It turned out that Master Kong Zhi was born in the scholarly family, and his father was a monk in the dynasty, and the reason why Kong Zhi was called Kong Zhi is because it has the meaning of "omniscient and omnipotent", and this name is also the expectation of the family, hoping that he can learn well through the present and the ancients, and become a pillar of the Xiuxian Dynasty in the future, and become a great intellectual.

Kong Zhi really lived up to expectations, not only brilliant, but also very hard, learning astronomy and geography, pharmacology and philosophy, physical chemistry, mathematical geometry, poetry and songs, a learn, four years old can memorize hundreds of poems, solve mathematical problems, has known 3,600 words, seven years old can export into chapters, put pen into poems, long speeches, ten years old has become a famous little celebrity in the hometown of a hundred miles. The Kong family, relatives, and neighbors all came to watch. Men and women, young and old, praise up and down, full of praise, Kong Zhi is immersed in the happiness of being praised every day, and the small neck is even taller when he walks, and the appearance of twisting his waist and shaking his stomach is cute. In the eyes of secular adults, it is cute, but in the eyes of many learned people, it is typical pride.

However, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Kong Zhishu reads a lot, but the social experience is almost zero, although it is also talked about in the book, but it is all on paper, and it is a top job to give ideas to others, but it may not be useful when it is his turn. And this wind is not deliberately bad by anyone, maybe people praise his foot-holding style, or it may be the tongue of relatives blowing the wind, and more his own character style.

Just when Kong Zhi took the Xiucai exam for the first time, something happened.

My second master, Kong Zhi, was the youngest child at the time, only 11 years old, and participated in the government examination for the promotion of Xiucai, and one of the exam questions seemed ordinary but very important: What is the highest reward for a loyal and good general who has made great contributions? This is a question personally written by the Immortal Emperor.

Speaking of the Immortal Emperor, I have to explain that many people think that mortals and immortal cultivators are two kinds of existence in one world, and the management of the world will be given to mortals, but in fact, it is impossible for the world with immortals to give the power to manage the world to mortals, and the vast majority of the court from top to bottom are immortal cultivators, and the few mortals are also great wisdom among mortals, otherwise they will not be able to rank in the court class at all, and a small number of mortals who have obtained tolerance are related to the people of the court, which may be able to earn a little light, and one person can get the advantage of the chicken dog ascending to heaven, as the so-called people in the court are good officials。 There are also some of the best among the people, people with both ability and political integrity, and high prestige, although they cannot cultivate immortals, but they are good at craft manufacturing, law-making, trade negotiations, engineering construction and other talents, and they will also be reused. Mortals are not much stronger than ants, and if a monk wants to kill a mortal, he can just twist his fingers and stomachs, and even blowing ashes can suffocate a group of mortals to death.

To get back to the point, if the question "What is the highest reward?" If you don't answer the question correctly, other poems and songs, mathematical gossip, loyalty, righteousness and filial piety, no matter how good the answer is, it doesn't count.

Although Kong Zhi was only 11 years old, he was erudite and talented, and wrote: "How to reward loyal ministers and good generals, then we must first talk about the issue of rewards and punishments." In the era of distant ancestors, the Seven Emperors, Eight Emperors and Nine Supremes not only treated monks with kindness, but also treated ordinary mortals with kindness, no matter who did good deeds would be rewarded, not only rewarded, but also those who made great contributions should write jokes and sing them to encourage others to learn from the models. If someone does something bad, then they should be punished, but when punishing, they do not forget to pity him and hope that he can correct his mistakes, so they are also more generous in punishment. After the ninety-five supreme, seven days and eight points were combined, in the era of the Taizu Immortal Emperor of this dynasty, the chief of the criminal law was established, Gao this person mostly solved the problem by killing, but the Taizu Immortal Emperor said that it was too cruel to do so, and should be forgiven, and repeatedly amnesty the world, giving sinners a chance to be a new person, so whether it is a monk or a mortal, they love Taizu Immortal Emperor. The immortal emperors of all dynasties have the hearts of sages......"

