Ye Fan lived in the other courtyard of the Imperial College and began to practice in the realm of Wuhou.
Although it is a separate courtyard, the place is by no means small.
The Imperial College occupies nearly half of the prosperous northeastern urban area of the Imperial City. It has a small population and a large area. The residence of each Imperial College student is dozens of acres in size, which is comparable to a mansion in the Imperial City. It is alone and far away from other buildings. The supervisor's residence is quite far away.
There is also a special animal pen in the yard to house Wuhou's pet animals. There are even dedicated people in the Imperial Academy who will take care of the animal pens and prepare food for Wuhou's pet animals.
Ye Fan let the mammoths come out without affecting the other Wuhou supervisors at all. Ye Fan let Da Hui move around on his own in the yard, as long as he didn't run out.
The Imperial Academy is the highest-level martial arts palace in Canglan, but there are no teachings in the palace, only a small group of Wuhou supervisors.
The dean of the Imperial Academy is usually the king of Canglan or the prince, but he is only an honorary dean and is not responsible for specific cultivation guidance.
Except for King Wu, probably no one would dare to serve as the advice of Marquis Wu. However, there is currently only one King Wu in Canglan Capital, and he certainly does not have the time to teach the many supervisors of the Imperial Academy.
Therefore, the supervisors all regard themselves as their teachers and focus on self-study.
Low-level warriors and martial masters may be able to grow quickly through teaching. At this time, warriors who practice self-study are usually blind and don't know how to start.
But when you reach the advanced realm of Wuhou, you already have a profound understanding of your own cultivation method, and it is difficult for you to grow through the teachings of others.
Usually Wu Hou finds some combat skills, exercises and nine major professional skills that he is interested in to practice and specialize.
Moreover, most of the students in the Imperial College specialize in their own studies and practice, and rarely get together. Except for a gathering when the Star Tower is opened at the beginning of the month, it is difficult to see the Martial Lord Supervisors on weekdays.
When Ye Fan was in the Martial Master Realm, he gradually became accustomed to self-study without any hindrance.
Ye Fan was thinking about where he should start to practice in the Wuhou realm.
"About a year and a half later, the Canglan Kingdom's ten-year palace examination will be held! I need to participate in this palace examination, and try my best to achieve a very high ranking in this palace examination. Otherwise, the next palace examination will take another ten years. Years, that's too long ago."
Ye Fan calculated secretly.
Ten years is not a long time for Wuhou, who has a life span of three hundred years. It can be said that it flies by in a flash.
But the problem is that the thousand-year war between the four major clans in the Shenwu Continent has begun. Both the Zixuan Dynasty and the eight hundred vassal states have begun to operate and are fully prepared for the war.
No one can escape from this thousand-year war between the four races. Whether it is the lowest martial artist or the high-level Wuhou and Wuwang, they will be forced to be involved in this war that concerns the fate of the Shenwu human race. A large number of soldiers and horses have been continuously recruited and headed to the front line to prepare for war.
It is inevitable to avoid it. Once the recruitment order comes, you can go there whether you want to or not.
The sooner you get involved, the sooner you can see the whole situation clearly.
However, if he fails to get a rank in the Canglan Kingdom's palace examination, he will not be promoted to the top brass of the Canglan Kingdom's court, and he will not be qualified to access the high-level secrets of the Canglan Kingdom, so he will have to stay in the Imperial Academy and continue to spend time practicing.
Only by becoming a senior member of the Canglan Imperial Court can you control your own destiny. Those at the bottom are all cannon fodder and may be sacrificed at some point.
Ten years from now, I still don't know what the situation will be like.
"It's only a year and a half before the next palace examination, so we must hurry up and prepare for this palace examination!... I have to look at the examination questions from the last Canglan palace examination!"
Ye Fan quickly figured out what he needed to do.
Only by knowing the questions in the palace examination can you know how to proceed with the palace examination.
The Canglan Kingdom's imperial examination questions are important secrets of the Canglan Kingdom, and they are not disclosed to the public even after the examination. Of course, the supervisors of the Imperial College can view and read it.
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Ye Fan came to a tall and magnificent 13-story library covering an area of hundreds of acres in the courtyard of the Imperial College.
This is the largest library in the Canglan princes. The collection of books is said to be tens of millions of volumes, with countless rune secrets and classical collections, more than Canglan Palace and any other county.
But these are not critical.
The key point is that the library of the Imperial College contains all the imperial examination questions of the Canglan Kingdom over the years, the monarch's policy questions, and the policies and essays written by the supervisors.
This is the only place where the palace examination questions are kept, there is no other place.
Ye Fan stepped forward to the gate of the Imperial College Library. There was a groove the size of Wuhou's token on the gate, which seemed to be the key to opening the gate. He thought for a moment, took out the Wuhou Token and pressed it in the groove on the door. The door suddenly glowed with light and slowly opened.
In the library pavilion, there are more than ten library maids having fun.
When they saw Ye Fan come in, they immediately stood side by side at the door in a panic and bowed to Ye Fan.
"Maids, please see Lord Wuhou. Are there any books you need to consult?!"
The maids in the library lowered their eyebrows and spoke softly.
