Chapter 8: The Examination of the Holy Way

"Little friend, I don't know what you think about the old man's invitation to the ceremonial courtyard?" Jiang Lifu slowly stopped smiling bitterly and solemnly invited Zhou Yi again.

"Jiang Zhangyuan, I have some doubts below, I want to ask you?" Zhou Yi did not immediately agree, but asked Jiang Lifu.

Jiang Lifu smiled bitterly in his heart, it was not so easy to be admitted to the hospital after being so big.

"You ask, the old man knows everything!"

"First of all, thank you Jiang Zhangyuan, because it has not been a long time from the Rolik Kingdom to the Empire, I have made a few articles today, and I have received a response from the Holy Dao. However, there are many incomprehensions about the Holy Way in my heart, and I want to understand them clearly, and then talk about entering the Rite Temple. Zhou Yi got up and saluted Jiang Lifu, this head of the courtyard is extraordinary, he did not agree to his invitation, and it is very rare to be willing to answer his own questions.

"No need to be polite, you ask!" Jiang Lifu waved his hand and asked him to ask directly.

"What is the assessment of the Holy Path, and how should it be assessed?"

"Hehe, within the empire, as long as you can communicate with the Holy Dao, you can participate in the Holy Dao assessment. As long as you communicate with the Holy Path in your heart, send out the idea of asking for an assessment, and the Holy Way will naturally assess you. The assessment of the Holy Dao, the question of the examination of the Tao of the Text, and the meaning of the examination of literature and science. ”

"How did Zhu Chengsi get the holy power he used just now?"

"Through the guò holy path assessment, the holy way will naturally give you the corresponding holy dao literary position, divided into children, Xiucai, juren, jinshi, university scholar, great grandmaster, sage, saint and holy nine orders, each literary position can be mastered the corresponding holy power, Zhu Chengsi is the holy son of the military academy, but it is also a humanistic degree, that is, you can pass the guò jinshi assessment. Therefore what you see of the power of his Word is a deep cyan radiance. ”

"I haven't participated in the Holy Dao assessment, why do you call me a child?" Zhou Yi suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the power of the Divine Dao, and the power of the Holy Dao was really strong. Zhu Chengsi is just a lifter, so he can't match this ninth-level martial artist.

"Hehe, that's why I'm here to invite you. You didn't pass the guò Sacred Path assessment, but the article you wrote caused the Holy Dao to roar, and the Holy Dao acquiesced that you passed the first child assessment. This is the first time in thousands of years that this situation has occurred, and it can be called a saint before the child!" Jiang Lifu stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Zhou Yi was silent, using his mind to communicate the Holy Dao, and he could faintly feel that there was a huge whirlpool of holy power wherever his mind went. Zhou Yi tried to send a message that he wanted the Holy Dao assessment, and sure enough, he got a response.

A slender beam of light shone out from the whirlpool, shining directly on Zhou Yi's Yin Hall from the void of the sky. Yun Yishang was about to pull Zhou Yi, who was stunned, but Jiang Lifu stopped him: "Don't touch him, he is participating in the Holy Dao Assessment!

Hearing this, Yun Yishang didn't dare to alarm Zhou Yi, but just sat beside him silently. After Jiang Lifu finished speaking, he also closed his eyes and recuperated, and he didn't have a trace of worry about Zhou Yi's holy path assessment.

Zhou Yi's consciousness was pulled into a void, which was not in his mind, and was obviously pulled out of his body.

"Student Zhou Yi, a native of the Rolik Kingdom, now lives in Nightingale City, Vientiane County, Qinling Empire, and can participate in the children's assessment!" A majestic voice echoed in the void. Then a set of tables and chairs appeared in front of Zhou Yi, with the four treasures of the study room on the table, and a stack of test papers in front of him.

Zhou Yi sat down, unfolded the test paper, and skimmed through it from beginning to end, which was a habit he developed during the exam in his previous life. The children's assessment is divided into two parts, one is a couplet, and the other is a poem, both of which have propositions, and he only needs to answer them according to the propositions.

The ink in the inkstone had been adjusted, Zhou Yi picked up the pen, unfolded the first test paper, and prepared to answer.

"Shanglian: The wind is still falling. ”

The assessment of children's students is indeed simple, and Zhou Yi wrote without thinking: "Birdsong Mountain is more secluded." ”

was about to spread the test paper aside, only to see the test paper float up, and a light directly shone on the test paper in the void, and then the majestic voice sounded: "Student Zhou Yi joint test, first class!"

Ha, it's actually a paper that is answered now, and the Holy Dao assessment is much fairer than many exams in previous lives!

Zhou Yi buried his head and continued to answer the question, "Choose a flower and compose a poem." ”

"The calyx contains snow at the beginning, and it is difficult to paint a solitary standard. There is a rhyme in the incense, and the clear is not cold. The transverse flute and the sorrowful listening, the oblique technique depends on the disease. If the headwind is understanding, it is easy to be destroyed. Many poems flashed in his mind, and Zhou Yi chose a song to write with a pen.

Zhou Yi stood up and waited for the results of the Holy Dao assessment.

"Student Zhou Yi's poetry is first-class!"

"Student Zhou Yitong guò child assessment, both exams are first-class, can leave a name holy monument!"

After two sentences in a row, and then a white jade plaque was imprinted into Zhou Yi's consciousness, he only felt that his connection with the Holy Dao was closer, and the method of using the Holy Power was gradually clear.

"Student Zhou Yi, please continue the assessment!" Tasting the sweetness, Zhou Yi tried to continue to apply for the assessment and obtain a higher academic degree.

"Zhou Yi, the child of Nightingale City in Vientiane County of the Qinling Empire, can continue the Holy Dao assessment. Soon, the Holy Dao responded and allowed Zhou Yi to continue the assessment.

