Eight hundred and twenty-five years of the Zhou calendar, in March, the wind is harmonious. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the south of the Lanjiang River, the mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, the forest trees are luxuriant, the verdant is dripping, the apes on both sides of the river are singing and the birds are singing, the spring is full of joy, a group of natural scenery, there are winding mountain roads, built near the river, and the mountains are winding and undulating.

Walking on the mountain road, the mountain light and water are all in the bottom of the eye, and on this mountain road, there are three or four octagonal pavilions built next to each other at intervals, standing between the mountains and rivers, for visitors to rest and enjoy the scenery.

Every good day, there are visitors to call friends, in this group of mountains to enjoy the scenery and chant poetry, spring and autumn season, it is a good time to visit the mountains, especially after half a month, it is the annual township test, the township middle school students meet to swim in the green mountains.

In the octagonal pavilion, Jiang Shangli, who had a delicate face, was dressed in green clothes, sitting in the corner and was inconspicuous at all, just sitting quietly, looking up at the undisturbed Lanjiang River outside from time to time.

"Brother, is that Li Rong?" next ......to him, a handsome girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old pouted, her eyes kept staring at the pavilion not far away.

The three adjacent octagonal pavilions around are built by the mountain, standing near the river, Jiang Shangli is just in the leftmost pavilion, there are only a few four or five people, and in the middle of the pavilion, the number of people is the largest, a total of more than a dozen people gathered, there are some in green clothes, and there are a few in white clothes.

The eyes of the delicate girl stared at the white-clothed young man named Li Rong in the crowd, among the students in the township, Li Rong was the most famous, and invisibly, the surrounding students were naturally around Li Rong.

As a comparison, a student like Jiang Shangli, who is not well-known, will naturally not get too much attention.

Li Rong is young, but he can already see a hint of his appearance, he can't be called handsome and elegant, and he can't even compare to Jiang Shangli, but he has a good reputation, just this, in this country that values talent, is enough to become an ideal object in the eyes of a girl who is just starting to fall in love.

"Oh. Jiang Shangli was stunned for a moment, then replied simply, and continued to bow her head to make tea, the girl saw Jiang Shangli's reaction like this, she couldn't help but stomp her foot angrily, and reached out and tapped Jiang Shangli on the shoulder: "Brother, you are really a wood!"

Jiang Shangli's hand making tea paused, he was silent for a moment, his eyes were full of calm, but his face smiled: "Xiaoyue said that he is personable, then he is naturally personable." ”

Jiang Yue showed a satisfied smile on her face, then turned around, leaned against the railing, and supported her cheeks with both hands, looking like a young girl.

In the invisible corner, Jiang Shangli's smile converged, but the corners of his mouth kept slightly raised, his eyes fell on the Lanjiang River not far away, and whenever he swept over the big stone in the middle of the water, which was called the mainstay, Jiang Shangli's eyes narrowed unconsciously.

This mainstay made him feel indescribable.

However, even if he felt that something was wrong, it did not bring Jiang Shangli a sense of danger, so Jiang Shangli only glanced at the Lanjiang River twice, and continued to land on the tea that had been boiled in front of him.

Leisurely poured a cup of tea into the cup, took a small sip, Jiang Shangli savored the fragrance wrapped in the tongue, looked at the sky, listened to the high talk of the township middle school in his ears, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

"Hey, look, the Jiang family's wooden pimple is enlightening again!"

I don't know who said this, the eyes of the crowd suddenly moved from the mountains and waters to Jiang Shangli's body, and then laughed, but after laughing, this group of students continued to sit there and watch the mountains and rivers, talking about literature and Taoism, as if Jiang Shangli was an unrelated passerby.

Jiang Shangli, fifteen years old, has few visions, that is, since he was a child, he has shown something different from ordinary people, but compared with the visions of those prodigies who can speak at the age of one and write at the age of three, Jiang Shangli is different from ordinary people, that is, quiet, as if everything around him has nothing to do with him.

In layman's terms, it is withdrawn, compared with socializing with his peers, Jiang Shangli prefers to sit there quietly, look at the sky above his head, and read his favorite books.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Shangli is called wood, and even Jiang Shangli's seemingly meaningless actions, such as meditation and viewing the sky, are even nicknamed "enlightenment" by the township middle school students.

However, with all the disturbances in the outside world, what is the use of Jiang Shangli?

For Jiang Shangli, instead of spending his efforts on criticism from the outside world, it is better to enjoy his own scenery, read his own books, and go his own way.

Such a leisurely life is actually really good for Jiang Shangli, if it weren't for the township test half a month later.

Township test, it's really annoying to think about.

On this continent, there are two ways for the human race to gain great strength, one is to exercise their muscles and bones like the demon race, or use drugs to temper their bodies to make themselves strong, and those soldiers who fight make themselves strong in this way.

There is another way, which is to understand the rules of heaven and earth, draw strength from the rules of heaven and earth to strengthen one's body, or use power as a means of attack, and even after cultivating to a certain realm, you can follow the law, only break people's souls, and there are even rumors that after canonization, you can change the rules of heaven and earth.

This rule of heaven and earth is called the Tao.

From the distant eternity, to the three emperors and five emperors, and then to the present, the strange rules of heaven and earth have not changed much, in such a long history, after the death of countless people, the talent will be dissipated between heaven and earth, but this talent has not disappeared, but it has only dissipated, and the heaven and earth are integrated, so the heaven and earth are full of talent.

