In the north of Wushan, in a huge mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, there is a special temple that has been abandoned for a long time.
The temple is square in shape, surrounded by many white columns, with tiny snakes wrapped around them.
The outer walls are also full of pictures of priests with snake heads and human bodies, using staffs to pray for believers.
In the ruined main hall of the temple.
A tall man wearing a black robe, with black hair hanging casually on his shoulders, was carefully examining the contents of the murals in the temple.
The man's face was plain and unattractive, but not ugly either, but his skin was indescribably pale and delicate.
It was a special kind of paleness that even a woman who stayed in a boudoir and had not seen the sun all year round could not achieve.
While the man was carefully examining the murals, several people suddenly approached in the forest outside the temple and quickly approached.
"Hurry! It's going to rain. There is a ruined temple here. I used to come here to take shelter here!"
A man said loudly with a thick mountain provincial accent.
"This ghost place is really amazing! After traveling so far, there is no village, no shop, not even a place to rest." Another man said unhappily.
"Okay, okay, our sisters haven't spoken, why are you complaining?" Another female voice sounded, showing a hint of helplessness.
"Aren't you anxious and afraid of things happening? The Academy will be naturalized this year. If you arrive late, I'm afraid you will be reprimanded and punished by your teacher again." The male voice said.
Soon, a group of six people, three men and three women, trotted quickly into the temple. After entering the door, a strong man in front of them saw a man in black robe standing inside.
He immediately cupped his fists and raised his hands, "Brother, please take shelter from the rain on the way. Sorry to bother you."
"Excuse me. The wild land is not mine alone." The man in black robe replied, his voice calm and filled with deep peace.
He turned around and glanced at the people who came in.
As he turned around, his face was also looked at by the six people who came in one by one.
"Huh?" Among the six people, one of the women suddenly let out a soft moan, staring at the man in black robe carefully, as if trying to identify something.
"You are...Brother Zhang!?" The woman suddenly exclaimed, remembering the past.
The man in black robe heard the sound and looked at the woman carefully.
This woman was dressed in a white outfit, with a brown mink collar around her neck. Her black hair was tied high into a high ponytail commonly used by women traveling in the world, and she carried a thick copper ring with a matte gray-black scabbard on her back.
Big knife.
Whether it is the clothes on his body, the scabbard of his sword, the money bag on his waist, or the fine gold threads decorated on his snakeskin belt, it seems that he has a lot of financial resources.
What made the man most familiar was the other person's face...
"You are...Six Hundred..." The man's words stopped suddenly, and his eyes froze slightly as he recognized the other person's identity.
"Is it really you!!? Brother Zhang!?" The woman is the super fat girl in Tan Yang City back then!
Wan Yan Road!
The man in black robe is Zhang Rongfang, who has been collecting information about gods and Buddhas for the past few months.
After not seeing each other for many years, the two looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.
Wan Yanlu has completely lost weight. The young girl who weighed 600 kilograms and had to be supported by several strong women to walk has finally realized her original wish.
Now, she has a pale wheat color, her brows are full of heroic spirit, her whole body is strong and well-proportioned, her long legs, slender waist and chest are comparable to those of a goddess. She is unusually tall and straight, and has perfectly transformed into a sunny and healthy beautiful girl.
Zhang Rongfang was filled with admiration in his heart when he saw it.
After just looking at Yan Lu, her beauty is only slightly worse than that of a goddess, let alone compared to the image of a huge fat girl who weighed 600 pounds in the past.
Wan Yanlu hadn't seen Zhang Rongfang for many years. At that time, he was still called Zhang Ying and was working in Tan Yangcheng under disguise.
Now that old friends meet, an inexplicable feeling emerges from her heart.
Immediately, she took a few steps forward and walked quickly to Zhang Rongfang. The two were similar in height. She opened her mouth, but suddenly realized that she didn't know what to say.
The other companions also showed curiosity at this time.
Among them, Wanyan Lu can be said to be one of the aloof beauties that many people in the academy pursue.
But she never expected that she would meet someone who made her lose her composure in such a deserted mountain and a ruined temple.
"Junior Sister Wanyan, why don't you introduce me?" The leader of the six, a man dressed as a scholar and a gentleman, with a dagger hanging from his waist, approached with a graceful demeanor.
He is Zhang Shuoyang, and like Wanyan Lu, he is a member of Chongyang Academy.
The two of them were from the same hometown, and he had always been vaguely interested in Wanyan Lu.
But due to the lack of face and the short time of contact, I haven't really started pursuing him yet.
"Hmm..." Wanyan Lu also recalled Zhang Ying's identity at this time, and his pretty face suddenly changed color.
"This is the best friend I made when I was in Tan Yang, Zhang Ying...Brother Zhang."
She simply changed the pronunciation of one word, and then looked at Zhang Rongfang apologetically.
The latter smiled nonchalantly.
"Brother Zhang is here alone. He must be busy with something, so we won't disturb you." Wanyan Lu said quickly, grabbing a few curious companions, and walked to a corner to speak quietly.
Although she never met Zhang Rongfang again, she gradually heard about the huge change in Zhang Ying's identity.
She was afraid that some of her friends and classmates might anger Zhang Rongfang and cause them to get into trouble.
Although she has always had a different feeling for Zhang Ying, things will change after many years.
Especially after hearing about Zhang Ying's increasingly cruel and vicious reputation.
