It’s really here.
Qiu Jinghuan looked at Li Ang walking into the examination room, smacked his lips in displeasure, and continued to lower his head to study the wooden box-shaped Luban lock.
This Luban lock is square in shape, with an outer frame made of pure wood and a wooden hilt on the top.
In the middle of the frame, there are eight concave and convex wooden pillars.
These wooden columns are spliced to each other through the mortise and tenon structure in the middle part to form a whole.
Tiny square holes are left in the center of the four sides except the top and bottom. The wooden pillars can be moved up and down, left and right by using the space in the holes.
In addition, the examiner also distributed paper and pens to the candidates.
It was also mentioned that the final score depends on the progress of unlocking the wooden box. If you really can't solve it, you can destroy the wooden box just like you did during the retest——
As long as you can achieve the corresponding results, you can also pass the exam.
Finally, the examiner emphasized that paper and pen are only auxiliary tools for drawing pictures and guessing the structure of the wooden box, and there is no hidden secret.
The entire exam lasted six hours.
At noon and evening, people from the Etiquette Department will bring lunch and dinner in. Candidates sit down to eat and cannot leave the examination room, but they can take advantage of this time to rest and chat.
There is plenty of time, but the problem is...
How to solve it?
Li Ang stretched out his hand to pull the wooden bars and found that only two of them could be pulled at first.
After moving the wooden strips, a space will naturally be created, allowing other wooden strips to move.
But after just a few steps, it will get stuck and you can't take out any one. You have to take a few steps back to the original position and continue to find other solutions.
Two is born from one, four is born from two, eight is born from four.
There are hundreds of possibilities for the first few steps alone, and every step of deduction will lead to more changes.
"It is equivalent to a Luban lock with an extremely complex structure."
Li Ang said silently: "The sword hilt itself is also a zigzag wooden pillar. To take out the sword hilt means to unlock the entire Luban Lock.
And due to the interference of the wooden frame and the sword hilt, the specific structure of each wooden pillar inside cannot be clearly seen.
He can only rely on the weak light that shines into the hole, as well as the ability to hear sounds, spatial imagination, and reasoning.
Let's figure out the specific shape of the eight wooden pillars and the sword hilt. "
Li Ang slowly exhaled a breath and thought in shock, "What's even more terrifying is that drawing the shape of the eight wooden pillars plus the sword hilt is just the beginning. We still need to reason out the specific solution based on it.
If you make any mistakes during the deduction, you will have to go back and start over. "
Can this really be designed by humans?
Li Ang looked around and saw all the candidates spinning the wooden boxes.
Some people's eyes were dull, some people looked annoyed, and some people - especially the recommended students from the Ministry of War, had silently squatted on the ground and started beating the wooden box with their fists.
It's just that the final exam of the academy is more difficult than the re-examination.
The material of the wooden box is also tougher than the test papers in the re-examination.
"The difficulty of smashing it into pieces is not much easier than solving it completely,"
Li Ang said silently: "The examiner said, 'The final exam score depends on the progress of unlocking the wooden box.'
In other words, the academy does not expect anyone to be able to completely solve the wooden box. It only needs to be further ahead than others when the time limit ends.
And the specific method..."
The final exam of the Academy must require spiritual talent.
Xi Yangyu's words flashed in Li Ang's mind.
Spiritual vein talent, spiritual veins...
He pressed his forehead with a serious expression, closed his eyes, and began to meditate on induction.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged through the body along the spiritual veins, finally reaching the head and touching the dark silk thread dormant there.
Unobstructed.
"call..."
Although he had tried it several times on the way to Chang'an, at this moment, Li Ang still felt tired and...happy.
Spiritual energy fills the body, and the scene in front of him seems to suddenly become clear. He can clearly feel the feeling of every hair and skin being blown by the breeze.
Feeling the atmosphere?
Li Ang slowly opened his eyes and pressed his palm firmly on the wooden box.
