Peace has brought tranquility for so long that the people of all countries in the Central Plains have forgotten the last time the countries fought against each other. The only thing they remember now is the catastrophe of that year.
More than a hundred years ago, when the kingdoms of the Central Plains were fighting to the death, the barbarians, led by the most powerful but also the most bloodthirsty and cruel Barbarian King, invaded the south and trampled on the Central Plains. For a time, the Chinese people were devastated, the artifacts of the countries were scattered, and the people were in dire straits. The barbarians are tall and physically stronger than the people from the Central Plains. According to legend, the barbarians had little humanity. When they invaded the Central Plains, they robbed people of their property, raped the women of the Central Plains, and even worse, ate the flesh of children to satisfy their hunger when food was scarce. To this day, there are still parents in the Central Plains who use the phrase "the barbarians go south" and "the barbarian king will To stop the child from crying at night.
The barbaric people have lost their humanity and committed all kinds of evil, and the Central Plains is in danger.
Times make heroes. When this person was angry and resentful, someone finally stood up - although this person was born in a poor family, he was extremely intelligent. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as being able to rule the world with literature and bring peace to the world with a sword. When he was young, this man learned the ways of heaven and earth in the mountains and rivers, and he was able to learn it by himself without a teacher. He even rivaled Qi Shimao, Emperor Wuxuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty in martial arts, and was revered by the world as the "Two Saints" of the Central Plains. In times of crisis, this man united all the people with lofty ideals in the Central Plains to resist, and together they drove the barbarians to the desolate land in the north, and warned the barbarians that they "will never return to the Central Plains."
Then, under the discussion of the two saints, the New Tang Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the two largest countries in the Central Plains, built Tianmen Pass and worked together to guard this place. For more than a hundred years, although the two countries appear to be inseparable, they have always guarded this dangerous and dangerous pass together. Relying on this natural barrier, the barbarians were kept out of the cold and freezing conditions, and the fertile land of the Central Plains also enjoyed tranquility again.
As for this person, after Qi Shimao passed away, he became the undisputed strongest man in the world. Now the Central Plains naturally regards it as the beacon and guardian of this land.
After leading the Central Plains countries to drive the Northern Barbarians out of Tianmen Pass, this man once traveled around the world. Until twenty years ago, he came to Xintang and Chang'an, and founded a humble family at the foot of Qianniu Mountain. Qianniu Mountain is a large mountain dozens of miles east of Chang'an City. The mountain faces the Weishui River in the south and is surrounded by clusters of hills. However, it itself towers into the clouds and stands out from the crowd. Standing on the top of the mountain, at a glance, it looks like there are thousands of cows. Herds of cattle usually surround this mountain, hence the name Qianniu Mountain. Qianniu Mountain has dangerous peaks, is surrounded by jade forests, and the aura of heaven and earth is extremely strong. It is indeed a good place for spiritual practice.
The person who founded the Han Clan naturally became the leader of the Han Clan, and people all over the world respected him as the "Master". At the same time, because this person jokingly called himself "Mr. Humble Family" between the lines, some people also respectfully called him "Mr." Since the establishment of the Han Clan, that man no longer cares about worldly affairs, and has settled at the foot of Qianniu Mountain, living in a humble house at the foot of the mountain. He has taken heaven and earth as his teacher, mountains and rivers as his neighbor, felt the aura of heaven and earth, cultivated a pure and pure body, and read the world's collection of books. , so happy.
In the first few decades after the humble sect was founded, the sect master did not recruit any disciples. It was not until eleven years ago, that is, the eighteenth year of Yongchang, that the sect master suddenly announced to the world that he was ready to open the door to accept disciples. The news spread quickly to every corner of the Central Plains, and people rushed to tell each other. For a while, everyone was saying - Hanmen is ready to open its doors to accept disciples! After that, countless cultivators and admirers from all over the world came to Chang'an from various countries in the Central Plains, hoping to be accepted by Mr.
Dare I ask who in the Central Plains Continent doesn’t want to be the descendant of the most powerful man in the world?
There is even a small country in the Central Plains that sends its prince and princess to the foot of Qianniu Mountain, hoping that the blessings of their ancestors will allow their descendants to enter this gate.
So far, the poor family has become the poor family at the foot of Qianniu Mountain. It is the poor family of the new Tang Dynasty and also the poor family of the people in the world.
The form of examinations for poor families is slightly different from the imperial examination systems of other countries. The content includes civil examinations or military examinations. The world calls the two together the "cold examination".
The first time this poor family opened its doors to accept apprentices, it greatly exceeded the expectations of the people in the Central Plains. For the first time of the civil examination, only a blank piece of paper was given to the candidates, and the exam time was not even announced. Regulation. In the end, all you need to do is put the white paper in the humble room at the foot of Qianniu Mountain. Everyone who came to take the exam was a little confused when it came to this piece of paper. Some wrote lyrics on it, some wrote poems on it, and some even drew on it. As for some illiterate people, they scribbled on the paper. It wasn't until the seventh day after the papers were issued that a middle-aged man in simple clothes - who was also the last person to submit his paper for the literary examination - put his answer sheet in the shabby room, and the literary examination was finally over.
