The Jing River is 93 million kilometers long, starting from the source of the three rivers and flowing into the South China Sea Islands, the feng shui family calls it 'Nanlong', since ancient times, it has nurtured countless creatures in the basin, and it is said that in ancient times, there was a river god in the river that was enshrined by the heavenly court, and gradually disappeared into history later. This section of Quzhou is only a part of it, the green mountains on both sides of the river, the sound of apes is crying, the mountains are like hanging in the fog, and the water is like rain.

The merchant ship has three floors, the first floor is the cargo hold, which is said to be where all kinds of medicinal herbs and goods are placed, the second floor is the guest room, where the boatman's living life is located, the owner of the merchant ship, Mr. Song, lives on the third floor, and Ning Shu is arranged in a room next to Mr. Song.

The infrastructure in the room is readily available, Ning Shu placed his luggage, changed into clean clothes, took the book "Zhibei Jing" on the bed, turned the first page, and his eyes were the two words Zhibei that twisted like tadpoles.

The title page reads: "Heaven and earth have great beauty without saying, there are clear laws at the four seasons without discussion, and all things have reason without saying." Sage. The beauty of the original heaven and earth and the principle of all things are so that people do nothing, the great sage does not do, and the actions of heaven and earth are also viewed. ”

Saints, supreme people, great saints?

Ning Shu scratched his head, the cultivation method was a little different from what he imagined, but it was similar to the hundred schools of etiquette he had read.

It's just as bald.

Reading and reading, he could not get in, and his eyes were a little sore, so he threw the scriptures aside, pushed open the door and walked to the board.

It has been more than ten days since he left Ping'an City, the air is still damp, Ning Shu stood on the bow of the boat, thinking of the girl standing at the head of the city when he left the city, his eyes were extremely distant, and his mood was extremely melancholy.

From time to time, a few fish jumped out of the water, the scales were shiny, and the guys on the boat scrambled to take the net to pick up the food, the fish meat was fat, and the fish soup boiled out of the medicinal herbs on the boat, the fresh fragrance of the milky white soup spread throughout the boat.

Merchant ships sail in the middle of it, and the harmony is like a painting.

The people on the boat heard that Ning Shu was going to Los Angeles for further study, and they congratulated him one after another.

The Divine Dynasty implements a recommendation system at all levels, distributes quotas proportionally, recommends talents from each district government of the four major states in turn, and goes to Los Angeles for further study every year. Under normal circumstances, everyone will be selected and assessed before the study, and only after passing will they officially start studying, and after graduation, they will be assigned to various civil, political and military fields in the empire.

It's a path to leap into the dragon's gate.

Los Angeles has the most abundant learning resources, both civil and military, hundreds of schools of thought contending, thousands of years of historical precipitation, so that the Divine Dynasty relies on this to recruit talents from all over the world for the use of the country. The children of rich families, princes and nobles have to try their best to get recommended places for their children, so as to add a strong touch to the family history.

Because of this, the strength of the human race is unparalleled in the world.

The Divine Dynasty has the best geographical location on the mainland, located in the plains, the three rivers are mutually beneficial, and the national capital Luocheng is located at the foot of the mountain of Heaven and Earth.

On the one hand, it is because of the talent training system, and on the other hand, it is the co-governance of civil and military affairs, which complement each other. The three dukes are in charge of the civil servants and teach the world with etiquette. The four marquis of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, the Marquis of Western Shu, the Marquis of Nanqu, and the Marquis of the Northern Wilderness led the troops to sit on the frontier of the empire, pacify the war, and the Hou Throne was passed on from generation to generation, and the gods did not fall for thousands of years.

The end point of Ning Shu's trip is the heart of the empire's civil and military inheritance - Buzhou Mountain Taifu.

Therefore, the people on the ship were very enthusiastic about Ning Shu, knowing that there was a young man on the ship who could at least be promoted to a knighthood in the future, and people would often come to ask him all kinds of questions, as long as he knew, he patiently answered them one by one, winning a lot of favor and respect.

Ning Shu looked at the river of spring water in front of him, in a daze, he was just an ordinary person, and he was not sure if what he had learned could occupy a place among so many people. Although I have read a lot of books under the arrangement of old scholars since I was a child, I want to compare what I have learned with this point, and I want to compare with those profound families, which seems extremely small.

There is no shortage of smart people in the world, and the capital in their hands is gradually weakening.

But...... After all, the road is self-walking, and who would want to know the future?

......

......

"Take a sip?" Mr. Song didn't know when he walked to the bow of the boat, and handed a pot of wine to Ning Shu in his hand.

Ning Shu took it and raised his head to take a sip, it was not as spicy as he imagined, nor was it as sour as the fruit wine brewed in the city, there was a hint of sweetness in the mouth, and it quickly flowed through his throat into his stomach, like lighting a fire, but it was not scorching, and the warmth swept around his body, turning into a force, dispelling the dampness and dullness brought by the rainy weather for several days.

"How is it? It's not bad, this is brewed by the drunken immortal house in the old alley of Los Angeles, this is the most ordinary, their family's treasures of the year are all sent to the palace, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find a bite. Seeing that Ning Shu didn't speak, he continued: "It's normal to be homesick, I was sad to leave my parents when I was like you, but it will all pass, and we will return to our own home one day." You see, after more than 20 years of absence, am I just going home this time?"

