Chapter 178 Prelude to the Imperial Examination (4)
But soon, Wang Dongdong ran back in a hurry, holding up the spiritual message in his hand with a look of surprise on his face.
Liu Sheng also raised his head from the spiritual message and looked at Wang Dongdong with the same surprise.
“Have you received the news too?” Wang Dongdong asked.
"Yeah." Liu Sheng nodded.
"My parents heard from my relatives in the court." Wang Dongdong first told the source of the news.
“I listened to what my master said.” Liu Sheng said.
Wang Dongdong already knew that Liu Sheng had participated in the legendary "Huaishan Training", and naturally knew that Liu Sheng's information was also accurate.
In this way, the news is absolutely true.
"This is too sudden. It was only said four days before the exam that it would focus on theology..." Wang Dongdong said dejectedly, obviously not prepared for this.
Liu Sheng was also shocked. Although he had expected it, he didn't expect it to be a complete bias.
Originally, I thought it would be just a matter of mentioning the Supreme God. However, after hearing what Ling Yuke said, Liu Sheng already felt something bad and started checking and filling in the gaps yesterday.
Since the first year of the theophany, people have only been interested in spiritual practice and weirdness. There is not much research on the Supreme God. After all, who would do research on a God who is so high above us?
And I don’t know where to start doing research.
No wonder the Holy Spirit wants to "revitalize theology."
Although Liu Sheng has lost her faith in the Supreme God, she can understand the court's thoughts.
“Tell us now, at least it’s better than what we found in the examination room.” Liu Sheng said thoughtfully.
"If it were in the examination room, I don't know how many students would hang themselves on the spot." Wang Dongdong shook his head, a little crazy, "And what exactly is the study of gods? Who can tell clearly?"
"What Ling Yuke said about 'revitalizing theology, cultivating sacred books, and building temples' is one direction." Liu Sheng reminded.
“Besides, there is no so-called true theology now, which is actually a good thing.”
"How could it be a good thing? There are no review materials." Wang Dongdong smiled bitterly.
"In this way, everyone is on the same starting line, no matter nobles or poor families." Liu Sheng's eyes were heavy, "It depends on how prepared everyone can be in these four days. "
"And, since it is a new subject, the problem will not be that difficult..."
...
This night, Chang'an City was particularly restless.
Not only because of the thunderstorm that rained all night, but also because of the news that spread quickly.
Many children from aristocratic families like Wang Dongdong who had some connections in the court received the news, so they discussed strategies with their elders all night long.
The lights of the aristocratic mansion in Chang'an City remained on all night.
The unrelated students from poor families also saw a newly posted notice on the notice board at the entrance of the etiquette department on the second day. It not only mentioned that this scientific examination would be biased towards the study of "gods", but also It directly stated that the imperial court intended to "promote theology, cultivate sacred books, and build temples" and hoped that students could speak freely in the examination and make suggestions for the imperial court.
It can be regarded as achieving a certain degree of fairness.
The students were all bewildered by this change, racking their brains to think about what "god" meant.
Although the Supreme God is in the sky every day, and students have always been connected with him, and therefore can obtain spiritual energy for practice, no one has thought carefully about what his existence is.
The existence of the Supreme God means existence. Is there anything else that needs to be explored?
As a result, the temples and Taoist temples in Chang'an City suddenly became popular.
Originally, after the emergence of the Supreme God, Buddhism and Taoism began to decline. It gradually lost its incense, and Taoist priests, Taoist nuns, monks and nuns almost disappeared.
In the end, there were only one or two Taoist temples left in each temple, and it was still forced by the imperial court. They stayed there as historical relic maintenance personnel and were raised by the imperial court. Their daily tasks were to clean, explain the history to tourists, and occasionally tell fortunes.
This job is easy and stable, and many young people even yearn for it. However, the need to in-depth study Buddhism and Taoism, two religions that have no market in this era, still scares away many people.
Now that it is prospering again, it has exhausted these left-behind people.
