Tenth place, Feng Yi Zuo, total score 525 points.
Ninth place, Tie Long, total score 528 points.
Eighth place, Duo Luo, total score 532 points.
Dean Jian Yong was reading out the list of the top ten in the graduation grand exam, but no one cared about the names at the front.
Everyone was waiting for the name they wanted to hear.
Although everyone knew that Suo Lun’s results this time were very good and shocking, the other side had even resorted to blinding his eyes. Who could guarantee there would be no under the table dealings with the final scores?
Third place, Zhi Min, total score 539 points.
After this name was announced, everyone immediately looked towards Zhi Min, especially the noble female students, because he was the only member of the royal family participating in this session’s graduation grand exam.
Seeing all the gazes turn to him, Zhi Min revealed a smile he had practised for a long time and waved to the crowd. He had received royal etiquette education since childhood and was naturally meticulous.
But everyone only glanced at him once before immediately shifting their eyes away. Most of the noble female students’ gazes were very unfriendly. Because in suppressing Suo Lun the royal family had played a very disgraceful role.
Second place, Tu Ling Duo, total score 547 points.
As soon as this name was announced, all the male students immediately searched everywhere for the figure of the name’s owner.
Tu Ling Duo, daughter of a duke and the campus flower of this session’s noble academy.
Although she held the title of campus flower, she spent most of her time away from the Royal Capital Academy, cultivating martial arts in various places. She was elusive like a divine dragon whose head could be seen but not its tail.
Sure enough, she was still not present. The moment the graduation grand exam ended she had already left the Royal Capital Academy.
Therefore although Suo Lun and she were classmates, they had not truly met face to face. In the first two grand exams, although they were in the same examination hall, she always entered from the back door after the exam started and left before it ended.
First place… Dean Jian Yong raised his head, looked at the crowd, and slowly read out that name.
Suo Lun, total score 567 points.
In an instant the entire Royal Capital Academy completely boiled over.
Although they already had some grasp of Suo Lun’s high score, hearing this score still completely shocked everyone present.
Full marks were 600 points. Suo Lun had actually scored 567 points.
One had to know that a few months ago he had still been last place.
Under such suppression from the royal family he had actually obtained such a heaven defying high score. Tu Ling Duo had always been the most outstanding student in the entire Royal Capital Academy without exception.
Yet this time Suo Lun’s score had crushed her by a full twenty points.
Too powerful, too heaven defying.
Soon everyone saw the specific scores.
Suo Lun’s first foundational theory exam, 172 points (full marks 200).
Second exam, political theory subject, 95 points (full marks 100).
Third exam, arts subject, 100 points (full marks 100).
Fourth exam, martial arts archery subject, fixed target 100 points, moving target 100 points.
In two of the exams Suo Lun’s results had created historical records for the Royal Capital Academy students.
In the political theory exam the previous historical highest score was 92 points, while Suo Lun scored 95 points.
In the arts subject the previous historical record highest score was 90 points, while Suo Lun scored full marks of 100 points.
As for the martial arts subject there were many students who scored full marks. But Suo Lun was different. He had obtained full marks in the archery grand exam after his eyes had been blinded.
This was not a miracle at all. It was a complete divine miracle!
This history not only had no predecessors but would certainly have no successors either.
Looking at this heaven defying score the noble students under the big notice board really felt a strong impulse to kneel down and worship.
It was truly too… powerful, too heaven defying.
…
The news that Suo Lun had obtained first place in the Royal Capital Academy graduation grand exam exploded like a bomb throughout the entire royal capital.
In an instant the whole royal capital Zhi Du went crazy. The bet between Suo Lun and Princess Zhi Ning had already been hyped up madly for several days.
Today the result had finally come.
Under circumstances where no one had favoured him Suo Lun had accomplished a heaven defying feat.
Especially when everyone heard that in the final exam Suo Lun’s eyes had been completely unable to see yet he had still obtained full marks in the archery grand exam.
Immediately everyone first felt completely incredulous, then they were thoroughly and completely shocked.
Previously the common people of the entire royal capital had paid attention to this matter purely out of a mentality of watching a show. But now they were truly shaken and began to genuinely care about Suo Lun’s fate.
If it had been any other person in such a situation they would have been destined to lose completely.
Yet Suo Lun had staged such an earth shattering reversal. What could possibly stop him next?
Now that Suo Lun’s results were out everyone’s eyes turned towards the royal family.
Would the king award Suo Lun the noble warrior medal and confer upon him the title of Tianshui Earl and the position of Tianshui City Lord?
If the royal family went against the agreement they would face the spittle and contempt of the million people in the royal capital.
According to the rules, on the sixth day after the end of the graduation grand exam the royal family was to officially confer the titles.
Whether the royal family would break the agreement or not, everyone would be watching that day.
…
Inside Princess Zhi Ning’s residence, she who had spat blood felt somewhat weak. Her peerlessly beautiful face was deathly pale.
The casino boss knelt outside with a face like dirt, his legs trembling.
After Suo Lun’s results came out he had almost fainted instantly, because this meant his casino had to pay out an astronomical amount of gold coins.
How could this be? Clearly gold coins that had fallen from the sky had instead become a demon that would swallow him.
Could it be that Suo Lun was truly possessed by a god? Even such a bet could be overturned against heaven?
How many gold coins were bet on Suo Lun winning? Zhi Ning asked.
Fifteen thousand three hundred and twenty three. The casino boss said.
Zhi Ning’s vision darkened and she almost fainted.
This, this meant she had to pay out one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins. This… this was more than astronomical?
This was a year’s tax revenue of an entire province. It was more than five times the total assets of the Silver Casino.
If she had to pay out this sum she would definitely have to use the money from the Royal Capital Gold House. This astronomical amount of gold coins would really hurt her and Zhi Li badly.
