Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 15 Farce
In fact, the news from the Sun Star came even faster than Tang Zheng had imagined.
In the middle of the night, Tang Zheng had already fallen asleep, but was awakened by Tang Ququan knocking on the door. When he got up, he saw Tang Ququan's face, which was even more excited than his own.
"Congratulations, congratulations!" Tang Ququan didn't feel any guilt at all for visiting in the middle of the night and disturbing people's sweet dreams. He tried his best to congratulate Tang Zheng.
"A Star-Followed One has appeared in our Tang Mansion. We must hold a banquet to celebrate tomorrow!" A bunch of strange people rushed into Tang Zheng's room, as if they wanted to cut him into pieces and eat them up.
Tang Zheng saw that they were all laughing like goldfish, and the hairs on his body stood up.
Being favored by the stars is a great fortune for a warrior.
But this luck often brings about fatal disaster!
Tang Zheng went straight into combat readiness, looking vigilantly at everyone in front of him.
Seeing Tang Ququan still excited, Tang Zheng's face turned cold: "Do you think a high-level two-star Star Favoured One can really advertise like this?"
He didn't understand before why Tang Ququan tried every means to get them into the mansion. Even when Tang Ququan asked him if he had been chosen, he didn't think about it. But now, seeing Tang Ququan's performance, he understood.
If he was really the one chosen by the academy, then when he was about to enroll, Tang Ququan would definitely use his name to hold a banquet for the guests!
With a golden signboard, the Tang family's reputation will become more famous, and Tang Ququan's connections in Fei Shi City will also be taken to a higher level.
Now that Tang Zheng has been confirmed as a Star-loved Person, Tang Ququan doesn’t have to wait until he enters the academy…
Every year, several people pass the examination and enter Yisu Academy, but there has not been a single Star-Favored Person in the past hundred years!
Tang Ququan found a golden signboard that was bigger and louder than the one he had prepared before.
"Aren't you afraid that this golden signboard you found is too ostentatious and will be smashed by someone?" Tang Zheng said in a cold voice.
"How could it be..." Tang Ququan saw that Tang Zheng had seen through his thoughts, "It's because my sons are useless and I want you to be a role model for them..."
"Let's skip the banquet. I have to prepare for the assessment." Tang Zheng closed the door without saying a word, blocking Tang Ququan and the others outside.
Tang Ququan felt inexplicably depressed.
I came to congratulate him in the middle of the night, but was turned away.
What’s even more ridiculous is…he was turned away even in his own home!
"He is indeed from a wild family and has no manners at all." Tang Ququan muttered softly and left Tang Zheng's hut reluctantly.
After being woken up by Tang Ququan, Tang Zheng couldn't fall asleep again even though he lay in bed.
He simply picked up the assessment details that Xiaotang brought him and slowly looked through them.
The assessment of Yisu Academy is conducted over three days.
The first day is to test your potential. If you light up one star before the age of ten and two stars before the age of twenty, your score will be relatively higher than others. In addition, different constellations, talents, and special first and second life palaces will all have corresponding extra points.
Judging potential is a very complicated process, because even if it is a latent dragon constellation, it is possible to impact the nine stars and become a family-level constellation in the future. Even the evaluation of the academy cannot be said to be completely accurate.
The Aristocratic Academy gave a detailed explanation on this point, and reminded the examinees that if they failed, they should not give up easily, but could try other academies - they admitted that they might have "made a mistake".
However, in reality, this rarely happens.
Moreover, potential only accounts for three points out of the total score of ten.
After completing the potential test on the first day, you can rest in the academy for a day before taking the second test.
The second test is a written test, worth two marks.
The content of the written test is completely unpredictable. Sometimes it is about history, sometimes it is about geography, and sometimes it depends on one's character...
Fortunately, the written test does not account for a large proportion of the score.
But if you are illiterate, it would be quite miserable.
Tang Zheng was not worried about the written test. What he was worried about was the last item - indiscriminate practical training.
The indiscriminate actual combat was carried out in an empty forest behind a Yisu Academy, and all the two-star beginner, intermediate and advanced ones were thrown in together.
Everyone's temporary nameplate is numbered, and a lottery will be conducted before entering, with someone else's number on the lot.
Note three points for the nameplate you have, three points for the numbered nameplate you got from the lottery, and one point for all other irrelevant nameplates. When you have a total of ten points, you can come out.
There is no limit to how you can use the points you earn.
Even if it's petty theft or deception, as long as you get enough nameplates with ten points, it will still count.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is that you can't kill anyone!
On the instructions that Tang Zheng received, the warning against killing was written in red, which was very eye-catching.
