Lord of the Great Tribulation

Chapter 222 Opening the Mountain Gate (for Subscription)

"Great news! Congratulations to the master Ning Yubo for the No. 9 sub-yuan in the Dingzhou Township Examination of the High School, and the Beijing News has won the yellow first prize!"

Outside the restaurant, the high-pitched voice of the messenger came, beating gongs and drums, with joy.

Ning Bo Shang's face was mixed with sorrow and joy, and he prepared the reward and sent the people who came.

"Congratulations Brother Ning High School!"

Other scholars from the same township or acquaintances stepped forward to congratulate, even if they were jealous, they suppressed it.

The rural examination is extremely difficult, and this step is equivalent to half an official.

In this era, it represents privilege and class.

Among other things, the Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty stipulated that Juren could have [-] mu of tax-free land, but in fact, the number of acres and tenant farmers that could be sheltered was far more than that.

If it reaches the later stage of the dynasty, this power will be even greater.

After all, are scholars governing the world? To be convenient to others is to be convenient to oneself.

In addition, you can also go to the capital to take the Jinshi examination. Once you are selected, you will be on the official career train, and you can go straight to the sky.

Even if you fail, returning to your hometown can completely guarantee a good life and not being bullied.

You can even directly make up for an official, although it is a bit lower.

All in all, to win the exam is indeed to jump over the dragon gate, and it will be very different from then on.

Ning Boshang was in a daze. For several days, he went to pay homage to his teacher with his peers from Zhongju, and had several banquets one after another. On this day, when he returned to the inn, he was so drunk that he saw a scholar from his hometown packing his bags. , could not help asking: "Wang Xiucai, are you leaving now?"

"I didn't pass the exam. I was about to leave. The reason why I stayed for a few days was just an invitation from a friend to see Fang Xiandao open the mountain gate..."

Wang Xiucai's brows were dark: "Now my hometown is being attacked by bandits... My parents don't want me to go back, but I am a son, how can I tolerate this?"

Ning Boshang sighed and stopped talking. Instead, he comforted him with a few words: "I heard that the imperial court has sent His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and he has also brought the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court. The rebellion will be put down soon. Why don't we go to the immortal world together tomorrow?" On the mountain, relax..."

……

The next day.

Climbing the fairy mountain.

The gate of Fangxiandao Mountain is wide open, and the majestic buildings are continuous. Although they are newly built, they have a different charm.

"Autumn is full of vitality, hidden vitality...but there is a sense of morality..."

Guests gathered from all directions, and among them was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man. He wore a green shirt and seemed to have a reputation as a scholar, but he was not very eye-catching.

After all, a group of officials have come, and mere scholars are nothing.

Middle-aged people are also so happy, walking around and watching at will.

This person is the aide of the King of Jin——Mr. Zhou Zhu Zhou Da.

Jin Wang got the appointment, although he was still on his way, but it was his due intention to send his confidants to inquire about the situation in Dingzhou.

Zhou Zhu was dispatched just after showing his intentions a little.

Coincidentally, it happened to catch up with Fang Xiandao's opening ceremony of the mountain gate, so naturally he would not miss it.

'I heard that Fang Xiandao annexed Baodan Sect, Tongxuanguan and other Dao lines, and sure enough, the background has become deeper in one fell swoop, maybe there is hope of being the leader of the Daoist sect in the future? '

Thinking to himself, Zhou Zhu saw a group of scholars passing by, and the leader seemed to be a young Juren.

'Huh?This person...'

His eyes are bright, and he is practicing the secret method of observing people in his sect: "It seems that he has some strength?"Although he is still a juren, but the future is limitless, do you want to recommend it to the prince? '

While thinking, I heard the morning bell and evening drum humming together on the top of the mountain.

"The auspicious time has come, open the mountain gate!"

Tong Hezi stood in front of the mountain gate, as a welcome, and shouted loudly.

The oscillating sound of bells and drums seems to wash away the hustle and bustle of the world, making one step into a fairyland.

"This is……"

Zhou Zhu rubbed his eyes and looked at the side of the road.

I saw an unknown wild flower, which bloomed in an instant, and the mountains were full of autumn, and it turned into spring in an instant.

"The flowers bloom instantly?"

"In the legend, the magical power of the ancient immortals?"

Ning Bo admired and picked a wild flower, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, only to feel the fragrance coming to his nostrils, and he couldn't help being stunned.

The flower was so real that he couldn't help but marvel.

"grown ups……"

On the mountain road, a tolerance couldn't help looking at his Shangguan, who saw a gloomy expression, but didn't speak, and waved his hands: "Record it truthfully..."

Whether it is pretending to be a ghost or having supernatural powers, as long as the momentum is big and the reputation is big, the government will often not tolerate it.

But this time the target was too tough, and even Zhoucheng couldn't handle it.

Fortunately, King Jin is coming soon, they just need to record everything truthfully and leave it to the prince to make a decision.

Pedestrians kept going up the hill and finally gathered in the square.

I saw the five energies gathered and turned into a clear cloud with the size of one mu. Sitting cross-legged on the cloud bed, one person uttered a mysterious voice: "Tao can be said, very Tao, kalpa is kalpa, very kalpa! Kalpa is life and death. Karma, extinction..."

"Meet the fairy!"

When the people saw this scene, they were stunned. Even some wealthy businessmen and scholars knelt down.

Zhou Zhu was mixed in the crowd. Seeing this scene, he felt shocked and almost burst into tears: "It's true! Immortal, true immortal! Our road to eternal life has not yet been cut off!"

He calmed down and listened carefully to Fang Xian's sermon.

But he found that the Taoist master just spoke for a while, and then stopped, which made him very anxious when he was hearing the subtleties.

"This time, the main gate of the Dao is opened. Anyone who enters the mountain is a predestined person. You can worship the mountain gate, or go find a chance..."

After Fang Xian finished his last sentence, the surroundings were surrounded by clouds and mist, and his figure disappeared immediately.

"The immortal asked me to wait for my own chance? Could it be that there is some treasure hidden?"

Beside Ning Boshang, a scholar's eyes lit up: "Everyone... If you don't look for it now, when will you wait?"

Ning Boshang took a step back, and when he saw the escorts rushing away, he also laughed dumbfounded: "Even if the immortals leave treasures, they are only given to those who are destined... How can you force it because of fate?"

With this in mind, he wandered around Fang Xiandao.

"Although the Taoist temple here is newly built, everything is in order, which is extraordinary... Sigh... Immortal Dao, Immortal Dao..."

Ning Boshang looked a little dazed.

In fact, he doesn't have much ambition for an official career.

Especially after seeing the invincibility of the white ape monster and the miracles of the immortals, a kind of unwillingness emerged in the bottom of my heart.

Do I want to spend my life in such an ordinary way, turn into a dry bone, and see other people become immortals at ease?

Do not! Do not!
Unwilling to be reconciled, he suddenly came to a flower garden.

"what?"

Ning Bo looked at a big red flower bud, and suddenly couldn't move his eyes away.

At this time, in the sympathetic movement of energy, the huge flower bud suddenly bloomed, revealing a elixir in the stamen.

"This is... a chance? A chance given to me by the immortal?"

Ning Boshang's heart moved, he looked around and no one was paying attention, he quickly put away the elixir and stuffed it into his cuff.

This elixir is the 'Jie Dan' refined by Fang Xian. It claims to use the blood of the white ape as medicine, but it is actually made with the blood of the tiger demon and eagle demon. Even so, it has infinite uses.

At the same time, Zhou Zhu's heart was beating wildly, and with something hidden in his arms, he also quickly descended the mountain.

(End of this chapter)