Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 136 Tongsheng Examination
Qinghe County.

Zhou Ping is practicing calligraphy with Fan Shiyi.

He wants to pass the examination to become a student, and then find Fan Zhongfu to be his backer!

"Your handwriting is really bad." Fan Shiyi couldn't help but sneer.

There are still more than ten days before the Tongsheng examination. In addition to teaching Zhou Ping calligraphy, Fan Shiyi will also teach him policy essays.

The exam is divided into two modules, one is poetry writing and the other is policy essays.

When Zhou Ping was learning policy essays, his CPU almost burned out and he wanted to give up at one point.

However, Fan Shiyi told Zhou Ping that the scores for policy essays and poetry writing were different, with poetry writing accounting for 80% and policy essays only accounting for 20%.

This gave Zhou Ping confidence. He had the ability to trace back and recall the past lives of three hundred Tang poems.

If you can't write poetry, can you copy it? As long as the poetry is good, it's fine!
Zhou Ping was tired of writing, and he had a question: Wasn't the imperial examination for selecting officials? Why did poetry account for a higher proportion than policy essays, and so much higher?

"Brother Fan, why does poetry account for so much more than policy essays?" Zhou Ping couldn't help asking.

Fan Shiyi nodded: "You are really smart. You discovered the problem with the imperial examination so quickly."

Next, Fan Shiyi explained to Zhou Ping why poetry accounts for such a large proportion.

Before the human race established its nation, this land belonged to the demon race, and the world before the demon race was full of monsters.

Strictly speaking, the original owner of this world was a monster, but later the monster was sealed by the demon clan!

However, demonic energy still breeds from time to time on this land.

Both Buddhism and Confucianism can deal with evil spirits.

However, the entry standard of Buddhism is too high, requiring people to cut off all emotions and desires, which most people cannot do.

Even if a person is castrated, it is difficult for him to cut off his seven emotions and six desires.

It was not until the Confucian sages opened up the path of Confucianism that humans discovered that the great and righteous energy could have the same effect against evil spirits.

Confucianism is just as good as Buddhism in dealing with evil spirits.

What’s more important is that Confucianism can be mass-produced!
Many people can enter the realm of enlightenment with the help of poetry. After entering the realm of enlightenment, they can generate righteous energy and deal with evil spirits.

Zhou Ping nodded as if he understood something. He didn't expect to hear such a secret from Fan Shiyi.

The reason why Confucianism is valued is because it can fight against evil spirits!
"Besides, the human race has been established for thousands of years, and there are only a few ways to manage the people. It's hard to come up with anything new." Fan Shiyi said, waving a paper fan.

Zhou Ping nodded, agreeing with him. They are just weak people.

"When three people walk together, there must be one who is my teacher," Zhou Ping blurted out. Although he couldn't remember some poems, they had already been integrated into his memory and would appear when he was stimulated.

Fan Shiyi listened to Zhou Ping's words and said with a smile: "When three people walk together, there must be one who is my teacher. You really are very eloquent. Since you regard me as your teacher, you must listen to me."

Zhou Ping shook his head and said, "What I like most is to contradict the teacher."

Fan Shiyi didn't comment, but immediately felt something was wrong.

Xiaoqing was originally playing with Xiaobai. After hearing what Zhou Ping said, she couldn't stop laughing: "Fan Shiyi wants to be your teacher, and you like to talk back to your teacher. Does that mean you like to talk back to Fan Shiyi? How do you talk back? Tell me in detail."

This sentence made Fan Shiyi blush slightly. How could she not hear the wit in his words: "You little bitch, you actually help others speak."

Xiao Qing said, "I am only absorbing Zhou Ping's Yang Qi now. He is mine, and you are not mine."

Zhou Ping looked at Fan Shiyi and Xiaoqing and smiled awkwardly. He knew that in Xiaoqing's heart, Fan Shiyi must be more important than himself.

However, Zhou Ping was very curious. If an ordinary man knew that his woman was so close to someone else, he would definitely be jealous. However, Fan Shiyi did not seem to worry about Xiaoqing getting close to Zhou Ping.

Qinghe County.

Chen Li was eating melon seeds, surrounded by a group of people.

Not only that, there was also a blind old man playing the erhu by Chen Li's side.

"Everyone." As soon as Chen Li spoke, the blind old man began to play a song.

Chen Li looked at the blind old man with admiration.

This blind old man had fled here. He originally wanted to go to the Music Bureau to play music for people, but the people in the Music Bureau looked down on him.

The blind old man could only find a place to beg by playing music on the streets.

After walking around the streets for a long time, the blind old man found a good place.

There was a woman in this place who liked to gossip, and many people listened to her.

Relying on this place, the blind old man can earn a few coppers every day and barely survive.

Even if he didn't make any money, the old lady who was chatting with him could still give him a steamed bun to fill his stomach, so the blind old man could survive.

One plays the music and the other plays the song, and they cooperate well with each other.

"It's been busy lately. Two secret realms have appeared in Qinghe County!"

"The secret realm is a storage jade. It can store things. Once the host dies, it will randomly appear in a certain place and form a secret realm."

