Outside the Xianyang Post Station was full of tents, and all the candidates were here except for the candidates who lived in Xianyang City.

It's messy, crowded, and noisy.

There is not the slightest atmosphere of learning.

At the place where the post house dined, Xuandu was still wearing a patched kaftan that seemed to never change, while Fan Zeng was wearing a black silk gown.

Xuandu and Fan Zeng are located in the middle of the post station table.

And the surroundings were full of candidates from the six countries, and their eyes kept crossing Xuandu and Fan Zeng's bodies.

Since that day when Xuandu carried him down from the stone steps of Tongtian, he and Xuandu have become the focus of attention of everyone in Xianyang.

Just a moment before the meal, more than a dozen people had already stepped forward to talk, that is, there was a momentary pause when the meal began.

On the side of the dinner table, Xuan was eating the millet in the bowl unhurriedly, as if he was completely ignoring everyone's eyes.

And Fan Zeng's gaze was looking at Xuandu in front of him.

The stone steps to the sky really frustrated him.

He lost again.

Losing to the same person again.

The desperate gap is really a heavy blow.

"Xuandu, have you ever been defeated?"

Fan Zeng put a chopstick in his mouth and asked softly.

The chopsticks in Xuandu's hand paused slightly, and then shook his head gently.

"No, this is the first time I've had to fight with someone. ”

"I thought that in my life, I wouldn't need to fight with others until the Taiyin Academy appeared. ”

Fan Zeng laughed at himself, maybe some people are born undefeated, because he has no idea of winning or losing at all in his heart.

"You came to the Taiyin Academy Palace to seek immortals?"

Fan Zeng seemed to ask casually.

In addition to the collection of books and hundreds of masters that are enough to make people worship the marquis, the Taiyin School Palace is the most moving.

Who can resist such temptation to live forever?

"All my life is to seek immortals. ”

Xuandu ate the last millet in the bowl and drank a sip of water.

"I once wandered away from the famous mountains of Zhuxia and entered the holy land of Xianshan to seek immortals, so I came to the Taiyin School Palace. ”

"For that immortality?"

Fan Zeng looked up at Xuandu, and Xuandu smiled.

"To know what you don't know. ”

"Do you know?"

Fan Zeng chewed these four words repeatedly in his mouth.

"Actually, it's not so much that I'm seeking immortals, it's more like seeking the Tao. ”

Xuandu poured the water in his bowl again.

"Fan Zeng, have you ever heard of an old man seeking the Tao?"

"I want to hear about it!"

Fan Zeng put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and got up.

At the same time, there were also candidates from the six countries.

"In the past, when Lao Dan was young, he studied under a master Shang Rong, who was familiar with astronomy and geography, ancient and modern etiquette, and was deeply respected by Lao Dan's family. ”

"But Lao Dan asks for a very good understanding when he encounters things, and if he doesn't understand everything, he can't sleep at night. ”

"He once asked Master Shang Rong, what is the ultimate of heaven, what is the creation of God? Why does God not obey the orders of the king? Why does the king not rule the world, why is God not autonomous? Master Shang Rong couldn't answer, so he had to excuse himself: 'The ancestor has not been passed on, the ancient books have not been recorded, and the foolish master does not dare to speak falsely. ’”

But there are many questions about the old man, and this kind of excuse can no longer prevaricate the old man, so Shang Rong felt more and more that he could no longer be the teacher of the old man, so he recommended the old way to enter the week. ”

"Until the old man entered the week, he met the doctor, entered the Taixue, astronomy, geography, human ethics, learned everything, "poetry", "book", "Yi", "calendar", "rites", "music" read everything, cultural relics, codes, and historical books are all learned, and there has been great progress in three years. ”

The doctor also recommended him to the storehouse as a clerk. The storage room is the place where the classics of the Zhou Dynasty are collected, collecting the world's literature, collecting the world's books, and there is everything. Lao Dan is in it, like a dragon swimming into the sea, the sea is wide and leaping with a dragon; like an eagle spreading its wings in the blue sky, the sky is high and the birds are flying. The old man is hungry and thirsty, he is well-read, gradually improving, the source of etiquette and music, and the purpose of morality, and three years later he moved to the history of the Tibetan room, which is well-known and broadcasts in the sea. ”

"Xuandu, what exactly do you want to say?"

Fan Zeng frowned.

The people around him were also puzzled.

What does this story have to do with seeking immortals?

Xuandu gently drank the water in the bowl and said softly:

"I have to ask for the so-called immortality, immortality is not beneficial, what is the difference between thousands of years and thousands of years?"

"I am seeking the way, the law of the world, the way of heaven and earth, my heart is thirsty for knowledge. ”

"And there is what I want in the Taiyin Academy. ”

Speaking of this, Xuandu dipped the water that spilled on the table, and wrote the word "immortal".

"The nobility of immortals is never in immortality, but in the infinite knowledge. ”

"Immortals are immortals, but they don't know what people do. ”

"In fact, it doesn't matter whether you live forever or not, if there is nothing to ask for in this world, what is the meaning of life and death?"

"I think that's what Mr. Dan thought back then. ”

Xuandu's voice was very faint, as before.

For a moment, there was silence in the station.

Fan Zeng exhaled slowly, and looked at Xuandu with complexity in his eyes.

"You only have the Tao in your heart?"

"It's not just the Word, it's just the Word that makes me happy. ”

"Only the Tao can be satisfied?"

"Is that so?"

Fan Zeng finally knew that there was such a big gap between him and Xuandu.

Xuandu loved the endless knowledge, and he loved the fame and power that knowledge brings.

Xuandu, who was seated, stretched out his hand and slowly erased the word "immortal" again, and rewrote the word "Tao".

"The Tao is immortal. ”

There is only one word "Dao" left on the desktop.

The corners of Fan Zeng's mouth flashed with a bitter smile.

"So what are you waiting for?"

Hyun Du is waiting for someone, otherwise with his character, he will only eat in the house.

"People from the Six Royal Families, or the Qin Royal Family?"

Xuandu smiled, he was indeed waiting for someone.

"Wait for someone who can let me know about the immortals. ”

"Someone who can know about the immortals?"

A thought flashed through Fan Zeng's heart.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise and the neighing of horses outside the station.

Fan Zeng looked up at Xuandu.

"The person you've been waiting for has arrived. ”

"Let's go!"

"Good!"

The two of them slowly got up and walked towards the outside of the station.

After leaving the post station, Fan Zeng saw more than 30 Qin soldiers on both sides of the array, and a military marquis stepped forward and arched his hand: "According to the order of Qin's son Chu, the post station is chaotic, please Xuandu and Fan Zeng to enter the prince's mansion for temporary residence." ”

Xuandu smiled and walked on the top of the car with Fan Zeng.

Under the eyes of the people of the six countries, under the long sky, the car rode away with the Qin soldiers.

Someone looked at the car in the distance and couldn't help sighing: "The same people don't have the same fate!"

They are also candidates from the Taiyin School Palace, and they have to spend their days in a crowded post station with more than 10,000 people, but some people have only been in Qin for a few days, and they are invited to enter the mansion by a child's car.

"Some people are born to be kings, and some are fallen grasses, between heaven and earth, how can all living beings be equal. ”

"Kunpeng doesn't nest with birds. ”