Everyone turned around in unison to look at Si Lingxi.
Given Si Lingxi's status, if anyone could solve Zhu Yushan's repeated failure to make it to the exams, she was the most likely candidate.
So when Si Lingxi spoke, Li Hanyu and Zhu Yushan fixed their eyes on her. Li Hanyu directly pulled Zhu Yushan down to kneel before Si Lingxi, asking for guidance.
Si Lingxi raised her hand lightly and lifted the two of them into the air, then settled them back into their seats. Shaking her head, she indicated that there was no need for this.
Lu Zheng could not help asking, "What exactly is Brother Zhu's situation?"
Si Lingxi looked at Zhu Yushan and said calmly, "I initially thought he had been struck by someone else's Curse Spell, but I have just examined him carefully and found nothing. There are no more than ten people in this world who could cast a curse and hide it from me. I do not think it was any of them."
Zhu Yushan gave a bitter smile. "How could a junior like me possibly be worth the attention of such figures?"
Yet Si Lingxi's gaze upon Zhu Yushan grew even more sympathetic. "Then the problem is even more serious."
"Ah?" Zhu Yushan was completely dumbfounded.
"Since it is not a curse, that means you yourself possess no official fortune. Your official fortune is so low that you cannot even sit for an examination." Si Lingxi spoke blandly.
Zhu Yushan, "..."
The corner of Si Lingxi's lips curled into a faint, half-smiling expression. "In other words, the one preventing you from taking the exams and becoming an official is not someone else. It is you yourself—or rather, this heaven and earth that bestowed your official fortune upon you."
Zhu Yushan stared wide-eyed.