Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 1180 A saint emerges from the East?
Tu Ning did not sit on the hillside, but sat at the foot of the hillside. However, it was a position close to the front, after all, he was one of the dozens of disciples in the academy.

At this moment, her wonderful answer astonished countless people, even the mansion owner Ning Song was amazed. Although Ning Song was a fourth-rank quasi-great scholar, his answer was not necessarily better than Tu Ning's, especially in such a short time of one question and one answer.

Her answer shocked many university scholars.

They thought about it carefully and found that there was no better answer than her. She was just a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old? Although Tu Ning and Tu Lu were dressed as men, anyone with eyesight could tell that they were women.

Her brilliant answer made many scholars envious, jealous, ashamed, or excited.

No matter what, from today on, Tu Ning will definitely become famous in Sandalwood.

Time passed little by little during Feng Qingyan's lecture.

Some people found the lecture boring and left because they were exposed to the blazing sun. Many students were sunburned and sweating on the lawn, outside the lawn, or on the other side of the river.

"Hey, Brother Chen, why aren't you sweating? Aren't you hot?"

A student outside the lawn asked his companion. He saw that the students around him were constantly wiping their sweat, and he was doing the same. However, the companion sitting next to him did not do so. Not only did he not have a single drop of sweat on his face, he did not even seem to be hot, which was strange.

"It's not hot."

My companion was a young man in his early twenties. He responded and continued to listen attentively.

"It's so hot. The sun is too strong today. I can't stand it." A student wiped his sweat and said, "Where can we hide?"

“There are people under the shade of the tree.”

"Mr. An only gives lectures twice a month, how can we miss it?" One student shook his head and said, "If you can't even stand being in the sun, how can you achieve anything great?"

"..."

But gradually, some students found that some students around them who were listening attentively were not hot. It was not that they were not exposed to the sun, they were exposed to the sun, but they were not hot, and they felt cool, which surprised them.

"Brother, aren't you hot?"

"It's not hot, it's quite cool..."

"..."

"Is it hot?"

"The sun isn't shining today, how can it be so hot?"

Those students who were sweating profusely from the sun were speechless and didn't understand why they weren't hot.

As time went by, many students could not stand the sun and had to leave. Fortunately, even if they left, they could still hear Mr. An's lectures. So, some students simply returned to their own residences...

In the blink of an eye, an hour and a half passed.

Feng Qingyan had almost finished what he had said today, and he ended by saying, "People are inspired by poetry, established by etiquette, and accomplished by music. I will give this to you all, and I hope you can become saints and sages soon."

Many students who were listening attentively were shocked, as if something inside their bodies had broken.

"People are inspired by poetry, established by etiquette, and accomplished by music."

A university scholar watched Feng Qingyan leave and gradually fell into deep thought. He vaguely felt that there was a huge power hidden in these words and couldn't help but muttered: "People are inspired by poetry, established by etiquette, and become successful by music..."

"What does it mean?"

"It means exactly what it says. It's very easy to understand."

However, there were still many students who didn't understand, so they couldn't help but look at Tu Ning. Tu Lu didn't quite understand either, and also looked at Tu Ning, with an expectant look on his face, hoping that Tu Ning could explain it and fight for Tu Shan's family.

"Please explain it to me, Senior Sister Tu."

A student stood up and bowed to Tu Ning.

"Please tell us, Madam Tu, what did Mr. An mean by his last words? Madam Tu's answer just now was truly brilliant and gave us a lot of insights..."

"Please give me some advice, Madam Tu."

Students from all around stood up and spoke.

Tu Lu blinked her eyes, as if to say: Sister Ning, tell me quickly, it's up to you. But if you don't know, I'll help you block them...

At this time, even the grand secretaries and prospective scholars looked at Tu Ning with curiosity.

As if he wanted to see what Tu Ning could say.

The previous answer really amazed them.

At this moment, Tu Ning stood up in front of everyone, bowed and said, "I do feel what the teacher said at the end. If what I said is wrong, please correct me."

This made the university scholars and prospective great scholars a little surprised. Was this really what he felt?
"Sister Tu, please speak."

"Please speak, Madam Tu. It's okay if you're wrong."

The students around said that they did not want to embarrass her. After all, everyone knew that Tu Ning had just been appreciated by Mr. An.

"In Ning's opinion, the teacher's last words are to divide life into three realms. The first realm is poetry; the second realm is etiquette; and the third realm is music."

"Three realms?"

