Chapter 113 Gentleman's Assessment
It took Xiao Mo and his group about a month to travel from Bailu Academy to the Confucian Academy.
This is not to say that the journey alone took a month.
But during this month's journey, Xiao Mo and his group stopped and walked, and encountered many things along the way.
Small things include helping a lost little girl in town find her mother, while bigger things include exorcising evil spirits for some families.
Although exorcism is mostly done by Taoist priests and monks, Confucian scholars can also do it.
When I saw it, I just did it, that's all.
As to whether this was an assessment of the Confucian Academy, the three of them didn't know and didn't care.
In addition, Xiao Mo and the other two went up the mountain to suppress bandits and exterminated some man-eating and harming monsters.
The three of them looked like scholars coming down the mountain to travel around the world.
However, during these days of traveling, Xiao Mo realized that the whole world was gradually changing.
Although the war between humans and demons has not yet broken out, the tension on the eve of the war has gradually spread.
Not to mention the large and small sects, every mortal dynasty is preparing for the war that will determine their survival.
This atmosphere naturally spread to the people.
No one knows when the war between humans and demons will actually break out.
No one knows how long this war will last.
When the three of them were approaching the Confucian Academy, they encountered a rabbit spirit.
Finally, Luo Yang let her go.
"Senior Brother is kindhearted. When he faced those monsters that harmed and devoured people, he never blinked when he drew his sword, just like an executioner."
Shang Jiuli leaned against the tree, crossed his arms, and looked at Luo Yang with a smile.
"But Senior Brother is said to be decisive in killing. Now he has let a rabbit spirit go. Aren't you afraid that she will harm others in the future?"
"I have nothing to be afraid of."
Luo Yang put away the sword in his hand.
"She has not harmed anyone, she has only been diligently absorbing the essence of the sun and moon to cultivate herself until now. If I kill her, how would I be any different from those demons who harm people?
If she harms someone in the future, that is a matter for the future, but who can predict what will happen in the future?
I only care about what’s in front of me.”
After he finished speaking, Luo Yang continued to walk forward.
Shang Jiuli shook his head and said to Xiao Mo beside him: "Your senior brother just likes to show off."
Xiao Mo smiled and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. I do agree with what you said, brother."
"Which one?"
"I only care about what's in front of me." Xiao Mo repeated.
Shang Jiuli blinked his eyes and looked at Xiao Mo with a half-smile: "Junior brother, are you expressing your admiration for me? That's not impossible, but you have to think carefully about how to explain it to Miss Bai when you go back."
"." Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment before he realized what his senior sister was saying.
Xiao Mo shook his head and walked forward as well.
"Hey? Junior brother, don't walk so fast. I'm serious. Don't you really want to consider it?" Shang Jiuli jogged to catch up, but his joking words didn't sound serious at all.
Three days later, Xiao Mo and his two companions arrived at the gate of the Confucian Academy.
In addition to Xiao Mo and his group, some scholars from other academies also came.
It's not just the scholars from the four major academies, but also the scholars from academies all over the world.
The so-called "Four Great Academies" are just the four most famous academies outside of the Confucian academies.
In addition, there are thousands of Confucian academies of all sizes.
All these academies were under the jurisdiction of the Confucian Academy.
"Let's go up."
Luo Yang raised his head and took a look at the strong literary atmosphere on the top of the mountain, then walked into the academy with his fellow junior brothers and sisters.
The territory of the Confucian Academy is extremely large.
These rolling mountains and this plain are where the academy is located.
After Xiao Mo and his group registered with their jade tokens, they separated from their senior brothers and sisters.
Luo Yang and Shang Jiuli went to take the assessment for "Principal of the Academy". After passing, they could open a branch in any Confucian academy and teach and accept disciples.
Xiao Mo participated in the "Gentleman" assessment. Those who passed the assessment could get the title of "Gentleman". If they passed the exam, the word "righteous man" would be added before the title of "Gentleman".
However, most scholars can only get the title of "gentleman". As for "upright gentleman", they need to take another exam.
Under the guidance of several senior brothers in the academy, Xiao Mo came to "Junzi Peak" to take the assessment.
Xiao Mo glanced at his fellow disciples who were taking the test. There were old and young people. The youngest was only fifteen or sixteen years old, while the oldest looked gray-haired.
This seems to have something in common with the imperial examination.
But without exception, every scholar exudes a sense of righteousness.
After Xiao Mo exchanged greetings and chatted with some fellow students, he learned that the number of scholars standing here was only half of the original number.
The other half were rated as "unqualified" on the way to the academy and returned to the academy to continue their training.
After two quarters of an hour, the whispers gradually stopped.
The old man from the academy flew over, stood in mid-air, and bowed to everyone.
The candidates quickly returned the greeting.
The jade plaque hanging around the old man's waist had the words "Xuegong Siye" written on it.
"Thank you all for coming all the way here. Our assessment is divided into two parts."
The old man glanced at everyone and spoke slowly.
"The first test is to examine your Confucianism. Please enter the hall and take a seat. We will distribute the test papers in an hour."
After the old man finished speaking, he left. Xiao Mo found a school and sat down casually.
An hour later, several senior brothers from the academy came in and distributed the test papers one by one.
Xiao Mo watched the papers being marked.
The questions in these test papers are indeed very profound and somewhat difficult.
But this is not the most important thing.
Every time Xiao Mo read a word, he felt that his spirit was being consumed.
When Xiao Mo picked up the pen to do the questions, he could also feel the weight of the ink.
This brush is not any other than the Wenqi brush that I used when I participated in the selection of Bailu Academy a few years ago.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Mo picked up his pen to answer.
The examination time is three incense sticks in total.
When the first stick of incense was halfway burned, some candidates began to sweat and their faces became paler.
When the first stick of incense burned out and the senior brother in charge of supervising the exam lit the second stick of incense, scholars one after another could not hold on and fell on the desk.
Looking at the scholars falling one after another, the senior brother couldn't help but shook his head, as if lamenting that this was the worst class he had ever seen.
But it’s not that no one persisted.
The invigilator looked at the scholar sitting by the window at the back. He wrote neither fast nor slow, with a calm expression. Although he was sweating a little, he was not drenched in sweat.
It can be seen that his daily practice is very solid.
But what made the invigilator feel strange was why he had a faint dragon aura about him?
(End of this chapter)
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