Number Thirteen of Ren Character Field?

Some people who were slow to react found it familiar, while others immediately looked at Duan Jiuling.

The latter was also in a state of surprise. He lowered his head to look at the painting of a beautiful woman in his hand and couldn't help but murmur to himself. A top-grade beautiful woman painting and an exceptional beautiful woman prose; this is simply... too fond of 'colors.'

Duan Jiuling's admiration surged within him, feeling inferior to this student he had never met.

Some of the initially withdrawn and quiet teachers in the hall couldn't help but show a bit of curiosity on their faces.

Even Zhu Yourong, who originally came in the morning just to look for opportunities, was distracted and looked over there.

"Number Thirteen of Ren Character Field? This should not be Xuanji, although it seems Xuanji also took a risk by writing a prose piece, but from Brother Su's implication, it seems it cannot match this Number Thirteen of Ren Character Field... Hmm, could it be that there are students in the academy who can overshadow Xuanji's fame..."

"Could it be that Han Wenfu? No, I heard he made a splash with a Falling Flower Grade poem earlier... Ren Character... Thirteen...? Why does it feel a bit familiar, have I seen it somewhere before..."

While a female teacher was gently frowning and contemplating, the female students assisting with the scoring in Jingchen Hall couldn't restrain their voices and began to inquire among themselves privately.

"Alright." Meng Zhengjun timely stood out, surveying the audience, and reminded, "Let's first quietly finish grading the papers; we can discuss this after we're done. Mr. Su..."

Su Changfeng lifted his head and earnestly said, "Mr. Meng, I'm really not making a fuss, there's no Qi Cultivation Technique involved."

He pointed out the window: "So far, I haven't seen any prose circulating among students in our academy that's more outstanding than this 'Leaving God Ode,' especially with some sentences that are so impressive, elevating the whole work's level... Hmm, maybe I've been at the academy too short a time, but I really can't imagine this as a work by a student, completed within just two hours of exam time... This is simply..."

This 'Poetry and Prose Teacher' from the Outer Continent paused for a while, eventually giving up on finding an adjective, and directly said: "This reminds me of a senior who topped the Reading Seed ranking when I was studying at Ruoyu Academy."

The crowd was astonished, their eyes falling on the test paper in Su Changfeng's hand, growing increasingly curious about this strangely named prose, given such high praise. However, just as the teachers and female students' curiosity grew, Meng Zhengjun suddenly nodded, "I see, but let's discuss these matters later; please sit down and finish grading the remaining papers."

Su Changfeng sat down again and began grading papers, but he, like Duan Jiuling, placed the Number Thirteen of Ren Character Field's paper separately at his side, occasionally unable to resist flipping through it again.

Seeing the hall quiet down again, Meng Zhengjun silently sat down. However, where the two assisting female students couldn't see, she pulled out a score sheet for Ritual Skill that had long been filled out and inconspicuously glanced at the top position, another string of familiar text...

The teachers were rather stable, continuing to grade papers after calming down.

Meanwhile, having temporarily finished the task of assisting with score entry, some gossip-loving female students started quietly exchanging words among themselves.

"Number Thirteen of Ren Character Field? Which of your family's students is this?"

A female student wearing a small crown whispered in response, "Shouldn't be from our Justice Hall; our division has few in Ren Character Field, and I know those few, so it shouldn't be them... Our Senior Gu is also not in Ren Character Field... He produced an Ascending Grade piece, probably the best from our hall..."

"Not sure if it's from our Cultivation Hall, but it's definitely not our Senior Han; he's in Yi Character Field, and last exam, the top four all-year were not from our exam room... The top few from our hall, it shouldn't be them either..."

This female student from Cultivation Hall, with a pleasant face, sighed, "Alas, who'd have thought someone could produce a prose piece; isn't it something only senior students just start studying? Seeing Mr. Su's attitude, it seems this time Senior Han's Poetry and Prose title might be out of reach, even the Falling Flower Grade poem couldn't get first place."

"Not sure if it's someone from our Sincerity Hall, I only remember our senior is not in Ren Character Field, and I don't know other students' exam numbers..."

Xiao Hongyu interjected, "Mr. Su just said it wasn't our illustrious Senior Fish, although she also wrote a prose, and our hall only has three in Ren Character Field, Xueyou being one of them, but I confirmed it wasn't her. I know the other two well, and it probably isn't them... Hey, Yue Shu, is it a distinguished student from your Guangye Hall? Why are you so quiet, do you know and just want to tease us?"

"Big Mouth Fish, stop talking nonsense. If I knew, I'd have said by now; it's rather you, haha, among the two students you didn't mention, isn't there a Zhao Ziyu who always finishes first and leaves in five of the seven exams? Haha, Big Mouth Fish, aren't you usually confident in your hall? You should still be confident, what if this Number Thirteen is actually from your Shuaixing Hall."

Xiao Hongyu snorted coldly, not responding.

The female student from Cultivation Hall suddenly asked, "Are you sure? So, Yue Shu, you do have a guess?" ignoring her subsequent jokes.

Yue Shu nodded, "Sort of a guess..."

At this moment, Xiao Hongyu quickly asked, "Is it your hall's famous 'lame horse'? I heard he's surnamed Li, and they say his proficiency in Poetry and Prose Skill, Painting Skill, and Music Art is top-notch, yet his Scripture Meaning Skill is too poor, dragging him back?"

"Yes, it's this Brother Li; he's quite handsome, and if not for his imbalance, he might enter the top ten of the grade, especially in Poetry and Prose Skill, it's amazing, Mr. Su used to praise him a lot in class, but he didn't write any out-ranking poems this time. Everyone thought he underperformed, but who would have thought... Yet, Mr. Su should recognize his handwriting, right..." Yue Shu mentioned doubtfully, turning to ask other female students:

"Hey, how about you from Chongzhi Hall, say something..."

The girls discussed for a while, but unfortunately, none of them recognized this Number Thirteen of Ren Character Field, and they didn't conclude with a definitive result, with nobody daring to claim that this Number Thirteen was from their hall. However, the general range where this Number Thirteen might belong was somewhat agreed upon:

The probability of being from Shuaixing Hall, Cultivation Hall, Justice Hall, who were not among the top three in the last big exam, is the smallest. Conversely, those like Guangye Hall and Chongzhi Hall, who were fourth and fifth in the exam last month, have a higher probability, especially Guangye Hall, with many 'specialized students.'

The reason it's only a probability and not absolute is that some cleverer female students, like Xiao Hongyu, had only collected exam numbers of their own busy senior students and the top few consistent achievers before coming to Jingchen Hall, but no one could memorize the exam numbers of their entire hall's students in advance...

So, after discussing for a while without results, plus Meng Xuezhen casting a glance, everyone went back to their tasks.

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Memorizing the exam numbers of the entire student body in their own hall...

So, after discussing for a while without results, plus Meng Xuezhen casting a glance, everyone went back to their tasks.

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