Not to mention the situation at the Girls' Cult.
On Chen Fan's side, on the first day of school, early in the morning, he and Xiao Qing arrived at the Yiye Hall of the Taoist Temple, which is a hall dedicated to classes for newcomers.
Inside the gate courtyard is a three-bay room facing south. In the middle is a large lecture hall. Except for a very short lecture table, there are no desks or stools inside. The new students who have arrived are now sitting on the floor in this room, left and right. There are two slightly smaller lecture halls on both sides. They are still empty, but there are a lot of desks. It is estimated that the two rooms combined can meet the needs of the new students.
As soon as Chen Shi arrived, five Taoist priests came in. Chen Fan found that three of them had been seen in the meeting hall, including Hall Master Xu, but they had not seen his master.
"Dear students, welcome to our Zhenwu Taoist Temple to study. Some of you are promoted from the lower courtyard of our Taoist temple, Zhenqing Taoist Temple, and some are from the lower courtyards of other Taoist temples. Among you, there are two who are just now After finishing their elementary education, they came directly to our Taoist temple to study, but these two have been accepted as direct disciples by the two Taoist priests in our temple..." The leader, a Taoist priest, began his opening speech to the new students.
Former students talked about the thousand-year glory of the Taoist Temple, the glorious mission carried by each student, and the importance the Taoist Temple attaches to its students. In short, Chen Fan was amazed.
The Taoist priest who spoke first, his Taoist name is Yiqing, and his lay name is Yan. He is responsible for the teaching of new students and the teaching of Taoist scriptures. This semester, they started studying the "Huang Ting Jing".
The second one is Master Zhao, who specializes in teaching newcomers internal strength and true essence. Internal strength teaches "Beidou Heart Method", and practicing true essence is "Qi Transformation Sutra". It is a method that can transform internal force into true essence. In this world, When the Qi harvesting practice is slow, it can be regarded as a quick method.
The third person is Palace Master Xu whom Chen Fan knows. He is responsible for the inheritance of Taoism for Emperor Zhenwu. He focuses on swordsmanship and Taoism as a supplement. In addition to teaching basic swordsmanship, he also teaches the "Sword Art of Conquering Demons". A simple sword move created by Emperor Zhenwu.
The fourth one, Bai Deacon of Lingguan Hall, is responsible for the arithmetic of heavenly secrets, called "Nandou Star Technique", which is a heavenly secret arithmetic evolved from Nandou. Nandou is the first place of Xuanwu in the north, which governs life. It is said that worshiping Nandou can increase your life. , "Nandou Arithmetic" evolves the secret of heaven from the door of life, an arithmetic that guides people to seek good luck and avoid disaster. Unfortunately, the secret of heaven is elusive and the heart of heaven is unpredictable. Chen Fan is not very interested in it.
The fifth person is Elder Zhang from the Taoist temple, who is responsible for teaching the Five Elements Formation, called the "Big Dipper Formation". After the death of the Big Dipper, it not only evolves the secrets of heaven, but can also be used in marching formations. With the "Nandou Arithmetic", it has endless wonderful uses. "It is recommended that those who are good at chess should not give up this formation." When Elder Zhang finished these words, he glanced at Chen Fan, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Fortunately, there is so much content, not every subject must be learned. Except for Taoist scriptures, which are compulsory, others can be optional. Zhenyuan and Taoism need to be selected together. Arithmetic and star formation can be selected separately. Everyone can choose according to their own ability. To make a choice, you only need to take at least one or two of the elective courses. Of course, you can also choose all of them. However, Taoist Master Yiqing suggested that when you first learn, you should learn every subject to understand your own talents. Chen Fan naturally planned to choose them all.
In addition to introducing the teaching content, he also talked about the precepts of Taoism. The most important one is that Taoism's martial arts and Taoism are never allowed to be taught to outsiders. This is also a rule of each sect. Zhenwu Taoism is naturally not exempt from vulgarity.
Another item is about books. The Taoist temple provides treasures for everyone to copy in class, and they are not allowed to take them out of Yiyetang. This is not a problem for Chen Fan, since he plans to copy them anyway.
The speech that made everyone feel stressed was the Taoist competition. For new students, the first three months are spent on understanding and studying the homework. However, depending on how well they have learned, Taoist Temple will organize a competition at the end of the year to test their results, which is often referred to as the final exam in modern times.
