Venerable Tongming I really can't figure it out.
Forget about Madam Xuanhua. After all, Xuanwei Realm is harassing her. It is normal for her to want to find a place to stay in the Nine Mountains Sect.
But that Qian Qi...
A Foundation Establishment that he had never heard of and could never take seriously.
Enter Nine Mountains Realm, how come you have such great ability?
Regarding cultivating new Spirit Plant, even if he is not good at spiritual farming, he can still understand the value of this matter...Hundred Immortals Alliance There are many sects who are good at spiritual farming, but in the past 20,000 years, they have not seen many new varieties.
In other words, every successful new Spirit Plant can support a small sect.
The doubt in his mind was probably - is someone playing the role of me?
He looked at the dishes in front of him, then raised his head and looked around at the people around him.
Sect Master Yu seemed to be still doubting it, but he couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and try the dishes on the plate.
Even Venerable Chengkong was eating with great interest, nodding while eating, not knowing what he was thinking.
Venerable Tongming also took a few bites.
Sect Master Yu spoke first, "The spiritual energy is weak, but there are some new ideas that many disciples should like."
Venerable Chengkong pointed to a plate, which was a plate of fried vegetables, but he pointed to the green peppers inside. He smiled and said, "I think this is the most interesting. It's just spicy, and a little numb."
Venerable Tongming also nodded.
Forget about the rest, it can only be said to be edible, but it doesn't count in terms of how delicious it is, at least for Nascent Soul like them, it's just mediocre.
Only this green pepper is very interesting - it's spicy and spicy, and it has a strange refreshing feeling when you eat it.
Sun Daoyu also smiled and said, "This was grown recently. We call it Thunder Pepper. It's spicy, but it also contains the power of thunder and lightning. Anyone who eats it will feel numb in the mouth. Disciples can't get used to it, but many brothers in the sect can't live without it now."
Venerable Tongming also knows that the power of thunder and lightning is just right and has a unique flavor.
Many people are afraid that this bite is very good, especially as a side dish, and the market is huge.
Sect Master Yu shook his head slightly and sighed, "Just from Thousand Grain Rice and Thunder Pepper, you can see that Nine Mountains's accomplishments in Lingnong are truly extraordinary."
His face was full of appreciation.
Sun Daoyu chuckled lightly, with a proud smile on his face.
"This was also bred by Qian Qi?"
Sect Master Yu asked curiously.
"It should be that Sect Leader teaches well," Sun Daoyu thought for a while and said, "But Qian True Person works hard."
Sect Master Yu nodded slightly, and suddenly sighed, "This Zheng Fa, it's my Hundred Herbs Sect who should be in it."
The smile on Sun Daoyu's face froze, no, Zheng Fa has become Sect Leader, are there still people here to snatch it?
Just listen to Sect Master Yu say again, "Nine Mountains Sect must have had little accumulation in spiritual farming in the past, Thousand Grain Sect is no more than that... But how long have you been in the Nine Mountains Realm..."
"You can tell the whole leopard by just looking at one spot." Sect Master Yu sighed, "Zheng Sect Leader must have amazing skills in Lingnong."
Venerable Chengkong After hearing this, he slowly put down his chopsticks, and his expression became more thoughtful.
On the second day, Zheng Fa did not come to entertain them, but Uncle-Master Pang came.
Venerable Chengkong didn't see Zheng Fa and asked directly, "Where is Zheng Fa?"
Uncle-Master Pang replied happily, "Please forgive me, Zheng Fa has been busy these past two days."
"Busy?"
"Exactly, he is busy taking the exam."
A group of people were even more puzzled.
"You don't know, but the students in my Nine Mountains Realm Paradise Island school are taking entrance exams in the past two days, and Zheng Fa's sister is also among them."
These two days are the entrance exams that Zheng Shan is thinking about and worrying about.
There are actually three reasons why the date is set at this time:
The first is that Zheng Shan and the others have been in school for almost a year. Of course, one year is shorter, but there are actually many people on Paradise Island who have studied at Xuanwei. In one year, some of them have almost met the entry requirements of the Nine Mountains Sect.
The second reason is that Hundred Immortals Alliance's Hundred Immortals Assembly will have a Dharma competition at that time, and Economic Development Island will also start doing business. It will probably be quite lively, and he also intends to let these students relax.
The third reason is actually the most important:
Paradise Island The rice fields are ripe and need to be harvested. These students have all practiced martial arts and can help the family.
Zheng Fa also doesn't want them to be indifferent to their four bodies and five grains...
