Chen Linci didn't know that he had quietly passed by a certain great opportunity, and he didn't know that he had been designated as a closed disciple by an extremely powerful person, and now he only knew one thing, that is, he was going to take the entrance exam of Starry Night Academy tomorrow morning.

This is really a very important thing, because being admitted to the academy is the premise of realizing all his dreams, if he can't be admitted to the Starry Night Academy, even if he can finally embark on the path of cultivation, he will encounter a lot of thorn forests on the way, and these thorn forests will limit his progress to a great extent, so if there is no academy to help him smooth out the thorn forests along the way, that is, the difficult problems on the path of cultivation, he will never be able to catch up with the footsteps of his peers.

Not being able to keep up with his peers is too discouraging or frustrating, Chen Linci has already lost a long way to others at the starting line, and he doesn't want to fall behind forever, so he has to be admitted to the academy.

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An autumn rain and a cold night, the dead have returned to eternal sleep, and those who are still alive still need to continue to live. A night of light rain drove away the last trace of heat left by the summer, and also washed away some blood stains on the bluestone street in a certain alley in Yingtian City.

The light rain has stopped, the rapid wind has also slowed down, and Ying Tiancheng, which has been washed away by the autumn rain overnight for months, looks new, and Chen Linqi left Ning Weiyu's house early, because today is the time when the college's entrance exam begins.

The entrance examination of Starry Night Academy is extremely important for both the students of Great Chu and the entire Chu State, thinking that it determines the quality of the imperial bureaucratic class and the power of the domestic powerhouses in a few decades, and there will definitely be many people in today's group of ignorant teenagers who will be able to dominate the situation and even change the situation in the near future.

As the highest institution of learning in the Chu State, Starry Night Academy has always been the largest talent delivery center in the empire, although there are not many students who graduate here every year, but all of them are elites, or they have the talents of the East Palace Strategists, or they are wise enough to be the former military advisors of the battle, or they are officials and generals, and there are not a few people who worship the prime minister.

According to some statistics, among the more than 300 high-ranking officials above the third rank in the dynasty registered today, there are 116 who have graduated from the Starry Night Academy, and 134 have graduated from Qingxu Academy, another academy in the capital, and other academies, while the remaining dozens of people are the jobs left by the hereditary ancestors.

The important position of Starry Night Academy in the Chu State can be seen from this.

For this grand event, the people of Yingtian City have been looking forward to it for a long time, and all kinds of small vendors on the street have already set up stalls for business before dawn, and the scene is almost more lively than the New Year's Festival.

Thanks to this, Chen Linci was able to eat a hearty breakfast, and after spending eight copper plates to buy a bowl of wontons in a certain street and alley in Beicheng and eating it, Chen Linci walked into an affordable clothing shop, exchanged two hangs of money for a coarse linen clothes that could barely be seen, and found a place to wash his face and cut his hair.

There is no way, the distance between the south city and the north city is really not close, if you walk, I am afraid that when Chen Lin resigns, everyone has already taken the exam, and the carriage he bought in the black market of Linxi City is still in the general association of the Changle Gang, and he does not dare to take it, so he has to spend the money of four bowls of wontons to drive to the Starry Night Academy in a carriage.

There was no problem in Beicheng and when he first entered Nancheng, but as soon as the carriage arrived in the interior of Nancheng, it began to become difficult to move an inch, and Chen Linci did not expect that the enrollment of the college would cause such a grand occasion, countless carriages blocked the long street, and those horses paced impatiently, and from time to time they would kick out a splash of water that had accumulated last night, making a snapping sound.

The more the sound of the water, the more confusing it becomes, this is the case on the street at this time, either because of the impatience of being blocked or because of the contradiction on the issue of shunting the road, anyway, from the moment Chen Linci came here, all kinds of miscellaneous discussions, complaints and quarrels on the street have not stopped.

Most of the people sitting on these carriages are the parents of the candidates, and those who can be qualified to apply for the Starry Night Academy, except for a few who are really talented, are only the descendants of the upper-class families of the Chu State, and the ordinary people, although they are also full of countless fantasies about the Starry Night Academy, but their natural wealth and confidence are not enough to compare with the wealthy nobles, so few people will embark on the path of cultivation.

Not to mention how many years it takes to walk on the nine scenery on the cultivation path, just the pill spirit grass that needs to be consumed in the middle is not something they can afford.

Therefore, most of the people who were blocked on the street at this time were high-ranking families of the empire, either rich or expensive, and when they went to the street on weekdays, they didn't let the honor guard open the way in advance, and where could they stand the pain of being blocked on the road.

Rather than wait like this, it's really better to walk!" Chen Linci measured it in his heart, and found that this place was not far from the Starry Night Academy, so he paid for the carriage and let the coachman drive the carriage back.

Looking at the dozens of copper plates hanging on his waist, Chen Linci smiled helplessly, this truth that it is not easy to make money and it is easy to spend money, today he can be regarded as deeply aware of it.

But as long as he can be admitted to Starry Night Academy, even if it costs more money, he will admit it!

After bypassing the long street after the rain, passing through the crowd like a sea, and stepping on countless pieces of bluestone slabs, he finally came to the door of the Starry Night Academy again.

Looking at the majestic vermilion sandalwood gate, as well as the two mighty stone lions next to the door, as well as the four words "Starry Night Academy" inscribed by the great grandfather himself on the big plaque in front of the door, Chen Linci clenched his fists, and a few traces of blood boiled in his heart.

"For the sake of a better life in the future, in order to go further on the path of cultivation, in order to be able to survive happily, in order to be able to eat well, in order to be able to wear good clothes, I have to be admitted to this academy no matter what!" he secretly told himself in his heart.

Then he lifted his foot and stepped over the doorrail and walked into the door of Starry Night Academy.

The history books of later generations will definitely use a very strong stroke to record the significance of this step, because many and many things that happened later were because of this step.

From the moment Chen Linci stepped into the door of Starry Night Academy, everything had already been decided.