In the following days, as Su Lin expected, scholars from all over the nine countries and scholars with Jinshi and literary status rushed to Jian'an Mansion. They all hoped to become disciples of Su Lin's mansion, but these people basically did not pass Su Lin's harsh selection criteria.

Even if one or two people passed by luck, they were discovered by the keen Su Lin. These people were spies sent by the Ran family or the Zhao family in the capital.

It is easy to recruit guests, but it is not easy for Su Lin to recruit a good guest. Especially these visitors who come here are basically of concern. Therefore, Su Lin simply asked the Qian family not to convey the news of attracting guests to him.

Su Lin was too lazy to deal with these visitors, so he left them to Ye Hongye and Jia Lao to select them. Only after the two of them would Su Lin personally check them.

So in the past few days, Su Lin still went to Jian'an Mansion to learn the classics and ideas with the Masters and gentlemen of the Mansion. Now he is a legitimate scholar. Naturally, the head of the scholar class is no longer Lu Tong, but Su Lin replaced him.

Lu Tong and Liu Shimin colluded with Ran Shichang to assassinate Su Lin in the last trial, and were found guilty of Yuan Tianzhang and fined 10,000 taels of silver and were imprisoned for two years. Ran Shichang was also escorted back to the Imperial College in the capital and was punished by the Imperial College for priests.

The students in the scholar class now only follow Su Lin. Even the juren class juren did not dare to underestimate Su Lin at all. Some juren even took the opportunity to come from time to time to ask Su Lin for advice on the sutras and make friends with Su Lin.

When the students of these prefectures knew that Su Lin had signed up for the state examination for more than two months, they were not surprised at all this time because the ideological strength that Su Lin showed now was far beyond the level of ordinary juren.

Even Fang Yuanshou and Mr. Cai in the court did not persuade Su Lin anymore. Instead, Mr. Cai often took Su Lin to discuss the meaning of thoughts and classics. In fact, he was just trying to give Su Lin a small training session. It was precisely because of Mr. Cai's explanation and professor that Su Lin had a deeper understanding of the "question" of Juren's state examination.

The "Mo Yi" in the Xiucai Mansion test is to briefly answer the questions, and list your own opinions and opinions based on the text meaning of the specified questions. The depth of the answer determines how many tripods can be raised in this Mo Yi statement. The most powerful thing is naturally the Mo Yi meaning of "one word and nine tripods" like Su Lin last time.

The Juren State Examination was further simplified, abandoning the pasting of the scriptures, poetry and monastery in the county and prefecture examinations. It was very simple, and only the test was always "scheming". Because the scholar who passed the county and prefecture examinations had become a scholar who was well-informed and had no need to take the exam again for posting the scriptures. The poems and monastery can also be said to be integrated into the scope of "scheming".

In short, the "strategy" of the juren in the state test is a debate topic. The specific form of the meaning of the juren in the state test is "raising the tripod", and the specific form of the juren in the state test is "fighting for the tripod". For a debate topic, candidates explain their own views through poetry, essays, moi meanings, etc., refute the other party's theories, and compete for the support of the sacred artifacts Nine Triads for their own thoughts and theories.

"The Nine Cauldrons of the Holy Artifacts did not only appear in the Mansion Examination. The Mansion Examination is the ‘lifting tripod’, and the State Examination is the ‘fighting tripod’. Then... Mr. Cai, the ‘national Examination’ seems to only take the ‘Classic Meaning’. What role does the Nine Cauldrons of the Holy Artifacts play?"

After listening to Mr. Cai’s introduction to the state examination, Su Lin became interested in the national examination. So he asked.

"Su Lin, you should already know. The county tried to open up the sea of ​​wisdom, the government tried to promote the source of the divine connection, and the state tried to compete for the divine and establish the heart of the Tao. The national test was to achieve the foundation of the Tao!"

Mr. Cai smiled and said, "The meaning of the sutra of the national examination is to make the sutra that explains one's own way. In fact, this sutra is not for others to see, but a summary of one's own thoughts. Only by truly summarizing the Taoist mind can the holy artifacts and nine tripods resonate with this Taoist foundation, and even ask questions about one of the divine artifacts that suppressed the country!"

"The country's test is a success! Wouldn't we be able to see the Nine Artifacts that existed since the Dayu era?"

Speaking of the Nine Cauldrons of the Divine Artifact, Su Lin suddenly thought of the Qiankun Cauldron, which was most likely hidden under his 100-acre sea field, and asked again, "Mr. Cai, what is the difference between this Divine Artifact and a Holy Artifact? How many Divine Artifacts are there in our Tianren Continent now?"

"I have examined many historical records about the theory of divine artifacts, but I can only get a brief explanation. According to legend, before the sage Confucius founded the Holy Power and Wen Talk, there were many methods of cultivating thoughts in the Tianren Continent. Including other schools of thought, each had its own ways. It was not the unified model of the wise sea holy power. However, the holy power and Wen Talk founded by Confucius were the easiest way to practice thoughts. Moreover, Confucius was the only saint and was compatible with the hundreds of schools, so the hundreds of schools gradually learned the Confucian method of literary position and holy power, and used the holy power to nurture and accommodate thoughts..."

