Zhao Shu was inspecting a batch of newly arrived spiritual materials when he heard a message from a servant: "They have arrived in the front hall. The Marquis asked the young master to come over to discuss."
"knew."
At present, the Jinding Office is composed of two adjacent courtyards. The east courtyard is a mandala stove for refining rituals and elixirs, and the west courtyard is a quiet room for monks to rest and rest. Currently, the east courtyard is under construction, and the west courtyard is housing
Many monks.
Ever since the imperial court issued a document to recruit talented people to come to Jindingsi, various monasteries had not yet responded, but a group of monks from sects came to join the army first.
However, Zhao Shu learned from Marquis Anyang that these people had actually taken refuge under his sect very early and were worshiped as guests.
Since the Five Kingdoms War, many sects have suffered from wars, their inheritance has been cut off, and their monasteries have been destroyed. Only a few sect disciples are left, either wandering around the world or seeking refuge with high-ranking families.
Marquis Anyang also enshrined some disciples of Xuanpu Hall, who were considered brothers of Zhao Shu's mother. However, these people's cultivation was shallow. At best, they could refine some elixirs and work with herbs, but they had no great skills. I learned Zhao Shu's identity.
After that, he couldn't avoid all kinds of flattery, hoping to get an official position in Jindingsi.
Zhao Shu was dissatisfied with this. He was still more accustomed to the culture in Huaiying Hall where the wise were the teachers and the capable were responsible for the work. This kind of monk who relied on old friendships to cling to the top could be described as despicable.
But when I think about the fact that I came to the Anyang Marquis Mansion and received great importance in the Jinding Division in a short period of time, how could I not be favored by favor? Moreover, the Jinding Division is the head of Anyang Marquis, and it is not Zhao Shu who has the final say.
However, Zhao Shu still put forward his own idea. After all, the Jinding Division must focus on refining magical artifacts and elixirs, and it is impossible to support idle monks. Anyone who works here must have the corresponding magical skills and the ability to sacrifice magical artifacts.
, calligraphy spells, alchemy and fire, at least one must be proficient in it, and Zhao Shui will personally take the test.
Judging from Zhao Shu's experience in Xingluo County, there are not many monks who can serve in the Jinding Division among the various pavilions in Huaxu Kingdom, but the most suitable one is the Huaiying Pavilion.
So when Zhao Shu learned that Chongxuan Hall was also sending people to Jindingsi, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
"What does Chongxuan Pavilion mean?" Zhao Shu went to Anyang Hou and asked.
"Even if we don't mention that Jindingsi's affairs are related to weapons and armor, now that the scheduling and use of spiritual materials in the country will be concentrated on the Jindingsi family, it is naturally impossible for Chongxuan Hall to just sit idly by." Anyang Hou Yan said.
Zhao Shu said: "Uncle Shi plans to shut out Chongxuan Hall?"
"Impossible." Anyang Houyan said: "If we do this, it will be true, and it will not be surprising if the other party uses this to slander Jinding. Later, when you take the exam in public, try to be stricter. The threshold is higher, and you can enter Jinding.
There will be fewer people in charge.”
"yes."
When Zhao Shu and Marquis Anyang came to the front hall, they saw more than twenty monks from Chongxuan Hall standing or sitting, most of them looking arrogant.
"It's you!"
Before Zhao Mian opened his mouth, he saw a monk from Chongxuan Pavilion stood up and shouted: "I'm worried that I can't find you, a poor country man like you!"
"Are you... Zheng Tunan?" Zhao Shu looked at the person in front of him. Although he was well-dressed and handsome, his expression was ruthless.
Zhao Shu suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "What? You've been kicked, but you haven't learned enough lessons?"
"Seeking death!" Zheng Tunan pressed the handle of the knife and was about to be violent, but was quickly restrained by a man in Tsing Yi with a similar appearance behind him.
"Brother, we have been assigned to be the leader. We are here to do business in Jinding Division. You don't want to..."
The man in green tried his best to dissuade him, but Zheng Tunan said harshly: "You, a servant, are worthy of stopping me from giving birth to a son? Let go!"
But no matter how hard Zheng Tunan tried, he still couldn't break free from the grasp of the man in green. The two immediately struggled into a ball, with Zheng Tunan still yelling and swearing, making the scene quite ugly.
