This kind of luck and authority is several times that of Jieyuan. However, according to Zhou Bai's experience, he should be just an ordinary tribute scholar, not Huiyuan.
Those who succeed in the examination, except the first one, are called Huiyuan, and the rest are collectively called Gongshi.
The name "Gongshi" naturally has its origin, which means that the imperial court in the mortal world recommends the scholars to be used by the heavenly court.
However, Heavenly Court does not accept all scholars, but also conducts its own assessment, which is the palace examination.
In order to leave some dignity to the mortal court, as the first recommended Huiyuan, the heavenly court will definitely admit him as a heavenly being.
This is why Zhou Bai confirmed that he was not Huiyuan. If he were Huiyuan, part of the luck he received at this time must have come from those above Thirty-Three Heavens.
It is generally recognized that the emperor personally invigilated the examination in the Zhongji Hall where hundreds of officials went to court, and the palace examination was still dominated by the imperial court.
But in fact, the palace examination is led by the Heavenly Court, and even the process is presided over by the heavenly officials sent by the Heavenly Court.
After all, the finalists of the first and second classes will be listed in the heavenly register, and they will be the reserve of the heavenly officials in the future, and cannot be faked by others.
When everything settled, Zhou Bai found that there was a vague link of fate between himself and the court's legal network. At this time, he was already in the "ruling" class.
If he advances, he will be a heavenly being, and if he retreats, he will become a prime minister trained by the imperial court. How this fate link changes in the future depends entirely on his own choice.
But what is certain is that Zhou Bai will never tie himself to this old ship that is about to sink.
[Origin point: forty-nine] (You passed the Spring Examination in the 47th year of Daxu Xiangxing, ranked on the apricot list, and obtained the title of tribute scholar. Your origin point increased by thirty.)
It can only be said that the imperial examination is indeed related to the foundation of Tianyuan world, not Huiyuan, but ordinary tributes can also add thirty origin points.
When the results of the palace examination are released tomorrow, and he is registered in the Heavenly Register, perhaps his Origin Point will be able to break through 100 again.
In the follow-up, whether it is formal Taoist cultivation techniques or fish-dragon transformation, it will be a big addition.
At this time, the sky outside had just turned white, and Zhou Bai was going to sit in bed and meditate, waiting for the sky to get bright before going out.
However, before he could adjust his breathing rhythm, something shimmered and burned on his chest.
Zhou Bai suddenly remembered something and quickly took out the shiny and hot object from his arms. It was the jade order that communicated with the General Affairs Department of the Heavenly Court.
This jade order can be used for two-way communication unless there is a special or major emergency and will generally not be used.
"***" put the jade order on his forehead, and a secret message came. Zhou Bai knew that Chi Qing, the general governor, was looking for him now.
"***" He calmly replied in secret.
This is the agreement between Zhou Bai and Chi Qing. If it were other officials from the General Affairs Department, the subsequent exchange would be different.
"Zhou Bai, first of all, congratulations on your selection as a tribute, but you must make good use of the next palace examination. In order to deal with the invasion of Qingxu Realm, Heavenly Court will speed up the cultivation of new blood, and this time the cultivation of Xinke Tianren is the top priority. .”
"Three people in the first grade can be directly taught the ninth grade heavenly duties. From then on, they will practice in the thirty-three days and receive a large amount of resources from heaven."
When Zhou Bai saw this, his heart was beating fast. This was an unprecedented opportunity.
Immortality is just around the corner!
Even if you only have the lowest ninth-grade vocation, you can still receive the fate of heaven, and with the salary from heaven, your future cultivation path will be much smoother.
At least I have never heard of the Heavenly Officials dying from the Thunder Tribulation of the Yang God.
Even if you don't reach the realm of immortals in the end, you can still be transformed into a righteous god by heaven, and you don't have to worry about turning into loess.
In the previous life, he struggled hard and avoided one disaster after another. He was still fighting desperately until he died, just to survive and gain a little longer.
Sudden death in the first life, death in battle in the second life, no one can understand the horror of death better than Zhou Bai.
He wants to pursue the great road and seek immortality. This is the foundation of his life and cannot be shaken.
Now one can directly receive the vocation as a first-level official. Doesn't this mean that the door to immortality is open? No wonder Zhou Bai is quite excited.
After all, before his rebirth, his cultivation realm was at the peak of the second realm, and his accumulated contributions to heaven were not enough to hold the position of an ordinary immortal official.
However, this excitement only lasted for a short time, and Zhou Bai figured it out.
Not to mention how difficult it is to take the first-level exam, even if you can pass it, can you abandon your family and career, throw away all the paths you imagined, and then slowly climb up the ranks of the ninth-grade official in heaven?
In this way, wouldn't his ambition be a joke if he paved the road to true success?
The position of heavenly official is extremely precious to everyone. Many heavenly beings who have been Jinshi in the past have not been able to be appointed officials and can only be immortal officials.
However, Zhou Bai did not have no way to obtain it. He already had the third-level heavenly power. If he wanted to become an official in heaven immediately, he could exchange it with his heavenly power after registering in the heavenly register.
