Comprehension Ability: I Come From the Great Emperor Family-Chapter 38: Carp Transforms into Dragon Dance! Go All Out!

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Carp Transforms into Dragon Dance! Go All Out!

In the Southern Region, at the edge of Zixiao Country, there stands a somewhat run-down schoolhouse.

Li Qingchen and his companions quietly wait there.

Chang Qing glanced around, even though it was clean and spacious, the somewhat too simple bookish space made him quietly ask:

"Senior brother, isn’t our teacher doing a bit poorly?"

"Meeting old friends and a scholar’s bookish contest, this environment... isn’t it a bit shabby?"

Shu Han’s mouth twitched slightly, "Our teacher is doing... alright."

"It’s mainly because it’s not on his own turf, a simple contest, there’s no need for extravagance."

Upon hearing this, Chang Qing’s eyes lit up, "Oh? Listening to your tone, does the teacher have quite a large estate elsewhere?"

"Hmm... it’s alright, it’s alright." Shu Han laughed evasively, and spoke indistinctly.

Chang Qing, hearing this, showed a look of anticipation, contemplating that he must take a look in the future.

Meanwhile, Shu Han looked at the sky outside, and then turned to Li Qingchen with a puzzled expression:

"Teacher, did we remember the time wrong?"

"Why haven’t the teacher’s elder brothers arrived yet?"

More than two hours had already passed since the agreed time, and if they waited any longer, it would be dark.

"It’s alright, maybe they were delayed by something, let’s wait..."

Suddenly the words paused, Li Qingchen’s gaze turned to the outside of the house,

"They’re here."

Just as the words fell, a group appeared outside, it was Wei Cang and the others.

"Ran into some things, came late."

Although the tone was apologetic, Wei Cang still didn’t give Li Qingchen a good face.

"Pay your respects to your elder teacher brother, and to Mo Lan and Yi Xian, the two seniors."

Li Qingchen smiled nonchalantly and instructed.

Chang Qing and Shu Han dared not be negligent and respectfully paid their respects one by one.

Chang Qing, being of the lowest rank, bowed one more time.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Ling Si."

Even though Ling Si is Wei Cang’s disciple, since Wei Cang and Li Qingchen come from the same lineage, this senior sister title was necessary.

As Chang Qing spoke up, the eyes of Wei Cang’s group immediately shifted to him.

They had long wanted to see what kind of talent could become a disciple of the Subordinate Immortal while also being bestowed with the name of wisdom and foolishness.

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Not because he was too talented, but... too useless!

"Following the Subordinate Immortal for two years, yet not even a trace of Haoran Qi was read?"

They found it quite unbelievable.

What kind of hopelessness was this, that after following the Subordinate Immortal for two years, not even a trace of Haoran Qi was understood?

"With the identity of the Second Young Master Su, he went to great lengths to pull strings and take shortcuts for this person."

"Didn’t the Subordinate Immortal accept him through connections too?"

The chief disciple of White Deer Academy, ’Qing Feng’, transmitted enviously:

"In the end, the fourth disciple of the Subordinate Immortal isn’t any great talent, but purely a connections player?"

Mo Lan and Yi Xian remained silent, but a hint of disappointment flashed in their eyes.

Wei Cang felt the same.

When he came this time, he was filled with zeal and excitement.

But upon seeing that the competitor against Ling Si was merely a scholar who hadn’t read Haoran Qi, he suddenly felt disinterested.

He longed for a fierce contest, not a victory that could be easily gained.

Such a win was useless to him.

Above the skies outside the schoolhouse, Su Zian who had just arrived also saw this scene.

He knew Chang Qing, though they hadn’t formally met, they had secretly seen each other several times brought by their parents.

Now seeing Chang Qing had not read even a trace of Haoran Qi, he couldn’t help but shake his head helplessly,

"Little brother, the connections have been secured, but even if Qing Qiu goes easy, you might still be indefensible."

While he spoke, he also cursed quietly:

"All this blame Su Nan, what kind of books are Su family’s people reading!"

