In the antique guest room, Cheng Lin said to Palm with a very serious expression.
When he learned that the exam was about to start and he was completely unprepared, he knew that he would never pass the exam on his own - at least this second level.
So naturally we need to find other ideas.
According to experience, the deduced plot will never deliberately make things difficult for him. Since the task of being admitted to the sect has been announced, it is equivalent to the deduced program determining that Cheng Lin can pass the exam.
How to take the exam?
Of course it's cheating.
If you want to successfully cheat in front of a certain kind of practitioner, writing on the sleeves of your robe, on your arms, or on your thighs will naturally not work, so you can only rely on the spirit world.
The elves are illiterate and have no hope, but he still has Nuwa.
Within the spiritual world.
Nuwa was sitting in front of the podium, holding her chin up and staring blankly at the empty open-air classroom below. On the bridge of her nose, behind a pair of glasses, her blue eyes were lifeless.
Suddenly, Cheng Lin's voice echoed in the spiritual world. She was startled for a moment, then stood up, pushed up her glasses, and showed her scholarly attitude: "Where is the book?"
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Cheng Lin didn't know the specific situation of this world, and he didn't need to know, but he knew very well that the language and writing of the people here were self-contained. He understood it naturally through the translation of the program, but Nuwa still needed to learn.
Fortunately, this doesn't take much time.
At noon, the scholar He Miao brought the food into the room. Cheng Lin took a look and saw that there was only rice, a bowl of vegetable soup, a plate of side dishes, and nothing else.
After asking, he found out that this was for the purpose of clearing the mind and improving the eyesight. There was a rumor that the immortal masters of the Dao Sect liked clear and agile disciples. In order to make a good impression, they had to abstain from eating greasy meat these days.
He didn't care, he just ate it as a courtesy, and then sent all the books to the spirit world and handed them to Nuwa. In the deduction, the lives inside the spirit world could not come out, but they could communicate.
Cheng Lin spent some time reciting some articles, collecting enough information for Nuwa, and then went out and bought a dictionary book. He only had to wait patiently for Nuwa to learn the language.
He himself walked aimlessly in Jiyun Town.
This town is really small, but the scenery is beautiful. There is only one straight north-south road in the town. Walking to the end, you can see a tall archway with the name of the town written on it. It is said that this is the handiwork of His Majesty the Emperor. Stand under the archway and look out
Look, you can see a clear mountain peak.
That was the location of the examination, but it was not the mountain gate of the Dao Dao Sect, but a villa owned by the emperor, which was lent to the monks of the Dao Dao Sect to live this time.
"What are you looking at?" Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind, and Cheng Lin replied calmly, "Looking at the mountains."
The person who came was a little Taoist priest wearing green clothes. He was a little thin but fair, with black hair tied up and fixed with a wooden hairpin.
"This answer is very fairy-like."
"Why?"
"The same clouds and mountains," the little Taoist replied.
Cheng Lin turned around, looked at him, and raised his lips: "It must be a mystery."
As if he didn't expect Cheng Lin's answer to be so frank, the little Taoist smiled awkwardly and introduced himself: "Qinghe Prefecture, Ji Xuan."
"Hemu." Cheng Lin replied simply.
He immediately took a look at how late it was and felt that if he didn't go back, the scholar Hemiao would probably become anxious. He just nodded to Ji Xuan and left straight away, leaving Ji Xuan who wanted to talk to him to just keep silent.
Just looking at Cheng Lin's leaving figure, he couldn't help but said helplessly: "Why are the people here so cold?"
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"Master, you didn't read any book this afternoon?"
On the first floor of the inn, Cheng Lin occupied a table alone, ordered some salted peanuts with pickled coriander, and drank a bowl of white rice porridge. At his request, the scholar He Miao also sat with him.
The short-haired girl holding white porridge... Well, the short-haired boy's eyebrows were filled with anxiety. He endured it again and again, and finally said: "Young Master, why do you want me to buy it if you don't read?"
Cheng Lin ate a peanut and found it quite delicious. After hearing this, he looked at the little book boy and said confidently:
“Why should I spend time reading a book I bought with money?”
He Miao was choked and couldn't speak for a moment. Her face, which looked like a young lady's, was as red as a ripe apple. After thinking for a long time, she drank her porridge angrily and said no more. She thought to herself, go back.
After that, I'm afraid the master and his wife will sigh again.
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After a night of silence and being unable to practice during the deduction, Cheng Lin slept peacefully. Early the next morning, he got the good news about Nuwa. He had learned the language and all the learning materials had been read and recorded so that he could recall them at any time.
read.
In theory, even if you memorize it backwards, it's very simple.
Cheng Lin was relieved and just waited for the exam to start. However, he was not on the list today. He had to continue wandering. Fortunately, it was not without gain. For example, he found out some popular candidates, such as a certain nobleman from the capital, such as
A child of a wealthy family in the North, and a very popular girl in purple.
There was even a betting market in the gambling shop, and Cheng Lin was wondering if he should imitate the plot in the book and bet on himself as a dark horse, but then he thought it was a deduction and lost interest.
Finally, another day passed, and his name was on the school's examination list.
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He Miao pulled her up early in the morning to freshen up, brush her teeth three times, and make sure the collars of her clothes were neat. Although He Miao was a man, her thoughts were as delicate as a girl's. Cheng Lin was groomed a lot, and he looked really good.
