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Jinsei sat in the imperial study and looked at the imperial reports the ministers had brought. There was nothing else in the reports other than praise, so she tossed the reports to the side and rubbed her forehead to meditate. It was hard to tell what she was thinking.

After resting for a while, Jin Yu felt that her mood had calmed down. She intended to finish reading the imperial reports, but just as she opened it, she heard a burst of noise outside. She frowned and threw the reports onto the table, and asked the guard beside her with a dissatisfied tone, "Who's making a ruckus outside?"

"Going back to the emperor seems to be this time's quarrel between the head examiner, Lord Shangguan Yu, and the assistant examiner, Lord Yuwen Shang." Doon carefully said as he returned from his inspection.

"What are they arguing about?" Jinhai frowned at Dong Xian. "Bring the two of them in. I'd like to see what makes them make such a ruckus."

Dong Xian then respectfully left for a while. Shangguan Yu and Yuwen Shang followed him inside the house, and the two of them obviously looked scared.

Seeing the two of them so frightened, Jinsei thought she knew she was scared now. She cleared her throat and asked, "Shangguan Yu, Yuwen Shang, you are both a First Class Grand Scholar of the Embroidery Dynasty, but you two are actually making a ruckus in front of my imperial study. What's wrong with that?"

Shangguan Yu and Yuwen Shang both quickly knelt on the ground and shouted, "This official is guilty, this official is guilty!"

"Why are you making such a ruckus here?" Jin Chen asked the two men kneeling with a wave of her hand.

Shangguan Yu was the first to speak: "Your majesty, the two of us have different opinions on whether we should let a student named Lu Chen pass the test."

"Your majesty, this subject believes that Lu Chen should have passed the test, but Sir Shangguan used some unreasonable words to destroy Lu Chen's test paper." Yuwen Shang continued.

"Your majesty, don't listen to Yuwen's nonsense. He must have received Lu Chen's benefits in order to protect him, and all the examiners, including this subject, think that this Lu Chen is too arrogant. Moreover, he doesn't have a shred of loyalty, nor is he qualified to be accepted." Shangguan Yu hastily explained.

Jin Chen frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "Since the two great officials have such a huge disagreement over Lu Chen's paper, then I am very curious about what kind of person this Lu Chen is, and what kind of astounding work the paper he answers is."

Shangguan Yu was stunned for a moment and wanted to say something, but seeing the impatience on Jinhai's face, she said unwillingly: "This subject will go and get the exam papers now." With that, he left the royal study.

"This official is going to visit Sir Shangguan." After saying that, Yuwen Shang also followed him out, but there was a trace of happiness on his face.

Jinhai quietly led the two of them out of the royal study and sat down. He stretched out his hand to let Dong Xian have a cup of tea. A light flashed in his eyes as he gently sipped the tea.

After drinking half a cup of tea, Jinhai heard the sound of footsteps outside. After Dong appeared, he came back with Shangguan Yu and Yuwen Shang once more, standing in front of Jinhai.

Yuwen Shang carefully handed Lu Chen's test paper to Dong Xian, then let Dong Xian take it and hand it to Jin Zi.

Jin Xu picked up the paper and saw Lu Chen's familiar handwriting on the first question: "If you are a great general of the imperial court, if a great disaster happens to the imperial court and the emperor is trapped in the court, if you go save the emperor, it will be a narrow escape. Would you go save the emperor?" The words on the back read: "That won't be the case. If I go there, I will die. The Emperor will be in more danger, and if I don't go there, the enemy will want to use the Emperor to attract me. Moreover, keeping the emperor's life can also drain the emperor's resistance by imprisoning him. As long as the emperor surrenders, the great generals like us will also surrender. "That's why the Emperor's death is important to the enemy, so there's no need for me to save the Emperor. At the same time, I can use this time to gather my forces and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." The corner of his mouth curled up into a smile. When she saw the answer to the second question, the smile on Jinhai's face became even wider.

Shangguan Yu and Yuwen Shang carefully stood below and watched the brocade seep that was focused on reading the paper. They didn't dare to make the slightest sound, and the imperial study immediately fell into silence.

"Hahaha." After about half a cup of tea's time, Jinshui burst out laughing. Shangguan Yu and Yuwen Shang looked curiously at Jin Chen.

Seeing Shangguan Yu and Yuwen Shang's eyes, Jinhai realized that he had lost his composure and coughed lightly, "Zhen believes that this Lu Chen is indeed a good person. If he doesn't hire me because of some old rules, then I will lose a great talent.

"Your majesty, this time, the first question is to test the loyalty of the examinees. The second question is to test the examinees' brains. Although Lu Chen's answer to the second question is a workable method, his method is to falsify His Majesty's decree without authorization. In addition to the answer to the first question, we can all see that he is a person who has great disrespect and is not loyal to the Emperor. Shangguan Yu hastily said.

"So you think I'm wrong?" Jin Chen asked, his eyes cold.

Shangguan Yu saw that Jinhai was really angry and hastily said, "This subject doesn't mean that."

