At the same time, the academy would provide various rewards to outstanding disciples, following the simple principle of survival of the fittest. The better you performed, the more resources you would receive. On the other hand, it would become more and more difficult for you to advance. In the end, you would be forced to leave the academy and find a job.
On the ship, Li Long called out excitedly, "Qingshan, over here!"
In the end, Li Qingshan failed to discover anyone spying on him. He rubbed the back of his head and made his way onto the ship.
However, he had no idea that the various school leaders were all watching his various actions.
"This child's senses sure are sharp, and his cultivation isn't bad either. He can be regarded as a genius in the entrance examination this time." Liu Changqing made his judgment, drawing everyone's attention back to the main point of the entrance examination. There might be geniuses among the children, but they would only show up in a few months at the very least.
"It's a pity that he's already fallen into old Wang's trap." The old man in coarse clothes and a tall hat shook his head.
"This kid is a troublemaker. Who knows which school he'll choose?" Wang Pushi did not like Li Qingshan a lot, but he still felt proud that a genius from the Hawkwolf Guard had emerged.
"I think this child is fated with the buddha. I wonder if commander Wang is willing to part with him?" the bald old monk asked.
"He's skilled in the arts of Body Practitioners. He's even more suitable than the school of Legalism and the school of the Military." Before Wang Pushi could answer, the middle-aged man who had been silent the entire time suddenly spoke up.
Even though he was sitting there, his back was straight and his hands were placed on his knees. There was not the slightest bit of superfluous movement as he stared ahead. When he did not speak, he was more like a statue carved out of wood or stone. Even when his body was relaxed, he still exuded a sense of condensed strength. He was the leader of the school of the Military, the General of Might, Han Anjun.
"One Thought. Is it fated with your buddha as long as you have some talent? Old Han, your son didn't even compete with little Hua when he was in Lou Cheng. If he really wants to choose the school of the Military, I won't say anything. "
"The buddha is the buddha in the heart, the buddha of all living beings. It's not fated with your buddha. You are fated with 'my' buddha, Namo Amitabha! "The One Thought monk chanted.
The Watermirror Disc did not linger on Li Qingshan for long before it turned to the others. They were all the younger talents with higher cultivation levels in this year's entrance examination. All of these could trigger a discussion.
Among them, Hua Chenglu obviously followed in Hwa Seung-zan's footsteps, so she would definitely join the school of Legalism. Although it did not remain on her for very long, Qian Rongzhi was still illuminated. She came from the Hawkwolf Guard, so she obviously belonged to the school of Legalism. Wang Pushi was complacent.
The mutant Yuan Kui's issue caused another round of dispute. The dispute between the mutants and the humans had not completely stopped, but in the end, Han Anjun nodded and said, "I accept!" The various clan heads had nothing else to say.
Other than the few of them, the Water Moon Mirror shone on another ten or twenty people. They were all the talents of this year's Academy Entrance Examination. Li Qingshan could already be regarded as outstanding among regular Qi Practitioners, but compared to these people, he seemed ordinary.
The Clear River prefecture spanned fifteen hundred kilometers. In the Earth of Li Qingshan's past life, it was equivalent to the entire jiangnan. There were hundreds of millions of people there. There were countless people with talent and fortuitous encounters.
Li Qingshan had managed to stand out from so many people. Being reflected in the Water Moon Mirror and being discussed by the various Family Heads was already extremely rare. If one really wanted to, one would be able to shock everyone. However, he was nowhere close to being able to sit here. Which one of them was not a genius in the past?
On the ship, Li Qingshan and Li Long leaned against the railing and discussed what had happened after they parted, as the matters that Li Qingshan had gone through were far too mysterious and surprising. There were far too many secrets in there too. As a result, most of the time, it was Li Long talking, while Li Qingshan listened.
As it turned out, Li Long was a talent among the Iron Fist. In less than a year, he had gone from a third-rate master of the jianghu to a second layer Qi Practitioner. This was already a very startling leap. The Iron Fist was already prepared to promote him to a protector.
A tall wall of mist suddenly appeared on the horizon. It seemed extremely strange in such weather, but Li Qingshan did not sense any spiritual energy within it.
However, when the ship sailed into the mist, Li Qingshan felt dizzy, as if the surroundings had been turned upside down. He immediately understood that the wall of mist was a part of a formation, but it had sucked in all the spiritual energy. When he looked at Li Long again, he did not seem to sense anything. He only looked around in confusion.
Suddenly, a huge black shadow appeared in the mist, and it was still growing. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of them. It was a hideous strange fish, ten times bigger than the ship. Looking at it from a close distance, it looked like a mountain. Its mouth was filled with sharp teeth that looked like swords and spears, and it swallowed the ship in one bite.
Screams rang out on the ship, and many talismans and spells flew out.
Li Qingshan shook his head. There was no murderous aura, no demonic aura, and no vitality. It was just a fake.
The strange fish passed through the ship, and as expected, it was just an illusion. Those talismans and spells naturally missed, but this illusion was too real. Many people's faces were pale, and they were still in shock.
The male instructor clapped his hands and smiled. "Don't be afraid, everyone. It's just a joke. However, if you enter and leave this mist without permission, your joke might come true!"
Everyone's performance was naturally reflected in the water mirror, and it caused a burst of laughter. They had a rough judgment in their hearts.
