The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

As October arrives, the autumn nights gradually become longer. The sun had just risen and everyone had already finished breakfast.

There is a pavilion on the left side of Fang Yun's yard. Fang Yun and four other people are sitting on stone benches, while the other six people are sitting on wooden benches on the side of the pavilion.

"There are three rounds in the Ten Nations Competition. Although the final ranking is calculated based on the total score, the last place in each round will be eliminated. Alas, I also participated in the Ten Nations Competition last year, but was eliminated in the second round. Eliminated." Younian said.

"With Fang Yun, we have a great chance of entering the top nine. As long as we are ranked one place better than last year, others will have nothing to say and cannot fault Fang Yun!" Qiao Juze said.

Gong Yangyu said with a smile: "The Ten Kingdoms Competition will be held in an hour, so the people from other countries will definitely read today's "Holy Way". As long as they read the Holy Way and then look at Fang Yun, they will definitely have awe. If we have a good heart, our chances of ranking ninth will be even greater!”

Everyone's eyes lit up and they nodded in unison.

Qiao Juze said: "We have all experienced the hype, and it doesn't matter if we watch "The Holy Way" late. Let's go to the competition venue. Chen Jing said that he and some of his classmates from the Holy Academy are waiting for us. By the way, Fang Yun, he also said that he would Thank you personally, if you hadn’t composed that peculiar red and white poem, his wedding banquet would have been laughed at.”

"You can't thank me for this. If the young prince hadn't asked me to compose a poem, that poem might not have appeared." Fang Yun said.

You Nian was a little nervous and said: "Brother Qiao, are the people Chen Jing is leading are all students of the Holy Academy? Then we should pay more attention. Among the ten countries, we, Shangshe Jinshi, are indeed the leading ones, but everyone knows that the most talented people Strong Jinshi can only be in the Holy Academy, while Wen The strongest Jinshi can only compete with them in places such as Shihan Ancient Land, Liangjie Mountain or Zhenyuhai. We are still far behind, so much so that students from the Holy Academy do not even participate in the Ten Kingdoms Competition, otherwise there would be no chance of us. An opportunity for Shangshe Jinshi to show their talents.”

Gongyang Yu said: "Brother Qiao, I saw Chen Jing at the wedding banquet. His eyes seemed to be extremely bright. Could it be that he has obtained the 'star position'?"

Qiao Juze glanced at Fang Yun and then smiled at Gongyang Yu and said, "Yes, after his marriage, his grandfather took him to the place where Chen Zu cultivated, and he received Chen Zu's gift and obtained the first star position."

Fang Yun was moved in his heart.

The human race's Wen position, Wen Xin, and God's gift were all given by the power of Wen Quxing. The verbal and verbal swords were studied by later generations, and the star position was improved by the power of Yasheng Zengzi to seize the demon clan, and was finally formed with the help of Kong Sheng. The power of the human race.

Star position is different from Wenxin. Wenxin provides indirect power and has no direct lethality itself, but star position adds powerful power.

Generally speaking, only Hanlin can open star positions, but the bloodline of saints has the opportunity to open star positions in advance, and once opened, they will obtain different levels of star positions according to the ancestor's civil status.

Chen Jing is a descendant of the Semi-Saint Chen Guanhai, so the first star position he unlocks is the Semi-Saint Will. After that, whether it is war poems or verbal quarrels, whether it is literary boldness or loud swearing, as long as there is an attack intention, Chen Guanhai will be attached. will. That power was insignificant to Chen Guanhai, not even as powerful as his own breath, but it played a decisive role for Jinshi.

Ordinary Jinshi can never defeat Star Jinshi at the same level.

This is why even though Fang Yun was a prodigy before, many children from semi-saint families were still not afraid of him.

Fang Yun's poems and articles are indeed strong, but in the decisive literary battle later, Fang Yun's advantage is no longer obvious, and the disciples of the All Saints family have a huge advantage.

