Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Shangluo nodded repeatedly, "Oh, by the way, this is the way it should be."

"Also, I've put your things on the table. You can take them yourself."

"My things?" Before Shangluo could ask, Phaethon had already gone out.

Walking into the living room, there were hot cans on the table - luncheon meat heated in the oven. After heating, Phaethon poured the lunch meat directly onto the plate, now in a large cylindrical shape. It comes with frozen steamed buns, which are also heated in the oven. The drink is cereal, just soak it in water.

"Isn't this nice?" Shangluo pulled out his chair and sat in, "Eh? Why is my homework here?"

【ah! Well, last night when I was doing my homework, I happened to see Phaethon, and she said she could help me pack my schoolbag. Well, so I’ll leave it here. 】

"Pack your schoolbag yourself next time, don't bother her."

After saying that, Shangluo started breakfast. Although they are all canned, the seasoning is very good. Different from the military luncheon meat made by the imperial kitchen, this is the civilian version and is sold in state-owned stores. Not too much salt was added when making it, and the seasoning was more palatable. And additional meat cubes are added to provide the texture of meat.

"Well, even if you don't cook, you can still eat well if you eat canned food. No wonder Tianyi Nobleman likes canned food."

After a short breakfast, he watched TV for a while and then went to school.

The bell rang for the first period of class. .

"I'll give you a minute to talk before get out of class ends. Although the big exam is coming soon, we should maintain a normal state at this time, don't be too excited, don't be too nervous." Teacher Yuwen, who teaches Chinese, said while sorting out the books:

"You are the best class I have ever taught. Everyone in our class has been invited by their target schools through various channels, so all of you don't have to be too anxious, because you will have internal exams later. The final The admission result is determined by considering both the unified recruitment and the on-campus examination. And with the gradual decline in the number of births, your pressure is getting smaller year by year. In previous years, it was not so easy to get an invitation letter, but this year it is indeed This is the first time that everyone has gotten it. So..."

He looked at everyone: "The homework must be handed in today. We still have a few months of work for teachers and students. I advise you not to miss the deadline, and don't let me relax after all the exams are over. The course schedule itself will be arranged by then. It will become looser, and there will be some transition courses according to your preferred direction. This is the school's arrangement, don't waste it. Because if it is a school in Beijing, maybe teachers from your target school will teach directly. That's it. "

"Tsk." Shangluo muttered, "It was said to be one minute, but it actually lasted five minutes. It's not bad."

While he was talking, Qi Yuan had already collected his homework and sent it to him: "Homework."

"Wait, I didn't put the homework there. Let me look for it."

"Did you really write it?"

"Thank you very much. Would I lie to you?" He muttered while flipping through his schoolbag, "Hey, yes, look, isn't this here?"

Qi Yuan took his homework, but she was still a little hesitant - she opened the homework and turned to the page she was going to write on last night.

"Huh? What did you write?"

"Any questions?"

"You wrote it yourself, you ask me? Is this your handwriting?" She turned the homework over and faced Shangluo.

"Yes! This is mine!"

"is yours?"

"I said it was mine, but you insisted on saying otherwise."

Qi Yuan looked at him: "Look into my eyes, and you answer again. Don't treat the teacher as a fool. You often go on business trips, and the teacher only cares about you. Don't be fooled on such basic disciplinary issues." Set up a model."

"Wait a minute, let me ask." Shangluo turned on his phone, "Hey, hey, hey? Come out, what's going on with the homework? Didn't you write it?"

[Hu~~Hu~~Hu~~] There is only the sound of regular breathing in my ears. Apollonia is sleeping and has entered do not disturb mode.

Qi Yuan looked at him: "Sure enough, I hired someone to write it for me. Shang Tianjun, you have such great authority."

"I said, monitor, can you be accommodating?"

"Only this one won't work. Everything else is easy to talk about, but the issue of probability is not accommodating at all. But I don't have to torment you." She glanced at the clock, "There are still three minutes, you can finish your homework."

"No! How can you and I write in three minutes!"

"Shang Tianjun, aren't you a Tianjun? You can't finish your homework in three minutes? You must have some magical power that I haven't seen before. Do you have any backup hidden energy?"

"How could I have such a thing!" As he said this, he glanced to the side. Outside the window, Han Xingzhi was leaning against the window looking at him.

"What are you here for?"

"Didi, I felt you were in trouble, so I came over to take a look. What's the matter?"

