Rune Master Yan Se was in a bad mood right now.

He stared at Professor Huang He in front of him, and said with a chill: "Anyway, I can't have it in your academy." ”

Professor Huang He raised his eyebrows slightly, and said mockingly: "Uncle Shi can take a fancy to that kid, why shouldn't our academy?"

Yan Se roared loudly: "That kid is naturally suitable for cultivating the way of divine runes, who else in this world is qualified to be his teacher besides me?"

Professor Huang He smiled contemptuously and said, "Only a rune master is qualified to be his teacher? ”

When he said this, his tone was like saying that he could always pull out two or three green radishes in his back garden, the rune master was indeed noble and rare, but the academy was not an ordinary place after all, and even he himself was a rune master, the depth of the academy's heritage, except for the Xiling Divine Kingdom, who could compete with one of them?

Yan Se was speechless for a moment, and said, "Anyway, I saw it first, don't think about robbing it."

Huang He sighed and said, "Uncle Shi, you are highly respected, don't always play tricks?"

Yan Se snorted and said angrily: "Look at Uncle Shi and me like this, I hug the girl in the Qinglou every day, every pore on my body is full of obscene and obscene words, where did you see that I am highly respected?"

"Even if Uncle Shi you don't want this old face to be inferior and humble today, it will be useless. ”

Professor Huang He looked at him and said seriously: "His Majesty the Emperor may eat your set, the National Teacher will eat your set, and even I think the head of the Xiling Temple and the great priest will also eat your set, but our academy will definitely not eat it." ”

The conversation in the study room seemed a little ridiculous, but the argument between the two rune masters was no matter how much like a ruffian hooligan, because their identities would inevitably seem extremely tense, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became depressing.

At this moment, Prince Li Peiyan suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, what is there to fight about in this matter? In my opinion, since Ning Que's cultivation is only in the realm of not being confused, it is far inferior to the prince of Longqing, so let the prince of Longqing enter the second floor and let Master Yan Se accept Ning Que as an apprentice." In this way, both the empire and the Xiling Temple are satisfied, and Master Yan Se is also satisfied, Ning Que still retains the identity of a student in the front yard of the academy, then the academy is equivalent to having two students with great potential at the same time, wouldn't the ending be quite perfect?"

Professor Huang He was slightly stunned when he heard this, and always felt that there was some truth in sounding there, but something was wrong.

Li Peiyan looked at him and said gently. If the academy is limited to the system and it is inconvenient to make this decision, Ning Que can withdraw on his own, as long as he gives up his qualification to enter the second floor, who in the world would dare to make irresponsible remarks about the academy?"

Professor Huang He frowned and said, "Why should Ning Que give up?"

Li Peiyan didn't answer his question right away, but turned to Master Yan Se and asked with a smile: "Master, this king wants to know, if Ning Que becomes your apprentice and enters the south gate of Haotian Dao to cultivate, how are you and the national teacher going to treat him?"

"Naturally, I treat it as a nephew and give it to me. Yan Se replied resolutely.

Li Peiyan looked at Professor Huang He, smiled and said: "We all know that Mr. Guoshi does not have any outstanding disciples, and Master Yan Se has no inheritance, if Ning Que enters the south gate of Haotian Dao, as long as he practices with his own heart, coupled with the careful cultivation of the two masters, maybe he will be the future national teacher of my Tang Empire, with such a bright future, why is he unwilling?"

Professor Huang He finally understood where the previous question in his heart came from, his hands in his sleeves tightened slightly, staring at His Royal Highness's eyes, secretly thinking that His Royal Highness's move was really ruthless, if Ning Que was really tempted by the name of the future Tang Dynasty National Teacher, and decided to withdraw from the second floor of the academy on his own, then what reason did the academy have to rob people with the south gate of Haotian?

Previously, Yan Se had always been retreating for advancement and retreating, and at this time, feng shui was turning around, and it was the turn of the academy to retreat and gain time to think about how to deal with it, Professor Huang He said undoubtedly: "No matter what opinion Ning lacks, this matter must consult the opinions of all the teachers and students in the academy, otherwise this matter will not become a child's play?"

