The first year of Wuchang.
27th December.
It was still three days before Xu Qingnian was crowned marquis.
But the whole of Great Wei’s Kyoto was already buzzing with activity.
This was something that had not been done since the Northern Expedition, and the person who was crowned was not an idle person.
The three words Xu Qingnian might be a bit exaggerated when looking at the world, but when looking at the entire Central State, no one knew about them.
Naturally, all the elites from all over the world have come to the capital to see for themselves the new Marquis of Wei.
The whole of Kyoto was already decorated with lights and colours, appearing incomparably grand, even more lively than the Taiping Poetry Festival and the birthday of the empress.
For one thing, it was Xu Qingnian’s fame, and for another, the Empress of Great Wei had invited many powers, including three of the Seven Great Daxian Sects, as well as some others.
The Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty also sent invitations, and both sent messengers to present gifts.
Although the three dynasties were unspoken and secretly used all sorts of tactics, they still had to give each other face on the surface.
The buzz in Kyoto.
Xu Qingnian seems somewhat irrelevant.
In the Shouren Academy.
These two days were relatively quiet for Xu Qingnian.
No one came to disturb her, and there was nothing to bother her, so she waited peacefully for the enthronement ceremony to come.
The Marquis Mansion is being repaired.
Xu Qingnian had already obtained the Sixth Grade Realm Breaking Pill, but did not break through straight away.
A martial artist’s sixth grade is a ‘breakthrough’, and once swallowed, it will shed one’s bones and will lead to some unusual visions.
So it was somewhat not good to break through in the Shouren Academy, attracting some unwanted attention.
When we get to the middle of the marquis, we can completely make a good breakthrough alone.
The marquis’s residence is based on the standards of the state princes, because of the academy, the whole takes up about three hundred acres, four gardens, sixteen courtyards, and fake mountains and water all have to be arranged.
The day of the enfeoffment of the marquis was the 30th of December.
But the construction of the marquis’s residence had started a month earlier, and when the marquis sealing ceremony was over, he could move in himself.
“Lord Xu, what you asked for, has arrived.”
At this moment, Li Xian’s voice rang out from outside.
One could only see that Li Xian had brought three jade boxes, with medicinal ingredients hidden within the jade.
These were the ingredients for the Fifth Grade Realm Breaking Pill.
Xu Qingnian had directly approached the Empress to ask if there were any corresponding materials, and after receiving an affirmative answer from the Empress, she had sent someone over.
The Fifth Grade Realm Breaking Pill was a little better, although it was precious, but at least the Great Wei Palace had it.
It was the fourth-grade realm-breaking pills that gave Xu Qingnian a headache.
The Fourth Grade Realm Breaking Pill required two ingredients, a jar of Jiao Dragon True Blood and a Qi Beast Horn.
The blood of this kind of demonic beast was worth a fortune.
Every drop of it can be used as medicine to refine a life renewing pill.
As for the horn of the qi beast, it is not the horn of a qilin, but a qi-like beast, which is essentially no different from a jiao dragon.
These two items were not available in the Great Wei Dynasty.
“Lord Xu, His Majesty said that His Majesty would find a way to find the remaining two herbs for you, so these are for you first.”
Li Xian spoke up and informed Xu Qingnian of this matter.
“Good, go back and tell His Majesty, my humble servant thanks you.”
Xu Qingnian returned.
The fourth grade herbs were hard to find, Xu Qingnian knew this in his heart, and even if they were available, he was afraid that Great Wei would have to pay a great price.
Right now, if he did not leave Great Wei, he would not be able to use the Fourth Grade Realm Breaking Pill for the time being.
After the jade box was sent in.
Xu Qingnian also slipped a silver ticket to Li Xian, the denomination was not small, a thousand taels of silver, now that Li Xian needed to climb up, the silver was definitely not too much.
Although he was courteous for a while, in the end, under Xu Qingnian’s gaze, Li Xian took the silver ticket.
After Li Xian left, Xu Qingnian directly laid out the herbs in front of the Dan God Ancient Scripture and said.
“The fifth grade herbs have already been obtained, I’m thinking of a way to get the fourth grade herbs.”
“Senior, there’s something I know is inappropriate to say, but junior still can’t help but say it.”
“For a fourth-grade realm-breaking pills, you need the true blood of a dragon and a qi horn, wouldn’t you need true dragon blood for a third-grade, second-grade, or even a first-grade?”
The herbs were laid out in front of the Dan God Ancient Scripture, but it was unpleasant to be unpleasant.
