94: Chapter 94 Yellow-Rank Top-Grade Treasure, Poetry Medal

On the podium, Palace Master Su Jianqing took a deep breath, her proud chest rising and falling violently with the respiration.

Immediately after, the cultivation within her body, which had become somewhat restless due to her Epiphany, was slowly calmed down.

When everything returned to calm, the entire class looked at Chen Shanzhi with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

But only Palace Master Su Jianqing knew in her heart that for a Martial Artist like her who entered the Dao through poetry,

the immense gains she obtained from Chen Shanzhi's words today were far greater than if Chen Shanzhi had achieved a Breakthrough to the Xuanguan Nine Apertures!

Thinking of this, a strange light flashed in Palace Master Su Jianqing's beautiful eyes, and her gaze, carrying a trace of curiosity, landed on Chen Shanzhi.

She truly had not expected that such a notorious playboy heir in the capital could actually utter such a masterpiece that pointed directly to the Origin of the Great Dao.

"The article is naturally formed, and the wonderful hand gets it by chance?" Interesting... too interesting.

"Chen Shanzhi, is it?" Palace Master Su Jianqing parted her red lips slightly. Although her voice remained gentle, her tone contained an undisguised sense of admiration and exclamation:

"Judging from the literary talent condensed by the vision of heaven and earth just now, your understanding of this poem, 'little pond', is likely already superior to everyone in the current literary circle of the capital."

"And those two lines of poetry you spoke when refuting earlier... their literary foundation is likely not inferior to 'little pond' itself!"

Boom! As soon as Palace Master Su Jianqing said these words, the group of noble disciples below, who were still in a daze, immediately exploded with commotion.

Each one of them was full of shock, their eyes almost popping out.

This isn't right, is it? Is this really Chen Shanzhi?

That number one playboy of the capital who frequented brothels and was ignorant and incompetent?

When did he become so literary? Even the academy teacher gives him such high praise!

Chen Shanzhi sat in the corner, listening to the praise from this exquisite, mature palace master. Originally, his heart felt a bit light and very pleased. However, the next second, the smile on his face froze.

He saw Palace Master Su Jianqing on the podium lightly brush her jade hand against her waist. A palm-sized badge, entirely mysterious purple-gold in color, with countless complex runes engraved on its surface, appeared out of thin air in her palm.

"Catch, this is the reward from your teacher." After Palace Master Su Jianqing finished speaking, she flicked her finger.

"Swish!" The purple-gold badge directly turned into a streak of light, flying towards Chen Shanzhi at an astonishing speed!

Chen Shanzhi subconsciously reached out to catch it. The moment his fingertips touched the badge,

"Hum—!" The complex runes on the surface of the badge seemed to come alive, flashing with dazzling purple light frantically!

Immediately after, the badge directly transformed into ten thousand streaks of purple light. Like a spirit snake, it quickly spread along Chen Shanzhi's arm to his entire body!

The light dissipated. The robe on Chen Shanzhi, which originally had two oily handprints on it, disappeared completely. Replacing it was an extremely luxurious purple brocade robe with runes faintly flowing on its surface!

With the robe on him, Chen Shanzhi's original dandy, playboy aura was instantly covered up. Instead, it revealed an indescribable sense of nobility and transcendence.

The entire lecture hall was silent. Everyone was dumbfounded.

Palace Master Su Jianqing stood on the podium, her hands folded in front of her abdomen, and her slightly solemn voice resonated throughout the entire lecture hall:

"This item is the 'Poetry' badge of our Four Seas Academy."

"It is a genuine Yellow Rank High Grade defensive Treasure Artifact."

"But apart from its own powerful defensive functions, there is one most important purpose..."

Palace Master Su Jianqing looked around, intentionally pausing for a moment to whet everyone's appetite. Only then did she softly drop a bombshell:

"When the Academy Secret Realm fully opens at the end of the year."

"Those who possess this badge can directly ignore all assessments and obtain a quota to enter the Academy Secret Realm!"

Hiss—!!! A very uniform sound of gasping in cold air suddenly rang out in the lecture hall. All the students' eyes turned red in a "swish"!

A quota for the Academy Secret Realm! That was a heaven-defying Opportunity that only occurred once in a hundred years! How many noble families would sharpen their heads and sell everything just to squeeze their own descendants in!

Now, just because of a few lines of poetry, it was given directly to this playboy heir?

Gazes mixed with shock, envy, and undisguised jealousy, like solid objects, all pierced towards Chen Shanzhi.

Even Tang Xiaowu, who was sitting next to him and had been shyly lowering her head, was now gaping in surprise, looking at the man beside her with disbelief.

On the other side, Jiang Feiyu directly cursed:

"Damn, Yellow Rank High Grade? My... the teacher has never given me something this good!"

However, Chen Shanzhi, who was at the center of the storm, was cursing wildly in his heart; he really had bitterness that he couldn't express! This badge could indeed obtain a quota, but it was a hot potato.

Sure enough, before Chen Shanzhi could speak, a voice came. "Master Su, this student is unconvinced!"

A noble disciple in the front row stood up abruptly, his face filled with righteous indignation: "What kind of badge is this? We have never even heard of it before!"

"Since it is so precious and related to the entry qualification for the Secret Realm, giving it away so rashly because of a poem, this student feels that this is really inappropriate!"

"That's right!" Beside him, Tang Liu, who had long been twisted with jealousy, also shouted in agreement without hesitation:

"In literature there is no first, in martial arts there is no second! To decide such an important quota based on just a few words is hard to convince the crowd! This student also feels it is greatly inappropriate!"

With someone leading, those self-conceited students in the lecture hall could no longer hold back.

"Exactly, too rash!" "Why was it just given to him like that?" "Protest! Protest!"

For a moment, the crowd below was agitated, all echoing in succession, with a posture of forcing the palace.

Looking at the group of students below who were like chickens with ruffled feathers, Palace Master Su Jianqing was not panicked at all. Her beautiful face still wore a faint smile, and her red lips parted slightly.

Her voice was not loud, but it eerily drowned out the clamor of everyone in the lecture hall: "This badge is a token specially crafted by the academy's higher-ups to deal with the opening of the Secret Realm at the end of the year."

"Divided into 'Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting, Poetry, Lyrics, Songs, and Fu', as well as 'Alchemy' and 'Artifact Refining', there are a total of ten badges." Palace Master Su Jianqing's voice was unhurried, recounting the rules:

"The badge holder not only directly locks in the qualification for the Secret Realm, but this badge is also an important comprehensive consideration standard for the academy wind and cloud ranking."

"However, rest assured, this quota does not conflict with the existing wind and cloud ranking quota. If a Genius on the wind and cloud ranking obtains a badge, then the quota he originally occupied on the wind and cloud ranking will automatically be extended to the next Martial Artist."

"In addition, all students in the Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow classes of Four Seas Academy have the Opportunity to obtain a badge given by the instructor based on an extremely outstanding performance in the corresponding literary class."

Hearing this, the eyes of the people below rolled, and the jealousy in their hearts calmed down a little. There are ten in total? All four classes can compete? That means there are still quite a few opportunities.

But Tang Liu was still unwilling to give up. This Chen Shanzhi not only stole his limelight just now but also obtained a Yellow Rank High Grade Treasure Artifact for free; how could he swallow this anger! Thinking of this, he stood up directly.