World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 76 - 73 Zhi Ning astonishes everyone dazzling the crowd!

76: Chapter 73: Zhi Ning astonishes everyone, dazzling the crowd!

76 -73: Zhi Ning astonishes everyone, dazzling the crowd!

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Correcting these essays from the Noble Academy was something Zhi Ning truly couldn’t stand anymore.

From the very first word, it revealed the writer’s ignorance and shallowness.

For someone as arrogantly intelligent as Zhi Ning, reading was like savoring gourmet food, where good writing was a delicious feast, intoxicating the reader.

On the other hand, bad writing was like rotten food, unbearable even to smell.

After looking through dozens of essays, Zhi Ning was almost on the verge of rampage, even feeling a nauseating sense of suffocation.

They were just too terrible; over half of these essays sang praises of the royal family, claiming Rage Wave Kingdom would prosper for thousands of generations under the royal family’s wise rule.

Another portion of the essays was completely sensationalist, stating that Rage Wave Kingdom only had a few decades left, even suggesting that its downfall was imminent.

But upon reading them, it was clear they were all for show, with absolutely no substantive content.

She read ten lines at a glance, scoring them abysmally low while waiting to see Suo Lun’s work, ready to mock his stupidity and shallowness internally.

Many people assumed the political essay topic for this graduation exam came from King Quo Bian, but in fact, it was created by Zhi Li and Zhi Ning, and then approved by His Majesty.

The reason for such a bizarre question was largely to imitate Suo Lun’s cheating.

Because Suo Ningbing was a talented woman, she surely made extensive preparations for the policy essays, crafting many pieces for Suo Lun to memorize.

If the predictions were accurate, it would be easy to score high.

How many years does Rage Wave Kingdom have left in its fate?

Such an offbeat and strange topic was surely beyond Suo Ningbing’s predictions.

Consequently, Suo Lun, the good-for-nothing, would naturally not have any impressive results to show and was expected to produce an abysmally awful essay.

So with disgust lodged firmly in her heart, she flipped through each essay one by one.

Twenty examiners had to go through every single sheet, well over two hundred in total, and this boring and nauseating task had to continue for two days.

Pulling out the next essay to review, Zhi Ning was slightly taken aback.

Because she recognized the familiar handwriting—it belonged to that bastard Suo Lun.

Because of this scumbag, she had received no less than a hundred love letters from him.

However, although the handwriting on the test paper was Suo Lun’s, it had changed somewhat, becoming much more restrained, yet there was a hidden sharpness.

She had to admit, the handwriting of this profligate had become much more attractive, as if his experiences in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range had matured him.

Then she read Suo Lun’s essay topic: Factional strife misguides a country, factional strife endangers the kingdom.

Instantly, Zhi Ning’s eyes lit up instinctively; the entry point to this hackneyed question was unprecedented.

And that term ‘factional strife,’ so novel, struck a chord with her immediately.

Impatiently, she started to read on.

At first, she read quickly, finishing the two-thousand-word essay in just a few minutes.

She even forgot, temporarily, that this was Suo Lun’s essay, that despicable man she loathed to the bone.

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That’s exactly how Zhi Ning felt at that moment.

Zhi Ning closed her beautiful eyes, savoring the words in her mind.

The essay was exceptionally well written, the views piercingly clear and the vision profound.

The whole text revolved around the concept of three factional strifes, supported by sound evidence and rigorous logic, utterly convincing upon first read.

Especially the first factional strife, which had subtly begun already.

The second factional strife could only be faintly perceived by King Quo Bian and Zhi Li now and then.

Yet, Suo Lun wrote about it all so clearly.

After reflecting with closed eyes for a while, Zhi Ning began to read it for the second time.

This time, she read slowly, practically line by line.

After reading a section, she would ruminate and consider it in her mind.

Sometimes, she even went back to re-read preceding paragraphs and sentences.

Almost half an hour later, she had finished reading for the second time.

It was truly excellently written; even the proud Zhi Ning inwardly conceded her admiration.

Talent was something experts could recognize at a glance.

And Zhi Ning easily discerned the immense talent and wisdom behind this essay.

Could this be Suo Ningbing’s work?

Zhi Ning was immediately filled with doubt but quickly dismissed the thought.

Because such a biased and unexpected essay topic would be impossible for Suo Ningbing to predict.

Then, did this work come solely from Suo Lun’s hand?

Did this mean that whether it was the outlines for the navy’s development or the prediction that the King would surely reject them, all came solely from Suo Lun’s perspective and not Suo Ningbing’s?

What would that imply if so?

Did it mean that Suo Lun was a genius?

Then what about his series of infamous past deeds?

Were they all a façade?

Or perhaps, Suo Long’s death and the peril in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range had led to Suo Lun’s epiphany, turning over a new leaf?

This possibility wasn’t unfounded, because Suo Lun indeed used to be public enemy number one among women, having charmed countless distinguished ladies in the Royal City Academy.

Could it be that all these women were blind?

Despite knowing he was a playboy, they still fell for him one after another?

Perhaps Suo Lun had previously spent all his energies on pleasing women, and only when the Suo clan encountered a fatal crisis did he apply his talents to serious matters?

