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When will the sky rise

Like every morning for the past fourteen years, Chen Changsheng woke up at five o'clock, opened his eyes immediately, spent five breaths of meditation, turned over, put on his overshoes, made the bed and folded the quilt, and began to wash. In the front hall of the inn, I ate a bowl of duck congee and four hot steamed meat buns from the first cage. After returning to the guest room, I rinsed my mouth again with last night’s old tea, adjusted my clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and then walked to the small courtyard. ——Now he is not in the small temple in Xining Town, and he does not need to chop firewood and carry water. He closes his eyes and begins to meditate in front of the early morning mist and the distant sky light. When you feel refreshed, you have completed your homework. Walk from the side door to the gradually bustling streets of Kyoto, merge into the crowd very unremarkably, and start your day's life. He had a list in his hand with the names of several colleges in Kyoto, and after asking Fangshi steward for the address of the first college, he quickened his pace. He didn't notice that there was a carriage following him behind him, and he didn't notice that the horse had unicorn blood

Not to mention the somewhat concealed blood phoenix logo on the shaft. Countless years ago, the heavenly book came to the world, the wisdom of the people was opened, and countless schools of mathematics were developed, but all changes remained the same, and their origins were all included in Taoist classics, agriculture, business and science, and the criteria for judging these , now recognized as the most authoritative, is the Great Zhou Dynasty's annual Great Court Examination. The Great Court Examination was created by Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Whether you enter the court as an official, join the army as a general, or enter the state religion as a priest, the results of the Great Court Examination are the most important criteria. The most important thing is that the Emperor Taizu made a decree that only those who entered the top three in the Great Court Examination are eligible to enter the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books to view the Books of Heaven—because of this regulation, many powerful people in the world will come to Kyoto at the beginning of each year—the first time that year. During a grand imperial examination, Emperor Taizu stood on the city wall, watching the geniuses from various sects in the mainland rush in like crucian carp, smiled and said a very famous sentence, which established the status of the grand imperial examination. The southern countries, especially the Changshengzong and other sects outside the world, are naturally extremely dissatisfied with this rule. In their view, although the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven is located in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Book of Heaven is a divine stone descended into the world, and of course it is the common wealth of the whole continent. For this reason, the South has boycotted the Great Court Test several times, and the relationship between the two sides has become extremely tense. It's just that the Tianshu Mausoleum is too important to practitioners. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty is strong, it has no way to risk the world's disgrace and monopolize it. The southern forces have no way to resist the temptation to enter the Tianshu Mausoleum to view the stele. Even after the demons are repelled During the years when the two sides drifted apart, the South publicly resisted, and there were still many powerful southern sects who participated in the Great Court Examination in their own names. After the supreme sage came to power, the Great Zhou Dynasty finally reached an agreement with the southern powers. The sects of the southern countries can send missions to participate in the Great Zhou Dynasty's Great Court Examination. The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were rewarded with honors, while the rest were treated equally. Furthermore, the Dachao Trial had a brand new name in this new agreement. For countless years, the Great Court Examination has selected countless strong men. It is said that the most powerful men on the mainland have all had the experience of coming to the capital of the Zhou Dynasty to participate in the Great Court Examination. The more well-known fact is: the contemporary state religion Pope, the Southern Saint The elders of Nvfeng used to be the best in the imperial examination, not to mention some geniuses of the Western Monster Race once incarnated as humans to participate in the imperial examination. The