeps chirping. However, for Xie Nandu, no matter how powerful a cicada is, it is still annoying if it chirps in front of her door.

The young man had never been to her door. Logically, he just talked some gossips by the lake and should not have caused her disgust. But when Chen Chao started talking about the cicada, she still went along with him.

Chen Chao pulled a bench and sat down, and started to make a fire. While busy, he asked, "Why is it unusual?"

Xie Nandu sat down again, watching the young man in front of him start to get busy, put down the book in his hand, and said seriously, "This time, the Academy has four places for the Wanliu Club, and he will be one of them."

According to the past rules, the Academy will take up three of the eight places in the Daliang Dynasty, the Zhenshou Yamen and Tianyuyuan will each take up one, and the other three will be fought for by other Yamen and major families in Shendu.

This time, because of the Wanliu meeting held in Shendu, there were two more places available, so the academy asked for one more place. The other place was actually assigned to the garrison commander's office, but the garrison commander couldn't find a better candidate, so he gave up that place.

The fact that the young man was able to occupy one of the four places in the academy naturally showed that he was extraordinary.

Chen Chao asked, "Is he the dean's student?"

The dean has seventy-two disciples. Although some of them have passed away, there are still many alive today.

Xie Nandu shook his head, "Among the dean's disciples, only I meet the requirements."

Among the dean's seventy-two disciples, except Xie Nandu, they are actually quite old. Those people are distributed throughout the Daliang Dynasty, not all in the academy.

"He is a disciple of Master Liu. Master Liu is a great scholar in the academy. He is always kind and has a very good reputation. The young man is his last disciple. He is from the Xia family and is named Xia Yuan. He is the eldest son of the eldest house and has a good chance of becoming the head of the Xia family in the future."

Xie Nandu has been in the academy for some time. He has learned most of the things about Shendu and the academy. When he talks about it now, it seems like he is telling his own story.

Xia Yuan is naturally an excellent junior in the eyes of the masters in the academy.

The students at the lakeside don't know his identity because they entered the academy. I think it will change after a few days and the Wanliu meeting.

Chen Chao sighed, "I didn't provoke him. If he did it for the academy, I can understand it. But compared to the Wanliu meeting, what I said at the lakeside in the morning should not be worth mentioning, right?"

There is an emotion called a sense of belonging. I am not a student of the academy, so I naturally can't feel it, but Chen Chao can understand the thoughts of other academy students at this moment.

Xie Nandu said, "There are so many flowers in the world, not every one is the same."

Chen Chao reached out and took two and put them on the stove, and asked, "He is not interested in you too, is he?"

Xie Nandu said calmly, "Xia wants to marry Xie, but Xia Yuan is unwilling."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Chen Chao frowned subconsciously, and when the second half of the sentence was said, he became a little angry, "He is still unwilling?!"

Xie Nandu looked at him and laughed.

Chen Chao realized that he had lost his composure and smiled awkwardly.

"His thoughts are not important, because he can't change Xia's will."

Although Xia Yuan is a student of the academy, he still looks so weak in front of Xia and can't fight.

Xie smiled and said, "Xia's thoughts are not important either, because Xie doesn't need to marry others."

Xie is now the most prominent family in the Daliang Dynasty. Except for Wei, they don't have to be afraid of anyone in the Daliang Dynasty.

Chen Chao said, "You should understand the decline after prosperity."

There are many such examples in history books. When a family prospers to the extreme, what awaits them is only decline.

Xie Nandu shook her head, "The fundamental reason for maintaining the prosperity of the family is that the descendants are outstanding enough, not some divine grace."

Although she is not very old, she has actually seen the fundamentals. A dynasty

always needs people to support it. As long as you are capable enough, you can act more freely without thinking about those things all the time.

At this point, Xie Nandu changed the subject and got back to the topic, "This time, the four people in the academy, except Xia Yuan, the other two should not be hostile to you."

Chen Chao turned over and asked tentatively, "What about those two people?"

Xie Nandu smiled and shook his head, "What does it have to do with you?"

The reason is naturally this. Although participating in the Wanliu Club represents their respective sects, the rules of the Wanliu Club are compared with the young cultivators' own cultivation and ability to respond to battle. Other things are really not important.

Chen Chao said innocently, "I can't be ignorant of everything. Until today, no one has told me what the Wan Liu Club is going to compete in!"

Xie Nandu looked at the boy in front of him with some doubts in her eyes. She asked, "Do you really not know?"

Chen Chao widened his eyes and said seriously, "Do you think I'm lying to you?"

Xie Nandu said calmly, "Many people in the capital are speculating about your origins. What you show is naturally not what a border boy should have. They have basically locked your identity to the descendants of those ruined families. If you are their descendant, how could you not know what the Wan Liu Club is going to compete in?"

Chen Chao shook his head and said, "I'm not."

It's not this word. He has said it more than once.

Xie Nandu looked at him and hesitated to speak, but in the end she did not speak. She did not ask that question.

After a moment of silence, the aroma of roasting filled the small courtyard. Xie Nandu smiled and said, "At the beginning of the Wanliu Club, there were many types and comparisons, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

Chen Chao couldn't help but interjected and asked, "Since you are a monk, what's the use of this?"

Xie Nandu frowned, "There was someone who said this as you did. That person thought the name Wanliu Daohui was not pleasant, so he changed it to Wanliuhui. He even felt that it was useless to compare too much. So the Wanliu Society was changed to only compete in two aspects, civil and military. "<

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Chen Chao said with some longing, "Is that person who changed his name and changed his rules the most ruthless person in the world?"

"I don't know. His identity is not specified in the book, and it is too old. Even if you want to check, it is difficult to check. There is only one thing that is clear, that person must be a sword cultivator."

Xie Nandu was not sure, but he was very firm when he spoke.

"How can I see it?"

Chen Chao asked with great interest.

Xie Nandu looked at it and said, "This is the only content specified in several books, and it is such a domineering behavior. Among the monks outside Fang, only the sword cultivator would do this, because they are the most lawless."

Speaking of this, Chen Chao remembered the story he made up on the way to the mine. Although he made up the story casually, Guo Xi's eyes at that time were not only sure, but also a little bit fearful. Is it just because Is this the identity of the opponent's sword cultivator?

Chen Chao was a little curious about sword cultivators, but he didn't say anything explicitly.

Xie Nandu seemed to know what Chen Chao was thinking, and said, "The sword cultivator in the world is known as the most lethal among the monks. Even ordinary monks outside the country dare not provoke him."

Chen Chao thought for a while and said, "Continue."

Xie Nandu nodded and continued, "The literary test of Wanliuhui is actually very simple. It is the same as the imperial examination of Daliang Dynasty. It just involves answering questions."

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and asked, "But what is the problem?"

Xie Nandu said, "Of course it's a matter of practice."

Chen Chao was silent for a moment and said, "Isn't that a vast sea?"

The practice of Taoism has been developing for so many years. New Taoism is produced almost every year, and new books are produced every year. No one can learn all the Taoism, and no one can read all the books on cultivation.

"Could it be that the scope is specified?" Chen Chao suddenly thought of something.

Xie Nandu shook his head and said, "No."

Chen Chao took a breath and said in shock, "Then this is too outrageous!"