Therefore, even if Fang Yukong is more talented than Yan Yukong, in the eyes of more people, Yan Yukong has a better future than Fang Yukong, because once Yan Yukong becomes a Jinshi, the Yanzi family will definitely take Yan Yukong into the Yanzi Holy Tomb as soon as possible and obtain the sub-sage Yan Zi's sub-sage will formed the first star position.

With the will of the sub-saint, Yan Yukong's talent may still not be as good as Fang Yun, but in times of danger, he can rely on the star position to obtain more powerful power, greatly improving his survivability, but Fang Yun doesn't even have the will of the semi-saint, even if he has the talent No matter how high you are, you will fall easily.

The disciples of the All Saints Family are so strong in civil battles that even if some disciples of the family cannot be ranked among the Eight Scholars or even the Four Great Talents, in actual combat they far surpass these people who are famous in the mainland.

Especially those geniuses from aristocratic families who have been fighting in the Shihan Ancient Land, the Two Worlds Mountain or the Prison Sea for many years. Like Li Wenying, they do not have the strongest talent, but they have unparalleled civil and combat abilities.

Tongsheng, Xiucai and Juren all compete on literature and learning ability, but Jinshi, Hanlin and Bachelor's degrees place more emphasis on literary warfare. Literary warfare is not everything, but it sharpens one's literary courage, tempers one's mind, and leads to the holy path. the best way.

Except for the disciples of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there is no semi-saint who is inferior to his peers in Wen Zhan. Even the talented Tao Yuanming was unable to be canonized because of his lack of Wen Zhan strength. In the end, he broke the boat and entered the demon world alone, experiencing a bloody storm. Only then can there be a basis for canonization.

Fang Yun glanced at Qiao Juze again, thinking that he seemed to have decided that he was the King of Stars, otherwise he would not have looked over when the star position was mentioned.

Fang Yun's Star King is now only a power given by the Demon Ancestor, but after being promoted to Jinshi, he can use the power of the Star King to forcibly open up star positions and list the Star King as the first star position.

It's just that many people still don't believe that Fang Yun can become the King of Stars. After all, it doesn't count Fang Yun. The only person in the human race who wins the King of Stars is the Dragon of the Kong family, and it was the entire Kong family's effort, and even the relics of Confucius were used.

Fang Yun looked at the rest of the people and found that more than half of the Shangshe Jinshi were in high spirits. This was the best opportunity to get to know the students of the Holy Academy.

"Let's go, then go to Master Zhangyuan's residence, ask for instructions and then go to the competition venue!"

Everyone quickly walked towards the competition venue, chatting about the first competition as they walked.

"Ten people can travel thousands of miles, and one person can travel thousands of miles. I just don't know how to take the exam this time."

You Nian said: "There is a group of old... teachers in the Holy Academy who like to make things difficult for students. Every time they compete in the Ten Nations Competition, they always come up with different tricks. Last year, they traveled thousands of miles and sailed with music. Three years ago, they were even more biased and even ranked first. The Confucius Academy only got eighty points in the first round. I hope we can be more serious this year, otherwise we will have no chance of survival.”

"It's a pity that the journey of thousands of miles is completely separate, and Fang Yun can't help us. As for the second game, Fang Yun can't help us. The third game is possible, but the price may be distracting Fang Yun, so Try not to ask for Fang's luck. Alas, I feel like we have ruined Fang's luck in this competition." Cui Wang sighed after saying this.

Qiao Juze's face darkened and he said: "Cui Wang, although you are older than Fang Yun, in our eyes, you are more like a child than Fang Yun. With your talent, we would have sent you to the Holy Academy early, but you are too young. We are not strong-willed, so we are still in the academy. With luck this time, we are expected to win the ninth place, and the people from the Shen Kingdom will definitely mess with us, and you will definitely be one of their breakthrough points!"

