Ze Tian Ji

Chapter 36 - 60

Chapter 36: Thank You

This sentence was very mean and cold.

Chen Chang Sheng stood up, looked at the teacher from the Heavenly Academy, remaining wordless. Luo Luo was very angry, but she saw that he did not speak, so she could only remain silent as well – since master did not speak or suggest anything, as his student, she should not do anything on her own.

The man who stood by the library said two very rude and seemingly meaningless sentences. But upon hearing the words "Ivy Festival," Chen Chang Sheng recalled what Tang Thirty Six had said. He understood the implications of the festival.

He never realized that the Ivy Festival was related to him because he, like many others, forgot that the Tradition Academy was one of the Six Ivies. However it was obvious that not the entire world forgot about this fact, especially after he joined the Tradition Academy.

Chen Chang Sheng looked toward the middle-aged man who was wearing a robe. He was standing next to the teacher of the Heavenly Academy. Chen Chang Sheng recognized the teacher. He was Officer Xin from the Department of Traditional Education. Although they had not seen each other in a long time, the officer was responsible for the rebuilding of the Tradition Academy in the recent days.

Officer Xin sensed his sight and nodded back, but he looked somewhat embarrassed.

He looked towards the teacher from the Heavenly Academy and said, "Before the Tradition Academy didn't have any students so it obviously didn't have to participate. Now that it has a student, it should participate in the Ivy Festival. Both the government and the Tradition already permitted its entry. Mr. Peng, please finish your work and leave."

The Heavenly Academy was the most important school of the Tradition in the recent years. It had a very high status and therefore, the teachers from the Heavenly Academy possessed high statuses. He was simply a Officer in the Department of Traditional Education. If under different circumstances, seeing the teacher behave in such way, Officer Xin would definitely follow up. But in this case...he understood it more clearly than anyone else. The seemingly normal youngster only had hints of a very strong background, how dare would he offend the teacher. Therefore, he had to try his best to find a compromise between the two.

"Are you sure you want such useless trash to participate in the Ivy Festival?" The teacher whose last name was Peng said coldly.

Officer Xin said helplessly, "This is the rule. I can't do anything about it, can't I?"

"Rule? Everything needs rules? Then let me talk about some rules!"

The teacher from the Heavenly Academy laughed contemptuously and said, "According to the rules in the previous years, the Ivy Festival modeled the format of the Great Trial. There were two types, civil and military. Two students from each school each have to pick a test to take. Now, this broken school only had this trash, how will it participate?"

Officer Xin was wordless, recalling that the Ivy Festival actually had this rule. Before he came, he was solely focused on how to come up with a compromise between the teacher and Chen Chang Sheng. He had completely forgotten about this. He felt a little anxious, thinking to himself, why didn't you[Mr. Peng] mention it before?

"In order to participate in the Ivy Festival, at least two students are required...now that there only one trash, how do you want me to give them permission to participate?"

The teacher from the Heavenly Academy said expressionlessly, his voice was filled with contempt, "Officer, do you really think I come here because I can't resist the pressure from the Department of the Traditional Education? No, I simply want to come and see how long the joke of the Tradition Academy will make me laugh!"