Let's just take a big vacation and take a big test before the vacation. He plans to make this a regular practice in the future.
Uncle-Master Pang naturally did not explain this, but just explained what the entrance exam is.
Unexpectedly, Venerable Tongming and the others were quite interested when they heard it.
"Then can I go and have a look?"
Venerable Tongming asked.
"This..." Uncle-Master Pang looked puzzled, "They are just mortals."
"Anyway, nothing happens. Before Hundred Immortals Assembly, let's appreciate your sect's talent and beauty..." Venerable Tongming chuckled.
Nine Mountains Sect will not participate in Hundred Immortals Assembly this time. After all, he is not considered a member of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
"How can this compare?" Uncle-Master Pang waved his hands, "Hundred Immortals Assembly are here, all elite disciples from each sect."
This is really not a level comparison:
Hundred Immortals Alliance is much larger than Nine Mountains Sect.
Not to mention, Hundred Immortals Assembly is a competition for outstanding disciples. Compared with the entrance exam, the quality of the disciples is naturally much higher.
It's just bullying in comparison.
"No comparison, no comparison, just a look."
Venerable Tongming insisted.
Uncle-Master Pang couldn't, so after discussing with Zheng Fa, he had no choice but to agree.
Zheng Fa didn't care that they wanted to watch the entrance exam. He was at home, entertaining Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan and his sister Zhao Jinglan.
Seventh Young Master's temperament has changed a lot, and he actually seems a little silent.
Zheng Shan rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in his room, and finally dug out a bag of broken candies from his pocket, and held them in front of the two distant guests.
Seeing her looking at him with bright eyes, Seventh Young Master couldn't help but laugh. He touched Zheng Shan's little head and asked her, "The exam is about to take place, are you afraid?"
Zheng Shan twitched his face and said nothing, obviously feeling deeply hurt by this question.
"Hahahaha, I was so scary when I was a kid!" Seventh Young Master raised his head and laughed, "Every time the teacher wants to take a test on me, it feels like the sky is falling."
"But I am a young master, so it doesn't matter if I fail in the exam."
"Your brother is Sect Leader... don't be afraid!"
Zheng Shan wrinkled his nose and finally spoke, "My brother is Sect Leader, I'm afraid of it!"
"Huh?"
Now, the three people at the table were staring at her, and they heard Zheng Shan say very seriously, "If I fail the exam, my brother will be embarrassed."
Seventh Young Master was stunned for a moment, laughed again, and kept saying:
"So good... so good!"
He looked at Zheng Fa, sighed suddenly, and said to Zheng Fa, "Your sister is so kind. She used to be... so good."
Zheng Fa looked at him deeply and felt that Seventh Young Master was full of worries.
Mother Zheng is a mortal after all. In her opinion, guests must eat when they come.
They also eat the same kinds of Spirit Plant, including Thunder Pepper.
When the meal was almost finished, Seventh Young Master suddenly asked, "Is there any wine?"
Zheng Fa glanced at him and looked towards his mother.
Mother Zheng said, "I don't have any at home, I'll go next door and borrow some."
When she walked out the door, Zheng Fa looked at Seventh Young Master - he remembered that Seventh Young Master was not an alcoholic.
I don't know why today, but I took the initiative to drink.
When Mother Zheng came back, he was holding a wine bottle in his hand. He was a little embarrassed and said, "They brewed it at home. I don't know if the young master is used to drinking it."
"Pretty good!"
Seventh Young Master nodded, smiled and asked, "Do you have a wine glass?"
"Yes, how many do you want?"
Mother Zheng's eyes were also a little worried.
"Three."
Zhao Jinglan seemed to understand something, gently pulled Mother Zheng and Zheng Shan, and took them out.
There were only two people, Seventh Young Master and Zheng Fa, in the house.
Seventh Young Master didn't say anything, just lowered his head, placed three wine glasses on the dinner table, and filled them up.
Zheng Fa feels something:
"Gao Yuan..."
"Dead."
Seventh Young Master drank the wine in front of him in one gulp.
Zheng Fa was silent for a moment, then picked up the wine glass and drank it.
The wine is a little muddy and a little bitter.
Seventh Young Master poured another glass of wine on the ground, and poured three more glasses of wine.
The two of them drank three cups each and poured three cups before Seventh Young Master said slowly:
"I'm just a clerk... Why are you working so hard!"
"What a fool!"
"Tell him to come early Bright Mountain, but he insists on waiting... waiting to die!"
