Different from the hustle and bustle after the exam in the past, most of the candidates were confused by the Taoist test questions in the next two days.
It wasn't until they left the Dragon Gate and walked along the human wall passage formed by the guards for a long time that the discussion gradually became louder.
"This is not the first examination I have participated in. Why is the last Taoist scripture question completely beyond the scope of the past? This is basically treating us as monks."
"Well, I'm afraid we just have to screen them out. Let's just think about it as a mortal."
"If I don't say this, I am just trying it with a sense of luck. Who knows that I will have to compete with 30,000 people."
"Look at the excitement, the results will be released tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will be the palace examination scores."
"This is too rushed. In the past, it was one to two months apart. How can I complete the review in one night?"
This question from others actually made Zhou Bai a little confused. In the past, it took more than a month to review the test papers of thousands of people, but it only took one night for 30,000 people.
Even though most of these reviewers have good cultivation, they are busy with court affairs all year round and can basically maintain the appearance of being in the early or middle stage of Taoism.
Moreover, they hold high positions and are constantly washed and baptized by dragon energy, so they are really only slightly better than ordinary people.
For example, Zhang Xu, as the first assistant, is closest to the real dragon and has no cultivation at all.
This is why within the imperial court, all high-ranking officials of the third rank and above are from the same Jinshi background, but their cultivation level is similar to that of the seventh-rank county magistrate, or even lower.
If you want to improve your realm, you have to resign and return to your hometown, abandon everything and concentrate on cultivating Taoism.
Otherwise, they can only ask the emperor for special protection. For example, if the royal family is enshrined by a true king-level elder, they can hide in the imperial city and practice without worrying about the erosion of the dragon's energy.
However, each emperor's special edict is very precious. Too many times will cause the dragon's energy to be dissatisfied and cause the dragon's veins to move abnormally.
Such offerings are not enough, how can they be easily given to ministers?
Important ministers, prime ministers, and assistants have all spent time cultivating. Who will assist Zuo in governing the country and stabilizing the country and the country?
From this point of view, the imperial court's marking officers alone would definitely not be able to read all the examination papers in one night. Either Gongyuan's formation has a miraculous effect and can help complete the previous screenings, or Tianguan will end up.
When they walked out of the temporary control area, 30,000 candidates dispersed in all directions, and the inner city formation that was fully activated at the same time entered a semi-dormant state.
Only the Gongyuan is still shining with a little spiritual light, and the examination papers inside still need to be sealed and protected.
This night, Shenjing City did not become so lively because of the end of the examination. Candidates who did well in the exam but failed in the exam all needed sleep and rest to relieve the fatigue of three days.
The skill test is not a nine-day and six-night cattle-farming test, but it consumes a lot of energy.
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It was night, and there were tables in and around the Zhongtai Hall, piled with examination papers divided by subject.
Prince Rui, Zhang Xu and other examiners, as well as all the examination clerks, all waited solemnly. Their eyes glanced at some empty places from time to time, as if they were waiting for someone.
When the pointer of the sundial projection pointed to Xu, wisps of fairy energy suddenly appeared in the void above the hall, the light of civilization was brilliant, and a figure slowly appeared from inside.
Everyone quickly bowed their heads and paid homage in unison: "We have met Lord Tianguan."
Soon, the Heavenly Official descended into the mortal world, and a fresh scent of books and ink spread throughout the hall.
When several bachelor examiners smelled this fragrance, they felt that thousands of poems and poems were flowing into their minds, and inspiration for poetry trickled out.
What vision is this? !
As the most knowledgeable and powerful group of people in the Daxu Dynasty, they seemed to recognize something at this time, and their expressions changed drastically.
"Dear scholars, please take a seat."
The gentle voice seems to have some magical power, making people naturally raise their heads and straighten their bodies.
I saw the official floating in mid-air, wearing a high crown on his head, with a majestic face, and his every move was accompanied by the light of culture.
As a prince, Jingrui had seen countless royal secrets, but he still couldn't recognize who the heavenly official in front of him was. He immediately knelt down in fear and said, "Jingrui, an ordinary man, has seen Lord Wenquxing!"
