Chapter 167: The noble family, the generals, the nobles, the titles came, a century ago, the Dragon Elephant Martial Saint! !
“Leave your name on the Dao Monument, and get the double-level A rating!?”

Jiangyin, the place where the Wubei sacred monument is located.

The one who first noticed something was wrong and looked at Ji Xiu, eager to pass the selection and enter the government academy, swallowed his saliva, moved closest, and was the most shocked.

For a moment, everyone else came to their senses and thought about what had just happened, and they couldn’t help but fall into an eerie silence.

Ji Xiu accepted the two tablets gifted by the 21st Dean of the “Mansion”, which were said to be infused by the head of the 21st generation. They were the top-notch fairy clothing method called the Colorful Skirt Scroll and the Divine Talisman Fire. The advance progress of a magic-level secret technique increased significantly and was almost complete.

As the Taoist immortal robe he was wearing became more solid, there was even a faint imprint of the “divine fire” between his eyebrows. Ji Xiu swallowed the essence, felt refreshed, and then opened his eyes.

When he saw everyone’s eyes were looking at him with complicated and indescribable expressions, Ji Xiu was a little confused.

Weren’t these people just chatting about their own things? Why were they suddenly looking at me?
Ji Xiu, who had just been completely immersed in the two inscriptions, was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

It was Ye Ningzhi who was not far behind who reacted. She tugged at her sleeves and then spoke in a complicated and indescribable tone:
“Senior brother, you.”

“I just broke the record of the number of students admitted to the Jiangyin Prefecture over the past sixty years.”

What are the assessment records over the past sixty years?

Ji Xiu was stunned for a moment, then turned his eyes to the two tablets.

When he saw the words clearly.
Only then did he finally come to his senses and understand what had happened from Ye Ningzhi’s whispered explanation.

It turns out that the essence contained in the two steles is not something that everyone can see.

A warrior who must put on immortal clothes and has the opportunity to break the three limits of purple ribbon,
Or one may cultivate the ‘spiritual thoughts’, or even have unfathomable attainments in Taoist arts. One must have a mastered Taoist technique, or be a Taoist-level Qigong practitioner, to be able to see it!
And according to the rules of Jiangyin Prefecture.

Those who enter the Fuyuan and become “Fusheng” are materials. As long as one of the martial arts monument and the divine monument reaches the threshold, they can enter to practice and enjoy the treatment of “Fusheng”.

But no matter whether it is “martial arts” or “spiritual spirit”, it requires a lot of sweat and perseverance to move forward step by step.

For example, the entry threshold for this year’s “prefectural students”.

Either you strengthen your bones to the point of being invulnerable to swords and spears, or you practice fasting and cultivate the Daoist arts. You have to choose one of the two.

What is this concept?
How many people train hard in the coldest and hottest days of winter and summer? Even if they come from a big industry or school, they may not be able to reach the level of beating their bones and refining their spine at this age, let alone Taoist arts.

To get started with that stuff, one needs to read the visualization diagram of “knowing the text and receiving the seal”. The more seals one comprehends, the heavier the spirit and thoughts that will be condensed in the future will be, the more difficult it will be to practice, and talent and understanding are the most important.

Fan Nansong of Feixian Temple is a person who has reached the top of the Taoist art. Although no one knows what realm Taoism is at, he has been learning Taoism since he was young, and he has achieved great success in his twenties.

After that, his soul and spirit thoughts were almost stuck for most of his life, which is enough to show how difficult the art of Taoism is.

In Daxuan, where martial arts flourished, the realm of Taoist art was something that only high-ranking officials and nobles were qualified to access.

Although the passing threshold of the ‘Divine Monument’ seems to be much lower than that of the Bone Tempering Great Success.

But in one prefecture, how many major shops with Taoist art heritage are there?
Not to mention the birth of a Taoist who can earn the title of ‘Qigong Practitioner’ in his early twenties.

If that happens, he will definitely be the darling of all the major banks and the future heir to the family business.

Even if it costs the family money, one must find ways to pass on the true “heterodox” inheritance. Even if one cannot get the favor of the orthodox sect, if one is lucky enough to be valued by the side sect, it is still a first-class good prospect.

After entering those heterodox sects, according to the Taoist background of “immortals, Buddhas and saints”, the future goal of these disciples must be to sneak through those “boundary gates” and go to the great world of immortals where the gods and spirits are manifested.

The high-ranking Taoist masters in the sect, even those at the level of real people, will never allow the ‘preaching disciples’ to have any disputes with Daxuan again.

The Martial Monument is difficult, the Divine Monument is even more difficult!
When the government academy recruits students, they usually choose one of them, and if they pass the assessment, they are considered the winner.

