Fighter of the Destiny

Like every morning in the past fourteen years, Chen Changsheng woke up at five o'clock, opened his eyes immediately, spent five breaths in meditation, got up, put on his shoes and clothes, made the bed and quilt, and started washing. I ate a bowl of duck porridge and four hot meat buns from the first cage in the front hall of the inn. I returned to the guest room, rinsed my mouth again with last night's old tea, arranged my clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and then walked to the small courtyard.

——Now that he is not in the small temple in Xining Town, he does not need to chop wood or carry water. He faces the nascent morning mist and the distant skylight, closes his eyes and begins to meditate, silently reciting the Taoist scrolls in his mind until he is clear. Feeling refreshed, I finally finished my homework. I walked from the side door to the increasingly lively streets of Kyoto, merged inconspicuously into the crowd, and started my day.

He had a list in his hand with the names of several colleges in Kyoto. After asking the city steward for the address of the first college, he quickened his pace. He didn't notice that there was a carriage following him from behind, he didn't notice that the horse had unicorn blood, and he didn't notice the somewhat hidden blood phoenix logo on the shaft of the carriage.

Countless years ago, the Book of Heaven came to the world, the people's wisdom was opened, and countless mathematical disciplines were developed. However, everything remains true to its origins. Tracing its origins, they are all included in the Taoist classics. This is true for agriculture, industry, and commerce, and the standards for judging these are , now recognized as the most authoritative, is the annual imperial examination of the Zhou Dynasty.

The Great Imperial Examination was initiated by Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Regardless of whether one enters the court as an official, enlists in the army as a general, or joins the state religion as a priest, the results of the Great Imperial Examination are the most important criterion. The most important thing is that Emperor Taizu made it clear that only those who are ranked in the top three in the imperial examination are eligible to enter the Tomb of Heavenly Books to read the Heavenly Books. Because of this rule, countless powerful people in the world come to Kyoto at the beginning of every year. During a great imperial examination, Emperor Taizu stood on the city wall, watching the geniuses from all the sects in the mainland come in like crucian carp, and said a very famous saying with a smile, thus establishing the status of the imperial examination.

The southern countries, especially the Changsheng Sect and other outsider sects, are naturally extremely dissatisfied with this rule. In their view, although the Mausoleum of the Heavenly Book is in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Heavenly Book is a divine stone that has come to the world, and is of course the common wealth of the entire continent. For this reason, the South has boycotted the imperial examination several times, and relations between the two sides have become extremely tense.

It’s just that the Mausoleum of the Heavenly Book is too important to the practitioners. Although the Zhou Dynasty was strong, there was no way to risk the world’s disapproval to monopolize it. The forces in the south had no way to resist the temptation to enter the Mausoleum of the Heavenly Book to view the monument. Even after the demons were repelled During the years when the two sides drifted apart, the South openly resisted, but there were still many strong men from the Southern sects who participated in the imperial examination in a private name.

After the Holy Queen came to power, the Great Zhou Dynasty finally reached an agreement with the southern forces. The southern countries and sects could send their own envoys to participate in the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial examinations. The judgment was based on both parties, and the southern students did not have to accept it. The Great Zhou Dynasty's official titles and honors were treated equally, and the rest were treated equally. Furthermore, the Great Zhou Dynasty had a brand new name in this new agreement.

For countless years, the Great Imperial Examination has selected countless powerful people. It is said that the most powerful people in the mainland today have all had the experience of coming to the capital of the Zhou Dynasty to participate in the Great Imperial Examination. A more well-known fact is that the contemporary state religion Pope, the Southern Saint The female peak elders were once the best in the imperial examination, not to mention that some geniuses from the Western Demon Clan once transformed into humans to participate in the imperial examination. Even a young gentleman from the Demon Clan once took the risk to come to Kyoto, but was killed by the former The acting Pope saw through Xingzang and used great magic to directly suppress it into Qingyan.

That was a story many years ago. What people are more concerned about now is whether Qiu Shanjun of the Changsheng Sect will participate in next year's imperial examination, how many of the Seven Laws of the Kingdom of God will be able to enter the First Class, and whether Xu Yourong will break through in advance and leave the Saintess' Peak and return to Kyoto. Will the talented man known for his ruthlessness and mystery in the Demonic wilderness appear in front of the world for the first time, or will he continue to pursue each other in a bloody pursuit with the Demonic man? Apart from these, what people in Kyoto are most concerned about is what dazzling talents will appear in Kyoto Academy.

Yes, there are many academies in Kyoto. The Holy Queen was in power, and under the strict government regulations, the officials were clear and the people's lives were getting better. In the past few decades, the seas, rivers and rivers were clear, which can be called a prosperous era. Various academies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Even a few years ago, there were many private academies that specifically aimed at the imperial examination and were taught secretly by strong men in the state education. Of course, the most famous and powerful colleges are the ones with the longest history. Two of them have a history that is even longer than that of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

There are six academies on Chen Changsheng's list, and the Tiandao Academy he went to at this time is at the top of the list. In fact, throughout the entire continent, Tiandao Academy is qualified to be ranked at the top - in the past two hundred years, students from Tiandao Academy have won the first place in the imperial examinations a total of 24 times. The students without exception are all extremely talented. This college has provided many important priests to the state religion and countless spiritual geniuses to various sects. The most important thing is that the contemporary pope of the state religion was once a student of this college. .