Qi Yuan directly faced him with his homework: "See for yourself. Guange style! There are only 21 people in our school who can write such Guange style, and he is definitely not one of them."

"Ah" outside the window, Han Xingzhi took it and looked at it, "How about I help you change the words?"

"Can you still change this?" Shangluo asked in surprise.

"Have you met my uncle? You have also seen "Tai Su Wen Xuan Jing", right?"

"Isn't that read-only? Ah yes, it seems that it can indeed be written." He had seen that Yan Qiu had written it before, and he had memorized the entire script.

"That's right. So give me your homework, give me one class time, and I will help you come up with a normal homework. It's just that the accuracy is hard to guarantee. Don't blame me if you make a mistake. I didn't know when I was dreaming. Write what."

Chapter 651 Homework

The second class is over.

"How's it going? Has he called you?" Qi Yuan asked, "I told the teacher that you forgot to bring it. The teacher said, 'If you didn't bring it, you didn't write it down, and it's not the first time we've met.' But I'll wait for you." The class is still okay.”

"He'll be there soon. Ah, he's here." From a distance, he saw Han Xingzhi sneaking out from the first floor of the teaching building next door, avoiding the sight of others and walking along the edge of the flower bed. to his window.

"Brother! Homework!"

Shangluo reached out to catch it——

"Why is there still saliva???"

"There is no way. My cultivation is not enough and I don't have penetrating power, so I have to stick it directly to print the words. I wiped it for you."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk." Shangluo took the homework into the window and took a look.

"(Jinling Yayan)!" He was startled, "How come even the printed question has been turned into handwriting! What are you doing?"

"I told you I can't control it! There's nothing I can do about it. Fortunately, only those few pages have changed, and nothing else has changed."

"Okay, okay, let me thank you first, it's better than sending it to the pavilion. Monitor, can you watch it?"

Qi Yuan twisted it with two fingers in disgust. Although the saliva has dried, there is still a mark: "Okay, I will bring it to the teacher for you."

"No problem." Qi Yuan came back before class. "The teacher was very touched. He said that there was a missing page in your homework and he wrote the question by hand. In addition, the handwriting has improved. Although the writing is still the same as sleepwalking, the spacing of the font has improved. That's it. Next time, be careful to protect your books and don't sleep on your homework, it's not good for your waist - that's what Mr. Yuwen said."

"I can't be happy to say that. He can even dream of co-writing it better than me, right?"

"Ah" Qi Yuan shook his head, "I can't help it. You don't have many classes there, right? When we were in elementary school, there were special calligraphy classes every day. We wrote one by one according to the Thousand-Character Classic, 'Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Universe Hong' You need to practice both soft and hard pens. The teacher said that handwriting is a second face. What your face looks like is decided by your parents, but you can decide how your handwriting looks like."

"That's it, there are still only a few people who can practice Guange Ti, right?"

"No, we don't actually require you to practice Guange style, because Guange style is for copying books or applying for exams. If you don't take the exam, there is no point in practicing this. Just write the characters normally. After all, Guange style is useless. The cabinet can now be completely replaced by a typewriter, and there is nothing to be proud of being a human typewriter. Those who really practice calligraphy have to write their own meaning."

"That is, you can practice but it's not necessary?"

Qi Yuan nodded: "However, you can practice it. Because writing Guange Ti can be done quickly."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Shangluo shook his head, "Come and take a look."

He motioned Qi Yuan to come closer, then he took out a pen and began to write in the official script directly on the notebook.

"Eh? Have you ever practiced? How can you do it?"

"Plug-in, I used the plug-in." Shangluo replied, "It can automatically modify the words I want to write into Guange style. This is the function of the plug-in. It's just because I haven't written like this before, so I can't change it to Guange style. Just hand in the homework. Is it okay to write in Guange style during the exam?"

"Of course." Qi Yuan nodded, "Guange style is most suitable only during exams. If you write all your essays in Guange style, you will definitely get a perfect score on the paper, there is no doubt about it. But this is really convenient for you. There is actually a 'Jinshi Club' in our school. Those who really want to take the imperial examination will join that club and practice there. I said before that there are people in the school who can write. There they are.”

"Does anyone still regard the imperial examination as a hobby these days?"

"The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. There are many people who are willing to find a goal for themselves. In addition, they usually take exams. Each of them will take many exams. Some people have already obtained scribes and operations planners. There is a qualification certificate like this. There is one in our class, and he passed the review of Beijing Normal University with the record of the examination."

"Speaking of which, can we all get recommendations if there are so many of us?"