As his thoughts turned, Zhou Bai already had his own ideas.
However, he still asked tentatively in the jade order: "Master Chiqing or the person behind you, do you want me to enter the thirty-three heavens now?"
"There are two hundred and twenty-one tributes, and you are in seventh place. It is difficult to narrow the gap in the palace examination. Of course, judging from the way of this year's palace examination, you may be able to break into the top three." Chi Qing replied quickly, But it seems that Gu Zuoyan is talking about him.
After a long silence, Yu Lingzhong finally said: "Zhou Bai, you are very special, a very special Qianlong, but if you had been here for thirty-three days, you might be ordinary."
This answer is actually very clear.
Zhou Bai recalled that the reason why Chi Qing came into contact with him was the big shot behind him. He thought that the dragon carp was a very special hidden dragon and might be able to support him.
If Zhou Bai passes the first-level examination and becomes an official in heaven, there will be nothing valuable for the big shot, and there will naturally be no further care.
"Thank you, Lord Chiqing, for telling me..." Zhou Bai did not say anything about his plan, because it was too arrogant. After all, there was still a palace examination.
Afterwards, the two exchanged a few words and learned about some of the rewards for ranking in the top two.
Not only was the first-level officer directly awarded the vocation for the first time, but the rewards for the second-level officer were also greatly increased compared to before.
Except for the common ones such as the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building Pill and the duration of spiritual practice, the more important ones are the exercises.
The first one can choose the skills taught by Taoist ancestors, the top five can choose the skills taught by the Emperor of Heaven, and the top ten can choose the skills taught by the saints.
Not long after, the sky was bright and Zhou Bai walked out of the examination center refreshed. He and Si Jie made an appointment to look at the results.
As for Qi Hua, after the last Taoist examination yesterday, he said goodbye to Zhou Bai and left Beijing.
Qi Hua looked lost and depressed when he said goodbye. He obviously knew that his own performance was not enough to make him stand out among 30,000 people.
Zhou Bai felt a little regretful because in his previous life in the forty-seventh year of Xiangxing, the difficulty of the general examination was still normal, and Qi Hua did not fail.
Even the fact that he was selected as a scholar, promoted people, and became a Jinshi was still a good talk in Dingzhou.
According to common sense, Wu Weibo's legacy and the opportunity of Tingshan were enough for Qi Hua to be on the list, but he ran into the most difficult class.
It's probably not my fault, right? Zhou Bai was a little skeptical, but he didn't do anything major to reverse the normal development of the world.
After a series of events, he gradually confirmed in his heart that he was not really "reborn".
The so-called apricot list, as the name suggests, means that when the examination results are released, the apricot blossoms are in full bloom.
In the southeast corner of Gongyuan, there is a huge stone slab with red silk tied on it. This is the apricot list.
Behind the apricot list is a grove of apricot trees with twists and turns. Its flowers are red and white, with thousands of rouge spots. The flowers are so beautiful that they dominate the spring breeze.
The red flowers are blooming, the snowflakes are numerous, and the scattered petals are flying in the breeze, which is extremely beautiful.
Pang Lesheng watched Zhou Bai immersed in eating cakes and couldn't help but complain: "Zijian, can you stop thinking about the sesame paste cakes in your hands? With such a beautiful apricot blossom artistic conception, you have no inspiration?"
"That's right, in case you don't win, but if you write a poem that will be passed down through the ages, my trip will be worthwhile."
"The topic is called, how about taking three friends to watch the apricot blossoms."
"But I suggest that they all be on the list, so that they can be more widely circulated."
Si Jie, Pang Lexheng, and Shi Xiu also followed suit, but they were not really so free and easy. You couldn't tell it on their faces, but the anxiety in their eyes was hard to deceive.
After Zhou Bai finished his breakfast and burped, he became interested in talking to them and said with a smile: "I won't write poems anymore, but I can read faces. Today you have bruises on your forehead. It is obvious that you will be a tribute."
"I didn't expect that our brother Zhou is also a master of physiognomy. I apologize for being rude!"
"Hahaha……"
The relaxed atmosphere of the small group of five people in front of the apricot list has obviously become an anomaly in the eyes of many candidates.
"So arrogant, I want to see how many of them can win." Someone whispered angrily.
As everyone knows, what Zhou Bai said to Si Jie and others was not a lie. He had really experienced Qi.
Slowly, more and more people came to see the results. In addition to the candidates, there were also ordinary people watching the excitement.
Even though people in the inner city basically have a certain social status and good living conditions, they still have a tendency to watch the excitement and gossip.
The area around the Apricot Blossom Forest soon became crowded.
"Dongdongdong~"
At this moment, a group of armored guards came from the imperial city. At the front was an old eunuch riding a dragon horse and wearing a python robe.
Protected in the middle were several little eunuchs holding up big red paper. Everyone knew what the thin red paper was.
It was actually a eunuch who announced the decree. Generally speaking, he was a bachelor. At worst, only a third-grade civil servant was qualified to announce the apricot list.
As the old eunuch got closer and closer, more and more people saw him clearly, and soon some knowledgeable people recognized who he was.