"The first secret realm is to write poetry. Everyone has heard that the hero Bu Tiao appeared and wrote the poem "When the sun is high in the sky, sweat drips down to the ground while hoeing the field. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work?" Therefore, he got a storage jade.

"The second secret realm has appeared for more than a month. Hundreds of people have entered, but all of them died. So far, no one has been able to break into the secret realm."

Chen Li described it vividly, as if he were there himself.

"Auntie, why has the secret realm been open for more than a month and no one has been able to enter yet?"

Besides the people from Qinghe County, those who listened to Chen Li's bragging also included cultivators who had rushed to Qinghe County from all directions. They all came to look for the Demon Lord's treasures and wanted to enter the secret realm.

Chen Li saw that the person who was speaking looked unfamiliar, so she smiled and said, "Sir, look at this old man Laqu'er. He is so pitiful."

A few copper coins flew in front of the blind man, and then Chen Li began to talk.

"The rules of the secret realm only allow people below the eighth rank to enter, but the zombies guarding the gate alone have the strength of the seventh rank."

"The abbot of Jinhua Temple, Monk Fayuan, was an eighth-rank cultivator, and he also died in there!"

"So far, no one has been able to overcome the zombies."

"But I heard that the zombies are about to die, and the son of the Qianzhou County Magistrate is bringing hundreds of eighth-rank soldiers and is about to enter."

Chen Li had extensive information channels. Although she had never been into the tunnel, she knew some of the situations inside.

After hearing what Chen Li said, several people left. They were all cultivators who came here to search for treasures.

If it is true as Chen Li said, that the county magistrate's son brought hundreds of eighth-grade people into the secret realm, then it is very likely that the secret realm has been broken into.

"Besides the secret realm, the Qinghe County Tongsheng Examination will begin in a few days."

Tunnels, ancient tombs.

Zhao Tiancheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the entrance of the secret realm. He gave an order and three soldiers immediately entered the secret realm.

Zhao Tiancheng is the second son of the governor of Qianzhou County, and he is an eighth-rank Taoist! After hearing that there is a secret realm here, he asked his father to give him a hundred eighth-rank soldiers, and some of his own retainers came to Qinghe County.

Immediately afterwards, three more people entered the secret realm, followed by another three.

In the end, a total of thirty people went in!

After a while, ten people came out of the secret realm.

"Your Excellency, the zombie is dead." said a sergeant.

Twenty eighth-grade creatures exchanged for one zombie.

Hearing the sergeant's words, everyone in the tomb became excited. They didn't dare to go in because of the zombies.

Although the zombie is strong, there is only one of them. There are at least hundreds of eighth-grade zombies in the ancient tomb. As long as these people work together, they will definitely kill the zombie, but no one wants to make wedding clothes for others, so they are all waiting to see who kills the zombie first.

Now that someone has killed the zombies, these people all want to enter the secret realm.

Someone immediately entered the secret realm.

Zhao Tiancheng smiled grimly but did not stop him.

Seeing that Zhao Tiancheng did not stop them, more than a dozen people went in.

However, not long after, a man struggled to escape from the entrance of the secret realm. Although he escaped from the secret realm, his body quickly festered and turned into a pool of foul-smelling blood.

"Heavenly Grade Corpse Worm!"

The triangular-eyed old man from the Wu family gasped.

"Wu Laosan, what is this?" Zhao Tiancheng asked bluntly.

Wu Laosan explained: "In response to Mr. Zhao, this is a kind of corpse worm that feeds on corpses. However, corpse worms are also divided into levels. The worst are ordinary corpse worms, there are also earth-level corpse worms, and the most powerful are heaven-level corpse worms."

Wu Dafu continued, "A heavenly corpse worm can eat up a person in a split second."

Zhao Tiancheng nodded. He looked at Wu Laosan and Wu Dafu and grinned, "It seems that I have to rely a lot on the Wu family in this business. When I return to Qianzhou City, I will definitely tell my father."

Wu Laosan and Wu Dafu were full of surprise. They were half-officials, but they were at the bottom of the official family.

The governor of Qianzhou County is not someone they can approach at their level.

Zhao Tianben originally looked down on the Wu family's group of corpse drivers, but judging from the appearance of the secret realm, it would be impossible to do without corpse drivers and gravediggers.

So Zhao Tiancheng could only give them a good face.

As the corpse worms killed more than a dozen people, no one among the hundreds of people in the ancient tomb dared to enter. They knew in their hearts that they might not have the strength to enter the secret realm.

Zhao Tiancheng then invited the Wu family to go in with him.

"Mr. Zhao, I'm Pu Ren from Jinquan Temple in Qianzhou City. I've met the Magistrate of Zhao several times. I wonder if I could go with you." A monk introduced himself.

Zhao Tiancheng looked at the monk. He knew the reputation of Jinquan Temple.

Jinquan Temple is extremely famous in Qianzhou City, and there is a third-rank Buddhist in charge. Even the governor of Zhao County has to give you some face.