Zheng Fa listened to Seventh Young Master's complaints. This person had previously looked down on Gao Yuan and kept scolding him.
Now that Gao Yuan is dead, he is still scolding...
But I think Gao Yuan won't be angry anymore.
After a while, he asked, "Where is Steward Gao?"
"... I received the letter. I'm sick and lying down."
"Who killed him?"
Zheng Fa asked again.
"I don't know. It's a mess. I can't find out clearly. I just know that he died in Chen Commandery. That place is now full of people from Great Freedom Demon Cult."
Zheng Fa nodded and took note of this place.
"I used to think that I could do anything and be capable of anything..." Seventh Young Master added, "But only after I became the head of the family did I realize how difficult it is."
"The Zhao family who followed my mother to Qingmu Sect has more than 400 people, and there are more than a thousand slaves."
"Nowadays, there are many dead on the road. Over four hundred people have been kidnapped and killed by Great Freedom Demon Cult these days... more than 400 people."
Zheng Fa didn't say anything, knowing that Seventh Young Master didn't need him to speak.
"If it weren't for you... I might not even be able to protect these people."
...Seventh Young Master This person is like a bright mirror in his heart.
"When I was a kid, I felt like the sky was falling when my husband took the exam," Seventh Young Master seemed to have a lot to say, but the preface and the last part of the words were out of sync, "But now my innocence has collapsed, and I am here to support it. I know how good it was when I was a kid..."
"At that time, there was you, and Gao Yuan..."
At this point, he stopped talking and just lowered his head.
After a long time, Seventh Young Master raised his head, looked at Zheng Fa, sniffed, with red eyes, pointed at Thunder Pepper who was almost done eating and said:
"This thing is not good..."
"Too spicy!"
Send Seventh Young Master and Zheng Fa away and return to their rooms.
He took out a storage bag. There was an envelope in the bag. When he opened the envelope, it was the letter Gao Yuan left for him before he left.
He touched the letter paper and couldn't help but think of the figure standing at the door of Zhao Residence, carrying a book box and grinning at him.
Gao Yuan wrote the last two sentences on the letter paper. Zheng Fa knows what they are without reading them--
"So I want to go to college, continue my studies, and be a clerk to see what I can do for the world."
"If you really become a big shot in the Immortal Sect and haven't been able to change anything in this world, then I will laugh at you when I see you in the future."
He read and read the letter again and again until dawn.
The second day is the entrance exam for the Nine Mountains Sect.
Not only Venerable Tongming, but also many disciples who participated in Hundred Immortals Assembly also came over.
"Grammar and arithmetic will be tested in the morning, and martial arts and Spirit Root will be tested in the afternoon?"
Venerable Tongming asked Zheng Fa. It was obvious that he was really curious. In fact, what Zheng Fa didn't know was that Venerable Tongming had a lot of doubts in his heart. He wanted to understand why Qian Qi had all kinds of changes.
When he came here, he also wanted to see what Zheng Fa was doing and how he recruited disciples.
"How many people took the exam in total?"
"Forty thousand people, less than fifty thousand people."
Paradise Island There are many young and old people taking the exam this time. The younger one is about three years younger than Zheng Shan, and the older one is already fifteen or sixteen years old. Because this is the first time, there are actually many over-age candidates. The situation is special, so there are relatively many candidates.
There are too many candidates to fit in one test center, so Zheng Fa has set up more than a dozen test centers on Paradise Island.
Zheng Fa stood outside the little sister's test center.
Venerable Tongming They are here too.
"What's the standard?"
"Calculating the total score, Spirit Root and arithmetic account for the majority, while martial arts and grammar account for the small portion."
Zheng Fa explained.
No matter how much he values knowledge, Spirit Root cannot be avoided.
Mathematics is the basis of all sciences and is naturally important.
Martial arts and grammar... actually can only be regarded as additional points. Zheng Fa tests these two, mainly for the Nine Mountains Realm ordinary preparation teachers.
Venerable Tongming used his own method to understand it - this calculation is equivalent to their Ascension Association's elixir array device and other miscellaneous items?
I just don't know why Zheng Fa attaches so much importance to mathematics.
Compared with modern times, this method is not fair, but compared with the Xuanwei Realm, it gives a way for those who are capable in scientific research.
Another gap is that Merit System does not limit the inside and outside of the Nine Mountains Sect:
In other words, even if you are not able to join Nine Mountains Sect, you can still accumulate Merit, accumulate resources and even skills for self-study or training younger generations - you just cannot go to University Island to attend classes or participate in experiments.