However, the later generations of immortal emperors have different ways of treating rewards and punishments, so that people adapt to a kind and have to adapt to a kind again, one of the emperors has proposed: treat the person who can be rewarded or not, if the reward is a bit too merciful, and the punishment of the person who can be punished or not punished, it will appear unbenevolent, so it is necessary to legislate, which has the rules of reward and punishment, until today according to the severity of the person's mistakes, there is a criminal law, a civil law, and divided into "mortal outline" and "monk outline" The two major parts, and by the Demon Division unified implementation, but there is no distinction between the "Award Law" and the "Heavy Reward Law" for rewards, there is no clear standard, only the fairy emperor is rewarded as he likes, and the law court is random, and even some areas only have "reward methods", which are determined by all walks of life according to the actual situation, if there is a large-scale evaluation and selection activities, there are people who cheat for personal gain, and for the sake of vanity, they compete maliciously with people who have really contributed and learned. ”

"The reward of giving an official title seems to be useful to the ministers of the court and the central government, and loyal ministers and good generals can get it, but they don't want an official title for some heroic heroes of the people, and if they have made great contributions, how can they be rewarded? Therefore, the title of official and knight is not a reward that everyone asks for. And if only the laws that have been used all along to control the people and restrict behavior, even the ministers of the DPRK and the central government must be controlled, this is a strict rule of the world, and it is unethical. ”

Therefore, there is benevolence in the punishment and the scale in the reward, which seems to be the way of balance and the rules of heaven. If you have to find the highest and ultimate, I think 'love the country and love the beauty' is the dream in the heart of every hero, if the immortal emperor is willing to give the country and the most favored concubine to the meritorious minister, that is the greatest gift. Benevolence is benevolence, love is love. ”

Kong Zhi pouted when he wrote this.

After answering the paper an hour in advance, he walked towards the door of the examination room with his little neck raised, and when he pushed open the door of the examination room, Kong Zhi was naughty, and deliberately operated the aura, so that a gust of wind poured in from the outside, causing the candidates who were answering the papers to fly, a little arrogant. The examiner who invigilated the examiner used his aura to suppress the wind, then shook his head and said to the supervisor who was motionless and closed his eyes to recuperate: "Although this son is young, he has an arrogant face, even if he is talented, it is difficult to become a great weapon."

However, what Kong Zhi didn't know was that the previous answers were very good, and it was this conclusion that ruined his official career and became a "supernumerary", mixed in the chaotic secular world of cultivating immortals, the Immortal Emperor personally read the papers, and saw the conclusion of this question Long Yan was furious, and ordered "Kong knows that this son is banned from the examination for life, and the qualification of the child is cancelled. ”

When Master Kong Zhi talked about this, I regretted that the person who became the Immortal Emperor would not lack the resources for cultivating immortals, and there would be a lot of Linglu Spirit Stones to take every month.

However, I was a little unconvinced, and said, "Master, you are not making it up, if you are so smart, how can you be reduced to wandering the streets." Alas, Master, how did you get that gold ingot?"

"I don't care what your first master is, looking at his appearance and style, nine times out of ten he is also a casual cultivator, and most of the people who can be caught by the demon hunting envoy are casual cultivators. It is difficult to cultivate experienced masters in the big sects, and some sects will also pay more attention to experience, so they have to go down the mountain and improve their experience by doing tasks. And we have an advantage of casual cultivation, that is, we have been experiencing, it is difficult to become a real power without experiencing beating, without experiencing love and hatred, right and wrong, how can you hone your mind, the mind can't go up, it's useless to just practice, the mind can reach a certain level in order to understand the avenue of heaven and earth, integrate and penetrate, assimilate with the aura of heaven and earth, and gradually feel the truth of the universe, in order to use the aura to the extreme, and even do whatever you want. ”

Kong Zhi didn't tell me directly how he cheated the gold, but first talked about the cultivation principle of scattered cultivation, which seemed to be a little more profound than Master Tears.

He continued: "I just used a small trick to worry about the gold ingot, my immortal monk's special skill is the art of change, but you can't leak it to others, otherwise I won't spare you if you are my apprentice." ”

As soon as I heard it, this is a heavenly opportunity that cannot be revealed, this will not be spared, it will kill me, after all, the best way to seal the secret is to let me die. cough, no matter how good the master is, he is not a father, and accepting me as an apprentice may have some purpose. I suddenly thought of the change he said, can I change anything I want? I suddenly had a question, since it can change, isn't it okay for Kong Zhi's appearance to change to someone else's ability to take the examination again? I immediately asked: "Since Master is naturally good at changing, isn't it okay to become another person and then take the imperial examination?"

"Ahem, I don't know, although the immortal monk seems to have the strongest comprehensive ability, but in fact, God has given you special skills, and he also has to bring you a lock, but there will be some restrictions, for example, the biggest problem with my transformation technique is the time limit, but it is enough for me to play, haha." ”

"Yes, Master is a genius who can make up for this shortcoming. ”

"But nine catties, there is one thing I have to tell you, Yi Shumen still needs some tests if you want to really get started, you can only be an outer disciple now, once you meet Yi Shumen in the future, you will say that it is my apprentice of Kongzhi, and everyone will look down on you, but you have to be really capable, otherwise it will insult my reputation." Kong Zhi said solemnly.

I also replied solemnly, "Yes, Master." But where is our sect?"

