I don't know how many trillions of people live together in this vast world, there are people, ghosts, demons, demons, immortals, and gods, all walks of life exist independently of each other, but they are closely intertwined, but these intersections, sometimes collide, sometimes merge.

Between heaven and earth, there are mortals whose lifespan is only a few decades, there is the power that can fly to the sky and the earth, and there is the old immortal who can change the color of the world with a cough for many years, and there are countless large and small sects and empires that are vertical and horizontal and subjugated by all races, mountains and rivers are full of dangerous animals and plants, and there are countless stories of all races and things.

The qi of heaven and earth has true qi, spiritual energy, and vitality energy, corresponding to different people and different realms. The qi of heaven and earth contained in mana also preliminarily determines the level of strength, mortal warriors and low-level monks cultivate with true qi, middle-level monks practice with spiritual energy, and high-level powers enjoy endless lifespans with heaven and earth vitality.

As soon as the sun rose in the early morning, a ray of sunlight shone into Qin Zhongyu's bed from the window, only to see a thin little hand suddenly move a few times, rubbing his fingers against his eyes, and after a while, he seemed to struggle before he slowly opened his eyes, squinted and sat up slowly, the ring stone pendant around his neck shook a few times, and then looked out of the window carelessly, the sunlight was a little dazzling, and he stretched his waist before he was ready to get up.

The mountain village in the early morning was a little cool, he subconsciously wanted to pull the quilt to cover his legs, but he fell into the air, looked down, only to find that there was no quilt, and couldn't help but say:

"I kicked the quilt again last night. ”

Only then did he get off the bed slowly, stuffed the quilt that I don't know how many patches it had to be on the bed, put on the patched clothes and pants, looked at the patched shoes, squatted down, patted the baby, and then put it away, and shouted:

"Daddy. . . Mother.. I didn't hear a response before I went out barefoot.

After passing the hall with only a few low benches, I walked out of the door to the kitchen, but I didn't find my mother's figure, only some simple cutlery and a large stone water tank quietly there, there was no fire in the stove, and I muttered in my heart:

"Where did my mother go, why didn't she cook. Then he turned and went out.

Qin Zhongyu saw a big man walking in front of him, carrying a big ax as if he was going to chop wood, and shouted to the big man with a smile:

"Uncle Zhang, have you seen my parents? I don't know where they went?"

Dahan touched Qin Zhongyu's head,

"Little mouse, I didn't see your father, but don't worry, they may have gone to the east of the village, I heard that there is a city academy doing enrollment publicity, you can go there to have a look. ”

"Oh, thank you, Uncle Zhang, then you go get busy first, I'll go there and have a look" After saying that, he ran away.

The big man looked at the little back,

"Alas, they are all eight years old, and they don't have a pair of shoes, so I pity the sensible baby. ”

There is an old locust tree three or four zhang high at the east end of Ping'an Village, the trunk is very thick, it takes three or four adults to hug it, the branches are luxuriant, the tree is four or five zhang in the range of its protection, it is often the place where the villagers discuss matters and children play.

Today, under the old locust tree at the head of the village, there are several tables, and there are a few young people dressed as scholars and an old man sitting next to the table, and the villagers are talking a lot.

After a while, the old man with gray hair and a sheep's beard stood up and shouted:

"Fathers and fellow villagers of Ping'an Village, everyone be quiet, I am Li Zhong, a teacher of Yucai Academy, this time we Yucai Academy came here to recruit students, as long as the children who are over six years old, they can sign up for admission. ”

"Ah, he's Li Zhong. ”

"I heard that this person is the most knowledgeable person in our Xiuyang City, but I didn't expect to come to recruit students in person this time. ”

"Is that the Li Zhong who has cultivated several lists of eye-seekers?"

"Yes, it's him, the teacher with a sheep's beard and gray hair, isn't he the only one in our Xiuyang City?"

Everyone was talking about you and me for a while, very excited, ordinary people's children want to enter Yucai Academy, it is very difficult, usually only the sons and young masters of large families and the children of official eunuchs can go, I didn't think that ordinary people have the opportunity this time.

