I Have No Qualifications, The System Asked Me To Marry A Wife To Practice

The Heavenly Pride List is a ranking of cultivators in the Dongxuan Heaven, and it consists of the most talented young disciples from various sects.

Over time, each sect has also created its own Heavenly Pride List, which includes the top disciples and provides sect resources based on their rankings as a measure of encouragement for the younger generation.

Since this is a list solely based on strength, those who are not strong enough are easily challenged and killed. Relationships and connections are not effective, so it is relatively fair and provides an opportunity for talented disciples from sects without influential backgrounds to rise to the top.

Of course, there is a significant gap in strength between different realms, so each sect's Heavenly Pride List is divided into multiple lists based on different realms. Except for the Qi Refining stage, which is the foundation of cultivation and not included in the statistics, each major realm has its own Heavenly Pride List.

The Langxuan Heavenly Palace also has such a list, and those who can be included are truly outstanding individuals from each major realm.

If Chu Shen can be selected and receive sufficient attention from the Langxuan Heavenly Palace, it is possible for Li Rong to be relieved of her worries about a political marriage.

The difficulty lies in whether Chu Shen can be selected.

He is not even an official disciple of the Langxuan Heavenly Palace yet!

Therefore, the first thing to solve now is this issue.

"The rule of the Heavenly Palace for selecting official disciples from scholars is that they must reach the ninth level of the Foundation Building stage to be eligible for assessment. However, there are two exceptions.

One is a joint recommendation from the instructors of the academy, and the other is the guidance of a senior with a certain position in the inner palace.

In the former case, Junior Brother Chu actually has the qualifications, but the instructors can only make a limited number of recommendations, and leaving the spots for special individuals has long been an unwritten rule. Without sufficient background, even if a few instructors favor Junior Brother Chu, it is unlikely to gather enough joint recommendations.

The situation is similar for the latter case. For example, my master has reserved all the spots for people in our family, including me. As a beneficiary, I cannot deny this."

Chu Shen was quite puzzled when he heard this: "Cultivation requires not only improving one's cultivation level, but also walking on the path one has chosen, understanding one's heart and attaining enlightenment. Only then can one achieve longevity. How come there are so many people who are just seeking temporary gains and benefits?"

Li Jinrong laughed at his naivety: "If everyone truly focused on cultivating, there should be at least three to five times more true cultivators in Dongxuan Heaven than there are now."

The problem lies in the fact that the path of cultivation is difficult and challenging. Only those who can persist until the end can be considered to have a firm Dao heart. The majority of people have wavering Dao hearts.

Especially for some intelligent individuals who can already see the end of their cultivation, naturally they lose the motivation to continue striving. When else would they engage in temporary gains and benefits?

There are also many people who initially cultivate in order to learn extraordinary skills and change their lives. Once they have achieved a certain level of cultivation, they feel satisfied and indulge in pleasure-seeking.

These cultivators may appear to be true cultivators, but in reality, they are no different from ordinary people in the mortal world. They are not lacking in worldly desires and emotions.

As she spoke, Li Jinrong teasingly looked at Chu Shen: "Let's take you as an example. Tell me, are you a true cultivator or someone who indulges in worldly pleasures?"

Chu Shen was speechless, as he was caught in a dilemma. Although he frequently took concubines and had children to earn system rewards, he couldn't deny that his attachment to his concubines was also a natural response of a man. This attachment even had a broad scope.

For a moment, he couldn't come up with a retort to Li Jinrong's words.

Seeing his embarrassed state, Li Jinrong burst into laughter, and Yang Taichu also chuckled.

"Stop laughing. Yang Senior Sister, both paths are blocked. Why are you bringing up this matter to me?"

Yang Taichu said, "Who said both paths are blocked?"

Chu Shen: "???"

You said that these spots will mostly be reserved for internal personnel. He has no connections or background, so can he still have a chance?

Li Jinrong smiled and said, "At first, I thought the same, but you're really lucky."

Yang Taichu took out a jade slip from his pocket and threw it to Chu Shen.

After taking it, Chu Shen checked it and found that it was a summary of recent news in the cultivation world, similar to a newspaper. One piece of news was marked by Yang Taichu's divine sense, obviously meant for him to read.

"The Fuyuan Pavilion's Pill Dao Grand Gathering?"

Li Jinrong explained, "Fuyuan Pavilion is one of the famous major businesses in the cultivation world, involved in multiple industries. However, they are most deeply involved in the field of pill refinement, which is their main business.

In order to expand their influence and build good relationships with alchemists, Fuyuan Pavilion periodically holds large-scale pill dao exchanges.

It's just that I didn't expect that the previous exchange was only a few years ago, and they're already holding it again this year."

Chu Shen was completely confused, "What does this have to do with me?"

Li Jinrong looked at him as if he were stupid, "Of course it has something to do with you. Aren't you quite skilled in pill refinement? Even the instructors at the alchemy academy praise your high-quality spirit pills and other elixirs.

You can shine at this exchange gathering!

As long as you can gain some fame at the gathering, and even be admired by others, even if you have no blood relation or haven't even met, people from the inner court will come to get close to you, even claiming to be your relatives, and then find a way to bring you over!"

Yang Taichu nodded, "I've said it before. Rules always have loopholes. Although the Holy Lord has done his best to provide relatively fair opportunities for scholars, there will always be some people who can break through certain restrictions based on their own advantages."

Chu Shen understood. This was most likely another unspoken hidden rule, and it was because of his deep connection with Yang Taichu, an internal member, that she would mention it to him.

"Wow, they really know how to play with the methods of these rules."

But this is indeed a good idea, in a sense, a "taking advantage of the foreign to enhance oneself."

"When does the Dan Dao Summit start?"

"It starts half a month after the scholar assessment," Yang Taichu replied.

"Okay, I'll go. Do I need to sign up or anything?"

"We can take care of that for you," Li Jinrong enthusiastically offered to be a helpful assistant.

Chu Shen:

I trust Senior Sister Yang, she is more reliable than you.

Of course, he couldn't say that, as it would greatly offend Li Jinrong.

After confirming the schedule, and with Yang Taichu and Li Jinrong gradually completing their first evolution of spiritual roots and needing time to adapt, they didn't stay and continued to wander aimlessly. They all left one after another.

Chu Shen also returned to the estate and shared the joy of his breakthrough with his concubines, while also checking on their cultivation progress.

Then, after about ten days and a half month, the scholar assessment at Chongxue Peak began.