Chapter 64

No one provoked him, and no one helped him. Yue Heng simply took out the identity stone from the Qiankun bag given by Instructor Zhu and followed the instructions step by step.

The first thing to do upon entering the dormitory was to test one's attributes. The Fuxi Eight Trigrams had eight major directions, corresponding to Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui. If they corresponded to natural attributes, they symbolized heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain, and marsh, respectively.

The construction of the dormitories in the County Academy was also designed according to the Eight Trigrams, forming a complete Fuxi Eight Trigrams array that resonated with the Fuxi stars in the sky. The dormitories had the effect of calming the mind, increasing talent, and enhancing intelligence.

Generally, the closer to the center of the array, the faster the talent increased. The closer to the eight main trigram positions, the better the dormitory location.

Of course, good positions were occupied by capable individuals. Everyone wanted to seize good places, and now most of the good positions were controlled by second-level students and third-level scholars, with very few vacancies.

The primary purpose of the new student attribute test was to find the trigram position that the student's subconscious was most adapted to, which should be the potential talent of the body.

For example, if a student had a pure yin body and occupied the pure yang position of Qian, even the best position would have the opposite effect.

If a student had a fire attribute and lived in the water attribute dormitory of Kan instead of the fire attribute dormitory of Li, their fire talent would be permanently suppressed, and in severe cases, they might even die from an explosion.

Yue Heng went to the registration desk and handed over his identity stone. The instructor in charge of the test asked as a matter of routine, "Have you activated the Spirit Palace and conceived a literary symbol?"

"Yes."

Not just one, but two, though Yue Heng usually didn't mention this voluntarily.

"Do you understand the key points of the attribute test?"

"The student has a general understanding from the stone."

"Since you are the first new student to be tested this year, I will kindly remind you that the attribute test is similar to the Star Induction for a child scholar. The Fuxi stars will find the most suitable innate attribute and activate it, making it dominant. This will help guide your future cultivation, so you must go with the flow and not force it."

Hearing this, Yue Heng suddenly understood and thanked the instructor.

The stone only briefly described the test content, explaining that he would enter a幻境 and face multiple challenges. The one he persisted in the longest, with the best effect and the greatest potential, would be the final answer. The stone deliberately only gave a general description to prevent students from being distracted.

Some people desperately wanted to learn attack-type literary symbols like thunder and fire, but their body's potential was best suited to a defensive talent like mountain. The Fuxi stars would not support such forced changes, as they were extremely detrimental to development. Forcing changes would only waste valuable Fuxi star power and other resources.

"Thank you for the reminder, teacher. The student will maintain a calm mindset and go with the flow."

"Good luck!"

Following the instructor's instructions, Yue Heng walked out the back door of the registration desk. After a few steps, he noticed something amiss. The surroundings seemed to be arranged with different materials and tools, seemingly haphazardly, but there seemed to be a connection. This was a specific Fuxi array.

As the first new student to choose a dormitory, Yue Heng's every move was closely watched by the older students. Many gathered to watch.

Among them were Bai Huanzhi and Ji Cong.

When Bai Huanzhi arrived at the dormitory, the crowd had already dispersed. He watched Yue Heng enter the testing array, his eyes flashing with resentment.

"Yue Heng, my cousin may have been arrogant and domineering, but he never had any intention to harm others. If he truly committed a great sin against the human race, there would be no good intentions left in the world! Isn't it because you and the daughter of the literary dean were entangled, and you cheated to get the top spot in the retest, trying to cover it up? You are the real traitor to the human race, and my cousin is the victim!"

Bai Huanzhi walked to the side of the testing array, his face ashen. The older students who knew him felt strange, and a small piece of news gradually spread throughout the dormitory.

"What? This Yue Heng actually killed Bai Huanzhi's cousin?"

"Yes, Bai Huanzhi just contacted his family through a long-distance array. According to Yue Heng, Bai Ming's plot failed, and he was expelled from the literary ranks by the Hong County literary department. But Bai Huanzhi claims Yue Heng killed his cousin. Well, it's a mess, but the end result is that Bai Huanzhi's cousin is dead, and Yue Heng is here reporting in peace."

"Is there such a powerful person? At the dormitory entrance, the one who caused a conflict between Ji Jingyu and Xiao Molin was also Yue Heng, right?"

"I heard he is a poor student, but he has a Qiankun bag! When the Huawen Peak guys tried to take his Spring Respect, Yue Heng let them take the Qiankun bag, but none of them dared to touch it. Ha!"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. It was indeed a Qiankun bag. And Ji Jingyu was quite polite to Yue Heng, telling him to report his name if he was bullied and even offering to kill Huawen Peak for him. But do you know what Yue Heng said? He refused!"

