Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Right near Qingshui Town, another special group of people were also discussing the academy at the foot of Mount Buzhou.

Xiangliu disguised himself and took a walk around the academy. Having witnessed the extraordinary nature of the academy with his own eyes, he believed even more in the academy's words that anyone who could pass the academy's tests could be admitted.

However, Xiangliu himself did not intend to consider his own situation. He thought that perhaps the academy could be another way out for the remnants of Chen Rong.

"...The academy is said to be at the foot of Buzhou Mountain. It sounds like it is just a place similar to Qingshui Town, but in fact it directly occupies a large mountain range. The mountain gate alone is more imposing and magnificent than Xiaoyueding or Wushen Mountain. It is obvious that its owner is not an ordinary person."

This is what Xiangliu said privately to Hong Jiang, the general of Chen Rong's remnant army, with the purpose of hoping that he would consider the future of Chen Rong's army.

But Hong Jiang was obviously more concerned about Xiang Liu's future. He looked at Xiang Liu's young face and said with a smile, "Why don't you go and explore the way for the soldiers first? If the academy really allows students to enroll after passing the test, then I don't mind selecting a few more good candidates to enter, so as to earn a way out for Chen Rongjun."

Xiang Liu agreed without thinking after hearing what Hong Jiang said, but he did not intend to participate in the trial immediately. "There was a problem with the last batch of food and grass, and it has not been delivered yet. I went to investigate in person and found out that Tu Shan Jing, the leader of the Tu Shan clan, was missing."

When Hong Jiang heard about Tu Shanjing's disappearance, he couldn't help but frown. "No matter what purpose the Central Plains family has in secretly supporting us, if we rashly cut off our food supplies, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the army."

Xiangliu was also worried about food and fodder, so he had no plans to visit the academy recently. He would at least wait until he had raised a batch of food and fodder for Chen Rongjun so that Chen Rongjun would no longer have to worry about filling their stomachs.

However, Hong Jiang didn't want his adopted son Xiang Liu to miss such a rare opportunity. Even though he had agreed that Xiang Liu would solve the current crisis before considering entering the academy, he couldn't help but remind Xiang Liu: "You should also pay attention to the matter of entering the academy. Since they dare to claim that there is no discrimination in education, they will teach anyone who wants to learn in the academy. It can be seen that they are extraordinary. Even the two I am pregnant with are likely to be the reincarnations of ancient gods."

Xiang Liu just felt that it was impossible. "The only ones who can be called ancient gods are Nuwa and Fuxi. But logically speaking, after the death of such gods, there is no possibility of reincarnation."

Hong Jiang knew only more about the rumor that ancient gods could not be reincarnated than Xiang Liu, but he had witnessed the prosperity of Chenrong Kingdom, so he knew that the more extraordinary a person's background was, the richer his wealth was. Often, what was shown to others was only the tip of the iceberg, and who knew how many secrets were hidden beneath the surface.

Hong Jiang said to Xiang Liu: "People often only know that the two great gods Nuwa and Fuxi created the world and most of the creatures in the world, especially the human race. When they see that other gods who came later have no possibility of reincarnation after their demise, they also think that the same is true for Nuwa and Fuxi."

“But in fact, even within Chenrong Country, the understanding of the two great gods can only be regarded as not being completely ignorant.”

After hearing what Hong Jiang said, Xiangliu's respect for Jiang Xinxin and Shi Ying, the two founders of the academy, reached an unprecedented level.

As for the internal affairs of Haoling Kingdom and Xiyan Kingdom, there were countless people discussing it, especially the monarch of Haoling Kingdom, Baidi Shaohao. He had seen early on that the Great Wilderness would eventually be unified, so he finally chose Xiyan Xuan, a hostage of Xiyan Kingdom who was related to Xiling Heng by blood. Not only did he accept Xiyan Xuan as his personal disciple, he also taught Xiyan Xuan how to govern the country, and even handed over his only bloodline, Haolingyi, to Xiyan Xuan.

Such a monarch who did things in an unconventional way could see at a glance that the emergence of the academy would definitely affect the situation in Dahuang.

