After the screening, those who were not selected felt regretful, but there was nothing they could do. After all, it was his own lack of strength, so who could he blame?
As for making trouble, I advise you to put away this idea as soon as possible. What is "Sage Academy"? How can he be an easy-to-get-together character if he can co-exist with Taoism and Buddhism?
Even if the elders in your family are highly respected and respected as kings and generals, you would never dare to offend the "Sage Academy" easily. This is respect, but also fear!
As for those who have passed the screening, don't be too happy. This is not even the first step.
Then, the person in charge of the academy took the five hundred people to the south gate of Chang'an City. The guards checked them briefly and then let them go.
A group of people came out of the city gate in a mighty manner and headed outside the city.
Lin Yan also followed the large army out, but he was a little confused in his heart. Although this academy is located in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, it is still in the city. Why are everyone out of the city now?
He asked the person around him, and the person stared at him as if he were a monster, as if he had encountered something incredible, and opened his mouth wide and said, "No, you don't even know this?"
Although Lin Yan was a little dissatisfied with his appearance, he couldn't bear to ask others for advice at this moment. He cupped his hands and said, "Brother, please give me some advice!"
The man was only twelve or thirteen years old. Although he was dressed in rich clothes, he always felt like he was carefree. He waved his hand and said: "My name is Li Zongsheng, and my father is the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion. I can't talk about advice, but it's strange that there are still people who don't know about this. I guess this is your first time in Chang'an."
Lin Yan nodded and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Li Zongsheng said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. Although this 'Sage Academy' has a special status in Chang'an City, the capital is only so big, so it is impossible to allocate too much space to the academy."
"The number of people registering for the academy's annual spring and autumn examinations has always been high, so the venue needed for the assessment cannot be smaller. After much thought, the academy sent people to buy a mountain outside Chang'an City."
"Ordinarily this is an act that exceeds the rules, but the status of the 'Sage Academy' is extraordinary, and today's people respect Confucianism, so they don't pay too much attention to this matter."
After listening to this, Lin Yan couldn't help but sigh that this academy is really a big deal!
In a place like Chang'an where land is at a premium, some officials from the capital may not be able to buy a courtyard house in this city even in their lifetime, but the academy bought a mountain without blinking an eye.
This comparison between people is really irritating!
"So, our next assessment will be conducted on the mountain?" Lin Yan continued to ask.
"I guess it's almost the same." Li Zongsheng replied.
Just as he was talking, the team in front suddenly stopped. Lin Yan looked up and saw that there was indeed a mountain in front of him, and they were standing at the foot of the mountain.
The name of this mountain is "Nanshan". Not only is the name very random, but this mountain is neither towering into the clouds nor has any cliffs. It is just an ordinary small mountain, which is nothing like the Xuantian Mountain where the Xuantian Sect is located thirty miles away. Not on the same level.
But something strange is that this hill is covered with a white mist-like thing, making it difficult to see its full picture, which makes Lin Yan a little confused.
Among these people, there were also many who were taking the college entrance examination for the first time. When they saw this hill, they couldn't help but look down upon the college, thinking: This world-renowned college is nothing more than this!
Seeing the noisy crowd, the steward of the academy became a little impatient. As he yelled loudly, the noisy voice gradually became quiet.
Then, a blue-shirted scribe came out, apparently a teacher from the "Sage Academy".
He looked at these candidates and simply announced the rules: with the foot of the mountain as the boundary, within an hour, the first fifty candidates to climb to the top of the mountain would pass, and the rest would be eliminated.
After hearing the assessment conditions, a group of people whispered among themselves, feeling that this assessment was a bit too funny!
It's just such a small hill. It still takes an hour to climb up? You think you are a grandpa climbing the mountain!
For young talents like us, the proud women of heaven, it only takes a matter of minutes to climb up!
With this idea in mind, the mountain climbing competition officially began.
Because there were too many people, Teacher Qingshan divided these people into ten groups, with fifty people climbing in one group. After the people in front left, the people behind followed.
Lin Yan was assigned to the last group, and by coincidence, Li Zongsheng was also in this group. When it was their turn, the people in front had already disappeared.
"Brother Lin Yan, hurry up, we have to catch up!" Li Zongsheng urged, speeding up his pace and starting to catch up.
Lin Yan always felt uneasy, especially the increasingly thick white mist around him, which made him feel very uneasy.
As they walked, they suddenly found that everyone around them gradually disappeared, and in an instant only he and Li Zongsheng were left.
Apparently the latter also discovered this situation and said in a panic: "Oh my God! Is this a magic trick? How come so many people disappeared all at once!"
At this time, Qiu Lao's voice sounded in Lin Yan's mind: "Boy, this white mist is a formation."
When Lin Yan heard this, he said that it was as expected. He had vaguely felt it before, and what Qiu Lao said at this moment just confirmed his suspicion.
Li Zongsheng on the side was still chattering and spitting: "Brother Lin Yan, are there no ghosts in this place? Are those people eaten by ghosts?"
Lin Yan was currently thinking about how to break the formation and get out. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel speechless. He said to himself: "It's so worthless for such a big man to be afraid of ghosts!"