"Because there are so many schools." Qi Yuan thought for a while, "Actually, if this was put aside more than a hundred years ago, it would actually be quite dark. Because doing well in the exam only accounts for half, and the other half can pass various Applying through other channels means that some people don’t need to participate in the competition - but there are too many schools now. After all, the world is invincible. We are the masters of the world. So now, in excellent schools like ours, basically everyone can I got an invitation letter from a famous school. Because there are so many famous schools, all of them are very good."

"I can actually see it too." Shangluo has always noticed this. There are obviously many, many problems in this country. The affiliation between Liaodong and Shandong alone has not been corrected for hundreds of years. But because the stalls in Ming Dynasty were so big, they were so big that everyone could become a "scholar-official".

"Well," he said in a deep voice, "this makes our tasks even heavier. I always feel that there are many things here. The motives are obviously bad, but we can get things done, right? But if I mess up, obviously My motives are good. But if I break the current balance rashly, it will easily ruin things."

Qi Yuan thought for a while: "I can understand it. It's just that some people usually don't seem to have any diseases, but when they go to the hospital for examination, all kinds of problems suddenly appear. Then various treatments start, and in the end there is not even a step. I have stepped out of the hospital. In fact, sometimes if you don’t know, you really don’t know, and it’s okay to live with the illness. Some people will think when they are dying, it would have been better if they had not come to treat the illness. But this view , it’s actually more complicated.”

"Oh? What do you think?"

"My opinion is that some diseases are diagnosed as soon as they go to the hospital. In the end, some people hide the disease and avoid medical treatment. This kind of thing has happened to Bian Que. But countless times in history, some people have blamed Bian Que. Magpie. Some people don’t blame the disaster itself, but blame the person who informed the disaster, thinking that he is the disaster star. Although this is very unreasonable, human beings can only think of this step sometimes. So, I don’t want you to end up in the end. To this point.”

"Yeah" Shangluo nodded, "So, I not only have to be a reminder to Bian Que, but I also have to be able to cure him. Fortunately, I probably have it. Oh, by the way, Squad Leader Qi, there is actually something I need your help with. Shui. It’s about the ministry.”

"Are you talking about Gao Shigure's side?"

"As for him, despite his average cultivation, I actually guess that he is waiting to accumulate a lot of experience. After all, he has someone in his family."

Chapter 652 Gifts

Thinking of Gao Shiyu's story, you can write about him as "my scientist dad" and "my real master". He obviously has a very unique talent - blindness. Sometimes this is not a bad thing, but it creates a unique destiny for him.

Shangluo could feel that Gao Shiyu actually had a kind of leisure and calmness in his heart, and was not anxious about his current situation. In his current situation, he seems to be in a state of accumulation.

"So, you are going to Shuntian later, right? Gao Shiyu is a little blind man, he can't do much. But his cultivation is pretty good, after all, he has a real master. When I get there, I can do it too I recommend you go to Lan Zhenren’s place.”

"Huh? Me? You and I can become disciples of Master Lan?"

"Sometimes it doesn't matter whether you are virtuous or not." Shangluo replied, "If you can't cultivate the Tao, you can learn it. As long as you study hard, you will always be able to learn it."

"Good guy!" Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, "Why do I feel that what you said is a bit shady?"

"That's right." Shangluo raised a finger, "That's the feeling. I don't know if you feel it. It's that one person can save another person from the sea of ​​suffering with just a few words."

"Think about it, just like in historical dramas, many beggars who suffered from famine went to kneel to the imperial envoy, hoping that the imperial envoy would help them. After all, it was too outrageous at that time. The gentlemen in the capital could just eat a casual meal. It is equivalent to the annual expenses of an ordinary person - after all, there were too many poor people in ancient times. Although the expenses of the old men have not changed, there are fewer poor people now, so the expenses of the old men are not so outrageous. . In ancient times, it cost a few thousand dollars to have a meal—good guy, that was outrageous. Now, it’s outrageous to spend a few thousand dollars to have a meal, but I’ve never eaten pork, and at least I’ve seen pigs run away.”

"Hey, that's the truth." Shangluo replied, "So, I also suggest that you take yourself as a sample - your talent in cultivation is not very good? Then try these things that the powerful people have taught you in their busy schedule. , whether it will allow you to keep up with others in the future.”

"But why did you recommend me?"