In the early morning, Tianzhou was bright, and Ning Que woke up rubbing his eyes.

Glancing at the glimmer outside the window, he silently calculated and knew that he had not been unconscious for too long. He got up and walked to the table, held up the pot of herbal tea and poured it into the big pot, his spirit was suddenly lifted, and he looked around and found that this should be the residence of the academy.

Walking to the door, he stretched out his hand and slowly pushed the wooden door open, and the faint morning light penetrated through the narrow crack in the door, shining into his eyes, which made him squint, and suddenly he woke up, looked at the morning light, and stood in the door like a fool unable to move.

The long mountain trail, the arduous climb from noon to dusk to late night, the repeated joys and sorrows of life, the black wasteland and strange dreams, returned to his mind.

"I ...... Climbed to the top of the mountain. ”

"I ...... Entered the second floor. ”

Ning Que looked at the morning light in the crack of the door in a daze, and then he realized what he had experienced and what he had done, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while...... There was a wistful smile on his face, as if he couldn't even believe that this qiē had happened like this.

Thinking of the last step of the climb to the boulder last night, and the painful choice on the wasteland, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, thinking that the illusion that I don't know who set up actually allowed a worldly boy like him to make such a mysterious choice, this is like asking a butcher to think about philosophical questions, even if he can say the right argument, but who knows what the process of reasoning is?

Yang Tian laughed and went out, how can I be a sour and rotten person, Ning Que pushed open the wooden door in front of him with a smile, walked into the beautiful morning light, and then found that there were several officials standing outside the door, and then he actually had to make a very difficult choice.

"You're not a student on the second floor of the academy yet, so you still have a chance to quit, and you have a chance to choose another path that is completely different, but definitely just as brilliant and bright, and even destined to shock the world. ”

Prince Li Peiyan sat in the chair, picked up the hot tea in his hand and sipped it slowly. , Slightly reduced the fatigue caused by lack of sleep, looked at the silent academy student in front of him, and continued: "This king thinks that you should choose the second path, because this matter involves the harmonious relations between the imperial court and Xiling, although my Tang Empire will never be afraid of any enemies, and will never bow down in the face of external pressure, but the entry of Prince Longqing into the second floor is an agreement drawn up by His Majesty and the temple himself. ”

"As long as you take the initiative to withdraw from the competition on the second floor of the academy, the dilemma faced by many people will be solved, and the pressure on the empire will be very small, and all aspects will benefit from it. Li Peiyan found that Ning Que had been silent and lowered his head slightly, without any reaction, and was a little displeased, and said: "As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, it is a matter of course to share the worries of the empire, of course, just for this reason, let you quit the second floor of the academy, don't say it's you, even this king will feel too ridiculous and rude." ”

"So this king will give you another absolutely full Baidu will be the first song of the night bar............

Li Peiyan leaned forward slowly, stared at the top of Ning Que's head, and said, "Master Yan Se, as a high-status rune master, does not hesitate to pretend to be crazy and stupid, and he also wants to bring you back as an apprentice, you can imagine how much he will value you in the future and how carefully he will cultivate you." After more than ten years, you will become a high-ranking rune master, and you will become the hope of Haotian South Gate Zhongxing. National Master Li Qingshan only has two apprentices, neither of whom is successful, he has great respect for his senior brother, and he knows better than anyone what a rune master means to the sect. ”

Ning Que was still silent, but there was a lot of waves in his heart, he only entered the second floor, and he was favored by the rune master, but it was just a night of hard work, and he was an ordinary student who was not unknown, this little person who sold words in the alleys of Dongcheng, turned out to be the fragrant sesame baked cake that both the academy and the south gate of Haotian wanted to fight for, and was even regarded as what Zhongxing hope - the word that Post Zhongxing hoped for was so big and inappropriate, and it made people headache when they looked at it, shouldn't it be exclusive to people like Prince Longqing?

