Peerless Taoist

The Crown Prince's voice became colder and colder.    

When Zhang Xuance participated in the Imperial Examinations, he took first place in the theory examination. However, his cultivation talent was not high. He had already ranked in the top hundreds in the combat examination.    

To become one of the top three, one needed to evaluate the theory examination, combat examination, and court examination.    

Zhang Xuance took first place in the theory examination. However, because his results in the combat examination were not high, the Imperial Court planned to place him in the top ten.    

However, at that time, the Emperor of Taiqian had taken a liking to Zhang Xuance and had directly chosen him as the top scholar of that year.    

It was precisely because of this identity that Zhang Xuance would have a meteoric rise in the future. With the blessing of the Heavenly Court, he would become a World Lord expert in a single leap.    

This sort of gratitude and knowledge could be considered to be something Zhang Xuance would never be able to forget for the rest of his life.    

But now, he actually didn't do anything for the Zhao Family. The Crown Prince was naturally furious.    

Zhang Xuance's expression did not change as he said calmly, "The Imperial Court's laws are the rules set by the previous Emperor. I dare not go against them."    

The Crown Prince stared at him for a long time before laughing furiously and leaving with a flick of his sleeves.    

He did not insist. A high-ranking official like Zhang Xuance would not change his mind because of his authority.    

It would be useless to continue insisting on his opinion here.    

Once the Crown Prince left, the oppressive atmosphere in the hall instantly became much more relaxed, and some of the examiners could not help but heave a sigh of relief.    

"Lord Zhang, what should we do with this examination paper?" An examiner asked carefully.    

Zhang Xuance said lightly, "According to the original plan, Lu Yu will be first. As for Xu Tiangang, let him be second."    

"Yes."    

The examiners looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.    

This was a direct rejection of the Crown Prince. It was likely that only these few dared to do so in the imperial court.    

"The Emperor is already extremely favoured by the Xu Family. Why is the Crown Prince here to rope in the Xu Family now?"    

"Who asked the Xu Family to be so powerful? If the Crown Prince wants to gain a foothold, he must have the support of the Xu Family."    

Some of the examiners used the Spiritual Sense to secretly communicate.    

Zhang Xuance, on the other hand, remained calm, as if nothing had happened. He returned to his original position to deal with the remaining papers.    

...    

Zhang family.    

After Lu Yu left the examination hall, he continued to stay in the Zhang family.    

To Lu Yu, having a top family like the Zhang family, with the endless collection of books, it would allow him to gain a lot every day.    

On this day, Lu Yu was still studying hard in the Zhang family's residence. Zhang Heng suddenly ran in excitedly from outside the door.    

"Senior, the theory examination results are out. You are ranked first."    

Zhang Heng's voice was somewhat excited.    

He knew that Lu Yu was very strong, but he didn't expect Lu Yu to be so strong in the theory examination.    

More than five hundred thousand High Scholars had stood out from the crowd and become number one. How strong was their culture?    

This time, there were also many people from the Zhang family who made it onto the roll, but the gap between them and Lu Yu was just too great. The ones who did the best were only two hundred.    

Unknowingly, Lu Yu's image in Zhang Heng's heart had become even bigger.    

It could be imagined that Lu Yu would definitely be entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the Imperial Court in the future, and he might even become an important official of the Imperial Court.    

There was absolutely no harm in befriending them early on.    

"En, let me take a look."    

Lu Yu's expression was calm as he swept a glance at the ranking list.    

The theory examination was extremely harsh. Just this round alone made 200,000 people fail the roll.    

If they did not pass this round, then there was no need to carry on with the next combat examination.