The Metropolitan Examination Ends

The Metropolitan Examination, which had begun on the first day of the twelfth month, ended on the morning of the fourth day of the twelfth month—neither more nor less than three days and three nights.

The other Provincial Graduate candidates finished the first round of the Metropolitan Graduate Examination and left the examination grounds one after another. Fang Yun alone remained fast asleep.

The examiners within the Academy did not wake Fang Yun. They did not even grade the papers, but continued waiting before the Temple of Sages.

Waiting for the scholar who had shocked the Saints.

It was not until long after the Metropolitan Examination had ended, near dusk, that Fang Yun finally woke.

Fang Yun groggily opened his eyes and felt exhausted from head to toe. He wanted to stay in bed, but with his Literary Guts, his body was almost beyond his control at such a time. Instinctively, he sat up.

Fang Yun sat at the edge of the bed with his head lowered, his mind a pot of mush. He vaguely felt that something major had happened yesterday, yet his mind was filled with fragmented memories, muddled and chaotic.

Only after quite a while did Fang Yun fully awaken and recall what had happened yesterday.

Fang Yun hurriedly looked toward the desk. His poems, Classic Interpretations, and policy essays had all been taken away.

Fang Yun quickly rose and examined himself. The injuries he had suffered yesterday had been far too severe, yet aside from an aching body, he was completely unharmed today.

The Temple of Sages must have saved me...

Thinking this, Fang Yun drew a deep breath, forced himself to perk up, swiftly packed everything away, and slung his bookcase onto his back.

As he stepped out of the examination room, Fang Yun looked