Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1223: Chapter 1080: Ignition_2

The day for the retake of the Metropolitan Examination soon arrived. As countless scholars were about to enter the Imperial Academy, thunderclaps erupted across the sky, lightning piercing the dark clouds, momentarily lighting up the heavens as if it were daytime.

Under the gaze of the crowd, bolts of lightning struck the periphery of the Imperial Academy, setting the wooden buildings ablaze in an instant. The fire spread rapidly toward the Academy.

“This…”

As everyone stood in confusion and panic, shadows zipped through the darkness unnoticed by all.

“It’s over! It’s over! The Metropolitan Examination will be postponed again! And the Imperial Academy has been burned down—who knows how long it will take to rebuild.”

“What should I do? I haven’t enough money for lodging; staying in the capital is entirely beyond my means.”

A scholar’s eyes flashed with venomous resentment. “If not for Liu Baiqing’s cheating, I would already be a Jinshi by now!”

Many Juren born of humble origins, who had finally achieved success on the imperial examination list, felt a surge of anger burst inside them, as if it had grown three stories high.

Indeed! If not for Liu Baiqing, how could they have ended up in such a predicament, even facing the possibility of abandoning their ambitions?

Fortunately, this was a world of extraordinary powers. As soon as the examiners came to their senses, they deployed their methods to extinguish the flames, preventing the fire from spreading further beyond.

Yet, nearly half of the Imperial Academy was reduced to ashes—rendering it totally unusable.