Sixty-seven, the acceptance of apprentices (II)
Chu Yunxiu's traditional sect tests were similar to those that Wen De had done before in many ways.
For example, lifting a stone lock to test strength, imitating some movements to confirm the flexibility and coordination of the body, etc.
But in addition, there are some more things that seem to Winder to be a bit "metaphysical".
For example: touching the bones.
In the ancient martial arts world, root bones are one of the most important qualifications to measure whether a person is good at practicing martial arts.
It has some evaluation criteria that are quite easy to grasp, such as what ten fingers are slender and good at practicing swords, the length of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger is close to that is more conducive to palming, and the thickness of the arms has a certain relationship with the nature of practicing internal force......
Regardless of whether it is true or not, it seems reasonable at first glance.
But there are other things that are very inexplicable...... They touch the subject's limbs with their fingers, and haptic feedback is also an important way to measure the quality of a person's bones.
It's not that Winder doesn't dislike this, it's just that he is speechless, and there is no quantifiable standard for this.
He asked, but neither Chu Yunxiu nor Ma Qianliang could say one, two, three, four, or five, so he could only say in general terms: As far as what they have learned and seen, the touch when touching the bones is close to this, which will be more conducive to the martial arts they have learned in the future.
And as far as Chu Yunxiu and Ma Qianliang's family studies are different, their evaluations of the touch of the bones are also different......
Wende was silent for a long time, guessing whether this was empirical science or simple metaphysical psychological comfort......
Considering that this was the first time to accept apprentices, he didn't give an opinion on this test, but just asked Chu Yunxiu to give an evaluation based on his feelings after the test, so that he could decide whether this thing had any meaning or not according to the subsequent development.
In addition to this, there is also a "gas sense" test.
It means that the tester injects a small amount of internal force into the body of the tested, and that internal force will persist for a period of time, traveling according to some specific route.
This is harmless to the test subject, all they need to do is to feel the internal force carefully during the existence of the internal force, and then try to describe the route of the internal force.
The clearer the description, the clearer their perception of internal forces, and the easier it will be to get started when learning internal forces in the future.
According to his own understanding of the meridians, it can almost be regarded as the tissues or cells of the human body that are more sensitive to the internal force, the vital force, and the process of opening up the meridians and acupuncture points is equivalent to developing and gathering these for easy use.
Speaking of which, I have to mention an additional one:
After the above speculation, Wende did some experiments in secret. He wanted to try to replace some ordinary tissues with the composition of acupoints and meridians, and develop new acupoints or meridians. After many explorations and a lot of hardships, success was successful, but the result was not ideal.
I don't know if it's because Wende's level of manipulation of internal forces is too low, or because of other uncertain reasons, after the new "acupoints", his consumption of internal forces has really increased, but the expressive power transformed has not changed much......
This made Winder depressed, and there was no way to solve it, so he could only put this idea on hold for the time being, and wait for his ability and experience to improve.
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The root bone involves the speed of a person's learning of martial arts, and the sense of qi is related to the quality of internal martial arts practice.
In addition to the above, they will also use some more "metaphysical" or hidden exam questions to measure a person's understanding; In the end, or initially, the mind of the apprentice disciple will be examined.
According to Ma Qianliang's statement, Wende's own understanding: it can almost be classified into two categories:
One is the standard of good and evil, as the so-called armed with sharp weapons, murderous intentions, martial arts can greatly improve the contrast between individuals and groups, so once there are disciples who are not right, the harm to a sect is relatively huge - according to the past history, there is no shortage of disciples who hold grudges because of trivial matters, and after they are successful in martial arts, they will report and reply to the sect.
The second is the issue of loyalty, as mentioned many times before, if a sect wants to cultivate a disciple, even if it is only an outer sect, the cost is also expensive. So after a disciple achieved something, he immediately patted his ass and left...... This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable for the sect.
Therefore, it is very important to confirm that the disciples accepted have a sense of identification with the sect.
It can even be said that after more than a thousand years of inheritance and development of martial arts in this world, the requirements for the heart have completely overwhelmed the requirements for understanding, root bones and qi sense.
It doesn't matter if an apprentice's qualifications are almost, the effort must be worthy of the return, which is what a sect needs most.
But for the investigation of the mind, Ma Qianliang, Chu Yunxiu and others are completely inexperienced.
Their age and status are still in the category that need to be learned and cultivated in the famous sects, and it is naturally not their turn to intervene and teach in the sect.
For this reason, Ma Qianliang and the others were quite distressed, saying that the investigation of Baiyi Villa was at least calculated in months, and they were afraid that Wende would be too hasty in doing so, and they were very worried that the embankment would collapse in the anthill.
It made Winder amused, but after thinking about it for a while, he took it over.
For education, Wende thinks that there should be no class, but considering that there is no shortage of examples of Shengmien and fighting Mi Hatred in this world, he is not interested in cultivating a white-eyed wolf.
He asked Chu Yunxiu to ignore his mind and only test other aspects.
In fact, by this step, the test is almost over. The test results of the enrolled disciples will be left for reference and review, and the person will be able to wait for the rule.
The staff's statement to the outside world is unanimous, "The results will be announced after the registration is over, and the sect will be admitted." At that time, the disciples who have earned money will have someone come to the door to make a special notice, and if they are not at ease, they can also come to the door to find out after ten days.
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As time passed, the first group of people who came to the door began to leave one after another.
And more people are coming.
On the first day of open registration, the number of people who signed up exceeded 300, and the number of people who completed the test exceeded 100 (mainly because Chu Yunxiu's side dragged on for time), and only all the "staff" were busy.
The second day was about the same, and it wasn't until the third day that the number of applicants declined.
By the end of the fifth day, all the personnel had been tested on the seventh day, and the total number of registrations had exceeded 800.
This is not a lot for the population around the entire Chang'an City, but for the disciples of a sect, it can be described as an amazing "grand occasion".
Now their test results are piled up on the desk, waiting for Wende and them to pick out the right prospective disciples.
Well, the reason why I say it is a prospective disciple is because there is still the next round of interview tests......