The class has been going on for more than a month, and the students are gradually getting acquainted with each dormitory. Although there is no dispute between them, it is natural for them to have opposite attitudes. Seeing Xie Chengyun, Zhong Dajun and others at the door, the students in Classroom No. 3 were not only curious, but also vigilant.

Mr. Xie from the Southern Jin Kingdom hadn't gone upstairs for several days, so he was well rested and his face was no longer as pale as before. He and his companions slowly walked to the back of the study room, calmly bearing the skeptical and cautious gazes of the students of the third class, and then he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over, solemn and solemn.

Ning Que kept quietly looking at the door, thinking that the person Mr. Xie was looking for might be Jin Wucai, or someone in the front row, maybe the daughter of a nobleman in Chang'an. He guessed that there would be a romantic scene, but he never expected that Mr. Xie would go straight to the back of the study and walk towards him.

After a moment of contemplation, he stood up and smiled at him. He looked at the brown envelope and asked, "Is this an invitation, or ...... Would you like to treat me to dinner?

Xie Chengyun glanced at Zhong Dajun, who was standing beside Ning Que, he turned around, his face was serious, and he said calmly: "It's not an invitation, it's a challenge." I want to sign a gentleman's agreement with you to see who will come out on top in the Academy semester exams, which will start in a month. Since it is an agreement between two gentlemen, I will not profit at your expense. It is limited to three courses in which you get an A+ on the college entrance exam.

Ning Que's overall score in the college entrance exam was not so eye-catching, but his scores in driving, enchanting and mathematics were A+, which made him suddenly overshadow the outstanding young talents Xie Chengyun, Zhong Dajun and Wang Ying. Their so-called disgust and unwillingness, from that moment on. In addition to the fierce competition that later went upstairs together, Xie Chengyun, a talented person from the Southern Jin Dynasty who had been outstanding since childhood, had to admit that he had been losing to ordinary border city soldiers. Xie Chengyun came to the Tang Empire with the glory of his family and even the Southern Jin Kingdom, and he did not allow himself to lose all the time. Besides, at the instigation of Zhong Dajun and other companions, he decided to take the opportunity to win back the elegance that had always belonged to him.

Of course, semester exams are the best chance.

Ning Que never thought that this was possible. He hadn't played such a game in many years and didn't hold a grudge against his test scores. To be more precise, he has never met a classmate who can challenge him academically since the first grade of elementary school, when he was severely beaten with a mop by his mother, after which he always scored perfect marks.

More importantly, he is accustomed to the deadly challenge of swords, life and death in this life; But these young classmates still stayed at this level, which inevitably made him feel funny and naïve, so he couldn't help but laugh. Looking at Xie Chengyun, he wanted to say something, but he felt that it was difficult to explain it clearly to a guy from an aristocratic background.

A short silence and a gentle smile mean different things to different people. Zhong Dajun asked with a sneer, although he clearly knew that Ning Que was not a coward, "Are you afraid?"

The students in Class 3 fell silent for a moment, and after realizing that the students in the A-year dorm had come to hand in a letter of challenge, they began a whispered discussion. Although the students of the third class were afraid of Xie Chengyun, Zhong Dajun and other well-known guys, they couldn't help but be annoyed when they heard Zhong Dajun's ridicule and provocation. Then they all shouted one after another: "Ning Que, accept his letter!"

Situ Yilan stood up and glanced at Ning Que, ready to say something. Ning Que shook his head to stop her. He naturally took the letter, stared at Xie Chengyun and asked. "While this is neither a duel with a sleeve cut nor a death match with the palm of a hand, it is certainly about winning or losing. If you insist on using this childish way to win back your lost dignity, I think you should make a relevant bet.

He added with a laugh, "You can't bet too much. If the loser can hold up the big pillars of the old library and shout 'I love the Queen', then I will quit early.

After saying this, an exaggerated laugh erupted in the study. Xie Chengyun also smiled and said: "This is a competition between gentlemen, what we want is to improve the level of learning." All the loser has to do is invite the other person to dinner.

The stakes are nothing more than a meal. It's the so-called grand plan, and there's no trick to it. Hearing that Xie Chengyun suddenly changed his original bet, Zhong Dajun, who was standing behind him, seemed to be very angry. However, the students in Class 3 thought that Xie Chengyun's proposal was definitely elegant and was more affectionate to him.

