Chapter 236: Expressing Feelings with the Lute, Fox's Annual Test
Gong Mengbi still underestimated how eager they were to go home. When they saw him, they were as excited as if they had met again after a long separation.
Gong Mengbi did not expect them to be so enthusiastic, and this enthusiasm and happiness also infected him.
The days of studying and practicing may be difficult and boring, but after leaving the Fox Courtyard, the foxes gradually discovered that this is the most reassuring place.
Before coming here, they were just country foxes. After arriving at the Fox Courtyard, Gong Mengbi provided them with food and accommodation, taught them skills, taught them how to practice, and planned their future. It can be said that he was giving them a second life.
After leaving Fox Court, some returned to their hometowns or took up positions in the county, but their lives were much better than before. With talent, one could get by anywhere.
Not all of these foxes had a happy ending. Some were still suspected by the community gods, while others messed up and were never reused.
But they are not worried about the future, just as Gong Mengbi said when practicing the Nine Methods, if you learn the Nine Methods, you can go anywhere in the world.
Gong Mengbi was already very satisfied.
He understood the differences between individuals and couldn't expect all foxes to be the same. But from his perspective, comparing the foxes' current state with their past was already a success.
However, what he thinks of as success is not real success. The real test is still to come, which is the assessment of Tianhu Academy.
After a day's rest, these foxes returned to their studies to review what they had learned and learn new things, in preparation for the Sky Fox Academy assessment.
Tianhu Academy holds an exam every year, usually at the end of the year. If there is any emergency, the exam will be skipped this year, but will be made up in the spring of next year.
For example, the last time Gong Mengbi took the student exam, the entire Tianhu Academy was busy with the arrival of the Demon Star, and the student assessment was not completed until March.
After that assessment, Gong Mengbi was valued by the goddess because of his excellent performance. He was granted immortal status and directly appointed to the Fox Society of Wuning County, and no longer had to participate in the student assessment.
The last time the Heavenly Fox Academy was assessed was when the Fox Academy had completed its first year. The goddess personally assessed the Fox Academy and also assessed his term of office, allowing him to be promoted two levels and become the Fox Chief of Dongyang County.
The next assessment will have to wait until he completes three years in office.
After returning in December, there was only half a month left before the Tianhu Academy assessment.
There is not much time left for the foxes. They need to calm down, cultivate their energy and nourish their spirits, and adjust themselves to the best condition.
The annual examinations of Tianhu Academy and Fox Academy will be held on the same day. Three generations of foxes will take the exams together, and the learning atmosphere of the entire Fox Academy will suddenly become extremely solemn and dignified.
Everywhere you look you can see Fox concentrating on studying and delving into his lessons.
This first batch of foxes went out for training and came back to prepare for the entrance exam to the Sky Fox Academy, which was also a great stimulation for the remaining two batches of foxes.
Everyone knows that once you are admitted to Tianhu Academy, it is like a carp leaping over the dragon gate. From then on, you can become an immortal and no longer be trapped in the mortal world.
And now, these wild foxes actually have the possibility to participate in the assessment of the Heavenly Fox Academy.
Wild foxes and the like are just evil spirits. In the past, they were not even qualified to participate in the assessment of the Sky Fox Academy.
The Tianhu Academy holds an examination on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. The moon is at its zenith, the moon god subdues demons, and the moon emperor assesses the merits and demerits of the world. All the wild foxes have to hide, not daring to face the power of the moon god.
In the past, when practicing, one could only avoid the full moon nights and collect some moonlight to refine Qi.
Now, these wild foxes can naturally absorb energy and practice cultivation during the full moon. Most of them have refined the impure energy in their bodies and cleansed the hostility in their bodies. Their good deeds are also recorded in the Yue Mansion's life records, and they are qualified to take the examination to become students.
Regardless of whether they can pass the exam or not, all the foxes can only wish them well and look forward to studying in Tianhu Academy one day.
Gong Mengbi did not have any requirements for the fox boys who were about to take the annual examination of Tianhu Academy. He had already told them the key points of the examination, and he was afraid that the fox boys could recite them by heart.
It was just the final step, and many foxes were extremely nervous, some even couldn't sleep.
Gong Mengbi saw it all, but he could do nothing about it. He only played the qin occasionally in front of the god, using it to soothe his heart.
When these foxes went out to gain experience, Gong Mengbi had more free time. In addition to practicing, he gradually found the wonderful principle of expressing his feelings through the zither.
This was learned from the Taoist teachings of the Seventh Elder. The Seventh Elder placed his emotions in things, his spirit in heaven and earth, and used the Seven Virtues to nourish his heart and refine his spirit. This was a wonderful way to refine his spirit.
Gong Mengbi's current love for the zither stems from this, just as Xiao Yi'er's love for the kitchen stems from the same principle.
The strings were a gift from Granny Shi, made of golden spider silk, originally intended to replace the strings on Elder Qi Xiu's Plum Blossom Qin. When the Qin was stolen, Granny Shi gifted the strings to Gong Mengbi. Although she is gone now, the sound of the Qin lives on.
When the foxes couldn't sleep at night, if they saw Gong Mengbi playing the piano, they would go over and listen to the music quietly, which would naturally calm their minds.
Sometimes the foxes couldn't tell whether it was Gong Mengbi playing the piano in front of the god or just a dream.
Because when they came, they seemed to see Gong Mengbi's red cloak falling to the ground, but when they left, they seemed to only see a wisp of smoke rising up.
Regardless of whether they were nervous or not, the annual exam of Tianhu Academy arrived as scheduled. And the annual exam of Huzi Academy was a day earlier.
The Fox Academy held a literature exam during the day. Ning Caichen and Ma Junji prepared the exam papers. The two of them invigilated two classes of Fox Academy respectively, and completed the literature exams for the Fox Academy in the morning and afternoon.
At night, Gong Mengbi and Beilai Daxian respectively evaluated the training subjects of two classes of foxes, and the annual examination of Tianhu Academy also started from this time.
The fox boys who participated in the annual examination of Tianhu Academy bathed and changed their clothes in advance, burned incense to offer sacrifices to the gods, and sat in the quiet room, waiting to be taken away by Tianhu Academy.
In the dim light, there seemed to be a long bird song. The foxes in the Fox Courtyard did not hear it, but Gong Mengbi and Beilai Daxian heard it clearly.
Gong Mengbi smiled. This was the voice of Fairy Qingyao. The bluebird led the way, and the Heavenly Fox Academy summoned the spirits. Within Mount Tai, the Heavenly Fox Academy's annual examination had finally begun.
Gong Mengbi had no way to go and see it in person, so he could only silently wish them well, then turned around to look at the foxes in front of him and concentrated on evaluating them.
In Tianhu Academy, files had already been delivered to the examiner's desk.
Xun Jijiu was the chief examiner, the Jade Fairy Goddess was in charge, the fox fairies from the Examination Office were busy running around, and the doctors of various subjects served as invigilators.
The entire assessment is divided into four parts: good deeds, magic power, spiritual power, and talent.
The good deeds had already been recorded in the fate register and entered into the files and sent to the examiners.
Now comes the test of magic power, spiritual power and talent.
Xun Jijiu looked serious, and the examiners also had different expressions.
The goddess presided over the examination room, eliminating all possibility of favoritism and fraud, and also eliminating all possibility of tampering.
Everyone understands the significance of this year's annual examination.
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