It seems that this is the first time in three years that someone has pointed out that he wants him, and Guo Song almost agreed.

But he still held back, he was no longer the original Guo Song, after eating wild vegetable batter porridge for seven days, he still wanted to try the opportunity to eat imperial grain.

Seeing him hesitate, the old Taoist priest smiled and said, "I will wait for you outside today, if you come, we will leave!" ”

After speaking, the old Taoist priest floated away, Guo Song looked at the old Taoist priest walking away, but he was surprised to find that the wooden sword on the old Taoist priest's back turned out to be a Western-style cross sword.

Who is this old Taoist priest?

………..

Zixiao Heavenly Palace is the largest Taoist palace in Kongtong Mountain, high on the top, but it does not choose Taoist children itself, it generally selects excellent Taoist priests from the five affiliated Taoist temples.

The five affiliated Taoist temples of Zixiao Heavenly Palace are known as the Two Palaces and Three Temples, which are the Red Ape Palace, the Xuanhu Palace, the Green Ox Temple, the White Aries Temple, and the Yellow Crane Temple.

They are the protagonists of today, and the five real people sent by the two palaces and three courtyards are sitting high on the wooden platform, eating tea while watching the children's performance with expressionless faces.

Each child has about twenty seconds to perform, and they have twenty seconds to show their strengths, and then their fate is decided by five real people, whether to tick or cross.

Of course, there will be five real people who like one person at the same time, but there is already a tacit understanding between them on how to coordinate.

The 320 children were lined up in five teams according to the roster, and one team took turns to come forward, and they immediately knew the result of their selection.

Guo Song was in the fourth team, in front of him was Han Xiaowu, and in front of him was Zhang Hu'er, who almost killed him.

"Next, Gyeongju Weipyeong!" The steward of the reception house shouted.

A child stumbled onto the stage, he was of average physical fitness, neither strong nor thin, he took out the pledge and shouted: "The boy is the blessing of the Wei family, the first wealthy family in Gyeongju, and the family promises to donate 80 yuan of incense money every year." ”

The five real people glanced at each other, and the martial arts real person of Xuanhu Palace ticked behind his name, and this Daotong Xuanhu Palace accepted it.

There are only three situations that can be chosen, either you are powerful, you have money and food, or you are physically strong.

This time, the rich Xuanhu Palace accepted it, then the next rich one was collected by Qingniuguan, and then the next one was accepted by Baiyang Guan, so as to take turns, this is the rule of choosing the road for more than 20 years, and everyone has a tacit understanding.

The Taoist priest behind Wu Miaozhen raised the red card, and the steward immediately shouted: "Xuanhu Palace selected!" ”

Wei Ping was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and rushed back.

"Next, Qizhou Ma Mingming!"

Another child ran up, he had no background, his face was red, and he struggled to lift a thirty-pound stone lock, which was thirty pounds, forty pounds, and fifty pounds.

If you want to show that you are strong, you must lift forty catties above your head, or lift fifty catties to your chest, like this Ma Mingming, who only lifted thirty catties, Yedao may want him, but the two palaces and three views will definitely not look down on him.

Guo Song quickly glanced at the gate, there were dozens of Taoist priests standing at the gate, they were all wild Daoists, and after the two palaces and three views were over, they would come to pick up the leaks.

Guo Song didn't find the old Taoist priest, and he didn't know if he went back?

The five real people shook their heads, crossed the back of Ma Mingming's name, raised the black card, and the steward said coldly: "Failed!" ”

Ma Mingming walked off the stage with a depressed face and walked quickly towards the gate, at this time, he could only count on Ye Dao to collect him.

……….

Time passed quickly, and an hour later it was the turn of the fourth team.

"Next, Weizhou Zhang Hu'er!"

Zhang Hu'er walked up to the platform with great momentum, and he did not hesitate to lift the fifty-pound stone lock and lift it high in one breath.

The Taoist priest behind the real person of Xuanhu Palace raised a red card, and the steward shouted: "Xuanhu Palace is selected!" ”

Zhang Hu'er arrogantly waved his fist to the audience and swaggered down.

"Next, Lingzhou Han Xiaowu!"

Han Xiaowu rushed to the stage in a panic, he bowed deeply, and struggled to lift the thirty-pound stone lock........

"Failed!"

Han Xiaowu lowered his head and walked towards the gate, he knew that he couldn't get through, so he counted on any wild way to accept him?

"Next, Lingzhou Guo Song!"

The audience suddenly burst into laughter, and someone shouted in a strange voice: "Marshal Guo Cao came to the stage to worship Yin!" ”

The laughter in the audience was even more presumptuous.

Guo Song walked up to the selection platform, and the brows of the five real people were furrowed, they all remembered that this child, the thinnest one in the courtyard, actually came again.

Guo Song didn't wait for the black card to be raised, and immediately took out the "Tao Te Ching" he wrote and said loudly: "This is the "Tao Te Ching" written silently in regular script, and I can still silently "Analects", I guarantee that the word is good!" ”

The courtyard suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at each other, this is the first time in more than ten years that someone has shown that he can write, saying that he is good at writing and Taoism, will it have an effect?