Zhao Shu found that other people in Chongxuan Hall were just watching with their arms folded, without making any move to stop them, and some people were not hiding their smiles. It seemed that the different families in Chongxuan Hall were not in love with each other.
"Does your nephew know this Zheng Tunan?" Marquis Anyang asked in a low voice.
Zhao Shu replied: "When my teacher and I took a boat into the city, we encountered him fighting with others, causing the boat to stop sailing. I stepped in to stop the fight and kicked him into the water."
Marquis Anyang shook his head and laughed: "Not surprising, this man is the eldest son of the Zheng family in Jiujiang. However, his father died in the Five Kingdoms War, and the elders in the clan doted on him. He is spoiled by nature."
Zhao Shu frowned and said, "Chongxuan Hall sent someone like this, why does Liang Guoshi despise Jin Dingsi so much?"
"Not necessarily." Anyang Hou Yan said: "Zheng Tunan has shown his ugly face. Liang Guoshi expected that Jindingsi would not accommodate such a person. I am afraid that Jindingsi is using Jindingsi to squeeze out the Zheng family's children."
Zhao Miao sneered: "Master Liang is really 'well-intentioned'."
"stop!"
In the end, a man with a slightly gloomy face stood up and shouted: "You have lost the face of Chongxuan Hall and Jiujiang Zheng family. If you don't stop, you two will go back to Jiujiang's old house and never come back to the East again."
Shengdu!"
After hearing this, Zheng Tunan suppressed his anger, his shoulders heaved, and he stared at Zhao Shu fiercely, wishing to bite off a piece of meat from him. As for the other man in Tsing Yi, Zheng Tunan received a few elbows from him.
He was hit, but he was not injured at all, but his clothes were a little messy, and he lowered his head and retreated behind the others.
"Brother Dongyou!" Marquis Anyang waved his sleeves and raised his hands towards the gloomy monk to say hello: "I haven't seen you for half a year. Is Brother Dongyou okay?"
"Thanks to Marquis Anyang for his concern, everything is fine with Mr. Liang."
Marquis Anyang summoned Zhao Shu and said: "Brother Dongyou, this is Zhao Shu, the deacon of the Jinding Division. As you know, I admire Xuanxiu, but I have no talent for immortality. I am just a welcome and send-off person in the department."
The role and specific affairs will depend on Deacon Zhao."
Zhao Shu handed over his hand, and Marquis Anyang said to him: "This is Liang Dongyou, the coach of Chongxuan Hall, who is also responsible for taking charge of all affairs of the hall."
Chongxuan Pavilion has an upper and lower pavilion in Difei Mountain. The upper pavilion is based on researching the weak and guarding the truth, while the lower pavilion is dedicated to refining elixirs and treating medicine. It is somewhat similar to the previous immortal sects, which were divided into inner and outer sects, but Huai
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Liang Dongyou said: "The head of my family has said that the Jinding Division is serving the country and the Chongxuan Hall is enjoying its prosperity, so how can we stay out of it? So we selected a group of junior disciples to come here, hoping to be appreciated by Marquis Anyang."
"That's it." Anyang Hou nodded and said: "There are so many talented people in Chongxuan Pavilion. The best are selected from the best. I guess they are all the best among the people!"
Zhao Shu almost didn't laugh when he heard this. Even if we don't talk about people like Zheng Tunan, even the Liang family in Yongjia has many mediocre and incompetent people.
Liang Dongyou always had a gloomy face and did not comment on the words of Marquis Anyang. He just said: "Liang Mou heard that if you want to be appointed as Jin Dingsi, you must first pass the examination?"
Marquis Anyang looked back and signaled, Zhao Shu stepped forward and said, "Yes, the Jinding Division specializes in the making of ritual objects, the burning of alchemy cauldrons, and the writing of talismans and curses. It is not about bravery and ruthlessness."
After saying this, Zhao Shu's eyes moved towards Zheng Tunan, whose face turned red from suppressing his emotions. He had to sigh, not everyone has Liang Shuo's noble gentleman's manners and manners.
Liang Dongyou asked again: "I don't know how to take the exam specifically?"
Zhao Shu waved to the servants behind him, and soon someone brought several large tables, on which were displayed talismans, cinnabar, various spiritual materials, and even several alchemy cauldrons the size of incense burners.