Where can I see it?
Like Ji Xiu, who picked up two steles in a row, had the ancient bell rang, and was crowned with the essence of the steles, and was rated A in both categories?

He is definitely rising to prominence!

Among those who could be admitted into the government court, none of them had simple family background. Almost all of them had some background, and half of them were descendants of big families, or the descendants of old masters in the schools.

Even if he is not a direct descendant, he is still a well-known person in the side branch. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get this qualification easily.

The future backbones of these families are best at networking, and those who are admitted to the government and able to pass the examination to become government officials are the best among men, and there are only a few of them.

Therefore, most people enter the temple for the purpose of practicing.

The other aspect is making connections!

This is also the advice and instructions from the elders in the family.

Therefore, as Ji Xiu emerged as a rising star, the way these people looked at Ji Xiu changed. They all looked eager and eager to make friends with him.

After a brief silence, commotion broke out again:
“Brother Ji, I am Bai Xia from the tea shop. We will be comrades in the courtyard from now on. I am your classmate who will take the exam for the ‘official position’ for the next three years. Now that the exam is over, are you interested in coming to my house for a cup of tea?”

“My little sister is as beautiful as these two girls!”

A young man wearing a blue scarf glared, squeezed his head out of the crowd, and shouted loudly, successfully attracting Ji Xiu’s attention for a while.

Some arrogant young people in the crowd were unhappy when they heard this and did not want to fall behind.

Therefore, they spoke up one after another, vying to introduce their own “sisters”. When Ye Ningzhi and Cai Ling’er heard this, their faces turned dark, and they felt that these spoiled brats really deserved a beating.

In Jiangyin Prefecture, among the thirty-six trades, those young masters have been surrounded by a circle of power and wealth since they were born.

It is common for the young masters and young ladies in this circle to pretend to be cultured and chase after topics of conversation.

They had also heard about the rumors about Ji Xiu before.

But those grudges and debts of hatred, in the distant past, are matters of the previous generation and have nothing to do with their generation. Some people are not even involved at all.

And speaking closer.
It is a foregone conclusion that this person will break the three limits in the future. At the worst, he will be a “Duan Chenzhou”!
But this boy has cultivated both divine power and martial arts, and together they are unstoppable. If he can cultivate the purple ribbon and condense the seeds of Taoism,
There is a high probability that a ‘treasure body’ can be formed!
This is a gift given after completing the power test of the ‘Human Immortal Martial Arts’ and opening up the treasure house of the physical body. It can make people like gods and demons, and from then on they will have the ability to ‘move dragons and elephants’, and are no less inferior to those heterodox species!
It is truly a way to make up for acquired weakness. Those who can achieve it are all disciples of the True Sect and direct descendants of the Pillar of Heaven!
If I could get close to this kind of person, when I go out hunting in Jiangyin Prefecture in the future, I would have something to talk about and brag to the young men in my trade, and I would feel proud of it.

“Brother Ji, I’m from the Yichuan Xingdi family. My elder brother Di Yuan heard that you were coming to the city, so he asked me to say hello to you. He also said that if you are interested, he will be waiting for you at any time, free of charge, for the sea transportation route to and from the ‘county’ that he promised you before!”

Seeing that Bai Xia from the tea shop had taken the lead, Di Ying, a young man in black clothes not far from him, was not willing to be outdone. He held his left and right hands, and immediately stood out from the crowd and shouted.

Hearing his words, Ji Xiu glanced sideways, and remembered the head of the post station, Fang, whom he met when Huang Qi and Huang Xiuwen were defeated in Anning County. He could not help but nodded slightly to his cousin.

When Di Ying saw Ji Xiu’s eyes, he immediately became excited. He pounded his chest twice and looked provocatively at Bai Xia who was looking angry not far away.

When Ji Xiu saw this, he couldn’t help but laugh.

These children of big banks who were admitted to the Jiangyin Prefecture Court were all acquainted with each other since childhood, and they were full of young ambition. This move seemed to be using their acquaintance with him as a bargaining chip to show off.

It’s like forming gangs and paying homage to each other, trying to see who has the wider network of contacts and who has more trusted connections, so that they can suppress each other.

But the difference is,

They are pretentious and scramble to follow others.
Surprisingly, it was him!
And before he could speak.

The ‘teaching official’ standing at the threshold could no longer hold back. As the pressure from the Qigong practitioners was released, he looked around with a grim look, silencing those who were making a fuss and making them dare not say a word:
“This is a very important place in the government. How can we allow you to make noise?”

“If you don’t want to earn the title of ‘Fusheng’ and enter the ‘Jiangyin Fuyuan’ for further study, you can just leave directly, or I can take care of you directly. It’s your choice!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the commotion suddenly quieted down and no one dared to say a word.

