Chapter 244 The Nature of Fu
"He is only good at studying." Dean Li smiled modestly.
Having said that, there was obvious joy in his eyes, and he was obviously very satisfied with Mo Li's performance.
Not far away, Da Qi Imperial Master looked intently into the window, as if he had not heard the conversation between the two at all.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly, showing a pleased smile.
At first glance, it looks like an old farmer standing at the edge of the field holding a sickle, looking at the harvest with joy.
“The young talisman masters of the Daqi Dynasty are even better than I imagined,” he thought silently in his heart. “If I can recruit all such talents for Your Majesty, why should Daqi not be able to save them? Spend that long night?”
Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcism Division, stood still, motionless, as if he had turned into a sculpture. His expression was as calm as ever, and his eyes were as deep as an ancient well.
The shadow of the house fell right on his face, making it impossible to detect his thoughts from his face.
Shangguan Jin knew that the Chief Secretary was quietly deducing the future again.
After a while, a faint smile appeared on Luo Sishou's face, and he seemed to be in a good mood. Then he pointed to a pavilion among the vegetation of the academy and said to everyone present:
"Now it's still... It’s been a long time. How about we go to the pavilion and have a cup of tea together?”
No one would refuse the sage’s proposal.
Especially Dean Li.
He knew that Luo Chuan was a tea lover and was keen on collecting precious tea leaves from all over the country; and the white jade teapot that Luo Chuan carried with him as a space magic weapon was also a special magic weapon - contained in The tea inside will have a magical power that can make people get rid of distracting thoughts and calm down.
"So today I finally have the opportunity to taste the tea brewed by the strong saint himself?" Dean Li thought with anticipation.
However, after sitting down, Luo Chuan looked at Dean Li with a smile: "Since the death of the previous dean, I haven't drank Longmen Academy's 'Baifei Tea' for five years. I wonder if I will be lucky today. Want to taste it again?"
Dean Li was silent for a few seconds, then smiled politely and responded: "...No problem."
He thought he was. Today I am lucky enough to prostitute a saint for free.
Unexpectedly, he was prostituted for free by the other party.
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Mo Li's answer to the question was very smooth.
On the white paper in front of him, questions disappeared and reappeared one after another. The tip of the brush moves quickly, outlining rigorous and complex patterns.
The further you go, the more obscure the questions become, and the more complex the talismans and seals required to be drawn are.
But Mo Li was not panicked.
On the contrary, as the golden numbers in the upper right corner of the paper gradually increased, his mood became more and more cheerful.
He felt that this assessment link was tailor-made for him.
Because the answers to every question can be found in the notes he reviewed yesterday, and they were all within his expectations.
An hour flies by.
About five minutes before the end of the assessment, a very short and unexpected question appeared on the white paper in front of him:
"What is a talisman?"
Beside these words, there is a line of small black characters, indicating that there is no standard answer to this question, and the talisman master can answer according to his own understanding.
"In today's assessment, such a simple question will appear?" Mo Li was surprised.
The definition of "talisman" has been clearly written in beginners' books.
Just like all scholars have memorized "Rhythm Enlightenment".
All the fledgling Talisman Masters in the Da Qi Dynasty can basically memorize the answer to this question.
Unexpectedly, he answered a series of unpopular and unfamiliar questions such as "the charm to cure Sanyin malaria", "the charm to cure the ruined life palace", "the charm to climb the house with chickens and dogs", and "the charm to cure stroke in the elderly". After the question about Fu Zhuan, such a simple question unexpectedly appeared.
However, considering that he was short of time, he did not think about the deep meaning behind this question, but quickly wrote down the original words in the book:
"The talisman is a way for monks to communicate between heaven and earth. "
After writing, his handwriting disappeared along with the title on the white paper, and no new title appeared.
The golden number in the upper right corner changed from "One Hundred" to "One Hundred and Five".
“You got five points added at once by answering this question correctly?” Mo Li’s eyes widened.
He thought for a while and felt that this should be a benefit he got from doing the questions quickly.
After all, others may not be able to answer these one hundred questions within the allotted hour.
Thinking of this, he raised his head again and quietly looked at his competitors.
Shen Qiu was still frowning.