"Because I don't like to go out and don't know many people. So I resorted to nepotism - I don't do nepotism, so why should I still be nepotistic? Since it can be recommended and there is a reasonable reason to recommend it, then I might as well recommend someone I know alright."

"Okay." Qi Yuan nodded solemnly, "I think even many years later, when I look back on what happened today, I will feel very lucky."

"Oh, by the way." Shangluo replied, "It's good that you have this intention. Many of the Qi practitioners I know are quite undisciplined, and even if I recommend them, there will be no good results. I think you are the one who can do a good job Take advantage of this opportunity because you are indeed different from them. We can continue to contact you when you get to Suncheon."

Shangluo also gradually realized that he occasionally needed more of his own people to handle things - it was exactly what the homework just reminded him of. Many things that can be done or not are ambiguous. For example, homework can be handed in immediately, but the deadline can be slightly extended by talking to the teacher. In the final analysis, people have to deal with things, and sometimes they have to convince others.

Zhu Xianxun, it now appears, was particularly adept at this. He spoke seldom, but when he did, he was remarkably persuasive. He didn't attend court, but no one noticed his influence was declining. While Zhu Xianxun didn't project the airs of a truly sage ruler, he was certainly a competent ruler who maintained the status quo, impeccable in every way. This allowed him to occasionally exert his influence when necessary to achieve his goals.

Ultimately, if one wants to interact with people they don't know, they need to capitalize on some favorable juncture. Right now, the favorable juncture is right in front of them, and Shangluo doesn't mind making more friends. Because cultivating immortality is also about socializing, having a fellow Taoist is crucial. If one doesn't have any, then one can create them, as they are doing now—in essence, this is creating a connection to immortality.

Qi Yuan is the Taoist friend he intends to "create". Because from various perspectives, Qi Yuan is a very suitable model. She was born "within the veil" - she knows everything about the extraordinary world, and has been familiar with all kinds of knowledge about cultivating immortals since she was a child. Just because of her own limited talent, her cultivation has not improved at all since she was very young.

She is the one who needs "immortal fate" the most. She has already made 99% of her efforts and has all the conditions. She just needs to wait for a strong wind carrying immortal fate to blow over, and she can take off immediately. There are quite a lot of people like this, and Shangluo wants to give everyone a blessing. However, I currently have limited resources, so I’ll start with acquaintances.

I also want to know what else Gao Shiyu is hiding there. Because he seemed more interested in regaining his sight. When it comes to being promoted to a heavenly being, he doesn't seem so anxious, as if he has a reserved seat in the Immortal Class. Therefore, he is actually more concerned about the quality of his life than the progress of his realm.

Although Daming was very friendly to him, Shangluo also knew that if he didn't ask about some things, others wouldn't say anything. Of course he could ask, but sometimes it would be a favor. He planned to find some intelligence methods of his own to find out the news.

"Oh, by the way." Shangluo said to Qi Yuan, "The exam is the day after tomorrow. Do you want the plug-in that automatically writes Guange style just now?"

"Huh???" Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, "Well, this is not good, right? Isn't this tantamount to cheating?"

"Just tell me if you want it or not."

"Ah, cheating is definitely a bad behavior. But it's wrong to ask me if I want to cheat." She slapped her forehead, "This is not cheating. I think it is a reasonable use of technology, and there is no big problem. After all, Even if I write in Guange style, I won’t get a few extra points, right? If there are no problems with my own content, writing in Guange style will reduce the burden on the teacher! Well, that’s right.”

[She is lying to herself. Our monitor classmate is actually not that pedantic. By the way, do you want to give her one? You are so kind. 】

"Ahem" Shangluo coughed, "Please help me keep an eye on her. I asked, there are papers A and B in the exam, and our papers are the same. So, do you understand?"

[Ah, okay, okay, okay? You have to answer the questions based on her exam content, right? Tsk. Okay, since you have prepared so much, this one is not bad. So how many points do you need to score to be satisfied? You have almost gathered the Eight Immortals to cross the sea. Those who don’t know think you are going to survive the thunder tribulation. 】

Chapter 653 Manpower

The big exam is one day away, but school is still in session today.

"By the way, is it true that our school won't have a holiday today to prepare for the exam?"

When he sat in class in the morning, he didn't even feel nervous at all - he was indeed not too nervous, because he was as prepared as Du Jie. It’s just that other people don’t look too nervous, not even the school.

"Because there will be another time later." Qi Yuan in front replied.

"By the way, how do we get admissions here? Can the unified examination be completed? Or do we have to take each school's own admissions examination?"