Her money all had great uses and was in service of Zhi Li’s throne.
This time for the rebellion in Tianshui City she had paid out tens of thousands of gold coins in military expenses for those greedy high level warrior lords.
Bribing royal family members required large amounts of gold coins every year. Laying out plans in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and the Southern Barbarian Continent required large amounts of gold coins. Maintaining a powerful underground intelligence system required large amounts of gold coins.
And what consumed the most gold coins was secretly training armies.
Although she had a lot of gold coins every single one had its use, and paying out over one hundred thousand this time would have extremely serious consequences.
Should we just default on this gambling debt? The Silver Casino boss asked cautiously.
Idiot! Zhi Ning said coldly, Which is more important, gold coins or the reputation of His Highness Zhi Li?
Yes! The casino boss kowtowed.
I will raise this sum of gold coins as soon as possible. Get lost. Zhi Ning said coldly.
The casino boss knelt on the ground and crawled backwards out directly.
Li Zhu, how is the war situation on the Tianshui City side? Zhi Ning asked, Those high level lord rebels besieging the main Tianshui City with thirty thousand against ten thousand defenders, could they still not take it?
Li Zhu bowed outside and said, Princess, it should not be that fast yet. The battle has only just started not long ago. Suo Han Yi is a military genius. Without ten days or half a month it will be hard for a result to appear.
Zhi Ning closed her beautiful eyes, trying to calm her mood, then asked, How is Suo Lun now?
Unconscious. Li Zhu said.
Will his eyes go completely blind? Zhi Ning asked.
Yes. Li Zhu said, Yao Yue’s move has never failed.
That is good, that is good… Zhi Ning sighed, Even if he is a genius, with his eyes blind it will be hard for him to achieve anything anymore.
Li Zhu saw Zhi Ning’s haggard and tired eyes and hesitated for a moment before saying, Since the result has already come out, then… then why does the princess not have a good sleep?
This was something a servant like him should not say, but he truly felt some heartache.
All right… Zhi Ning said in a rare soft and weak tone, then walked into the room, lay on the bed, and curled into the quilt.
Normally she liked to sleep without a single thread on her body, but now none of that mattered. She did not even take off her skirt and directlyé’» into the quilt. Then her charming and graceful delicate body completely curled up together.
She could not fall asleep no matter what, because she had never fallen so hard before and had never lost so miserably before.
She knew that now the common people of the entire royal capital were all talking about her, especially the snake kiss bet with Suo Lun. She did not know how it was being spread now. In the mouths of those vulgar men Zhi Ning’s entire body had probably been violated by Suo Lun countless times.
Her chastity and her reputation had certainly long been lost.
Feeling her mistress tossing and turning, Li Zhu sat cross legged outside and began chanting the Peaceful Mind Incantation.
Finally she gradually calmed down and sank into a deep sleep.
…
She did not know how long she had slept when suddenly Zhi Ning inside the quilt began to tremble and struggle.
No, no… Suo Lun do not… let me go, I beg you let me go…
She was having that nightmare again, and it had even escalated.
In the dream Suo Lun stripped her completely naked, humiliatingly pressed her to the ground, and whipped and flogged her desperately.
In the dream she was no longer strong and cried desperately, begging for mercy desperately.
However Suo Lun hit harder and harder. Finally he fiercely pinched her throat and said coldly beside her ear, Zhi Ning, I said I would rape you first and then kill you!
Then the Suo Lun in the dream fiercely pressed down on her savage waist, making her kneel and lie prone, and spread her legs.
Next Suo Lun possessed her in the most ferocious and brutal way.
At the same time in the real quilt Zhi Ning’s delicate body trembled violently. A wild tide surged out from the depths of her body and soul.
Ah… Zhi Ning let out a sharp scream.
Then she woke up suddenly.
Once again in the nightmare her body and mind had reached the peak.
Feeling the mess inside her skirt and her body still in the aftershocks of that trembling, Zhi Ning finally could not hold back. She hugged the quilt and cried bitterly.
Suo Lun, you shameless scoundrel, even in my dreams you still torment me and humiliate me… Zhi Ning said through gritted teeth, I swear, I swear I will definitely not let you live past this month.
At this moment slightly hurried footsteps sounded outside.
Li Zhu, what time is it now? What happened? Zhi Ning asked.
It is already noon. Li Zhu said, A messenger flying harrier has come from Tianshui City with a report.
Has there been a result in the battle there? Have they taken the main Tianshui City? Zhi Ning asked.
Li Zhu was silent for a moment and said, The thirty thousand rebel army led by the high level warrior lords has been badly defeated. Suo Han Yi has won a complete victory!
Zhi Ning could not believe it and said in a trembling voice, The battle only just started yesterday, did it not?
Li Zhu said, Yesterday during the day Suo Han Yi only sent six thousand soldiers and four thousand militiamen to defend the city, pretending that all his forces were out. Relying on this ten thousand ragtag army he resisted five attacks from the thirty thousand rebel army, with countless casualties on both sides. At night after dark Suo Han Yi and Yan Nu led four thousand well rested troops out of the city for a night raid and badly defeated more than twenty thousand rebel troops.
Zhi Ning’s mind went completely blank in an instant.
The thirty thousand rebel army she had armed with tens of thousands of gold coins had been beaten into a rout by Suo Han Yi in just half a day?
More than twenty thousand rebel troops had actually been badly defeated and put to flight by Suo Han Yi leading only four thousand troops?
Useless, useless, worthless trash who deserve to be hacked to death a thousand times! Zhi Ning said sternly.
Then she could no longer hold back. A sharp pain struck her chest and her throat felt sweet.
A mouthful of blood spurted out wildly and she fainted directly, falling unconscious.