Five days passed quickly, and after Gu Yu finished his first mission, he heard two news.
One from home:
The court's decree arrived at the Chen Mansion, and Chen Jing was ordered to rush to Qingping Mansion to take up his post within a month.
Qingping Mansion is the most east of Zhenyang, across a river is the Dongyuan Kingdom, it is a very important trade distribution center, the tax revenue is at the forefront every year, and the oil and water are quite amazing.
The two countries are both on the south bank of the Tongtian River, jointly occupying the only piece of plain, and their race, civilization, and system are extremely close. They fought a few times before, and both sides suffered from the quarrel, and then they signed a covenant of eternal peace, which has lasted for a hundred years.
Therefore, both the court and the people are very friendly, and the two countries take advantage of the excellent environment on the South Bank to encourage business and promote the economy. The GDP is the highest in the small world.
Mr. Li's entry into the cabinet means that the forces in the court have been reshuffled, and Chen Jing's appointment is a signal. But before he left, he had a special meeting with Gu Yu, and his words were full of worries.
There are factions among the Taoists, and there are even more factions in the court, and it is a battle of ideas that is as powerful as water and fire. Mr. Li's line advocates "progressive reform", while the other line advocates "preserving success and maintaining stability", which is quite similar to the new and old laws of ancient Xia.
Qingping Mansion is an important town, and sending a seasoned and cautious official is the basis for maintaining stability, but Chen Jing was chosen. He was worried about this, lest there was any secret behind it.
The second message comes from Jingshi:
A few months ago, the Qiyuan Kingdom sent a mission to ask for marriage, but the leader of the country did not reply. It was not until a few days ago that the news was finally made public. The king agreed to propose marriage, and married Princess Mingyu to the king of Qiyuan. The two parties have already started preparations, and it is expected to hold a grand ceremony when the flowers bloom next year.
This has the nature of gossip.
In the seventeenth year of Mingyu, she was as beautiful as a celestial being, and she was also a master of fugues, and she was extremely popular among the people. The lord of the Qiyuan Kingdom is called Yan Zhou, and the common people have never seen it before, but it is said that he is over sixty years old, with an ugly appearance and a weapon as big as a hammer.
In short, a flower stuck in cow dung!
Tsk, I only hate that I am not cow dung!
These two news did not have much impact on Gu Yu, after all, he was young, his strength was low, and he was still in its infancy. His goal is very clear, to repair the technique and upgrade as soon as possible.
If you enter the temple in autumn, you will have an exam next spring. There are two quarters inside and outside.
Three hundred points per season is six hundred points. This is just one of the standards, and there will be an on-site assessment at that time. The seniors and sisters are even more strict, so the pressure is very high, and they dare not slack off at all.
A country kid like Lu Xiaolian, after a month of ignorance, now has a small face and runs around all day for points.
Relatively speaking, Gu Yu is very relaxed, because he only accepts the task of taking care of Lingtian. Twenty o'clock five days, one hundred and twenty o'clock every month, three hundred and sixty o'clock every quarter, just enough.
But you have to know that an ordinary Taoism costs one hundred points, and the more powerful ones range from two to three hundred points. This move caused a lot of discussion, but Gu Yu went his own way and ignored it.
A few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and the spring exam is only a few days away, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes tense.
That night, Gu Yu had just finished watering the Lingtian, and was sitting in the hut to adjust his breathing, when he suddenly felt a breath coming from far and near, and stopped outside the door.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Brother, are you there? I'm Xiaolian."
"come in!"
Gu Yu flicked his sleeves and opened the door, revealing a little girl, it was Lu Xiaolian. When she first entered the temple, she was skinny and skinny, not much better than a beggar, but now her complexion is good, her eyebrows have not yet opened, but she can already see a bit of beauty.
"Why are you here? Have you eaten?" He was a little surprised.
"Just after eating, come out and walk around when you have nothing to do."
Lu Xiaolian was more cautious, she put her butt on the edge of the chair, and said, "Senior brother is in such a good mood, the spring exam is going to be in three days, and he is still watering and planting rice here."
"I have enough points, so I am happy to be free, how about you? I remember that you have less points than me."
The Spring Examination of Luming Temple was done in a very detailed way. As both newcomers, Gu Yu has cultivation, three hundred points per season; Lu Xiaolian has no cultivation, one hundred and fifty points per season.
At the beginning, she didn't know anything, she could only do some daily cleaning, and she had a little income every day. Later, he was born with true energy and learned to read and write, so he began to feed animals and help Xun Yu to copy and write.
Although it is cumbersome, a total of 300 points in two seasons is still enough to save.
"Guanzhong gives preferential treatment to new disciples. The spring exam in the first year is not difficult. Like me, I don't need to inscribe runes, as long as the schoolwork is up to standard."
Lu Xiaolian rubbed the corner of her clothes, and said: "But I heard from the teacher that if you perform well, such as engraving a rune, there will be extra rewards..."
Her voice became lower and lower, and finally she hung her head and blushed without saying a word.