Then, the teaching official immediately changed his expression and looked at Ji Xiu, as if he was looking at some rare treasure, his eyes were very eager, and he immediately waved his hand:
“Ji Xiu, right? Very good!”

“My name is Yao Hong, and I am an official of Jiangyin Prefecture. I also teach in the prefecture academy. New students will choose a master as their student and practice with him before they take the prefecture official exam or complete three years of training.”

“After you enter the mansion, if you are interested, you can pay attention to me. Choosing me as your master will bring you many hidden benefits. I will explain them to you in detail afterwards.”

He just smiled at Ji Xiu and said nothing.

Yao Hong clapped his hands, and his face became stern again. He glanced at Cai Ling’er and the few other students who entered the government academy by virtue of “exemption from examination”, and his eyes showed disdain:

“Alright, those who have been exempted from the examination, including Ji Xiu, can enter the government academy. You will not need to take the subsequent examinations.”

Hearing this, Ji Xiu, Cai Ling’er and Ye Ningzhi walked through the crowd of people with envy in their eyes and arrived at the gate of the mansion. He couldn’t help but wonder:

“Teacher Yao, if you are not exempt from the test, don’t you still need to take the assessment after passing the Martial Monument and Divine Monument to become a ‘Fu Sheng’?”

“Then I.”

Yao Hong laughed after hearing this, patted Ji Xiu on the shoulder, interrupted him, and sneered:

“That’s mediocrity.”

“A true genius, once born, will make countless mediocre people look up to him and never be able to surpass him in their entire lives.”

“And you are the real genius. You are the examiner with the shortest bone age and the highest achievement in the past sixty years in the history of the mansion.”

“Do you know what it means to be at the top of the double evaluation?” “Since Jiangyin Prefecture was established three hundred years ago, there have been only a few who have achieved this!”

“And basically, they are all people who come from above to gild themselves and grab a position as a prefectural official. They are not counted, and are not as good as those of us who are born in local prefectures and counties.”

“Based on the movement you made just now, I think the head of the Jiangyin Prefecture, one of the ‘three heads’, would be alarmed by you, kid.”

“In the ‘big exams’ of all time, our Jiangyin Prefecture has fallen far behind other prefectures, which has caused the head of the academy to be very angry.”

“But now that Ji Xiu has emerged, the top spot in the future ‘Prefectural Official Examination’ will finally be available to Jiangyin after several decades.”

“Others need assessment, why do you need it?”

“You handed in a blank paper, but this instructor still let you walk in with dignity!”

Yao Hong’s eyes were filled with admiration, but also a little regretful:
“It’s a pity that you joined too late. If you had joined two years earlier, you would have caught up with this class. But it wouldn’t be a bad thing to polish yourself a little more and join the next class.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Looking at Ji Xiu who seemed to be deep in thought, he stepped into the gate of the ancient mansion.

Until Ji Xiu’s back and those who were exempted from the test disappeared completely.

Yao Hong then turned around and regained his stern expression, meticulously:
“Those who are qualified should come forward one by one and choose a martial arts monument to try. Those who pass the assessment threshold will be tested on one or two archery and horsemanship skills before they can join the government.”

He had just finished speaking.

In the distance, the ground suddenly shook violently like a blanket, waves rose again, and a large amount of dust was raised. A chariot with two exotic fire horses as mounts came galloping towards them at a high speed!

On both sides of the chariot, two dark black flags were fluttering in the wind, standing in the sky and making rustling sounds!

On it, there is a depiction of an extremely huge iron-backed brown bear, with piercing eyes and a look as majestic as a mountain!

When Yao Hong saw this scene, his eyes narrowed slightly:

“This is.”

“Family crest!?”

Family crest!

In the Great Mystery, only those who are “titled” can describe things, and they are qualified to recruit private soldiers and train troops in a fair and open manner!

Without this qualification, either you can only do it in secret, or
It’s the bandits!

A family crest.

They often represent a noble family that has experienced ups and downs for a hundred years!
Some noble families are only ruled by elders at the peak of their powers.

But some.
There is even a martial saint in his old age!
Everyone’s eyes were attracted by the brown bear emblem, and then——

A tall and burly young man walked out of the carriage with captivating eyes. He held up a flagpole with one hand, put on immortal clothes, and his eyes were full of spirit and thoughts!
Then, he looked at the ‘Martial Monument’ and the ‘God Monument’ and laughed out loud:

“Gao Ye, from the noble family ‘Danshan Gao Clan’, came to Jiangyin to become a student of the prefecture. He wanted to win the title of the best of the past sixty years and to fight for the old head of the inner court in this great examination for prefectural officials!”

boom!
Gao Ye raised the flag and jumped down. Behind him were two red fire dragon horses that looked like aliens. Their breath spewed fire, scorching the air. In full view of everyone, the young man took one step at a time.
He walked in front of the two monuments, openly and dignifiedly shook off the examiners on both sides and pressed his palm directly on them!
Following closely behind, there are the double A ratings of [Martial Monument ‘A’] and [Spirit Monument ‘A’]
Comes to life!