Mr. Cai said slowly, starting from the creation of the sage system by Confucius, when talking about the holy tools and artifacts, he hesitated for a moment, saying, "I don't know the details of holy tools and artifacts. I only know that the artifacts were cast by ancient saints with great merits, while the sacred artifacts were imitated by the temple's appearance and function of the artifacts with holy power. And, the most important difference is that artifacts are spiritual, while holy tools have no spirits. The holy tools are only alive when they are connected to the temple, otherwise they will be dead."

Listening to Mr. Cai’s narration, Su Lin understood the more he became less and less. As for the evolution of the entire Tianren Continent’s ideological cultivation system, so far, he could only trace back to the saint Confucius and came to an abrupt end. Confucius was followed by the saint’s power and wisdom sea cultivation system, but Confucius was confused before.

This is why Mr. Cai himself is a Hanlin Grand Secretary of the Historian, so he could know so thoroughly. If he had changed to other Hanlin and even great scholars, he might not have known these ancient secrets.

"Then... Mr. Cai, it is said that once he set foot on the holy path and becomes a semi-saint, his lifespan will be almost eternal and immortal. Where have the saints of all schools of thought since Confucius gone?" Su Lin said in confusion again.

"After stepping on the holy path, all saints will look for higher paths. I guess that even the saint Confucius is like this. The Tao is endless, maybe there is a deeper path above the saint. Moreover, I vaguely feel that this vast continent of Tianren is not the only world. The vast wilderness and endless oceans may contain a brand new world. Even the sky that looks up, there will be an unexpected world outside the sky..."

Mr. Cai felt a moment of confusion, and after a moment he came back to his senses, and smiled at Su Lin, "Su Lin, it's too early for you to think about these things now. But I believe that one day, you will also embark on the holy path and embark on the same path as all saints."

"Thank you, Mr. Su Lin, for resolving his doubts."

Regarding concepts such as Tianwai Tian, ​​other worlds, etc., I'm afraid Mr. Cai is not as clear as Su Lin, because Su Lin is from a world outside Tianren Continent.

When he came back from the mansion, lying on the pavilion beside the lake, looking up at the stars in the sky, Su Lin was thinking in his heart. If there was really a world outside the heavens. If the world of Tianren Continent was also a planet, then would the earth where he lived and lived in the past be one of these stars?

"Haha! Maybe it's true. All the Holy Spirits travel to the sky outside the sky. Go to find a new world. Maybe they go to other planets and become the Creator God of that planet? Or are they treated as aliens and then beaten into sieves by various super modern technological weapons?"

Some strange thoughts surged in his mind. Su Lin started to laugh as he thought about it.

"Brother Su, I said that you can't find you in your room and study. It turns out that you ran to the lake to enjoy the night alone!"

Su Lin was thinking and having fun, Hong Li walked over slowly. She sat down beside Su Lin, looked down at him, smiled slightly, and smiled with a charming look. She asked Su Lin, "What's the matter with Brother Su? Let's also tell me to listen to me?"

"No... nothing!" Su Lin was stunned for a moment, and felt more and more charming Hong Liyu, but he was a man. There was a strange and strange feeling in his heart. In order to hide this feeling, Su Lin quickly changed the topic and said, "Li Yu, I am thinking about the problem of the hundred acres of sea fields assigned to me by the Su family..."

Hong Liyu moved into Su Lin's mansion with Yuan Mu a few days ago, and each of them asked for a separate small attic, all with a very elegant courtyard. Su Lin had nothing to hide about Hong Liyu, so he told Hong Liyu the reason for the 100 acres of sea fields from beginning to end, including the secret of the artifact "Qiankun Cauldron" used by semi-saint Zhang Yu to boil the sea.

"Oh? Qiankun Cauldron? That is an amazing artifact. Since Brother Su suspects that the Qiankun Cauldron is hidden in Haitian, why not find an opportunity to sneak into the seabed to investigate?" Hong Liyu suggested after hearing this.

"I think so too! But how deep the sea water can be deeper than a scholar now? I must find Wen Bao who can avoid water."

Su Lin sighed bitterly, "But I have visited various pawn shops and treasure buildings in Jian'an Mansion these days. Although I have seen a few water-resisting Wenbao, the highest one is Juren Wenbao. It is okay to use these Wenbao to escape into some rivers and lakes. Facing the vast East China Sea, at least I need Wenbao with the Grand Secretary level!"

"Wenbao who avoids water? Why do you have to search everywhere? You have a demon treasure that is comparable to the great scholar's literary treasure. Why do you have to give up the easy and difficult things to find other water-avoiding literary treasures?" Hong Li said.

"What? I have such a powerful demon treasure that can avoid water? Why don't I know? Li Yu, tell me what it is?" Su Lin couldn't remember for a while, and hurriedly asked Hong Li Yu.

"Brother Su, last time we went to the misty forest of misty rain, you thoroughly interpreted the love between Meng Jiangnu and Fan Qiliang's life and death with a song "Yanqiu Ci" in the country. Didn't you get a thousand tears of demon treasure turned into by Meng Jiangnu's countless tears?"

Hong Liyu smiled and reminded Su Lin. (To be continued...)

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