Not otherwise, the fourth grade moved on to the augur dragon true blood, the third grade shall not be false dragon true blood? The second grade demanded true dragon blood, Xu Qingnian did not feel excessive at all.
The first grade is even more so.
The reason for not haggling before was because there was no time, plus it was indeed nothing for the Great Wei Dynasty.
But the Dan God Ancient Scripture was asking for a price, and Xu Qingnian couldn’t possibly be a fool.
When he heard Xu Qingnian’s voice, Dan Shen Gu Jing naturally knew that Xu Qingnian was somewhat displeased.
He did not get angry, but on the contrary, he looked a little bitter.
“Little friend, you must not misunderstand.”
“Firstly, I refine pills from person to person, your physique is very different, perhaps because of your cultivation of foreign arts, it is harder than normal people to cultivate, so it is more troublesome to refine, but every time you raise a grade, the change in strength is extremely strong.”
“Right now you’re only a seventh grade, after you swallow a sixth grade realm-breaking pellet and add a fifth grade, you’ll know how strong you are, and every time I send you a foundation-building pellet to help you solidify your realm.”
“To put it in a non-arrogant way, under the same realm, your strength is definitely beyond those martial arts families.”
“It’s just that you’re not in contact with such people at all right now, and you don’t have a number in your heart as to whether you’re strong or not.”
“Secondly, you don’t look at the exaggerated things needed for a fourth-grade realm-breaking pellet, the fourth grade is the king realm, another off-the-charts change, the king of martial dao, if you take my fourth-grade realm-breaking pellet, in addition to the fourth-grade foundation-building pellet.”
“I’m not going to say anything else, king realm in the world, you can at least enter the top ten, this is still a conservative estimate, so conservative still because you haven’t learnt much about martial arts divine abilities.”
“If you master a few real martial dao divine abilities, then you will know how strong old man’s skills are.”
“Thirdly, young friend, think about it yourself, how long does it take for others to cultivate to the fourth rank? And how long does it take you to cultivate to the fourth grade?”
“Even if the first grade when it really requires the blood of a true dragon, at least you see hope, whereas for martial artists under the sun, the first grade is a chasm that cannot be crossed for a lifetime.”
“And you, seeing hope, whether you can do it or not is another matter, so when you think about it, do you still think it’s expensive?”
Dan Shen Gu Jing said so.
His tone was extremely certain, which in turn made Xu Qingnian somewhat silent.
If he hadn’t lied to himself, then this deal was indeed not a loss, and it was very profitable.
The Absolute King, guaranteed top ten, each realm at perfection, mastering certain divine abilities, access to the top three, and for himself, as long as he had the corresponding medicinal materials, he could definitely break through.
Very profitable indeed.
“Alright, we’ll see when we reach the fourth rank.”
Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything more, the words had come to this point, it was pointless to say more.
There was no rush anyway, it would be good to get the materials together within a year.
What was really urgent right now should not be the King’s Medicinal Materials, but the Confucian Dao grade.
A real catastrophe and crisis was waiting for one.
“Or is it seven days later?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“En, in seven days, the dan will be completed.”
Dan Shen Gu Jing gave his reply.
“Good.”
Xu Qingnian didn’t think much more about it, picked up the book and began to read it.
Soon, however, Li Shouming’s voice sounded outside.
“Teacher, Chen Ru is here, saying that you have an appointment and asking you to go out.”
As Li Shouming’s voice sounded outside.
Xu Qingnian instantly got up, and after a moment’s thought, he guessed what Chen Zhengru was looking for him to do.
He was going to see Xunru, the second great Confucian of Heaven and Earth in the Palace of Literature.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian naturally did not hesitate and got up to go to Chen Zhengru.
And at the same time.
In the secret room of the Huining Palace.
Two figures were sitting opposite each other.
Prince Huaining’s posture was slightly lowered as he looked at the person in front of him, his voice ringing out slowly.
“Brother, Xu Qingnian is about to be crowned marquis.”
“The Great Wei Palace of Literature will definitely step in to stir things up, should we take the opportunity to do something about it?”
Prince Huaining opened his mouth, looking at the old man in front of him, and said this.
“No need.”
“This matter has nothing to do with us.”
“Xu Qingnian isn’t our enemy either.”
“Cough cough …… Cough cough cough! Huai Ning, remember, what our plan really is.”
An old voice rang out, accompanied by a violent cough, as another figure bowed his back and looked a little laboured to speak.
“My humble brother understands.”
