Chapter 474 – The Storm of Enrolling Students (III) (1/2)

Chapter 474 - The Storm of Enrolling Students (III)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Without question, if everything Tang Thirty-Six said here became fact, then the Orthodox Academy would be the school with the best conditions in all of history. However, it was still a school in the end, so what was most importantly was inevitably not a cafeteria or allowance, but what could be learned within the school. There might have been some that didn't care, but there were even more students that did.

”I hear that the Orthodox Academy doesn't even have a lecturer. If we were to enter, what would we learn?”

It was that young student with the extreme self-confidence who earnestly asked this question.

”This person here is Priest Xin of the Bureau of Ecclesiastic Education. In the tea house, that one over there, the Archbishop of the Hall of Illustrious Persons Mao Qiuyu is drinking tea right now.” Tang Thirty-Six looked at the young student and said, ”You should have already seen, our Orthodox Academy is guarded by the Orthodoxy cavalry, its order is kept by the priests of the Li Palace. If you require instruction, do you think it will be difficult?”

”But…in the end, it's been a very long time since the priests of the Bureau of Ecclesiastic Education taught classes. Moreover, I really am concerned over just what cultivation methods we can learn in the Orthodox Academy. After all, it's been many years since classes were last taught here.” The young student earnestly pursued his questions.

”Stupid.” Tang Thirty-Six shook his head. ”Chen Changsheng knows the Daoist Canon from back to front and is astonishingly well-read. The long-established Orthodox Academy has deep stores of knowledge. Just what cultivation method do you want that it doesn't have?”

Saying this, he refused to give any more explanation. Turning back to the crowd, he declared, ”The Orthodox Academy is only enrolling students for a single day. Don't miss out on this opportunity.”

The student saw that he was being ignored, but this only served to harden his resolve. He was the first to walk up to the table and declare, ”I want to apply.”

As in many matters of the world, as long as one person took the lead, those who followed would appear one after the other. With but a few moments of labor, those numerous students who were standing amongst the crowd a few moments ago had all come to the tables. Because they were concerned that there was a limit to the number of applicants, they even began to fight with each other. There were endless cries in the vein of, ”I want to apply, I was third in line!”

”I also want to apply! I am second-ranked in Jiangnan County. I've already succeeded in entering Meditation.”

”Principal Chen, I'm willing to pay tuition, and I don't need an allowance either. I just want you to accept me.”

In order to attend the Grand Examination’s preparatory examination and even more importantly to catch the attention of the Ivy Schools at the Ivy Festival, the innumerable young students of the counties of the Great Zhou and the south were currently congregated in the capital. Now they surrounded the Orthodox Academy as an impenetrable crowd, turning the scene into a cacophony of noise.

Chen Changsheng took the filled-out forms and, after looking them over, handed them to Priest Xin and the rest to record. However, he did not write their names onto the register. After all, it was only natural that entering the Orthodox Academy also required a test, or else if some evildoer mixed himself in, it would certainly cause quite the ruckus in the future.

With the assistance of Priest Xin and the other priests of the Bureau of Ecclesiastic Education, the enrollment of new students for the Orthodox Academy proceeded very smoothly. The stack of application forms continued to grow thicker and higher. Xuanyuan Po incessantly massaged his hands while Tang Thirty-Six chuckled as he called out to every applicant and even took on the duty of answering their questions. Every question he answered or confusion he cleared was done extremely well.

Chen Changsheng couldn't help but shake his head at the scene. Just what was so attractive about this matter that would cause this habitually lazy guy to put so much heart into it?

Suddenly, a scornful voice rang out from the street, ”The way you talk about it is even more pleasant than singing. What deep background? What numerous cultivation methods? When all is said and done…isn't it still that just the few of you can't deal with all the challenges from the Ivy Schools and so are temporarily taking in new students to serve as scapegoats?”

These words cast the area in front of the Orthodox Academy into an abnormal silence. The faces of these young students seemed to subtly change as they silently looked at each other. They realized that these words were extremely sensible, or else why was it that rather than earlier or later, the Orthodox Academy would just so happen to take on new students at this time?

The crowd gradually parted, revealing the man who had spoken.

Tang Thirty-Six slowly narrowed his eyes, the expression in them turning sharp.

That person should still have been quite young, but his demeanor and way of dressing was that of an old man. He wore blue clothes that had been washed so many times that the color had faded to white and his feet sported a pair of cloth shoes. His eyes, however, were extremely deep, seeming like they could see into the hearts of all. At the corner of his lips danced a nigh-imperceptible tinge of ridicule.

He looked at Tang Thirty-Six and said, ”Could it be that I've seen through your petty calculations and you now feel thoroughly embarrassed?”