Chu Chen, who was studying at the Shanmen Examination School in the Imperial Taoist Academy, heard his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping, talk about it.
This is to prevent local ghosts and gods from cheating and bad money driving out good money.
With the Shanmen School Entrance Examination, the local Ghosts and Gods Department has a lot of rules, and everyone who is recommended has a double brush.
Either Moyun Sanren has a rich resume and qualifications, has made great achievements, and is just one step away from being an old county governor, or he is a genius with outstanding talents and qualifications that is worth cultivating.
The campaign was relatively fair.
The last time Master Xu Ping entered the Taoist Academy, the assessment was on Taoist magic and supernatural powers, but this time the assessment was on Taoist scriptures.
To be precise, what is being assessed is Confucian classics, and the content of the examination is the essentials of each school of thought.
"Fellow Daoist Chu and Daoist Mo Yun, you must take the Shanmen entrance examination seriously and do not take it lightly."
Shen Jian is quite familiar with the rules of the Taoist temple and knows them very well:
"If you do well in the exam, the Taoist Academy will be lucky."
"If you fail the exam, there will be no punishment and you will not be turned away. However, it will bring disgrace to Guangping and even Qingzhou, and the consequences will be serious."
Chu Chen and Mo Yunsan smiled.
There is no punishment, that is the greatest punishment.
Not only did he lose his own people, but he also embarrassed the Qingzhou Ghosts and Gods Division. There would be no good fruits to eat when he returned.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, how do you think you did well in the exam, and how do you think you didn't do well in the exam?"
Mo Yun Sanren was very interested.
When it comes to testing Taoist and magical powers, he who comes from a small sect really doesn't have much confidence to compete with the county governor who comes from a big sect, the Immortal Sect.
If you are taking an examination of Confucian classics, that is another matter.
Trapped in the sixth-level bottleneck these years, he spent a lot of time studying Taoism, thinking that one day he would realize the great way and make a breakthrough in one fell swoop.
The bottleneck could not be broken through, but the attainments in Confucian classics improved by leaps and bounds.
"According to the previous rules, there are five teaching examiners. If you get three inferior evaluations, you are unqualified. If you get three superior evaluations, you will be lucky."
"If you two have the ability, you should try your best to fight for it."
Chen Chen knew all about it and said mysteriously:
"I heard that the lottery prize is an extra quota for cultivating in the Ascension Secret Cave. It's a rare opportunity."
Chu Chen and Mo Yunsan's eyes lit up, and they immediately became energetic.
This lottery is not simple.
The Secret Cave of Ascension, as the name suggests, there are immortals who attain enlightenment in the secret cave and become immortals and ascend.
In this Feitian Secret Cave in the Taoist Academy, several immortals have achieved enlightenment here. By chance, this place of enlightenment has formed a magical secret realm.
Here, the great road appears to help people realize the truth.
Whether it's breaking through bottlenecks or deducing skills and magical powers, you can get twice the result with half the effort here. From time to time, inspiration will appear, enlighten your wisdom, and greatly increase your understanding.
It is more magical than the Cave Heaven Secret Realm.
This is one of the reasons why the "Du Guan Shenghui" can help seventh-level Taoist monks break through to sixth-level Taoism.
Every county official who enters the Taoist monastery has two opportunities to enter the Feitian Secret Cave for cultivation. Once used up, it will be gone.
The bonus of extra potential cultivation places is a great opportunity even for those who come from a large Immortal Sect.
"This is indeed a great opportunity! If I can get another chance, I will be able to break through to the sixth level."
Mo Yun Sanren murmured to himself. He was quite confident in his attainments in Confucian classics, and his expression was full of longing.
Shen Jian smiled when he heard this but did not answer.
In fact, he was a little disapproving.
The jackpot is so precious, how can it be so easy to get?
The assessment requirements for teaching in Taoist colleges are not comparable to those of state and county Taoist colleges. Excellent evaluations are extremely rare, let alone getting three "superiors". Getting one "superior" is very good. Most people can only get "medium".
Achievements in classics actually depend more on family background than martial arts and magical powers.
There are three treasures in asking questions: Tao, Sutra, and Teacher.
The scriptures carry the Way.
The reason why the big sect of Immortal Sect is stronger than the smaller sects is that it is stronger because of its strong foundation. There are people with great supernatural powers in the sect who have great achievements. They have countless annotations on scriptures and enlightenment for future generations of disciples to understand and learn.