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The two of them walked all the way out of the town and went to the villa. Then, they verified their identities under the gazes of the outer disciples of the Dao Dao Sect, and then came to a square to wait.
Cheng Lin was at ease in his heart and saw with great interest the nervous expressions of the candidates. Many of them were holding books and pamphlets, sharpening their guns and reading, while some were nervously squatting beside the flowers and vomiting...
"It seems that the examination rooms in any time and space are similar..."
Cheng Lin couldn't help thinking.
From time to time, people would come out for roll call, and only one person would enter at a time. Most of them would come out after a while, most of them sweating profusely and their feet weak. This made Cheng Lin wonder, is this exam so stressful?
“He Mu, the capital of Hanoi Prefecture!”
Suddenly, a monk in blue robes came out and shouted.
He Miao jumped three feet high and quickly shouted for Cheng Lin: "Here! Here!"
Then he urged Cheng Lin to get up.
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The examination room was a room in a wooden palace. It didn't look like anything special. When he opened the door, Cheng Lin was ushered in, and the monk who led the way bowed and left.
He calmly scanned the room and found that it was unusually simple. There was a long table at the top, and three monks in Daoist robes were sitting on it.
Cheng Lin raised his eyes and looked over, sighing in his heart, because the person sitting in the middle was the "immortal master" he met on the street in the town when he was buying books the day before yesterday.
The other party's gaze seemed to pause on him for a second, and then he moved away as if nothing had happened, repeating his name to confirm his identity.
"There are three questions in the answer test. Are you ready?"
The monk on the left spoke calmly.
Cheng Lin was about to respond when suddenly, a coercion spread out from the three of them and enveloped the room. It was the aura of an intermediate monk.
It just seems like a special method was used to make it even more stressful.
Ordinary low-level monks will inevitably feel suffocated, depressed, and uncomfortable if they are enveloped.
"No wonder most of those candidates were sweating like rain. It seems that this pressure is also a level of the examination school."
He was certain in his heart, and nodded as usual: "Yes."
Seeing his calm and calm appearance, the three of them were slightly surprised, and then the Taoist on the left spoke first:
"The Tao is often nameless, but even though it is simple, the world does not dare to submit to it. Continued."
Cheng Lin knew that the first question was to give a sentence from the original text of the classics and ask the candidates to continue it, similar to the first half of the sentence in the Chinese language test and write the other half silently.
He remained calm, but secretly passed the question into the spirit world.
Within the spiritual world.
Nuwa was lying lazily in a chair. When she received the question from Cheng Lin, her blue eyes were blank, but she immediately conducted a search in the local database. Then she opened her red lips lightly and recited: "Wanghou Ruo"
If you can defend it, all things will be..."
in the room.
The three Dao Dao Sect monks saw that Cheng Lin only thought about it for a moment after hearing the question, and then he said loudly: "If the princes can guard, all things will be their own. The heaven and the earth will be harmonious, and the nectar will fall. People will not give orders and they will be equal. Let's start the system.
It has a name. It also has a name. Heaven will know where it stops. Knowing where it stops, it will never end. For example, the Tao in the world is like rivers, valleys, rivers and seas."
"Correct." The monk on the left nodded to confirm.
Immediately, the monk on the right asked a question. This second question asked the candidates to answer a sentence where it was recorded. The difficulty level skyrocketed.
"A master of science is not someone who doesn't learn anything. If he learns to the point where he has nothing to learn, then he has a master of learning. Where does it come from?"
Cheng Lin paused for a second and replied: "Section 3 of "Wuyou Chapter", fifth column, page 48 of the current version."
"...Correct." The monk on the right looked slightly moved.
The middle-aged monk in the middle finally spoke: "To the extreme of emptiness, stay still and sincere. All things are working together, and I will watch their recovery. Everything is like a cloud, and each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called Jing, and Jing is called Resurrection. What's the explanation?"
The third question is about understanding, but what is required is not Cheng Lin’s own understanding, but the standard understanding given in the scriptures published by Dao Dao Sect.
Cheng Lin smiled slightly and said quickly: "I know that the theory of returning to one's roots and restoring one's destiny is because it makes people doubt their delusions and return to the true state in order to restore their original state. This is the normal state of restoration."
"That's right, step back."
The middle-aged monk nodded, with a hint of warmth on his face. Cheng Lin stood up and left, closed the door, and returned to the square.
"Master, you... passed the exam..." the scholar Hemiao asked nervously.
Cheng Lin chuckled and said easily: "Who am I, your young master? Of course I have perfect scores. Let's go back and celebrate."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nuwa's voice came from his spiritual thread:
"hehe."
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Back at his residence, Cheng Lin spent another unremarkable night leisurely.
The next day, the Dao Dao Sect's promotion list was announced, but Cheng Lin regretted that there was no ranking list, only the names were announced.
"Master, Master! You have advanced! You have advanced!"
Leaning on the second floor of the inn, Cheng Lin heard He Miao's noisy voice, and soon saw him running in waving a piece of paper, attracting the attention and envy of many people.
"Keep your voice down, what does it look like? There's still one more level to go."
Cheng Lin said calmly. After saying that, he curiously took the paper and looked at it casually, and found his name.
What only slightly surprised him was that there was another name written next to his name: Ji Xuan.