Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 4: Hall of Righteousness

Li Yuan took Lu Zheng to worship the holy statue, and then stood respectfully in front of the statue of An Guo Bansheng and began to explain the purpose of their visit.

Lu Zheng stood there with his brows lowered to show respect.

He vaguely felt that the statue in front of him seemed to be looking at him.

The holy statue rippled, and a shadow emerged. It looked at Lu Zheng deeply and said slowly, "Good!"

After saying that, the phantom flicked his sleeves, and a beam of white light enveloped Lu Zheng.

Suddenly, Lu Zheng's literary energy was released and slowly expanded outwards.

But in the blink of an eye, his literary energy reached one and a half feet.

[You receive a touch of Wen Qi from a semi-saint, Wen Qi +50.]

Not only that, the literary aura around Lu Zheng also had a hint of green in the white.

Li Yuan, who was standing next to him, was shocked when he saw the greenish-white aura, and showed a hint of surprise.

Confucian and Taoist literary styles also have different grades and colors, from low to high they are white, green, and purple.

The literary aura of a sage is colorful light, and the literary aura of a great scholar is purple.

As for the fact that a talented person has a touch of literary talent, it means that this person has the potential to become a Jinshi and reach the fourth level of Confucianism and Taoism.

Lu Zheng had just become a scholar, but he already had such talent, which was rare in the entire Anguo.

When Li Yuan thought about the fact that a student who passed the imperial examination could emerge from his administration, his face was already red with joy. It was all a political achievement...

At this time, Lu Zheng's mind was immersed in his own sea of consciousness.

He only felt a vast expanse of white before his eyes, and then his vision gradually became clear.

A palace ten meters square appeared before my eyes, with carved beams and painted rafters, flying eaves and brackets. It was built magnificently and exuded a majestic aura.

"Is this... my Wen Palace?" Lu Zheng was a little bit unbelieving.

He had heard that everyone's Wen Palace was different. Some Wen Palaces were just a small stone house, and some even had only a foundation. One needed to continue to increase his knowledge to build a complete Wen Palace.

Lu Zheng looked up and saw four ancient characters written in a flamboyant style on the plaque of the main hall.

"Haoran righteousness?" Lu Zheng muttered in a low voice.

He took a few steps forward, came to the tightly closed palace door, and reached out to push the door, but the door did not move at all.

"Hmm?" Just as Lu Zheng was feeling confused, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[At this time, the world is in turmoil, demons are everywhere, and the people are suffering. I will kill a demon and offer it to the Wen Palace.]

Lu Zheng's expression paused, his mind turning. He had never heard that other scholars had to sacrifice demons and monsters when they opened a literary palace.

But when I think about it, my Wen Palace is so big and unique, how can I judge it by common sense?

"People at that time would offer various livestock sacrifices in temples to worship heaven and earth. It seems reasonable that my Wen Palace needs demons as sacrifices..." Lu Zheng murmured.

He pondered for a while, but was reluctant to enter the Wen Palace. He looked around and found that there was only this palace, and the surroundings were all white.

Lu Zheng had a thought and withdrew from the sea of consciousness, his consciousness returning to the Confucian Temple.

At this moment, the light enveloping him dissipated, and the shadow of the semi-saint also disappeared.

Li Yuan stood aside and saw Lu Zheng come back to his senses, and couldn't help but signal with his eyes.

The two men bowed to the saints again and then walked out of the main hall of the Confucian Temple.

After leaving the main hall, Li Yuan asked in a low voice, "Is the Wen Palace open?"

"Yeah." Lu Zheng nodded without elaborating.

Li Yuan felt relieved and didn't ask any more questions. The situation in a scholar's palace was a private secret. Unless someone volunteered to speak, it would be considered rude for outsiders to ask. Lu Zheng said, "I just received a spiritual enlightenment and gained some insights. I would like to go back and stay in seclusion for a few days..."

Lu Zheng knew that he had become a celebrity in Kaiyang County. If he left the Confucian Temple, he would probably have a lot of troubles and social engagements. So he thought of using an excuse to avoid the limelight and kill some monsters to completely open his own Wen Palace.

Li Yuanzheng was thinking of helping Lu Zheng organize a banquet and publicize it.

But after hearing what Lu Zheng said, it would be a bad idea to continue doing so.

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have someone take you back... After some time, I'll choose an auspicious day and help you host a banquet to celebrate."

"Thank you for your kindness, sir. I am very grateful." Lu Zheng bowed quickly.

Li Yuan said with a smile on his face, "That's too much. You have great talent, so you deserve it... Speaking of which, my youngest son is about the same age as you. We went to the same county school, so we could be considered classmates. I'm considered your elder, so from now on, just call me Uncle Yuan. Don't be so formal!"

Li Yuan, seeing Lu Zheng's talent in Confucianism and Taoism, has been thinking about getting close to him and winning him over.

"Okay, Uncle Yuan." Lu Zheng also took the opportunity to climb up.

He could see that Li Yuan was a good person and was indeed worthy of being approached. With the support of the county magistrate, he could save himself a lot of trouble in the future.

Li Yuan grinned upon hearing this, took Lu Zheng's hand and said, "Okay, okay, good nephew!"

Li Yuan smiled and took Lu Zheng out of the Confucian Temple, then asked the housekeeper to drive Lu Zheng home.

Previously, it was the housekeeper who brought Lu Zheng here, and now it was County Magistrate Li who personally saw Lu Zheng off to the car.

Anyone present who was not blind could see Li Yuan's attitude.

Facing the crowd that had come to watch the excitement, Li Yuan said calmly, "My nephew Lu Zheng has received the initiation of the sage's literary energy in the Confucian Temple. He has already opened his Wen Palace and gained a radiant green literary energy. He felt something in his heart, so he's in a hurry to go back and retreat. You don't need to bother him these days..."

Li Yuan's words contained a lot of information, which made many people look surprised.

A vibrant and elegant atmosphere? The students present understood exactly what this meant.

Many students' faces became very interesting, and they could hardly believe it.

The slow progress of one's own talents and knowledge is certainly scary, but the counterattack of former classmates is even more worrying.

"A scholar of heaven and earth, full of literary spirit, how could that fool Lu possibly..." Some students still couldn't believe it.

"This is really heaven..." Some students shook their heads.

He was about to say that the world was unfair, but then he remembered that they were outside the Confucian Temple and if he said such words, he might be punished by heaven, so he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

For a time, everyone was talking about it.

……

Lu Zheng found an excuse to avoid the limelight and quickly returned home in a carriage.

He changed his clothes and then quietly left.

Although Li Yuan had told people not to disturb him, Lu Zheng still felt it would be better to go out and hide for a while.

He came to an inn near the city and checked into a room.

Lu was sitting in the room resting when a waiter came in with tea.

Lu Zheng looked at the waiter and asked, "Do you know where there are monsters and demons in Kaiyang County?"

There are practitioners in this world, and there are also many demons and monsters.

There have even been incidents of demons and monsters harming people in the county town.

However, the original owner did not care much about such things. In all his years of life, he had only encountered that one female ghost in red.

Lu Zheng wanted to find the demon offering sacrifices to Wen Palace, so he naturally had to ask someone about the situation.

(End of this chapter)