The district exam registration was held on a wide and open plaza at the center of Donglin Academy.

Due to the overwhelming number of registrants, thirty-six registration booths had been set up all over the plaza. The ones in charge of these booths were students of Donglin Academy.

Despite such arrangements, there were still too many registrants, creating long lines behind each booth.

Lin Xun could only start queuing behind one of the booths and silently wait for his turn.

The registration process was very simple. A person only needed to pay a fee of ten copper coins in exchange for a district exam participation token.

While he was queuing, some discussions suddenly drew Lin Xun’s attention.

“Amazing, I’ve heard that the chief examiner for this year's district exam is Lord Yao Tuohai of Qingfeng County!”

“Who is he?”

“Idiot, thirty years ago, Lord Yao Tuohai was fifteen. At this age, he should have already been a little too old for the district exam, but Lord Yao Tuohai successively passed the district exam, prefectural exam and provincial exam in a single year!”

“That’s not even all. When Lord Yao Tuohai...