"Those without talent in this area, let alone Subordinate Immortal, even if you bring the Literary Emperor, won’t understand anyway."

"Now it’s settled, forcing little brother to lose face here..."

...

Inside the schoolhouse.

After a moment of silence, Wei Cang slowly spoke,

"Take your seats."

Mo Lan, Yi Xian, and the others didn’t even glance at Chang Qing, and sat disinterestedly in the prepared seats at the front.

Instead, Ling Si patted Chang Qing’s shoulder, encouragingly:

"Relax, don’t be nervous, I’ll go easy on you later."

Beside them, Shu Han widened his eyes visibly, then his mouth twitched, quickly looking up at the ceiling.

Instead, Chang Qing felt a bit honored, hurriedly bowing earnestly,

"Thank you, Senior Sister, the junior will do his best!"

At this moment, Chang Qing praised inwardly.

Though the teacher’s elder brother and the seniors looked somewhat difficult to get along with, this little senior sister was indeed excellent.

However, seeing Wei Cang’s group and Senior Sister Ling Si so confident, Chang Qing felt a bit unsure and softly asked:

"Senior brother, that Ling Si senior sister seems so strong, do you think I can win?"

Chang Qing, at this moment, had no confidence at all.

Shu Han weirdly looked at Chang Qing for a while, finally hesitatingly said:

"You... hey, just play casually."

Chang Qing still planned to go all out? Just play casually!

Ling Si, after all, is the teacher’s disciple, what if she beats him to tears?

Hearing this, Chang Qing sighed inwardly.

Play casually?

Seems like even the senior brother thinks the odds aren’t favorable, suggesting he should focus on participation?

"Alright then, do my best, if I lose, then so be it."

Chang Qing shook his head, and approached the two tables placed in the middle of the schoolhouse.

Beside him, Ling Si nodded towards Chang Qing, who returned the nod with a barely smiling face.

...

At the front of the schoolhouse, Li Qingchen, Wei Cang, Mo Lan, and Yi Xian took their seats.

Wei Cang spoke first, frankly:

"Since everyone is here, let’s begin directly."

"Calligraphy is the first of the four arts, the first round will be a calligraphy contest, taking ’Renji’ four pages and twelve sections."

"Same text, same sections, strengths and weaknesses will be clear at a glance, let’s begin."

Ling Si and Chang Qing, upon hearing this, both took out their prepared ink, paper, and inkstone.

But differently, the items used by Ling Si were without exception top-notch!

Ling Lake brush, micro blue ink, Duan River inkstone, silver rice paper.

Each of these items, even any one of them, is valuable, capable of greatly assisting in calligraphy and painting.

This time Ling Si came with a mindset of guaranteed victory, so these items were chosen as the best.

Compared to Ling Si, Chang Qing’s side was much more shabby.

The brush was a simple Wolf Hair Brush, the paper ordinary plain white paper, inkstone and ink block, were all common goods, nothing special.

Upon seeing this, Wei Cang and the others fell silent directly, was he planning to break the pot?

Ling Si holding the precious brush, awkwardly said: "Sorry junior brother, I... I didn’t bring any others."

It’s not that she didn’t bring others, but she had never used such inferior ones as Chang Qing’s since childhood.

Upon hearing this, Chang Qing didn’t mind too much, chuckling softly:

"It’s alright, ink and brush, just usable is enough."

As his words fell, Chang Qing rolled up his sleeves and lifted the brush, as he lifted the brush, his temperament suddenly changed.

Calm, composed, the unyielding belief in his eyes seemed to surge forth!

With the Wolf Hair brush in his hand he wrote swiftly, line by line of exquisite fonts continuously leaped onto the paper.

Those letters connected like lines of carp transforming into dragons, ascending to dance in the sky!

If you looked closely, they seemed not to be simple words, but dragons soaring through clouds, roaring.

For the teacher’s face if nothing else, or for his own spirit if nothing else!

At this moment, Chang Qing, as in his hand the brush, on the paper the words, carp changing into dragons dancing!

Giving it his all!