Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 1177 A Great Sage Came from the West...

A thousand may not seem like much to the thousands of scholars in the entire Song Dynasty. But it only took three years, and he broke through directly because of Mr. An, and in a shabby place.

Also, the number is more than one thousand, not just one thousand.

Maybe two thousand, maybe three thousand.

No one has ever counted them.

The most important thing is that there are quite a few students who have broken through two levels or more.

For example, the little fox Tu Ning, the seventh princess Zhao Congbi, the mansion lord Ning Song and others, all broke through several realms in succession.

It’s just that people in the world don’t know it clearly.

For the scholars of the Song Dynasty, Mr. An was good in everything, whether in character or knowledge, he was almost perfect, and no one could find any fault with him. However, there was one bad thing, that is, Mr. An was not from the Song Dynasty...

Mr. An was not from the Song Dynasty, but he came from Central China alone and suppressed the entire literary world of the Song Dynasty, rendering the four great masters of the literary world unable to move.

This naturally attracted criticism from some people.

Doesn’t the literary world of the Great Song Dynasty have any respect left?

Our Great Song has a population of tens of millions. Is there no one who can compare to Mr. An?

Also, Mr. An is not a disciple of the Holy Academy. If he were a disciple of the Holy Academy, they would have accepted it with a pinch of their noses.

But Mr. An is not.

No matter how perfect a person is, in the eyes of some people, he or she is full of flaws and they will find many faults in him or her.

For example, they have now pointed out that Mr. An is not from the Song Dynasty.

However, regarding this point, the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Mr. An's prestige was too high.

He can command the world with just one word, so how can the Zhao family not be afraid?
How glorious was the Sandalwood Academy in the past?

But why did it decline?

It was because Sandalwood Academy was too glorious, so glorious that it made the Great Yan Dynasty pale in comparison. Sandalwood Academy was glorious, but after being glorious for so long, it had lost sight of itself.

He believed that he was the master of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Where does this put the royal family of Dayan?

The reason why the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty secretly felt relieved was because Mr. An was an outsider. Although he could command the world with a single word, it did not include overthrowing the Song Dynasty and the Zhao family...

In addition, in the past three years, Mr. An has never interfered in local affairs.

Rumor has it that even the academy doesn’t care.

However, the academy is too powerful, which is not acceptable...

The Zhao family was also worried about the possibility of a confrontation between Sandalwood Academy and the Dayan Dynasty.

Fortunately, the current academy is still weak, and it is unknown how many years it will take to become the second Sandalwood Academy.

Besides, is it so easy to reach the former Sandalwood Academy?

now.

To the west of the Song Dynasty, more than ten ox carts arrived.

These ox carts may look very plain at first glance, but their styles are quite exquisite and contain a lot of etiquette.

Although the mountain road was rugged and uneven, the oxcart was very stable without even a vibration. This was mainly because the wheels of the oxcart did not touch the ground, but were suspended in the air for about half a foot. The oxen pulling the cart were all strong blue oxen, and their hooves were as fast as the wind, and they could take a step of several feet.

So the ox cart passed by in an instant like the wind.

"The front should be Yanyun Realm, right?"

A young voice rang out from an ox cart, "This Yanyun Territory is really remote. We have been walking for dozens of days and still haven't arrived..."

"This Yanyun Territory is far to the east, so the journey will naturally not be short."

Someone in the car laughed.

"This Yanyun Territory is just a small place. Its cultural atmosphere is far inferior to that of our Middle Earth. Why did you go there, teacher?" The young voice asked curiously, "Even if you want to travel, there is no point in coming to these small places."

"Traveling is not a game." Someone said coldly, "Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles."

"Has there been any famous people in Yanyun Territory?"

"What kind of celebrities can come from such a remote place? I heard that in these small places, there are only a handful of great scholars. Even if one or two great sages occasionally emerge, what does it mean to my Saint Academy?"

"indeed so."

"My Holy Academy is the best academy in the world. Who can compare to it?"

"You haven't heard of Yanyun Realm? It seems that you haven't read enough. You should read more."

"What can you say?"

"What do you have to say? You don't even know the Yanyun Realm, what else can I say? And you still have the nerve to say that you are a disciple of the Holy Academy."

"Uh……"

"It's a small place, I haven't heard of it, it's not surprising."

"Humph, I always tell you to read more, but you just don't listen. You think you are a great scholar, a potential great scholar, and you don't take other people seriously. Is this what your teacher usually teaches you?" A voice gradually became stern, "Haven't you read Li Sheng's collection of essays?"

"Li Sheng?"

"No way, Li Sheng is from Yanyun?"

"Ah, I remember now. Li Sheng is indeed from Yanyun." A voice said in surprise, "Sandalwood Academy! This time, you should remember it, right? Five thousand years ago, Sandalwood Academy almost surpassed our Holy Academy. Even the disciples of our Holy Academy went to Sandalwood Academy to study."