"Hmph, not being the best is fine. This matter is decided then. The two of you should not argue over this matter. Go back and prepare for the second round." Jinhai said.

Seeing that Jinshui had hardened her heart to let Lu Chen try, Shangguan Yu could only unwillingly withdraw, while Yuwen Shang also respectfully withdrew after shouting His Majesty's declaration.

"Disregarding common sense, being unwilling to adhere to the rules, Lu Chen, this is indeed your style." After the two of them left, Jinsei looked at the test paper again with a smile hanging on the corner of her mouth. However, if I don't comply with the rules, I can't stay. Lu Chen, you better not cross my bottom line, otherwise … " A trace of coldness flashed across Jin Chen's eyes.

After the results of the test one day later, almost all the students had gathered in front of the academy to look for their names. Immediately, some students started crying in joy. Lu Chen waited until most of the people had dispersed before leisurely walking up to the Emperor Leaderboard and seeing his name on it. He didn't show any expression and calmly noted down the time for the next exam and returned to the Wandering House.

After three days of leisurely living in the Wandering House Lu Chen, it was time for the second round of examinations. Lu Chen tidied up and headed down to the Chinese Academy.

The second test of the Embroidery Dynasty was also known to cause the examinees to fall into an illusion. In an illusion, you would first obtain what you wanted the most and then experience what you feared the most. In this great joy and great sorrow, there were many examinees who would lose their minds due to this contrast, and there were even more examinees who would not wake up in an illusion. Of the three tests in the Embroidery Dynasty, the second one had the most examinees and was also the one that the examinees feared the most.

Lu Chen felt as if something had been taken away from his body, and his body became very weak. When he felt that the Spiritual Energy in his body had disappeared and he was now like an ordinary mortal, he immediately knew that it was something from the Chinese Academy that had taken away his Spiritual Energy. After calming down, Lu Chen found his own table and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Lu Chen felt a wave of dizziness. When he woke up, he discovered that he had actually appeared in the Cloudsoaring sect. Lu Chen immediately knew that he was hallucinating.

"Big brother Chen." Jin Feng'er shouted with a smile.

Lu Chen turned around and saw the figure deep within his heart right in front of him, just like the one he had experienced when he had faced his tribulation.

"Big Brother Chen, don't you know Feng Er?" Jin Feng'er walked forward and extended her hand to gently caress Lu Chen's face.

A trace of gentleness flashed through Lu Chen's eyes, but he immediately remembered that this was an illusion. He coldly said to Jin Feng'er, "You don't have to lie to me, Feng'er is only in my heart. You're not her."

Seeing Jin Feng'er burnt to ashes, Lu Chen resisted the urge to let go for a long time to save her. He felt depressed in his heart. Even though he knew it was an environment, he still could not suppress the pain in his heart.

The scene changed after Jin Feng'er was burned into ashes. Lu Chen saw himself in a huge fire, the entire Lingyun Sect was incinerated by the flames, and he wanted to find his master, but he saw Lin You Yuan being hit in the chest by someone from the demon realm, and his heart was pulled out by that demon realm. Blood flowed onto the ground, and Lin You Yuan looked at Lu Chen with despair in his eyes, as if he wanted to say something.

On the other side, Jin Yun was torn into two by a demon, his internal organs and blood flowing all over the ground. Although Ling Tian did not die, he became a demon and continued to eat people from the Lingyun Sect.

The entire Lingyun Sect had turned into a living hell. Ning Xi and Yun Mengtian had also been killed by someone from the Devil Realm, their bodies stained with blood. Lu Quan and Lu Yun had all fallen to the ground, their bodies split apart.

Lu Chen felt like his heart was filled with grief and indignation. Seeing that all the people he treasured had been killed, and that the Lingyun Sect had been destroyed, killing intent surged up from Lu Chen's heart.

"Big brother Chen, save me." Hearing Jin Feng'er's voice, Lu Chen turned around to see Jin Feng'er's torn clothes. Her pure white body was revealed in the air, and she was being violated by someone from the demon realm.

"Big brother Chen, farewell." A trace of tears flowed down Jin Feng'er's face as she committed suicide in front of Lu Chen.

"Truly boring. However, even if I die, I will not be able to bypass you. Beauty, let's continue." The demon realm cultivator smiled evilly as he continued with his movement.

"Ah!" Lu Chen's eyes turned blood-red, and his heart was filled with killing intent. At this time, a dazzling gold light flashed in Lu Chen's arms, and the blood-red color in his eyes gradually faded back to its original color. Lu Chen panted as he stood on the spot, softly saying, "Xiao Jin, thank you.

"Actually, with master's temperament, this illusion won't be able to affect master's creation. For example, when Jin Feng'er came out, master easily saw through it, but after that, I felt a strong surge of spiritual energy rush to master's position. I think that someone must have done something to make master unable to leave this illusion realm forever." The miniature golden Buddha said with a serious expression.

Lu Chen laughed self-deprecatingly: "I didn't expect that I would really be welcomed, but I don't think I'll be too bored in the future like this."