The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

The holy way is difficult and profound. Fang Yun can understand it at a glance when reading the simple part, but when reading the particularly obscure part, he has to read it over and over again. Even if he knows the general meaning, he can never touch the true meaning.

The more difficult and obscure it is, the more it shows that there is the holy way.

The "scripture meaning" is also tested in the Jinshi examination, but the examination method is different from that in the Xiucai examination and Juren examination.

There are many scripture meaning questions in the Jinshi examination, and you only need to choose one. Moreover, the questions are not as biased as those in the Xiucai examination or Juren examination. They are more upright and more common.

The scripture meaning test before the Jinshi examination tests understanding and knowledge, while the scripture meaning in the Jinshi examination has a tendency to move closer to the holy way, so it is neither biased nor strange. It only tests the understanding of the holy way. Even if you don’t understand the holy way, you must know the direction of the holy way.

Know the direction of your holy way.

Jinshi knows that Hanlin seeks the way, university scholars hear the way, great scholars practice the way, and semi-saints establish the way.

Passing the joint examination is a Jinshi, but not every Jinshi is eligible to participate in the palace examination. Only Jinshi who have reached the second or higher level in the classics are eligible to participate in the palace examination and become the acting magistrate of a county. They use nearly a year to practice what they have learned and stand out from more people.

After roughly studying the textbooks of the Juren class this year, Fang Yun took a nap for half a quarter of an hour and then got up to eat lunch.

After lunch, Fang Yun sat in the study and thought.

The Ten Kingdoms Competition, the Dragon Platform, the Jinshi Examination, the Jinshi Spring Hunt, the Palace Examination... and a series of things will begin one after another, and there will be a chance to enter the Heavenly Tree.

"The Ten Nations Competition is a literary competition, and the Dragon Platform is a martial arts competition, but the Heavenly Tree is different. The Heavenly Tree is not a fixed battlefield. After entering, you can get a seed. The seed will take root and sprout in the Palace of Literature and then grow into a Heavenly Tree seedling. The Heavenly Tree seedling needs various special "fertilizers" to grow. When it grows to a certain extent, it will bear fruit and you can benefit from it."

"However, if the fertilizer is too poor or cannot be provided, the Heavenly Tree seedling will leave and return to the Heavenly Tree. The fertilizer required by the Heavenly Tree seedling is not purely material, but also various strange spiritual powers, and even involves the Holy Way. Every time the Heavenly Tree seedling becomes a leaf, it can go up a level in the Heavenly Tree."

"What exactly is the Heavenly Tree? No one knows it yet, and even those who accidentally plant it will be killed. The demon saints who came down from the Heavenly Tree all guessed that it might be an ancient relic. Moreover, the demon saints did not take the Heavenly Tree seriously at first. Later, when they failed to suppress the Heavenly Tree, and the Heavenly Tree could bring benefits to all tribes, the demon saints could only wait for it to develop. "

"Confucius said that the Heavenly Tree has four roots, but only one root is known to penetrate the void and connect the Ten Thousand Worlds, and he does not know the other three roots. The trunk and crown of the Heavenly Tree form a world of its own, but in the relevant books, the role of the Heavenly Tree is very simple, which is to give seeds to all tribes and then help them, and there is no other magical place. "

Fang Yun thought for a long time and decided to enter the Heavenly Tree before the Ten Nations Competition, but before that, he needed to consult an expert, so Fang Yun sent a letter to Yan Yukong.

"Yukong, have you been to the Heavenly Tree?"

"Oh? It seems that you actually got the Heavenly Leaf to enter the Heavenly Tree from the Saints' Family? Congratulations, but you give up. "

"Why is this?" Fang Yun was confused.

"The Kong Family Dragon, Princess Yuwei of the East China Sea Dragon Clan, the Demon King, Tao Yuanming, Chen Guanhai, Yi Zhishi and I, all of whom are known as geniuses, have entered the Heavenly Tree, and they all have one thing in common. Do you know what it is?"

"What?" Fang Yun was even more curious.

"We didn't even reach the second floor, and we all failed!"

"This..."

"It seems that you don't know much. The Heavenly Tree, the Heavenly Tree, some people even call it the Tree of Talent, but this is not a compliment, but an insult. The more talented a person is, the higher the value of the fertilizer required for the Heavenly Tree seedlings they plant, and the lower the talent, the lower the value of the fertilizer required! Do you know what kind of fertilizer I asked you to find after I got the Heavenly Tree seedlings?"

Fang Yun did not send a letter, but waited for Yan Yukong's answer.

"The horn of the Dragon Saint."

"This... even the Kong family doesn't have much."

"Let's not talk about whether I can get the horn of the Dragon Saint. Even if I get it, how can I let the seedling of the Heavenly Tree absorb it! That is the horn of the Dragon Saint. There are too many things that can be exchanged. If I use the horn of the Dragon Saint to sharpen my tongue, I dare to kill Hanlin in the Jinshi! Another point is that what the seedling of the Heavenly Tree grows after absorbing fertilizer is not controlled by you! If it were you, would you be willing to exchange it with the horn of the Dragon Saint?"

"Of course not!" Fang Yun answered very straightforwardly. The dragon race is a treasure to both the demon race and the scholars, not to mention the Dragon Saint. They are both half-saints. The Dragon Saint can fight two human races or half-saints of the demon race. Its value can be imagined.

"So, I ignored the sapling of the tree, and in the end, the sapling of the tree left me, letting the tree continue to harm the next person."

"Do you know what fertilizers other geniuses need?"

"Yes. Princess Yuwei's sapling of the tree needs a real dragon egg, the sapling of the dragon of the Kong family needs a page of the scripture written by Confucius, the demon king needs his life, Yi Zhishi's sapling needs the hatred of the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea, and Chen Guanhai's sapling needs to kill 100,000 people with his own hands to gather their resentment. I won't say anything else, you can figure it out by yourself."

"This tree is too weird. The hatred of the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea? Is this okay? You dare to ask for this? Let Chen Sheng kill 100,000 people? It's crazy!" Fang Yun said.

"So I advise you not to take the sapling of the tree seriously. What if the sapling asks you to write a shocking article for it, do you say you will give it or not?"

"The Jingsheng article can be worshiped directly in the temples, and it has great power to ward off disasters. I was crazy and let a broken sapling eat the Jingsheng article! Besides, I don't have it either." Fang Yun wrote in the book. .

"As long as you understand. However, although the Heavenly Tree seedlings are waste among wastes to us, it is very important to see the heaven and earth after entering the Heavenly Tree! We know that the Heavenly Tree seedlings cannot be planted, but we still enter because we can see the Heavenly Tree. It’s a realm, and the power in the Heavenly Tree is extremely special. Once you enter, you must stay for three hours at a time and don’t leave early.”

Fang Yun thought about it and realized that the sapling of the Heavenly Tree might be of no use to him, so he decided to enter it today. Anyway, his talent had reached the peak of Juren, so it would be better to enter the Heavenly Tree at this time.

It was mid-afternoon, so Fang Yun took precautions and told Yang Yuhuan that he had important things to do tonight and he must not disturb him. He had to wait until dawn tomorrow before going to his room.

Fang Yun continued to study in the afternoon. After reading for a while, Mr. Sai sent a letter.

"Marquis Fang Wen, congratulations! You first filled up the seven pavilions, gathered your talents, and then attracted a lot of attention. Your achievements are unimaginable, so the court will discuss your reward in a few days. However, your rank is too low. , even if you suddenly become a member of the Kong family, many rewards cannot be given, and we can only wait until you become a Jinshi. I hope you are prepared. "

"I understand." Fang Yun wrote.