"I know you have a good relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess. Li Peiyan looked at him and said gently: "I can also give you a promise here, as long as you are willing to share your worries for the court, the court will definitely not treat you badly, and this king personally owes you a favor." In the future, when you enter the realm of knowing fate and become a rune master, you will naturally be the next national teacher of my Datang. ”

Li Peiyan continued: "Of course, the second floor of the academy is extremely wonderful, but looking back at that volume, how many students on the second floor can leave their names? But if you become a national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, there will still be countless people who will remember your name after a thousand years. ”

The future national teacher of the Tang Empire?

Although Ning Que's expression was calm as usual, the feelings in his heart had already been shaken by these words.

It was as if he saw a brilliant golden avenue unfolding under his feet. Whether to give up the second floor of the academy to study with that rune master and fight for the future of a great Tang dynasty master, or to go to the second floor to learn the subtle cultivation method from the master, this is really an extremely difficult choice, and he even feels that the choice last night on the cliffside wasteland is easier than this.

Ning Que looked at His Royal Highness's face, knowing that as long as he nodded, the future would be infinitely bright, he believed that these words were true, and believed that as long as he had the opportunity to learn from the rune master, he would really become the future master of the Tang Dynasty, if he said this, it was not this man who asked for him, maybe he was really tempted.

Li Peiyan looked at the emotional reaction in his eyes, vaguely guessed what he would choose, his face suddenly turned grim, his right hand tightly held the handle of the chair, stared at his eyes and said in a deep voice: "This is the opportunity given to you by Haotian to the imperial court, if you miss it, you will be sent by heaven." ”

There is no doubt that this is a naked threat, in the face of this threat, even if Ning Que really becomes a student on the second floor of the academy, he must think seriously in the face of this threat, because he lives in this world, then he will be bound by the rules of this world.

Ning Que waved his hand very respectfully and said, "Your Highness, after all, I am a student of the academy, I have studied in the academy for a year, and I have a deep feeling, if I want to share the worries of the imperial court, I am willing, but I must consider the feelings of the academy." ”

Some people unceremoniously put the power and pressure of choice on Ning Que's shoulders, that was to avoid angering the academy, but how could a character like Ning Que, who seemed to be refreshing and bright but actually had no hands left, take the initiative to shoulder this kind of responsibility, and with a gentle word, he threw the power and pressure of choice back directly.

As for whether the academy will choose to give up itself and accept Prince Longqing into the second floor, Ning Que is not worried. He and Li Yu have a tacit agreement on this matter, the master has never returned to China, and no one in the academy dares to make a claim. In the depths of his heart, there was actually another thought, if the academy couldn't even resist the pressure of the imperial court, and finally gave in and sent himself to the south gate of Haotian Dao, then why did he stay in such an academy?

There is nothing wrong with his and Li Yu's ideas themselves, but there are always some deviations between reality and ideas, because they didn't expect that the academy teachers also have a bit of pity for the prince of Longqing, and the teachers are not all Tang people.

In the early morning of the academy, the teachers and students were sitting in their rooms arguing fiercely, and it was true that the master had not returned to China so that they could not come to the fastest conclusion, but it was precisely because the master was not in the academy that they had the courage to express their opinions.

Cao Zhifeng, an associate professor of Like, said angrily: "Many people think that in this exam, our academy cheated, I don't know if this matter is true or false, I only know that Prince Longqing came out of the fog very early, so why did he stay outside the fog for so long, why did he take the last step with Ning Que in the end? What happened in between?"

Professor Cao is a senior professor of the academy, and what he said naturally has some power, although everyone in the room knows that this professor from Yan Guo will raise objections because he is not angry with the failure of Prince Longqing, but no one can explain the question he raised, and even some teachers secretly wondered, could it really be that those people in the back mountain did something in Li Try?