Therefore, on the surface he only ordered people to focus on the academy's every move, but secretly he had instructed his nephew Rushou to arrange for the children of the Qinglong tribe to test the academy.

As for the Kingdom of Xiyan, the King of Xiyan didn't think so much about it.

However, he did admire the existence of the academy, and he also valued the person who founded the academy. After all, being able to make the existence of the academy known to the entire wilderness at the same time represents supreme strength.

King Xiyan was worried about his heir, and his favorite candidate happened to be his grandson Xuan, who was sent to Haoling Kingdom as a hostage since childhood. However, the road to becoming a king is best experienced through hardships and obstacles. If he ascends to the throne too smoothly, he is afraid that the king will not understand the painstaking efforts of the founder of Xiyan Kingdom, and will inevitably follow the old path of Chenrong Kingdom in the future, being lazy, excluding dissidents, and eventually being defeated by Xiyan Kingdom.

Therefore, King Xiyan hoped that his legitimate grandson, Xuan, would visit the academy.

As for those clans and families, both large and small, of course they also sent a number of people to the academy to test it, but because they had ulterior motives, they couldn't even pass the trial and had to return in disappointment.

Later, an ordinary human in Qingshui Town successfully passed the trial and was accepted into the academy on the same day. After the news spread throughout the wilderness, many gods, humans, and monsters of humble origins began to move towards Mount Buzhou, wanting to enter the academy.

The first person to enter the academy was a remnant of the former Chenrong Kingdom, an ordinary human being. After his ancestors drifted to Qingshui Town, he was the fifth generation. His name was also very casual, Qingye.

In the Great Wilderness, having a surname is a privilege enjoyed by only a few people, because a surname implies origin and inheritance, so except for the gods, almost no one else has a surname.

Qingye is already over twenty years old and the only one in his family. He is almost starving to death because he cannot run his ancestral steamed bun business. Taking part in the academy's trial is a pure gamble. But he did not expect that the requirements set by Jiang Xinxin are very simple. As long as one is not the kind of person who goes to extremes, he can pass. So he only asked for a place to stay and food to eat, and he successfully passed the trial of the illusion.

As for the previous spies, some of them would not take their lives seriously if they were tempted a little, or they were too confident and wanted to kill everyone or anyone. Jiang Xinxin would certainly not allow such people to enter the academy.

Although Qingye's qualifications in all aspects are not very impressive, Jiang Xinxin attaches great importance to him as her first student and personally takes him to visit the entire academy.

"The academy is divided into four teaching buildings according to age. This pre-school building is where people are taught to read. Only when people learn to read can everything else be easier to learn."

Jiang Xinxin always behaved in a friendly manner, but Qingye didn't dare to look up at her a second time when he saw her wearing a light blue brocade dress embroidered with lifelike peony patterns.

Even the wealthy ladies in the wilderness could only add some gold and silver threads to the fabric of their clothes, but I have never seen the practice of sewing flower patterns directly onto clothes!

Qingye himself was not even wearing linen clothes, but clothes woven from fibers rubbed from the bark of another kind of tree.

It can only be said that Qingye has little experience. Embroidery has already appeared in the Great Wilderness, but it is mostly used by royal families. Qingye's ancestors were ordinary people. Even though he has gained some experience after coming to Qingshui Town, a place with a complicated population, he has only seen the tip of the iceberg of the entire Great Wilderness.

When Qingye received the blue and white student uniform, he made up his mind to be loyal to the academy and never betray it.

In the first class, Shi Ying first taught Qingye to learn his own name. The Great Wilderness did not yet have a unified writing system. In the past, the only mainstream writing systems were the two used by Chenrong Kingdom and Haoling Kingdom. Later, with the rise of Xiyan Kingdom, the third system was brought in.

Even so, the characters of the Three Kingdoms actually have many similarities, because the characters in the Great Wilderness are all transformed from the characters created by the gods Nuwa and Fuxi according to their respective preferences.

After learning the three ways of writing his name, Qingye burst into tears and kowtowed to Shiying three times and nine times again, which made Shiying somewhat embarrassed.