The students around were stunned when they heard this, and seemed to be thinking seriously.

At this moment, the would-be great scholars on the hillside could not help but look at each other, and they all saw some shock in each other's eyes. Moreover, although they all thought so, they still hadn't thought it through. At this moment, when Tu Ning said it, they completely understood it.

It was because they understood that they realized what Tu Ning meant by saying this.

It means that we are no longer inferior to them.

Moreover, he is still so young, he will definitely be better than them in the future and has the potential to become a great sage.

"The three hundred poems can be summed up in one word: 'Thinking without evil'." A student said as he pondered, and then laughed out loud, "Doesn't this mean that the first state of life is innocence? Isn't innocence pure?"

"What is innocence?"

Some students frowned, but didn't think there was anything wrong.

"Purity means no distractions and no delusions." Another student thought seriously and asked, "Could it be that what Mr. An said is that the first realm of life is to have no distractions and no delusions?"

“That sounds right.”

"To be free from distractions and thoughts, isn't it just to study peacefully? However, is it that easy to be free from distractions and thoughts?"

"It's really difficult."

“If one achieves these three realms in life, can one enter the realm of a great sage?”

"Naturally."

On the hillside, a quasi-great scholar nodded and said, "The realm of poetry is indeed innocent. Innocent means pure. Pure means without impurities and without delusion..."

"However, how many people in the world can achieve this level of innocence?"

An old man shook his head.

It is too difficult to be innocent, unless one is a boy.

"Please explain to us, Senior Sister Tu, why are there three realms in life?" A student saluted and asked, "Why are they poetry, etiquette, and music, and not something else?"

"Hey, why?"

"The three hundred poems can be summed up in one word: pure thoughts. This first realm can indeed be said to be pure." Tu Ning pondered for a moment and then expressed his thoughts, "The saints believe that poetry is the outpouring of the poet's deepest feelings, based on his nature, and in the chanting, the ups and downs are moving and touching. It can inspire, observe, gather, and complain, so it is inspired by poetry."

"Ritual is based on respect and resignation. A gentleman cannot cultivate himself without ritual. Learning it can help one stand on his own feet and not be shaken by things. Therefore, he stands on ritual."

"Music is perfect and beautiful. Its content and essence are inseparable from propriety. It can cultivate temperament and purify evil spirits. Those who are righteous and benevolent and who are harmonious with the Tao will gain something from every music they hear, and thus achieve success through music."

At this moment, everyone was greatly shocked after hearing this, and seemed to understand it all at once.

However, after understanding it, they felt vaguely that they still did not seem to understand it and had not grasped the key point, which made many students anxious.

click-

But many students suddenly broke through at this moment.

And there were not just one or two, but dozens of them. The scene was so spectacular that Ning Song, the Seventh Princess, and others were all amazed. They had been breaking through the realms for three years, but it was not so easy to break through now. After all, their previous accumulation had basically been used up.

"Brother Chen has broken through again?"

"Have you reached the level of a student?"

"Didn't you break through a realm just now? Why are you breaking through again now?"

At the foot of the hill, the students were shocked, with astonishment on their faces, because more and more students were breaking through.

Every time after Mr. An gave a lecture, dozens of students would achieve a breakthrough.

But this time.

It seems like there are a few more.

"Sister Ning, you are so amazing." Tu Lu said excitedly, "It seems that they have broken through because of you..." "It's not Ning who is amazing, it's the teacher who is amazing."

Tu Ning shook his head.

At this moment, a student who had achieved a breakthrough bowed to Tu Ning.

"It's not Ning's credit, but the teacher's credit. You were able to break through not because of Ning." Tu Ning said. He was not being modest, but it was really the teacher's credit.

If there was no teacher, even if she said so, they would not be able to break through.

No matter what Tu Ning said, many students believed that the students around them were able to break through because of Tu Ning's explanation.

Without Tu Ning's explanation, they would definitely not have been able to break through.

This made Tu Ning even more noticeable.

From today on.

She was truly famous and became a local celebrity...

Rumble!
At this moment, the world was struck by a bolt from the blue, causing the hearts of many scholars to tremble violently.

As if frightened.

"what happened?"

A student asked in confusion.

"I just seemed to hear a loud noise between heaven and earth, like a divine thunder from the nine heavens, and it seemed to be in the direction behind the academy hall." A scholar said absent-mindedly, and suddenly turned his head to look towards the academy hall, but found nothing.