acting Pope saw through Xingzang, and directly suppressed it into green smoke with great magic. That was a story many years ago. Now people are more concerned about next year's imperial examination, whether Qiushan Jun of the Changshengzong will participate, how many of the Seven Laws of the Divine Kingdom will be able to enter the first class, and whether Xu Yourong will make a breakthrough ahead of time, leave the Saintess Peak and return to Kyoto, who In the wilderness of the demons, will the powerful genius who is known for his coldness and mystery appear in front of the world for the first time, or will he continue to chase each other bloodily with the powerful demons? Apart from these, the people in Kyoto are most concerned about which talents will appear in the Kyoto Academy. Yes, there are many academies in Kyoto. The Holy Empress is in power, the government is strict, the officials are clear, and the people's lives are getting better. In the past few decades, Haiyan and Heqing have been called prosperous times. All kinds of academies have sprung up like mushrooms after the spring rain. Even a few years ago, there were many private academies specially aimed at the imperial examinations and secretly taught by the strong state religion. Of course, the most famous and powerful academies are the ones with the longest history, and two of them have a history even longer than that of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There were six academies on Chen Changsheng's list, and the Tiandao Academy he went to at this time ranked first. In fact, in the entire continent, Tiandaoyuan is qualified to be ranked in the top position - in the past two hundred years, the students of Tiandaoyuan have won the first place 24 times in the grand imperial examination. The students are all talented without exception. This academy has sent many important priests to the state religion, and has dedicated countless spiritual geniuses to various sects. The most important thing is that the contemporary pope of the state religion was once a student of this academy . Tiandaoyuan has the best score in the history of the Great Court Examination, and naturally it is also the most difficult to enter, but the number of applicants is still the largest. Chen Changsheng walked to the entrance of Tiandaoyuan, looked at the majestic and majestic black jade courtyard gate, and looked at the name of the courtyard inscribed by Emperor Taizu himself. Dispelled by the bustling environment of the courtyard like a vegetable market and the pungent smell of sweat and ink, he lowered his head subconsciously. When he left Xining, he had already calculated the time correctly. When he arrived in Kyoto, it was the spring enrollment date of the various colleges. He could also imagine that the number of applicants for the Tiandao Academy would inevitably be extremely large, but he did not expect that the number would be so terrifying. . Especially the group of young people at the gate of the courtyard who looked tired, stood crookedly, and pointed at the crowd, which made him a little uncomfortable. The clothes worn by those youths were similar in style, generally black, with a gold belt around their waists, which should be the uniforms of the Heavenly Dao Academy. Chen Changsheng knew that these people should be old-year students who failed the imperial examination at the beginning of the year.

Ping, for the freshmen who came to apply for the Tiandao Academy today, he would definitely not have a good face. Hearing those harsh words and seeing the mockery in the eyes of those young people, he lowered his head subconsciously. He bowed his head not because he was afraid of anything, but because he had some mild cleanliness, no matter physical or psychological, so he didn't want to smell the sweat smell from the crowd, and he didn't want to hear those words. "Look at that i***t, who looks like a pig, with a few pockmarks on his face, but still wants to stick a fan in his neck, thinking he is a moulting son? Don't even think about it, the thousand layers of meat on the girl's neck I almost broke my fan!" "That's right, seeing his sloppy footsteps, he has only just washed his marrow within two months at most, and he is afraid that his muscles and bones have not been beaten, yet he dares to apply for my Heavenly Dao Academy? He thinks Where are we here? Orthodox Academy? Haha... I don't understand what these idiots are thinking, do they think that they can understand Daozang with their weak and pitiful spiritual consciousness?" Don’t you dare to say this? You sympathize with that i***t for a while, but I sympathize with his parents. Humiliation for a while is the next best thing. The money spent before can’t be recovered. If I were that i***t Fatty’s