Tiandaoyuan has the best results in the history of the imperial examination, and is naturally the most difficult to enter, but it still has the largest number of applicants. Chen Changsheng walked to the gate of Tiandaoyuan, looked at the majestic ink jade gate, and looked at the name of the courtyard inscribed by Emperor Taizu himself. He naturally felt admiration and yearning, but then, this emotion disappeared. Dispelled by the lively environment like a vegetable market at the courtyard gate and the pungent smell of sweat and ink, he lowered his head subconsciously.

When he left Xining, he had already calculated the time accurately. When he arrived in Kyoto, it was the spring enrollment date for major colleges. He could also imagine that there would be a huge number of people applying for Tiandaoyuan, but he did not expect that the number would be so terrifying. . Especially the group of young people at the entrance of the courtyard who looked tired, stood crookedly, and pointed at the crowd, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The clothes worn by those young people were similar in style, mostly black, with gold belts around their waists. They should be the uniforms of the Tiandao Academy. Chen Changsheng knew that these people should be old students who failed to pass the imperial examination at the beginning of the year. These people were arrogant and arrogant, but they were also very depressed because of their failure. They would definitely not have a good look at the new students who came to apply for the Tiandao Academy today. , listening to those harsh words and seeing the ridicule in the eyes of those young people, he subconsciously lowered his head.

He lowered his head not because he was afraid of anything, but because he had some slight mysophobia, both physical and psychological, so he didn't want to smell the stench of sweat from the crowd, nor did he want to hear those words.

"Look at that idiot, he looks like a pig, with a few pockmarks on his face, yet he sticks a fan in his neck, thinking he's a moult? Don't even think about it, that thousand-layer flesh on your neck , I almost broke the fan!"

"That's right. Judging from his frivolous steps, he has only just washed his marrow within two months at most. I'm afraid his muscles and bones haven't been beaten yet, yet he dares to apply for our Tiandao Academy? Where does he think we are here? The National Education Academy? Haha... ...I don’t even understand what these idiots are thinking. Do they think they can understand Tao Zang with their weak and pitiful spiritual consciousness?”

"Tongzhi Daozang? Gou Hanshi, who is an idiot in reading, doesn't dare to say this, right? You sympathize with the demented man for a while, and I sympathize with his parents. The humiliation later is the second best. The money spent before, but There is no way to take it back. If I were the parents of that idiot fat man, I might as well use the money to go to the church to ask for some pills, lose some fat, and at least get a wife."

"So what if he has a wife? Even Hanmei Dan only cares about himself. In the future, he will have seventeen or eight sons and daughters, who will all be fat and idiots like him. Is it a good thing to raise a pig and raise a litter?"

Those students laughed and talked about those applicants without scruples. Their words were extremely ugly, and they did not control the volume at all. They may even deliberately want the people being discussed to listen. It was extremely hateful. The fat young man who was being discussed was blushing, but he didn't dare to resist at all, because those students were telling the truth. He had indeed just had his marrow cleansed more than ten days ago, and it was basically impossible for him to be admitted to Tiandao Academy. In the end, The key thing is that even if he is lucky enough to enter the academy, he cannot offend these seniors.

Chen Changsheng walked through the crowd, listening to the dirty words, his brows raised slightly, thinking that if he was the one being talked about, he didn't know if he could hold it back. Fortunately, he had his head lowered and his breath was so ordinary that he was extremely inconspicuous in the crowd and difficult to notice. So he luckily avoided being ridiculed and passed through the Moyu courtyard gate smoothly and left. Go in.

Because he was thinking about these things and lowering his head, he didn't notice that on both sides of the stone path leading to the entrance to Tiandaoyuan, there were two huge stone walls carved with strange flowers and monsters, and hundreds of names were densely written in the middle. , it seems to be some kind of list, there are many eyes falling on those names, with passion and admiration.

The family servants who came with the new students were not allowed to enter the Tiandao courtyard, so once they entered the courtyard, the environment suddenly became quieter. Chen Changsheng took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped away the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, exhaled, and felt a little more relaxed. Follow the student in front of you and queue to the back of the long queue.

There are many people applying for Tiandaoyuan, and the queue is very long. It looks like the legendary 100-foot-long snake in the Western Demon Realm. It stretches from the distant buildings to the grassland, and even passes through a clear stream in the middle. The freshmen who applied for the exam were all standing on the wooden bridge over the river, their faces turned livid from the cold wind of early spring.

Soon, people came out of the building. They were all teenagers and girls. Their faces were as livid as their companions on the bridge. They were very ugly. If it wasn't freezing, it must have been because the exam was not going well. The people who were still waiting in line suddenly became nervous when they saw their lost expressions, and were no longer in the mood to chat.

Chen Changsheng didn't know anyone, so naturally there was no small talk. He looked at the building in the distance, looking a little curious. He was only concerned about the Tiandao Academy's admissions examination. Is it the same method as mentioned in the book? Why did these people who failed to pass pass it so quickly? Defeated? Or is it that the Tiandao Academy’s exams have really changed?

The crowd kept moving forward, crossing the grassland and the stream. Before getting close to the building, they came to a row of bamboo sheds. Looking at the serious-faced Tiandaoyuan teacher behind the stone table, and looking at the dark rock like volcanic rock on the table, Chen Changsheng recognized what it was and remembered an old incident he had seen in the Taoist scrolls. Litigation, slightly startled.

Did you not expect to update so early? Horizontal. Tomorrow I am going to attend an event at CP14, which should be a signing for Zetianji-related merchandise. In Shanghai, it seems to be noon, but I heard that I have to get up early in the morning. I feel like I am running so fast... I am going to faint. !