Yes, the title of Prince Rui comes from his name, but it would be rude to use Rui directly, so he changed it to Rui.
In addition to receiving the heavenly duties and living heavenly beings, there was only one emperor in the entire Daxu Dynasty who could submit to the heavenly court.
In fact, other bachelors also have suspicions in their hearts, but they dare not confirm it. Now that Prince Rui is coming forward, this is naturally the real Wenqu Xingjun.
Just when they were about to kneel down and pay homage, they were stopped by a strong invisible resistance.
"Okay, this is just a wisp of my spiritual thoughts, don't waste any more time." At this time, Wenqu Xingjun's voice was still gentle.
There was no fool present, and it was obvious that he could hear the irresistible toughness in it.
There is a difference between immortals and mortals.
Thirty-three days where Heaven is located and the mortal world where Daxu is located both belong to the Tianyuan world. It can be said accurately that Thirty-three days is the upper realm of the mortal world.
The mortal world is the base body, and the thirty-three heavens are the high levels built on the base body.
Generally speaking, except for gods with unique vocations, other people above the immortal level will not stay in the mortal world for a long time.
For the sake of the stability of the mortal world, the Tianyuan Realm will reject those who exceed the limit of strength, forcing them to ascend for thirty-three days.
Therefore, even if a ray of spiritual thought reaches the lower realm, Wenquxingjun will not stay for too long, lest he be marked by heaven and affect his subsequent path.
Everyone did not dare to neglect, and sat down one after another under the leadership of Jingrui, waiting for Wenqu Xingjun to take over.
If it were an ordinary heavenly official, they could come forward to discuss it, but with this person's reputation in the mortal world, how could they dare to follow the rules lightly.
Especially for scholars, some people only have awe and admiration, and cannot think of any other ideas at all.
The Taoist priests of Yangshen and the gods from all walks of life who were hiding in the dark all bowed their heads and allowed Wenqu Xingjun to do everything.
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They understand better than the examiners at the front desk that Wenqu Xingjun's influence is not limited to the mortal world, he is considered a big shot in heaven.
Wenquxing is the fourth star of the Big Dipper. It is a high-ranking star with great power. The ruler of the star therefore occupies only one palace, the Tianquan Palace.
Many Jinshi heavenly beings can often be cared for by the Tianquan Palace when they first enter the Thirty-three Heavenly Palace. Even in the indifferent officialdom of the Heavenly Court, Wenquxingjun can be said to have a wide network of contacts.
Looking around, everyone was tame. Wenquxingjun nodded slightly, and then looked at the mountain of books made of 30,000 examination papers.
Thirty thousand copies, that is, hundreds of thousands of examination papers, can barely fit into the main hall of the Central Taiwan University.
"Excellent elegance!"
Under the suppression of the Suppression Array, the exam paper mountain, which had no literary fluctuations, suddenly became restless, as if Wenqu Xingjun could speak Dharma Sui, which is a top-notch magical power that can only be cultivated by a semi-saint or above.
But if it's just a thesis, Wen Quxingjun can indeed do it.
A strong gust of wind suddenly blew up, and in a few breaths, all the examination papers piled on the tables in the hall were blown up.
Hundreds of thousands of examination papers were flying in the wind in the hall, and they immediately formed a circle with Wenqu Xingjun as the core.
However, this scene only lasted for a short time, and then all the examination papers fell down, forming three mountains of books according to the three subjects of poetry, policy theory, and Taoism.
It was as if these test papers were flying up just for Wenquxingjun to take a look.
At this time, Shushan's literary atmosphere was approaching a critical point, with a huge accumulation of literary spirit.
First, the red volume, which was the least suppressed, exploded into the red literary style with the largest base. Even in the exams where dragons and phoenixes appeared, red articles were always the mainstream.
Next came the golden scrolls. The brilliant golden light was like the sun shining brightly. Wisps of golden literary spirit rolled up the examination papers and climbed up. It didn't take long for all the golden scrolls to rise above the red scrolls.