“It’s just that the All Saints Sect, seems to be extremely wary of us, and has not allowed us to really get involved until now, are we really just going to do this? Not guard against him?”
Prince Huaining got up, patted the old man on the back and asked so.
“No need.”
“They need us, and without us, their plan won’t succeed.”
“This plan, as long as it succeeds, no matter what they can get out of it, we, the two brothers, will benefit the most.”
The old man said so, his words full of certainty.
Receiving this definite reply, Prince Huaining nodded.
After just a moment, the old man spoke.
“However, there isn’t enough time, I’ve asked them to speed it up.”
“You should also have the va*sal kings everywhere prepare.”
“In three months, three months at the latest, a great event will occur in Great Wei.”
“And they only need to wait another month before they can strike, and by then chaos will emerge.”
“Tell them to get ready, and also, we don’t want the emperor’s throne, you must say clearly that with the help of Huai Ping’s name, only revenge is needed.”
“They will believe it.”
The old man continued, certain in his words that in three months’ time a great event would occur in Great Wei.
“What big event?”
Prince Huai Ning was just curious about this matter, and at that moment he really could not help but ask curiously.
“The Great Wei Palace of Literature is going to secede.”
The old man spoke indifferently, there was no excitement in his words, it was calm.
But as soon as this was said, Prince Huaining instantly revealed an incomparably stunned gaze.
He was somewhat unconvinced, if not downright unbelieving.
The Great Wei Palace of Literature was actually breaking away?
How was this possible?
“Brother.”
“This is not possible.”
“If the Great Wei Palace of Literature were to break away, it would not be a good thing for us, and at that time, something would go terribly wrong with Great Wei’s national fortunes.”
Prince Huaining’s first reaction was that it was impossible.
He was a little emotional.
This was one of the few times he had been emotionally agitated.
The main reason was that the matter of the Great Wei Palace of Literature breaking away was too terrible.
Once that was the case, something would indeed go wrong with the Great Wei Dynasty, and it was likely to cause natural and human disasters, including some military disasters.
And what is the most terrifying thing?
The Great Wei Palace of Literature is, in a sense, beyond the essence of a saint.
The Palace of Literature, containing holy qi, and the subsequent beliefs of ten generations of readers over several hundred years, forged this Great Wei Palace of Literature.
It possesses incredible power, suppressing national fortunes, deterring demons and enriching qi.
Once the Great Wei Palace of Literature is gone, all the demons in the world will be in turmoil.
Even great demons and devils would appear in Kyoto.
In the case of the Tusi Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, for example, they did not have any wars, but they raised a lot of troops to suppress the demons.
Great Wei has the Palace of Literature, so it doesn’t need to spend too much energy on dealing with these demons.
Because the demons did not dare to haunt Great Wei, the small demons had no problem making a scene.
If a big demon dares to make a scene, a single bolt of Hao Rang Zheng Qi from the Palace of Literature can directly kill it. Even if it is a supreme demon god, no matter how naughty it is, he will not dare to step into the capital of Great Wei.
This is how powerful the Great Wei Palace of Literature is.
So when he heard that the Great Wei Palace of Literature was going to break away, Prince Huai Ning was shocked.
“Nothing is impossible.”
“Under this heaven, there is no such thing as impossible, it’s just a matter of whether there is interest or not.”
“Ever since Emperor Jingtai began to suppress the Great Wei Wen Palace, they have already been making preparations.”
The old man spoke, calm as ever.
And this was something that Prince Huai Ning did know.
“Since it has all come to this, what does the faint ruler think?”
“Couldn’t he have just stepped in and suppressed the Palace of Literature?”
Prince Huaining indeed did not know much about the Great Wei Palace of Literature, to be more precise, it was not that he did not know, but that he did not know his roots, he was not a scholar, even if he sent his own son to approach them, he was still isolated out.
No access to the core.
“Suppressing the Palace of Literature?”
“Under this heaven, apart from the saints, who can suppress the Great Wei Palace of Literature?”
“Huai Ning, you remember my brother’s words.”
“No matter what, make an enemy of anyone, do not make an enemy of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, do not look at him as if he is ordinary, it is because we can see him.”
“For this world, the fame of the Great Wei Palace of Literature is indeed better than the Great Wei Dynasty, even ten Great Wei Dynasties are not worth one Great Wei Palace of Literature.”
“Cough cough cough ……. Of course, this is from the perspective of the world.”
“Moreover, the Great Wei Palace of Literature has a depth that you can’t imagine, and the death of Emperor Wu is likely to be related to the Great Wei Palace of Literature.”