"These are the four realm eunuchs from Ouchi who are responsible for protecting the royal family."
There was some restlessness in the crowd, but it soon calmed down. The intimidating power of Yang Shen had great intimidating power among this group of "mortals" who knew little about it.
So in an unusually quiet scene, a large red paper was carefully pasted on the apricot list, with 221 names shining brightly on it.
The old eunuch in the python robe suddenly stepped on the dragon horse and flew into the air. He floated in mid-air and raised his hands to the palace behind him. He said loudly: "By order of the emperor, I am announcing the list of candidates for the 47th year of Xiangxing Examination!"
"The first place is Hui Yuan, Wuzhou is the one who solves Feichen!"
The reading voice was not the shrill whisper of an ordinary eunuch, but was full of power and power.
"Wow~" The scene suddenly became noisy. Some people were surprised and some were excited.
People like Zhou Bai, who had already expected it, seemed calm.
Huiyuan was one of those people. They were all people who upheld the cultural spirit of the region, and they were beyond the power of Zhou Bai.
Then the old eunuch no longer read out the next 220 names one by one, but pulled the air with his hands, and a huge light curtain appeared over the inner city.
The strong wind suddenly picked up the countless petals of the apricot blossom forest, and then dotted them around the light curtain, making it a veritable apricot list.
Every name on it was very clear, causing exclamations from everywhere.
Zhou Bai was in seventh place, and just as he expected, Si Jie and the other three were all on the list. It was a pity that they were ranked slightly lower.
Officially, there is no ranking, but in fact most of the rankings will not change much in the palace examination, and it is not known what form this palace examination will take.
…
The next day, a thundering bell rang from within the imperial city, and then the east gate opened wide.
Facing the first ray of rising sun, 221 tribute soldiers walked into the imperial city with excitement. The guards on both sides moved their weapons sideways and bowed their heads to show respect.
The wide and flat imperial street is very long, but for them, this is an experience they have never had before.
The towering columns, majestic walls, and overlapping palaces and pavilions are extremely majestic and intimidating.
But this was just the feeling of other tributes. When Zhou Bai saw the Yujie Tongting where the emperor lived, he just thought that one day a real man would live here.
This is his path, the path to eternal life.
Zhongji, the central pole, has a high status.
Zhongji Hall is the venue for this palace examination. The space of its halls and pavilions is so large that it is not worth mentioning that it can accommodate more than two hundred tributes.
However, when the tributes entered the main hall, what greeted them was not the examination table, examination papers, and the four treasures of the study.
Instead, he was a heavenly official whose whole body was burning with flames and surrounded by fairy light. His hot and fierce power only revealed a trace, but it was so overwhelming that everyone did not dare to breathe.
"I am the Red Emperor, sitting down. The flag officer of the Red Army is Nu Pan. I am now ordered to come down to earth to preside over the palace examination for you!"
Everyone could not see his face clearly, but they also knew the etiquette, so they lined up on both sides of the hall in order, and then saluted in unison.
"Meet the wrathful Heavenly Official."
Let a military general preside over the imperial examination? What does this mean? Zhou Bai was also confused at this time.
But no matter what, he has to strive for the ranking he wants.
Nu Pan nodded slightly and said, "Well, don't waste time, the palace examination will start immediately!"
After listening, everyone felt that it was a bit ridiculous and too anxious.
This Heavenly Official is indeed very hot-tempered and resolute. He is exactly the same as he is on the outside.
Without waiting for the tributes to react, Nu Pan waved his hand and shot out a red flame. The flame flew to the center of the hall, and then whirled.
In just a few breaths, the eyes of all 221 tributes were attracted, and then they stared at the red flames in a daze.
In each of their eyes, tragic scenes were reflected, which were scenes of the Red Army and the visitors from other worlds fighting.
The sky is full of stars and dark clouds, somewhere in a demiplane.
Mysterious and terrifying spells, a hell of corpses and flesh, red-stained shirts, and an unshakable red flag...
The dark wind began to howl, as if to awaken the dead souls, and the shouts of killing could not be heard. The next moment, the tribute soldiers became the most ordinary soldiers on the battlefield between the two realms.
The setting sun is like blood, and the flags are hunting.
Most people are afraid of running away when faced with incoming enemies from another world, or they are at a loss and stay in a daze. All kinds of despicableness are displayed in this special situation.
But there are still a few people who pick up the sword in their hands and buck the trend!
Zhou Bai was one of the few. He had killed countless strangers, so he had nothing to fear. He was filled with rage, as if he had returned to the time when Pingcang County was massacred in his previous life.
However, before he could rush out a few steps, the red flames suddenly went out, and everyone fell silent...
This palace examination is too simple and crude.
"The imperial examination is over. Here is the list of the top two. The top three will be determined by the court!" Nu Pan did not make any comments on their performance just now. He left a sentence and a gold medal letter and disappeared into the void.
Zhou Bai looked up and saw a gold medal hanging in the air with fifty-one names on it.
There are three people in the first row, and he is the first in the second row, which is the first in the second row.
