Immortality begins with the Swordsman.

Chapter 26 Announcement of Results

"Ouch!"

"Uncle Su, this is in public, you should at least give me some face..."

As soon as Gu Changfeng returned to Yunfeng Inn, Su Qingxue pinned him to the table and began to "rub" him.

She was fierce and aggressive, using her long sword as a ruler, just like a tigress with her fur standing on end.

"Serves you right for leaving without saying goodbye! Serves you right for abandoning the job as soon as you arrived!"

Su Qingxue raised her ruler and struck him repeatedly, making loud thuds, causing Gu Changfeng to howl in pain.

Gu Changfeng gritted his teeth inwardly: "Hmph, you just wait. A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. Once I've mastered the 'Great Demon-Subduing Fist,' I'll take care of you, you old hag, first..."

"Tell me! Where have you been gallivanting around these past few days?"

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed!" Gu Changfeng replied stiffly.

Su Qingxue sneered, showing no mercy: "Heh~ 'Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed,' do you think I'm like Cheng Buyou, so easily fooled?"

Gu Changfeng winced in pain and argued, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that you wouldn't believe me even if I did."

Su Qingxue said coldly, "How do you know I don't believe you if you don't tell me?"

"Sigh, then I'll tell you."

Gu Changfeng sighed and said, "It was the night I arrived in Chang'an that my ancestor appeared to me in a dream, saying that he had left me some good things at Chongyang Palace... Uncle Su, you know I'm a bit of a believer in fate, so I rushed over there. I couldn't let my ancestor down, could I?"

Su Qingxue smiled enigmatically and said, "Oh! Is that really true?"

Gu Changfeng shrugged and said helplessly, "See? I told you you wouldn't believe me, right?"

Su Qingxue asked, "Did you find the good things that the patriarch left for you?"

Gu Changfeng chuckled, "Of course I found it." As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and magically produced a handful of osmanthus flowers, whose delicate fragrance immediately filled the air.

"Uncle-Master, these are the flowers I picked at Chongyang Palace. I'm giving them to you—a beautiful flower for a beautiful woman, perfect!"

Su Qingxue couldn't help but chuckle, took the osmanthus blossom, sniffed it lightly, and said, "You spent two days at Chongyang Palace, and this is all you've gained?"

Gu Changfeng sighed, "I just suddenly had a whim to go and admire the demeanor of Master Chongyang..."

Su Qingxue sighed, her tone softening slightly: "I don't object to you wanting to visit Chongyang Palace, but don't leave without saying goodbye again. I'm the one who brought you here; if something really happens to you, how can I explain it to your master?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Changfeng nodded solemnly, "Yes, I understand, I won't do it again next time." But in his heart, he was thinking that he couldn't be so reckless next time he went to Kunlun Mountain.

Su Qingxue then let him go, but cautioned him, "Remember! The martial world is treacherous, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Always be careful!"

"Thank you for your guidance, Uncle-Master."

Gu Changfeng rubbed his backside, belatedly realizing, "Speaking of which, where is my Senior Brother Yue? I've been beaten up for so long, and he hasn't come out to plead for me?"

"The results were released today, and he went to the examination hall early this morning."

Su Qingxue said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changfeng immediately became interested: "The results were released today? Let's go, let's go take a look. If my senior brother passed the exam, I can congratulate him right away."

Su Qingxue shook her head and said, "Don't smile so sinisterly when you say that, okay?"

"Uncle Su, I'm innocent! I meant it..."

……

……

When I arrived at the examination hall, it was already packed with people.

The students looked tense, craning their necks and eagerly waiting.

Soldiers were stationed all around the streets, with guards every three or five steps to maintain order and prevent accidents.

Today is an important day for scholars.

The usually unruly gangs, martial arts schools, and powerful families in the city all quieted down and even sent people to help maintain order at the scene.

Although people in the martial arts world look down on the imperial court's lackeys, those from the Six Doors or corrupt officials never neglect scholars who have studied diligently for years.

Among the crowd maintaining order, Gu Changfeng suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure—Cai Lingshuang.

She was dressed in a plain white outfit, with a long sword at her waist, and was leading several Huashan disciples to maintain order on the perimeter, looking like a minor leader.

It's better to come early than to come by coincidence.

Just then.

A group of soldiers escorted the official who had posted the notice, and the scholars immediately erupted in a frenzy, crowding forward in a dense mass.

A moment later, an imperial edict was posted on the outer wall of the examination hall.

A group of scholars rushed forward instantly, and if it weren't for the soldiers maintaining order, a stampede would likely have occurred.

Gu Changfeng, with his sharp eyes, immediately spotted Yue Buqun struggling to push forward. His fighting spirit was completely at odds with his usual gentle and refined gentlemanly image.

"First place, Liu Yuan, Weinan County..." someone announced loudly.

……

"Second place, Wang Jingnian..."

……

Amidst a series of announcements.

Gu Changfeng saw Yue Buqun retreat from the crowd, his expression blank and his eyes vacant, as if he had lost his soul.

"Hahaha, you failed the exam! I knew it! How could you possibly pass? Senior brother, you should just go back to being the young sect leader! That way, after we resolve the 'Sword Qi Dispute,' I can take my Ah Ning and travel the world."

Gu Changfeng suppressed his joy and slowly walked to Yue Buqun's side, where he heard Yue Buqun muttering to himself.

"How is this possible? How is this possible?"

Gu Changfeng was taken aback. Seeing that he seemed a little obsessed, he gently patted his shoulder.

Yue Buqun then came to his senses: "Junior Brother, you've arrived?"

Gu Changfeng said with a solemn expression, "Senior brother, you won't pass the exam this time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yue Buqun suddenly hugged him tightly, his face beaming with joy:

"Junior brother, I...I passed! I passed the exam!"

"ah?!"

Gu Changfeng thought he had misheard.

"Eighteenth place, Yue Buqun, Huayin County..." A loud and exciting announcement came from in front of the list.

I said, "I passed the exam! I became a Juren!"

Yue Buqun repeated it again with a look of excitement on his face.

Gu Changfeng was completely dumbfounded: "What's going on?! Has the world... collapsed?"

He had always thought that Yue Buqun would definitely fail the exam this time and then slink back to the mountains to inherit the family business, but now he actually... passed the exam?

suddenly!

Gu Changfeng thought of a possibility.

The current timeline is still too early; the original work didn't explain it clearly at all, and no one knows whether Yue Buqun was a scholar who passed the imperial examination.

So what if he's a successful candidate in the imperial examinations?

After the sword qi dispute, the Huashan Sect was devastated, leaving only him and Ning Zhongze. No matter what he thought at the time, he had no choice but to give up his official career and take up the banner of the Huashan Sect alone.

Thinking about it that way, it makes sense.

After figuring it out.

Gu Changfeng suddenly became excited.

Yue Buqun passing the imperial examination is a tremendous achievement. If he pursues an official career in the future, he will almost never be able to return to Mount Hua.

From this perspective, it can be considered that she has been "married off".