Chapter 10: Do Not Exceed the Rules
Among the boys and girls in the square, twenty people heard the call and saw different numbers on the cushions after entering the hall. Everyone did not dare to neglect it and quickly found their respective numbered positions to sit cross-legged and practice the skills.
In the upper part, there was actually another hall suspended in the air, but the candidates below occasionally looked up and saw only blue sky and white clouds.
There were seven tables in the hall in the air, six of which were occupied. The six people were dressed differently, including a Taoist priest, two monks, two Confucian scholars and a monk. In front of these six people, the hall below was completely transparent, revealing the candidates sitting cross-legged inside.
The six people were the judges of this unified examination. They held the power of life and death of the candidates, and each of them had an extraordinary demeanor, but they all turned a blind eye to the empty table next to them.
At this time, in the hall below, the incense burners around the first batch of candidates who entered began to rise with light pillars of varying thickness, some dark and some bright.
The left side of these two light pillars represents the root bone talent, and the right side represents the fate and luck. Before the time was halfway up, the light pillars of more than half of the candidates stopped growing, and the height was only a foot. After a few more breaths, only the last candidate's bone talent light pillar continued to grow, and finally rose to three and a half feet, as thick as a fist, with a golden line constantly moving inside. However, although the light pillar of his fate was two feet, it was gray and there was nothing special about it.
In the sky hall, the elderly monk said: "The bone is average, but there is a sharp gold, so the rating can be slightly increased."
The other reviewers also nodded. Since there was no dispute, the six reviewers wrote their evaluations on their respective lists. There was a stone tablet in the center of the review hall. As the six reviewers finished writing their evaluations, the name of the candidate and the final score appeared on the stone tablet. The final score was the average of all the scores given by all the reviewers.
With the ringing of a bell, the candidates in the hall left, and the next batch of candidates filed in. Li Zhi was among the second batch of candidates.
Li Zhi sat down and closed his eyes. In an instant, two light pillars gushed out from the incense burners on both sides!
The left column of light was green, with rolling waves inside, and it only stopped when it was more than eight feet long; the right column of light was bright golden, approaching ten feet! Then countless light spots appeared in the bright golden column of light, converging into a small tripod.
In the review hall, the old scholar stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "The root bone and fate are both top-grade, and the bell and tripod are also top-grade. I, Liu Sigu, have never seen such talents in my life. Lord Hui En gave birth to a good son!"
The older monk said: "It seems that the Four Saints Academy has added another good disciple this time, and maybe he can join Old Liu's account." The old
scholar laughed even more happily: "No problem, no problem!"
In fact, each reviewer has a list in his hand, and which child will go to which immortal sect is clearly listed on the list. Li Zhi, the eldest son of Lord Hui En of the Southern Qi Dynasty, is going to enter the Four Saints Academy. However, the list and the quota are not necessarily equal. For example, there are five families competing for the three places in Taichu Palace. Who will win in the end depends on the performance of the candidates and the performance of the reviewers.
Those who were not on the list were self-evident. After all, even the quota for the second-class cave heaven had been divided up, leaving only a few leftovers for them to fight for.
Liu Sigu picked up the pen and wrote "Tianjia" and "Fourty" after the number 19 representing Li Zhi on the booklet.
According to tradition, no matter the root bone or the fate light column, three feet or less is human quality, four to six feet is earth quality, seven to nine feet is heaven quality, and more than ten feet is super quality. If the light column can resonate with the heaven and earth, various strange phenomena will occur. Common strange phenomena are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. Sacrificial utensils such as bells, tripods, and incense burners are all top-grade. As long as strange phenomena can appear, the evaluation will be adjusted accordingly.
The Tianjia written by Liu Sigu is the old system evaluation, and the forty is the new system score, both of which are given to the top. The evaluations given by the rest of the comments according to the old system are the same, all of them are Tianjia. It's just that the new system scores are more detailed, so there is a slight fluctuation.
In the end, Li Zhi was evaluated as Tianjia, with a score of thirty-eight. Li Zhi's score didn't seem to be the best, but he was going to learn the way of the king in the world, which was based on luck, not foundation.
In the next two batches, several geniuses appeared, some with a foundation of nine feet, some with luck of nine feet, but none of them were as comprehensive as Li Zhi.
When it came to the fourth batch of candidates, one person's luck suddenly soared, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through ten feet!
Several reviewers were shocked and looked at him, and saw that the man was a teenager with delicate eyebrows like a girl. His foundation was mediocre, only five feet, but his luck was amazing. He didn't stop after crossing ten feet, and he rose another half a foot before he stopped. The first super product appeared!
There really is a son of luck!
The six reviewers suddenly became serious and pondered in silence.
The original intention of the Immortal Sect was to collect a few sons of luck in Fengyuan County, a place where the wind and clouds gather, so they gave them quotas. But the problem is that these quotas have been divided up before the exam. Now this candidate is not on the list in the hands of the judges, which is embarrassing. If a son of luck really appears and the immortal sect does not accept him, it would be too obvious.
At this moment, the man's luck changed again, and the light column turned dark red, revealing a surging sea of blood!
The young monk suddenly smiled and said, "It turned out to be the Buddha's blood sea! This luck is too hot for you to take, but my Dabaohua Pure Land has some use. I will accept this child!"
The Taoist dressed in the clothes of Taichu Palace opened his eyes and asked calmly, "Do you have any extra places?"
The monk chanted a Buddhist name and said, "Of course there are no extra places, but I can go and ask for one right away, and I will ask for it as soon as the Taoist test is over."
Everyone nodded and said no more, but they were secretly awe-inspiring in their hearts. This monk wanted a place just because he wanted it. It is obvious that he has a deep foundation in Dabaohua Pure Land and cannot be easily offended.
No one wanted to compete with him for this young man. Just as the monk said, although this boy is a child of luck, he is destined to have a heavy killing disaster, both for himself and others, and it is very difficult to deal with. Besides, each reviewer has a list in his hand, so where is the place for this boy?
The reviewers opened the list and were about to write it down, when the monk suddenly said: "I have decided on this child, please be lenient when you write it down. If this child ranks too low and loses his fate with me, it will not be good. I have nothing but one obsession, which is to hold a grudge."
The reviewers said that they would not let the master's opportunity fall through, and the monk gave up.
A line of words appeared on the stone tablet: Duan Yusheng, Tianbing, thirty-five.
In the hall below, after another batch of candidates changed, Wei Yuan heard his number.
Wei Yuan followed the candidates into the hall and saw his number flashing on a cushion, so he walked over and sat down.
With the sound of a clear chime, the Taoist test began.
Wei Yuan calmed his mind and practiced according to the instructions in the exercise manual.
(End of this chapter)