In the next three days, Lu Fenfang forgot to sleep and eat and studied hard, only slept for two hours a day, and even three meals a day were sent by the little disciple at the behest of Tiaohua. On the third night, Fragrance was so sleepy that she lay on her desk and fell asleep in a daze.

While half-asleep and half-awake, Lu Fenfang heard someone talking outside the window. She didn't hear the first few words clearly, but the next few words became louder and louder, and Lu Fenfang woke up about to wake up, and heard a male disciple say: "Senior Sister Chengwu, send food to that mortal girl again?" ”

"Yes, Senior Sister Tiaohua has instructed, saying that the three elders of Tianweiwu, Ning Dan, and Precept will test the knowledge of the Lu girl in Tian Academy, and she will work hard to endorse the book, so that we can take good care of her diet, so as not to exhaust her body." A young female voice replied.

"Cut, what, isn't it just a mortal woman who has no spiritual roots, and she is also worthy of being a waiter?"

"Senior brother!" Cheng did not have any dark hatred, and signaled the male disciples not to speak falsely. The male disciple said impatiently: "She has been with us for more than ten days, didn't she recognize Senior Sister Tiaohua's soft-heartedness and pestered Senior Sister to find her a job." I thought she was an outsider, and it was enough to be a cook and maid, but who knew that she had such a big appetite and wanted to be a waiter! Which of our incense servants is not from a family of cultivating immortals, is she worthy of being a mortal girl? ”

"Senior brother, don't say more, Senior Sister Tiaohua protects her, such a ridiculous thing, even the three elders agreed, what else can we say."

"I really don't understand what kind of ecstasy soup she poured into Senior Sister Tiaohua. Senior Sister Tiaohua has such a good heart, but don't be taken advantage of by this girl of unknown origin. ”

"Don't worry, if she dares to use any crooked brains, we will definitely not agree. Besides, there is still a little uncle, who dares to make a mistake? ”

The two later said a few unrelated words, and it happened that Tiaohua came back, and a few people dispersed after a few words, Tiaohua came in with the food, and saw that Lu Fenfang was lying on the desk and fell asleep, so he gently put the food on the table and covered Lu Fenfang with a dress. She saw that she was sleeping soundly, so she couldn't bear to disturb her, and turned and closed the door.

The next morning, when she arrived, she knocked on the door, brought Lu Fenfang clean clothes and fresh food, urged her to freshen up, and sent her to Tian Academy. Fragrance was in a trance along the way, and when she talked to her, she was also stunned, as if her mind was full of the books she had memorized last night, and it seemed that she had not read anything.

When the two arrived at the gate of the east courtyard of Tian Academy, Tiaohua asked the disciple guarding the door, "Have the three elders arrived?" ”

"The three elders have just arrived, and the examination hall has been prepared, and Miss Lu can go in."

"It's good that we didn't come late, so let's go in-"

"Eh, wait a minute—Elder Weiwu has instructed that Senior Sister Tiaohua doesn't have to go in with the girl on the road."

Xia Yingqiao actually calculated that her enthusiastic daughter would accompany Lu Fenfang to take the exam. Since Lu Fenfang came to Taisu Palace, she was in a coma for a day and a night, and she recuperated for more than ten days, and she had never seen anyone. But if she had to be accompanied by Yunhua for the exam, she didn't think it was appropriate.

"It's okay Sister Tiaohua, you still have to go to Dongyang Daoist Academy to practice swords today, and I will deal with the exam myself."

Tiaohua couldn't, so she had to say: "Okay, I'll wait for you at the door, take the test, I'll wait for your good news!" ”

Fragrant smiled at Huawan, took a deep breath, lifted her skirt, and walked into the examination room. The door of the hall was closed immediately, Lu Fenfang looked up at the plaque hanging in the center of the hall, and there was a white beard and white beard sitting on the main seat under the plaque, with a solemn expression, but on the west seat was a beautiful woman with beautiful face and shining eyes, who was smiling and talking softly with the elegant and gentle man who was about forty years old in the east seat.

These are the three elders of Weiwu, Precepts, and Ning Dan, but Tiaohua has not described the appearance of the three elders, and she is not right. Lu Fenfang gave a fist salute, bowed down and said, "Lu Fenfang greets the three elders." ”

"Sit down, little girl." The beautiful woman smiled, and turned to the man in Dongxi, "Senior Brother Wei, I didn't expect that it was such a delicate and slender little girl who bravely captured Zhou Chongbi that day, we all guessed wrong." ”

It turned out that the elegant man in Dongxi was Elder Ning Dan Wei Yingya. Then the white-haired Taoist priest in the main seat is the mighty elder Xia Yingqiao, and the beautiful female Taoist is the precept elder Fei Yingli. Fei Ying Li was called first, and Lu Fenfang also matched her identity, so she wouldn't be called wrong.

