I am a winner with Chinese poetry

"It's not that easy. Every year, famous talents from Jinzhou County come to compete. Although for the sake of fairness, the cultivation level is limited to rank 7 and below, it's only been a short time since we had the literary energy in our bodies. How could we be selected? But that Gu Zhenguo might have some chance!" Xuanyunduo touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

The Cai sisters' eyes lit up at first, and then they glanced at Gu Yunzhou covertly.

Isn't Gu Zhenguo right here? I really want to ask him if he has a chance to participate in the competition, but I don't dare to ask. After all, since arriving at the academy, Gu Yunzhou has always been very low-key.

Apart from that public lecture, he obviously did not want others to know his true identity. So the Cai sisters were very tactful and would not easily reveal his identity secret.

When the surrounding students heard this, they gathered around and joined in the discussion. The atmosphere became very heated. At this moment, the door of the dormitory was thrown open, and an angry little girl walked in.

She had a sweet and lovely appearance and was usually the kindest person, but at this moment, her face flushed with anger. The students who had been surrounding the Cai sisters and discussing the Autumn Festival turned around and asked with concern, "An Ran, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

"Yes, is someone bullying you? Tell us, our Class Ding 1 will not allow anyone to bully us!"

The young girl, Lin Anran, pursed her lips, her eyes instantly reddening with tears. She calmed down a bit, but her voice still trembled. "Yes... they've gone too far! They actually said that the talented people in our Jinzhou County are nothing special. And they even said it's no wonder that our Jinzhou County always ranks last among the ten counties in Beichen!" The girl was still furious at this point, clenching her fists and gritting her teeth.

"What? Who said that? That's too much! Our Jinzhou County has produced many great Confucian scholars, even several semi-saints!"

"That's outrageous, An Ran. Tell me who said that. I'll give him a good beating for insulting the people of Jinzhou County like that!"

"How dare you, you little brat? You're so arrogant! An Ran, who on earth is so audacious as to speak so arrogantly?"

Lin Anran's words were like pouring a bucket of cold water on a hot pot. The entire school building immediately exploded and everyone started shouting angrily.

Gu Yunzhou's face also turned slightly cold. Where did this fool come from? How dare he challenge the entire Jinzhou County alone?

"They are from the Sun family of Tianyuan County. The Sun family's prodigy, Sun Zening, is traveling to our Jinzhou County with his followers!"

A hint of anger flashed in Lin Anran's eyes, but when he thought of the scene not long ago, the anger in his eyes turned into unwillingness.

"Sun Zening, could he be the prodigy famous throughout Beichen? It is said that he had literary energy entering his body at the age of 16, and had broken through to the eighth level at the age of 17. Now at the age of 21, he has been promoted to the peak of the seventh level, and may break through to the sixth level at any time!" Someone took a breath, obviously knowing about this person's deeds.

"Yes, this talented young man has always been the pride and hope of the family and is hailed as a future literary giant. I didn't expect to see him here today. It's really rare." Another person echoed.

"Why would he come to our Jinzhou County? Oh, right, maybe he's looking for an opportunity to break through to the 6th rank, but why is he speaking so arrogantly and belittling our Jinzhou County? Even if he's from the Tianyuan Sun family, we will never let him go!"

The discussion became more and more heated. Everyone was displeased with Sun Zening. He was so arrogant. Even if he was gifted, so what? If he had the ability, he shouldn't have come to their Jinzhou County.

"That's right. Our Jinzhou County is also a place with dignity. How can we tolerate others insulting us at will!" Someone was indignant.

"Ms. Lin, is there anything else that happened?" Unlike the other people around him who were filled with indignation, although Gu Yunzhou also felt that this person really deserved a beating, as a well-known figure, no matter how stupid he was, he would not do such a thing that would be criticized.

"Gu Yunzhou, you can just call me by my name. No need to be so polite. Yes, Sun Zening, in order to seek inspiration for a breakthrough, set out from Tianyuan County, challenging Confucian scholars of the same level along the way. The challenger can choose any of the following: combat, writing, poetry, or chess. The winner can ask for any item, even a ground-level cultural treasure, as long as they can defeat him. At the beginning, there were many people challenging him, and many people went for the ground-level cultural treasure. However, all the way from Tianyuan County, Sun Zening was undefeated, and his reputation was raised even higher!"

Lin Anran looked at Gu Yunzhou in surprise. He didn't expect that he was so perceptive. The classmates around him were still denouncing and accusing him, but only he noticed the key point.

"Yes, I know about this, too. My father once lamented that this boy was truly a freak, worthy of being called the best of the younger generation in Beichen!"

"I know about this, too. A distant cousin of mine once challenged Sun Zening. His chess skills were quite good. He once played against a sixth-rank scholar and was evenly matched with him. However, he couldn't even last an incense stick against Sun Zening before he had to leave in disgrace!"

The voices of condemnation around them suddenly became much quieter, and everyone looked at each other with unhappy expressions.

"But we in Jinzhou County also have powerful figures, such as Senior Brother Bai Wuyou from Class 1 of the Academy of Literature. He is a top-level 7th-rank scholar with a swordsmanship as stunning as a flying dragon. He once killed a 6th-rank barbarian with a single sword strike. Although the barbarian was seriously injured, he was able to kill a barbarian of a higher level, which is quite amazing!" A student said excitedly, with a gleam of admiration in his eyes.

Another student went on to say, "Yes, and there is also Senior Sister Kong from our Academy of Arts. Her seal script has reached the level of mastery, and Senior Sister Kong is also good at writing lyrics. In particular, a poem she created herself has reached the level of Guanzhou. Relying on this poem, Senior Sister Kong has been able to go in and out of the demon tribe and has killed countless demons that attacked our border villages!" His voice was full of pride and admiration.

Everyone was disappointed for a moment, and then they started to speak, their ambitions getting higher and higher the more they spoke. Although Sun Zening was very short of numbers, their senior brothers and sisters in the School of Literature were not bad either.

"That's right. We have many outstanding talents in our College of Arts. They are not only talented, but also have a sense of justice and dare to face various challenges. Whether it is Senior Brother Bai Wuyou or Senior Sister Kong, even if Sun Zening comes, we are not afraid." A student puffed out his chest with pride.

"An Ran, you just said that if Sun Zening wins, he can ask for an item at will. So what if the opponent loses? What will be the request?"