The reason why Zhao Xing squatted down was because he wanted to use the fluctuations of the five elements of the earth's veins to determine the specific time.

Just like the last big question in the theory exam, the five elements can be matched with the four seasons.

The fluctuation patterns of the five elements of the earth can be reversed to calculate the time.

Although it is a small world, the fragments of the small world should also have earth veins.

However, the results were somewhat unexpected.

"Can't sense the ley lines."

Zhao Xing shook his head. It seemed that the method of using the five elements of earth veins to judge the time was not feasible.

The dark night blocks the sky, and the earth's veins are also isolated.

If the time and place are not favorable, there is only one way left.

"The Self School." Zhao Xing's eyes fell on the fields in the distance, looking at the plants, he walked over quickly.

There is a patch of plants in front of it, so endless that there is almost no end in sight.

How to judge the time using the egoistic method?

“Use the ‘Yin Yang and Five Elements Sutra’ of the Self School to judge the time.”

The egoists believe that living beings have their own set of natural processes.

In layman's terms, it is a 'biological clock', which uses the five internal organs to match the five elements, and uses other organs of the body to match the heavenly branches and the earthly stems.

This theory is called the "Small Five Elements and Four Seasons Theory", also known as the "Inner Five Elements and Four Seasons Theory". Judging from the name, it is obvious that it is not accepted by the mainstream and is relatively unpopular among the niche.

Zhao Xing has not systematically learned the magic of the Self School, not to mention that internal observation of the five elements is not something that an official can do.

You can only do this after practicing the "Yin Yang and Five Elements Sutra".

In other words, it is impossible to meditate on the five elements.

Zhao Xing searched among the plants in front of him, and soon fixed his eyes on a plant.

"This is a noon grass, also known as Vitex."

The human body has a biological clock, and so do plants.

It is impossible to observe the five elements internally, but it is not that difficult to observe external objects.

What's more, this is a time grass specially designed for officials to observe.

"What an unusual question. First, you need to recognize the hour grass, and then you need to practice discernment spells, so that you can accurately judge the changes in time through the hour grass."

"It has never happened like this in the past ten years. Is there a big boss from the ego faction involved this year?"

The reason why Zhao Xing made this judgment was because the twelve o'clock grass was not a 'native species'.

It is a 'derivative species' that has been artificially modified by nature.

"Does the Self faction want to pass this temple exam and show its presence among the officials?"

"They have always followed the elite route, usually wooing elite students from Taoist colleges and academies, but now they are targeting the lower-level officials?"

"But will you really not be scolded to death by the officials all over the world for doing this?"

Zhao Xing was a little speechless.

Because there are very few officials in the Idol sect who can achieve anything good, like Zhao Xing, he also knows a basic spell [Thrive Growth] and an intermediate spell [Savage Growth].

These are just the superficial aspects of the egoism, and do not touch on the core at all.

Therefore, in his opinion, using Twelve Hour Grass to participate in the official temple examination is not to gain a sense of presence at all.

But he came here to scold me.

Because it's too difficult.

Identifying the derived species ‘Twelve Hour Grass’ is a technical job.

From this point of view, it is even more difficult to calibrate the time. It can even be said to be the most difficult of the five difficulties.

We finally passed the test and came to the temple test. You want to give me such an unpopular question?

"Using the twelve o'clock grass to find the correct time is simply... too stupid." Zhao Xing couldn't help but scold the other officials.

This question is as cold as analyzing "the dead fish has a strange light in its eyes".

It will cause many officials who originally had hope to perform abnormally.

If you fail this level, you are really too careless.

"It's a good thing that I have practiced Five Elements Observation, otherwise I would have fallen at this level if I wasn't careful."

Zhao Xing quickly found twelve kinds of time grass and transplanted them around himself to form a circle.

Then he sat cross-legged in the circle and quickly confirmed that he was between the hour and the quarter hour.

"Now it seems that it should have been midnight in this small world when I came in."

"Thunder is about to happen at Chenshi, and the officials are only given an hour to adapt."

"Whether this is the intention of the I-go faction or not, the officials' venting outlets will definitely go to the I-go faction... The blame will definitely fall on them."

Even Zhao Xing could imagine that after he passed the exam, there would be a bunch of officials in the world shouting madly outside the temple.

"Five Elements Observation of Things."

Zhao Xing activated his spell and began to observe the 'Mao Shi Grass' in front of him.

It is about one meter high.

The straw is straight, as thick as a thumb, and has twelve leaves in total.

In the Five Elements Observation state, you can see the veins inside it, and there is a flow of Qi.

In the microscopic state, a one-meter-high grass stalk is divided into 7,200 equal parts.

It's like a ladder, and each section of the ladder represents seconds.

The interval between 'qi' rising to the second section is exactly one second.

Seven thousand two hundred equal parts are exactly one hour.

After testing the method like this, you can just say that grass is not grass!

"What? What did you say?!" Chen Shijie suddenly sat up from his chair and looked at the clerk who came to submit the question.

It's the third day outside the temple.

According to the time, all the officials have entered the small world fragment to conduct on-site assessment.

So as the chief agricultural officer of Gucheng Division, he also got the content of the examination questions.

But after learning the topic of the field assessment, Chen Shijie couldn't help but get angry.

"Using the twelve-hour grass to test the time calibration of officials?" Chen Shijie murmured to himself, "Is it necessary to set it up so hard? It's not an assessment for military officials and farmers!"

Long Xiao stared: "You are Si Nong, what do you think I am doing...I don't even know what you are talking about."

"I didn't ask you." Chen Shijie said angrily.

"The twelve o'clock grass is a derivative species." Xue Wenzhong frowned as he listened, "I have only seen the derivative species cultivated by Shangluo Academy once twenty-six years ago."

Tang Wanchun, Gao Linong, Pang Yuan and others remained silent.

They have only heard of it but have never seen it, so they don’t know much about it.

"What do you mean?" Long Xiao, a layman, was confused. "The question is a bit difficult?"

"It's very difficult." Xue Wenzhong shook his head helplessly, "It's easy for some promising officials to fail at this level."

He began to worry about Zhao Xing.

"What are you afraid of? If it's difficult, it's going to be difficult, and it's not just Zhao Xing." Long Xiao sat back on his butt again.

"General Long doesn't understand." Xue Wenzhong said, "On-site assessment determines everything. If you can't pass this relationship, it will be useless no matter how strong you are up front."

"This question is too unpopular and may lead to..."

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Long Xiao said with a smile, "But I think if even Zhao Xing can't get through, there are not many officials who can get through, so why don't you rebel?"

"All difficulties are difficult together. What are you afraid of? You must have faith in Him."

"That makes sense." Xue Wenzhong nodded. He was confused because he was concerned, but he couldn't see it as clearly as Long Xiao.

"Shangluo Academy is a gathering place for the I-go sect. I don't know why this year it suddenly got involved in the official assessment." Chen Shijie thought to himself, "Isn't this looking for scolding."

"It's not necessarily their idea, it might be someone taking advantage of it."

"Now, the timing and location factions are still growing. The ego faction wants to get involved, so it is better to put them in a position where they can be scolded than to shut them out."

"But it's better to be scolded than to have no one care about it. I heard that Shangluo Academy has been understaffed in recent years and has no successors."

Many thoughts flashed through Chen Shijie's mind.

But he soon put these thoughts away. He was only worried about one thing now.

That is, can Zhao Xing pass the exam?
To be continued...