Seeing this, the young man showed pride on his face. He raised the flag, opened his arms, and made an attitude as if to accept a gift.

But after waiting for a long while, he did not see any essence of thought that could turn into nourishment to help him advance his martial arts and spirit, and he could not help but wonder:

“What happened? Is this monument broken?”

“Isn’t it said that Jiangyin Prefecture hasn’t produced a true top-class talent for several generations, resulting in the accumulation of the essence of the head of the academy being extremely huge?”

“How come I didn’t notice it at all?”

Inside the government courtyard.

The head of Jiangyin Court was playing with the white chess pieces.

Hearing the bells ringing outside and the twin monuments beaming into the sky, he paused for a moment, a hint of joy in his eyes:
“With all this commotion, there must be some good talent coming!”

After muttering to himself, he put down the chess piece in his hand and looked at the tall old man with a tall hat and a wide belt, white beard and hair sitting opposite him. There was a hint of caution in his tone:

“Old Martial Saint, Brother Wen Jiang has been dead for sixty years. What happened back then was complicated. How can you be blamed for everything? That was a dispute between the Dao and the heavens.”

“Don’t blame yourself too much.”

“In my opinion, your ‘Dragon Elephant Lineage’ also has successors. Isn’t the boy who coordinates the schools within the mansion also a young talent?”

“If you train well in the future, you can become a ‘Taozi’ and be given the title.”

“How about coming with me to meet the young talents of our Jiangyin Prefecture?”

“You taught ‘science courses’ in Jiangyin and served as a ‘teacher’. I was lucky enough to listen to some of your lessons.”

In response, the old man with white beard and white hair only half opened his eyes, tapped the chessboard with a bit of indifference:

“I came out of seclusion after sixty years of retreat. The reason I came to Jiangyin Prefecture is because the last trace of my disciple was in Jiangyin.”

“According to the sect’s true teachings, it should be in a county called ‘An Ning’.”

Upon hearing this, the head of Jiangyin Academy immediately understood what he meant:
“Don’t worry, old martial saint. I will send someone to look for Brother Jiang’s body later. It’s just been sixty years.”

His hesitant words made the tall old man close his eyes, and a sense of loneliness and loneliness that he was not appreciated by many people was slightly revealed:
“It doesn’t matter if I can’t find it, but at least I’ve fulfilled my wish.”

“Moreover, it was a full sixty years later that I came out of seclusion. I had already removed that kid’s name from the register that year. Even if I ‘recognize him as my ancestor’ and collect his remains, no one can say anything if they come.”

“Besides.”

The old man slowly opened his eyes:

“You forgot”

Bang, bang, bang!
The huge rumbling sound like thunder seemed to resound through the old man’s muscles, bones and skin. His eyes were shining with divine light, just like an ancient dragon elephant, as if he had stepped lightly.
It can create a hole in the entire ‘Jiangyin Prefecture’!

“I am the genuine titled Martial Saint!”

“A period of sixty years has given us enough respect.”

“If you push too hard”

Xu Longxiang clenched his fists, his eyes grim:

“It’s not that I can’t let those people see what I can do!”

The head of Jiangyin Academy felt a sinking feeling in his heart, feeling a pressure as strong as a mountain and as heavy as an ocean, which suddenly rose and then suddenly subsided. Even though he had become a dragon and a tiger, his tongue was dry and bitter.

“Is this the difference between Dragon Tiger and Title?”

“It’s despairing.”

Xu Longxiang stood up:

“Okay, let’s go.”

“After all, I was an official of Jiangyin Prefecture, even though that was nearly a hundred years ago.”

“It’s a good opportunity to see what kind of seedlings can shake the two monuments after a hundred years?”

“However, this boy was born at the wrong time.”

“If I had been born two hundred years ago, I might have been able to become a noble in the future Baiyu Capital, and I would have had many opportunities to make contributions.”

“But now the Xuanting has been darkened, the sky has fallen, no one is in charge, and chaos reigns.”

“If you reach the end of this road and want to become a martial saint, you will only be a vassal of others.”

When Xuan Ting was mentioned, the old man sneered.

immediately
Step out of the pavilion.

Upon hearing this, the head of Jiangyin Court behind him couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)