Chapter 680: Chapter 681: Transcendent Existence

Jiang Ning secretly pondered, could it be because Li Hongyuan’s talents were insufficient to be admitted to the Spring Autumn Academy?

Li Hongyuan said, “I am a prince, there is no need for me to go to the Spring Autumn Academy to polish my reputation. However, on a side note, your third brother, Jiang Yi, did once take the exam for the academy, but he wasn’t admitted.”

Jiang Ning laughed, “If even my Third Brother can’t get in, then the Spring Autumn Academy must be really formidable.”

She thought for a moment and asked, “What about Wenren Zong? He must have already been there, right?”

“How do you know?” Li Hongyuan glanced at her.

“Wenren Zong has some talent in writing and composing poetry.” Jiang Ning said.

Actually, it was just a guess on her part.

Guxing had informed her that Wenren Zong and Lin Shimo had come to Chang’an City together, so she guessed that Wenren Zong must have also stayed at the Spring Autumn Academy before.

So, were Wenren Zong and the brothers Jiang Ruobai and Jiang Mubai now considered fellow disciples?

However, she had never heard of them mentioning this before. Perhaps, in the vast Spring Autumn Academy, there were many factions that did not get along well with each other.

Jiang Ning asked again, “What else does the Spring Autumn Academy teach besides reading and writing?”

“Anything you can think of, the Spring Autumn Academy teaches.”

“For example? Mending shoes, making sugar-coated haws?”

“Don’t be sarcastic.” Li Hongyuan said indifferently, “Classics, history, astronomy, geography, Yin and Yang divination, medicine, mathematics, martial arts, military tactics, horsemanship, archery, and even various Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist scriptures. Nowadays, there are thousands of teachers at the Spring Autumn Academy, and the number of students is countless.”

Jiang Ning was amazed to hear this.

It seemed that the Spring Autumn Academy could indeed be called a sacred place.

What’s remarkable is that although the Spring Autumn Academy has many students, it solely imparts knowledge and does not use its own abilities to influence the internal affairs of various countries.

Regardless of the students’ original statuses, once they enter the academy, they are all treated as equal students.

After leaving the academy, they immediately resume their original status; their actions and words have nothing to do with the academy anymore.

For example, the brothers Jiang Ruobai and Jiang Mubai, after leaving the Spring Autumn Academy, one specializes in literature and the other in martial arts, galloping through the vast expanse of the Great Sheng Empire. No matter what feats they have achieved, how many people they have killed, or how many countries they have conquered,

Their actions have nothing to do with the Spring Autumn Academy.

If a teacher at the Spring Autumn Academy tries to command Jiang Mubai to kill less as his mentor, that teacher would be overestimating himself.

Because Jiang Mubai would never comply.

The Spring Autumn Academy is such an aloof existence.

One could argue that it has a high status, but it doesn’t possess any real powerful influence to make any significant changes.

However, if one were to argue that it has a low status, then that would underestimate the Lin Family.

Apart from not having an army and weapons, the Lin Family, in terms of culture, knowledge, and talents, is probably not much inferior to the Great Sheng Empire.

However, it is often the army and weapons that are the proof of a country’s strength and weakness.

The Lin Family is indeed very special.

And Lin Shimo, the most outstanding descendant of the Lin Family who just took office less than two years ago, why did he come to Chang’an City at this time?

This makes it difficult for people to figure out.

At this time, the Great Sheng Empire is in turmoil; the Emperor is gradually declining, the Crown Prince is growing increasingly powerful, the illegitimate son Prince Li You returns to claim his rights and is directly granted the title of Prince of Zhao and appointed as Minister of Personnel.

There is a trend of directly competing with the Crown Prince for supremacy.

And it happened just at this time.

This made Jiang Ning unable to help but speculate about Lin Shimo’s real motives.