The five of them were dragged away by Wanyan Lu, but Zhang Rongfang didn't take it seriously.
Being able to see an acquaintance can be regarded as relieving the loneliness in my heart during these times.
It is also quite boring to keep searching for Bailin's temple in the mountains alone.
"Is this your former sweetheart?" Bai Lin couldn't help but ask in his mind.
"She was just a little girl, how could she talk?" Zhang Rongfang was speechless. "At that time, I was just a minor official. She was just a young girl weighing 600 kilograms..."
"Weights six hundred pounds??" Bai Lin instantly compared the figure of Wanyan Lu he just saw and fell silent.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. I have searched several temples of yours, and this time I finally found all the fragments of your core statue. What's next?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
"If you want to enter my Taixu, you must have a core spiritual thread combined with a core idol as my host body. I have the core spiritual thread here, but my own core idols can only be collected from various temples."
Bai Lin explained, "Now you find a place to assemble my core statue. I will try my best to see if I can pull you into my trance."
"Okay!" Zhang Rongfang cheered up.
His goal in the past three months has been to try to investigate what kind of existence Taixu of gods and Buddhas is.
Gods and Buddhas have always come to worship gods and fight with spirit generals, but he has never really seen a god or Buddha descend from his own body.
According to Bai Lin, gods and Buddhas cannot come by themselves out of thin air. If they want to affect reality, they must use real objects that exist in reality.
Like a statue of a god, like a human being.
Originally, Zhang Rongfang had no intention of understanding the origin and nature of gods and Buddhas. Anyway, as long as he killed all their followers and smashed all the statues, they would fall into the abyss of oblivion sooner or later.
But Bai Lin's words made him change his mind.
Gods and Buddhas like Ling Feitian are so high above that all the great spiritual warriors in the world have the imprint of their minds.
If you were to confront Ling Feitian, and if you followed your method, wouldn't you be able to kill all the soldiers in the world, maybe even more?
Therefore, based on this, Zhang Rongfang decided to change the second method proposed by Bai Lin.
The second method can completely kill the gods and Buddhas.
Enter Taixu and kill the gods and Buddhas themselves.
But I'm afraid no one can do such a thing.
If Zhang Rongfang hadn't shown such terrifying talent, Bai Lin would never have come up with such a method.
For a while, Zhang Rongfang sat alone in one corner of the ruined temple, and six people on Wanyan Road sat in the other corner.
Both sides light a fire together and rest.
Unknowingly, the rain outside changed from small to heavy, from sparse to dense.
The raindrops wet the grass and hit the leaves and branches, making a crisp popping sound.
The five people in the academy were obviously very curious about Zhang Rongfang and kept asking about Wanyan Lu's situation.
However, Wanyan Lu remained tight-lipped and never opened his mouth.
After questioning for a while, several people saw that she was completely uncooperative, so they gradually lost interest and began to discuss other matters.
"Have you heard? The New Deal has spread from all provinces to all provinces, and pilot projects must be set up all the way to the prefecture level." A young scholar whispered.
"Now His Majesty is wise and decisive, and he can bear the heavy pressure of the world with one man. After hearing that this decree was issued, the Grand Alliance went to the palace several times to negotiate. In the court, many high-ranking people also tried to boycott. But although there were many boycotters, there were even more supporters.
!" Zhang Shuoyang, who took the lead, spoke in a casual and natural way, revealing his arrogant sense of superiority that he could even know the news in the court.
"Your Majesty is here to change the lives of scholars all over the world!"
Although the voices of the few people speaking were low, Zhang Rongfang felt that this distance was as clear as if someone was speaking carefully in his ear.
Originally, he was learning from Bai Lin how to create the magic circle that would induce Taixu.
But when I heard the chat here, I immediately thought of the big event that my sister Zhang Rongyu mentioned before.
Immediately, he stood up, came to a few people, and clasped his fists: "Excuse me for disturbing you."
Several people stood up and returned the courtesy.
"Brother, you're welcome. What do you do for me?" Zhang Shuoyang asked first.
"Brother Zhang, you can come to me if you need anything, don't be so polite." Wanyan Lu said happily, patting his chest.
"I just want to ask, what is His Majesty's new decree that you just mentioned...?"
Zhang Rongfang has been running around in the mountains and hasn't contacted his subordinates for a long time. Because his location keeps changing, Xiao Hong can't send information to him.
Nowadays, some information is closed.
"Is this what it is?" Wanyan took a step forward and pulled Zhang Lianyang back who was about to speak.
"This is a new decree issued a few days ago. His Majesty announced to the world that Confucianism will be removed from the ten levels of the Great Spirit and listed alongside monks and Taoism! He also ordered all provinces and roads to re-establish academic examinations and reopen them.
Imperial examination!"
"Restart the imperial examination!?" Zhang Rongfang looked shocked.
"Why so sudden!? But what happened before?" He immediately asked.
"Yes, one month ago, the seven branches of Confucianism, together with the academy and many great Confucians, went to Dadu to debate Buddhism and Taoism in the dojo appointed by His Majesty." This time Zhang Lianyang quickly explained, "In the end, I am Confucian
The great Confucian won seven out of seven battles in Taoism. The Grand Master Yue was refuted and speechless, and finally retreated to Tiancheng Palace."
"So far, Confucianism has been re-established and the imperial examination has begun! My journey as a scholar in the world has begun again!!" Zhang Shuoyang's words revealed a strong sense of arrogance and pride. This chapter has been completed!