Cultivation of immortality by all people... is not realistic now, and may not be realistic for a long time.
Zheng Fa still felt inadequate, but Venerable Tongming was horrified--
There are too many people!
Ascension Association recruits only a thousand disciples at one time!
Nine Mountains Realm A small Paradise Island, so many people came to take the exam?
Nine Mountains Realm... Can you afford it?
He couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
Looking at the examination room again, he was even more shocked--
Not to mention other examination rooms, the candidates in this examination room are all literate.
The various questions on the math test paper ranged in difficulty. He even didn't know some of them, but there were also many candidates who could do it with just a swipe of their pen.
In the afternoon, not to mention Venerable Tongming, the Hundred Immortals Alliance disciples who came to participate in Hundred Immortals Assembly were all a little disturbed--
In the whole examination room, everyone knows at least one set of Dao-Entry Martial Arts!
This... is a treatment that Foundation Establishment and even Golden Core don't have.
Dao-Entry Martial Arts has always been exclusive to those great Lineage disciples.
Who would have thought that in the Nine Mountains Realm, everyone can learn and practice?
As for testing Spirit Root, there is nothing much to say.
The entrance exam is over and the results will come out soon:
This time, only 300 people were able to enter Nine Mountains Sect - an admission rate of less than 1%.
The threshold for entry is roughly:
If you have a single spiritual root, you can naturally enter it at will.
If it is Dual-Spirit Root, then the calculation must be at least good.
Three-Spirit Root, you need to be excellent, that is, you must answer at least eight out of ten questions.
If it goes down to Three-Spirit Root - it will almost get a perfect score...
There were not many Single-Spirit Root this time. Counting the younger sister, there were only two people. Even if Dual-Spirit Root was added, there were only dozens of people.
But there are quite a few excellent ones - even exceeding Zheng Fa's expectations, but after thinking about it, I understand:
Nine Mountains Realm These people are nothing else, but people who have gone through chaos will always work harder.
Only then did more than two hundred people come together.
Little girl Zheng Shan naturally entered Nine Mountains Sect easily.
After the exam, Venerable Tongming asked Zheng Fa with some confusion, "Guizong, are you recruiting too many disciples?"
You know, Nine Mountains Sect has only a thousand disciples for twenty thousand years, and this next move is three hundred...
The threshold is still lower than before.
And they recruit once a year?
Zheng Fa thought for a while and said with a smile, "Venerable Tongming, my monk Nine Mountains Sect is probably different from monk Xuanwei Realm..."
"Different?"
Venerable Tongming was stunned for a moment, not knowing why.
Zheng Fa didn't say anything. There were some things that even Master and the others didn't understand at first:
If we look at the monks of the Xuanwei Realm, it is true that the fewer monks, the better...
Because the most important task of those monks is to fight. The stronger they are, the more resources they occupy and the higher they are.
To use a less accurate description, they are endogenizers: they consume resources to support themselves and give little return to the world.
During a battle, ten thousand low-level monks are no match for one high-level monk.
Therefore, Xuanwei Realm needs genius even more.
But Nine Mountains Realm doesn't want this kind of monk:
It can be seen from <Golden Core Engineering>Zheng Fa-if a monk is the producer, the conversion ratio will be different.
Through cooperation, simplifying methods and exploring principles, dozens of monks under Golden Core can produce a External Core that can only be made by Nascent Soul Cultivator!
The resources required to train dozens of Foundation Establishment disciples are far less than those of one Nascent Soul, and the time required to train them is also much faster than that of one Nascent Soul.
Very cost-effective...
Not to mention, Zheng Fa's Brain-Borrowing Plan, more people will bring more benefits.
For Zheng Fa, the only problem has always been Spiritual-Energy Decline - but in other words, the weaker the aura is, the more advantages this set has:
With less spiritual energy, it is more difficult for high-level monks to produce, but low-level monks are less affected.
Even various simplification projects and various principle explorations will definitely lead to more resource-saving and more efficient production in the end.
It is precisely because of this that Master, Uncle-Master Pang and others were persuaded by him and almost opened the door.
Seeing him like this, Venerable Tongming didn't ask any more questions, but there was deep confusion in his eyes.
Of course he doesn't understand.
Zheng Fa looked at the new disciples who had just started, but thought of Gao Yuan's letter in his heart, and said silently:
The kind of world I want is for monks to be not only respected but also appreciated.
It's right in front of you and in the future.
(End of chapter)