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The students protested one after another, and just as their cries were about to be fully incited, with emotions growing increasingly intense, Mr. Kong Lu solemnly chastised them in a stern voice, "Any with objections will be expelled forthwith! You shall not be allowed to retake the examination within a thousand years!"
Instantly, the room fell silent as the grave, no one daring to utter a single word of dissent. What a severe punishment! So many students had cultivated from a young age, and many had done so with the specific goal of gaining admission into their chosen academies. Having barely passed the grueling tests, none of them could bear to be expelled like this.