Wei Yingya said with a smile: "People can't be good-looking, and the sea can't be measured." ”

The female Dao smiled and said to Xia Yingqiao who was sitting at the seat: "Please ask Senior Brother Xia first." ”

Xia Yingqiao was straight, flipped over the things on the case, there was no smile on his face, he raised his eyes to look at Lu Fenfang and said, "How old are you this year, where are you from?" ”

Lu Fenfang understood that Xia Yingqiao wanted her to introduce herself first, so she said loudly: "Elder Huiweiwu, the little girl's surname is Lu Fenfang, her ancestral home is Qianzhou, because her parents died when she was young, she came to Wanzhou with her uncle at the age of nine to ask for a living. When I was ten years old, my uncle died of illness, so I first worked as a handyman in Baoxiangzhai in Xiuyang County, and then worked as a female worker for three years to learn the craft of making incense. I have also made a lot of harmony incense for the Wanshou Temple in the city, and I know a little about the spices used in the Daomen. ”

Xia Yingqiao nodded, closed the paper scroll in his hand and handed it to Wei Yingya, and stood up. Lu Fenfang was taken aback, there was not half a word in what she said just now, why was Xia Yingqiao angry?

Lu Fenfang's heart was pounding. Xia Yingqiao still had a stern face, and said to Wei Yingya: "I don't have anything to ask, go back to the Yuxu Palace first, you two ask." ”

Xia Yingqiao turned around and went down to the hall, Lu Fenfang forgot to say what she wanted to say to him, and then she realized in her heart that she was too unimportant and not worth wasting time on the mighty elder. Fei Ying Li said with a smile: "After studying for three years, I must be proficient in incense, unlike me, who only learned spices after being a waiter, I don't know how many jokes I made." ”

As soon as Fei Ying Li said this, Lu Fenfang was completely stupid. It turns out that the current incense is the precept elder Fei Ying Li! No wonder all the disciples were indignant that she was taking the incense service exam, it turned out that she robbed the elder's errand!

Lu Fenfang couldn't cry or laugh, Tiaohua was too kind, I don't know if she helped her or hurt her. Now Fei Ying Li smiled gently and modestly, but I didn't know if I hated her in my heart.

Lu Fenfang thought about it again, no, she took the incense service exam just to help the incense maker make zuò spices, at best, she was an incense master, and she couldn't go beyond Fei Ying Li. The disciples below didn't know the true situation and spread the rumors, and they thought that Lu Fenfang was going to be a Taoist priest serving incense, so they were all dissatisfied with her.

"Miss Lu?" Fei Ying Li said softly, "Will you answer my question just now?" ”

Finished. Lu Fenfang was just thinking nonsense, and she didn't hear Fei Yingli ask any questions at all. She had to tremble and said, "I'm really sorry, the question that the elder just asked...... I didn't hear clearly. ”

Fei Ying Li was not angry and comforted: "Don't be nervous. I'm just asking, since you have helped the Taoist temple to make Hehe incense, do you know what spices are commonly used in the door? ”

It turned out to be such a simple question. Lu Fenfang calmed down and replied loudly: "There are ten kinds of harmony incense commonly used in the Daomen, namely 'Returning to the Wind', 'Against the Wind', 'Seven Colors', 'Nine Harmony', 'Tianbao', 'Tianxiang', 'Baihe', 'Xinling', 'Rebirth', and 'Reducing Truth'. If we say that there are eight kinds of heart incense, 'Tao', 'Virtue', 'Wuwei', 'Nature', 'Purity', 'Wonderful Cave', 'Lingbaohui', and 'Super Three Realms'. ”

Fei Ying Li listened to it and smiled silently. Wei Yingya said: "Senior Sister Fei's problem has always been full of traps, but it still didn't stump Miss Xiaolu. ”

"It's obvious that Miss Lu is drawing inferences, but Senior Brother Wei blames me for being harsh, which is really wronged." Fei Ying Li glanced at Wei Yingya. These two elders only said a few words, and it seems that there are a lot of open and secret battles between them.

"Tell me, how to use the spirit incense?"