“Even …… White Cloth Sect, is also likely to be related to the Great Wei Literature Palace.”
The old man spoke out, and every word was stone-cold shocking.
Prince Huai Ning knew some secrets, the Wudi definitely did not die normally, but had a heavenly concealment, only this matter himself was away on a campaign and did not participate, when he came back, he more or less knew something.
But what exactly happened, no one knows, at least not oneself.
Nowadays, however, it did not occur to me that the death of Emperor Wu had something to do with the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
Even the White Cloth Sect had something to do with the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
This was astonishing.
After all, the White Cloth Sect was a real rebel group.
It was said that the orphans of the Martial Emperor, who were in their hands, would use this to come after the Empress at any time.
And one was also looking for the orphans of the Martial Emperor, but unlike the White Cloth Sect, which was a blatantly rebellious organisation, one was not a rebellious organisation.
The White Cloth Sect is a group that is trying to blackmail the empress with the orphans of the emperor.
In his eyes, the White Cloth Sect had some ability, but it was never able to reach the top of the stage.
Unless they could really find the orphans of the Martial Emperor.
But whether or not the matter of the orphans of Emperor Wu was true was still open to question, but in any case, the fact that the White Cloth Sect was involved with the Great Wei Palace of Literature was really a bit unbelievable.
The Prince of Huaining was not an ordinary man after all, and after the initial shock, he soon regained his composure.
Whether or not the Great Wei Palace had anything to do with the White Clan was none of his business.
It was enough to know.
“Brother, the rest of the time, we just need to wait, right?”
Prince Huai Ning asked.
“En, just wait quietly, as for this Xu Qingnian, in three days’ time, maybe he’ll be out of luck.”
“Peng Ru is definitely not a good fighter, what he’s thinking, I’m not sure, but he definitely won’t let Xu Qingnian off the hook.”
“The Marquis Sealing Ceremony, it is highly likely that …… be reduced to a joke.”
Prince Huining’s elder brother said so.
“He is, in fact, a talent, but unfortunately, by making an enemy of us, he is destined to pay a price, an extremely painful price.”
Although Xu Qingnian was his own enemy, Prince Huai Ning had to admit that Xu Qingnian was talented and capable.
This was a fact that no one could deny.
Xu Qingnian was indeed talented.
And at this moment.
In the Great Wei Palace, Xu Qingnian and Chen Zhengru quietly appeared.
A few days ago, Xu Qingnian had asked about the saints, so Chen Zhengru simply brought Xu Qingnian to Xunru for a trip.
After all, Xunru is also extremely fond of Xu Qingnian, so naturally meeting him would be of great benefit to Xu Qingnian, plus he could ask questions at will and let Xunru answer them.
It was only when Xu Qingnian stepped into the Palace for the second time that a pair of eyes fell on him.
Among these gazes were hateful, puzzled, angry, and odd.
It seemed that the crowd was curious as to how Xu Qingnian had appeared here.
Feeling the gazes of the crowd, Xu Qingnian did not feel the slightest bit of nervousness or mood swings, instead he looked very open, not caring at all about the odd looks of the crowd.
He came straight to a palace.
The palace was very neat and tidy, without any extravagant things, but on the contrary, there were some bamboo baskets and fishing gear, which looked extremely strange.
“Xunru likes to fish in his spare time, his days are very leisurely, and he doesn’t like to cause any trouble.”
“An extremely leisurely person, learning from the second saint’s heritage.”
Chen Ru introduced himself to Xu Qingnian as he walked.
“So that’s how it is, Xunru is really elegant.”
Xu Qingnian sighed with emotion, a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, who liked to go fishing when he had nothing else to do, this interest was indeed admirable.
Compare Xunru with Pengru, one goes fishing and the other thinks of ways to harm people all day long.
There is really no comparison between them.
Inside the palace.
A faint purring sound was heard.
Inside the palace, a figure sat on the chief, head slightly lowered, snoring not loudly, but clearly audible.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ru was a little embarra*sed, the great Confucian of Heaven and Earth was sitting in the palace and snoring, how could he say that?
He wanted to open his mouth and slightly shout at Xunru to wake him up, but Xu Qingnian stopped him, shaking his head slightly to indicate that there was nothing wrong.
The old man could not easily sleep, so it would not hurt to wait for himself.
Looking at Xu Qingnian’s eyes, Chen Zhengru thought about it and didn’t say anything else.
And so, the two of them waited quietly.
About two hours later, finally, Xunru woke up.
His eyes opened.