Zhao Xinran’s pen tip also hung in the air for a long time and did not fall down.
As for Gu Xu, he was sitting on his seat with his eyes closed, looking as if he was meditating.
The corners of Mo Li's mouth turned up, no longer hiding his joyful mood.
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But Mo Li didn't expect that Gu Xu had already answered all the questions half an hour ago.
The reason why he sat there with his eyes closed was because he had nothing to do, so he simply tried to deduce the possibilities of various permutations and combinations of the "Star Array" spell in his head, and accidentally There are hundreds of deductions.
Gu Xu completed the first hundred questions easily.
However, when faced with the last question, which Mo Li considered to be a free "welfare", he hesitated for two minutes and did not write for a long time.
He felt that the examiner placed this question at the end and specifically emphasized that "there is no standard answer, you can play freely", which obviously had a deeper meaning.
This reminded him of what he had seen in the notes of Kongxuan Sanren:
“The essence of Fu Dao is ‘naming’.
“It uses a special language, Gives paper or other objects special properties.
“For example, the most basic ‘Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Ghost Killing Talisman’ is equivalent to giving the property of ‘ghost killing’ to a piece of paper.”
According to According to Kongxuan Sanren, this is what he said when he went to Luojing City to meet with the Imperial Master to discuss the connection between the Talisman Dao and the Cause and Effect Dao.
At that time, Kongxuan Sanren had not yet turned into a ghost, and the national master was deeply inspired by his words, and his cultivation of Fu Dao improved greatly, and he officially became a grandmaster.
"Perhaps, this is the answer the Imperial Master wants to see?" Gu Xu silently guessed in his heart.
He thought for a moment, and based on the principle that no points will be deducted for multiple answers, he merged the views of both parties into one sentence and wrote it on the paper.
Subsequently, the title and text disappeared together.
The golden number in the upper right corner flashed a few times, changing from "one hundred" to "one hundred and twenty". Gu Xu successfully gained twenty points by answering this last seemingly simple question - fifteen points more than Mo Li's rote answer.
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In a pavilion not far away, the big shots were sitting around a stone table quietly sipping tea.
Dean Li bit the bullet and ordered the servants in the academy to bring a pot of "Baixi Tea". Then Shangguan Jin took the teapot with a smile and poured a cup for everyone.
Perhaps because she often serves Luo Chuan, a well-known "tea geek" in Daqi, every gesture she makes when pouring tea is elegant and impeccable.
"Baiwei Tea" is a specialty of Longmen Academy. Its tea comes from a tea tree planted by Emperor Taizong hundreds of years ago in the academy, and is brewed from the famous "Si Guo Spring" in the academy.
Its effect is just like its name, it can make people feel joy, anger, sadness, joy and other emotions unconsciously. It is necessary to understand when climbing towards "Wangxiang Terrace" The monks on all aspects of life are extremely helpful.
To a certain extent, it can be said to be one of the foundations of Longmen Academy as the "first school for practitioners in Daqi".
Of course, it is not very useful for monks in the fifth realm and above who have already passed through "Meng Po Pavilion".
But Shangguan Jin remembered many things in the past in this short moment.
She thought of the tragic experience of working in an inn in her childhood, the sense of accomplishment of gradually improving her status and cultivation after entering the exorcism department, the joy of being appreciated by the head of the department, the tranquility and concentration of painting alone in the room, and the reason for being in the Laoshan Mountain due to the The loss of missing the inheritance by a single thought...
When she opened her eyes again, she felt that the long-term peaceful essence in her body suddenly showed signs of restlessness.
Princess Zhaoning, who was sitting opposite her, was inevitably affected by the "Baixi Tea".
In just a short moment, the princess's eyes were no longer as calm and composed as usual. Instead, she felt a little lonely and helpless, like a little girl who had run away from home and couldn't find her direction.
I don’t know how much time passed, but someone finally broke the peaceful atmosphere.
Luo Sishou drank all the tea in his cup and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a good tea!"
Dean Li smiled and said a polite word: "Master Sishou, this tea It can be said to be an honor to be recognized by a tea tasting expert like you.”
Hearing Dean Li’s words, Luo Sishou smiled politely and said, “Then I can bring you.” Will you go back with a pot?”