Li Zhong and the young men were very satisfied when they saw everyone's excited expressions, and they all looked at them with a smile and discussed, and they were not in a hurry to disturb, and after a while, Li Zhong cleared his throat again and said:

"Although this is open to the public, there are conditions, we only recruit extremely smart children, and the tuition fee needs 20 taels of silver. ”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly fell silent, things are not so simple, it is really difficult for ordinary people to go to school. There was silence for a while, and then someone shouted:

"May I ask Mr. Li, what is extremely smart, how can I tell if I am just a child of a few years old? ”

Everyone looked at Mr. Li expectantly, and a pair of clear and bright little eyes turned a few times, as if they were also thinking about the old man's words and waiting for the answer, but they didn't make a sound.

Mr. Li was not surprised by everyone's questions, and said with a smile:

"It's very simple, for children, we give priority to their memory, as long as the school-age children follow my students to recite the three-character scripture a few times, see how many achievements they can remember, Xiao Lizi, I'll hand it over to you below."

When he had finished speaking, he said no more, and sat down and stroked his beard.

A young scholar pointed to the side and said:

"Parents who are willing to enroll their children in school are invited to bring their children here to gather, arrange up, and I will take them to recite the three-character scripture three times. ”

Qin's mother Wang took the child's hand and walked over there with her husband, Qin's mother looked at the child and smiled and said:

"Yu'er, don't be nervous later, you can remember as much as you can, your mother and father won't blame you or anything."

Qin Zhongyu looked at his father a little nervously, but Qin's father didn't say much, only said "Go", looking at the departing child, his palms clenched slightly. Wang looked at her husband and just smiled slightly, didn't say anything, just gently held her husband's hand in her hand, nodded, and then looked at the child.

After a while, the children's voices were heard chanting, "At the beginning of man, nature is good... ”

"Now follow me to Mr. Li and see how much you remember. Bringing the children to the old man with a sheepbeard, Qin Zhongyu and a boy of about the same height but a little chubby were in the last row, and the young scholar said respectfully:

"Teacher, please test. ”

Li Zhong pointed to a chubby child in front of him and said:

"Don't be nervous, kid, you can recite it first. ”

I saw that the child looked at Li Zhong and lowered his head and recited a few sentences, so many children did not recite half of them, and there were several who cried their noses, Li Zhong didn't care, and listened patiently, but he felt hopeless in his heart, and wanted to basically memorize it, it was too difficult for these children, but he was unwilling that the students could only be the children of high-ranking officials and rich families, and he just took the opportunity of the academy to recruit students from the public, so he visited everywhere. I thought there was no hope, but when a thin child spoke, Li Zhong smiled on his face, although he still stroked his beard, he nodded, and after a while, the three-character scripture was recited by the child as smoothly as a clear spring. The whole audience was surprised by this child, and they became restless for a while.

"Ah, Qin Zhongyu is so powerful"

"The future of the little mouse is immeasurable. ”

All kinds of compliments, and Father Qin's clenched fist slowly opened at this time, and there was a smile on his face.

"Kid, what's your name, you're really good, it's rare, haha. Li Zhong said with a smile.

"Mr. Hui, my name is Qin Zhongyu. Qin Zhongyu replied without a trace of timidity.

"Haha, okay, okay, kid, can you take me to meet your parents?" looked at Qin Zhongyu, who was not timid, and said with satisfaction.

"Sir, my father and mother are over there, please come with me. ”

With the child, I saw a pair of men and women standing side by side not far away, the man's figure was medium, his face was dark but the outline was clear and he looked very spirited, there were several large patches of gray coarse cloth coat that were very conspicuous, the woman's head was to the man's ear, she was dressed plainly, she didn't see a piece of jewelry on her body, but a goose egg face made people very kind, but her face was a little sallow.

Facing the oncoming gentleman, Father Qin waved his hands and said:

"I've seen Mr., I've bothered Mr. ”

Wang also smiled and saluted, and then took the child's hand and pulled Qin Zhongyu back to his side.

"This kid is good, smart and polite, let him follow me, in the future, the old man will pay you a champion, how about it?"

"Thank you, sir, Yu'er, come and see Mr. and kowtow to him. Father Qin said to Qin Zhongyu.

"Yes, father. Sir, Qin Zhongyu has kowtowed to you, please meet sir. As he spoke, he kowtowed to Li Zhong.

"Okay, okay, get up, this is my admission voucher for Yucai Academy, and the children will come to school in half a month." ”

After speaking, he handed Qin's father a paper voucher, although Qin's father invited him to his home many times, but when he saw the child's bare feet and his parents dressed up, he knew that his family was not good, and he was afraid that the master's family would be embarrassed and he excused himself, so Qin's father had to give it away with a smile.