The Imperial Examination Ceremony

On this day, thunderclouds appeared in the Azure Dragon Land, and powerful beings undergoing tribulations wept with joy, their cries echoing throughout the entire continent.

Those who have entered the Immortal Realm are numerous.

On this day, golden rain fell from the sky, cleansing all living things. Those who bathed in it experienced the rejuvenation of withered trees, the elimination of all diseases, and the enhancement of their spiritual cultivation.

On this day, everyone on the Azure Dragon Continent knew that the curse that had prevented Azure Dragon from becoming immortals for 30,000 years had been broken, and from now on, everyone could become an immortal.

"Even a pig can be guided to the Immortal Realm by coming to the Mysterious Bookstore to read books!" The next day, Ma Feifei confidently declared this at the staff meeting.

This isn't Ma Feifei bragging; it's the truth. Just within the Mysterious Bookstore alone, there are already three people who have reached the Immortal Realm. This doesn't even include Luan Feng, who is far away in the Yan State. If Ma Feifei isn't mistaken, Luan Feng should have also reached the Immortal Realm.

In other words, the Mysterious Bookstore now has four employees from the First-Grade Immortal Realm.

Such strength is unmatched anywhere else in the entire Azure Dragon Continent.

This doesn't even include Liuli, Bookstore Bookstore's nurtured talent, or Ma Feifei, the highest leader of the Bookstore System. If all of them were included, Ma Feifei felt he was already capable of making a trip to the so-called Book Battle Continent.

However, Ma Feifei remained rational and did not do anything unwise.

With the completion of the Great Dao, cultivators who have entered the Immortal Realm have begun to emerge on the continent, which has somewhat eased the current situation in the five kingdoms.

According to the latest information, prominent figures from all five kingdoms have reached the Immortal Realm. Qin State has Qin Shi Huang Qin Sage, Yan State Sage Yan, Qi State King Qi Wen, and Zhao State Zhao Saint. These are all official figures from their respective kingdoms, and prominent figures from various forces and sects have also made breakthroughs.

It was difficult for everyone to grasp the number of people from each country who had entered the Immortal Realm. The Immortal Realm was different from the Spirit Saint. Cultivators who entered the Immortal Realm could truly destroy a country with their own power. Under such circumstances, the battles of ordinary armies could no longer be the key to victory. The balance of victory had tilted towards individual combat.

The five countries fell into a brief period of calm, and Ma Feifei had plenty of time to attend to his own affairs.

On the 28th day of the first month of the First Year of Qiongyu, it was said that Caiyun appeared in the sky above the royal palace of the Chu Kingdom, accompanied by auspicious omens, and King Chu Qiongyu of the Chu Kingdom became an immortal on the spot.

On February 1st of the First Year of Qiongyu, the Chu Kingdom granted a general amnesty to celebrate the new emperor's ascension to immortality and the change of reign title. The amnesty was granted for three years, all prisoners were released, and those on death row were commuted to life imprisonment. On March 1st, the first imperial examination was held to recruit talents for the new emperor's service.

Upon hearing the news, all the students studying at the Confucian Dao Academy within the Chu Kingdom flocked to the capital to participate in the imperial examinations.

The Chu Kingdom's decision to grant a general amnesty and establish a special imperial examination this year was naturally Ma Feifei's idea. Since Confucianism and Daoism are now flourishing, it meets the conditions for the system to open the Path of Imperial Examination. In addition, the nine Book-holding woman have also appeared. Ma Feifei naturally wants to complete this task as soon as possible so that he can step into the Immortal Realm.

So after exchanging ideas with Gongsun Qiong, the Chu Kingdom took action, and Ma Feifei began distributing the Badge representing the Book-holding woman- Book-holding woman to all of them.

Gongsun Qiong, Zhao Xiaodao, Zhou Zhuling, Azi, Mu Qingyi, Luan Feng, Yun Qingyang, and Lian Yi —these eight people all received Badge representing the Book-holding woman, and the Book-holding woman's quest progress reached 8/9.

However, something unexpected happened with Ling Xian, the ninth Book-holding woman. It wasn't that Ling Xian didn't want to accept the Book-holding woman's Badge, but rather that she noticed something wrong with the book, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon.

The problem is simple: she can't understand the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon. She's been studying it for so many days and still doesn't understand the literal meaning, but she's very interested in it, so she hopes Ma Feifei can explain it to her.

For example. "At the age of sixteen, one's kidney qi is abundant, one's 'tiankui' (menstrual blood) arrives, one's essence overflows, yin and yang are in harmony, therefore one can have children." What exactly does this sentence mean?

But Ma Feifei knew nothing about these things. He hadn't even read the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon's Inner Classic; he had only bought it from the System Shop. However, in order to complete his mission smoothly, Ma Feifei had no choice but to ask the system for the entire Chinese translation of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon's Inner Classic.

"Ahem, this is called 'abundant kidney qi,' and 'the arrival of Tiankui' refers to the onset of a woman's secondary sexual characteristics. When Tiankui arrives, the Taichong meridian is full, and the woman begins her menstrual period." Ma Feifei said, rubbing his hands awkwardly. He glanced at Ling Xian out of the corner of his eye and found that she didn't seem to be acting strangely, which made Ma Feifei feel a little odd. Did this girl not know what menstruation meant?

"And then what?" Ling Xian asked without any embarrassment.

"The overflow of essence and energy refers to the external manifestation of a person's essence and energy as reproductive essence, while energy refers to the primordial energy within the body; the union of yin and yang enables the birth of a child, with yin representing the female and yang representing the male, and the union of yin and yang signifying the union of male and female..." Ma Feifei couldn't continue speaking at this point, as it might get taken down if he kept going.

"The union of Yin and Yang?" Ling Xian repeated these words softly, lost in thought.

Ma Feifei looked at Ling Xian with curiosity. He hadn't expected Ling Xian to be so calm about such a thing, seemingly not shy at all, and not like a woman at all.

"Ling Xian understand, then may I ask the shopkeeper, about the Panax notoginseng..." Ling Xian wanted to continue asking.

But Ma Feifei stopped her, saying, "Wait for me."

After saying that, Ma Feifei ran straight into the Bookstore. This girl was really too annoying. If he had to translate every single sentence, Ma Feifei wouldn't be able to do anything else. So he immediately bought a copy of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon translated into vernacular Chinese from the system, took it out of the drawer, ran back to the backyard, and handed it to Ling Xian.

"Here is the translation. If you have any questions, you can refer to the translation here."

Ling Xian took the booklet from Ma Feifei, flipped through it, and a look of delight appeared on her face. She stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

It's clear that she's very satisfied with this copy of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon.

Ma Feifei waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. You helped me, and I helped you. It's a fair trade."

Upon hearing this, Ling Xian nodded slightly and cupped her hands, saying, "If the shopkeeper has any needs, Ling Xian will certainly do her best to help."

That's when they truly agreed.

Ma Feifei's face lit up with joy. He took out the Badge and handed it to Ling Xian, saying, "March 1st, the Chu Kingdom, I'll be waiting for you."

Ling Xian took the Badge, put it into her spatial ring, and replied, "Ling Xian will certainly keep her promise!"

Ma Feifei nodded slightly without speaking, because the system notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding! The Book-holding woman's progress is 9/9 complete."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully found nine pure and innocent Book-holding woman. Please lead these nine Book-holding woman to the Imperial Examination Ceremony on March 1st."