Time flew by, and another half month passed in the blink of an eye.

On that day, the villagers of Feiyun Village warmly welcomed Gao Guiyong and Zhou Quan, and sold them over four hundred pounds of Feiyun Fire Copper for seven hundred silver coins. 

Gao Guiyong also delivered a letter to Lin Xun from Xue Liang. The letter was short and concise. It mainly notified Lin Xun that there was only one month until the district examination in Donglin City and that he should set off as soon as possible if he wanted to participate.  

Lin Xun knew that the district examination was generally held in December and the prefectural examination was set for March of the following year and the provincial examination was three months after that, which would be in June.

The national examination was held in September. 

Violet glory flowers were said to bloom in the Forbidden City every September and wrapped around every part of the city like a sea of flowers. Such a stunning spectacle was known as the Violet Glory Flower Festival.

Cultivators who successfully passed the...