The five real people looked at him coldly, and their eyes seemed to be looking at a humble and shouting ant, and they all invariably made a cross behind Guo Song's name, and the black card was raised.

"Failed!" The steward shouted expressionlessly.

Guo Song sighed in his heart, he was really said by the old Taoist priest, the literature and Taoism are declining, the martial arts are prosperous, and there is no future for learning literature.

He slowly walked down the selection platform, and like the other children who had failed the list, he walked towards the gate, where there was another selection.

Han Xiaowu greeted him and whispered, "I was selected by Jingle Palace." ”

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "Congratulations!" ”

"Hey! Chosen by the wild road, what is there to congratulate, you also go and try it! ”

Guo Song came to the gate, dozens of Taoist masters shook their heads and took a step back, not every Taoist temple can't look down on the Tao, it's really that Guo Song is too thin and weak, and it will definitely be a burden to enter the Taoist temple.

After some weighing, the Taoist priests still gave up on him.

Guo Song walked towards the gate with heavy steps, and he didn't know if the old Taoist priest was still there? If you come to him when you are down, will he look down on yourself?

I walked out of the gate in a nervous mood, but saw that under a pine tree, the old Taoist priest was looking at him with a smile, Guo Song's nose was sour, he walked forward quickly, bowed and saluted, "Guo Song is willing to go up the mountain with a real person!" ”

………...

Kongtong Mountain is located in Pingliang County, Yuanzhou, is a branch of Liupan Mountain, a radius of 100 miles, it is connected to Liupan Mountain in the west, Qinchuan in the east is 800 miles, Guanshan in the south, Xiaoguan in the north, Jing River and Rouge River are surrounded by the south and north, and converge in front of Wangjia Mountain, which is a strategic place to enter Guanzhong from the northwest.

The mountains here are majestic, the peaks and peaks are stacked, the precipices are towering, it seems to be a ghostly axe, the forest sea is vast, the smoke cage fog lock all the year round, it is like an ethereal fairyland, it has the reputation of the first mountain in the west since ancient times.

Guo Song had been to Kongtong Mountain in his previous life, he knew that this famous Taoist mountain covers a huge area, there are dozens of large and small peaks, the highest peak is more than 2,000 meters, even the most famous Wutai Peak, you have to climb more than 1,000 meters, I don't know where the Taoist temple of the old Taoist priest is?

He walked very slowly, and the old Taoist priest was also very patient, walking and stopping, without urging him, at this time, there was no stone step plank road in later generations, it was all mountain paths, steep and slippery, it was very difficult to walk, and sometimes he had to climb vines.

After walking for half an hour, Guo Song really couldn't walk.

He panted and asked, "Old Man, are you ..... your Taoist temple here...... On five sets? ”

The old Taoist priest shook his head, "Wutai is a place to eat imperial grain, where is our turn, the Qingxu Palace I took you to is in Cuiping Peak at the western foot of Xiangshan." ”

Guo Song's heart was cold, Xiangshan is the highest peak of Kongtong Mountain! Actually in Xiangshan, can you climb it by yourself?

"What, regret it?" The old Taoist priest asked lightly.

Guo Song shook his head, "I don't regret it, but Xiangshan is too high, I'm afraid I won't be able to climb it." ”

"If you can't climb, you have to climb, I won't help you, this is your first experience, even if you climb for ten days, you have to climb into the Taoist temple."

The old Taoist priest took out another piece of bean cake and handed it to him, "Eat something, rest and leave!" ”

Guo Song has only eaten one meal a day for three years, his body has long been accustomed to hunger, and he does not feel abnormal hunger at this time, but if he has something to eat, he will definitely replenish his strength.

He took the bean cake, sat on a stone and gnawed it silently, the old Taoist priest handed him the kettle again, and said with a smile: "I can see that you are confused, but you are very silent, are you unable to figure it out, you know calligraphy, understand the "Analects", and there is no place to stand in Kongtong Mountain?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Is Wendao really declining?" ”

The old Taoist priest smiled, "To be precise, it should be that the children of the poor family have no future in learning, the imperial examination has been stopped for more than ten years, the wealthy families have controlled the official career, they learn literature to be officials, govern the world, and the children of rich families can also be staff members when they learn literature, and they can enter the official office to be a scribe, but what about the children of the poor family?" At most, it is difficult to make a bookkeeper, or set up a stall, write letters for others, etc., and support the family. ”

Guo Song was silent for a moment and said: "This is only temporary, the Tang Dynasty still has to rely on literati to restore order in the end, since ancient times, literati have been on top, and they can take the world immediately, but there is no reason to rule the world immediately!" ”

"You're right, you may be restored to the status of literati in the future, but not at least for twenty or thirty years, especially in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, thousands of Shengdou small people have realized a truth in their lives, only hard fists can survive, so if you want to live, there is no second way except for martial arts."

"Does the real person mean that I also want to practice martial arts?"

The old Taoist priest glanced at him and said lightly: "Do you think I went down the mountain just to find a Taoist boy who can only eat?" ”