"Isn't it?"

"Who still remembers what happened five thousand years ago?"

"There are some marks. The Sandalwood Academy from 5,000 years ago was indeed very powerful..."

"But now, Sandalwood Academy no longer exists, right? Rumor has it that Sandalwood Academy has been defeated since Li Sheng left the Zhifang World."

"I heard that the decline of Sandalwood Academy was mainly due to the conflict with the dynasty in Yanyun Territory."

"It seems like this..."

"Teacher, are you going to Yanyun Territory this time for the Sandalwood Academy? Doesn't this Sandalwood Academy no longer exist? Why..."

"Condolences?"

From time to time, noises could be heard from the ox cart.

These ox carts are not small and can carry several people. If they squeeze a little, it is no problem to carry seven or eight people.

I don’t know when.

The ox cart stopped at the top of a ridge.

"Teacher, this should be Gaoshanling. Once you get down from Gaoshanling, you will reach Yanyun Territory." A middle-aged man said to an old man, "It is rumored that if you stand on Gaoshanling, you can see all of Yanyun Territory..."

"The literary spirit is magnificent."

The gray-robed old man looked into the distance and said.

He was very thin and his hair was gray, but he looked very energetic, especially his eyes.

Bright and bright.

"The literary spirit is magnificent?"

The middle-aged man was somewhat surprised and said, "Someone from my academy came back from Yanyun before, and he said that Yanyun's literary spirit was completely lost. How many years have passed, and such a big change has occurred? Has a great sage been born in Yanyun again?"

"It's not just the majestic spirit of literature, it's the spirit of literature that permeates the sun!" The gray-robed old man was slightly stunned and said, "No, no, it's the rolling of holy sound..."

"Literary spirit permeates the sun?"

The middle-aged man was startled. When he heard the holy sound, he couldn't help but asked in shock: "Teacher, is this the birth of a saint?"

The saint he referred to was naturally a semi-saint.

"Ok?"

The old man in gray robe saw that Yan Yun's demeanor changed again and became very ordinary, so ordinary that even a great sage would have difficulty in becoming one.

The changing weather in Yanyun made it difficult for him to see clearly.

There were more than thirty people who got off the ox cart. They scattered around, and most of them did not hear what the gray-robed old man said.

They were also looking at Yanyun...

But I didn't see anything.

But at this moment, the old man in gray robe saw that the weather in Yanyun changed again. There were auspicious clouds flashing and auspicious beasts appearing.

But when he looked carefully, there was nothing there.

He didn't understand.

Could it be because Yanyun was the place where Li Sheng was born and became a saint? That's why it is so unpredictable and hard to see clearly? This is the only explanation.

In fact, whether in Yanyun or in the Middle Earth, most people believed that Li Sheng was only a top-notch semi-saint and had not truly entered the realm of a saint. After all, there were only eighty-one true saints, a fixed number...

How could Li Sheng, who came from Yanyun, become one of the eighty-one saints?

Then he can only be a half-saint.

However, he is an extremely terrifying semi-saint, who alone overwhelms all other semi-saints.

Although it was not uncommon for semi-saints to exist in the Saint Academy, there were not always semi-saints in the Saint Academy. Moreover, the semi-saints in this world were only equivalent to the great scholars in the reincarnation world.

And Li Sheng is truly a saint...

Not half as good as they thought.

Of course, in this world, he is indeed only a half-saint, and a very terrifying half-saint at that.

Not long after, the grey-robed old man and his disciples returned to the oxcart and headed towards Yanyun Territory. They were indeed heading towards Sandalwood Academy...

Because this is Li Sheng’s academy.

There are traces of Li Sheng left here.

Others believed that Li Sheng was only a very terrifying half-saint, but the old man in gray robes knew vaguely that Li Sheng might be one of the eighty-one saints.

The eighty-one saints, which ones are they?

He is the supreme saint between heaven and earth, as old as heaven and earth, as bright as the sun and the moon! He is the guide and pioneer of the civilization of the human race in Kyushu...

Eighty-one Christmases were born in different eras.

but.

They can go back to the ancient times, which are not far away, and lead the human race before the ancient times to civilization. At the same time, they can also come to the distant future and continue to lead future generations to light the fire of civilization.

They can go back to ancient times or go to the afterlife.

It can also travel between the Yin and Yang worlds.

In their eyes, there may be no concept of time, and they can appear in any era.

So, even if the concept of the eighty-one saints appeared in the ancient times, it is possible that the saint among the eighty-one saints has not yet been born. For example, Li Sheng, Li Sheng was born more than five thousand years ago, but before he was born, he already existed...

This is an indescribable existence.

