TaiHao

Li Wen saw Jiang Yuanchen starting a long talk like the lecturers. His dark eyes rolled, and he changed the subject and said, "Senior brother, are you going to Jinquan Pavilion to meet Elder Sikong? Junior brother, please join you."

As the person in charge of the outer sect, Elder Sikong is willing to point out the younger disciples of the outer sect to add new people to the Taixu Dao Sect, but the number of outer sect disciples in just ten years is hundreds. If the current three waves of outer sects are compared, There are thousands of disciples in total, how can Elder Sikong be so busy? They came to the outer gate’s golden spring to heal their wounds and recuperate. Although he is the nominal leader of the outer sect, he is not here specifically to clarify the doubts of the outer sect disciples and preach the truth. Therefore, this elder opened a Jinquan Pavilion near the top of the mountain. After collecting gas from Lingxia Rock, he asked a question every day. Only those who solved the question could come forward and ask for advice.

However, the topics the elder asked were more tricky than the last, including lighting fires and boiling water, calligraphy and painting, drawing talismans and fighting swords, searching for tokens, and guessing riddles and solving words. Luck, skills, eyesight, wisdom, etc. are all aspects of assessment. The questions are different every day. No disciple can answer the questions correctly for three consecutive days.

Fortunately, the lecturers at the outer sect, in addition to teaching the principles of life, also teach calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, piano skills, archery, medicine and medicine, and other miscellaneous arts. You are not required to master them all, as long as you can use them when walking in the mortal world.

After all, although the outstanding disciples of the outer sect will enter the inner sect to practice the method of immortality, there will still be a group of disciples sent down the mountain to enter Taixu Taoist temples in various places as Taoist priests to gather incense and luck for the Taixu Taoist Sect and spread the prestige of the Taoist sect.

Taoist priests, although this profession has all kinds of rules and regulations, qualified Taoist priests from the Taixu Taoist Sect can master all kinds of literary and artistic skills. Sometimes when you have to travel among princes and nobles, some literary and artistic skills will only lose the face of the Taixu Taoist Sect. It can be said that every Taoist priest who came out of Taixu Taoism is a kind of high-level intellectual. It cannot be said that he is proficient in all mountains, medicine, fortune, fortune telling, and divination, but he must know something. He cannot be said to be proficient in everything. But you must be able to appreciate it. Only in this way can the profession of Taoist priests be placed on top of various industries in the surrounding countries. Even in the neighboring countries around the Taixu Tao Sect, no Tao sect exists except for the state religion of the Taixu Tao Sect. Taixu Taoism is the only Taoist temple among the countries, allowing the influence of Taixu Taoist Sect to firmly radiate throughout Lingzhou.

The Taixu Dao Sect can control the destruction of a country and control the mountain god He Bo in a region to make clouds and rain. This is the power of one of the most powerful Nine Immortal Sects in the Divine Continent. Even if those Taoist priests who let go are losers on the path to immortality, they will not be allowed to use the name of Taoism to dominate, but they will be allowed to spread their faith for the sake of the power of Taoism. Even those accumulations outside may have a great impact. There is a small chance that the foundation building will be successful.

After Jiang Yuanchen and Li Wen arrived at Jinquan Pavilion, more than a dozen of their classmates were already answering today's questions on the table outside the pavilion. In the pavilion, the old man with gray hair and white beard closed his eyes and calmed down, waiting for the pot of tea in front of him to boil.

"It's actually painting?" Li Wen sighed after seeing today's topic: "I'd like to congratulate my senior brother first. I'd better just give up on this topic."

Although the Jinquan outer sect has dabbled in and taught various arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, etc., these only require a rough dabble, and if you want to study intensively, it all depends on your personal interest.

"Tao is everywhere and encompasses everything." This is one of the things Elder Sikong often says, so he also uses these daily problems to encourage all disciples to choose one or two skills to study intensively. Various skills such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting can eventually "enter the Tao", which will be of great help in understanding the way of heaven. It is also okay to choose a leisure skill to express your sentiments on the long road of life.

