Everyone was surprised by the appearance of Long Junhai, because no one had ever been so unruly. However, when everyone saw Li Bai standing aside, they suddenly realized why Long Junhai could stand here openly.
Long Junhai looked at the statue in front of him. The statue was a hundred feet tall and depicted a kind-looking old man. At first, Long Junhai didn't notice anything, but when he looked up and took a closer look, he suddenly realized that the statue in front of him was none other than Confucius! Could it be that Confucius had also traveled through time?
But if you think about it carefully, since we are in a parallel space, all the characters of the Tang Dynasty and the deified characters have appeared, so it is not surprising that a Confucius appears here.
Long Junhai calmed down his excitement, then knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times. Everyone did the same.
After kneeling down, Long Junhai handed the soul jade slip that had been prepared long ago to Li Bai, and then Li Bai immediately placed the soul jade slip on the incense table in front of Confucius.
The incense table wasn't too large, only about ninety-nine feet long and three feet high. Various offerings were placed on it, with a huge incense burner in the center. When Long Junhai placed his soul jade slip on it, a magical and mysterious power enveloped the jade slip. The jade slip quickly disappeared, and the soul power within it automatically returned to Long Junhai's body. However, Long Junhai suddenly gained that mysterious power! This was the seed of the aura of the literary way, which would take root and sprout in his body and slowly grow, allowing him to maximize his literary talent.
It’s just that Long Junhai’s body is quite special. He contains the Heavenly Dao Universe in his body. As soon as this subtle energy of the Taoist aura entered his body, it was absorbed by his own Heavenly Dao Universe!
Long Junhai was startled, wondering if his aura of Wen Dao had simply vanished. However, after careful observation, he discovered that the aura had been absorbed by the Qingxuan Sacred Tree, and a lush green bud had sprouted next to its roots.
Although Long Junhai was confused and didn't understand what was going on, he could feel that the aura of literature and Taoism on his body had not disappeared, but was hidden in the Qingxuan Holy Tree, so he felt relieved.
At this time, Li Bai came over and said with a smile: "Okay, the worship ceremony is completed. From today on, you are also a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Saint. Let's go and take the exam."
According to normal practice, after becoming a disciple of a saint, one must first take part in the Tongshi examination, then the Xiangshi examination, the Huishi examination, and so on, advancing step by step.
Because Li Bai was the Grand Secretary of the Tang Empire and was known as the strongest person in literature and morality, he had the right to promote talents out of turn, so he allowed Long Junhai to take the scholar examination directly.
Behind the hall is the examination hall, which is densely packed and can accommodate 100,000 candidates each time. Even so, many candidates do not have the opportunity to take the exam every year, so they often only have to take the exam once every three or four years. Some people who have no connections may even have to wait for decades to take the exam.
Although Long Junhai is using a backdoor now, he still needs to show some real talent if he wants to advance, because the papers are not only graded by the examiners, but also need to be placed in the main hall of the Confucian Temple to be tested by the saints of heaven. Some papers that do not meet the level and are falsified will be burned directly, while some papers that exceed the level will emit a dazzling light, showing talent, so those examiners dare not falsify the papers, as they will lose their heads if they are found out!
Li Bai arranged everything for Long Junhai, and he only needed to take the exam.
Coming to this closed little room, Long Junhai felt a little ridiculous. He didn't expect that he would have to take this kind of exam again after several years. This reminded him of his previous exam experience.
Although the examination room is closed, each room is monitored by the outside world. If a candidate cheats, he or she will be disqualified from the examination and will not be able to take the examination for a hundred years. The case will also be reported nationwide, making the candidate unable to hold his or her head up for the rest of his or her life and becoming a lifelong stain.
After Long Junhai entered the room, the test paper on the table opened automatically, and a series of questions appeared.
"Reciting the Three Character Classic? What kind of question is that? How can it be so simple?"
Long Junhai was very suspicious that he might have taken the wrong test paper, or that Li Bai had deliberately let someone off the mark?
But after thinking about it, Long Junhai felt that no matter which possibility it was, he had to finish the test paper first.
So Long Junhai picked up the pen and wrote on the test paper without hesitation.
"Man is born good; natures are similar, but habits make them different..."
This kind of elementary stuff was no pressure for Long Junhai. In less than ten minutes, he had memorized all the contents!
"The content is correct, but the font is a bit ugly." Long Junhai himself was helpless. Although he had good ability, he had never practiced calligraphy, especially writing with a brush. Even though his control was very good, he didn't care too much because he wrote casually just now. The font he wrote was crooked and looked like the handwriting of a child.
After finishing the test paper, Long Junhai did not find any other test papers, so he opened the door and walked out of the room.
"Huh! How come you finished it so quickly?" Li Bai was a little surprised. He knew that Long Junhai had good literary talent and it should be easy for him to pass the exam to become a scholar, but he didn't expect that he would finish the test so quickly.
Long Junhai smiled bitterly and then said, "I don't know if there's something wrong with the question. Anyway, this question is too simple. I really can't help it!"
After Long Junhai finished speaking, he handed the test paper to Li Bai. After reading it, Li Bai laughed and said, "No wonder, this question is indeed much simpler for me, but what is simple for me is many times more difficult for others!"
"Why is that? Can't everyone recite the Three Character Classic? Even a three-year-old child can learn it by reciting it a few more times, right?" Long Junhai asked in confusion.
"Brother Long, you are overthinking it. It's not like that. You should know that it's easy to remember one or two sentences of the Three Character Classic, but if you want to remember all of it, you need to have a strong foundation in literature and Taoism. Otherwise, if you remember the first sentence, you will forget the second sentence. Generally, no one below the level of a celestial being can recite and write it all out! Even some Golden Immortal masters find it difficult to do so, because the principles of heaven contained therein are difficult to imprint in people's memory." Li Bai explained with a smile.
Long Junhai suddenly understood what he meant, and said, "No wonder. Now can I take the imperial examination?"
"We'll have to wait a while for this. You can only take one exam a day, which is already a very rare thing. Let's go to the main hall first and have the test paper checked and evaluated." Li Bai said with a smile.
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