The meaning was obvious. She wanted to inscribe runes, so she came to ask this recognized genius for advice, but she didn't have much friendship and was embarrassed.
Gu Yu didn't feel anything, and said with a smile: "Then have you exchanged the talisman?"
"Yes, I exchanged a powerful fireball technique, ah no, it's the flame lamp technique!" Lu Xiaolian said hurriedly.
"Flame lamp technique?"
This is a relatively powerful technique, and it costs 350 points. The silly girl can't stud, right? Gu Yu said helplessly: "You are so stupid. With your current mana, you can't use it at all. Why don't you change to some ordinary tricks?"
"Ah? Then what to do..."
Lu Xiaolian was only seven years old, and she lost her hands and feet as soon as she heard it.
"Well, you and I will exchange, and I will give you three small techniques."
As he spoke, he swept his sleeves, and three talismans appeared on the table, "Cloud and rain, wall piercing, invisibility, your flame lamp technique is of a higher level, how about I add a sword move?"
"Oh, good, good!" Lu Xiaolian was confused, and could only nod her head.
"Well, the deal is established."
Gu Yu pushed the three talismans to her, put away the flame lamp talisman, stood up and said, "Follow me!"
When the two went out, it was getting late outside, and there were pearls floating in the four corners and the center of the Lingtian, emitting a faint light, and the Taoist temple five miles away was also lit up.
"You didn't have a foundation before, so it was difficult to start. I don't have any knack for Taoism. After you accumulate a lot and gradually increase your control over consciousness, you will naturally learn it. You are only in the first year, so don't be impatient."
Gu Yu came to the open space and said: "The sword move I taught you is only one style, but the power is not bad, watch it!"
"Well, I'm optimistic about it!"
Lu Xiaolian's eyes widened, and she saw that the little senior brother drew out the dagger, separated his feet, and raised the sword horizontally. Every muscle in the wrist, elbow, shoulder, back, waist, thigh, and sole of the foot seemed to come to life, showing a A wonderful rhythm.
Following that, he stepped forward with his left foot, and stabbed fiercely with the sword in his right hand.
laugh!
As soon as Lu Xiaolian covered her ears, the extremely sharp whistling sound seemed to split the air, and there was a twist around the sword body, pushing forward layer by layer as if pressing against the air waves, until it reached the apex.
boom!
Ten feet away, a thick old tree surrounded by several people had a small hole dug out with a snap, and it went straight through.
The little girl bit ten fingers in her mouth, she was dumbfounded, with such penetrating power, she would give the other party a sudden attack, and it was a proper Jedi counterattack!
"Okay, you go find a short sword first, I will be here for a few days, if you don't understand, just ask me."
Gu Yu flicked his sleeves, wiped himself into the room, and performed basic operations without any fluctuations.
…
Exams are held on the last day of spring.
Everyone gathered in the training ground, sitting in rows and eating fruit. The three Taoist officials were also dressed formally. Laozi Wu first took out an eyeball-like magic weapon, and it flew into the air, casting a soft light.
This thing can record images, which must be reported to the government office afterwards, and then the government office will report it to the government office in a unified manner.
Lao Tzu Wu muttered a few more words, the exam officially started, Guo Kejing called by name: "Huo Feipeng!"
"The disciple is here!"
The eldest brother stood up and stepped forward. At the age of twenty-five, he had a calm and moderate demeanor.
Xun Yu opened a booklet first, and said: "Huo Feipeng, he is diligent, respectful and disciplined, and his academic performance is excellent... for the best."
Guo Kejing also opened a booklet and said: "Twelve years in the temple, 900 points in each season, complete. Inscribe more than fifty runes, complete. Come, try this!"
He threw out a round magic weapon, as black as a piece of mud, and it swelled to the size of a house in the wind.
Huo Feipeng roared angrily, his body swelled up, like a hill, and he punched out fiercely. boom! With just one blow, the magic weapon became rotten, and then it gushed again and again, returning to its muddy state.
"Well, the mana is qualified, and the overall evaluation is high, not bad!"
Guo Kejing nodded expressionlessly, telling him to back down. Huo Feipeng was not half happy, but extremely depressed.
"Third Senior Sister, what's the matter with Senior Brother?"
Gu Yu was surprised, and asked Long Yunfeng quietly.
"Eldest brother has engraved fifty runes a long time ago, trying to attack Concentration, but unfortunately he never succeeded. His aptitude is slightly inferior, and it is already the limit to cultivate to this level."
"Then if you don't succeed all the time, will you still stay in the temple?"
"It's okay in terms of regulations, but I don't have the face to stay in a daze, and I usually leave on my own initiative."
"oh… "
Gu Yu understands that when the gas harvesting period reaches the end, the spring exam is meaningless, it depends on whether you can upgrade. But the upgrade cannot be strictly required, it depends on the qualifications.
So the positioning is very embarrassing, similar to a high school student who has repeated nine years. The Taoist temple doesn't drive you away, but you can't be a Taoist official either. After a year of consumption, many people can't stand it and return the Taoist scriptures, choosing to live in the secular world.
