In the next few days, several things happened in Zhenzhou City.
The first is the most important provincial examination.
After taking the examination in the state school, all the candidates for this year's imperial examination in Zhenzhou City have been decided.
After subtracting those with incompatible spiritual vein talents and those over the age of eighteen, we have a list of ten people who are qualified to go to Chang'an and participate in the academy entrance examination.
Among the ten students, Zhai Yiming from Zhouxue ranked first, Song Shaoyuan ranked second, and the third to sixth students were all other students from Zhouxue, as well as four out-of-town Gongju students.
According to the rules, Zhai Yiming, Song Shaoyuan and other selected scholars held a tail-burning banquet at home to celebrate. In the following days, they held different banquets to thank their teachers, parents, and classmates. By the way, they also met the following people who were going to Chang'an together. Make good connections with classmates from the same hometown who are taking the exam.
Li Ang did not attend any of the banquets. In fact, he even declined the banquet at the prefect's house - even though the prefect Jiang Chi's daughter also received a letter of recommendation from the Academy Tour this year and was a recommended student like him.
"When I go to Chang'an this time, I want to listen more, see more, and think more."
In the courtyard of Baoantan Hall, Pu Liuxuan smiled and said to Li Ang: "When I was here, the development of the Academy was already changing at a rapid pace. Fifteen years have passed, and I don't know what new ideas and technologies have emerged there.
Ask your senior brother to take you to the Xuegong Library during the open day. Maybe you will get some new inspiration. "
The public library of Yu State was formerly known as the Secretariat Province.
Because the First Emperor burned books and harassed Confucian scholars, most of the world's collection of books was destroyed. In addition, in the old days, there were only handwritten transcripts and bamboo slips and silk books.
It is difficult to preserve and disseminate books. Only the official can collect them on a large scale and hide them in secret rooms in the palace, making it difficult for ordinary people to borrow them.
Therefore, the institution that specializes in managing national book collections is named the "Secretary Province". The person responsible for editing and correcting books in the Secretarial Province is the Collector.
After the emergence of the Academy and the improvement of printing and papermaking techniques, the difficulty of writing books suddenly decreased, and massive book collections were no longer the exclusive preserve of the country or wealthy aristocrats.
Some relatively wealthy state capitals have local libraries, which use public funds every year to collect books, newspapers and periodicals on the market for citizens to borrow.
"Um."
Li Ang nodded respectfully, hesitated for a moment, and asked Pu Liuxuan softly: "Teacher, what is the sign of Qi Sensing State?
I have been reading "Shangqing Inspiration" for the past few days. Every time I read halfway through it, I feel itching under my skin and bulging in my chest and abdomen. "
"oh?"
Pu Liuxuan raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Itching under the skin, bulging chest and abdomen?
Do you still feel that your breathing is smoother and each exhalation takes longer than before? "
Li Ang nodded, "Yes."
"One month..."
Pu Liuxuan's frown slowly relaxed, and he smiled and said: "This is the precursor to the Qi Sensing state.
The "Shangqing Inspiration Chapter" is just an introduction. Only when reading, the six roots are pure, the heart is dust-free, the mind is firm, the true energy is sufficient, and the energy is discovered in the spirit, the energy channels can be smooth. "
"Pure heart? Is this enough?"
Li Ang said in surprise: "I thought it would be more difficult."
"easy to say, hard to do."
Pu Liuxuan said casually: "We must isolate ourselves from greed, anger, ignorance, resentment and hatred. Don't seek, be impatient, don't be obsessed, and wait patiently for the energy, energy, and spirit to be sufficient."
Some people who have no understanding think that being quiet means not thinking about anything, letting go and giving up on themselves, and finding a place to sit there all day long.
As everyone knows, if you want to feel Qi, you have to think about it instead of not thinking about it. While his will is extremely firm, he actively restrains and suppresses all distracting thoughts, and uses his will to sense the existence of the aura of heaven and earth.
This method must be understood by yourself. Letting others tell you to suppress distracting thoughts will only make you unable to control your random thoughts. "
"So that's it."
Li Ang suddenly realized that no wonder Pu Liuxuan only dropped a copy of "Shangqing Inspiration" without any additional annotations.
"It took a month to sense the spiritual energy, which is a pretty good result."
Pu Liuxuan smiled and said: "However, sensing the spiritual energy of the outside world is only the first step. The next thing to do is to feel where your own spiritual energy is."
"Well..."
Li Ang thought for a while and asked: "Teacher, what type of thing is spiritual vein? Or in what form does it exist?"
"Spiritual veins are not like things, they are more like characteristics a person is born with, like fingerprints on a finger or a birthmark."
Pu Liuxuan explained: "The difference is that spiritual veins are bound to a person's body and soul. They cannot be seen or touched, and are not some specific organ.
To give a simple example, you can think of the aura of heaven and earth as an infinite flow of air that is constantly flowing.
The human body is like a flute.
The spiritual veins are the hollow holes of Di Xiao.
Because of the hollow spiritual veins, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can be introduced into the human body and controlled by the monk's will.
Just like the air flowing through the flute and playing music, it generates various mysterious effects.
Discovering the original spiritual veins is equivalent to cleaning Di Xiao, so that the human body blocked by unclean things and unclean thoughts can once again be unblocked and clear.
The whole process is the initial introduction.
After completing the initial introduction, it is time to feel the Qi. "
The example given by Pu Liuxuan was vivid and vivid, and it didn't take much effort for Li Ang to understand what was going on. He hesitated and said, "In other words, sensing Qi is the process of sensing the location of spiritual veins and making them unblocked?
Does the location of the spiritual veins matter? "
"Location?"
Pu Liuxuan thought for a moment and said: "Spiritual veins are invisible and intangible, but the experience of the sages of the Academy and many cases have proven that the positions of spiritual veins seem to be different for different people.
Concentrate on blood vessels and meridians, or areas such as eyes, hands, heart, and ears.
Some sects in the former Sui Dynasty also respected the so-called ancient cultivation techniques, that is, practicing different qi-sensing techniques according to the location of the spiritual veins - of course, that kind of ancient cultivation has now been eliminated by the academy. "
"Then...is it possible that spiritual veins appear in the head?"
Li Ang sat up straight and asked nervously, "After I sense the aura of heaven and earth, sometimes my head hurts slightly and the scene in front of me suddenly turns black.
It's like... there's a sword stuck in my head. "
"Head?"
Pu Liuxuan's eyes widened in surprise, "Are you sure?"
Li Ang nodded heavily, "Disciple, I'm sure."