"The incense of the spirit can reach the spiritual place of the Emperor of Heaven, and its incense is synthesized quantitatively by descending the truth, tulip, agarwood, fast incense, Huoxiang, sweet pine, angelica, rhubarb, incense, Xuanshen, etc. The place where the incense is made should be the quiet room, and on the day before Jiazi, five tablets are placed in the clean quiet room, and incense lamps are offered. In Jiazi day to collect all the incense products, Bingzi day grinding materials, Wuzi day and incense products in one place, Gengzi day to make incense pills for the Temple of Heaven on the day of the mountain, Renzi day into the gourd hanging, and then to Jiazi day to burn a pill to worship the sky, and then not allowed to be commonly used. Whenever there is an urgent prayer, burning it can lead to the virtue of the gods. If you are traveling on the road, or encounter the difficulties of the wicked, or suffer from the danger of wind and waves in the rivers and lakes, in the midst of danger, there is no fire to burn, chew the incense in the mouth, and spray it upwards to avoid its misfortune. ”

These are the original words in the "Emperor Zhidao Taiqing Jade Book". Lu Fenfang has no other strengths, that is, she has a good memory, and it is difficult for her to memorize a few paragraphs.

She finished memorizing but felt inappropriate, Fei Ying Li just now humbled herself and didn't learn incense, and praised her for being proficient in incense art and being able to draw inferences, she is now reciting the original text, isn't it a show? It's better to deliberately make a small mistake, which can be regarded as saving Feiying Li's face.

Next, Fei Yingli's questions became more and more difficult and detailed, and Wei Yingya said that she was harsh and did not wronged her. And she had asked so many questions, but she didn't give Wei Yingya a chance to ask.

"Our Taoist sect mainly relies on incense and fragrant soup bathing to practice, Leng Qian Zhenren once made zuò 'Taiyi incense' can help the gods after burning, but the process is secret, it is said that the raw material formula should be combined with the four qi and five elements, do you know what the 'four qi and five elements' are?" The ninth question was asked by Fei Yingli again.

Lu Fenfang pondered, what are the four qi and five elements, which is not mentioned in the "Xiangyan", because these four qi and five elements are the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and they are also the basic common sense of Taoist disciples' health practice. Fei Ying Li found that the knowledge of spices was difficult to make her fragrant, so she began to use the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine to make her ugly.

Before Lu Fenfang could say anything, Wei Yingya frowned and said, "Today is the Xiangxiang exam, what are you asking her for?" ”

"Heh, the four qi and five elements are originally the principles that must be followed in the production of Taiyi incense, does Senior Brother Wei blame me for asking the wrong question?" Fei Ying Li said dissatisfied.

"You also said that Taiyi Xiangxiang's recipe is secret, you don't know, where will she know?"

Wei Yingya is kind, he wants to fight for Fragrance, and the situation is about to get out of control. Lu Fenfang didn't know whether to say it or not, but now she has an idea, and said in a deep voice: "I really don't dare to hide it from the two elders, although my family was poor and had no opportunity to study when I was young, I also eavesdropped on the lectures in the school, and I vaguely remember the four qi, probably cold, cold, warm, and hot; As for the five elements, the five elements ......"

Wei Yingya and Fei Ying Li looked at Lu Fenfang together, each with hope. Lu Fenfang said: "Gold, wood, water, fire and earth, but I don't know how to connect with the four qi; Or bitter, sweet, sour, bitter and salty, it's all pharmacology, and I don't understand it. ”

When Lu Fenfang said this, Wei Fei and Wei Fei both laughed. Fei Ying Li said: "Miss Lu is really smart, when did I make it difficult for her?" I think it's Senior Brother Wei, you're making things difficult for me, and I'm almost the same. ”

Wei Yingya shook his head and said, "That's not entirely true, if you ask these weird questions again, it will scare her." ”

"It's not weird at all! Senior Brother Wei doesn't usually dabble in incense recipes, so it will be weird to listen to. Fei Ying Li was not convinced.

"Okay, let me ask a few questions, you just said the five flavors ......."

Wei Yingya didn't finish speaking, only heard the bell ringing eagerly in the courtyard, and stood up solemnly with Feiying Li. Both of them didn't care about bickering, and they looked like they were the same enemy. Fei Ying Li said: "Miss Lu, on behalf of the head of the sect, Bo Mingzhong will gather all the disciples, we all have to go to the Jade Void Palace, and today's incense burning exam will end here." ”