parents, why don’t you use the money to go to the teaching altar to ask for some pills to eat, lose some fat, and at least marry a wife.” “So what if you marry a wife? Even Hanmei Dan will only take care of himself. Eight sons and daughters will be fat and stupid like him. Is it a good thing to raise a litter of pigs?" The students laughed and talked about the applicants without any scruples. Controlling the volume, maybe even deliberately trying to make the person being discussed listen, is extremely hateful. The fat boy who was being discussed was blushing, but he didn't dare to resist at all, because those students were telling the truth, he had just washed his marrow more than ten days ago, and it was basically impossible for him to be admitted to the Heavenly Dao Academy. The most important thing is that even if he is lucky enough to enter the academy, he cannot offend these seniors. Chen Changsheng walked through the crowd, listening to those obscenities, raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that if he was the one being talked about, he wondered if he could hold back. Fortunately, he lowered his head, and his breath was too ordinary, so inconspicuous in the crowd, it was difficult to be noticed, so he was lucky to avoid being ridiculed, passed through the gate of Moyu courtyard smoothly, and left go in. Because he was thinking about these things and lowered his head, he didn't notice that there were two huge stone walls on both sides of the stone path leading to the entrance of Tiandaoyuan, with strange flowers and gods carved on them, and hundreds of names densely written in the middle , it seems to be some kind of list, many eyes fall on those names, with enthusiasm and admiration. The family servants who came with the freshmen who applied for the examination were not allowed to enter the Tiandao Temple, so the environment suddenly became quieter after entering the courtyard. Chen Changsheng took out a clean white handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped off the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and exhaled, feeling a little more relaxed. Follow the student in front to the back of the long queue. There are a lot of people applying for the Tiandao Temple, and the queue is very long. It looks like the legendary Baizhang Qi snake in the Western Demon Realm. It extends from the distant building to the grassland, and even passes a clear stream in the middle. The freshmen who applied for the exam were all standing on the wooden bridge on the river, blown by the cold wind in early spring, their faces turned livid. Soon, some people came out of that building. They were all teenagers and girls. Their faces were as green as their companions on the bridge. They were very ugly. Since they were not frozen, it must be that the exam was not going well. The people who were still waiting in line saw their distraught appearance and suddenly became nervous, and they were no longer in the mood to chat. Chen Changsheng didn't know anyone, so naturally he didn't chat. He looked at the building in the distance, and seemed a little curious. He only cared about the entrance examination of Tiandaoyuan now, whether it was the same method as mentioned in the book, and why did those who failed pass so quickly? Lost? Or is it true that the exams at the Heavenly Dao Academy have changed? The crowd kept moving forward, crossing the grass and the river, before approaching the building, they came under a row of bamboo sheds. Looking at the stern-faced Tiandaoyuan teacher behind the stone table, and at the black volcanic block on the table, Chen Changsheng recognized what it was, and remembered an old year's pile he had seen in the Dao scroll. Litigation, slightly startled."It seems that I didn't do anything wrong." Chen Changsheng looked at the middle-aged woman and said, "Since I didn't do anything wrong, why should I change anything?" When he said this, his expression didn't change at all. Only the breath became unnoticeably heavier. Only his senior brother knew, this detail indicated that he was already very angry. The middle-aged woman's expression became serious, and she said, "Aren't you afraid of death?" "I... am very afraid of death." Chen Changsheng's voice was as hard as iron, "...so the first thing I did when I came to Kyoto was to go to Beijing. God General's Mansion divorced, just yesterday, I was planning to get admitted to Tiandao Academy or Zhaixing Academy, and then choose another day to divorce... But I'm sorry, I really changed my mind now." The middle-aged woman stared at him, His eyes were slightly cold. Chen Changsheng looked back at her quietly, and said, "Unless you realize what you did wrong, remember my name." The middle-aged woman was silent for a long time.