The husband went through the pile of answer sheets one by one. Even at the speed of one glance, it took him half a month to review them. After grading the answer sheet of the middle-aged man who submitted the paper last, Mr. Wang swept away the fatigue of the past few days and read it again as if he had found a treasure. Then, the gentleman circled the signature that read 'Tang Dynasty Wenjunchen' in the lower right corner. In the end, the husband actually laughed out loud, as if he had experienced something very pleasurable.
After half a month of long waiting, the much-anticipated martial arts competition began. But to everyone's surprise, the topic of this martial arts competition is even more puzzling - there is only one bow placed in the martial arts area, and a notice is posted next to it: Anyone who can draw this bow will be judged. To pass the martial arts examination.
The bow is the sky, and the sky is wide open... Is it to test the archery skills of everyone in the school?
After seeing this bow, everyone thought the same thing, but what made everyone confused was... where is this arrow?
Could it be that everyone is allowed to use their inner cultivation power to turn into arrow feathers and shoot down the birds above the nine heavens?
Or is there an off button on this bow?
Or maybe it requires natural divine power to pull it apart...
There were divergent opinions for a while, until one candidate with an upright temperament said: Is this bow just an ordinary bow?
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in silence at first, and then burst into laughter - if it was really an ordinary bow, then any adult man could pull it open, so what's the point of this martial arts feat? Therefore, everyone shook their heads and waved their hands, indicating that it was impossible.
But everyone was still laughing, and after waiting for a long time, they still couldn't understand the deeper meaning. You had to look at me and I looked at you, but no one came forward for most of the morning. Until finally, a powerful man from the Wei State who claimed to be extraordinary volunteered to step forward. He grabbed his arm with his left hand and pulled the string with his right hand. After taking a deep breath, he concentrated all his strength on his arms, and then raised his arms and pulled. Just when everyone held their breath and expected something to happen, this ordinary thing happened. The bow... was drawn like this!
Everyone widened their eyes in anticipation of something happening, but there was nothing strange about the bow. Afterwards, the strong man from Wei State collected the breath of heaven and earth in his dantian, and looked at the bow with suspicion for a while. After repeatedly and carefully examining the bow several times, he finally determined that it was indeed an ordinary bow that could no longer be ordinary. At that moment, the strong man from Wei State laughed at Han Shi with a look of disbelief on his face, and finally threw the bow on the ground and left angrily. Immediately afterwards, with everyone full of questions, everyone stepped forward one after another, pulled the bow open and then put it down, put it down and pulled it open again...
The martial arts test that was originally thought to be a sensation in the Central Plains ended in less than a day.
The next day, the results of the first cold examination were made public - the scholar named Wen Junchen was accepted as a disciple by the sect leader.
The first person to pass the cold examination was actually a person who knew nothing about spiritual practice! This result surprised everyone. Everyone gathered together and asked each other, and found that no one knew who this person was, or even knew him! Before the cold trial began, everyone thought that the sect master would choose someone with both civil and military skills or a well-known talent as his disciple. However, after careful inquiry, they found out that Wen Junchen was the son of a villager from a small village south of Chang'an City. Not only was he born into poverty, but he was already in his late teens.
Faced with such a result, in addition to being puzzled, some people felt aggrieved - they had come all the way to get this result? However, even if these people feel aggrieved, they do not dare to go to the shabby room to ask for an explanation. Not to mention the sect leader’s decision, the kings of the Central Plains countries do not dare to question it at will. Even if you have the courage to step forward to question, you are afraid that the sect leader’s The spittle of admirers and admirers will drown you. So everyone had to swallow this confusion into their stomachs.
In this way, Wen Junchen became the first person in history to pass the "cold examination" under the spotlight.
From then on, there is no fixed time for the humble door to open its doors, but it will definitely advertise to the world one year before it opens, so that interested people can come and take the exam. In the next eleven years, the Hanmen was opened five times. Including Wen Junchen, a total of five talented people passed the cold test and entered the Hanmen. Some people who admire, are obsessed with, and are infatuated with poor families have actually failed the exam five times in these eleven years. The most pitiable thing is those people from small and remote countries who traveled thousands of miles day and night to take the exam, but in the end they were not able to become Mr.'s disciples, which is very sad.
And this year, the twenty-ninth year of Yongchang, the humble family opened its doors for the sixth time. And this time there is news that this is the last time Mr. will accept a disciple.
This news spread quickly throughout the Central Plains, and everyone wanted to seize this last opportunity to join the humble family. Therefore, the entire Central Plains was gearing up and preparing for a last-ditch battle. Those "old friends" who failed the cold test five times secretly vowed to get into the cold family in this sixth cold test!
