The study and practice of all courses and subjects in Lingtian Academy are arranged by you without any compulsion. As long as the money you earn on Qianlong Island can afford the monthly fee of 30 gold coins, You can just treat Lingtian Court as a high-end island hotel for the rest of your life. Of course, if you want to leave Qianlong Island at will before completing the courses and training subjects here, that is a delusion.
In Lingtianyuan, in addition to studying and practicing, there are also some mandatory and optional family tasks to complete. Some of these family tasks can allow you to earn money, and some can allow people to earn family contribution points. , some are both. Many family tasks even require you to return to land to complete. This is also one of the opportunities for students of Lingtian Academy to leave Qianlong Island in an upright manner.
Almost all missions that require leaving the island are generally very difficult, and some are even very dangerous. Two-thirds of the family members who died during their training at Lingtian Academy died while performing missions off the island.
Lingtianyuan is a school, an army and a furnace. This place has a free and relaxed side, but it also has a strong and iron-blooded side. The temperature here can make you sublime, but it may also turn you into residue and charcoal.
If you don’t want to become dregs and ash, the only thing you can do here is to work hard, work hard, and work harder, and keep gritting your teeth to make yourself stronger, stronger, and stronger. There is no other way.
On the first night when he came to Lingtian Courtyard, Zhang Tie, as a newcomer, received his first mandatory mission in Lingtian Courtyard. When Zhang Tie was in the room, someone directly handed over the first mission to Lingtian Courtyard. The mission letter was delivered to his room.
This mandatory task is a bit funny. It actually asks Zhang Tie to clean the house. The task lasts for a week and can earn 5 family contribution points. This is the first lesson for every newcomer who enters Lingtian Academy.
At the beginning, Zhang Tie also thought this task was a bit funny. But soon, Zhang Tie stopped laughing, because the place that Zhang Tie needed to clean was the Ying Ji Pavilion in Lingtian Courtyard.
The Pavilion of Sacrifice to Heroes is an ancestral hall in Lingtian Courtyard, where all the family members who sacrificed and died while practicing in Lingtian Courtyard since the establishment of Qianlong Hall are commemorated and enshrined here.
Early the next morning, according to the prescribed time, at six o'clock in the morning, when it was just dawn, Zhang Tie came to the Jiying Pavilion, this place. There was only an elderly man watching the door. After Zhang Tie arrived, the old man brought Zhang Tie into the Ying Ji Pavilion.
As soon as he entered the Ying Ji Pavilion, what Zhang Tie saw was densely packed with spiritual tablets, which made Zhang Tie's scalp numb.
"Jiying Pavilion opens at nine o'clock every morning and closes at nine o'clock in the evening. So you have to come early for cleaning in the morning, at least three hours in advance. Jiying Pavilion has three floors. There are a total of 1,183 spiritual tablets enshrined in it. You need to clean the upper and lower three floors. The floor, railings, windows, and memorial platform should all be cleaned, and every memorial tablet should be wiped clean. You also need to clean it again after closing here at night! After you finish cleaning, I will come to check if it is not cleaned properly. Do it again! If you encounter someone coming to worship during the opening hours of the Ying Sacrifice Pavilion, you should always pay attention to keeping this place clean..." The old man led Zhang Tie around the Ying Sacrifice Pavilion. While explaining to Zhang Tie how to clean the place and what to pay attention to.
Finally, after leading Zhang Tie to the cleaning tool room and explaining the uses of those tools, the old man sighed, "Well, the latest spiritual tablet was added just two months ago. These young people..." After saying this, the old man shook his head and left, leaving the Ying Ji Pavilion to Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie suppressed the emotions in his heart and started cleaning the sacrificial palace. Although he had killed people and seen blood on the battlefield before, he was cleaning here, especially when wiping the spiritual tablets. Looking at the black and white photos of young people on those stone spirit tablets, Zhang Tie still felt a little fuzzy in his heart.
On the front of each spiritual tablet, there is a photo and a name, and on the back of the spiritual tablet, there is a brief introduction to the life of the person in the photo. A few lines of text outline a person's life - who are his parents, In what year did he enter Qianlong Hall, what kind of deeds did he have, and why did he die young in the end.
Everyone has curiosity. After the feeling of hairiness in his heart slowly disappeared, Zhang Tie couldn't help but take a look at the biography and cause of death of the person behind the spirit tablet every time he wiped it. Unless you don't want to read the words engraved on the spiritual tablets, you will inevitably see them during the wiping process.
The more the spiritual tablets were rubbed, the more he saw. Gradually, Zhang Tie felt an emotion well up in his heart that he didn't even know what it was like.
Those who died may have had different lives when they were alive, but in the end they all fell into silence. The reasons for his passing are also bizarre and sad.
Some people are geniuses who awaken several ancestral bloodlines at a young age. They advance to the tenth level at the age of seventeen or eighteen and become strong warriors. However, in the end, they fail to listen to other people's advice during the training process and forcefully try to break through. At a certain point in his cultivation, he finally went crazy and vomited blood and died.
Some people with average qualifications came to Qianlong Hall, but because they couldn't stand the pressure here, they were slowly left behind by others. They complained about themselves all day long and didn't think about making progress. In the end, they died of worry.
Some people overestimate their own strength when they choose to accept a family mission, and end up dying during the execution of the mission because they are not strong enough.
Some people are actually merciless and indecisive when performing certain special tasks. After sparing the enemy's life, they are killed by the enemy.
Some people died in accidents due to carelessness while performing ordinary tasks.
