Yu Huaijin came back, but she did not enter the school immediately. Instead, she turned around and took down the red list on the corridor outside the door, then walked into the school and posted it in the most conspicuous place on the wall next to the podium.

The whole process was carried out in silence in the school.

The students watched carefully, and Zhao Rong stopped his actions tacitly.

After finishing all this, the diligent senior from Ruxingtang turned around and bowed respectfully to Zhao Rong on the podium. It was unknown whether it was because he had disturbed his class or for some other reason.

Zhao Rong raised his hand to return the greeting.

While everyone was guessing, Yu Huaijin had already turned around and faced everyone with a stern face: "Just now, I and five other seniors met with Mr. Xuezheng in Jingchen Hall. Mr. Xuezheng announced the total scores and rankings of each school in this exam to the public."

Having said this, she paused and looked at the students in the audience, who were also silent for a moment.

Zhao Rong couldn't help but glance at Yu Huaijin.

There are six schools in Mo Chi Academy, and the number of students in each school is fixed. Therefore, the school ranking in the final exam can be directly calculated by calculating the total score, which is quite convenient.

Yu Huaijin's long pause made the atmosphere in the classroom even more tense. Some students became restless and moved their butts.

At this moment, Yu Huaijin suddenly spoke, scaring some students.

"The first place is our Ruxing Hall; the second place is Zhengyi Hall; the third place is Xiudao Hall..."

Xiao Hongyu, Li Xueyu and other students breathed a sigh of relief... They still maintained the first place, fortunately, but the Justice Hall led by senior Gu actually surpassed senior Han's Monastic Hall, which was quite impressive.

As they were celebrating and surprised, Yu Huaijin said softly, "The total score of the Ruxing Hall is 2,556 points, and the total score of the Zhengyi Hall is 2,553 points, which is only three points behind us."

This score, which was very close to the previous one, shocked all the students and a low uproar suddenly broke out in the school.

Not to mention that the total score of 2,556 points was much lower than the total scores of Ratexing Hall in the previous exams, and it was the lowest ever. The dark horse of this exam, Justice Hall, actually surpassed them by a mere three points!

If these words had not come from Senior Yu's mouth, in the past, the students of Ruxing Hall, who had been ranked first many times, would have thought it was just a prank and would have sneered at it. The more polite ones would have responded with a smile.

In the past, students of Ratexing Hall usually carried a certain kind of arrogance with them when they walked in the academy. This was due to the collective sense of honor that they had built up under the leadership of Senior Yu, who had repeatedly been ranked first in the academy. Whenever they talked about the results of major exams, the only academy they would look up to was Xiudao Hall, led by Senior Han. They didn't take the other academies seriously. Of course, they would never show it on their faces when interacting with students from other academies. They were still the united and friendly students of Mo Chi. However, when comparing between academies, everyone had their own measure in their hearts, and the students of Ratexing Hall, who were recognized as the first, were naturally a step ahead.

This was also the reason why Xiao Hongyu tried his best to protect and promote his own school and students in Jingchen Hall not long ago.

This is also the reason why "special students" like Zhao Rong and Fan Yushu are often rejected by the students of Ruxing Hall. The inherent influence on special students makes the two of them seem to be born with original sin.

At this moment, as Yu Huaijin's voice came out, all kinds of people in the huge school suddenly had different expressions.

Everyone was shocked. Some students still had incredible expressions on their faces, while some students were secretly rejoicing over the extra three points. Some even looked at Fan Yushu with a liking. Although he was a bad student, at least he got good scores in every subject and did not give up those three points.

An idea suddenly flashed through the minds of some students who were quick-witted. They immediately looked at the young scholar on the podium who was the biggest variable and surprise in this exam… If he was as they expected, with a low score similar to Fan Yushu, then let alone three points higher than Zhengyi Hall, with a decline of tens of points, he would probably not even be able to maintain his top three place in the academy!

The actions of these discerning students immediately stunned the other students who were either surprised or relieved. Then they all reacted and looked towards the podium.

At this moment, almost everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Rong, including Yu Huaijin, who silently turned around and looked at Zhao Rong.

Our assistant teacher Zhao, who only wanted to teach more courses so that he could spend more time with his wife and experience the sweet rewards, was quietly wiping the blackboard with his back turned. At this moment, it was not known whether he had finished wiping the blackboard or he noticed the sudden quietness of the atmosphere behind him. He turned around, was stunned, and looked left and right at the students.

The two sides stared at each other for a while. Zhao Rong pursed his lips and was about to speak, but suddenly a loud voice came from outside the school.

The voice arrived before the figure appeared.

“Tzuyu Tzuyu, hahahaha, do you know how many points our Justice Hall got in the exam this time? You won’t believe it if I tell you! Hahaha, there’s more! You actually got such a high score without telling us. By the way, do you know how many points you got? You’re not still taking calligraphy class, are you? Eh, is anyone listening…”

Gu Yiwu strode into the Ruxing Hall with a beaming face. He took two steps before he paused. He turned to look at Zhao Rong who was rubbing his temple, then looked at the silent hall. He was startled for a moment and said, "Uh, it looks like there are quite a lot of people listening... Haha... So you're all here. I thought you all went to the gate of the academy to check the overall rankings, haha."

Gu Yiwu laughed awkwardly. The classroom was filled with people but extremely silent, and everyone was staring at them in unison. This burly and strong Confucian scholar felt a little uneasy.

Zhao Rong looked at Yu Huaijin and others below the stage, then looked at the carefree Gu Yiwu, nodded at him with a helpless look, and Gu Yiwu blinked... The two of them exchanged glances tacitly.

However, staring blankly was not the right thing to do. Gu Yiwu glanced at a certain old-fashioned girl who looked unhappy, and said casually, "Hey, Senior Yu is here too. Hahaha, it seems... it seems that he knows everything."

Gu Yiwu was not shy either. He walked towards the podium with a smile, saying as he walked: "Senior Yu, those brats in my school don't have any skills in cultivating their qi. They are so excited about such a small achievement that they almost want to flip the roof off. They even forced me to invite Ziyu over. The achievements in calligraphy and etiquette should be thanked to Ziyu. Ziyu has made great contributions... Ahem, Senior Yu also wants you brothers to lend us Ziyu~"

When Yu Huaijin heard the words "calligraphy" and "ritual art", his eyelids, which had remained calm before, twitched twice.

She stood there, surprisingly rude to budge.

Gu Yiwu, however, was not at all shy, and acted as if he was the master of this place. He kept walking, and with a silly smile, he turned and walked right past the stern-faced silent girl, went up to the stage, grabbed Zhao Rong's sleeve in an intimate and familiar manner, and turned around to pull him out.

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