The last few words of Zhang Shunyi are all in my mind.
From pretending to take a nap to create conditions for myself to secretly read books, to trying every means to become a true warrior.
Zhang Youde has changed a lot, he is completely different.
Zhang Shunyi said that this is because he has lost his original intention.
Can something as conceptual as the original mind be lost?
Xu Chong's education meant that he didn't quite understand this sentence.
But assuming that Zhang Shunyi is right, and Zhang Youde's character changed drastically because he lost his original intention, then does his problem not stem from his state of mind at all, but the same loss of original intention?
If you have even lost your original intention, where can you get the state of mind?
Thinking about it again, I still can’t figure out what my original intention is. I have to say that it is very possible.
"Assuming this is the case, then when did I lose my original intention?"
Xu Chong moved his steps, walking aimlessly while reminiscing.
Gradually, his mind began to empty out, and his thoughts were flying wildly.
Soon, he remembered his past life experience.
In his previous life, Xu Chong, like most people, came from an ordinary background, with a stern father and a nagging mother.
A top student in elementary school, a middling student in middle school, and a top student in high school.
Later, I found Pheasant University, which is difficult to search on the homepage.
After graduation, I plunged headlong into the troubled world. After struggling for a few times, I gave in and began to drift with the crowd. Until my parents passed away, I was unable to save a house to stand on.
Ordinary life, ordinary people.
To sum it up in one sentence, you are passionate when you are young, arrogant when you are young, and numb when you are middle-aged.
Nothing much to say.
Then it was time to travel.
Time travel...
Xu Chong looked in front of him in confusion.
In front of him was an old, empty room.
There is a couch, a wooden table, two benches in the room, and an earthen stove and table near the window.
So simple, yet so familiar.
It turned out that he walked back to the old house on Baiyang Lane while unconsciously strolling, and even took out the key and opened the door.
——Plop!
A clear heart beat sounded.
Xu Chong, who was immersed in memories, at this coincidental moment, naturally entered into the self he had just traveled through.
Hesitation, fear, uneasiness.
But, there is a surprise!
Yes.
When he realized the fact of time travel, he was pleasantly surprised.
Hesitation, fear, and uneasiness all come from the unknown road ahead.
He was pleasantly surprised because he knew that he no longer had to worry about worldly views, worked so hard for a house, and no longer had to force himself to be ingratiating because of fragile interpersonal relationships. He no longer had to feel uncomfortable because he had no friends.
I am superfluous...
Under the circumstances at that time, these various reasons for the surprise can all be summed up in two words.
Comfortable.
The first yearning is freedom!
Xu Chong suddenly realized: "That's it!"
The past half a year has passed.
First of all, his original character gave him a restriction, forcing him to bear the goodwill and expectations of the people.
Immediately afterwards, the existence of cognitive barriers was like a huge stone weighing on his heart, making him gradually feel that traveling through time was not something worth being happy about.
Then, fresh lives were taken away easily, but he could not stop it.
Frightened, unwilling, and powerless.
His heart gradually began to feel numb.
Therefore, his problem is not his state of mind at all, but that he has lost his original intention.
I lost my heart yearning for freedom!
So, what is freedom?
Xu Chong slowly closed his eyes, his thoughts racing.
Zi Zi means caring for all people and benefiting the world?
Freedom is lawlessness and wanton behavior?
No, neither.
I am not my original self, and I am so kind that I benefit others at the expense of myself.
I am not Qingting, I am so evil that I enslave all sentient beings.
The freedom I want has never been so extreme or so grand!
Just immersed in thinking, Xu Chong's thoughts became purer and more transparent.
Faces passed through his mind one after another.
Aunt Ma, Wang Laizi, Wu Wenjing, Zhou Ze, Fu Yuanlong, Liu Er, Lao Li...
After a while, Xu Chong suddenly opened his eyes.
"Accept your own good and control your own evil."
"Have the courage to face your weak self, and have the courage to become a strong self."
"In the face of evil, force, weakness, and subjugation, one's mind is unyielding; in the face of good and weak, one has unrivaled strength but one's words and deeds do not deceive."
"This is my freedom!"
In an instant, the power dormant in the meridians and acupoints began to surge.
——Crash!
There is no skill, no spiritual source, and no need to control it.
The power of the Yang Holding Kung Fu rushed to the Jueyin Meridian of the Hand autonomously, with great momentum all the way.
In just a moment, all the acupoints on the entire meridian were completely penetrated.
The sixth level of Tongmai, done!
At the same time, whether they are good or bad thoughts, they are all stable and there is no sign of losing control.
Xu Chong was not surprised by this and accepted the change happily.
"Everything is done, it's time to move forward."
Xu Chong locked the wooden door of the old house and walked away.
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The next day, county school.
"If you come to invite me to serve as county government director, I advise you to go back directly."
As soon as he met Wang Hezhi, he spoke directly.
"I..."
"If you come to tell me about that brat Zhang Shunyi, then there's no need to mention it."
Wang Hezhi raised his hand again and directly interrupted Xu Chong.
"Well..."
Xu Chong really didn't expect this, "Master, do you know about Shunyi?"
"I haven't received a letter for several months, and I haven't even looked at it since I returned to the county. Are you thinking that I am the murderer of my father?"
Wang Hezhi sneered and said dissatisfied: "Huh, neither of you two can make me worry."
Xu Chong touched his nose.
"In short, this is not your concern. If there is nothing else, just go back. It is only right to take care of the Yamen so that I can have less trouble."
Wang Hezhi waved his hand as if to drive people away.
"I really need to ask you something."
Xu Chong didn't care and asked directly: "The student wants to ask about the promotion of officials."
"Promotion? What's there to ask?"
Wang Hezhi frowned, a little puzzled, "Just endure it."
"Hard to endure?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows.
"Stay strong enough in martial arts and pass the general examination in the ninth year to be rated as competent. If you meet both standards, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will add your name to the promotion list."
Wang Hezhi stroked his white beard and said, "As long as you are not deposed by His Majesty, you can be promoted."
"There should be other ways, right?"
Xu Chong asked again, "Students remember that Fu Yuanlong was not promoted to the general banner before, but he skipped the 100-household examination and was promoted to 100-household. He was definitely not promoted through the general examination."
Waiting for nine years is too long. According to the speed at which the county government generates spiritual sources, it will only be more than 200 points in nine years. For immortality that requires 10,000 spiritual sources to activate, it is completely a drop in the bucket.
"That is a simple statement and cannot be judged by common sense."
Wang Hezhi glanced at Xu Chong: "Unless you also encounter a mission like a fragment of the cave sky, and make great achievements from it."
Xu Chong's mouth twitched, "Okay."
Zhongzhi promotion means that the emperor issues an order and directly promotes people, bypassing all rules.
Unless Emperor Qing pays a private visit to Canglong incognito and has a close relationship with Xu Chong, don’t even think about it.