Chapter 242: The Conspiracy of the Hundred Sages

"Make me fail the examination!"

Yin Qi couldn't help but chuckle; the ideas of this group of people from the families of the Hundred Sages were quite novel.

However, if it were really like that, I'm afraid the next step would be crazy slander.

Ruining others' reputations is a specialty of scholars.

If they fail in discussing the profound and debating the Dao again, with the public opinion power controlled by the families of the Hundred Sages, I, Yin Qi, would probably become notorious.

Killing the heart is nothing more than this!

Yun Xiangxiang's eyes shifted, and she smiled gracefully: "It seems Young Master Yin is confident and doesn't take them seriously at all."

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "If they use force, I am not afraid; if they use literature, I am equally not afraid."

Ao Luan, Chan Yinsha, and Yao Yueting were full of smiles, their smiles carrying disdain; how could someone who could write the *I Ching* and the *Tao Te Ching* lose to that group of great Confucian scholars?

Princess Linglong was a bit worried; her husband was a Jieyuan, but he was still too young; how could he be a match for those great Confucian scholars?

But she soon discovered that Ao Luan and the other three women seemed to have great confidence in Yin Qi.

Yun Xiangxiang also discovered this and was secretly suspicious.

Her heart stirred, and she smiled beautifully: "Then I wish Young Master Yin success in the metropolitan examination."

Wenchang Street is over twenty miles long and is one of the longest main streets in Yujing City.

The entire street is full of things for scholars to sell, such as brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, books, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and seals; of course, there are also many inns, all for the candidates who have come to take the examination to live in.

Wenchang Street was bustling, and everywhere were candidates who had come to take the examination.

There were those in brocade clothes, and also those wearing coarse cloth.

Yin Qi walked on the main street, wanting to feel the intense atmosphere before the metropolitan examination; this atmosphere was even more intense than the college entrance examination, because the metropolitan examination was truly a dragon gate; if you cross it, you can become a dragon.

What is a Gold Corpse?

Shi, the lowest level of nobility.

Gold Corpse, Gold Corpse, means becoming a Gold Corpse, and the status will be promoted to Shi, completing the leap from commoner to noble.

Walking aimlessly on the ground, watching the various states of all living beings, Yin Qi felt an inexplicable sense of relaxation.

Yunkong Pavilion, the largest ancient book shop in Yujing.

In front of Yunkong Pavilion, more than thirty servants cleared the way, and a sedan chair landed in the middle; an old man in wide robes with white hair and even white eyebrows walked out of the sedan chair and was welcomed in by the shopkeeper.

Yin Qi took a look and didn't pay much attention to it, but exclamations came from all around:

"Is that the great master of the literary world, Master Xie? He actually came too; could it be for the metropolitan examination?"

"It shouldn't be, right? Master Xie is the leader of the literary Dao in Nanzhou and Haizhou, two states and fifteen provinces; even the former top scholar Ji Changyue studied under him, not to mention he is already one hundred and three years old."

"If it wasn't for the examination, why did he come to Yujing? You must know that since the founding of our Great Gan, he only symbolically took the Jieyuan examination and then stayed at home to study."

"It's really possible. I heard that the families of the Hundred Sages have all sent great Confucian scholars to take the examination; you must know that in the past, they never disdained to do so, at most letting a few collateral branches take the examination."

"Oh my god, is this metropolitan examination still going to be taken? With so many great Confucian scholars gathered together, do we little shrimps still have a chance?"

"I heard that a genius, Fang Yuan, came from Hengzhou; he was a Xiucai at four and a Jieyuan at seven."

"Everyone, don't forget Yin Qi; he is a world-renowned Human Immortal, and it is said that he will also participate in this metropolitan examination."

The surrounding candidates were wailing.

"That is Xie Wenyuan!"

Yin Qi suddenly realized.

In the original work, Xie Wenyuan was originally a great Confucian scholar with no power to truss a chicken, but once he cultivated, he directly transcended the fourth thunder tribulation.

Although he couldn't compare to the Sages of the Middle Ages, he could be considered the best in the world.

Yunkong Pavilion.

"Eh, that young man just now...?"

