Time flew by while chaos raged in the capital. As a small city, Nanyuan was larged unaffected. But as the day of the entrance examinations drew near, the entire city started bustling with activity.3

Nanyuan Secondary School.0

Meeting room.0

The room was filled with people. Liu Wenyan was seated to the left of the front row. His head was lowered as he silently wrote. He had not spoken once, keeping a low profile during the meeting.0

The person hosting the meeting wasn't the principal. Rather, it was a man of about thirty years old. With a stern expression, he said, "The entrance examinations are near. Under the command of the capital, the Knowledge Seeking Realm, and the War Shrine, the Talent Fostering Bureau of the capital will take charge while assisted by the various secondary schools. Any objections?"0

The Talent Fostering Bureau was the department in charge of the yearly entrance examinations. They weren't too powerful a department, but they still had a decent level of authority in the prefectural government. In the room, the recruiters of the various academies, the officials from the capital, and the officials of the local government were present.0

Nanyuan Secondary School had been chosen as the venue of the meeting because this was the biggest secondary school in Nanyuan, also the main supplier of students for the various academies. The other secondary schools in the city had never provided much students to the academies.2

The moment the man finished speaking, someone raised his hand. When the man looked over, that person spoke, "I have a question. This year, Great Xia's policies are changing. Will the guest students be subjected to the same standards as the local students during the exams?"0

The man replied, "According to our...0