Once someone is killed, all scores will be cleared, and no family will ever accept his assessment again.
After all, this is a school, not a battlefield. Even in battlefield exercises, there are strict casualty indicators, and people cannot be killed casually.
After reading it, Tang Zheng felt something that he had hardly felt when he was in Wulong Town - rules.
Jade City has its own rules.
Yisu Academy even has its own rules.
This is no longer Wulong Town, a place where you can do whatever you want!
"I can't kill anyone. It limits my performance." Tang Zheng held his temporary nameplate, looked at the number "1068" on it, and began to think about how he could get high scores in the three-day assessment.
Tang Zheng was not as nervous as the other warriors preparing for the exam.
Because even if he failed, he still had the option of becoming an instructor as a backup plan, so he could prepare with peace of mind.
He must enter the academy.
It depends on whether he wants to go for a high-end, classy and elegant place, or a low-key, luxurious and meaningful one!
…
The next morning, Tang Ququan came again.
Tang Zheng went to bed at dawn and was woken up again less than an hour after sleeping. He felt a little nervous.
As soon as Tang Ququan came in, he smiled again: "I told you last night, get ready, the banquet will start at noon."
I have to say, although this guy is stupid in doing things, he is stupid in his own way, stupid to the point of being shameless and stupid to the point of being extremely stubborn - after he said this, he immediately turned around and left, not giving Tang Zheng any chance to refuse!
Before Tang Zheng could even curse, Tang Ququan had already left.
He could only go back to bed, cover his head and continue sleeping.
The sun rose quickly at noon. He thought Tang Ququan was going to invite him to a banquet again, but he didn't expect that the entire banquet would be held directly in his yard...
He had just cleaned himself up when the suona sounded right under his window.
"Fuck it, they're still making such a fuss... I'm not going to be kidnapped to get married, am I?" Tang Zheng felt very upset as he watched the increasingly exaggerated scene.
If Tang Ququan somehow managed to force a daughter into this situation, that would be really troublesome.
"Where did Zheng Qian... die?" Tang Zheng was about to explode when he glanced at the small bell outside.
Her little face was rosy and she was jumping around as if it was a holiday.
Tang Ququan was holding a few candied haws, which made her very happy.
Seeing Xiao Lingdang having fun, Tang Zheng's anger towards ruining the place suddenly faded away.
Tangjiabao has been in a crisis of life and death for quite some time, and Xiao Lingling hasn't been so happy for a long time.
Since Tang Zheng saw it, he really didn't want to disrupt the fun.
"Forget it, then I'll go see what kind of monsters there are in Feishi City." Tang Zheng was powerless to complain he just made up his mind, put on his coat and went out.
When he came out, it was like a star appearing.
Everything was in place except for the lack of camera clicking sounds.
"He is Tang Zheng, he is Tang Zheng!"
"Oh... Is that Tang Zheng, the one whose birth caused a huge snowstorm and an earthquake?"
"He learned to read at the age of three and could compose a poem in seven steps. He is indeed a Star-Favored One, and he is different!"
As Tang Zheng listened to them, he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. Is the Tang Zheng they were talking about, who had three heads and six arms and could fly to heaven and earth, really the same person as him?
There were quite a lot of people coming, and most of the guests were talking to Tang Ququan.
Judging from their clothes, most of them are big merchants in Feishi City.
Before Tang Zheng had time to study the relationship between Tang Ququan and them, he had already disappeared because he was surrounded by circles.
"Mr. Tang Zheng, Mr. Tang Zheng...what is your birth date?"
"You are blessed with a star, a young talent, and have a beautiful wife by your side. Are you willing to get married?"
"I know the second young lady of the Xue family in the east of the city. She is very beautiful. If you are interested in her..."
Tang Zheng is completely Spartan.
He never expected that the people occupying the most advantageous position in the encirclement around him would be a group of matchmakers.
Where is the celebratory banquet that was promised?
What a mess of painting style!
Tang Zheng's eyes rolled.
It is useless to simply refuse such a group of people...
"Oh, don't worry..." Tang Zheng suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, "Everyone, I really have a very important thing to entrust you to do!"
A group of matchmakers stopped and waited for Tang Zheng to speak.
Tang Zheng smiled, lowered his head and whispered a few words to them...
Then, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. Whoever can do it will get a purple gold Tongbao as a reward!"
All of a sudden, with a whoosh, all the matchmakers left the Tang Mansion.
Xu Qingyan held the sword, looked at the farce coldly, and asked: "What did you let them do?"
Tang Zheng looked at Xu Qingyan with a malicious smile: "Wait. You will know in a few days!"
