Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 62 Haoran Sword Technique
Lu Zheng looked at the book for a while, then put it aside and read it slowly later.

He searched in the cave for a while and found some cultivation resources treasured by the mandrill, including a small bag of spirit stones.

According to the records of the mandrill, spiritual stones, which are spiritual objects controlled by the government and major spiritual forces, are difficult for these mountain monsters to obtain.

The mandrill had worked so hard to accumulate a small bag, but had not been willing to use it yet. Now it was a bargain for Lu Zheng.

In addition, Lu Zheng also found a place to raise ghosts deep in the cave.

In the dim space, there are many pottery jars with strong yin energy. Some of them contain some ghosts, but they are just a few little ghosts, or ghosts without any intelligence.

Lu Zheng took great pains to bury all the bodies in the pottery jars in a sunny place in the mountains.

Those ghosts and goblins, once they leave the evil place, naturally cannot do anything and will gradually disappear from the world.

[You performed good deeds and saved a group of ghosts. Your literary spirit +15!]

By the time I finished my work, it was already evening.

Lu Zheng went to the top of the mountain to retrieve his book box, and then returned to the mandrill's cave, preparing to spend the night there.

He lit a fire in the cave and started cooking.

He put the books aside and started reading them one by one.

All the manuals on martial arts and cultivation experiences left by the evil cultivators were burned by Lu Zheng as firewood to avoid misleading future generations.

Lu Zheng also found a book that recorded the records of other practitioners, which included records about Confucianism and Taoism, explaining the characteristics of Confucian and Taoist literati and how to deal with them.

The general idea of the content is that most of the Confucian and Taoist scholars nowadays cultivate their literary spirit and do not pay attention to other aspects of practice.

Especially for the Tongsheng and Xiucai in the first two realms of Confucianism and Taoism, they don't have much fighting power at all. As long as you find a way to consume their literary energy, you can control them at will.

Lu Zheng touched his chin and couldn't help but agree with it.

If he were asked to deal with the students in the county academy, he could probably defeat them one by one.

He continued to read and found that the changes in his Wen Palace were actually Wen Palace anomalies, which were extremely rare.

In the realm of scholars, those who can produce strange visions are rare.

Lu Zheng muttered to himself, "It seems I can't use visions in front of outsiders anymore. At least not all of them... If I use just one, it will be mistaken for some kind of magic."

Thinking about how the mandrill had mistakenly thought he knew some magical powers, Lu Zheng felt that if he didn't show off in front of others and just used it to fight the enemy, he shouldn't reveal anything.

The book also records the biggest difference between literati and imperial examination writers.

In ancient times, there was no such thing as imperial examinations.

Confucian and Taoist scholars improve their realm by relying on their literary talent and self-cultivation.

Many years later, the imperial examination system emerged, and the distinction between literati and scholars from the imperial examination system was established.

The literati of heaven and earth are actually the Confucian and Taoist literati in ancient times.

As for scholars who passed the imperial examinations, they were promoted through the examinations. Even if your literary talent was not enough to improve your realm, the imperial court would make up for your shortcomings by conferring titles on you.

In this way, the scholars who passed the imperial examinations were tied to the fate of a country.

If a scholar taking the imperial examination made a serious mistake, the authorities could even sap some of his literary talent and lower his status.

As for the literati of heaven and earth, all their literary aura comes from themselves, and it is extremely difficult to destroy their Confucian and Taoist realm.

Since the difference between the two is somewhat derogatory to the scholars who took the imperial examinations, few people would publicize this kind of thing.

In fact, even if all the students in the world knew about it, most people would not care too much.

Eating the emperor's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor.

It is much easier to achieve Confucianism and Taoism through imperial examinations than to advance through one's own talents.

Especially for students from ordinary backgrounds, who have the opportunity to take shortcuts and even make it big, how many people would care about this restriction?

Lu Zheng thought to himself that fortunately he had his own Confucian and Taoist path, so he didn't have to take the imperial examinations and be controlled by others.

Moreover, he was actually not suitable for the imperial examination. After all, what was learned in the imperial examination was far from what he had learned.

After a while, dinner was ready. Lu Zheng continued reading while eating the hot meal.

The books left by the mandrill gave Lu Zheng a lot of knowledge.

It was late at night and the mountains were dark and silent.

Only in the mandrill's cave was there a faint glow of fire.

Lu Zheng picked up a piece of "Swordsman" that he had just written and started to write.

Suddenly, a powerful force surged into his body.

Lu Zheng raised his hand and used his own righteous energy to condense a long sword.

After possessing the Wengong vision, it became easier for him to use his righteous energy to transform other objects, and the duration of the transformation was also longer.

Lu Zheng walked lightly, holding the sword and practicing Tai Chi sword moves in the cave.

His figure was erratic, sword light was shining in the cave, sword energy was overflowing, and it carried a hint of majestic aura.

After performing several sets of sword moves, Lu Zheng was sweating profusely and all his strength was exhausted.

Faintly, Lu Zheng felt as if he had touched something.

[You have learned some Tai Chi sword techniques and seem to have gained some insights. Your proficiency level has increased by 25%!]

Lu Zheng sat cross-legged on the ground, concentrating his mind and refining spirit stones to restore his energy consumption.

After resting for a while, Lu Zheng recovered most of his energy and stood up to practice sword again.

As he practiced, Lu Zheng's body movements and sword strikes underwent subtle changes.

An idea suddenly struck him, and he drew the long sword from his waist.

The long sword was unsheathed, making a crisp sound.

Then he thrust out a sword, the tip of the sword glowed, and an inch-long sword energy spurted out, containing a righteous spirit.

[You diligently practiced sword techniques, gained enlightenment from Tai Chi, and mastered the Haoran sword technique. Your sword strikes are like Qi. Proficiency: 1%!]

“Sword energy!”

Lu Zheng was slightly delighted, as he could finally use his sword skills to unleash his sword energy.

Those who practice kendo, infusing their own strength into the sword, and those who can use sword energy represent those who have truly entered the threshold of kendo.

Above the sword energy, there is also energy that carries momentum, and intention within the momentum... and finally it points directly to the avenue.

Lu Zheng: Confucian scholar

[Realm: Second Level of Confucianism and Taoism (Scholar)]

[Literary Aura: 518/1000]

[Taoism: Great Righteousness, Great Swordsmanship (Sword Qi: 1%)]

[Equipment: Several...]

Lu Zheng looked at the panel that had changed slightly. Judging from his current literary talent, he was a scholar in the middle stage of the second realm.

According to the records of the mandrill, the White Brocade King on Jiguan Mountain is a monster who has been practicing Taoism for more than 60 years and is in the middle stage of the third realm.

The age of cultivation in this world is not divided according to how many years a person has practiced, but has a unified standard and a detailed division of realms.

Being a monster for a hundred years doesn’t mean you have achieved a hundred years of Taoism.

The immortal Qi cultivators say that it takes one year to cultivate Qi, ten years to build the foundation, forty years to achieve the Golden Elixir, and a hundred years to achieve the Nascent Soul…

Different paths of cultivation have different descriptions of realms, but the standards of cultivation are the same.

Sixty years of cultivation may not seem like much, but it is not easy for a monster.

Some monsters have practiced for more than a hundred years and still cannot reach the third realm, which means they have practiced for more than forty years.

(End of this chapter)