An indescribable phenomenon.

Because Li Sheng might be one of the 81 saints in the legend, famous people from the Middle-earth would come to Sandalwood Academy from afar from time to time.

Tracing the traces of Li Sheng.

Of course, not many people have this feeling, and it is not certain. It is just a feeling that suddenly appears in a certain era.

Generally, one needs to be a great sage to have this feeling.

The grey-robed old man in front of him was a great sage, the most outstanding great sage, and one of the three strongest people in the Holy Academy.

There are dozens of great sages in the Holy Academy.

There are more than a hundred great scholars.

Although there is no semi-saint in charge of the Holy Academy now, the number of great sages is enough to conquer the world.

and also.

It’s just that there hasn’t been a semi-saint in charge for two or three hundred years.

Moreover, almost every five hundred years, the Saint Academy will produce a semi-saint...

As time passed, the ox cart had passed through countless cities, and naturally heard of Sandalwood Academy on the way.

"Hey, isn't Sandalwood Academy gone?"

"More than a thousand people have broken through in three years? And you can even help others break through directly? This is too fake, right? How is it possible?"

"A great sage in his twenties? Ha, I don't believe it. It must be a technique to preserve one's appearance..."

"From my Middle-earth?"

"An Xiu, is there such a great sage in our Middle Earth? Why haven't I heard of him? Brother, have you heard of the name An Xiu?"

"No."

"Is it an alias?"

At this moment, even the old man in gray robe was a little surprised.

He does not believe in being a great sage in his twenties, because he is a great sage and he knows what it takes to become a great sage.

This has little to do with talent.

It's pure accumulation.

Life-long learning.

Also, Confucian classics are not martial arts secrets. It doesn’t mean that once you understand a truth, you can make breakthroughs.

This is a natural process, like water dripping through a stone.

“Is he a liar?”

A student said.

"If he was a liar, how could he have fooled so many people? Although Yanyun's literary and moral atmosphere is not very good, no one is a fool. A liar can fool hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people, but how can he fool the tens of thousands of scholars in Yanyun?"

"That is how the matter?"

At this moment, they were heading all the way to Sandalwood County, asking about Mr. An along the way. The more they knew, the more shocked they were.

This goes against common sense.

Their presence could not be concealed, and they had not been concealed. Gradually, it became known to the people of the Song Dynasty. After all, they came from the Holy Academy and were great sages, so they were naturally sought after by countless scholars. Moreover, there was Mr. An, who was a shining example before them...

For Middle-earth, Yanyun is indeed a small place.

However, for an individual, Yanyun is not small, spanning tens of thousands of miles from east to west.

While they were still on the road, Feng Qingyan arrived at Qin Valley.

Qin Valley is located in the vast green mountains a few miles away from the Wei River, and the environment is very quiet.

Fengming Qin Society is naturally located in Qin Valley.

Qin Valley has been established for a while. Although the name was given by Feng Qingyan, no one has been there. As for the name Fengming, it is naturally related to the Fengming Qin Club of Zangshan Academy and the Fengming Academy established by Helianshan...

This is his youth.

Moreover, both Fengming Music Society and Fengming Academy are doing very well.

Their spirit is worth inheriting.

There aren't that many people in Fengming Qin Society, only about a dozen in total.

This is mainly because the Seventh Princess is quite strict in accepting people. It does not mean that as long as one is qualified, one can become a disciple of Fengming Zither Club.

"teacher."

"teacher."

"gentlemen."

"gentlemen."

When Feng Qingyan arrived at the Qin Club, the disciples around him stood up and saluted when they saw him.

Feng Qingyan nodded and came to the lawn beside the stream, where the Seventh Princess, Tu Ning, Tu Lu and others were practicing the piano.

"Meet the teacher."

The Seventh Princess and others stood up and saluted.

"The Qin Club has been established for a few days, so I came to take a look."

Feng Qingyan smiled, and his smile became more and more gentle, just like an elder, and then said: "The zither is the head of all music, it is the best of all music, it governs the dignity of the great elegance, it is related to the rise and fall of politics and religion, and it is related to the evil and righteousness of people's hearts. The zither bans evil and returns to righteousness, so as to harmonize people's hearts. Therefore, the governance of the sage will be to govern the body, cultivate their emotions, and be harmonious!"

"When you establish a zither club, you must play the zither to admire the ancient sages, rectify your mind to eliminate lust, and play music to seek friendship."

"The disciple understands."

The Seventh Princess and others said.

Feng Qingyan continued, "Music is cultivated from within; etiquette is cultivated from without. Rituals and music are intertwined within and manifested on the outside. Therefore, the result is joy, respect and gentleness. Now that the Fengming Qin Society has been established, what are the rules and regulations?"

……

……

(End of this chapter)