Because it is not a compulsory skill like drawing talismans and dancing swords, Li Wen is not very interested in various arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, except for the ethics, filial piety, and Tianli Daozang in his daily homework. The acrobatics he chose are shooting Yi bows and arrows. .

As for Jiang Yuanchen, he felt relieved after seeing that today's topic was related to painting. Among other skills such as piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, his most expertise is painting, and this kind of subject gives him a considerable advantage.

After all, it's not like the last time's hide-and-seek problem like finding golden talismans. Things that depend entirely on luck are not his specialty, Jiang Yuanchen thought to himself.

He also looked at the title on the Jinquan Pavilion in detail, and then looked at the dozen fellow practitioners sitting outside the pavilion for a long time before Jiang Yuanchen said to Li Wen: "Although it is painting bamboo, it only lasts for one stick of incense, and it must be done completely. It’s not that easy to copy it based on the pot of green bamboo in the pavilion.”

Today's topic is very simple. You only need to copy the green bamboo placed in the Jinquan Pavilion within one stick of incense, and it will be considered complete. And there are a total of three places for today's question. The selection of the first three qualified people will be the end.

Because the "Jinquan Wenqing" was just after the "Lingxia Qi Gathering", most of the outer disciples on Lingxia Rock had not arrived yet, so Jiang Yuanchen came earlier from Cuiyunping.

Not daring to waste time, Jiang Yuanchen stood outside the pavilion and stared at the green bamboo for a while, then found an empty seat and started painting. As for Li Wen, he stood outside the pavilion, watching other people's paintings with interest.

Although the topic this time is simple, it is just painting green bamboo. But there is only a pen, a piece of paper, and a shallow dish of ink on each desk. In other words, there is no time to start all over again. Everyone only has one chance. If there is a slight mistake, today's chance will be lost.

Although Li Wen has a wild temper, he does not necessarily have to be a fool. He was able to reach the late stage of Qi cultivation at the age of fifteen. In addition to the care of his great-uncle in the outer sect, it was also the result of his talent and intelligence.

After thinking about it secretly for a while, Li Wen thought to himself: "This time it alludes to the struggle between the great roads, where advancement is not allowed, and everyone only has one chance?"

All living beings in the universe have only one life. After the body dies, the soul returns to the heaven and the earth and the imprint of life completely disappears. Therefore, the desire for immortality has all kinds of immortality methods to go smoothly. But even these people in the Immortal Sect are not said to be truly immortal. Even the golden elixir monks will have their longevity decline, because there is no so-called reincarnation and their souls can only dissipate between heaven and earth.

There is great terror between life and death, so for the sake of that slim chance of immortality, one can only walk through the door of life forever without making even the slightest mistake.

One wrong step and the cliff will never turn over!

Li Wen wandered around for a while, being careful not to disturb these fellow students. Qingzhu, who looked at their calligraphy and painting, couldn't help but laugh to himself.

Regardless of whether there are people whose painting skills are comparable to that of Brother Jiang, there are people who know that they have made a mistake but still do not regret it and continue to calligraphy and painting on top of it. This kind of temperament that goes all the way to the bottom will probably be reflected in future competitions. Be severely penalized.

Li Wen learned a lot of inside information from his great uncle. For example, the period of time he spent in the outer sect could be regarded as the scope of Dao Zong's investigation.

Then reading and writing is similar to the "Yuheng Seal Script" of Xianmen. If you don't read and write well, how will you practice Taoist spells in the future? If you can't even do this initial study of meditation, don't expect to be able to steadily study calligraphy, painting and Taoism in the future. Whether you can even understand the scriptures and exercises of the inner sect is a question.

Ethical filial piety is a test of a person's nature. If someone despises human ethics and is vicious and cruel, he will not be able to enter the inner sect and continue to practice.

