Confucian and Taoist Cultivation Starting from the Equipment Slot

Their eyes instinctively turned towards Chen Zhuo.

His eyes were filled with surprise.

Upon seeing that it was Chen Zhuo, several people from the same county turned back to continue answering.

Chen Zhuo's poems circulated continuously during this period.

They are already quite well-known.

In the eyes of others, he is a genius, and it is not surprising that he can compose poems that evoke literary and moral meaning on the spot.

Moreover, this commotion is nothing compared to the previous ones.

However, this scene was shocking enough to the outside test takers.

They all came from nearby small towns, and their development was even worse than that of Aoyama County before the ruins were discovered.

Knowledge is certainly not enough.

But there was one exception. Shen Ya, sitting in the corner, just glanced at Chen Zhuo and said something in a low voice.

"No matter how knowledgeable people from small places may be, they're nothing special."

Then he turned his attention back to the exam questions in front of him.

He came here only to participate in this examination for the title of Xiucai (a lower-level scholar), and to advance to the ninth rank: Xiucai.

If he hadn't just missed the imperial examination for scholars in Shengtian Prefecture, he would never have come to this newly upgraded little place.

In his view, even after a small place is upgraded, its territory remains small.

Where can it compare to Shengtian Mansion?

However, he was aware that he could only think these words in his heart and could not actually say them out loud.

Even though his grandfather was the Tongpan of Shengtian Prefecture, a sixth-rank official.

On the platform, several proctors were still communicating telepathically.

They only paid a brief look before looking away.

For them, such fluctuations are nothing to be alarmed about.

"The new magistrate is arriving soon; it seems Brother Zhou will have to take the deputy position!"

Shen Wenbi glanced at Zhou Wenyuan and said in a seemingly casual tone.

Zhou Wenyuan's gaze remained unchanged. "Qingshan County has been upgraded, and I, Zhou, have neither the ability nor the background to do so. It is only right."

His gaze fell upon Song Zhiyuan, and the meaning in his tone was quite clear.

It's practically an open declaration that Song Zhiyuan's continued tenure as Dean of the Faculty of Arts is solely due to his connections.

Song Zhiyuan merely glanced up at them without participating in the debate.

Who should go where and what position should be held are all determined by the imperial court, and have nothing to do with the individual.

Of course, his greatest confidence comes from his own accumulated experience.

Now that the matter of the ruins is settled, as long as he writes an article that reaches the level of widespread dissemination within the region after the ruins are developed, he will be qualified to participate in the regional examination for the Jinshi degree.

It can be said that as long as the excavation of the ruins goes smoothly, his advancement to Sequence Seven is a sure thing.

Therefore, it is only natural that he should serve as the dean of the Faculty of Arts.

"only……"

Song Zhiyuan glanced slightly at Zhou Wenyuan.

As far as he knew, Zhou Wenyuan was willing to stay in Qingshan County as a deputy.

Otherwise, given his talent and achievements over the years, it wouldn't be difficult for him to become the magistrate of another county.

Even if one were willing to make some connections, it wouldn't be impossible to get a position in Shengtian Prefecture.

Song Zhiyuan couldn't believe that he hadn't accumulated any savings after serving as county magistrate for so many years.

Then Song Zhiyuan shook his head, "I can't figure it out."

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it, since it was none of his business anyway.

Perhaps he also wanted to seize the ruins!

offstage.

After Chen Zhuo finished composing a poem, people in the vicinity also began to compose their own poems.

It's worth mentioning that besides Chen Zhuo, there was another person who also resonated with Weiwei.

The man was Shen Ya. Sensing Chen Zhuo's gaze, he merely glanced at him disdainfully before looking away.

Chen Zhuo was somewhat baffled by this scene.

Who is this guy? Why is he so arrogant?

But he didn't say anything. He couldn't very well say, "What are you looking at? What's it to you?" and then start fighting for no reason.

That would be incredibly stupid.

As Chen Zhuo looked at the poem in front of him, a faint character for "bamboo" appeared before his eyes.

[Literary Arts (Bamboo): A literary art belonging to the landscape category. Activating it generates a bamboo forest within a specific area; its duration is affected by the consumption of literary energy. If bamboo rice is used during activation, it will generate a permanent bamboo forest.]

"A branch of life-related literature based on landscapes?"

Chen Zhuo muttered to himself silently, this had allowed him to master a new type of literary art.

According to the standard of classifying literature into seven categories, this should be a special category?

However, the effect seems somewhat lackluster, merely summoning a group of bamboo that only exists for a short time.

To make it exist permanently, it needs to consume bamboo rice.

Bamboo rice is the seed of bamboo. Bamboo only flowers and bears fruit once in its lifetime before it reaches the end of its life.

Therefore, bamboo rice is quite precious.

"Alright then! Anyway, he still hasn't felt the upper limit of his literary skills, so the more the better for him."

As time was up, an atmosphere of scholarly tradition descended upon the examination room, and the paper in front of them vanished instantly.

Their answers are all reviewed by Wenmai, ensuring there will be absolutely no errors.

"Next up is the second segment! A literary demonstration!"

"Candidates, please take turns going on stage in the order you registered!"

The person in charge of the exam spoke immediately after the first session ended.

As his voice faded, more than thirty candidates took turns stepping onto the practice platform.

They were to demonstrate their most representative literary skill under the supervision of the examiners.

As for other literary examinations, they are naturally judged by the literary context.

Chen Zhuo was positioned in the middle of this group.

This gave him more opportunities to see the candidates ahead of him in the queue.

It's worth noting that they are not competitors.

Although there is a limit to how many people can be baptized in the literary tradition at once, the number of people who can pass the Xiucai examination is generally far lower than the capacity of the literary tradition baptism.

So there's no need to worry about being targeted or encountering any shady dealings.

The candidates went forward one by one.

They almost exclusively displayed basic literary terms like "wear," "sun," and "moon."

This is easy to understand. Generally speaking, the highest level of mastery comes from the earliest forms of literature.

But there are exceptions, such as...

At this moment, Shen Ya walked up with a disdainful gait.

A surge of literary energy emanated from him, and a literary technique that Chen Zhuo had never seen before appeared in the air.

"rattan!"

The moment the character "藤" appeared, the character "蔓" faintly emerged beneath it.

"The technique of overlapping images?" someone with some knowledge exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Shen Ya on the stage nodded arrogantly, flicked his robe, and turned to leave the stage.

Chen Zhuo's eyes also showed some seriousness.

The Shadow Technique is an advanced technique for casting spells, which allows you to cast two spells simultaneously using one spell cost.

Like the two-character literary skills, this is something that one only begins to systematically master at the Xiucai (a lower-level scholar) stage.

"It seems there's a reason for this guy's arrogance; no wonder he's so arrogant."

The procession moved quickly, and soon it was Chen Zhuo's turn.

After days of deliberation, he finally chose "stone".

On the one hand, it is because the character “stone” is not one of the most basic characters.

This gave them a certain advantage in the assessment.

On the other hand, it is of course because the character “stone” is the character he is most proficient in.