Finally, there is the green scroll, which is the most suppressed by the Suppression Array. From under the huge pile of red scrolls, wisps of green energy of different shades bloom, arrogantly wrapped in the examination paper and soaring into the sky.
Among them, there are red gold, gold and blue, but they can be simply divided into three grades.
No, it’s actually fourth grade!
A test paper that was suppressed at the bottom of all the poems finally emerged with a faint purple energy. It was suppressed so much that it has only reached its peak now.
It is the fourth grade, and Zhou Bai's Dapeng is the only one.
Even Wenquxingjun couldn't help but look at it a few more times, silently remembering the content of Dapeng, and then Zhou Bai's name.
There is a way to teach the name of the lake and correct the handwriting, but in his eyes there is no secret.
Looking at the test book mountain that was about to reach the top of the palace, Wenquxingjun flew to the poem book mountain and the policy theory mountain, and made a stroke on the two mountains very decisively.
If you look carefully, you can see that the areas where these two mountains are divided are both in the middle section of the second class.
"Everyone below this level will be deposed!" At this time, the fairy voice was no longer gentle, but majestic and powerful.
The second half of the mountain of books fell with a crash, and those below the golden literary level, including the Danjin exam papers, were eliminated in the first round of screening.
All the literary spirit on these examination papers instantly retracted into the paper, leaving no trace of literary brilliance. They were like dead leaves, deposed by Wenquxingjun. How could they have the face to compete here?
Then Wenquxingjun walked towards the Taoist Book Mountain, took a look, and shook his head slightly.
There is no civilized atmosphere. If he hadn't come, an ordinary heavenly official wouldn't know how long the sentence would be.
His pair of fairy eyes bloomed with majestic golden light, which seemed to be able to penetrate everything. He raised his hand casually, and hundreds of thousands of Taoist examination papers spread out and flew past his eyes.
In less than a quarter of an hour, they all fell back to where they were.
Passing through Wenquxingjun's palm, the three hundred Taoist examination papers at the top showed differences from the other ordinary papers below.
There are no strange phenomena in the ordinary scrolls, but the three hundred Tao scrolls above are more or less wrapped with the unique Tao aggregate. This is the integration of one's own understanding of Taoism when answering the questions.
They have a firm mind and regard themselves as preparatory monks or even heavenly beings when answering questions.
Needless to say, in the eyes of Lord Wenquxing, only these three hundred scrolls are qualified.
But the imperial examiners below were panicked. If too many of these 300 people failed the first two subjects, wouldn't there be insufficient admissions?
There are definitely enough people in Class A and Class A, but what should we do in Class A and Class III? They still want to expand their recruitment.
The bachelors looked at each other, and then stared at Prince Rui as the examiner, hoping that he could give advice to Wen Quxingjun.
However, Jingrui just shook his head sternly and refused. He thought further. This may be the bottom line of Heavenly Court. How many of the three hundred people are left will be left. Expansion of recruitment depends on destiny.
At this time, there were only three thousand volumes of poems, one thousand volumes of policy theory, and three hundred volumes of Taoist scriptures left on the field.
Not to mention the Taoist scriptures, they have already been delivered to the table. The literary style of the scrolls left by the first two is bright gold or even red gold.
The Gongyuan Array has been temporarily blocked by Wenquxingjun from suppressing literary luck, but more importantly, the luck-suppressing seal used to suppress luck cannot be easily put aside.
After all the deposed scrolls were cleared and moved to other halls for storage, Wenquxingjun raised his hands to Jingrui below and said, "Please take away the Emperor's Seal."
But it was obvious that he respected the emperor. After all, according to the regulations of heaven, the emperor was qualified to communicate with the rotating emperor.
Jingrui hurriedly wrapped the emperor's seal in yellow cloth with dragon patterns, then took it away and put it in a special seal box.
Once the Zhenyun seal was gone, the competition for ranking of all the examination papers still in the palace became increasingly fierce.
Various kinds of luck flow out from the words on the examination paper, which all represent the luck brought by the candidates. The culture is bright and the luck is high.
