Five days passed quickly, and after Gu Yu handed in his first mission, he heard two pieces of news coming.

One from home:

The will of the imperial court arrived at the Chen Mansion, and Chen Jing rushed to the Qingping Mansion within a month to take up his post, and he was the fifth rank in command, the second-in-command in internal affairs, half a level higher than before.

Qingping Mansion is in the easternmost part of Zhenyang, across a river is the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, is a very important trade distribution center, the annual tax revenue occupies the forefront, and the oil and water are also quite amazing.

Both countries are on the south bank of the Tongtian River, occupying the only plain together, and they are extremely close in terms of race, civilization, and system. I have fought several times before, and after losing both sides, I signed a pact of permanent peace, which has lasted for a hundred years.

Therefore, from the court to the people, they are very friendly, and the two countries take advantage of the excellent environment on the south coast to encourage commerce and trade, promote the economy, and have the largest GDP in the world.

Lord Li's entry into the cabinet means that the power of the court has been reshuffled, and Chen Jing's appointment is a signal. However, before he left, he specially met with Gu Yu, and his words were full of worry.

There are factions among the Taoists, and there are even more factions in the court, and it is a battle of ideas that are bound to fire and water. In this vein, Mr. Li advocates "enterprising reform", while the other vein advocates "maintaining stability and maintaining stability", which is quite similar to the new and old laws of the ancient Xia Kingdom.

Qingping Mansion is an important town, and sending an old and cautious official is the basis for maintaining stability, but Chen Jing was selected instead. That's what he feared, lest there was some secret behind it.

The second message comes from Jingshi:

A few months ago, the Qiyuan State sent an embassy to ask for relatives, but the lord of the country did not reply, and it was not until a few days ago that the news was finally made public. The lord of the kingdom agreed to marry Princess Mingyu to the lord of Qiyuan, and the two sides have begun preparations and are expected to hold a big gift when the spring flowers bloom next year.

This is of a gossip nature.

Ming Yu is seventeen years old, born as beautiful as a fairy, and is a master of the fugue period, and is extremely popular among the people. The lord of Qiyuan is called Yan Zhou, and the common people have never seen it, but it is said that he is over sixty years old, with an ugly appearance and a weapon as big as a hammer.

In short, a flower is stuck in cow dung!

Tsk, I just hate myself for not cow dung!

These two pieces of news had no impact on Gu Yu, after all, he was young, his strength was low, and he was still in his infancy. His goal is clear, to fix the spell and level up as soon as possible.

Entering the autumn and taking the exam next spring, there will be two quarters inside and out.

Three hundred points per quarter, that is, six hundred points, this is only one of the standards, there will be on-site assessments. The seniors are even more strict, so the pressure is very high, and they dare not slack off.

A country child like Lu Xiaolian, after a month of ignorance, is now also pulling his little face and running around for points all day long.

Relatively speaking, Gu Yu was very easy, because he only took on the task of taking care of Lingtian. Twenty o'clock in five days, one hundred and twenty o'clock in each month, and three hundred and sixty o'clock in each quarter, which is just enough.

But you have to know that an ordinary Dao technique costs a hundred points, and the more powerful ones range from two or three hundred. This move caused a lot of discussion, but Gu Yu went his own way and ignored it.

In the blink of an eye, a few months have passed, and the spring exam is just a few days away, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes tense.

That night, Gu Yu had just finished watering Lingtian and was sitting quietly in the hut to breathe, when he suddenly felt a trace of breath from far and near, stopping outside the door.

"Knock knock!"

"Senior brother, are you there? I'm Xiaolian. ”

"Come in!"

Gu Yu waved his sleeves and opened the door, revealing a little girl, who was Lu Xiaolian. When she first entered the view, she was skinny and dry, not much stronger than a beggar, and now her complexion was very good, and her eyebrows had not yet opened, but she could already see a little delicate.

"Why are you here? Have you eaten?" he said with a slight surprise.

"I just ate it, and I came out for a walk when I was fine. ”

Lu Xiaolian was more restrained, put her butt on the edge of the chair, and said: "Senior brother has a really good mentality, he will take the spring exam in three days, and he is still watering and planting rice here." ”

"I've got enough points, I'm having fun, what about you? I remember that you're less than me. ”

Lu Mingguan's spring examination is very detailed, both newcomers, Gu Yu has cultivation, 300 points per quarter, and Lu Xiaolian has no cultivation, 150 points per quarter.

In the beginning, she didn't know anything, so she could only do some daily sprinkling and cleaning, and she had a little income every day. Later, he became true qi and learned to read and write, so he began to feed the animals and help Xun Yu copy and write.

Although it is cumbersome, there are 300 points in two seasons, which is still enough.

"Guanzhong treats new disciples preferentially, the spring exam in the first year is not difficult, like me, I don't need to engrave runes, and I can meet the standard of my coursework. ”

Lu Xiaolian rubbed the corners of her clothes and said, "But I heard that if you perform well, such as carving a rune, you will be rewarded with additional rewards......