Cui Wang's expression changed and he sighed: "Indeed. The Ten Kingdoms Competition is too important. Every few years, someone will do some dirty tricks. There are even Shangshe Jinshi who stayed up all night because they were seduced before the competition, resulting in the second Tian’s condition was extremely poor and he had very few chips, which resulted in him falling one place behind in the rankings.”

"So you must not make any mistakes!"

"I understand! During the few days of the competition, I will be with you all the time, and I will never let anyone take advantage of it!"

"So good!"

Everyone walked and talked all the way, and soon arrived at the competition venue.

This is a huge semicircular venue. The center of the circle is an open space, and tens of thousands of people are already sitting on the steps of the venue. Many of them are reading today's "Holy Way" or "Wenbao", and there are Some people got together to discuss.

Discussions were heated in some places, and occasionally a low roar of thunder could be heard.

Most of the people here are Juren and Jinshi, and there are also a few Hanlins. None of the bachelors or scholars are here.

The students from the Confucian Academy guided Fang Yun and the ten people to the bottom of the stairs, where the people of Jingguo Shangshe were seated.

This lowest ladder is divided into eleven areas, respectively for the temporary stay of the eleven academic palaces of the Ten Kingdoms and Kongcheng.

Fang Yun and others arrived neither early nor late. Five people from the academy had already arrived.

Jingguo ranked tenth last year, so on the left is the ninth Shenguo Academy, on the right is the eleventh Guguoxue Palace, last year's eighth-ranked Yueguoxue Palace, the second-ranked Kongfu Academy and the sixth-ranked The Jiaguo Academy has already arrived.

Fang Yun glanced at the students from the five countries, and his eyes paused for a moment at the Confucius Academy. He thought that he was worthy of being the leader of the academy. Last year, he came early even though his ranking was so high. He didn't have the arrogance of his host. This was enough to prove it. Many things.

Fang Yun discovered that the disciples from various academies also looked at him, and four out of the ten people in the Gu Kingdom showed hostility. The two countries are not bordering each other, but the Gu State is dominated by the Zajia family, and they have long been dissatisfied with the Jing State. Moreover, after the end of the Holy Ruins, Xun Ye stirred up trouble and slandered Fang Yun for killing Weng Ming of the Weng family in Gu. Although he clarified it later, it made the Weng family lose face. The Wengsheng family did not dare to do anything to the Xun family, so they could only turn their anger towards Fang Yun.

Although the Shen people on the other side were wary, they were not hostile. They were just afraid that Jing Guo would catch up with them.

As for the eighth Yueguo, it was different. After discovering the arrival of people from Jingguo Academy, they whispered a few words and walked over with a smile.

Ten white-clothed Jinshis came hand in hand. They were all of good temperament and immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Just as these ten white-clothed Jinshi came, another group of ten people walked through the passage, but one of these ten people was wearing black uniforms.

The leader raised his hands and said with a smile: "Hu Shang from Yueguo is here to visit with nine classmates. I wish all the students from Jingguo a good success in the Ten Kingdoms Competition. However, I would like to ask which one is Fang Yunfang Zhenguo? ?”

The ten people from Jingguo returned the gift. Cui Wang smiled and said, "This is the youngest one." After speaking, he pointed to Fang Yun.

Then the ten members of the Yue Kingdom raised their hands again and said in unison: "Thank you Fang Zhenguo!"

Fang Yun smiled helplessly. What Qiao Juze said that day was indeed right. Because he had shattered the literary courage of many outstanding Jinshi in Qingguo, Yueguo had a chance to steal the seventh place in Qingguo this year, so Yueguo Jinshi was very grateful to him. .

Hu Shang smiled and said: "Fang Zhenguo, don't think we are joking. When you come to Yueguo, we will welcome you as a whole nation!"

Fang Yun said: "You're welcome, I just did what I should do. I can only help you here. I'll see what happens next!"

The people around couldn't help but laugh.

However, someone in the new team suddenly snorted and said: "You clown, you are so arrogant!"