Xun Ru raised his head, his face was peaceful and charitable, his eyes were a little confused, although he was old, he was not that kind of deadly old, he had just come of age.
“Chen Zhengru.”
“Xu Shouren?”
Xunru quickly came back to his senses, and he recognised Xu Qingnian at once.
“Student Xu Qingnian, pay my respects to Xunru.”
Seeing Xunru awake, Xu Qingnian rose and spoke, looking very respectful and modest.
Chen Zhengru also followed suit and bowed towards Xunru.
“Shouren, why didn’t you say something when you arrived?”
“How many hours has the old man slept? How long have you been waiting?”
Xun Ru was a bit surprised, he had the habit of napping, he would sleep anyway if he had nothing to do, and when he woke up, he would eat and drink, and then go fishing, so it was not bad to spend the rest of his life slowly.
But what he didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian had come and was willing to wait dry in order not to disturb his rest.
It’s not so much about his heart, but his humility, which is really rare.
After all, Xu Qingnian was not just a Confucian, he was the most popular person in Wei and was about to be crowned a marquis, so it was rare for such a person to maintain such a humble heart.
“Not much longer.”
“I am disturbing Xunru, I hope Xunru will understand.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up and said calmly.
“Xunru, Shouren is like that, being modest, we have been waiting here for two hours, but Xunru, what time is it, why are you still sleeping? Did you go night fishing again yesterday?”
Chen Zhengru was not too polite and spoke directly. It was obvious that Xunru was a kind person, otherwise Chen Zhengru would not have been like this.
“Where’s the matter.”
“No night fishing, no night fishing.”
“Well, let’s not talk about that, cough, Shouren, what is it that you are looking for the old man today?”
When he heard about the night fishing, Xunru hastily denied it, not because he was embarra*sed, but because the people of the Palace had found out about it, and he would inevitably be persuaded to behave like a great scholar of heaven and earth, and not to bring any negative influence to the Palace.
Anyway, I was tired of hearing it, so I just didn’t say anything and secretly went fishing in the distance.
As Xunru asked, Chen Zhengru did not dwell on what Xunru had done, but looked to Xu Qingnian and gave him a look.
“Xunru, the student came here today to ask about two things, the Great Confucianism of Heaven and Earth and the method of becoming a saint.”
Xu Qingnian was also straightforward, opening his mouth to ask about these two things.
How to become a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, and how to become a saint.
With Xu Qingnian’s questioning.
Xunru was not surprised, but after pondering for a while, he slowly spoke.
“Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, it is simple, at least quite simple for you.”
“All that is needed is the public opinion of the world. The war in the foreign country was put to rest with your single-handed efforts, and now the people of Great Wei have great admiration for you.”
“But you still lack a little bit of public opinion, and an opportunity, an opportunity to gain the approval of heaven and earth, the enthronement ceremony in three days’ time, I think it is no problem to have this little bit of public opinion.”
“The real problem is this opportunity.”
Xun Ru opened his mouth and raised the opportunity.
Xu Qingnian understood this point himself, and now that he was listening to Xunru, he understood it a little better.
“What kind of opportunity is needed?”
At this point, Chen Zhengru spoke up and directly asked for Xu Qingnian.
“It’s hard to say, it varies from person to person.”
“Shouren, you have clarified the meaning of heart learning, established the people’s words, and written a thousand-character essay. If you want to be ordained as a great scholar of heaven and earth and be recognised by heaven and earth, you must respond to heaven’s truth with your heart.”
Xunru said slowly.
Responding to the principles of heaven with one’s heart?
This was the first time Xu Qingnian had heard this phrase.
He was somewhat curious, not understanding the meaning of this statement, but inexplicably knew something about it.
Looking at Xu Qingnian’s look of seeming understanding, Xunru continued.
“The so-called responding to heavenly principles with one’s heart, its meaning is quite simple.”
“Whether you have previously clarified your intention, established your words, or written a book, in fact, these are all with a purpose.”
“The world studies, those who study, those who study for merit, those who study for profit, those who study for the common good, all of them carry a purpose, and if you want to be ordained by heaven and earth and become a great scholar of heaven and earth, you must respond to the principles of heaven with your heart.”
Xunru explained, but Chen Zhengru, who was at the side, could not help but wonder.
“Xunru, if we go by what you said, then to become a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, wouldn’t one have to be free of desire and desire? You can’t have any purpose?”
Chen Zhengru was curious, as people do study with all kinds of purposes, but according to Xunru’s meaning.