Her voice grew lower and lower, and at last she hung her head and blushed, not saying a word.

The meaning is obvious, she wants to engrave runes, so she came to ask this recognized genius for advice, but she usually has no friendship, and she is not too embarrassed.

Gu Yu didn't feel anything, and said with a smile: "Then have you exchanged talismans?"

"Yes, I used a fireball technique, ah no, it's a flame lamp technique!" Lu Xiaolian said busily.

"Flame Lantern?"

This is a relatively powerful technique, it costs three hundred and fifty points, the stupid girl can't stud, right?" Gu Yu said helplessly: "You are too nonsense, with your current mana, you can't use it at all, why don't you change a few ordinary small techniques?"

"Huh? What ...... then?"

Lu Xiaolian was only seven years old, and she was confused when she heard it.

"That's it, you and I exchange, I'll give you three small techniques. ”

As he spoke, he swept his sleeves, and three talismans appeared on the table, "Cloud and Rain Technique, Wall Piercing Technique, and Stealth Technique, your flame lamp technique is of a higher grade, how about I add a sword move?"

"Oh, yes, yes!" Lu Xiaolian was already blindsided, and she only knew how to nod.

"Well, that deal holds. ”

Gu Yu pushed the three talismans to her, put away the flame lamp talismans, got up and said, "Come with me!"

When the two of them went out, it was getting late outside, and the four corners and the center of the Lingtian were floating with pearls, emitting a faint light, and the Taoist temple five miles away was also lit up.

"You didn't have a foundation before, so it was difficult to get started. I don't have a knack for this thing, but when you accumulate a deep foundation and gradually increase your ability to manipulate your consciousness, you will naturally be able to learn it. You're only in your first year, so don't be anxious. ”

Gu Yu came to the open space and said, "I only taught you one sword move, but the power is not bad, look at it!"

"Well, I'm optimistic!"

Lu Xiaolian's eyes widened, and she saw that the little senior brother took out a short sword, spread his feet apart, held the sword flat, wrists, elbows, shoulders, back, waist, thighs, soles of feet, every muscle seemed to come alive, showing a wonderful rhythm.

Then, he stepped forward with his left foot, and the sword with his right hand stabbed out.

Laugh at!

Lu Xiaolian covered her ears, and the extremely sharp whistling sound seemed to cut through the air, and there was a twist around the sword body, as if pressing the qi waves to advance layer by layer, until it reached the apex.

Bang!

A zhang away, a stout old tree hugged by several people, and a fine hole was chiseled out, and it was directly pierced.

The little girl bit ten fingers in her mouth, dumbfounded, such penetrating power, she didn't give the other party a blow, a proper Jedi counterattack!

"Okay, you go and find a short sword first, I'll be here for a few days, if you don't understand, come and ask me. ”

Gu Yu flicked his sleeves and wiped himself into the house, the basic operation was without any fluctuations.

…………

On the last day of spring, exams are held.

Everyone gathered in the practice ground, sat in rows and ate fruits. The three Taoist officials were also dressed very formally, and Wu Laozi first took out an eyeball-like magic weapon, which flew into the air and sprinkled a soft light.

This thing can record images, and it should be reported to the government after the fact, and the government will report to the government office.

Wu Laozi muttered a few more vague words, the exam officially began, and Guo Kejing said by name: "Huo Feipeng!"

"The disciple is here!"

Before the senior brother got up, he was twenty-five years old and had a calm and moderate temperament.

Xun Yu opened a booklet first and said, "Huo Feipeng, he is diligent, respectful and disciplined, and his schoolwork is excellent...... for the top. ”

Guo Kejing also opened a booklet and said: "After 12 years of entering the view, 900 points of study per quarter will be completed." More than fifty inscriptions are inscribed, and it is completed. Come on, try this!"

He threw out a round artifact, black as a piece of mud, rising to the size of a house in the wind.

Huo Feipeng shouted angrily, his body skyrocketed, like a small mountain, and his fist slammed out. With a single blow, the artifact became dilapidated and then returned to its muddy form.

"Well, the mana is qualified, and the overall evaluation is good!"

Guo Kejing nodded expressionlessly and asked him to retreat. Huo Feipeng was not half happy, but was extremely depressed.

"Third Senior Sister, what's the matter with Senior Brother?"

Gu Yu was strange and asked Long Yunfeng silently.

"Senior Brother has already engraved fifty runes, and he is concentrating on the impact, but unfortunately he has not succeeded. His qualifications are slightly poor, and his cultivation to this level is already the limit. ”

"Then if you don't succeed, will you stay in the temple?"

"It's okay in terms of regulations, but I don't have a face, and I usually take the initiative to leave. ”

"Oh......"

Gu Yu understood, when the gas collection period is repaired to the end, the spring exam is meaningless, it depends on whether you can upgrade. But the upgrade can't be a hard requirement, this thing depends on the qualification.

So the positioning is very awkward, similar to a high school student who has repeated nine years. The Taoist temple doesn't drive you, but you can't be a Taoist official, and if it goes on year by year, many people can't stand it and return the Taoist urn and choose to live in the world.