An old woman in a blue cloth coat and a bamboo broom in her hand looked at the people in the debate like an idiot and said: "It's really a boring discussion, whoever reaches the top first will take whom, why do you have to complicate it?" Cao Zhifeng, you have been going to Chang'an City every day to see your Royal Highness, and when you return to the academy, you cry bitterly, thinking that this is the hope of your Yan Kingdom Zhongxing, but this is the of the academy? I can't listen to it, I'm leaving. ”

The honorary female professor of mathematics in the academy left, and there were a few professors who served academics wholeheartedly and did not want to be bothered by mundane affairs also left one after another, but the debate in the room became more and more intense, and many teachers thought that the imperial court's mention could indeed satisfy all parties, in that case, why not choose this way? Do you have to offend all the forces for the sake of Ning Que?

When Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng was angry again and impassioned again, the door was suddenly pushed open with a creak, and the teachers looked at it in amazement, only to see a pink and tender little face poking in a moment later, and a pair of black eyes rolled straight away.

Walking in the door was a little scholar, fresh and cute and a little shy, looking at the teachers, and asked softly in a mosquito-like voice: "My young master has something to ask you, so let me pass the word." ”

The instructors in the room knew the identity of the little scholar, and asked gently, "What does Mr. Second have to ask?"

"My young master got up this morning and found that there were still a lot of idle people waiting in the academy, and he lost his temper. The little scholar opened his eyes wide, looked at the people in the room, and said. He wants to ask you why the notice hasn't been posted all night, and what are those idlers doing here? Do you want him to invite them to dinner?"

Hearing this, the instructors looked at each other, not knowing how to answer, they all knew that the second senior brother on the second floor of the academy did have a somewhat second temperament, but they never thought that they would call people like His Royal Highness the Prince and Master Yan Se idlers. Professor Cao Zhifeng glanced at the little scholar and said, "The candidate for entering the second floor has not yet been decided, so the notice will naturally not be posted. ”

He thought that such a statement would displease the other party, and he was ready to explain everything, but he didn't expect that the little scholar was really shy, and after hearing an answer, he lowered his head and walked out of the door.

The argument in the room began to continue, but it was not long before the door creaked again.

The little scholar's pink face was dripping with beads of sweat, and it was obvious that Zhou Cai was in a hurry, he looked at the teachers and said, "The young master asked, what is the candidate for entering the second floor has not yet been decided?"

Professor Cao Zhifeng said displeasedly: "What does it mean that there is no decision? Ning Que was able to defeat Prince Longqing and climb the mountain first, many people have doubts about this matter, suspecting that the back mountain is cheating, how can the people be unconvinced?"

The little scholar looked at him blankly, and it took a long time before he suddenly woke up, and turned to leave with a sigh, and he didn't know if he understood Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng's words.

The room was silent, and the instructors did not argue again, for they strongly felt that the little scholar of the second senior brother would return in a short time, and then continue to ask those very second questions.

The door creaked open.

The little scholar opened his big eyes, looked at Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng and asked, "Young Master asks, who is not convinced?"

Professor Cao Zhifeng was stunned, looking at the little scholar's fresh and lovely pink face and looking at his stunned expression, he really couldn't tell a lie, and he didn't want to push out those people outside the academy, so he frowned and said, "I'm not convinced." ”

The little scholar sighed, and was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly thought of the second half of what the young master said to him on the mountain before, and quickly turned around, scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly, and asked, "May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Cao Zhifeng. ”

Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng said unhappily: "What is this for?"

The little scholar said with a natural look on his face: "Because the young master wants to know who is not convinced." ”

After saying this, the little scholar turned around and went out and ran back to the back hill again.

The door creaked open again.

The little scholar panted and held on to the door frame, looked at Cao Zhifeng and said, "Less...... The young master said......

Cao Zhifeng couldn't help laughing, shook his head and sighed, "What did your young master say?"

The little scholar swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at him and said very seriously: "My young master said that the academy has never been different from the country to recruit talents from all over the world, Cao Zhifeng, you are a Yanren, so my heart is long, I don't blame you, but you have to remember that you are a professor of etiquette, what did you teach the first lesson to the students of the academy?