He had forgotten that when he first met Qiu Lao, he was also frightened by this old man A Piao. After getting along with him for a long time, he became somewhat immune to these things.
Seeing Li Zongsheng's suspicious look, Lin Yan couldn't help but want to tease him. But thinking about it carefully, now that time is running out, it would be better to seize the time to crack the formation and reach the top of the mountain as soon as possible.
After briefly explaining to Li Zongsheng that this was a formation and that the people who came in together might also be trapped by the formation, the latter's mood gradually stabilized.
However, Lin Yan didn't do much research on the battle method. At this moment, he and Li Zongsheng couldn't get around it, so they couldn't help but run into difficulties.
At this time, Qiu Lao reminded him in his mind: "Have you not studied the 'Thousand Changes of Mechanisms'? This formation has many similarities with the mechanism. You can imagine this formation as a larger mechanism doll. The formation flag is his joints, and the formation eye is his center."
After hearing what Qiu Lao said, Lin Yan suddenly became enlightened.
Yes, isn't the formation a little too big? Although my understanding of mechanism art is still at the introductory stage, it is not enough to build a mechanism, but it is not easy to destroy it!
Just do what he said, relying on his mind's understanding of the "Thousand-Change Mechanism", Lin Yan followed suit and began to carefully search for the context of this formation.
According to Qiu Lao, there is not much difference between the formation and the mechanism in nature. So as long as you can find the context of this formation, you can follow the clues to find the formation flag, and then approach the formation eye step by step.
Li Zongsheng on the side looked at Lin Yan looking left and right, squatting down and writing and drawing on the ground from time to time, with a mysterious look!
He couldn't understand it for a while, but his intuition told him: "This kid may have a way!"
Thinking of this, Li Zongsheng hurriedly came to Lin Yan's side and said earnestly: "Brother Lin Yan, do you have any way to get out? If so, you can't leave me alone!"
Lin Yan nodded helplessly when he heard this. Although this guy seemed a little unreliable at first, he felt that he was not a bad person along the way. Since there is a way to escape, Lin Yan will naturally not abandon him.
Seeing Lin Yan nodding, he almost screamed with joy. After all, if he was eliminated from the beginning, his father would have to skin him when he returned home.
Then he suddenly reacted, fearing that his words would affect Lin Yan, so he quickly covered his mouth with both hands, which was a bit funny.
As time passed, as Lin Yan calculated, the formation gradually became clear in his mind. Although after trying, he could not crack the entire formation at this moment, there was still no big problem in helping the two people get out of trouble. of.
"Follow me next!" Lin Yan finished his calculations, said to Li Zongsheng, and walked out first.
The latter hurriedly followed and saw Lin Yan taking strange steps in front, first taking five steps forward, then three steps back, then taking two steps to the left, and then taking one step to the right...
As this cycle continued, Li Zongsheng felt a little nervous, but when he saw Lin Yan's determined look, he gritted his teeth and thought: "I believe him, let's give it a try!" Then he continued to follow Lin Yan.
After repeating this many times, the scenery around them changed. Finally, it was no longer an invisible scene shrouded in white mist, but replaced by a lush hill covered with flowers and plants.
"Great, we finally came out! Brother Lin Yan, you are so awesome!" Li Zongsheng was so happy that he really wanted to cheer at this moment.
Lin Yan shook his head. In fact, he didn't know if he could break this formation with mechanism skills. It was really good luck to succeed this time!
They looked around and saw many people circling around, probably trapped in the formation.
But the amazing thing is that the two of them were talking loudly not far away from those people, but those people could not see or hear them, as if they were isolated in a small world.
Lin Yan couldn't help but sigh: "This is the terrifying part of the formation!"
Ignoring those people, Lin Yan looked around and finally found the formation flag not far from where they just came out.
They had just followed the formation's veins before and had not cracked the formation. At this moment, the formation flag is discovered. If it is pulled out, the formation in this area will stagnate.
But Lin Yan didn't take action. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and thought of a better way.
Now that one formation flag has been found, it is not difficult to find other formation flags. Sure enough, after a while, Lin Yan found another formation flag.
Using these two formation flags as coordinates, Lin Yan started the deduction. Then, he opened his eyes and walked in one direction.
Although Li Zongsheng couldn't understand what he was doing, he followed him because of his blind trust in Lin Yan from the previous incident.
After walking some distance, Lin Yan and Li Zongsheng were almost approaching the top of the mountain, and Lin Yan finally found the position of the formation eye with the help of the two formation flags.
I saw a stone platform in the middle of a few tufts of grass in front of me, with complex and obscure incantations and symbols carved on it. And in the center of the stone platform, there is a crystal clear small gourd of mutton-fat white jade. It seems that this is the formation eye!
Lin Yan had known for a long time that some treasures would usually be placed in the center of the formation. After all, ordinary things could not bear the role of the formation. He looked for the formation flag and calculated the position of the formation's eye, which was why he came here.
Looking at the formation eye in front of him, Lin Yan thought: "Since I found the formation eye, this little gourd should be regarded as a prize! It should be no problem for me to take it away!"