The spiritual energy in the body naturally penetrates into the wood block, and the seemingly smooth and clean surface of the wood lights up with wisps of dim light, forming the texture of the wood itself.
And when the release of spiritual energy stopped, the light that lit up along the lines slowly faded away.
"This is the reminder for the final exam."
Li Ang's mind changed quickly, and he immediately picked up a pen to describe the wood grain pattern he just saw on the paper.
The frame of the wooden box itself does not glow, only the eight wooden pillars and the hilt of the sword will shine brightly.
And the direction of their wood grains has a certain pattern.
"Injecting spiritual energy can make the wooden box glow briefly, illuminating the structure and changes inside,
And, if I guess correctly, the wood used in different boxes should be dug from the trunks of different whole trees.
Although in the initial test, the eight wooden pillars and the wood grain of the sword hilt did not match each other,
But if you move the wood blocks so that their wood grains fit together, the wood blocks return to the form of complete wood.
Maybe you can get halfway to unlocking the wooden box, or even completely unlock the wooden box. "
Li Ang was shocked and continued to input spiritual energy into the wooden box, copying and drawing on the paper.
There was no fence in the examination room. After Li Ang made the wooden box glow, He Fanshuang, who was sitting behind him, also successfully found a way.
The actions of the two were quickly noticed by others and they imitated them one after another.
The two academy teachers at the back of the examination room nodded imperceptibly, looked at each other, and continued to sip tea.
Illuminating the wooden box is just the first step. There is still a long way to go to unlock it.
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Time passes quickly.
The Haotian bell rang, and the academy teacher walked to the front of the examination room, reminded that it was lunch time, and took away the wooden boxes on the desks of each candidate.
Like everyone else, Li Ang's wooden box is far from finished.
He rubbed his face. From yesterday to now, he had not rested for a quarter of an hour.
"Qiu Da, how far have you reached?"
"Just starting, how about you."
"Same. Where are you, Pei Silang?"
The aristocratic youths were chatting in low voices. Everyone in the examination room was close to progress. Pei Jing was the fastest among them and had already reached the twentieth step.
And Li Ang...
At least judging from the shape of the wooden box that was taken away, it was just getting started.
"Looking at how tired he is, his face is pale and he's about to die, and he's late again this morning. Could it be that he went to Pingkangfang for a night of fun last night?"
"Huh, it's hard to say. I wonder if Xi Siye said that when he uses spiritual energy, will it cause harm to the body? The little spiritual energy he used just now may have reached its limit."
"Tsk, what a pity. What a pity. By the way, if he really fainted in the examination room, someone would have carried him away, right?"
Li Ang listened to the whispers in the corner and scratched his head helplessly, wanting to remind them that his pale face and sleepiness were due to staying up late and anemia.
The aristocratic youths did not chat for too long. When someone began to talk about their experiences in a low voice, everyone glanced at the instructors at the back of the examination room - the two instructors closed their eyes and rested, as if they had not heard at all.
Could it be that...during lunch time, candidates can actually talk about their progress?
Doesn't it mean that the person who solves it first can directly tell others the method and tips?
The candidates' hearts were beating loudly and they were whispering.
clatter.
The sound of chopsticks poking against the porcelain plate was heard. Li Ang turned around and saw He Fanshuang holding the chopsticks, Liu Yemei frowning slightly.
She was the second candidate who thought of using spiritual energy to illuminate the wooden box. Perhaps because she consumed too much spiritual energy, her face was equally pale.
"..."
Li Ang thought for a while and said softly: "One, on the upper left side of the front, set one. Move forward and move two."
He Fanshuang was slightly startled, raised his head and stared at Li Ang for a long time, then said softly: "Two, on the upper right side of the front, let's say two. Move one to the left.
On the lower left side of the side, set five. Move one out. "
Li Ang nodded, "Three. Five on the left and one on the right."
On the lower right side of the front, set three and move one out. "
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time with great tacit understanding, and started talking in a low voice at a very fast speed.
