Zhou Yi glanced at that scholar when he heard this, a strange look flashing in his eyes: "Fairness? Why should it be fair? What the Academy has never sought in selecting Inner Courtyard disciples is fairness; what it has always selected are people of Great Fortune. And anyone who passes the Academy's assessment is, without exception, someone of Great Fortune."
These words left that noble scion speechless; for a moment he actually had nothing to say.
Seeing that all the disciples in the room had fallen silent, only then did Zhou Yi speak: "Now I'll announce the selection system. I have here a box with six hundred slips inside, and only thirty-six of them have numbers on them. Drawing a numbered slip means you've passed the assessment."
"If any of you who have already been granted prior qualification to enter the Inner Courtyard do not draw a numbered slip from the box, you may be exempted," Zhou Yi said.