Because this library is so huge and vast, it is difficult to find the required categories here. They were responsible for guiding Wu Hou and searching for books.
Many of them were secretly sizing up Mark. They were very shocked to see that Mark was so young. This was the first time they saw Ye Fan coming to the library. He was very unfamiliar. He was obviously the newly promoted Marquis Wu.
Such a young Wuhou is very rare in the Imperial College.
Many of the Imperial College's supervisors are aging old Marquises of Wu. They have never been able to get a good ranking in the Canglan Imperial Palace Examination, but they have never given up.
"I want to read the past years' palace examination questions!"
Ye Fan said lightly.
"The palace examination questions are on the top floor of the thirteenth floor of the library. Please come with me, Lord Wuhou. However, the palace examination questions, the monarch's policy questions and the Wuhou Cewen all require a certain amount of Canglan merit to check. I wonder if your merit is enough? "
A maid from the library led the way and asked.
"Canglan Meritorious Service? What is this and where can I find it?"
Ye Fan frowned. He didn't know there was such a thing as meritorious service before. I didn't expect that it would take merit to check the palace examination questions in this library.
"There are many ways to obtain battlefield merits, govern the place, provide advice to the court, etc. As long as you serve the Canglan Kingdom, you can obtain certain Canglan merits, and they will be automatically recorded and generated in your Wuhou Token. Because of the 'Palace Examination Questions' , Guojun Cewen, and Wuhou Cewen are all high-level secrets of the Canglan Kingdom, and the access permissions need to be very high, so a lot of Canglan meritorious deeds will be consumed."
The maid of the Book Pavilion explained.
Ye Fan took his Wuhou token in his hand and injected a bit of vitality. As expected, many written records emerged from the token.
One of the short paragraphs of text recorded, "Canglan's meritorious service: Thirteen thousand five hundred points!"
"More than 10,000, so high?!"
The maid of the Book Pavilion looked quite surprised and covered her mouth.
"Is it very high?"
Ye Fan was also confused and had no idea of his own merits. He had not seen the exploits of others.
He remembered that he had not done anything for the Canglan Kingdom. He only participated in a conquest against the Desert Ghost Clan in Xiayang County. After the war, his military exploits were recorded and reported to the Canglan Kingdom's Ministry of War.
With these meritorious deeds, he must have conquered the ghost clan in that battle.
"It usually takes a year and a half for court ministers and local ministers to accumulate merits ranging from a thousand to several thousand points. Your merits are equivalent to four or five years of feudalism. But that is only done by the court ministers and the ministers of feudal lords. Yes. In the Imperial College, there are very few supervisors who have reached a few thousand points, let alone tens of thousands of points. Since you have so many merits, sir, you can definitely consult some important secret books of this pavilion."
The book maid said.
Only then did Ye Fan realize how great his achievements were in the battle against the ghost clan.
However, performing meritorious service on the battlefield is much easier and much higher than performing meritorious service in daily governance. The country of Canglan is usually calm and there are few wars. As wars increase in the future, I am afraid that the number of people who have made great contributions will also increase rapidly.
Ye Fan and the maid of the Book Pavilion came to the thirteenth attic, the topmost floor of the Book Pavilion.
On one of the giant bookshelves on the thirteenth floor pavilion, there are a large number of sealed white jade boxes. The power of seals exists on these jade boxes, and spiritual thoughts cannot detect them at all.
"These are all the test questions, policy questions and policy articles of Canglan Kingdom over the years. There are a lot of them. I wonder which year do you want to check, sir?"
The maid of the Book Pavilion asked.
Ye Fan thought for a moment and said: "Let's first take a look at the most recent palace examination questions nine years ago, the emperor's policy questions, and the top three supervisors' essays."
The current King of Canglan has been in office for decades, so the test questions must have a certain continuity. Some things can be seen from the recent test questions and policy questions.
"Okay, just place your Wuhou Token on it and open it. Each box requires a separate consumption of merit to open it."
The maid in the library took down a total of five sealed white jade boxes placed on the top shelf from this giant bookshelf.
Ye Fan took the five white jade boxes from the maid.
This jade box indicates which year's palace examination questions it is, and how many meritorious deeds are required to open the seal on it.
It only takes one hundred merit points to open a palace examination question.
It only takes 200 merit points to open a king's policy.
A policy document written by Wuhou Jiansheng requires up to 500 points of merit to be opened.
"So expensive!"
Ye Fan was stunned when he saw it.
Just looking at the five jade boxes of information from this session ten years ago consumes 1,800 points of merit. If I had looked at the information from a few more sessions, it would have been gone in one go.
Fortunately, he participated in the battle against the ghost tribe in Xia Yang County and got some merit. Otherwise, he had no merit, and even this would be looked down upon.
Shang can see all the books in this library, but books sealed by power need to consume their own power to "see" the contents inside.
But Ye Fan now needs to let it accumulate and restore strength as much as possible to prepare for reading the "Wuhuang Suicide Note" that is obscured by the powerful Wuhuang power. Therefore, unless necessary, try to avoid consuming its power.
Now he wants to read the last palace examination questions, and he can only use his own merits to check them.