But according to Xunru’s meaning, he seemed to be saying that if one wanted to become a great scholar of heaven and earth, one must not carry any purpose.
If that was the case, wouldn’t that make one a person without desire and without want? Isn’t this a saint?
Only, even saints have their own thoughts, right?
“No.”
Xunru shook his head and looked at the two people.
“The so-called responding to the Divine Principle with one’s own heart, this statement does not mean that there is no desire, no purpose.”
“Rather, it means knowing the Divine Principle, and that all thoughts of purpose must be obedient to the Divine Principle.”
“Whether it is to clarify one’s intentions or to establish one’s words and write one’s books, if one wants to be ordained by heaven and earth, one must obey the principles of heaven and earth.”
“That is why the four grades of Confucianism are also called knowing the Mandate of Heaven.”
“Shouren, the opportunity you lack is the Mandate of Heaven. You must be clear about what is the Divine Principle, what is the Mandate of Heaven, whether what you do is in obedience to the Divine Principle, whether your clear intention, your establishment of words, and your writing of books are in obedience to this Mandate of Heaven.”
“So you must think clearly about what your central idea really is and whether it is obedience to the Mandate of Heaven.”
When Xunru said this, he did not go on.
There was no other reason.
If he said more, it would affect Xu Qingnian, so it would be better to let Xu Qingnian understand it well on her own.
Inside the hall.
Xu Qingnian indeed had a feeling of enlightenment.
Knowing Heaven’s destiny, following Heaven’s principles, the central idea.
Is this the core of the Great Confucianism of Heaven and Earth?
No wonder he felt that he had an abundance of public opinion, but he was never able to break through to the realm of the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, but what he hadn’t expected was that there was a such thought in it.
One’s own central thought.
Know Heaven’s destiny and follow Heaven’s reasoning.
Xu Qingnian intended to go back and think about it, if he could understand it, he might be able to achieve the status of a great scholar of heaven and earth directly.
And there was no need to worry about plucking the seedlings.
“What about the method of becoming a saint?”
Xu Qingnian asked curiously again.
It was not that he did not understand, but that he was pondering.
After a while, Xunru rang out.
“The method of becoming a saint is simple to say, but difficult to do.”
“One needs to understand the holy will, establish the holy words, write the holy book, know the holy orders, and gain the talent of the world.”
Xunru spoke up, stating the method of becoming a saint.
“Is there no need to ask for public opinion anymore?”
Chen Zhengru asked curiously.
“No need.”
Xunru shook his head, and then spoke.
“The path to sainthood requires only that you re-explain your will, re-establish your words, re-write your books, and also re-know the Mandate of Heaven.”
“And you also need the talents of the world and the power of the world’s readers in order to become a saint.”
“Once you step into the Third Grade Half-Saint realm, the common respect of the world’s readers, although you are not a true saint, you are almost there.”
“In fact, among this world, the Immortal, Confucian, Martial, Demon, Demon and Buddha, the ten grades of Confucianism, are the most incredible and hardest to understand.”
“A martial artist of the first grade has incredible power, but there are still martial artists of the first grade in the world.”
“Including the First Grade of the Immortal Dao and the First Grade of Buddhism, there are also all of them, but only the First Grade of the Confucian Dao can’t produce one for a thousand years at every turn.”
“Five generations of saints, throughout the ages.”
“And how many first-grade martial artists and first-grade Void Immortals have come and gone through the ages.”
“So a third-grade half-saint can sit on an equal footing with a first-grade, a second-grade sub-saint can be worshipped by a first-grade, and if he is a first-grade saint, he will be someone who is respected by the whole world.”
“Five hundred years ago, when the Vermilion Sage witnessed the Dao, the Great Wei Dynasty ushered in an unparalleled flourish, and the impact brought about was by no means just an immediate impact, but there were many, many benefits that you cannot see or know about.”
“Therefore, wanting to become a saint is a good thing.”
“But ……. do not be reckless, otherwise, it will be troublesome if you fall into mischief.”
Xunru said something as if he was reminding something.
Xu Qingnian felt Xunru’s gaze, and he knew that his mind had been guessed by Xunru.
Therefore, Xunru spoke out to persuade, implicitly telling himself not to be impulsive.
However, Xu Qingnian nodded, and then got up and bowed towards Xunru.
“Thank you Xunru for your advice.”
Xu Qingnian said in earnest gratitude.
“No matter, it’s just a small matter.”
“Shouren, if you have time in the future, come to the Great Wei Palace and read some sage books or accompany the old man on a fishing trip.”
Xunru said kindly.
Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but smile lightly and said, “If Xunru doesn’t mind, I will have to come and bother you more often in the future.”
“Hahahaha, good, it’s good to come often.”
“If you can’t, I’ll have a room vacated for you, and it’s not impossible for you to stay in the Palace of Literature.”
Xun Ru said with a smile, but when these words were spoken, Chen Zhengru immediately understood what Xun Ru meant.
Xun Ru wanted to use his own influence to reconcile the conflicts between Xu Qingnian and the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
It was mainly the conflict between the Zhu Sheng lineage.
“Thank you Xunru, but the Marquis’ residence will be built soon, and the student still prefers to live alone, in peace and quiet.”
Xu Qingnian politely refused, he could hear Xunru’s meaning.
“Good, just come often.”
Xunru laughed.
But there was nothing more to say.
As he walked out of the hall, Xu Qingnian looked calm, but his mind kept thinking about the Laws of Heaven and Earth and the Laws of Sainthood.
The Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, the central idea, to know the destiny of Heaven and follow the principles of Heaven.
The method of becoming a sage, re-explaining the meaning, re-establishing the words, re-writing the book, understanding the holy meaning, and also the talent of the world.
This is the real difficulty.
No wonder no one has been able to become a saint for hundreds of years. The hardest part of reworking is not the process, but understanding.
Confucianism is all about understanding, you have to find out new things, find out new ideas within the original things.
This process is much more difficult than normal cultivation.
The way of the sage.
It’s as terrifying as that.
Moreover, this is only a third-grade half-saint.
What about the Second Grade Sub-Saints and the First Grade Confucian Saints?
Xu Qingnian only hoped that above Confucian Saints, there had better not be any more grades, or else he really wouldn’t be able to top it.
Shaking his head, Xu Qingnian walked towards the outside of the Palace of Literature.
But at that moment, a familiar figure appeared in front of him, holding a few books in his hands.
It was Hua Xinyun.
“Brother Hua.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and took the initiative to greet him, for this Hua Xinyun, Xu Qingnian was really full of curiosity ah.
At first, he felt that this person was definitely not a good fighter, and then all the forces asked themselves to pay attention to this person.
However, after half a year, Hua Xinyun is still working in the Ministry of Household, the position is not high, is a chief, this is because recently the Ministry of Household recruiting, Hua Xinyun this is promoted to become a chief.
Xu Qingnian was very curious about this.
A great talent like this had such a low profile and was so relaxed, willing to work at the gra*sroots level.
If he hadn’t met him today, Xu Qingnian might not have even remembered this person.
“Greetings Chen Ru, meet Xu Ru.”
As Xu Qingnian greeted him, Hua Xinyun immediately made a humble salute with unparalleled respect.
Xu Qingnian politely said a few words, and did not linger much longer before leaving the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
After Xu Qingyun left, Hua Xinyun’s gaze, too, kept falling on Xu Qingyun’s back, and there was something inexplicably strange in his eyes.
A look that could not be said.
And so it was.
In the blink of an eye, another two days had pa*sed.
The whole of Great Wei Kyoto became even more lively.
The foreign countries sent congratulatory gifts, perhaps because they had been beaten up and had nothing to give, but they sent some treasures.
The Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty sent generous gifts.
As for the three great Daxian clans in Wei, they also sent gifts, and it is said that Buddhist disciples also came.
After all, Great Wei had won the war, so it was natural to give face.
It can be said that there were many guests, and the capital of Great Wei was filled with people.
Tomorrow is the day when Xu Qingnian will be crowned marquis.
Inside the Shouren Academy.
Xu Qingnian is still quietly reading and thinking about his central idea.
He has spent the last two days pondering what his central idea is, and is also thinking about what the Mandate of Heaven is again!
It was also at that moment.
Senior brother Chen Xinghe called out from outside the door.
“Senior brother, Lu Ziying has sent a letter.”
Chen Xinghe spoke.
“Good.”
Xu Qingnian got up and opened the door, accepting the letter in Chen Xinghe’s hand.
“Senior brother, my brother has continued reading, the imperial examinations are approaching and I do not want to delay, so I may not even go to the marquis sealing ceremony tomorrow.”
“You should not think too much, senior brother is not having other ideas.”
The imperial examinations are approaching, Chen Xinghe indeed has to hurry, but purposely opening his mouth to let Xu Qingnian not think too much, inexplicably seems some …… This place has no silver three hundred taels of feeling.
“Good, senior brother congratulates senior brother in advance, the flag is open.”
