Li Li didn't seem to expect the topic to involve himself.
Faced with this question, I sneered in my heart.
He said calmly: "I only started to learn enlightenment when I was sixteen..."
There is no need to say more about the rest.
But Shen Tang was an outlier and didn't understand what was wrong with this age. In her opinion, sixteen was too late to start learning, but with her lynx strength, she shouldn't be unable to even reach the threshold of martial courage, right? At most, her achievements would not be as high as those who had laid a solid foundation since childhood.
"Sixteen years old? Six years late, it's really a pity..." Qi Shan knew she didn't understand when he saw her expression, and explained, "The prerequisite for gathering the literary mind and martial courage is to feel the energy of heaven and earth, draw the energy into the body, and open up the Danfu. The younger you are, the easier it is to feel that 'energy', but it's not easy when you are older. It is generally believed that you can't feel it after the age of ten..."
Shen Tang felt that there was something wrong with this statement.
She said, "Isn't this right? When the Thief Star descended, the first group of people who condensed their literary mind and martial courage were mostly between 20 and 50 years old. How did they do it? It doesn't make sense that they could do it then, but people today can't do it, right?"
Qi Shan said with a complicated look: "It is related to the national seal."
Shen Tang was stunned: "Another national seal?"
"Um."
Shen Tang asked: "What does this mean?"
No one knew what wrong medicine Qishan had taken recently. He basically answered whatever Shen Tang asked and rarely kept people in suspense.
"This statement is not generally accepted. I heard it from a gentleman. He said that the scholars and warriors at that time were either in high positions or held great power and were often the confidants of their lords. Therefore, the luck of the scholars and warriors accumulated over many years in office helped them to achieve success in one fell swoop. I think this explanation is also very reasonable."
Shen Tang heard another unfamiliar word.
"Luck of civil and military affairs? What is that?"
"A kind of power transformed from the energy of heaven and earth absorbed by the national seal. As the name implies, civil officials cultivate civil luck, and military officials cultivate military luck, which is similar to civil and military energy. The difference is that civil and military energy are cultivated by personal practice, while civil and military luck are transformed from the national seal, and the amount depends on the achievements of civil officials and military officers during their tenure." Seeing Shen Tang's curious and surprised look, Qi Shan's black eyes seemed to flash with a fleeting light, and he felt quite amused, "Is this strange?"
"Indeed, it sounds weird..." Shen Tang opened and closed his mouth twice before he uttered a sentence. In connection with the fantasy world setting of Wen Xin Wu Dan, the two seemed to be very harmonious. He muttered, "It's really not easy to be an official. Not only do you have to assess your KPI, but you also have to practice..."
Even if there were twenty-four hours in a day, it would not be enough.
Qi Shan laughed: "Whether it is the literary mind or the martial courage, both require a lot of time and energy to cultivate. Once you stop, you will stagnate. And as an official or a general in the court, most of the day will be squeezed out by court politics and military affairs. How can you have extra energy to cultivate? If being an official or a general is harmful and useless, why are those scholars and warriors so keen on entering the government?"
Shen Tang: “…”
Wow, it turns out there is a way to explain it.
Being an official or a general can help you cultivate both civil and military fortunes, as well as the luck and blessings of the national seal. Together, they help you cultivate much faster than an ordinary person in the wild, and your strength will be greater. In addition, there are many hidden benefits.
Think about it, if it is not profitable, who would be willing to waste a lot of time on cultivation, and use the money for buying cabbage to do the work of selling white powder? What is the purpose? Because the monarch is difficult to serve, because there are many trivial matters, and because of the meager salary
Of course, it is not ruled out that some people are willing to work for free and work overtime 996, just for their ideals, to practice their own "morality", for the people of the world, and for world peace... But they are only a minority after all, and the majority of people in this world are ordinary people.
Entering the officialdom, one can cultivate quickly, have salary, status, power, and fame... No wonder people are trying their best to get into the officialdom.
Shen Tang's brain was spinning rapidly: "In other words, if Li Li is a general, he can still obtain Wudan even if he is old?"
Qishan replied: "That's the theory."
Li Li looked at the little rich young man riding on the black-faced man's back and asked, "Are you making fun of me, young man?"
"Why are you being sarcastic? As the saying goes, heroes emerge in troubled times. With Li Li's strength, he will surely be successful if he joins the army, right?" Shen Tang said this sincerely, "Since you can't condense your martial courage after the age of ten, this is also a way out."
Zhai Le shook his head and sighed, "Brother Shen, it's not that easy. Ordinary people in the army can only be a sergeant or a squad leader at most. A dubo who commands a hundred people has to be a low-ranking official. Most of these low-ranking officials are the general's personal soldiers and confidants..."
That bit of martial luck, which is so meager that it cannot be any more meager, is simply not enough to muster up a martial courage, unless one can experience life and death several times on the battlefield, make great contributions and be promoted as an exception, and then work hard for several years or even decades, and make meritorious contributions again and again, perhaps one may be able to achieve the goal.
Shen Tang was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Is this so difficult?"
No wonder Li Li asked her if she was being sarcastic.
It does sound quite weird.
Qi Shan: "Because it is so difficult, it is generally assumed that if you haven't practiced martial arts and tempered your body by the age of ten, you will never be able to do this in your life."
Shen Tang said softly: "I didn't know about this before..."
This was not said to Qi Shan, but to Li Li who was standing beside him. Shen Tang immediately asked a question he wanted to ask: "Well, I still have a question - can this restore the ruined literary mind? The army needs strong courage to fight, which is understandable, but the officialdom is more about wisdom and strategy, and there is no sword-fighting, right..."
Qi Shan: "No, generally not. Wen Xin was abandoned, most likely because he was subjected to the 'extreme punishment of breaking the house'. In order to prevent the perpetrator from having the opportunity to retaliate in the future, the meridians will also be sealed to prevent future troubles. Even if this path is really feasible, the threshold for entering the officialdom is only higher than joining the army, and ability alone is not enough."
Shen Tang was very disappointed after hearing this, but she also noticed that Qi Shan said "generally not possible", which means there are exceptions
Qi Shan seemed to know what Shen Tang was thinking: "There are exceptions, but few people would take this path. It's risky and the cost is too high."
"Tell me, which way?"
Qishan answered the question irrelevantly: "You have to exchange your life for it."
"How do I change it?"
Qi Shan understood: "Youli is asking for Chu Wuhui? How could he not know what I know? Chu Wuhui knows it. When the day comes when he wants to change, he will naturally change it. If he hasn't taken any action yet, it means the time is not right or he is not yet willing to do so."
Shen Tang curled his lips and started to keep the secret again.
Zhai Le reminded her quietly: "If Brother Shen is curious, you can read the 'Biographies of Famous Officials and Scholars' when you have the chance. But as Mr. Qi said, I also think this path is unreliable."
Shen Tang stopped asking questions after hearing this.
Just write down this "Biographies of Famous Officials and Famous Scholars".
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