[One, upper left front, let one. Move forward two. 】
This means that in the first step, the upper left corner of the front of the sword hilt is set as the No. 1 wooden block and pushed inward two spaces.
[Two, upper right of the front, set two. Move left one. On the lower left side of the side, set five. Move one out. 】
This means that in the second step, the upper right corner of the front of the sword hilt is set to the No. 2 wooden block and moved one space to the left. At the same time, the lower left corner of the side is set as the No. 5 wooden block, which follows the No. 2 wooden block to push out one space.
Since the two people took the same steps in the first few steps, they can tell which side the other person is talking about.
After several rounds of comparison, points can be reported more simply.
"Twenty-four, six, seven, third from the right."
"Twenty-four, six, one from the right."
The conversation between the two went awry for the first time. Li Ang's eyes lit up and he didn't even bother to eat. He picked up the manuscript paper, glanced at it, turned around and said: "Twenty-four, six, seven, second from the right. Twenty-five, Five, up one.”
"..."
He Fanshuang thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes."
The two of them talked quickly using words that other candidates could not understand.
As the etiquette staff re-entered the examination room and collected the tableware, the Xuegong teacher in charge of the exam also walked to the front of the examination room and handed out wooden boxes to everyone.
But this time, there was no longer sleepiness and hesitation in Li Ang's eyes.
I said,
He pressed hard with his fingers, and his fingerprints stuck on the wooden block.
I can,
The wooden blocks clattered against each other in the frame.
Admitted to,
The spiritual energy seeped into the wood grain along his body, and the dim light emitted illuminated his determined face.
Academy.
Time passed bit by bit, and the sound of wooden blocks colliding and crackling louder and faster was heard one after another, causing the students and two instructors at the back of the examination room to raise their heads in shock and stare at Li Ang's back.
Twenty-seven steps.
Forty-nine steps.
Fifty-two steps.
Seventy-eight steps.
The sound of the first wooden pillar being pushed out of the frame and falling onto the table was like a thunderbolt.
Qiu Jinghuan stared blankly at Li Ang's movements, his mind going blank.
The second piece,
The third piece,
The fourth piece...
There were more and more wooden pillars on Li Ang's table. As he pressed the wooden box heavily on the table, the entire wooden box frame suddenly disintegrated, revealing the twisted wooden hilt in the middle.
"call..."
The only sound left in the entire examination room was his breathing.
Untied.
Li Ang breathed a long sigh of relief and looked back at the entire examination room.
Qiu Jinghuan and others looked blank, Pei Jing pursed her lips tightly, one instructor stared and held the teacup, while the other instructor held up the teapot in surprise, not even knowing that the teacup was full and overflowing.
'Congratulations. '
He Fanshuang, who was sitting at the back, said these two words silently, pushed the wooden block the last three times, opened the wooden box, and also stood up from his seat.
"Teacher, can we go?"
Li Ang picked up the wooden sword hilt and whispered: "Who should I give this to?"
"ah?"
One of the instructors responded subconsciously, then reacted belatedly and coughed: "You can leave now that you have figured it out...
When you go out, just give the sword hilt to Chen Jijiu. "
"Thanks for the teaching."
Li Ang cupped his hands and walked out of the classroom with He Fanshuang.
"Leon!"
The sound of slapping the table suddenly sounded, Qiu Jinghuan's lips trembled, and he pressed his palms on the table, "Did you just tell her how to solve the problem, right?
If you walked out of the classroom now instead of waiting after dinner..."
"Qiu Jinghuan, right?"
Li Ang stopped, looked directly at the pale opponent, and said calmly: "I think you made a mistake.
After I walked out of this room, I was already a disciple of the academy.
What are you threatening me with?
Why do you threaten me?
How dare you threaten me. "
After saying this, Li Ang stopped looking at the other party, held the hilt of the sword, turned around and stepped out of the examination room.
The breeze was blowing and the sun was shining brightly.