Some people had grudges with others before coming to Qianlong Hall, and eventually died at the hands of their enemies.
Some people, after coming to Qianlong Hall to cultivate for several years, their strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and they are satisfied with their ambitions. They go home to meet their former partners and show off. Finally, after getting drunk, they are plotted and killed by jealous people among their former partners.
Some people in the Qianlong Hall bullied their junior classmates because of their extraordinary family status, and were eventually killed by deliberate mistakes during sparring.
Some people never stop being tempted by outsiders. He violated the rules of Qianlong Hall and sold information about Lingtian Court, and was eventually expelled from the house.
Some people, trapped by the love between men and women in Lingtian Court, finally committed suicide.
Some people don’t even have a death certificate written on their soul cards. They just disappear after entering the underground world or going on a diving adventure in the sea one day, and have never been seen again...
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After wiping those spiritual tablets once, Zhang Tie was immediately covered in cold sweat. Those 1183 spiritual positions are simply a textbook written by 1183 living lives to tell you how to finally leave Qianlong Hall alive. Zhang Tie finally understood why there were not so many clear rules and precepts in Lingtian Academy, and why he entered Lingtian Academy The first task I received later was to clean this place, because all the rules and regulations in Lingtian Court were dedicated to Ying Pavilion. Every spiritual tablet here, every name. Every story. It is a mirror for you to reflect on what you have done.
In the next week, Zhang Tie basically spent time in the Jiying Pavilion. He came here at six o'clock every morning to start cleaning, and after the place closed at nine o'clock in the evening, he cleaned it again carefully. I just returned to Songtao Pavilion. Most of the time during the day, when no one came to worship. Zhang Tie just stayed in the Jiying Pavilion and stared at the spiritual tablets, thinking about the stories and lessons he had seen from the spiritual tablets, and then couldn't help but ask himself - what if he was in that situation. Will you make the same mistake? Why would such a mistake be made? How can we not make such a mistake
This is a process of constant torture and reflection on one's own heart. Every day, although it seems extremely boring to outsiders to stay alone in such a gloomy place, Zhang Tie still gains different things every day. From such torture and During the introspection, Zhang Tie found that his mind had become more clear and harmonious, and his whole character had matured a big step.
A week has passed in the blink of an eye...
On the night before he finally left Jiying Pavilion, Zhang Tie carefully cleaned and wiped every corner and every spiritual tablet in Jiying Pavilion, arranged his clothes, washed his hands, and lit three sticks. After bowing three times to the spiritual tablets on the first floor, he inserted the lit incense into the incense stand.
"Brothers and sisters, I have been here with you for a week and will not come tomorrow. Thank you all for your teachings to Zhang Tie these days. This place is not big enough. Zhang Tie promises that he will never come here to compete with you in the future. That’s it, Zhang Tie will definitely come back to give you some more paper money during the holidays, so that you can have a lot of gold coins to spend wherever you go.”
"The boy is teachable!"
A voice sounded from behind Zhang Tie. The old gatekeeper of Jiying Pavilion, who had fallen asleep long ago at this time, unexpectedly came behind Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie turned around and saw the old man who looked a little rickety stroking his beard. Smiling to yourself.
"Boy, your consciousness is good and your conscience is not bad. If you encounter difficulties in the future, come here and have a look. Think about it quietly. There is no major difficulty in the world except death. As long as people live, there will be solutions and hope. If you are really going to die, then there is no point in saying anything..." The old man looked at Zhang Tie, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Zhang Tie gently.
"Yes, I remember!"
"Well, go back. You don't have to come tomorrow. It's getting late. Get some rest early!" The old man said, patted Zhang Tie on the shoulder three times, then turned and left.
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When Zhang Tie returned to his residence in Songtao Tower, it was almost 12 o'clock. After washing up, Zhang Tie lay down on the bed and went to sleep. He had just slept for a while. For some reason, Zhang Tie suddenly remembered that that guy Tang De had given him a There is a mythical story that I have told. The protagonist of that mythical story is a monkey. When the monkey went to learn a skill, the fairy master also knocked it on the head three times. Then the monkey was so blessed that he understood the meaning of those three times. Meaning, so he quietly went to find his immortal master at three o'clock in the middle of the night, and he got the true message.
Could it be that the old man patted himself three times on the shoulder just now meant this? Thinking about this, Zhang Tie suddenly lost all sleep. Could it be that the old man was some outsider hidden in Qianlong Hall? He patted himself three times just to find out. Are you as smart as a monkey
After sleeping until about two o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhang Tie got up from his bed, got dressed, and with a hint of excitement, he quietly arrived at Jiying Pavilion in the dark a few minutes early.
Zhang Tie dried outside Jiying Pavilion for a long time and listened to the chirping of insects for a long time, but there was no movement. Finally, he couldn't help but go outside the hut where the old man slept. After listening carefully, he found that the old man's snores were rhythmic one after another in the hut.
Zhang Tie stood stunned for a while, then shook his head and smiled dumbly, returned to Songtao Pavilion and fell asleep. Early the next morning, Zhang Tie woke up, took his family disc and rushed to Ling Tian on the second floor of the Zhongbao. Academy mission release center.
In the past few days, because this mandatory task occupied all of Zhang Tie's daytime time, Zhang Tie's plan to evolve his ancestral bloodline was delayed. Once this task was completed, Zhang Tie's time became relatively free and relaxed. He felt that it was time to find time for his ancestral bloodline to complete its evolution. Zhang Tie was full of expectations for this evolution...