Kong Zhi smiled slightly, and stroked his mustache in a matter-of-fact manner: "When you become an official inner disciple, you will naturally know." ”

The world of cultivating immortals is really wonderful, there are big sects, there are evil and crooked ways, there are hidden sects, and there are such sects that are covered by clouds and mountains and fog, and the gods are mysterious and secret. However, I didn't understand it at the time, so I just got on the road in a daze.

I obediently asked, "Master, since this is a test, what does our sect do? I must know a thing or two." ”

"Haha!" Kong Zhi laughed, brushing his beard again, like a master outside the world, but he does have a feeling of being full of wisdom, and the hidden character and temperament in his temperament are difficult to change no matter how much he changes externally, and this kind of smart person's temperament contains a trace of charm, it seems that it is because he has become a casual cultivator and a worldly relationship. In short, a person who could have soared and become extremely smart and went to the people, there would definitely be unwillingness in his heart, but looking at his current happy appearance, it seems that it doesn't matter, maybe it is a kind of open-mindedness of him, a kind of contempt for the world. A master often has a personality, if the vulgar will be difficult to become a master, I have a little reverence for Kong Zhi, such a person who has lost his career, in the eyes of others may be down, but he can not see the slightest dissatisfaction on his own face, maybe this is the life he wants, is it not good to be free? Yes, I also feel it, I am really comfortable being a casual cultivator, and I can go wherever I want.

Master Kong Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "The so-called 'easy' is change, and the so-called 'number' is broken. Your background, your state, I only need to observe for a while to see seven, seven, eight, eight, this is the essence of our easy number. Mastering easy numbers is considered to be an entry, and the level of cultivation is secondary. ”

I nodded thoughtfully.

Master Kong Zhi continued: "All sects and sects, all kinds of immortal cultivators have their own methods of obtaining resources, the big sects open mines, and most of the scattered cultivators steal and rob, and naturally there is no shortage of deception, our sect relies on inference, judgment and other methods to deceive people, so as to achieve the purpose of having cultivation resources." The kind of stealing was caught very badly, the kind of robbery is very common, often fighting, the slightest carelessness will be a life, and we deceive relatively safely, the slightest bad will slip away, fighting methods, that is the matter of barbarians and fools. ”

I thought about it, and sure enough, how could the big gold ingot get into his hands, but if he didn't fight, how could he improve his actual combat experience? I tilted my head a little puzzled.

Kong Zhi seemed to see it, and said: "It's not true that we don't fight once, and we have to shoot as a last resort, but we must have a chance of winning first, otherwise we don't shoot easily, and if you can use other methods, you can use other methods, living is the king's way, and if you die, you still repair a woolen fairy with big feet, and you won't live long if you say that you can fight, that's all." ”

"Follow me!" Kong Zhi finished speaking, and jumped from the bed to the ground, and I obediently followed out.

The innkeeper will come to the business, and when he saw the two of us going out, he said, "The Taoist is going in and out slowly!"

This time we came to the door of the tailor's shop again, and there was a quarrel inside, listening to the content of the quarrel, I suddenly realized, it turned out that the woman came back to the boss to ask for gold ingots, and the boss said that he didn't take it at all, no need to ask, it must be the master who used the change to pretend to be the tailor shop owner, and then fooled the woman, as for the details I don't know.

As soon as the two of us walked by, Master looked at me and said, "The world is already full of disturbances, and I just add an extra touch to this disturbance, and it is precisely because of people like me that the world is a little more exciting." In other words, this is also a test for them, thinking about right and wrong, right and wrong, loss and gain. ”

I feel comfortable for Master's calmness, such a master is much more clever than Master Tears, he can be so calm after doing bad things is really impressive, but this kind of generosity and mind seems to be off track, although Master Tears steals things, he is very Buddha-natured, and this master seems to be a stinky fart, the demon king of the world, and the feeling of understanding the world.

"Do you think that I can be so calm and a little thick-skinned after I have done something immoral. "Kong Zhi's sudden words made me admire again, this person observes people, thinks about problems is simply a god, and the deviation is very small.

"The reason why I can directly determine your thoughts is the combination of reasoning and experience, so while the ability to calculate and reason is that Yishumen pays attention to, practice and experience are also very important. By the way, I have a very thick skin, thick skin is a basic quality, but thick skin and thick skin are not the same, the thick skin of a scoundrel is relatively low-level, and my thick skin is the key to survival, sometimes you are found in the process of cheating, most of them are because you are too thin-skinned, and a look is easy to be noticed. After all, you think you are smart enough, but others are not stupid, especially if you are suspicious, you have to have the consciousness of playing whoever you are, once your true body is exposed, it will be miserable. ”

But the world is against deception...... Liar!" I said, a little embarrassed.