"Loud noise? What loud noise? No."

"Neither did I."

"There was a loud noise just now, like a thunderbolt exploding. It was so loud, how could we not hear it?"

Another scholar was surprised.

"I didn't hear anything. There was no loud noise. Did I hear it wrongly?"

"I didn't hear it wrongly. It was indeed a loud noise."

At this moment, there was noise again at the foot of the hill, which puzzled countless students because they indeed did not hear any loud noise.

But hundreds of people heard it.

Tu Ning heard it, the Seventh Princess heard it, and Ning Song heard it.

"Did Senior Sister Tu hear it?"

Some students couldn't help but say.

"I heard it. It sounded like thunder, but..."

Tu Ning nodded, unable to describe it for the moment. Anyway, it was very magical, as if she had just opened her eyes.

She hoped that if this loud noise happened a few more times, perhaps she would be able to break through.

Rumble!
At this moment, a loud noise was heard again, like rolling thunder, filled with a sacred breath.

Click!

Tu Ning suddenly broke through and became a third-rank scholar.

There were dozens or even hundreds of students at the foot of the hill, and they heard the loud rumbling sound again, which was like the sound of rolling thunder ringing in their ears.

Their bodies were trembling slightly, and they had an indescribable feeling.

click-

A scholar has achieved a breakthrough.

At this time, the oxcart coming from the Central Earth Holy Academy was still on the road, and there were still several counties between it and Sandalwood County, about a thousand miles away. But at this moment, the old man who was resting with his eyes closed in the oxcart suddenly trembled all over, and suddenly rushed out of the oxcart, looking up to the east.

He saw a majestic white column rising into the sky in the east.

Breaking through the sky.

Breaking through the sky.

The white gas column is the Confucian fortune column.

Things like the Pillar of Fortune are not rare in this world.

No, it's luck. After all, the pillar of luck is very rare.

Currently, only the Holy Academy has the Pillar of Fortune.

Pillar represents a lot, and other luck is measured in strands. Only when it reaches a certain level can it be called a pillar...

The pillar of luck generated in the East now is extremely thick and majestic.

So big that he couldn't imagine it.

This Confucian fortune pillar is actually bigger than the fortune pillar of the Holy Academy.

Has a saint been born in the East?

At this moment, the ox carts stopped one after another, and the disciples who got off were all puzzled, wondering why their teacher suddenly got off the cart.

And there was no sign at all.

This has never happened before, which only shows that the situation is very important.

"Teacher, what happened?"

A middle-aged man stepped forward and asked, looking towards the east in confusion, but saw nothing.

"You didn't see it?"

The old man said.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then he watched carefully, and then said with a look of shock on his face: "How is this possible? How can this Confucian Fortune Pillar be thicker than my Holy Academy? Could it be..."

He seemed to have thought of something and was extremely shocked.

unbelievable.

Whether it is a great scholar or a great sage, they all have their own luck in literature and Taoism, but it is simply impossible to "pillar" it. Although when promoted to a great sage, some strange phenomena will be attracted to the heaven and earth, or the luck in literature and Taoism will become larger, but it is impossible to be large enough to become a pillar.

Besides, the fortune pillars of the Holy Academy are not so big.

"Brother, what happened?"

"What fortune pillar?"

The disciples around asked one after another, all looking towards the east in confusion.

At this moment, a second pillar of luck shot up into the sky, as thick as the first one, causing the middle-aged man to open his eyes wide.

When the third pillar of luck broke through the sky, the old man began to tremble all over.

Not scared, but excited.

Although he still didn't know what these huge pillars of luck that rose into the sky were, they must be a good thing for Confucianism, a great thing, maybe a saint was born from the East.

After all, Li Sheng was born more than 5,000 years ago.

boom!
boom!
Pillars of luck shot up into the sky, all coming from the same place.

If you don't look carefully, you can't tell it apart.

"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen..."

The middle-aged man was counting, and he was so shocked that he was numb.

There is only one Pillar of Fortune in the Holy Academy, but now in the East, so many and such large Pillars of Fortune have been born all of a sudden.

If it isn't a saint, then what else could it be?
A saint emerges from the East?!

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Thanks to “Snow Wolf XL95, Carrot Stewed with Vegetarian Meat, and Alas for the Filthiness of All Flowers” ​​for the reward!

Uh...I have been quite busy these days, so please, Mr. "Yuhunxi", give me some patience for a few days.

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(End of this chapter)