Two lines, ten breaths, fifteen breaths, and twenty breaths.
An hour later, he could read three lines of text at the same time. Although he still had a headache, it no longer felt like someone was driving a nail into his temple with a hammer, as it was at the beginning, but more like someone tapping his forehead lightly with a finger. It was bearable.
He didn't waste this hour. He read three lines by three, and scanned the questions one by one. He quickly discovered his advantage.
"Myriad Stars Dynasty Local Taxation Law Article 37: The court takes 60% of the income from the mining of Ling Mine, the local government keeps 30%, and the mine owner gets 10%. If there is any concealment and failure to report, the mining rights will be confiscated and the income will be fined three times."
There is no need to memorize this question. When he was in Daxuan, the imperial court imposed more severe taxes on mining and metallurgy than this, but the name was changed, and the underlying routines were the same. He could answer many questions correctly based on Daxuan's experience in the army and his intuition of living at the bottom of Daxuan, so there was no need to memorize them by rote.
Another advantage is the "Illustrated Catalog of Ten Thousand Artifacts" in his mind. This mysterious book in his mind covers a huge amount of weapon refining knowledge. Thanks to the unshakable learning every day since opening Void Realm for the first time, Qin Tiexin now has the knowledge about weapon refining at his fingertips. He knows the answers to many questions about the properties of spiritual materials and Flame temperature control at a glance. This knowledge has long been engraved in his mind.
Moreover, Heavenly South Domain may have less weapon refining materials, and the above questions are relatively simple.
However, his weaknesses are also obvious.
Heavenly South Domain The local customs, the underlying logic of cultivation, alchemy and talisman making, etc., were almost all blank. For example, there was a question asking "Jade Firmament Dynasty Golden Core Realm The ratio of the seven main and auxiliary ingredients commonly used by monks in making alchemy", he had never even heard of the names of the seven auxiliary ingredients. There was also a question about "Heavenly South Domain The geographical features and Spirit Vein direction of the junction of the three dynasties", he couldn't even figure out where the junction was on the map.
These can only be memorized by force.
He divided the questions into two categories. One type was for which he was sure, and he could remember the answer after reading it once, without spending too much time. The other type was for pure rote memorization, which required repeated reading and memorization. He used True Person Zhou Heng and Divine Sense Splitting Method to read several similar questions at the same time to maximize efficiency.
By the time of You, he could read five elements of Chinese characters at the same time.
The progress is quite fast. Although True Person Zhou Heng's method is overbearing, it is really effective. Divine Sense is like a muscle. It is torn apart and then grows back, but it is stronger than before. The process is just not comfortable. Every time Divine Sense splits to the limit, it feels like a swarm of wasps has been stuffed into the brain, buzzing loudly and painfully.
At three quarters of an hour, Qin Tiexin stopped on time, his head aching slightly. He knew that if he continued to watch, he would only get twice the result with half the effort, and he had to find something else to do.
He put Jade Slip in his arms, rubbed his still swollen temples, stood up and walked to the cauldron to prepare for the next stew.
At Haishi, as usual, boil a pot of Demon Beast flesh and blood and spirit medicine. Until they are all swallowed and absorbed, and the practice of "True Fire Furnace Scripture" is completed again, today's practice is officially completed.
After doing all this, it was already midnight, so he sat down on the futon, exhaled a long breath, and prepared to rest.
Ming'an sat in the yard during the day. When Qin Tiexin was practicing, he stayed aside obediently, neither crying nor making a fuss, nor making any noise. Sometimes he sat cross-legged on a stone bench, with his eyes closed, and muttered something, possibly reciting sutras.
He is still too young, and his body is far from developed enough to withstand the tempering of Spiritual Qi. He can only chant sutras and meditate first, and wait a few years before he can officially start practicing.
However, Qin Tiexin discovered that Ming'an sometimes has really good luck.
Once when Qin Tiexin was practicing Heavy Savage Chop, he hit a stone target with his kick. The stone target exploded and several pieces of gravel flew in the direction of Ming'an. Qin Tiexin caught this scene with his peripheral vision, Just as he was about to reach out to block it, he saw a few pieces of gravel inexplicably deflected in the air, and flew past Ming'an's ears. One of them hit another one in mid-air, and bounced off two by two. One fell into the flower pot, and the other rolled to the corner of the wall.