As for why students are going to temples and Taoist temples now, it is not because they want to burn incense and worship Buddha, but because Buddhism and Taoism have a long history and have a fairly complete system for the theory of gods. Maybe they can learn this Tao, by analogy, you can also have a deeper understanding of the Supreme God.
There is another group of people who focus on the latter, believing that the focus should not be on analyzing gods, but on how to boost worship and belief in the Supreme God.
Liu Sheng is also on this list.
She thought for a whole day and finally figured out that the so-called "revitalizing theology, cultivating divine books, and building temples", in the final analysis, is to strengthen this belief in the Supreme God and let more people invest in it. The embrace of the Supreme God.
But for her, it is very painful and unsolvable to think about this matter.
She didn’t believe it after all.
How can people who don’t believe teach others to believe? It's so hard. Moreover, it is also strange why the imperial court now feels the need to boost faith.
Obviously, people in the world have always had great respect and faith in the Supreme God.
[Perhaps the court is aware that there are more and more people like us who do not believe in the Supreme God. 】
One of them, Liu Sheng, accidentally told the truth.
【Besides us, who else doesn’t believe it? 】
【Nangong Wan. 】
【What are the characteristics? 】
[The Controller...]
[I guess that once you have the power of other power systems, you will gradually disconnect from the Supreme God, that is, you will no longer Belief. 】
【The same should be true for Wen Weilan, after all, she is already our follower. 】
[So, the Tricksters don’t believe in the Supreme God, but there aren’t many of them, right? 】
【Where is the trick hunter? Is this group big enough? 】
【How many of the strange things we come into contact with come from other worlds? If you enter these ghosts from other worlds while hunting for ghosts, such as we entered the "Star Chasing Journey" last time, and Nangong Wan's "Red Star Elementary School", maybe the barriers to knowledge and vision will be eliminated, and you will know The Supreme God is not a universal god, and may not even be a so-called "god." 】
【So, maybe we just don’t know, but some ghost hunters have actually begun to doubt this? 】
【What will happen if faith decreases? 】
[Something extremely terrible must have happened, otherwise the court would not have started doing this in such a hurry. 】
……
The day before.
On the distant and desolate Great Wall of the North, a glistening white stream of fire quickly crossed the ever-dark night and fell diagonally into the southwest.
A middle-aged woman with handsome features was sitting on the edge of the city wall, looking at the tail feathers of the flowing fire escaping in the air, and the stars scattered in the sky, like a dream.
"That's Mobei, the place where it fell." The woman murmured.
Suddenly, a dark black wolfskin cloak was draped over her shoulders from behind, with the warmth baked by charcoal fire and blessed by warmth runes, in this never-ending wind Especially precious in the snow.
The woman turned her head and looked.
The husband's face looked even more pale and aged in the wind and frost, but he still looked at the woman with a soft smile on his face.
Suddenly, there were several coughs.
The woman stood up anxiously: "You were seriously injured and you ran out?"
"It doesn't matter, otherwise, how could you see such a beautiful scenery." The husband's eyes looked at the woman for a moment, as if he meant Something pointed out.
The woman's extraordinarily fair face turned red because she had not seen the sun for a long time: "We are an old couple now, so stop being glib."
"It is precisely because we are an old couple that we have to talk more. "The husband doesn't Agreeing, a weak smile appeared on her lips, "While we can still talk a few more words."
The woman heard the ominous meaning and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, we can all live a long life." Years old.”
"Shi Zhi is still waiting for us to return in Chang'an." She added.
The husband shook his head and coughed heavily again. The woman quickly patted his back and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"In a few hours, will you be leaving again?" the husband asked.
"Well, something restless is ready to move again." A cold light flashed in the woman's eyes.
The two of them looked at the darkness north of the Great Wall. If there was life, it seemed to be constantly changing its shape.
The wind and snow were so heavy that even the face of God in the sky could not be seen clearly.
"Ahem, be careful."
"Okay."
"Come back soon."
"Okay, wait until I come back."< br>
"...Okay."
(End of this chapter)