Subsequently, she thought that Zhi Li, her elder brother, had triggered the drastic changes in Tianshui City in advance, even agreeing to the greedy demands of the high-ranking samurai lords.

Perhaps he had sensed the changes in Suo Lun early on?

For a moment, Zhi Ning felt somewhat dejected, realizing that despite her hard work, she still fell short of her brother Zhi Li in perspective and wisdom.

Opening Suo Lun’s examination paper once again, the handsome and roguishly charming face appeared in her mind, along with the day he had suddenly rushed over and bitten her lip.

The tingling and pain seemed to assault her heart once more.

“This damn wastrel, could he actually be a genius?

Could he actually produce such far-sighted, such sharp policy discussions?” Zhi Ning inwardly sighed and questioned herself.

Taking a deep breath, Zhi Ning handed Suo Lun’s policy discussion to Principal Jian Yong at her side, saying, “Marquis, please take a look at this essay.”

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Within just four hours, Lanling’s policy discussion had already spread among all the examiners present, causing a stir throughout the audience.

Not only that, but Zhi Ning also took it to the cabinet and the royal family.

This essay was indeed piercing, capable of penetrating everyone’s defenses, especially those of the cabinet and the royal family.

Moreover, this same policy discussion had also garnered the favor of the vast majority of the noble class.

This was the first time someone had defended the interests of the noble class from such a high standpoint.

Of course, Lanling’s heart had no intention of joining forces with these noble classes.

If King Zhi Bian didn’t start employing civilian elites in large numbers, the Rage Wave Kingdom would fall even faster because the decay of the noble class was just too rapid.

After seeing the policy discussion, King Zhi Bian said nothing, but turned to Eunuch Li Zhu at his side, “Pass this policy discussion to Zhi Li.”

“Yes.” Eunuch Li Zhu, holding the discussion paper, went to Zhi Li’s residence.

Zhi Li took two hours to finish reading it, then closed his eyes and thought deeply for a long time.

Taking a deep breath, he patted the beauty who was serving him, kneeling between his legs, “Alright, you should go home, or your husband might truly be unhappy.”

The mature beauty said coyly, “How could he be unhappy?

He doesn’t know how honored he is to have sent me to serve you.”

Zhi Li said, “Trust me, no man truly enjoys being cuckolded.”

Then, he said, “Ask Zhi Ning to come and see me, prepare the bath, I need to bathe.

My sister really can’t stand it when I fool around with other women, don’t let her sniff out anything.”

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After completing the first two examinations, there would be a two-day break, as marking the policy essays required two days.

On the afternoon of the fifth day, the results of the second examination would be announced, and in the evening, the third examination, the arts subject, would take place.

In the Civilian Academy’s major exam, there was no arts subject.

For them, art was temporarily dispensable.

Only the civil and martial subjects were of utmost importance.

For the nobles, however, art was an expression of status and taste, so it became one of the four major subjects.

At this moment, there were still more than four hours until the third exam, yet most of the noble students had already arrived outside the examination venue, craning their necks in anticipation of the scores from the second policy discussion exam.

Of course, what they were concerned about was not their own scores, but Suo Lun’s.

Now, the wager between Suo Lun and Princess Zhining had become the focus of the entire Royal City.

Of course, up until now no one had favored Suo Lun, because the Gold Coins wagered on him winning had not increased.

Of course, many ruffians had thought about placing a few silver coins to see if they could stumble upon some dumb luck.

However, Silver Casino had announced that the minimum bet was one Gold Coin.

Thus, not a single person wagered on Suo Lun winning.

Lanling was also anticipating his own results, as the scoring for the policy essay was entirely subjective, and with his inconspicuous ranking in the first subject, the outcome of the second subject seemed all the more important.

“They’re out, they’re out…” Instructor Xiuyan came out with a thick list, pasting it onto the wall sheet by sheet.

Lanling immediately spotted his own name, as he was ranked at the very top.

In the second policy essay exam, the full mark was one hundred, with twenty examiners each giving their grades.

The highest and lowest scores were discarded, and the resulting average score was the final mark.

Lanling’s score for the second policy discussion exam was ninety-five.

“Heavens, has the academy gone mad?

They gave Suo Lun ninety-five points?”

“This policy topic was so biased, Suo Lun definitely couldn’t have cheated, how could this idiot possibly score ninety-five points?”

All the noble students exclaimed in shock and then looked towards Lanling, unable to believe this result.

The key point was that the score of the student in second place for the second policy essay was only seventy-five.

Suo Lun was a full twenty points ahead.

Lanling too was slightly surprised by this high score.

He knew his policy discussion was extremely sharp, and with the monks from the Dragon Temple present, Princess Zhining wouldn’t be able to suppress his scores.

But ninety-five points was still unexpected.

Taking a deep breath and collecting himself, Lanling prepared for the third examination.

“Suo Lun, come with me,” said a voice next to him.

Lanling turned to see it was Eunuch Li Zhu, who was with Zhi Ning.

Lanling was taken aback.

Zhi Ning wanted to meet with him now?

For what purpose?