I Rose to Success Through Literacy (Imperial Examinations)

When the entire village was trapped and doomed by the strange monsters, the old scholar who could save them fell unconscious. At the critical moment, seven-year-old Yue Xingyi awakened memories of his past life, picked up a spirit brush, and wrote the character "Retreat."

The monsters were badly wounded and fled with shrieks. He became the village's savior.

This was a world overrun by the uncanny. Only those with official scholarly rank could save the world, and they were worshipped to an almost fanatical degree.

On Yue Xingyi's first day at school, he looked at the simple characters in his book and listened as the teacher explained, "Only those with spiritual talent can learn spirit script and earn scholarly rank. Anyone who can understand five characters in this book this year will be considered a prodigy."

Yue Xingyi took the book and read it from start to finish without missing a single character.

Everyone in the school dropped their jaws and stared at him in shock. The teacher murmured, "A genius unseen in a thousand years has appeared..."

From the county exam to the prefectural, provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams, he passed every level, becoming the only person in the history of the Yuan Kingdom to earn top honors in all six examinations.

Saving the people, giving them hope, and rising to the top. It turned out to be that simple!

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"Passing the Imperial Exams and Rising to Office in a World of the Uncanny" is in my collection.

Ming Jin was born in this life in a small village in another world. The heavy burden of taxes and corvee labor left his family miserable, the backward, impoverished standard of living was hard to endure, and their low social status was even more disheartening.

The worst part was that even medical care was monopolized by the nobility!

Only by passing the imperial examinations and entering government service could one rise to the top and become someone important.

Determined to live well and live long, Ming Jin did everything he could to study and pursue an official career through the exams, only to discover that something seemed off about this world...

There were monsters and demons, not to mention all kinds of supernatural events.

Never mind. Climbing the ranks was what mattered.

Even though some of the study material and exam questions were beyond anything he expected, he overcame every obstacle and became a licentiate and then a provincial graduate, winning his family exemption from taxes and corvee labor and improving their standard of living and social status.

When he finally passed the metropolitan exam and earned the title of jinshi, he at last experienced the splendor of "seeing all the flowers of Chang'an in a single day." What a thrill!

He took an official post, opened a clinic for the people, and built his wealth through his own efforts. Then he steadily rose through the ranks to become the highest-ranking minister, smoothly leading his family to a life of riches and honor.

I always fill in the holes I dig. It's a great read, so add me to your collection!

Theme: With your heart set on the light, and with strength, courage, and perseverance, you can bear the fruit of hope even in the darkest circumstances.