This retelling is fast and smooth, the little scholar's pink little face raises his eyebrows from time to time and snorts coldly, showing indifference and displeasure, obviously imitating the demeanor of the second senior brother of the academy when he speaks, it looks very funny and cute, which caused the teachers in the room to laugh, but Cao Zhifeng couldn't laugh, the smile on his face instantly disappeared and suppressed his anger and asked, "What does Mr. Second want to say?"

"Cao Zhifeng, you said in the study that the etiquette of the academy is the rules, and the rules are to see who has the strength to set the rules. ”

The little scholar looked at him and said seriously: "Master and Senior Brother went to travel to the country, then in the current academy, I am the only one who has the strength to set the rules, so whether you accept it or not, you must obey it and post the notice immediately." ”

Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng was stunned for a long time, then angrily waved his robe and protested: "How can you convince the public with such a domineering luck!"

The little scholar didn't know that this was a true expression, but thought that it was also a formal question, and just as he was about to leave, he suddenly raised his little palm happily, and said happily while applauding: "The young master is really smart, he even guessed your words, and he asked me to sue you." ”

The expression on Associate Professor Cao Zhifeng's face was very ugly.

The little scholar looked at him, forced a solemn face, and said, "I don't need to obey the public, I just need to obey." ”

You Jiao Xi really couldn't bear to look at Professor Cao's wolf expression at this time, and said on the side: "Even if you don't pay attention to the opinions of His Majesty, Master Yan Se or Xiling in this matter, you must always respect Ning Que's own choice. ”

Pushing open the wooden door again, the clothes on the little scholar's body were all wet with sweat, he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, it took a long time to calm down, and looked up at the people in the room who relayed the conclusion of a certain second senior brother for the last time.

"Respect Ning Que's own choice, why should I respect him? As for the Tang Dynasty National Teacher......

At this point, the little scholar deliberately made a long pause, but raised his slightly pointed chin, rolled his eyes at the roof, and let out a cold snort from his little nose, which made the arrogant man's expression on the mountain extremely cute.

"Isn't that remarkable?"

On a flat cliff in the mountain behind the academy, the green pines are angry to welcome the guests, and the white clouds flow in the meantime, like a fairyland on earth.

There were two people standing on the cliffside.

Qi Feng was wearing an extremely dirty and tattered robe.

The other wore an eerie ancient crown.

The second senior brother of the academy turned around, looked at Yan Se at the south gate of Haotian with an expressionless face, and said: "You actually dare to stretch out your hand to the academy, and you actually want to rob my teacher's students, don't say that it is you, even if it is the Xiling Haotian Sect, you don't have this weight." ”

Yan Se smiled weirdly, looked at him and said: "The second child of the academy is really the proudest second child in the world, and his words are really ugly, but I am older than you, so I won't do anything with you, so as not to be said to bully Xiao Gu, but I must take this kid away, even if the master is here, I still have this attitude, if you want me to be the last, I have to do things absolutely nothing." ”

The second senior brother looked at him and sneered slightly, and said: "Don't make so many excuses, if you are not old and confused, you should remember that whether you count from the teacher or from Pipi, my rank is higher than you, since you want to snatch people from me, how can there be a reason not to fight?"

"If you don't fight, you won't fight. ”

Yan Se looked at the crown hat on his head and said mockingly. The mountain behind the academy is your home field, I'm not that stupid, anyway, if I don't make a move, you can't make a move on me, as for Ning Que's matter, it still depends on his attitude after all, in the future, my junior brother and I will ensure that he becomes a national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, it is better than staying in this mountain every day, and being idle by your senior brothers. ”

The second senior brother rolled his eyes to the sky and sneered: "The Great Tang National Teacher...... Isn't it remarkable? Don't you have to be caught by the Li family and those old gods in Xiling every day? Where is the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, he is purely a little daughter-in-law who has been wronged and does not dare to cry. ”