People from small sects, even if they devote themselves to the study of classics, can't compare to the accumulation of many generations of immortal sects in large sects.
The insights you have studied hard for many days may be incomparable to others who easily learned them from the master.
Shen Jian never fell behind in his study of Confucian classics and thought he was at a good level.
Thinking of this, Shen Jian looked at Chu Chen.
"Brother Chu, how are your attainments in Confucian classics? I heard that you have been in Taoism for less than two years. Is it possible that you are lacking in this area?"
Moyun Sanren were shocked when they heard that Chu Chen had only been in Taoism for two years, and looked at Chu Chen:
"Fellow Daoist Chu, you have been in Taoism for less than two years?"
"Yes, I only entered the Taoist sect the year before last, but my master attaches great importance to the study of classics. I think there will be no problems and I should be able to pass the test."
Chu Chen looked relaxed and did not show any embarrassment.
Not to mention that he studied the annotations of the Qingjing Sutra written by eminent sages of various schools in the Heart Temple.
In fact, Master Xu Ping, Taoist Master, is very dedicated to teaching the essentials of Taoism and has a very solid foundation.
The Lingshan sect is not well-known, but it has actually produced monks with great supernatural powers. Although the path to breakthrough in practice is a bit wild, they have reached the same goal through different paths, and they clearly understand the importance of "Confucian classics" in the later stages of practice.
Master Xu Ping never asked how much Chu Chen had improved his cultivation or how well he had mastered his magical powers, but he always tested him on the Taoist scriptures, which is evident from this.
Shen Jian nodded slightly:
"That's good, Fellow Daoist Chu, it would be good if you can get average, most people are only average,"
When he said this, Shen Jian was very excited and eager to try.
The last time he lost to Chu Chen, he had never forgotten it because he was competitive. He always wanted to find opportunities to prove himself. Now he finally had a good opportunity.
While the three of them were conversing through their spiritual consciousness, the Taoist Academy's mountain gate examinations began in full swing.
The rules and winnings are exactly as Shen Jian said.
Chu Chen, Shen Jian, and Taoist Mo Yun each received their exam numbers, and the three numbers were connected together, ranking over a hundred places.
In front of them, the assessment has already begun.
Each Taoist sect, each sect, and each sect practices Taoism differently, and the Taoist scriptures they specialize in are also different.
Therefore, the Confucian classics examination in Taoist colleges is not a unified examination, but varies from person to person and is admitted in batches.
Outside the mountain gate, a row of examination booths was set up.
Ten people can enter at one time, and the five examiners are multitasking and setting questions for assessment.
After the exam, the results will be available immediately and be announced to the public on the spot.
After about a stick of incense, the first group of people who entered came out.
"The governor of Baling County in Youzhou is Zhao Badou, medium, medium, medium, medium, medium."
"Quanping County, Yunzhou is under the jurisdiction...medium, superior, medium..."
"..."
As Shen Jian said, the Taoist Academy's assessment requirements are extremely high. The first batch of ten people were all wiped out, and no one got the lottery. Most of them were rated "medium", and only two people got one or two "excellent".
The second batch, the third batch... could it be like this.
It wasn't until the fifth batch that a county governor with three "superior" titles appeared, causing a cry of exclamation.
After asking about it, I found out that the county governor who had just won the "lucky prize" was a direct descendant of the Immortal Sect of the great sect. He had amazing Taoism and magical powers, and had profound attainments in Confucian classics. He was one of the best among people.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, Fellow Daoist Mo Yun, as you can see, this kind of luck can only be obtained by the direct descendants of the great Immortal Sects. If you don't have enough background and profound knowledge of Confucian classics, it will be very difficult to win the prize."
Shen Jian explained with a smile.
On the one hand, he was praising the genius who won the prize, and at the same time, he was also paving the way for his next performance.
Not only winning three top prizes this time, but winning one or two top prizes is also a great face gain, which is enough to reflect one's superiority as a disciple of the Immortal Sect of the great sect.
Mo Yun Sanren looked troubled. Just now he was still thinking about fighting for the prize, but now he lost confidence.
Chu Chen's expression remained unchanged and he thought to himself.
He has no confidence in other Taoist scriptures, but has full confidence in the Qingjing Sutra.
"I hope the examiner will take more tests on the Jing Jing Sutra. If you are lucky, you might be able to come back with a fortune."
