Time passed quickly.
The teachers from both academies soon arrived and took their seats in the arena. The selection process for the academies was actually quite simple, and the rules weren't complicated. It was nothing more than a group of people taking an exam simultaneously, from which the top sixteen would be selected based on their scores. Then, it would be sixteen down to eight, eight to four, four to two, and finally, two to one. In truth, reaching the top sixteen was enough to earn an academy's recommendation quota for the imperial examination. But who wouldn't want to stand out among the stars?
Of course, this only applied to the students participating in the written examination.