Elder Sikong's questions are testing the way many outer disciples conduct themselves and deal with things. Is it knowing that there are tigers in the mountain and heading towards the Tiger Mountain, or is it that he retreats when he is ready, or is he trying to find a way of life out of all the dead ends...

"You can enter the inner sect as a candidate for foundation building when you are thirty years old." This is a good saying. If your xinxing is not up to standard, even if you enter the inner sect, you will be rejected without knowing it. It is absolutely difficult to Become a true true disciple.

While Li Wen was staring blankly at the paintings of many of his classmates, many disciples from Lingxiayan who were practicing Qi collection also came over in groups.

"Senior Brother Zhang?" Li Wen greeted him quickly after seeing an extra person beside him.

Zhang Zihao, now twenty-eight years old, is one of the last batch of outer disciples to be admitted. Compared with those few geniuses who successfully built the foundation within ten years, he could only slowly linger in the realm of perfecting Qi and continue to practice with his junior disciples such as Jiang Yuanchen and Li Wen.

"Senior brother, come and give it a try too?" Li Wen said with a smile.

"No." Zhang Zihao saw that several people had begun to submit their paintings to Elder Sikong for review, so he shook his head and said: "Junior Brother Jiang's attainments in painting, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely be able to occupy a quota. And there are also others among them. The painting skills of these few are far above those of my brothers, so instead of hoping that they will fail carelessly, it is better to give up and take this opportunity to meditate and practice Qi." After Zhang Zihao finished speaking, he left calmly.

After Zhang Zihao left, Elder Sikong, who had closed his eyes above him, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his back, nodding secretly: He is such an intelligent person, since he understands that there is no chance this time, why waste time here and fail? This kid has been in the outer sect for more than ten years, and his character is much stronger than when he first came to the outer sect. As long as he successfully builds the foundation in the last two years, he may not be unable to catch up. That being the case, why not take care of him when the question comes up tomorrow?

Sikong Changming was seriously injured due to the demonic calamity decades ago, and it was difficult for him to improve his cultivation, so he asked for orders to come to the outer sect to take charge. He maintains a promotion-oriented attitude toward these outer disciples, who will become the cornerstone of the sect in the future. When I see students with good temperaments, I will modify the scope of the questions to give them a chance to improve.

Then Sikong Changming turned his attention to Jiang Yuanchen: Is he the most outstanding talent among this wave of disciples? It's a pity that it's not as good as the two chiefs of the previous two generations.

Among the first two waves of outer sect disciples, one in each was able to break through the heavenly sect in the seventh year, and established the foundation in one go to enter the inner sect. Compared with those two people, Jiang Yuanchen's generation is a little behind. Neither Jiang Yuanchen nor Li Wen are as qualified as those two people.

However, compared to those two, Jiang Yuanchen's temperament is much more tolerant. Whether it is his true temperament or hypocrisy, the fact that Jiang Xiaojie has never taken the initiative to provoke a fight with others is enough to make people look at him.

"Furthermore, this boy is the best in literature, which is much better than Lin Zixuan's careless attitude. That guy is bold and bold in treating elders like us, but he is not as respectful as Yuan Chen." Thinking of the two chief disciples, Sikong Changming compared the three of them carefully.

Lin Zixuan is the most outstanding person among the first batch of disciples, and Yang Ling is the most outstanding person among the second batch of disciples. Both of them have entered the realm of foundation building after seven years. However, one of the two is proficient in various martial arts, and the other is devoted to various literature and arts; one is bold and majestic like a knight, and the other is polite and courteous like a gentleman, which is different from Jiang Yuanchen's tolerant and indifferent temperament.

"The temperaments of these juniors are all different, and they are similar to those of our senior brothers who were the eighth-generation disciples. It's just that I don't know how many of them can be ranked among the true successors of the ninth-generation disciples. The title of the chief senior brother Whose family are we going to fall into?”