Taoist scriptures, arithmetic, and formations all use test papers to answer questions, and the questions are the same for everyone. But in arithmetic and formations, in addition to the test papers, the top ten students also have to play chess to determine the final ranking, in order to avoid the suspicion of talking on paper. And Taoism relies entirely on battles to determine victory or defeat. In the words of Palace Master Xu, actual combat is the only criterion for testing the level of Taoism. As for internal strength and true energy, they are reflected in the battle process. If you can neither live forever nor fight, , it is better not to learn.
The Taoist temple has three teaching points. Newcomers will go to Yiye Hall in the second year, Yizhen Hall in the second year, and Yipin Hall in the third year. In each school, a senior brother will be selected. The senior brother is not appointed, but through Taoist competition. Obtained, only those who are first in Taoism can be called senior brothers.
In addition, the Taoist temple also has a rule that the top ten in Taoism will be selected as the key training targets of the Taoist temple. These top ten are not the top ten in each school, but the top ten among all the disciples of the three schools. If the name is chosen, the practice room in the Taoist Temple's Lingxue Pavilion can be opened to them free of charge for thirty days. One day of practice inside is equivalent to ten days of practice outside. This rule was introduced by Palace Master Xu himself. When talking about this, Palace Master Xu also specifically explained that the top ten were not necessarily from the First Grade Hall. In previous years, people from Yizhen Hall had also entered. At this point, he specifically said that people from Yiyetang could also participate. His eager eyes only fell on Xiao Qing. It is estimated that his words were only meant for Xiao Qing.
As the class officially started, Chen Fan's life also entered a three-point and one-line pace, home, classroom, and dining room. For him, there were too many things to do during this period, besides copying various subjects. In addition to the textbooks and lectures, "Tai Gong's Art of War" cannot be delayed, Qi training is a must, and Bishop Xu Dian's Demon Sword Technique must be practiced even more.
This set of swordsmanship has a total of twelve steps, each of which includes basic movements such as stabbing, chopping, tapping, teasing, hanging, collapsing, sweeping, striking, chopping, picking, twisting, holding, blocking, blocking, intercepting, etc., and is related to steps. , physical skills, etc., the training was very hard for Chen Fan who had no basic skills. Fortunately, Chen Fan has a good memory now. No matter what the masters teach, he can basically remember it once. The key is to practice the coordination of movements and body.
This problem was solved after Chen Fan inadvertently entered the state of meditation during his practice.
In the three pre-innate stages, what is cultivated in meditation is true energy, which corresponds to the lower and middle dantian, and meridians of the human body; what is cultivated in transparency is the five senses, which corresponds to the sea of consciousness, that is, the brain; what is cultivated in fugue is the soul, Corresponding to the five internal organs and the upper Dantian.
Because Chen Fan owns the pages of the heavenly book, his body and soul have been blessed by the energy of the spiritual source beads and the pages of the heavenly book. His soul is perfect, his consciousness is strong, he practices meditation, and gets twice the result with half the effort.
To think is actually to store consciousness in the mind on the basis of visualization, to reach the state of thinking without thinking. It is also the sixth consciousness, "intention", that Buddhism often talks about. People often make subconscious actions, and respond with actions before the brain has time to respond. This is often a reflection of intention, and intention is the subconscious mind that exists in the human brain, almost an instinct.
Chen Fan discovered that he could use the Cunsi method to store every standard movement in his mind. Every time he practiced a movement, his subconscious mind would come into play and make the movements happen naturally, as if they were made in heaven. This made it easier for Chen Fan to master the sword. A lot.
In addition, in his spare time, Chen Fan also went to the Sutra Pavilion to copy "The Great Movement of the Universe in the Palm". After all, this palm technique is the secret skill of the scripture keepers. If the transformed palm shadow can be transformed into a sword shadow, Chen Fan feels that it will definitely be powerful. It's much better than the Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique you learned.
Since every classmate has learned this sword technique of subduing demons, if he has some killer skills in his hand, this sword technique modified from palm technique will definitely be a good choice. It is not necessary to beat Xiao Qing or Wu. In Chen Fan's opinion, it shouldn't be difficult, and regardless of strength, with the help of "Cheng Ying", Chen Fan believes that it shouldn't be a problem to beat Xiao Qing in moves.
The days passed like this, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Chen Fan completed the copying of books on various subjects, as well as "Tai Gong's Art of War" and "The Palm of the Universe", and then, Fa Qing's victory came. The news finally came, and Chen Fan did not hesitate this time and took action decisively.