Twelve disciples, one by one, stepped forward.

The second senior brother is similar to Huo Feipeng, and he has also repeated the grade for many years, and when it comes to this position, the Taoist temple has basically given up on them, and no longer invests in it.

The third is Long Yunfeng, she is of high seniority, but she is young, only fifteen years old.

"I was lazy and missed a lot of classes...... Coursework is middle and middle. ”

Xun Yu glared at her, that thing was hey and happy, faceless and skinless. Then, Guo Kejing said: "After nine years of entering the view, 700 points of study per quarter will be completed." More than fifty inscriptions are inscribed, and it is completed. ”

As he spoke, Guo and Xun glanced at each other and said, "You have reached the breakthrough threshold, you must study well this year and be promoted as soon as possible." ”

"Then I'll cultivate hard, don't you have to do the task?" Long Yunfeng said.

"When you reach the contemplation period, you naturally don't have to do it again, otherwise you don't have enough points, and you are still unqualified. Guo Kejing said with a straight face.

Shh

Long Yunfeng pursed his lips and ravaged the mud. This is a test of mana and attack power, break it up within the allotted time, the bigger the mud, the more difficult it is.

She is quite proficient in Gengjin Taoism, and her attack power is extremely high, and she easily passed the level, but due to her schoolwork, she finally got a middle and upper class.

The progress of the assessment went from fast to slow, and after the seventh senior sister, it slowed down significantly. The tenth senior brother was the most dangerous, barely breaking up the mud at the last second, and his face turned white with fright.

This situation is passable, but the three of them discussed it and still kept their hands.

Soon it was Gu Yu's turn.

Xun Yu gave it to Shangshang, and Guo Kejing said: "Chen Yu, I have been in the view for less than a year, but I have cultivated before, and I have been collecting qi for two years. 300 points per quarter to complete. There were seven runes before, and according to the rules, more than ten should be inscribed...... Finish. ”

He looked at the other party and asked, "As far as I know, you didn't use points to exchange, where did those few spells come from?"

"The prestige is all exchanged with the senior brothers and sisters. ”

"Uh-huh, I'll testify!" Long Yunfeng raised his hand.

"Hmph! You have taken the luck of the first year, and you will raise the standard every year in the future, and if you play tricks and tricks, you will be expelled from the audience sooner or later!"

Guo Kejing seized the opportunity to reprimand, and threw mud casually, "Within five breaths, break it up!"

The mud rose in the wind and became the size of a horse-drawn carriage.

Gu Yu took a few steps back, his thoughts turned, and he gave up the Water Dragon Technique and the Gengjin Qi Technique, and instead waved his hands.

Call!

In an instant, the temperature in the field soared, and a lantern-sized flame appeared beside him, followed by a second regiment and a third regiment...... There are nine of them, like nine red lights floating around the body, which is very beautiful.

"Go!"

Gu Yu pointed his finger, and the red lights flew out one by one, connecting into a fire dragon, whistling and pounced on the mud.

Boom! Boom!

After the deafening explosion, the mud was too broken to shatter.

Xun Yu's eyes lit up, and after estimating the time, it took three breaths. I can't help but think in my heart, this son is so talented that it is beyond my imagination, if the character is also good, it must definitely be included under the skirt, and I can't let others snatch it!

“……”

Guo Kejing narrowed his eyes, becoming more and more jealous.

Long Yunfeng shouted, the senior brothers and sisters were all surprised, the flame lamp technique is a high-level technique, but he is so freehand, he still has the strength to spare, and he has his own thoughts for a while.

"Wow, senior brother is so amazing!"

Lu Xiaolian clapped her hands stupidly and stepped forward, not looking at Guo Kejing's face at all, until she was scared by the drink.

She took the middle and upper middle school in her coursework, and completed it at 150 points per quarter. In the first year of rookie, there is no need to engrave runes, and naturally there is no follow-up test.

Wu Laozi coughed twice, and was about to conclude his speech, but Lu Xiaolian said in a hurry: "Lord, Weiyi, I want to try that, that!"

"Don't mess around, you haven't practiced art, how can you test it?" Guo Ke reprimanded.

"I'll do something else!"

Lu Xiaolian drew a short sword with a brush.

Well?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at Gu Yu in unison, Gu Yu's face was full of innocence.

Tested with a weapon, it did not violate the regulations, Guo Kejing impatiently threw out the mud, "Within three breaths, quickly test it!"

The mud fell to the ground and became the size of a table, the smallest mass to date.

Lu Xiaolian learned from someone's appearance, her feet apart, holding the sword flat, with a coquettish cry in her mouth, her breath penetrated the sword body, and she stabbed forward violently.

Bang!

Because he was not very skilled, he was hit by the force of the shock, and his small body flew upside down, and Piaj stuck to the ground. And the mud shook and cracked a few times, and it really shattered.

Not to mention how others were, Wu Laozi's face was solemn, he briefly said a few words of summary, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Yu, you come with me!"

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