Ning Que shook his head disdainfully, and whispered to Xie Chengyun with a smile: "The gentleman agreed...... Am I not a gentleman if I don't accept your challenge? While I am not actually a gentleman, and never expect to act like one, I think you are far from being a gentleman, forcing me to bow to your words in this way.

Xie Chengyun felt a little embarrassed and didn't say anything.

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The challenge of Xie Chengyun, one of the geniuses from the Southern Jin Kingdom, caused a sensation among the students of the academy. The students in Class 3 were not in a hurry to go home or eat, but excitedly stayed behind. They were all full of collectivism, discussing possible outcomes and making suggestions to Ning Que. Situ Yilan even came up with an idea to ask the sharpshooter from the military department to give Ning Que some special training, Ning Que seemed unexpectedly calm and at ease, he apologized, and left the study with a smile on his face.

The life-and-death matters are terrifying, and the rest is less scary. Acting seriously can be futile and even ridiculed. For Ning Que, who has experienced too much fear of life and death, Xie Chengyun's serious challenge letter is just a childish trick that will make people laugh.

He accepted the letter not because he wanted to look back on the past or regain the glory of being at the top of the school rankings, but because he didn't have the energy to chat with these lads. His full attention was now focused on the upstairs of the old library and on the inconspicuous hill with no holes.

He went upstairs again and respectfully saluted the east window. Then he walked to the west window, stopped in front of the bookshelf, and picked out the thin book, in which no message was found from the mysterious man, so he sighed regretfully and put the book back. Then he took out Wu Shanyang's "Haoran Sword Theory" from the third shelf, sat cross-legged on the ground and began to read.

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If there was a rugged mountain in front of Ning Que, what he was doing now was what that stupid old man did. Even if he can't climb the mountain, he will still dig a few tunnels in the middle.

No one knows how many pairs of sandals were buried and how many hoes were broken when the stupid old man tried to move the mountain. He was a man of perseverance. Even if he dug countless tunnels on both sides of the mountain, had an indestructible body, and held on it for millions of years, it was all in vain without modern engineering knowledge.

Most of the time, the idea that humans can conquer nature is an ideal desire that motivates humans to move forward on a spiritual level. However, in specific situations, not everything can be done perfectly with perseverance alone.

Let's talk about the stupid old man who was worshiped by Ning Que and many heroes. When people ask him, he will say that he has an infinite number of children and grandchildren, and they will eventually finish moving mountains, because mountains always stand there. This sentence is really refreshing and vibrant, and vaguely conforms to the true meaning of the question of whether to cut peach blossoms and drink. This question was asked by the president of the college. This is called infinity. However, this stupid old man did not know the cruel truth that "mountains can sometimes grow taller".

A few days later, Mo pierced his heart like a sword.

The calligraphy style of Haoran Sword, which is dismantled by Yong's eight-stroke calligraphy, is like countless sharp swords, which run vertically into Ning Que's body. Countless unseen holes were poked out. However, the holes soon collapsed, leaving no passage behind.

In order to break through those blocked passages, Ning Que paid a heavy price both morally and spiritually. He didn't faint again, but as the frequency of meditation became higher and higher, he forcibly mobilized the power of his mind to tear the mountain, his face became more and more pale, his throat became drier and drier, and his ears began to buzz at the same time. The pain in his chest was enough to kill countless geniuses like Xie Chengyun.

The injured lungs began to affect his breathing, so his cough at night became louder and more hoarse, sounding unpleasant and affecting Sangsan's sleep. Finally, after vomiting blood one morning, he was taken to the hospital. He was identified as a tuberculosis patient, and the doctor then prescribed some tonic medicine at random, telling Ning Que to rest well instead of going to a brothel, but the doctor didn't say anything after receiving twenty pieces of silver.

After paying such a heavy price, that mountain, that inconspicuous peak, or that snow-capped mountain, still stood quietly in Ning Que's body. It is true that the mountain always collapses when he tries to dig, and when he tries to move it away, it stands still.

One night, Chen Pipi finally completed the task of learning the Yin Sacrifice Ritual. The task was arranged by his second senior brother. Chen Pipi came to the old library again in the starlight and opened the thin book. When he saw the sonorous declaration left by Ning Que, he almost exclaimed.