The set of tables and chairs did not disappear, and another stack of test papers appeared on them.

Zhou Yi sat down and looked at the test papers without hurry, but the Xiucai assessment was three tests, one was a couplet, two was poetry, and three were lyrics and songs, which were still propositions.

"Shanglian: Chickens are hungry for beans. "The question of the Xiucai test is really difficult, this sentence is connected with five words, and two words need to be homophonic before and after. But after Zhou Yi has a thorough understanding of calligraphy, this kind of topic is still a piece of cake.

Zhou Yi thought for a while, and a beautiful regular script jumped on the paper, "The mouse is cool on the summer." ”

"First class!"

didn't pay attention to the results of the Holy Dao assessment, Zhou Yi directly spread out the next test question, "The meaning of farewell, seven-word poem." ”

"Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and daylight, the north wind blows geese and snow. Don't worry about the road ahead, no one in the world knows you. Gao Shi's "Don't Dong Da" was first imprinted in his mind, and Zhou Yi didn't think much about it, and wrote it directly.

Then there is the third test question, "Lovesickness and parting are bitter, words and songs are acceptable." Here, Zhou Yi made a difficulty, there are many songs in the Song Dynasty that describe the bitterness of lovesickness and parting, but there are very few that can really move Zhou Yi.

Suddenly, I recalled what Jiang Lifu said just now about the defense of men and women, and most of the love in the world was broken up by such rituals. I felt something, but Yun Yishang thought of a quiet and talented tragic woman - Tang Wan!

Hairpin Phoenix!

Zhou Yi settled down and decided not to follow the requirements of the test questions, spread out the test papers, and wrote with a pen. His strokes and dots are implicated in each other, but the traces of implication are as thin as a gossamer, but they are the books of the Southern School.

"Red crisp hands, yellow vine wine. The city is full of spring palace walls and willows; the east wind is evil, the joy is thin, a sorrowful feeling, a few years away, wrong, wrong, wrong! Spring is like the old, people are empty and thin. Tears are red and silky, peach blossoms fall, Xianchi Pavilion, although the mountain league is here, the brocade book is difficult to trust, Mo, Mo, Mo!

The world is thin, people are evil, and the rain sends dusk flowers to fall. The wind is dry, and the tears are left. If you want to write about your heart, you will be oblique in your monologue. Difficult, difficult, difficult! People become different, today is not yesterday, and the sick soul is often like a swing. The horn is cold, and the night is dark. Afraid of people asking, crying and pretending to be happy. Hide, hide, hide!"

These are two poems, the combination of Lu You and Tang Wan, the sad mandarin ducks, which really makes people cry when they read it. After Zhou Yi finished writing, he couldn't help but feel deeply saddened by the encounter between the two people in the words, and at the same time vowed never to let such a tragedy be staged in this world. In the way of one's own culture and education, we must abandon the dross of etiquette and religion.

After a long time, the white jade plate in his body flew out, and in the voice of the Holy Dao, "On the first grade, pass guò Xiucai assessment!"

Zhou Yi came back to his senses and was about to apply for the assessment again, but suddenly woke up.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Yun Yishang pulling her arm and calling softly, it turned out that the sky was already bright, and before I knew it, the night had passed. Zhou Yi was a little puzzled, it didn't take him long, why did it pass like this overnight.

Yun Yishang was worried about Zhou Yi, so she couldn't help but wake him up. This time, Jiang Lifu did not stop it, because the time for Zhou Yi's assessment was too long, far exceeding the time for the assessment of ordinary children.

After Zhou Yi woke up, a holy aura came out of his body, far stronger than Tong Sheng, Jiang Lifu was shocked and asked, "How many assessments have you participated in?"

"Hehe, I have obtained the Xiucai degree!" Zhou Yi said with a smile.

"This must not be the case next time, the time in the Holy Dao Examination Ground is different from the time in reality, where time flows faster. One day of the word and one year on earth. The more you go to the later assessment, the longer it takes. Many scholars fail the assessment because their bodies can't bear the flow of time, and you must remember this, your body is not strong enough to support the passage of time. Jiang Lifu said.

When Zhou Yi heard him say this, he realized that it was no wonder that the Imperial Holy Dao assessment was so difficult, it turned out to be like this. The more you go to the later assessment, the more difficult the questions are, and it takes a lot of time just to solve the questions, and there is no need to clarify your thoughts and answer the questions. In this case, an hour in the examination room may be that many days have passed, how can the body in reality support such a long time without water and food? Only when the body is strong can it support a longer time to answer questions.

This requires the scholars to use their holy power to continuously strengthen themselves after an assessment of the Tongguò. Wait until the physical strength is sufficient and the accumulation of literature and Taoism is sufficient before you can participate in the next assessment. Moreover, during the assessment, someone needs to be there to support you, and once you notice that the candidate is not in good health, you need to wake up the candidate.

"However, your speed is still very fast, which means that your literary accumulation is very abundant. Although the assessment questions for children and talents are simple, in reality, it only took one night, and I am afraid that you will not spend enough time in the examination room. I also wondered why it took so long for a child to take the test, and I was worried that you didn't know about the assessment, so I didn't stop her from waking you up. Jiang Lifu patiently explained, and at the same time secretly admired Zhou Yi's literary talent.

"Jiang Zhangyuan, thank you for your teachings, I have thought about it, I am willing to enter the Rite Academy!" Zhou Yi got up and bowed, he had already thought about it, if he wanted to really affect the literature and Taoism of the empire, he could only change from the top down. In the midst of a great dream, the revolution from below is easy to touch the hidden forces of terror, and it is also unable to gain the approval of the Holy Path.