"Alas, deception and liars are two concepts, deception is not difficult to hear, you think about the fact that children deceive the elderly is sometimes kind, men pursue beautiful women and also have to package themselves to achieve their goals, sometimes you only have a good purpose, then deception is not a deception, but help but love and assist. There are also people who do business and tell lies every day, in order to achieve their goals, they are also deceitful, and they are also called merchants and traders, so deception is also divided into good and evil. Doesn't this mean that life is full of deception? Liar, what is a liar, an apprentice like you who pretends to be well-behaved with me is a liar to the master, isn't it?" As soon as his voice fell, his eyes revealed a fierce cold light, as if a sharp sword pierced my throat, and my throat and eyes were blocked. At the same time, there was a terrifying aura emanating from all around his body, and I felt the huge coercion from him for the first time, it was too powerful, I felt that I had instantly turned into an ant, and there was a feeling that I could be easily pinched to death by him, after all, people were spied out of their true thoughts, as if they were running naked on the street, and the feeling of being seen through them was like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, if it was a good thing, if it was a good thing, if it was ...... I'm really embarrassed in this situation.

He said, "Your heart is trembling because your face is suddenly slightly red, so my easy judgment is accurate, yes and no?"

I nodded, flustered and unable to utter even a single "yes". I thought that the previous performances were very good, but I didn't think that he would see through it a long time ago, but before that, I didn't see that he saw through me, Kong Zhi, Master, you are really a bull, you are stronger than tears, I did meet a master. Yes, in my life of cultivating immortals, I was definitely very lucky to meet Kong Zhi, and later I was used for a lifetime, and I finally believed that he was once a prodigy, a genius among geniuses, and a later incident proved this.

His next words made me a little glad: "However, you can do it to this extent you are already very talented, just because of this performance, I can accept you as an inner disciple, a member of the Yi Shu Sect, but if you want to find the Yi Shu Sect and other disciples, you still have to rely on yourself, and it will take some time." People in our line of work will not easily expose themselves, so there are very few people who know each other. ”

I really think it's funny, there are still such sects in this world, and the people don't know each other very well, and now if I eat noodles, I have to laugh out of my nose and eyes. However, in addition to the horror, a big surprise also came, I immediately nodded in response, and immediately accepted this new master, the master I selected, cheap, and even the apprenticeship was saved.

The two of us continued to walk calmly, as if shopping, and I became calm and calm under his influence.

I didn't exaggerate kneeling and kowtowing, I knew that I definitely didn't like it with Kongzhi's character. Sure enough, when he got to a place where there was no one, he said: "You didn't make exaggerated moves in the crowd, you appreciate it very much for the teacher, and you have to keep it like this in the future, great joy and sorrow are not suitable for being easy to count, you must always be calm, you must know what you do, because we are liars, but the good and evil of deception, whether the deception is clever or not, whether the performance is in place, you need to grasp it yourself, this all depends on understanding." Good and evil are in one thought, as long as you have a good heart, all your deceptions will contain the great principles of the universe, and they will have supreme brilliance. ”

I nodded again and expressed my heartfelt feelings: "Master, don't worry, I cherish this fate, I will not let you down, and carry forward the spirit of this sect for generations to come." "Of course, I learned these words from the two of them, my knowledge is not profound, and I don't have a deep knowledge of it. But I was full of slander in my heart: "If you can tell the deception so openly, you are the only one in the world." ”

"Well, okay, then you watch, Master go get thirty high-grade spirit stones!"

"What? Master, I heard you right, where are you going to get it? Not to mention thirty pieces of high-grade spirit stones, even one piece I think is very precious and rare. ”

"Precious, something more precious than spirit stones is something in this world. "Kong Zhi denied my claim.

I think of Wang Qianqiu, the head of Wang Qianqiu's team, for the sake of money, for the spirit stone, for the sake of his own cultivation, he did not hesitate to harm others and benefit himself, and he did not hesitate to die in the world, but in front of Kong Zhi, money and spirit stones were not worth mentioning, as if he could cheat the flowers casually. The realm and means of people and monks are really different, and they are very different, Kong Zhi thinks that there is something more important than the spirit stone, then there must be one, and I will know it soon, and I will know it before it is even two hours later.

He instructed: "After a while, you will be a well-behaved apprentice, you will do whatever I tell you to do, don't be surprised, doubtful, blushing and other emotional changes, just be a stupid apprentice." I nodded yes, and he turned and knocked on the dark door of a large mansion beside him, and the knock was rhythmic, rhythmic, and beautiful, and there was a spirituality beating in every voice, a gift from the depths of his soul—the ultimate intelligence.