Slowly, luck and culture merged, and I climbed up step by step while holding the examination papers.
The exam paper with the original red gold literary spirit replenished the candidate's original green spirit, and instantly jumped hundreds of people, rushing to the top three hundred.
There are also exam papers that were originally indifferent to young people, but because of the lack of luck, the candidates failed one after another and fell out of the top 1,000.
If Zhou Bai were here, he would find that his Qingzi poems still stand out among others due to their quality.
But the policy theory dropped step by step, and finally settled in the middle of the 300th place.
Talented people are in vain if they are not lucky. How can your efforts alone surpass the hundreds of years of accumulation of family background behind others?
Of course, if you are born into a good family and have good luck, but you don't work hard, you will only end up being deposed outside the palace.
You are fighting for it, your luck is endless, and you will never give up. These examination papers seem to be very spiritual, and you will be safe only if you know the first three hundred.
But Wenquxingjun would not wait too long. Half an hour later, he made two more strokes.
There are only more than 800 copies of Jinqingjuan of poems left, and only more than 500 copies of Jinqingjuan of policy theory are left.
Wenquxingjun slowly landed in front of the examiners and handed these examination papers to them.
"The rules of the imperial examination cannot be abolished. You will judge the remaining papers. I will not take away the power of the red circle, but the number of tribute candidates cannot exceed the number of remaining Dao papers."
There is also the right to mark exams, which makes the examiners including Jingrui very excited and feel that their dignity is still there.
But soon they were speechless and choked, because it was already midnight, how could they use the remaining half of the night to read so many test papers and register for the apricot list.
Not mentioning the Taoist scriptures, they would rather all the candidates for the three hundred Taoist scriptures are tribute scholars, so that they can recruit a lot of top three students.
But which poem here does not require careful recollection, and which policy essay does not require time to analyze whether it is right or wrong. Their level back then was not comparable to many geniuses here.
Wenquxingjun smiled slightly, waved his hand and a fairy light fell, and the examiners suddenly felt that they had entered the realm of enlightenment.
It only takes three breaths to read a poem, and five breaths to read a policy essay. They can give their own evaluation based on their own thinking in an instant.
"The blessing can only last for two hours, don't delay, my mission of spiritual thought ends here."
Looking at Wenqu Xingjun, whose body was languid and disintegrated, everyone finally came to their senses and hurriedly bowed to say goodbye: "As ordered, we will send you off to Xingjun!"
"Remember, heaven has given you the last favor. All the imperial examination papers in this world must be sacrificed, especially the song Dapeng."
They still don't understand the last words left by Wenquxingjun, which is that the enrollment can be expanded, but the test papers must be sacrificed in place. This is a huge amount of luck.
As for Zhou Bai's Dapeng being remembered, it is natural.
"Okay, hurry up and review, and the registration must be completed before midnight!"
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"I've circled all the poems, and there's no big problem. But these five hundred policy papers, alas."
"Everyone has forgotten that they are in Daxu. How can they have the thoughts of the people of Daxu! You need to know their military status and their official positions are all given by the imperial court. I will not give a red circle to this kind of people."
"Hush, there is a god three feet above your head..."
"Don't worry, the court still has this respect."
"Is impartiality given a red circle for moderation?"
"Give."
After a long time, the grading was over, and the rankings changed a lot again because of the weight of the red circle.
There were 221 people listed on the Xingbang list. In the end, only 79 people were dropped from the 300-level examination due to the first two subjects.
Zhou Bai, who was sleeping in the examination hall, was awakened again, just like before the results of the provincial examination were released.
The Dacheng Qi Watching Technique operates naturally, and a huge amount of luck is seen coming from the French net above. This is the luck brought by the fame!
In addition, in the Lingtai, the Heavenly Book of Fortune also showed something.
I saw that my red life was dyed crimson red, as bright as fire and blood.
Under closer observation, the core shows a little yellow. Although it is very dull, this is the beginning of the advancement of the natal life!
His name was recorded in the apricot list, and the tributes had been obtained. Zhou Bai felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart.