Twelve disciples stepped forward one by one.
The second senior brother is similar to Huo Feipeng, and he has been repeated for many years. At this point, the Taoist basically gave up on them and stopped investing their efforts.
The third one is Long Yunfeng, she is senior, but young, only fifteen years old.
"Being lazy, I missed a lot of classes... my homework is average."
Xun Yu glared at her, that bastard was laughing, shameless. Then, Guo Kejing said: "Nine years of contemplation, 700 points in each season, complete. Inscribe more than fifty runes, complete."
After speaking, Guo and Xun looked at each other and said: "You have reached the threshold of breakthrough, you must practice hard this year and be promoted to Ningshen as soon as possible."
"Then I'll practice hard, so I don't need to do the task?" Long Yunfeng said.
"Of course you don't have to do it when you've reached the concentration period, otherwise you don't have enough points and you're still unqualified." Guo Kejing said with a straight face.
whispering sound!
Long Yunfeng curled her lips, and slapped the mud. This is a test of mana and attack power, breaking it up within the specified time, the bigger the mud, the more difficult it is.
She is quite proficient in Gengjin Taoism, with extremely high attack power and passed the test easily, but due to her academic performance, she finally got an upper-middle class.
The progress of the assessment went from fast to slow, and it slowed down significantly after Seventh Senior Sister. Senior Brother Ten was the most dangerous, barely breaking up the mud at the last second, his face turned pale with fright.
This situation can be passed, but the three of them discussed it, and they still kept their hands.
Soon it was Gu Yu's turn.
Xun Yu gave it to the superior, and Guo Kejing said: "Chen Yu, it's been less than a year since he entered the temple, but before that, he had cultivated himself and practiced Qi gathering for two years. He cultivated 300 points each season and completed it. There were seven runes before, According to the regulations, more than ten should be inscribed... It's done."
He looked at the other party and asked, "As far as I know, you didn't use points to exchange. Where did those talismans come from?"
"The prestige and appearance are all exchanged with senior brothers and sisters."
"Yeah, I'll testify!" Long Yunfeng raised her hand.
"Hmph! You got lucky in the first year, and you will improve your standards every year in the future. If you play tricks and tricks, you will be expelled from the temple sooner or later!"
Guo Kejing seized the opportunity and reprimanded him, throwing mud casually, "Scatter them within five breaths!"
The mud rose in the wind and became the size of a carriage.
Gu Yu stepped back a few steps, his thoughts changed, he gave up the water dragon technique and the Gengjin Qi control technique, and waved his hands instead.
call!
In an instant, the temperature in the venue soared, and a group of flames the size of a lantern appeared beside him, followed by a second group, a third group... a total of nine, like nine red lights floating around the body, very beautiful .
"go!"
Gu Yu pointed his finger, and the red lights flew out one after another, forming fire dragons, roaring and rushing towards the mud.
boom! boom! boom!
After the deafening explosion, the mud was so broken that it couldn't be broken anymore.
Xun Yu's eyes lit up, and after reestimating the time, it took three breaths. I can't help but think in my heart, this kid's talent is so high, it's even beyond my imagination, if his character is okay, he must definitely put it under his skirt, and he can't let others snatch it away!
"..."
Guo Kejing narrowed his eyes, becoming more and more jealous.
Long Yunfeng yelled loudly, all the senior brothers and sisters were astonished, the flame lantern technique is a high-level technique, but he used it so freely, there is still room for energy, and they have their own thoughts for a while.
"Wow, senior brother is amazing!"
Lu Xiaolian clapped her hands stupidly and stepped forward, completely ignoring Guo Kejing's expression, until she was stopped in fright.
She got an upper-middle class in her studies, and completed her studies with 150 points per quarter. In the first year as a rookie, there is no need to engrave runes, and naturally there is no follow-up test.
Old Man Wu coughed twice, and was about to make a conclusion, but Lu Xiaolian said in a panic: "Monastery Master, Weiyi, I want to try that, that!"
"Stop messing around, you haven't practiced martial arts, how can you test it?" Guo Kejing reprimanded.
"I will do something else!"
Lu Xiaolian quickly drew out a dagger.
Um
Everyone was taken aback, and they all looked at Gu Yu, who had an innocent face.
Testing with a weapon did not violate the regulations, Guo Kejing threw out the mud impatiently, "Quickly test it within three breaths!"
The mud fell to the ground and became the size of a table, and it was also the smallest lump so far.
Lu Xiaolian imitated a certain person, separated her feet, raised her sword flat, let out a coquettish cry, pierced the sword with her breath, and thrust forward fiercely.
boom!
Due to lack of proficiency, under the force of the shock, the small body flew upside down, and the piaji stuck to the ground. And the ball of mud also shook, cracked several times, and it was really broken.
Without mentioning what happened to others, Mr. Wu's face turned serious, he briefly said a few words of conclusion, and then said in a deep voice, "Chen Yu, follow me!"