"No way, as a poor student, he has offended the Xiao Molin group and refused the high-class Ji Jingyu. Ha, this kid will have a hard time surviving in the academy!"

The news spread quickly, and there were always people in the County Academy who were eager to gather information.

Everyone was speculating that the first out-of-town student to enter the literary academy this year would be such a character!

People who had nothing to do came to watch Yue Heng's attribute test, as the allocation of dormitories would follow, and the appearance of this strong person would likely lead to a good show of conflict between new and old students!

"Hmph! You refuse to join the high-class families and offend the poor students. As long as I am here, you will not get any protection! Yue Heng, I will torment you until you achieve nothing for years, and then I will kill you to honor my cousin's spirit!" A flash of malice crossed Bai Huanzhi's eyes.

A small group of people stood apart, looking particularly special. Ji Cong, dressed in a child scholar's uniform, hesitantly asked the newly emerged Yue Heng, "Third Brother, is there anything special about the attribute test?"

Ji Jingyu replied calmly, "Nothing special, just go with the flow. Do you know what my potential attribute is? Xun, which is the wind attribute. So I live in the Xun trigram dormitory and chose a bow as my weapon, and 'bow' and 'shooting' as my second and third literary symbols."

Ji Cong knew his third brother's first literary symbol. When he induced the star, he followed his heart and obtained the 'sword' literary symbol, so his third brother had always been a close-combat swordsman and a long-range archer, a traditional path for their Ji family. He himself was also on the path of both literary and martial cultivation.

But for the fourth literary symbol, which he was about to reach the third-level scholar, Ji Jingyu had not told anyone, and Ji Cong did not feel comfortable asking. So he changed the question, "What can I learn from watching Yue Heng's test? He enters a幻境, and I can't see the details."

Ji Jingyu said meaningfully, "When we hunt, the animals that stand highest on the branches and move the most in the grass are usually the ones that die the fastest. He is the top child scholar of Hong County with 730 merits. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't believe it. Our top child scholar back then only had 300 merits, not much higher than yours. If he gets a good evaluation, we can see how the older students react, and you will know what to do."

Ji Cong nodded thoughtfully, then remembered something and said hesitantly, "Third Brother, I forgot to tell you, he is a pre-exam child scholar..."

"What?"

Ji Jingyu's expression changed, and his voice was slightly louder. Ignoring the curious looks of others, he pulled Ji Cong a few steps away and asked in a low voice, "He was already a child scholar before the retest and then became the top student? There are such people? He might have forcibly conceived a literary symbol during the star induction and could already be a second-level student! Unfortunately, I didn't bring a Spirit Awakening Pearl to check his true level."

Reaching this conclusion, the two felt it was incredible. Historical records had never documented a poor student advancing two levels, and even the ancient literary sages, who were one in a million, did not have such speed.

"Interesting! A second-level student testing attributes, the evaluation must be extremely high! I really want to see what kind of explosion will happen when the new students drive away the old students who have occupied good positions but made no progress for years!"

Ji Jingyu said no more, focusing on the bewildered Yue Heng. He picked up a Fuxi literary disk, brought up the distribution map of this year's dormitory students, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Based on the hints from Min Xuhuai and Ji Cong, and the suggestions from Dean Huo and Instructor Zhu, the test is the first challenge to adapt to life in the County Academy. Should I test openly or low-key?"

Yue Heng hesitated for a long time. He had just refused one group and offended another. If he rashly offended the interests of other older student groups, he might really die a terrible death.

"Survival is the first priority. Forget it, I have so many resonant literary symbols, do I need to worry about upgrading? Enter, I want to see what kind of trials this幻境has in store!"

Yue Heng held the stone in his hand and responded to the call of the testing array. With a hum, he disappeared into the幻境.

This was a chaotic space, dark and void, with only endless darkness and emptiness visible.

A small white point suddenly appeared, like a seed of life, gradually growing and flattening out like a flawless white scroll.

Next, lines of varying shades slowly filled the entire scroll, forming black mist, green mountains, green forests, blue seas, and ultimately a flat world.

This world had towering mountains, dense forests, rapid rivers, rolling clouds, and vast plains. Yue Heng's first impression was of a world map, but he had never seen the full view of the Zhongyuan world, and he felt a vague sense of strangeness.

"What is heaven?"

The幻境voice suddenly spoke, and the test began.

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