Before Xie Wenyuan walked into Yunkong Pavilion, he seemed to sense Yin Qi's gaze and turned his head to glance at him; suddenly, a light of extreme depth burst from his eyes, as if there was a mood in his eyes that could pierce through time and space.

"Great-grandfather, what's wrong?"

Beside Xie Wenyuan, a young girl dressed as a man asked suspiciously.

She was dressed in white, shaking a folding fan; if it weren't for the lack of a prominent Adam's apple and her clear voice, she would really be a handsome and elegant young man.

Xie Wenyuan pointed at Yin Qi's back and said: "That person is unfathomable!"

"Unfathomable!"

The girl was shocked, even forgetting to shake her folding fan.

Others were also shocked; you must know that this is Xie Wenyuan; even he had to evaluate someone as unfathomable, then it really was unfathomable.

A middle-aged Confucian scholar hurriedly said: "Teacher, should I let the student check who he is?"

Xie Wenyuan waved his hand and said: "No need. Looking at his scholar attire, he should be a candidate who has come to take the examination. Such a person will surely pass with high marks, and we will know then."

The girl dressed as a man asked curiously: "Great-grandfather, you just took one look, how do you know that person is unfathomable?"

Xie Wenyuan said: "Appearance comes from the heart, and Qi comes from the Dao. Although I only glanced at him from afar, I had a feeling of seeing a sage; above his head, it seems that his aura has turned into moral articles, every word is a pearl, and it is shining brightly."

The girl dressed as a man secretly rolled her eyes; this was too mysterious.

Others also looked at each other, unable to believe it.

Seeing this, Xie Wenyuan just smiled and didn't explain much.

He had been reading for nearly a hundred years and had long since developed supernatural powers on his own.

What kind of person is what kind of person, he knows it at a glance.

After a long time, the middle-aged Confucian scholar asked curiously: "Teacher, why did those people from the families of the Hundred Sages all send great Confucian scholars to take the examination this time? They are very noble, and only collateral branches with no way out would participate in the imperial examination."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but prick up their ears.

Xie Wenyuan shook his head and smiled, saying: "Specifically, I don't know very well either. But according to a close friend of mine, they are aiming at the Longxiang Earl."

"Longxiang Earl Yin Qi?"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar was even more surprised and asked suspiciously: "Although the Longxiang Earl is extraordinary in learning and won the Jieyuan, his age is there after all; why treat him so cautiously? And what grudge can the Longxiang Earl have with them?"

Xie Wenyuan shook his head and said: "This, I don't know."

Just then, a young scholar ran into Yunkong Pavilion in a hurry and said urgently: "Ancestor, news just came from the families of the Hundred Sages that they have already issued a challenge to the Longxiang Earl Yin Qi, wanting to debate in Furong Garden after the metropolitan examination."

"What, debate!"

Not only others, but even Xie Wenyuan was shocked.

This is the families of the Hundred Sages joining forces to deal with Yin Qi.

On this day, Yujing City was shocked.

The families of the Hundred Sages actually joined forces to issue a challenge to the Longxiang Earl Yin Qi, wanting to debate in Furong Garden after the metropolitan examination.

In the Middle Ages, the Sages often debated; this is an ancient style.

But the families of the Hundred Sages joining forces, this is a problem, and they are also issuing a challenge to Yin Qi.

Although it is said that Yin Qi is already world-renowned.

But this fame is cultivation, it is Human Immortal plus six thunder tribulations, not learning.

Debating is about learning, and distinguishing is about the Great Dao.

"Hiss, what is going on, why do the families of the Hundred Sages want to join forces to target Yin Qi?"

"Latest news, latest news, the great Confucian scholars of the families of the Hundred Sages came to take the examination, it is said that it is to crowd out the quota, wanting to make Yin Qi fail the examination in the end."

"Oh my god, this is an unprovoked disaster, we have been caught in the crossfire. If Yin Qi can't pass, let alone us?"

"Debate, hehe, there will be a good show to watch then."

"Damn Yin Qi, it's all his fault."

"No, we have to go to the Emperor to expand the admission quota."

Many candidates felt unprecedented pressure and hurriedly called for connections, wanting to go to the Imperial City to report the matter.