Bu County is a place where the world's literary spirit converges and where literary style is the most prosperous. It can be said that every household here is a reader, every family has someone serving as an official in the court, and aristocratic families emerge in endlessly.
Not to mention that this is also the location of the Shangxian Academy. The thousand-year-old academy and the masters are all here. Apart from Yangjing of the Great Zhou, Bu County is the most prosperous city in the world.
Originally, the river did not pass through Bu County, but in the previous dynasty, a large number of civilians and practitioners, and even the power of gods, were mobilized to build a large canal passing through Bu County. The canal is also the reason for Bu County's prosperity today, and most of the materials needed by Yangjing are also transported through this canal.
At this moment, in the corner of the canal dock, several carriages were parked here, and several old men in scholar's robes stood on the river bank, watching the endless stream of ships coming and going in the distance. The porters were sweating profusely, waiting until the evening, when the sky was filled with sunset glow and the ships gradually became fewer.
"According to the time, it should be almost time!" An old man was a little tired of waiting. Although he had a righteous spirit, the disciples of the academy were not as good as those martial artists. Even if they were the strongest in the world, their bodies were not strong.
"The ship should be almost there! This time when the saint comes down to the mortal world, our academy will surely rise up in this catastrophe and take the lead again." Another person wearing the academy's teaching uniform had previously arranged for the ship to go to Yongbei County, and had privately sent disciples to follow along the way. A few days ago, he sent a letter saying that the ship had arrived in Fengyang.
Standing in the front, the current teacher of the Fashionable Xian Academy also showed a look of joy on his face, and stroked his beard: "The stars are descending to the mortal world, and the ancient immortals and gods are reincarnated. In such a situation, even if we have the foundation of a thousand-year-old academy, we may fall into the abyss if we are not careful!"
"How will we face the sages of previous generations and the Five Saints? Fortunately, the upper realm has already made arrangements. We just need to follow the instructions of the saints."
"What's more, the one who came to the world this time is still that person."
Speaking of the saint who came down to the world this time, everyone felt an immense sense of self-confidence, as if with his presence, the academy would be able to remain calm even if immortals and gods were reincarnated everywhere during this killing calamity.
However, before the boat arrived, a piece of mandarin duck flew over the clouds and fell from the sky into the hands of the instructor of the academy. He took a look at it and his face immediately turned dark.
The Master looked over and asked, "What happened?"
Although they didn't know what happened, they knew something unexpected had happened by looking at the expressions of the teachers in the academy. They had to know that they were here to welcome Saint Feng to the human world. Immortals and gods couldn't easily enter the human world. Those ancient immortals and gods were all reincarnated into the human world. Although they knew that Saint Feng was not reincarnated into the human world, he must have come down to the human world in some way. If something unexpected happened on the way, no one in their generation of the academy could afford it.
Thinking of this, the teacher's heart sank and his voice became a little harsh.
"Nothing happened! It was just that the four scattered immortals from the Zhenxian Temple paid a visit to Saint Feng on the way, and then Saint Feng suddenly left Fengyang Lake and is now missing."
The Master still looked unhappy, but he heaved a sigh of relief: "A saint is like a dragon, and his actions must have a deep meaning. We don't need to speculate or wait, let's return to the academy."
When they were halfway there, several teachers from the front yard of Shangxian Academy suddenly came and said that a carriage had suddenly appeared in front of the academy gate, blocking the main door. As soon as all the disciples of the academy approached the carriage, their righteous energies were suppressed as if they had met their nemesis.
It was as if the sun was approaching and their bodies were burning. Ordinary disciples could not even get out of the main door. Only a few disciples who had successfully cultivated righteousness could barely step out of the door.
The Master, along with several contemporary sages, immediately rushed to the gate of the academy, and saw a horse-drawn carriage parked under the thousand-year-old locust tree at the gate. The horses were snorting, and to ordinary people or practitioners, there seemed to be nothing special in the carriage, but it was different in the eyes of the people in the academy.
As soon as they looked in, it seemed as if there was a sun burning inside the car, and its light covered the entire Bu County, so bright and dazzling that it was extremely eye-catching.
As soon as the Master saw who was coming, he knew who it was, and he stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and the people behind him also knelt down.
"The 24th Master of Shangxian Academy, Gongyang, pays respect to the Saint!"
"Shangxian Academy disciple Zhou Zhou pays homage to the Saint!"