However, cowards did not necessarily mean that they would be looked down upon and not be accepted by the various families. Being cowardly did not mean that they could not create mechanisms, divination, or study medicine. Since they lacked the courage to fight, they would just obediently do what they were supposed to do!
Of course, in the hearts of Han Anguo and Wang Pushi, those cultivators who had turned ashen from fear had already lost their qualifications. The core of the two families was to fight and kill, and there was no place for the cowardly.
At this moment, the mist began to dissipate, and the bright sunlight shone on the bow of the ship once more. Bit by bit, the ship entered the boundary of light.
Everyone involuntarily let out cries of surprise. Li Qingshan could not help but widen his eyes. The blue lake water seemed even clearer than outside the mist, and many rare fish swam in the water. The sky seemed even bluer, and a flock of huge white water birds flew over the ship. The dense spiritual energy seemed to make breathing much easier.
A verdant island with a mountain range stood at the end of their sight. There were many islands of various sizes scattered around it, like pieces of jade scattered across blue silk.
Li Qingshan suddenly came to a realisation. It was these islands that formed this great formation, becoming one with nature.
This was the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the name of the island in the centre was "Contention"!
The ship headed straight for Contention Island. Everyone's mood became excited as well.
A while later, the ship stabilised.
The instructor led everyone to a square on the shore. There was a formation engraved on it, and Li Qingshan found the formation to be rather familiar. Suddenly, he remembered that the formation scroll Sun Fubai had taken out when he tested for the elemental affinity of yin and yang below the Green Vine mountain was roughly like this, except this one was much larger and much more complicated.
To the Hundred Schools of Thought, the elemental affinity of yin and yang was extremely important. As a matter of fact, it was the most important prerequisite.
Li Qingshan had already learnt about this from All. The school of Legalism preferred profound yin, the school of Buddhism and Confucianism preferred profound yang, the school of Mohism and Agriculture preferred earth and wood, the school of the Military preferred metal and fire, the school of Famers and Novels preferred water, the school of Yin-yang required a balance of yin and yang, and the school of Daoism and Miscellany required everything.
Of course, this requirement of elemental affinity was not absolute. Even if the elemental affinity did not match, it was still possible to join the schools. The school of Legalism accepted all elemental affinity, while the school of the Military did not restrict itself to metal and fire either. However, while the school of Buddhism opened its doors to convenience, their main mental cultivation method was still yang and hard. The righteousness of the school of Confucianism also required profound yang.
The points that could be considered could be written into an entire book. Li Qingshan only had a rough understanding of it to ensure that he would not make any major mistakes.
All the Qi Practitioners boarded the ship in order, listening to the instructor call out their names one by one before stepping onto the formation.
"Chen Han!"
A man made his way out of the crowd and arrived at the centre of the formation. The five elements lit up at the same time. Metal, wood, water, and earth were very weak, but fire was a seven-foot-tall ball. The yin and yang qi above his head shone with light and darkness. The light far surpassed the darkness.
Only then did Li Qingshan understand why the testing formation was so large. As it turned out, it could measure the strength of various elemental affinity at the same time.
The male instructor recorded on the side. "Fire Element Upper, Yang Element Lower. Everyone else is Ding Element Lower."
When Hua Chenglu walked into the formation, a huge shadow immediately formed in the air above her. She was determined to be "Yin Armor Lower". She was an excellent disciple of the school of Legalism. She made her way out of the formation under everyone's praises.
Following her was Yu Zijian. She felt slightly nervous. She still practised the Innate Method of Practising Qi right now. She had not tested the yin, yang, and the five elements yet.
The formation flashed with light and produced an extremely weak hum. The scorching white light was dazzling. A dazzling ball of light rose up above her head like a miniature sun.
The light passed through the water mirror and landed in the dark room, illuminating everyone's faces. The various school leaders were all slightly moved.
Liu Changqing smiled. "Yang Armor Upper, suitable for practising righteous qi. There's no one who's going to compete with me this time!"
No matter which aspect of yin, yang, and the five elements reached the limit, they were all rare geniuses.
"What do you know?" The slovenly daoist priest who had remained silent the entire time, only drinking with his head lowered, suddenly spoke.
"Please enlighten me, senior!" Liu Changqing was extremely well-mannered. He bowed, demonstrating the gentleness, politeness, and courtesy of confucianism.
Of course, the most important reason was that he was not the old daoist priest's opponent. He was only at early Foundation Establishment, while the old daoist priest had already reached late Foundation Establishment.
However, the slovenly daoist priest did not look at him at all. He only stared at the scene in the Watermirror disc. Some eagerness appeared in his eyes, which surprised all the school leaders who knew him. All of them knew that the old daoist priest had a bad temper and a foul mouth. Nothing mattered to him. Yu Zijian's talent was extraordinary, but it was not enough for him to behave like this!
However, as soon as he looked at her, Liu Changqing cried out involuntarily, "The Pure Yang constitution!"
Apart from the scorching ball of light above Yu Zijian's head, there was not a sliver of darkness at all.
Regular people possessed both yin and yang. As the saying went, yin alone cannot give birth, and yang alone cannot grow. Only cultivators of extremely high cultivation could attain the realm of Pure Yang. This had always been the simplest principle of cultivation. Where there was light, there would be darkness. Where there was yin, there would be yang.
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