Ming'an didn't move from beginning to end. He sat on the stone bench with his eyes closed and chanted, not knowing what just happened.
Qin Tiexin took back his hand, glanced at him, and continued to practice his legs.
Another time, Madam Lin came to the courtyard to see Ming'an and watered the flowers. Ming'an rushed to help, carrying a kettle and pouring water into the flowerpot. He poured a full kettle and kept pouring it. The water overflowed from the edge of the pot and dripped all over the floor. Ming'an panicked, put down the kettle and wanted to move the flower pot to control the excess water. He hugged the edge of the flower pot with his two small hands, and his face turned red before he moved the flower pot half an inch.
Something is exposed under the flowerpot.
A silver hairpin with a small spiritual jade inlaid on it and very fine cloud patterns engraved on the hairpin. Madam Lin bent down to pick it up and looked over it several times, with a dazed look on her face. This hairpin was given to her by Lin Boyuan in the early years, but she lost it for some reason three years ago. She searched the entire back garden but couldn't find it. Unexpectedly, it was buried under the flower pot.
Madam Lin squatted down and pinched Ming'an's ears, and said with a smile, "You kid, you are really lucky."
Ming'an scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, squatted down and continued to dig out the mud under the flower pot with his hands. Madam Lin looked at him, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes were squeezed together, and his eyes were full of smiles.
Little things like this happen every now and then.
Ming'an went to the kitchen to help carry the bowl. He fell several times from the stove to the dining room. The bowl turned over twice in his hand. When it landed, it just got stuck in the middle of the stone slab and did not break.
He went to the back garden with the housekeeper to pick spiritual fruits. A swarm of bees circled around him for a long time. The housekeeper was scared to death. He stretched out a finger to touch the bee's wing. The bee stopped on his finger for a while and then flew away.
The housekeeper said that this child has a good fortune. Lin Residence Since he came, even the servants' headaches and fevers have reduced.
Qin Tiexin saw it in his eyes and knew in his heart that this was no coincidence. This child walked from the southwest border to Ten Thousand Stars City, crossing less than half of the Myriad Stars Dynasty in one month, without even a scratch on his body. Yes. You can avoid Golden Summit Temple's search by hiding in the pool. You can meet yourself the moment you step into the door of the Star Selection Bureau. You can even find Madam Lin's hairpin that has been lost for three years by moving a flowerpot.
What a good luck, or maybe it's not luck, but something deeper that he can't see through yet.
But he didn't ask any more questions. Ming'an was still young, and he couldn't explain why. As long as the child was safe, that was enough.
Time passed day by day, and Qin Tiexin's schedule was full. At Chou hour Qi Refining, at Mao hour Body Refining, at Si hour martial arts, at Xu hour he studied hard on the questions and trained Divine Sense, at Hai hour he stewed a pot of flesh and blood to make up for the whole day's consumption, and at Zi hour he closed his eyes and took a rest.
After ten days, Iron-Horned Ox had eaten all the meat, and Golden Thread Spirit Ginseng had only a few beards left. Divine Sense practiced splitting from two lines to reading one page at the same time. Although one page could only hold three to five breaths before he had an unbearable headache, but ten days ago, he could not even touch the edge of a page.
The fifteenth day before the written examination.
Qin Tiexin had just passed the written test questions for the third time. The jade communication talisman in his sleeve suddenly vibrated, and a very slight spiritual power fluctuation was transmitted from the cuff into the body, and touched lightly on top of Dantian. He put down Jade Slip, took out the light cyan jade communication talisman from his sleeve, and injected a trace of spiritual power.
Chen Xi's voice sounded in the sea of consciousness, with only a brief sentence.
"Food is ready. Tomorrow at noon, Water Cloud Tea Room."
It is the jade talisman of "Li Shan". Chen Xi disguised himself as a traveling businessman and sent it through an open communication channel. The wording was concise and the agreed code words were used. The food was Demon Beast's flesh and blood.
Qin Tiexin put the jade talisman back into his sleeve, closed his eyes, and let out a long breath.