If one can resonate with these talents, one can make use of those talents that have been accumulated since time immemorial.

The heavier a person's talent, the easier it is to resonate with the talent between heaven and earth, and the greater the power that can be controlled.

Talent is roughly divided into two kinds, one is natural talent, such people generally have words and lyrics, poems and songs at their fingertips, and the other is familiarity, understanding and even comprehension of the scriptures.

This is the fundamental reason why Li Rong, who is just starting to become famous, can be embraced by everyone, after all, Li Rong is a talented person by word of mouth.

Cultivation is to cultivate talents, that is, to cultivate wisdom, and finally to the heart, to the road, and the simplest and most common way to practice is to read books, from the book to appreciate the sage's subtle words, and then resonate with the talent of heaven and earth, so as to realize the Tao comprehended by the great Confucians and heroes of the past dynasties.

At present, there are 10 countries on the mainland, two large countries, and nine small countries, and the large and small countries are only relatively divided, and the difference lies not only in the territory, but also in history.

The history of the two large countries has lasted for thousands of years, while the history of the nine small countries ranges from hundreds to two thousand years, such as the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Guozuo has been more than 800 years to this day.

In the hundreds of years since the mainland was peaceful, the clues between countries have appeared, so in order to strengthen the strength of the country, each country will select its own talents.

Perhaps it is a tacit understanding, or perhaps it is an agreement, eleven countries have chosen the same assessment method to select domestic talents and train them, and this method is the imperial examination.

Children are first enrolled, in the village school, in the clan school, called Mengtong, after the age of ten after the assessment, can enter the township school, called the child, of course, if the clan or the village has a great Confucian teaching, of course, there are also people choose the clan or village school, not the choice of the township school.

Jiang Shangli's hated township examination is an examination for children, but it is only the first step of the imperial examination, once a year, if the assessment is successful, he will be able to be awarded the title of Xiucai by the national dynasty, and he will not worship the officials, and then there will be the government examination, the meeting examination, the palace examination, etc., which is a little far away for Jiang Shangli.

Seeing the official and not worshiping, this is the most fundamental reason for Jiang Shangli to participate in the township test, otherwise, Jiang Shangli really plans not to participate in the township test, live a plain life, enjoy the faint family affection around him, for people who have experienced life and death once, this kind of life is the most flavorful.

Feeling the slight breeze around him, listening to the sound of flowing water, slowly, Jiang Shangli was a little drowsy, he thought so, so he did the same.

Suddenly, a slight snoring sounded.

I don't know how long I slept, first there was a "bang", and then the sound of "bang" followed, and then the exclamations of the students woke Jiang Shangli up suddenly.

"Demon!"

"What a monster!"

"I don't think so, it should be a spiritual thing, not a demon!"

In addition to the human race, there are other spiritual creatures on the mainland, one is the demon race, the other is the spirit thing, or in other words, the spirit thing is some branch of the demon race, after being domesticated by the human race, the domesticated demons and their descendants are usually not wild and will not do things that hurt people, and are called spiritual things.

The excited voices of the students sounded, mixed with the screams of the girls, Jiang Yue also exclaimed, and then walked to Jiang Shangli's side, pulled Jiang Shangli up, and walked to the railing with some eagerness, looking at the Lanjiang River below.

I saw that the originally calm water surface of the Lanjiang River rippled in a circle, and the mainstay that was originally more than one meter above the river surface was already flush with the river, and there was a white fox standing on it, sweeping the pavilion from time to time, with the same curiosity in his eyes, but no malice, obviously a newborn demon with wisdom.

Jiang Shangli glanced at the little fox with interest, it was the first time he had seen a demon, although he was not as fuss as an ordinary student, but he was not as ignorant as before.

Especially when he saw the broken mainstay, Jiang Shangli immediately understood, what brought him an inexplicable feeling just now was this little demon.

A group of people, a demon, just stared at each other.

After a long time, the little fox jumped twice on the stone, then jumped out of the stone, tapped it on the water surface two or three times, and then crossed the river surface dozens of meters and stopped straight on the stone ten meters away from everyone.

Only then did everyone remember that although this little fox looked very cute, who knew if it would hurt people!

Jiang Yue hid behind Jiang Shangli all of a sudden, and didn't forget to quietly look at the little fox not far away, and little stars appeared in her eyes.

The other people also took a few steps back, and suddenly protruded Li Rong in front, but Li Rong had no intention of retreating, looking at the little white fox, his eyes flashed with a eager light, calmed down, and then said categorically: "Zi said!"

The teenager spoke with the voice of gold and iron.

Although Li Rong is not a genius, but his talent is not blown out, he has been immersed in Confucianism for several years, and he also has his own understanding of the classics.

This is called asking for holy words, and scholars who have been immersed in Confucianism for a long time can communicate with the talents scattered between heaven and earth by reciting the scriptures, which is the most common means. Seeing this, the students who followed behind immediately became excited, and they all opened their mouths and shouted, "Zi said!"

The white light on Li Rong's body was three points stronger, Li Rong puffed up, and cooperated with the students tacitly, as if in the school, and at the same time repeated again: "Zi said!"

Although the white light condensed by the talent did not increase, but it did not weaken, which was already a rare encouragement for the students, and when they were about to recite the "Analects" in one go, the little fox flicked his tail, tilted his head and glanced at the group of students, Xu felt that these students were not very fun, and they jumped and jumped into the distance, and disappeared from view after a while.