fairy family

Chapter 43 Gift-giving Female Teacher

The two of them stayed in the quiet room for a while.

Finally, Yu Que walked out with Huang Guishan. After bidding farewell to this person, he silently walked towards the gate of the Alchemists' Guild and did not stay in the guild to get his ordination certificate.

It’s not that Yu Que is not qualified, nor does it mean that he has to choose another auspicious day, but after thinking it over, Yu Que temporarily chose not to inform the guild.

He planned to come to the guild to verify his identity as a ninth-grade alchemist after he finished the minor examination.

Because according to Huang Guishan's explanation, after Yu Que became a master of alchemy, he had an opportunity to be granted a sacred position, but the sacred position he was granted was only of the lower ninth grade.

If one wants to transfer his position again, he must build up merits, endure years of hardship, and even break through to the eighth level of cultivation so that he can cultivate eighth-level ghosts and gods before he can be promoted again.

This is because although each grade of ghosts and gods is divided into primary and secondary grades, strictly speaking, the primary and secondary grades are not the same grade at all. Generally speaking, there are only nine grades.

This also led to the fact that the skill assessment of the cultivator was generally divided into nine levels, just like the assessment of ghosts and gods. There was a talisman to measure the skill, and the upper, middle and lower levels were all measured by years of service, ranking in competitions and so on.

For a young and promising alchemist like Yu Que, spending years in the guild in misery is undoubtedly the most unworthy choice.

Therefore, Huang Guishan suggested to him that it would be best to wait until he had two opportunities to be ordained before taking the ordination. In this way, one plus one would result in a ninth-grade intermediate ordination.

In this way, Yu Que was spared at least ten years of hard work.

Moreover, in the imperial court, the transfer and granting of official titles cannot be cumulative, and is usually achieved based on the accumulation of merits.

Among them, if one performs the ninth-grade minor merit once, one can obtain the ninth-grade lower-level talismanic position, but at least three ninth-grade minor merits are required to accumulate into one middle merit, and only with the middle merit can one be granted a middle-level talismanic position... The rules here are quite complicated, and Yu Que had to listen to Huang Guishan's explanation for a long time before he could understand them clearly.

In short, if he could be granted a ninth-grade intermediate rank in one go, it would be a great bargain and would be extremely helpful to his practice of the immortal path.

Moreover, he now had a chance to take advantage of a loophole and obtain a chance to be granted a ninth-grade intermediate rank.

That is, if he not only passes the county examination but also obtains the status of a Taoist priest, he will automatically enjoy another Taoist position. With the two combined, he can be promoted to a middle-level Taoist position!
When Yu Que first heard that he had such a good opportunity to take advantage of a loophole, he was a little uneasy, worried that something unexpected might happen in the process.

Huang Guishan smiled and said, "Why has this loophole not been filled for more than 800 years? Isn't it because some people can find a way to get a position in advance before taking the minor exam?"

These words left Yu Que silent, and he immediately realized that the opportunity for him to obtain a middle-level official position was a common way for high-ranking officials.

In addition, he was a little worried that if he delayed the ordination for two or three months, he would be wasting time and end up with nothing. It might even delay his examination, so that he would not be able to reflect his status as an alchemist and would not be given extra points.

Fortunately, Huang Guishan gave further explanation, saying that Yu Que could finish the minor examination that day and come to the Alchemist Guild that day to verify his identity and change his status.

Xiaoju’s red list will not be released until seven days later, so there is enough time and the two do not conflict.

And in this way, during the examination process, other people would not know that Yu Que was already a true cultivator, and they would not gather together to suppress him and compete with him for a good ranking.

This way of hiding his shortcomings a little bit would actually make it easier for him to take the exam.

When the examination is over, even if his identity as a ninth-rank alchemist is well known, outsiders will not be able to target him.

Yu Que was walking around in the guild.

He thought over and over again about Huang Guishan's instructions, and until he completely walked out of the door of the Alchemist Guild, he still didn't find anything wrong.