"Actually, I admire you very much." She looked at Chen Changsheng with complicated emotions in her eyes: "I have been watching your daily life for the past few days, and I have never seen a boy who is so self-disciplined at this age. With these four admission exams, what you have shown is rare and worthy of praise... I even sometimes think, if I have a daughter, it would be a good choice to marry her to you." Chen Changsheng said no He knew what to say, but when he was praised, he always had to respond. After thinking about it, he said two words: "Thank you." Saying thank you at this time is a little ridiculous, a little cute, and a lot of respect. The middle-aged woman looked at the stone wall behind the courtyard door and said, "But unfortunately, no one in the world would think that Miss should marry you." Chen Changsheng followed her gaze and saw the blue stone wall Many names are densely engraved on it. This is behind the gate of the main courtyard of the college. This is not the list for the entrance examination, so what is the list? He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen similar stone walls with many names engraved on them behind the gates of Tiandao Academy and Zhaixing Academy the day before yesterday. A line of words was engraved on the top of the bluestone wall - "The wind is so frequent that it will send me to Qingyun." Seeing this line of words, Chen Changsheng recalled the records in the book, and realized that what was engraved on the bluestone wall was the legendary The Qingyun list. There are countless strong people in the mainland, but geniuses always start when they are young-the Qingyun Ranking is the ranking list for strong people under the age of twenty. The names that can be on the Qingyun list are without exception the core disciples of inner sects cultivated by various sects in various countries, or geniuses with extraordinary talents. As long as they don't die halfway, these names will eventually become real powerhouses. All the colleges in Kyoto and other places have Qing Yunbang at the gate. The college wants to use those glorious names on the list to inspire students to make progress and increase the cohesion among the students in the college, but the effect is not very good——Students It is very clear that there is no possibility for them to enter the Qingyun list. Those names make them admire and awe until they despair. The Qing Yunbang does not ask about knowledge, state, division, gender, or strength. The only restriction is that the person on the list must not be over twenty years old. There have been many times when a relatively low-level person occasionally defeated a high-level strong player, and then came to the top of the list-this caused a lot of dissatisfaction. At the beginning of Tianji Pavilion's establishment of the list, this selection criteria was questioned many times, but Tianji Pavilion's answer is simple and powerful-no matter the level of knowledge or even the cultivation of spiritual temperament, the final collection is the comprehensive strength. The most important thing is comprehensive strength, and the best way to judge is, and can only win or lose. Chen Changsheng's eyes moved over the names on the Qingyun list. Those names are very unfamiliar to him, and occasionally some strange surnames can be seen in them, which may be young strong men from the Demon Realm, or geniuses from the Tu nationality in the southern forest. Suddenly, he saw Tang Tang's name on the thirty-sixth position, thinking of the youth in Tsing Yi talking about the origin of his name Tang Thirty-six in Tiandaoyuan, he couldn't help laughing happily. The other party is proud and glorious. In the end, his eyes came to the highest point of the stone wall, and he saw the name hanging there alone, aloof and proud, a name he knew, a name he should be familiar with— — Xu Yourong. "The Qingyun list lists all the young geniuses in the world. My Great Zhou Dynasty is full of talents. There are more than ten people on the list just in the capital of God. There are four in the Tiandao Academy and three in the Academy of Reaching Stars. In comparison, it is not particularly outstanding, until my young lady enters the list, and the winner of the North and the South will be decided..." The middle-aged woman looked at the stone wall, unable to hide her pride, and she didn't need to hide her pride, and said calmly: "... ...Miss entered the list for the first time two years ago, and she was directly listed at the top, and she hasn't come down since that day, and those young geniuses in the back are not to mention catching up, but it is very difficult to get close." Chen Changsheng looked at Shibi for the last time. The name above was silent. The marriage certificate has been kept by him for the past four years. He has read it many times. He knows her boudoir name very well, and he also knows how old she is. Based on this calculation, this lady of the Xu Mansion was on the Qingyun list when she was twelve years old. Invincible... the blood of the true phoenix is really amazing. The middle-aged woman withdrew her gaze, looked at Chen Changsheng and said solemnly: "You are indeed outstanding, you have not succeeded in washing your marrow, and you have the ability to be admitted to those colleges, but the gap between you and Miss is too big... This has nothing to do with struggle, Nothing to do with talent, nothing to do with hard work