"The Jinding Division currently has three departments: Talismans, Alchemy, and Instruments. All generalists and specialists are welcome." Zhao Shu said: "The Talisman and Law Department takes the test of entraining qi and writing talismans. Taoist friends who are interested in this can come forward and give it a try."
As soon as these words came out, Liang Dongyou frowned slightly, and all the Chongxuan Hall monks looked at each other. It was obvious that the test set by Zhao Shu was unexpected.
The monks and magicians practice the talismans mostly by relying on the talismans and diagrams passed down from generation to generation, tracing and writing, and at the same time thinking about the charm, and pushing the luck when writing. In this way, they have been immersed in it for a long time, spiritually comprehended, and they will naturally practice high and profound skills, and it is as if they have divine help when writing.
The Qi-entraining calligraphy talisman is a major threshold for talismans. Marquis Anyang signaled Zhao Shui to embarrass Chongxuan Hall, and he naturally did so. After all, people with real abilities are not afraid of tests, and the incompetent Jin Dingsi does not welcome them either. If Chongxuan
The people at the museum couldn't do it, and there was no place to complain.
Just when Liang Dongyou was about to speak, a tall woman walked out from behind, wearing a dark black outfit, with phoenix eyes and willow eyebrows, a cold expression, and a short sword on her waist. She came to Zhao Shu and bowed her hands:
"Chongxuan Hall, Jingshi."
This cold woman didn't waste any time, she directly twisted a piece of talisman paper, and then the sword pointed out a wisp of sharp energy, passing through the cinnabar ink on the table, and outlined it in mid-air, hiding into the shape of a sword blade, hanging above the fingertips.
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Seeing this, Zhao Shu nodded secretly, pointing the Jingshi sword in vain, and the cinnabar ink sword falling on the paper was stained. The talisman paper was like an insect's wings quivering, but it calmed down in an instant, and a sword talisman was written without any delay.
"Please take a look at it, Deacon Zhao." Jing Shi handed over the sword talisman.
Zhao Shu glanced at it and knew that this talisman was extraordinary. He could sense the sword energy hidden in it. This woman named Jing Shi probably also had good attainments in swordsmanship.
"Yes, fellow Taoist has passed the examination." Zhao Shui also had to admit that there are still talents in Chongxuan Hall. Moreover, this woman named Jing Shi is not as arrogant as other children of Chongxuan Hall, not to mention she is not an immortal.
With her fourth surname, Zhao Shui had a much better impression of her.
"Are there any other fellow Taoists who want to show off?" Zhao Shu put down his sword talisman and raised his eyes to ask.
Liang Dongyou looked around, his face became more gloomy, and he could only say: "Deacon Zhao, you might as well take the alchemy subject first."
Zhao Shu did not refute. He had already heard about the study of external elixirs in Chongxuan Pavilion, so he motioned to the alchemy cauldron on the table: "The eighteen herbs here need to be refined into a furnace of Shumai Powder."
At this time, more than half of the Chongxuan Hall monks breathed a sigh of relief. The Shumai Powder works just as its name suggests. It is used to clear the Qi meridians. For these immortal disciples, it is far from a magical elixir.
"Besides, there is no charcoal firewood here." Zhao Shu added: "Please feel free to stir up trouble on your own."
As soon as these words came out, everyone who had just relaxed immediately changed their expressions. Liang Dongyou asked: "Deacon Zhao, is this too much? How can there be a shortage of charcoal for refining the external elixir bait?"
"Smelting elixirs, breathing in and blowing wind, and concentrating to generate fire. If the fire is to be pure, the important thing is that the qi movement is not mixed and the spiritual thoughts are pure." Zhao Shu said: "Otherwise, when refining the elixir, the daydreams and miscellaneous qi will prevail, and there will be no fear of causing irritation.
Ghosts and gods come to steal the elixir, and the cauldron explodes? If there is no such foundation, how will the Nine Heavens Shengxia elixir be refined in the future?"
Zhao Shu's general truth was overridden, and Liang Dongyou had nothing to say, because it is said that Qingya Zhenjun refined the Nine Heavens Shengxia Pill, and after taking it, he soared in the daytime. The descendants of the Yongjia Liang family are all proud of this.