"Tu Hai, a disciple of Shangxian Academy, pays homage to the Saint!"
Night had fallen at this moment. Fortunately, there was no one at the entrance of the academy. Otherwise, seeing the kneeling masses, including the teachers of Shangxian Academy, would have been enough to make people stunned.
"Get up! We cannot enforce our will in the lower world this time, and I am not really in the lower world. It is inconvenient for me to walk outside. Let's talk inside!" The voice coming from the carriage entered the ears of several people, and immediately made them so excited that their blood surged. Several people kneeling at the back could not help but feel a shiver going up their spines, and they could not stand up for a long time.
Although he already knew that it was Saint Feng who had descended to the mortal world this time, he still felt a little overwhelmed when he saw him in person. It felt like a dream. After all, a figure who only appeared in myths and legends had personally descended to the mortal world and appeared before him.
Master Gongyang Li personally led the horse into the academy, all the way to the forbidden area at the backyard of the academy, the Palace of the Sages.
There is also a Palace of the First Saint in the Juntianxing Mansion in the upper realm, which is the residence of Feng Sheng. The Palace of the First Saint here is modeled after the Palace of the First Saint in the upper realm.
However, both in appearance and size, they are very different. The area of the Palace of the Ancient Saint in the upper realm is as large as a city, while this one is just an ordinary palace.
Saint Feng just got off the carriage at this time. At this moment, his figure looked not much different from that of an ordinary person, but he still had some feeling of a clay statue, with a smell of incense. It looked like he was not walking down from a carriage, but from an altar.
However, this form is more in line with the impression of Saint Feng in the disciples' minds. The Saint Feng they saw was the god on the altar, high above and not to be looked at directly.
The furnishings in the Palace of the Ancient Saints are similar to those in the upper realm, the only difference is that in the upper realm, the Five Saints actually gather in this Palace of the Ancient Saints, and all the ancient sages gather together, while here there are only the statues of the Five Saints and the tablets of the ancient sages.
Feng Shengren took a look and finally stood under his own statue: "During this Star Lord's killing calamity, my academy will still be in charge of the destiny of literature and Taoism, but we will try our best to protect the people of the world during the killing calamity, so that the killing calamity will not be too severe and the vitality of the people of Dongzhou will not be seriously damaged."
"The stars that control the literary fortunes of the world are Wenqu, Wenchang, Kuixing and Luxing. People born under these four stars should be admitted into our school."
"Wenqu, Wenchang, and Kuixing, if they want to ascend to the position of Star Lord, they must have passed the imperial examinations, which is closely related to my academy. Only Luxing may not have been a disciple of my academy."
"Find Wenqu, Wenchang, and Kuixing as soon as possible, and then plan to seize the position of Luxing. Start planning now."
"This is the plan of my academy, the trend of literature and art, and the overall situation of the world."
"In the overall situation of the world, if we don't go out, the three stars of Sha Po Lang will start the killing calamity, and the people with the fate of Zi Wei Star will end the chaos. If we find the three stars of Sha Po Lang and the Emperor Star as soon as possible, we can complete the killing calamity as soon as possible and put an end to this killing calamity of the Star Lord."
The teachers of Shangxian Academy waited respectfully under Sage Feng like students, and wrote down every word that Sage Feng said in their hearts. These few words had determined the layout of the entire academy for the next ten or twenty years, and even the direction of the overall situation in the world.
At this time, the Master showed some reluctance, as if he did not want to see the chaos and suffering of the world: "Excuse me, Saint, when the killing calamity begins, should our academy support this person with the Purple Star Fate, or should we protect the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Saint Feng looked at the Master Gong Yangli and said, "We should follow the general trend. If the Great Zhou can stabilize the Star Lord Killing Disaster, then this continent will be saved. We should not support the people of Ziwei Star Fate to end the chaos. However, there is only one way, to end the Killing Disaster as soon as possible. If a stalemate is formed and the Killing Disaster lasts for dozens or hundreds of years, I am afraid that the destiny of humanity and the entire Dongzhou cultivation world will be seriously damaged. This time, the Immortal Envoy Jia Yi invited me to the lower world because he did not want the Killing Disaster to turn into this situation."
"Also, Nanhua Immortal Lord has also reincarnated into the lower world! In the past, Nanhua Immortal Lord was also a disciple of the academy. He practiced with Tang Li and received some guidance from me. He is considered half of my disciple. He also told me when he came to the lower world this time. You should go and welcome him back.