Mr. Song said with a smile.

Ning Shu looked at the resolute eyebrows and eyes of the person beside him and the look of expectation in his eyes when he said that he was going home, and couldn't help but ask, "What is Mr. Song doing all these years?"

Mr. Song didn't speak, but stroked the dark golden wrench with his hand, and an earthy yellow mist slowly emerged from the top of his head, which then condensed into a sword, and the light of the sword body was entwined, and the earth-like heaviness came to his face. The air trembled slightly, whining like a whimpering wind that cut through space.

Ning Shu never expected that the person he was talking to in front of him would actually be a cultivator. In his impression, cultivators should be high-minded, not eating the fireworks of the world, and even saying that they would not walk with mortals like him, because they were not people of the same level.

This is one of the few times he has seen a cultivator perform a spell so closely, the old man when he was a child always gave Ning Shu the feeling of a charlatan, and the method used by Mr. Song was more like a word of mouth of the immortal family.

"I have been yearning for practice since I can remember, at that time there was a storyteller under the overpass near my home, he would often tell some myths and legends, what sword fairy thousands of miles away to behead the enemy, what woodcutter dreamed of five hundred years, dream of immortality, what chaotic period of the demon war, what heaven enshrined the gods of the world and so on, I fantasized that one day I could fly into the sky, and the bad guys were wiped out in the backhand, that should be the future that children of my age yearn for the most. ”

Ning Shu listened to him talk about this, and he had a sense of familiarity, because when he was a child, he often listened to the sloppy Taoist priests in Ping'an City tell some myths and legends.

"Do you know why those dignitaries are desperate to ask for a place for Taifu to study?"

"Do you know why the secular state established by the gods and a human race stands tall in an era when all races are vying for hegemony?"

Ning Shu shook his head, because he really didn't know this.

He sometimes wondered why he rarely saw disputes since there were cultivators in the world, and he had also asked Chen Shanhai, but he didn't get a clear answer, and only remembered Chen Shanhai's proud smile.

Logically speaking, cultivators are already rampant in the world, and can even recruit disciples or establish a country, Ning Shu has never believed that cultivators are all dedicated to the Tao and do not get touched by red dust.

"Because the Divine Dynasty has a Taifu. Mr. Song looked at the Jing River in front of him and sighed, at this time he had already put back the sword with the condensed earthy yellow mist above his head.

Taifu, two simple words, actually has such a lot of energy, which Ning Shu did not expect. In his impression, the records in the book and Chen Shanhai's conveyance that Taifu should be a place to study, just like a school in the city.

The book says that Taifu has the richest classics in the world, covering heaven and earth, and advocates that there is no class of education, regardless of aristocrats and commoners, regardless of background, as long as they pass the assessment, they can become Taifu students.

How can a scholar confront a practitioner?

This is the confusion in Ning Shu's heart at the moment.

"I used to be one of the many students in Taifu. Mr. Song said, his tone full of pride.

"Presumably you also know that the books and classics of Taifu cover heaven and earth, but if you think about it from another angle, there must be cultivation classics. It is rumored that at the beginning of the establishment of the Divine Dynasty, the various sect classics collected from the conquest were incorporated into Taifu. This is an important reason why people all over the world are eager to become students in Taifu. ”

"But most importantly, it is rumored that there are saints in Taifu. ”

"When I passed the Taifu assessment and embarked on the path of cultivation through my own exploration, the gentlemen praised my talent. I wanted to jump into the dragon gate, but I didn't expect that my family would encounter a change due to the dispute between the court and the court, and I was forced to leave Taifu and Los Angeles as a last resort. In the end, he entered a sect outside the world to continue his practice, and was cultivated by the sect, and it took him twenty years to reach this realm. ”

Ning Shu listened quietly to him tell his story, did not interrupt, just be a polite listener.

"After leaving Taifu, I realized how powerful the country I live in, even the sect master is very cautious when mentioning the Divine Dynasty, there are many cultivation sects in the world, the surrounding countries, and foreign races. For thousands of years, no one dared to make waves in the land of the Divine Dynasty, except for the unfathomable Taifu, the four armies of the Divine Dynasty guarded the frontier, and the extreme martial intent comprehended by the four princes and princes did not even dare to approach them. ”

"The Divine Dynasty has the best cultivation resources in the world, and only with the permission of the Emperor of the People can cultivators open sects and sects in the territory, and they all have to be registered with the military. Once it is discovered that there is a phenomenon that affects the world, the army will sweep through the iron horses, and the cultivators will not be able to stop it, this is an iron-blooded law piled up from the ruins of large and small sects. ”

"I'd love to go back and see it. ”

Mr. Song drank the wine in his hand.

Ning Shu recalled what he said, imagining in his mind the demeanor of the cultivators he had thought before, and then thinking about the immortals who were now seeking immortality and transcendence, he couldn't help but smile dumbly and shook his head.

If not, they shall not be free.

What else is the point of practice?

He pondered for a moment and whispered, "What if practicing will cause you to lose something important?"

When Mr. Song heard this, he did not hesitate and said, "Then kill the fuck with a sword!"

"Whoever makes me lose something, I cut him. ”

It's that simple.