There are relationships. You are constantly climbing up the road of your life, and I believe you can climb very high mountains. But miss, she has already left there, if you stubbornly want to follow her, you will be greeted by thunder from the sky. "Chen Changsheng was silent, and then remembered the reincarnation of the real dragon mentioned by the maid Shuang'er, the genius who was universally recognized as a natural match with Xu Yourong. "Mr. Qiushan..." The middle-aged woman did not expect that he knew Mr. Qiushan With a blank face, he said: "Qiu Shanjun has been at the top of the Qingyun list two years ago. "Chen Changsheng asked: "Why is he on the list?" Because you don't want to lose to Miss Xu? "The middle-aged woman said: "Mr. Qiushan broke through the background of sitting photos two years ago in advance, and now he is the leader of the gold medal list. "Chen Changsheng sighed, and found that it was difficult for him to find any comfort in this matter, because those were all high-ranking people, and he himself, let alone being on the Qingyun list...even the recruiters who wanted to be on the academy The list is difficult, it really is two different worlds. He asked: "Before you said that the gap between me and Ms. Xu has nothing to do with talent, and has nothing to do with struggle, so what is it related to?" ? "The middle-aged woman said: "...It is only related to fate." Even if you are the best ordinary person, you are still an ordinary person, and Miss has not been an ordinary person since she was born. You were born as a human, she was born as a phoenix, the gap between the two is like heaven and earth. "It turns out...it's fate again." "Chen Changsheng sighed with emotion. After a long silence, he looked at the middle-aged woman and said seriously: "You probably don't believe me. Not really convincing. " The middle-aged woman was startled slightly, she didn't expect that he still refused to let go after what she had said so clearly. As the sun was setting, Chen Changsheng walked across the street, following the crowd further away. The middle-aged woman noticed, At the very beginning, his head was a little low, his body was a little bent, and he looked a little lonely and tired. However, it didn't take long before his body gradually straightened, his head gradually lifted, and he began to look at the crowds on the street and the people in the distance again. The setting sun is everywhere. The twilight shines on the young man, as if it is burning.... "I have never seen such a self-disciplined young man. He controls his diet and daily life very strictly and perfectly, without any bad hobbies or entertainment. He cherishes time very much, so cherished that I always feel that someone is chasing him, or that a whip is constantly whipping him, but he does not give the feeling of anxiety to those around him. It can be seen that he likes to enjoy life very much, or life...just has some slight cleanliness. I counted it on the first day. He washed his hands a total of seven times, and there should be more than five handkerchiefs. "In the God General's Mansion, the middle-aged woman stood in front of Mrs. Xu, and said with a blank expression: "Madam, I must say, this child is very good. If you give him a chance, he will definitely grow up very quickly. Some good opportunities, or can have a good future. Madam Xu did not expect that this loyal woman who has followed her for decades would actually speak for that child, frowning: "What do you want to say?" "The middle-aged woman said: "Of course it is impossible for the young lady to marry him... But it is better to kill him if he is oppressed and humiliated like now, or if he is really given a chance to stand up in the future, even if the house is not afraid, there will be some troubles. Furthermore... I thought that young man was a good person, why should he be so. It may be difficult for ordinary people to understand this kind of logic, but Mrs. Xu understood it. She didn't expect that the woman really admired Chen Changsheng. She remembered what Xu Shiji said in the study that night, and looked at her deeply. With a glance, he said: "Many people are staring at the Divine General's Mansion...especially those old guys who are unwilling to give up. If there is a scandal in the mansion, even if it doesn't affect the overall situation, the Holy Queen will always

People must not like it. Therefore, this matter should be handled with caution. It is naturally best to obtain the marriage certificate by peaceful means. If in the end, the young man still insists on his poor self-esteem, or wants to seek greater benefits, then he can only let him Died quietly. That would bring some trouble, but getting rid of the source of the trouble was a way. "...... Shuang'er returned to the room and stayed at the table for a long time. Thinking of the conversation she heard outside the door of the wife's room, she felt a little restless, so she picked up the herbal teapot and poured half of it down. , and couldn’t be calmer. She knew that she was able to overhear so many words, but in fact, it was just Madam who wanted her to hear... Madam knew that she often corresponded with Miss, and deliberately let her hear these words, naturally she wanted to pass her Telling the young lady about this is a notice. Of course, the young lady cannot marry that guy named Chen Changsheng, but is that really necessary? Will the young lady agree? She walked to the table, spread the paper, dipped the pen in the ink, After thinking about it, I started writing.