Xu Qingnian smiled and also congratulated in advance.
“En, but this time, you are the main examiner, senior brother, there are a few words senior brother has to say.”
“You must look at the essays written by senior brother with the harshest of eyes, there must be absolutely no favouritism, even if senior brother can obviously come first, it is best to avoid suspicion, senior brother does not want you to carry a bad name.”
Chen Xinghe said with a resolute face.
He deliberately reminded Xu Qingnian not to let the water out.
And hearing these words, Xu Qingnian could not help but stare.
But after thinking about it, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but smile and nodded her head to agree to it.
Seeing Xu Qingnian agreeing with a smile, Chen Xinghe also smiled.
He then went back to his room and opened Lu Ziying’s letter. The other party invited himself to a gathering in a few days after he was enthroned, all disciples of the Immortal Sect.
Putting the letter aside, Xu Qingnian continued to read, but did not respond, waiting for the enthronement ceremony to be over.
In this way, time pa*sed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, it was midnight.
Outside the Shouren Academy, a line of eunuchs and palace maids had been waiting for a long time.
Xu Qingnian had been crowned as a marquis.
It was a solemn occasion, with elaborate rituals. At the hour of the son, he had to go to the palace, burn incense and take a bath.
Xu Qingnian also had to wear the king’s clothes and was enthroned.
Every procedure could not be saved and had to be grand.
A quarter of an hour later.
Xu Qingnian went with the eunuchs and palace maids.
When they arrived at the palace, the bath had already been prepared.
After purifying and washing for close to half an hour, a figure appeared.
The palace maids brought in the marquis clothes.
Li Xian stood outside the bath and shouted.
“The gilt black python embroidered cloud costume has arrived.”
“The eight jade ten thousand treasures Ruyi belt has arrived.”
“Qilin hanging jade boots arrive.”
“Pendragon King Jade arrives.”
“The jade coronet of the mountains and rivers has arrived.”
As Li Xian spoke, one piece of clothing was delivered to him.
These were all made to order by the Ministry of Rites, each one made by hundreds of people with needlework and studded with all kinds of precious stones, showing off the atmosphere without being vulgar.
“Marquis, the marquis’ clothes have arrived, you may leave the bath to change.”
Li Xian spoke out, incomparably respectful.
In the pool.
Xu Qingnian was still thinking about the central idea.
After hearing those words again.
Xu Qingnian came back to her senses and told the crowd to leave.
After all, changing clothes and such, Xu Qingnian was not yet comfortable with others helping her.
Ugly hour.
The clothes were changed.
At this moment, an oily aura formed.
Before, Xu Qingnian was dressed in plain clothes, full of the aura of Confucianism.
And now when the marquis clothes were put on, Xu Qingnian’s whole person had an extra domineering aura, an aura of a superior person.
It could not be said that there was a change of person, but rather an added dignity.
A dignity that makes people truly awe.
The aura of a king.
The palace maids and eunuchs within the palace also revealed their astonishment, as well as the awe that arose within them.
Of course, Xu Qingnian’s handsomeness was not affected in any way, but rather gave the appearance of being a little more mature and stable.
Finally.
It was dawn.
As a bell rang out, it spread throughout the entire capital of Great Wei.
The feudal ceremony was chosen outside the main gate of the palace, with a main road.
At this time, countless people had already gathered, many of whom had stayed up all night to witness the spectacle.
And Xu Qingnian was also arranged to the secret pa*sage, when he would emerge from the East Straight Gate and walk step by step to the palace gates, which would also be opened and the marquis would be crowned in the hall.
Now it is just a walk-through for the people of the world to see.
Three minutes past the hour of dawn.
With a beam of light shooting from the palace into the firmament of heaven.
The vault of heaven suddenly lit up with daylight.
At this moment, a loud and incomparable voice rang out.
“The enthronement ceremony.”
“Begin!”
As the voice rang out.
The sound of music resounded through Kyoto, and all the streets on both sides of the main road were crowded with people, the people were incomparably excited and thrilled.
The army of the Son of Heaven stood on both sides, maintaining order and shaping the image at the same time.
Dongzhimen Avenue.
Xu Qingnian’s figure, too, slowly appeared.
Followed by 500 palace maids and 500 eunuchs, scattering flowers and playing music.
The enthronement ceremony had begun.
However.
At this moment.
In the middle of the Heavenly Prison.
A figure, looking incomparably frightened and confused, ran towards the Ministry of Punishment, rolling and crawling.
Muttering under his breath the whole time.
“Zhang Ru has killed himself!”