.If you haven’t even learned the housekeeping skills of your ancestors well, then don’t talk about Danding Luohuo.
But even though Zhao Shu was prepared for this test, four monks from the Chongxuan Pavilion still came forward. They each took the medicine pill furnace, looked at each other for a few times, and then found an empty place to sit cross-legged on the ground, vaguely forming a formation.
Zhao Shu noticed that the Qi machines they exhaled and exhaled were in response to each other, and each of them emitted a little bit of subtle true fire. As the Qi machines resonated with each other, the real fire grew stronger, and then enveloped the alchemy furnace in front of each other.
"Can it still be like this?" Zhao Shu was really impressed now. This was the first time he had seen the formation of alchemy.
The four monks chanted mantras and pinched their hands, and the wind was strong and the fire was strong. Then they poured in spiritual materials and medicines, and the properties of the Chinese medicines were matched in sequence. The dregs and miscellaneous gases were refined by the fire and dissipated.
Not long after, the Shumai Powder was prepared. The four monks dispersed the fire in the furnace, and then used their spells to push the still-warm alchemy furnace in front of Zhao Miao, with no trace of pride on their faces.
Zhao Shu looked at the sparse veins that were as white as fine sand and knew that he could not regret it, so he smiled and said: "Okay, the four fellow Taoists have come up with their own ideas, so they have passed the test."
When Liang Dongyou heard this, his gloomy face softened a little, and he asked: "Deacon Zhao, there is another subject. I don't know where to take the exam?"
Zhao Shu took out a bundle of arrow branches from the side: "It's not difficult. Sacrifice and refine the arrows to make them sharper and able to penetrate armor."
When he said this, servants put down the wooden dummy in the courtyard outside the hall, which was covered with three layers of iron armor.
Liang Dongyou was silent for a moment, while Zheng Tunan pulled out the sword from his waist: "I can separate gold and break stone with this Hong Ming Sword!"
"You have a precious sword, but ordinary soldiers only have iron weapons in their hands." Zhao Shu's tone gradually became colder: "Since you rely on the sharpness of your sword, why not go chop down the iron warriors of the Xiong Kingdom?"
The Qianjun Iron Figurine is an original creation of the Xiong Kingdom. It is shaped like a pottery figurine, but it is made of fine iron and refined with talismans. It weighs more than a thousand Jun and is indestructible. Once this iron figurine appears on the battlefield,
Once trapped in a formation and defeated by an army, there is no disadvantage, and ordinary soldiers cannot stop it.
When Zheng Tunan heard this, he immediately became furious: "I see clearly, you are deliberately making things difficult for us and creating a bunch of exams that few people can pass! I don't believe you can do them all!"
Zhao Shui narrowed his eyes and said nothing, and Zheng Tunan became even more enthusiastic: "Coach Liang, this Zhao Shui is relying on the support of Marquis Anyang to shut out our Chongxuan Hall. Are you going to sit back and ignore it?!"
Liang Dongyou frowned. He didn't like Zheng Tunan, but he couldn't deny that this statement was reasonable. Even he felt that the examination given by Zhao Shu was a bit harsh.
Just when Liang Dongyou was about to criticize, Zhao Shu slapped the table and said: "Mediocre, today I will open your eyes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Shui's eyes glowed red. As his pupils stared into the air, a red-colored talisman was written out of thin air. Then, with a sweep of his sword, the red talisman was divided into two parts.
Zhao Shu pulled out the arrow with one hand, chanted a spell in his mouth, and half of the red talisman was slowly burned into the arrow cluster. Half of the red talisman seals were left empty and the alchemy cauldron was left empty. The fire suddenly started. Zhao Shu took the medicine with his other hand and threw it into the furnace.
Raising his hand and throwing it, the refined arrow turned into a ray of red light and shot out, directly piercing the triple armor and knocking down the dummy in the courtyard.
While everyone was in awe, the flames in the hall were booming, Zhao Shu was drumming up the true energy, and bursts of medicinal fragrance were floating in the air. The sparse veins were scattered in the alchemy cauldron when the heat was used, and turned into spices. The medicinal power fumigated the body, and everyone suddenly felt that all the pulses were relaxed.
Looking into the hall, the smoke is curling up, making it look like a fairy.