Yan Chuan looked around. There were only students from the Imperial Academy present, no teachers or Chancellor.
The presence of so many ordinary people and merchants outside indicates that this challenge was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather a long-planned scheme.
The other person looked short, only reaching his shoulder, and although dressed in men's clothing, she didn't have much of a masculine air about her; she looked more like a woman.
Considering everything that has happened today, the person in front of me is definitely not an ordinary person, and her identity is certainly not as simple as it seems.
"Yanchuan, are you up for a fight?"
Chai Yushu asked worriedly. He was not one for fighting and killing. The people in front of him were demanding a duel at the gate of the Imperial Academy. Wasn't that a sure way for them to lose?
"Hmm! Let's stop here and see who wins first. I'll give it a try!"
Xie Zhiyong looked at Yan Chuan as if he were looking at a little lamb. Such a rich young master from a wealthy family was not even worth mentioning.
"Kid, what weapon do you want? You can choose any one of these!"
Yan Chuan looked at the weapons he had brought behind him and shook his head. He then turned and went to the bamboo grove at the entrance of the Imperial Academy, broke off two bamboo branches, and handed one to Xie Zhiyong.
"It's just a friendly spar, why use real weapons? We can decide the winner with bamboo sticks as swords!"
"Hahahaha... Are you afraid of death or afraid of pain? Is this all the people from the Imperial Academy are capable of?"
Yan Chuan remained silent, only smiling slightly, and did not retract his outstretched hand.
"I'm not here to kill anyone today. Use bamboo sticks if you want."
Xie Zhiyong took the bamboo branch that Yan Chuan handed him, and looked down on Yan Chuan.
“Let’s begin!” Yan Chuan said.
The people in front of the Imperial College stepped aside, leaving the middle area for them.
Yan Chuan may not seem to know martial arts, but when he holds the bamboo branch in his hand, he suddenly exudes the demeanor of a great general.
Even Chai Yushu felt that Yan Chuan at this moment was not the Yan Chuan he knew.
Xie Zhiyong launched the first attack, holding nothing back, hoping to defeat the enemy in one move and make the Imperial Academy suffer an even more crushing defeat.
Unexpectedly, the scholar opposite him was extremely fast, like a gust of wind, dodging his bamboo branch, turning behind him, and even striking him on the back with a bamboo stick.
Xie Zhiyong was still shaken. If it had been a real sword, there would have been a gaping wound on his back.
Unwilling to admit defeat, he turned around and continued to fight Yan Chuan, but no matter what he did, he couldn't hurt Yan Chuan. Instead, his heart and neck were slashed countless times by Yan Chuan's bamboo stick.
If this were truly an enemy, he would have been dead long ago. I never imagined that the Imperial Academy would have a student with such high martial arts skills.
They had never heard of him before. Wasn't the Imperial Academy supposed to be a gathering place for noble young men from the capital? They had never heard of this person before.
Yan Qimeng was furious; they had lost this round.
Yan Chuan fought effortlessly, as if he were a clown. Xie Zhiyong, who had been unconvinced, stopped fighting when he was powerless to resist. He clasped his hands in a fist and said to Yan Chuan.
"I lost!"
Yan Chuan returned the salute with clasped hands: "I admit it!"
"We won! We won!" the students of the Imperial Academy shouted.
Chai Yushu ran to Yan Chuan's side and took the glorious bamboo branch from his hand.
"Yanchuan, when did you learn martial arts? I had no idea! You're amazing, you're practically my god..."
At this moment, all the students of the Imperial Academy were proud of Yan Chuan and all ran to his side, as if they had found their pillar of support.
"Yanchuan, it's fortunate that you were here today, otherwise some villains would have succeeded."
When faced with Yan Qimeng again, everyone put on their original arrogant faces.
"Boy, with only Yan Chuan present at the Imperial Academy, your plan to have women study there will not succeed."
Even if you win two rounds against us today, as long as you can't defeat Yanchuan, there will still be obstacles before the Emperor. Don't even think about it.
Yan Qimeng really wanted to make the Imperial Academy lose badly, and then go to the palace to find her sister and the Emperor, saying that the entire Imperial Academy was no match for her, a woman.
When the emperor was furious, she joined forces with her sister to persuade him to open a girls' school at the Imperial Academy.
But this person in front of her is ruining her plans. Judging from how much the people at the Imperial Academy support him, his literary talent must be far superior to her own.
If she doesn't win him over, her plan will give the Emperor an excuse to refuse. It seems she has no choice but to take a gamble.
"Best of three, I've already won two, but you guys don't seem to be convinced."
Yan Qimeng paused, her gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on Yan Chuan.
"I can give you one last chance. I'll give you a test. If you can answer it, then we'll call it a draw."
If you cannot complete this, the Imperial College will be converted into a girls' school, and you are not allowed to protest.
Chai Yushu volunteered and said, "If you have the ability to persuade the Emperor and also win against Yanchuan, none of us will have any objections."
"Yes, we have no objection!"
The Imperial Academy is the emperor's academy, not something a petty hoodlum can do as he pleases. Right now, everyone just wants to save face and doesn't care whether he can add a girls' school.
As the ancients said, a woman only needs to learn chastity and virtue, be a good wife and mother, and not attend a school.
Yan Qimeng: "Fine, you said it yourself. All the people here are watching. If anyone goes back on their word, I won't let them off the hook."
"Hahaha... Hurry up and give me a question, there's no question in this world that Yanchuan can't answer."
Yan Chuan pulled Yu Shu behind him, his face darkening: "Yu Shu, don't talk nonsense. Overconfidence will only lead to defeat!"
Chai Yushu rolled his eyes at Yan Qimeng, but he believed that Yanchuan would not lose.
Yan Qimeng hated the arrogant attitude of the Imperial Academy the most, and she was determined to make them regret it today.
"I've made up my mind. Aren't you supposed to be knowledgeable about everything from astronomy to geography? Well then, I'll test you with an astronomy question."
Yan Qimeng shielded her eyes from the sunlight with her hand and looked up at the sky.
"Yesterday, after the rain, the sky cleared up and a rainbow appeared, a rare sight indeed. Today, you've managed to bring a rainbow right in front of me, so let's call it a draw. You won't lose out, will you?"
Anyone can enjoy watching a good show. Yan Qimeng felt a sense of satisfaction seeing everyone at the Imperial College acting desperately.
"Hey, aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me? A rainbow is a celestial phenomenon; it's not something we can just make appear whenever we want it to."
"Exactly, it's not raining today, and even if it rained, there might not be a rainbow."
Yan Qimeng: "Then I don't care, you guys figure it out yourselves, or you can just admit defeat."
The group encountered another problem, and Chai Yushu also looked at Yan Chuan.
Yan Chuan simply smiled slightly, as if he already knew everything.
He beckoned Chai Yushu to come closer and whispered something in his ear. Chai Yushu went from being puzzled to believing, and finally to carrying it out.
He led several students into the Imperial Academy, seemingly intending to do something, but this one named Yanchuan stepped forward and said...
“This young lady…” He wanted to call her “Miss,” but was afraid of offending her.
"Young master, please wait a moment, and you will soon see the rainbow."
The simple principle of wanting to see a rainbow was something his mother had taught him and his sister when they were little.
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