Dean Li pondered for a moment and replied: “Of course there is no problem.”
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The melodious bell rang again, announcing the end of the assessment.
The four people in the house put down their pens in unison.
Shen Qiu shook his head mockingly and jumped out of the chair first. He felt that if his intuition was correct, he should be the worst performer among the four in this first session.
Mo Li followed behind, with a hint of pride on his haggard face; as soon as he went out, he began to look for Dean Li everywhere, as if he couldn't wait to get his cousin's approval.
Zhao Xinran's eyes showed a little regret, but he soon regained his composure.
She was not surprised when she found that she had forgotten a lot of basic knowledge about the art of talisman and seal script.
Perhaps at this stage, she will be distanced by her opponent.
However, she believes that in terms of "application" and "innovation" of Fu Dao, she will be able to make up for these gaps, and even leave her opponents far behind.
Gu Xu was the last one to walk out of the house.
His expression when he went out was exactly the same as when he entered.
There is no pride or sadness.
Everything is under his control.
He was just playing normally.
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Before the second session started, they had half an hour to spare.
So they each went to a nearby side room to rest quietly and cultivate their spirits.
The Imperial Master of Da Qi waved his hand gently and took back the magical papers they had just written on.
“That boy Shen Qiu looks very smart, but he didn’t expect that his basic skills are not very good!” The Imperial Master glanced at the number “seventy-two” in the upper right corner of Shen Qiu’s answer sheet, smiled and said, “ He only answered seventy-two questions correctly."
Hearing what the Imperial Master said, Fu Tao, a professor at Longmen Academy, immediately said beside him: "The key to learning the art of talisman and seal script is to be down-to-earth and be clever. , It’s absolutely not okay to be unreasonable. I don’t want the students of Longmen Academy to be infected with this trend.”
As a close confidant of Dean Li, Fu Tao naturally supports Mo Li.
So under such circumstances, he immediately attributed Shen Qiu's low score on his answer sheet to his attitude.
However, the Imperial Master was not led away by his words. Instead, he smiled and explained to Shen Qiu: "This kid has a hard time in his family. Even a serious teacher can't. No, they are all self-taught by collecting books... If you want to find someone to help answer questions, you have to travel a long way with gifts.
"Just because he didn't perform well in this link does not mean that he is. He is just a clever person, but there are many objective reasons. If he is given sufficient resources, I believe he will be no worse than others.
“I think that since we are selecting talents for the country, we must give them full opportunities and fairly refer to their performance in every link.
“And not because of selfish motives. , arrogantly judging the character of others. ”
When Fu Tao heard the word "selfishness", he immediately fell silent. He knew that the Imperial Master had seen through his thoughts.
Then, the Imperial Preceptor looked at Zhao Xinran’s answer sheet again, saw the golden number “eighty-nine” in the upper right corner, and commented with a smile: “There is a little flaw. But the questions themselves are It's relatively uncommon. Being able to do this is considered very good among Talisman Masters."
At this time, another academy teacher, Du Yuan, echoed: "That's true."
< br>Du Yuan himself is also a Fu Dao master, but he is taciturn by nature and not good at expressing himself.
He himself has seen a lot of the questions on this answer sheet - he feels that if he were to do it himself, he would be around "90", and the gap with Zhao Xinran would not be particularly big.
Next, the Imperial Master opened Mo Li's answer sheet.
The small number "One Hundred and Five" shines with golden light in the upper right corner of the paper.
As a sixth-level practitioner, Dean Li can see this number clearly from a distance, and is undoubtedly very satisfied with his cousin's performance.
He reached out and touched his beard, deliberately concealing his joyful mood, and said modestly: "This is just the first link. There are two more difficult links waiting for him later!"
The Imperial Master did not speak.
At the same time, Luo Sishou poured himself another cup of "Baifang Tea". He did not taste it slowly as usual, but drank it in the same manner as Yan Guogong Zhao Changying drank from a large bowl and Shi Xiaohan ate rice from a large bowl. He drank it all, looking like he was going to drain Longmen Academy to death.
Finally, the Imperial Master’s eyes fell on Gu Xu’s answer sheet.
(End of this chapter)