Moreover, Huang Guishan had no reason to harm him. Even if the other party wanted him to practice the Tai Sui lineage, he had to wait until he passed the entrance exam to the county school.

His heart suddenly relaxed, and he couldn't help but secretly praise:
“It is true that having an old person is like having a treasure.

Without this person's guidance, how would I know all these twists and turns?"

Yu Que looked pleased. He rolled up his sleeves and staggered towards home.

But in the next period of time.

After resting for a few days, Yu Que went to the ghost gathering and tried every possible way to find out whether what Huang Guishan said was true or not.

After Gui Zhong asked around, he had an idea and immediately picked up a basket of fruits and walked leisurely to the county school.

Yu Que came here specially to give a gift, and the person he was giving the gift to was Zhu, the teacher in the county school. The two of them had a teacher-student relationship before, and Yu Que was confident that with his current cultivation, he could win the other's attention and get some advice.

Unexpectedly, he was turned away again at Teacher Zhu's residence.

A maid with a slim figure and pretty face stood in front of Yu Que.

The other person stared at Yu Que in astonishment: "Little guy, you are only a few months old, but you are already full of energy... Did you practice the visualization method?"

Yu Que didn't need to hide his incompetence at this time. He had a shy smile on his face and tugged at his new alchemy robe awkwardly:

"Sister, it worked by luck."

The maid glanced at Yu Que's robe, and her eyes immediately showed understanding and even more surprise.

She smiled with her hands covering her mouth: "I never thought that the master would really pick out a little fairy seedling, and a good seedling for cultivation. Congratulations, brother!"

But she sighed, held the door frame, and said delicately, "Brother, you are so promising. It's not that I look down on you and don't let you in. It's that the master is really practicing and staying in seclusion. He doesn't receive visitors for the time being."

The maid paused and continued, "I guess you won't have to come before the county exam. You will see the master naturally after the exam."

These words made Yu Que immediately disappointed.

Although no one could see him, he still wanted to keep the fruit in his hand, but the fruit basket was pushed away by the maid.

The other party closed the door and said, "Just leave your name and go back to prepare for the exam. This is the important thing."

Yu Que had no choice but to bow timidly, picked up the fruit basket, and left the place silently.

But next.

He did not leave the county school directly, but continued to carry the fruit basket and walked briskly towards the fire room, intending to give a gift to another person.

This person was none other than Uncle Qing, the doorman in charge of the fire room.

The other person was quite old and was on duty in the county school. Yu Que also determined from the attitude of the black-faced young man last time that this person was of high status and should be able to answer his questions about the various matters concerning the ancestral temple.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed again and did not see Uncle Qing at the door of the fire room.

In order to avoid being seen by too many people, Yu Que looked at it from a distance and left in shame.

The next day, he came again with a braised pig's head.

Unfortunately, it was another failure.

After two consecutive failures, he completely gave up the idea of ​​giving gifts and only muttered in his heart: "Good fellow, even with a pig's head in hand, he can't find the temple gate."

at the same time.

In a quiet room in the residence of Zhu Jiaoyu, whom he had visited last time, a voice finally came out, and the tone was inexplicable:
"Are there any visitors recently?"

The beautiful maid in the residence hurried forward and said, "Sir, how many people are there?"

She quickly told the people in the quiet room the names of the visitors who had come in the past few days.

When the people in the quiet room heard the name "Yu Que" and listened to the maid's words, they immediately laughed softly in surprise:
"Such a fairy seedling has sprouted."

At this time, the other party's voice became clear. It was a woman's voice, not a man's.

But in the quiet room, Teacher Zhu became interested.

She stood up suddenly, stretched out her arms that were strong enough to run a horse, and moved the stone door weighing thousands of pounds with a click. Then, she bent her sturdy and strong body and walked out of the narrow door of the quiet room.

The man then opened a roster and took in the words "Yuque".

(End of this chapter)