"Hey, little brother, there you are!"
Just as Lin Ke was pondering, a voice both familiar and unfamiliar rang out.
He looked up, and a handsome face that practically begged to be punched came into view.
Ye Jun!
Once, while Lin Ke was drawing at Wang Lin's place, he had seen Ye Jun visit, and they had gotten acquainted.
Of course, only today had he learned that Ye Jun was actually the previous generation's Zhuangyuan.
The Zhuangyuan!
What was a Zhuangyuan?
In the imperial examinations, those who ranked first were called "yuan." First in the provincial examination was the Provincial Scholar, first in the metropolitan examination was the Metropolitan Scholar, and first in the palace examination was the Zhuangyuan.
The Miscellaneous Treatise on Market Regulations stated: those who traveled to the capital to take the Rites Department's examination all had to submit a written application, a "zhuang." The foremost among them was therefore called the "zhuangtou," hence the title Zhuangyuan!
The title of Zhuangyuan belonged to the Heavenly Prodigy who led the Confucian School's rising generation!
Every generation saw a new Zhuangyuan, Dao Heir, and Buddhist Heir emerge, along with representatives of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Demonic Path, monsters, demons, spirits, and so on.
And the Confucian School's Zhuangyuan had towered over all their contemporaries for three generations running.
The previous generation's Zhuangyuan, Ye Jun, had fought his way across the world without finding a single worthy opponent.
Whether the Dao Heir, the Buddhist Heir, or prodigies from other peoples-the Merfolk, the Featherfolk, the Golden Crow Clan, the Dragon clan, the Phoenix clan, and so on-all had bowed before the Zhuangyuan.
A true Heavenly Prodigy!
"Brother Ye, you're actually the Zhuangyuan." Seeing Ye Jun, Lin Ke couldn't help smiling wryly.
Back then, outside Wang Lin's door, Lin Ke