"Master, I must get this storage jade." Zhao Tiancheng knew how powerful these monks were, and he didn't want to give the storage jade to others.

He had also heard of this Pu Ren, who was said to have been a bandit in his past and later converted to Buddhism. His cultivation level was not the eighth level, but the seventh level.

However, in order to enter the secret realm, Pu Ren lowered his cultivation level to the eighth level.

One's cultivation level can be lowered by oneself, but once it is lowered, it will be very difficult to return to the original level.

Pu Ren smiled and said, "We only want some magical instruments in the secret realm, not the storage jade."

Zhao Tiancheng smiled and said, "If that's the case, let's go together."

Zhao Tiancheng did not believe Pu Ren's words, he just needed these monks. There were many evil things in the ancient tomb, so the power of Buddhism could help a lot.

Zhao Tiancheng knew that these monks were hypocritical and that they were just saying that. When it came time to snatch the storage jade, the monks would not let go easily.

At this point, the strongest team for secret realm exploration has been formed.

Soldiers, the Wu family, professional tomb robbers, and a dozen eighth-rank monks.

Led by Zhao Tiancheng, these people began to move into the secret realm.

However, Yue Yunfeng and Wu Dage did not go in. They knew that this secret realm was very dangerous and they were afraid that Zhao Tiancheng’s team would suffer heavy losses.

As Zhao Tiancheng led the team into the secret realm, the rest of the people also began to follow them into the secret realm. They still wanted to follow Zhao Tiancheng and have a share of the fun.

Even if you can't get the storage jade, at least you can get some treasures by following behind.

Even if I can't get the treasure, so many people died in the secret realm, I can search their bodies.

In the secret realm, there were no more zombies or corpses, and there was a foul stench everywhere.

After the warrior zombies were destroyed, some people entered the secret realm and opened the tomb door.

Unexpectedly, the opening of the tomb door released a group of top-grade corpse worms, which ate all the invaders.

As Zhao Tiancheng entered the secret realm, a swarm of corpse worms rushed towards him.

These corpse worms have the bodies of leeches, six legs, and no eyes.

Wu Dafu followed behind Zhao Tiancheng and sprinkled a handful of powder on Zhao Tiancheng, and these heavenly corpse worms did not dare to attack him.

Zhao Tiancheng couldn't help but admire: "To deal with these filthy things, it has to be the Wu family."

Wu Dafu didn't understand Zhao Tiancheng's hidden meaning and was quite pleased with himself: "These corpse worms are really hard for ordinary people to deal with. Only our Wu family has the means to deal with them."

Wu Dafu took the opportunity to sprinkle a pile of powder, hoping to kill these corpse worms.

Zhao Tiancheng immediately stopped them: "Don't kill them, just let us pass by, otherwise it will be a good opportunity for the people behind us."

When Wu Dafu heard what Zhao Tiancheng said, he couldn't help but admire him and said, "Young Master is really thoughtful and far-sighted."

Wu Dafu sprinkled some powder on their group of people and allowed them to pass through smoothly, but he did not kill the corpse worms.

As they arrived at the tomb gate, the rest of the cultivators also went inside.

However, with screams, dozens of people died at the altar at the entrance to the secret realm.

"Damn, these people didn't even kill these zombies."

The screams came one after another, but after a while, they stopped.

There were less than ten people following Zhao Tiancheng's team.

All of these ten people looked at Zhao Tiancheng and his group angrily. Nearly a hundred people had just come in, but they all died at the hands of the Tianpin Corpse Worms. These people thought that Zhao Tiancheng and his group had already dealt with the Tianpin Corpse Worms.

Zhao Tiancheng listened to the screams and smiled coldly. He would never let others take advantage of him.

When they arrived in front of the tomb door, it was only partially open, not fully open.

"This tomb door is very heavy. It requires all of us to work together to open it." Wu Dafu said after taking a look at the tomb door.

Zhao Tiancheng asked, "Is there any mechanism?"

Wu Dafu remained silent. Although he often visited tombs, this was Dayu's tomb, and he had never been to this kind of tomb before.

Zhao Tiancheng saw that Wu Dafu didn't say anything, so he understood what he meant. He looked at Pu Ren and said, "Master, I'll trouble you to open the tomb door. The Wu family has already checked it. There is no mechanism on the door. It just requires brute force."

Wu Dafu was about to say something, but was glared back by Zhao Tiancheng.

Pu Ren looked at Wu Dafu and said, "Since Mr. Zhao said it's okay, then it's okay."

Pu Ren called a few monks, who were shining with golden light, and then began to push the tomb door.

The huge tomb door began to move slowly with the efforts of the monks.

A bright light appeared before everyone's eyes.

However, as the light appeared, a black shadow fell from above the tomb door at an extremely fast speed.

This black shadow was extremely fast.

As the black shadow fell, several monks were immediately cut into two pieces. Some monks were standing in a good position, so although they were not cut into pieces, their arms were cut off.

Pu Ren was furious: "You actually lied to me!"

Zhao Tiancheng looked at Wu Dafu innocently: "He said there is no danger."

(End of this chapter)