The Apricot Altar was extremely important to the human race. It was even recognized as the origin of the path of enlightenment. Only after becoming a great scholar could one enter the Apricot Altar and cultivate there for three days.
The unluckiest great scholars could only cultivate for three days and still hear the voice of one of the seventy-two disciples. The luckiest ones could hear the Tree Sage imitating Kong Sheng's lecture. As for the truly lucky ones, they could hear Kong Sheng's voice with their own ears.
In history, only four Confucian sages had heard Kong Sheng's voice. The first three had left behind immortal works and were already saints.
Generally speaking, only those who heard Kong Sheng's voice could be considered a true disciple of Kong Sheng. Although they could not be compared to the seventy-two sages, they could be ranked within the three thousand disciples.
Yi Zhishi was the fourth.
Back then, during the Literary Giant Competition, Yi Zhishi's support was not particularly high. This was because the human race had always paid attention to seniority. Yi Zhishi was too young, and before him, there were many respected elders vying for the title of Literary Giant. Every one of them was far more powerful than him.
For example, the Lei family's Raikonghe, the Zong family's Zong Ganyu, and the Jingguo Chen family's Chen Mingding were all better than Yi Zhishi.
At that time, no one thought that Yi Zhishi could become a Literary Giant. His youth made him a success, but he was also at a disadvantage in the Literary Giant Competition.
However, at the final moment of the Literary Giant Competition, the Kong family appeared and announced that Yi Zhishi had heard Kong Sheng's voice.
Yi Zhishi suppressed the Literary Giant Competition.
There was no more suspense in the Literary Giant Competition. Yi Zhishi also became the true number one person below Half-saint.
Yi Zhishi had many disciples and old friends. Every time they heard someone say that Fang Yun was a scholar before Kong Sheng, they would scoff. This was because Yi Zhishi was the only one who had heard Kong Sheng's voice and was Kong Sheng's true disciple. In their eyes, Kong Sheng was a disciple of Heaven's Gate, but in reality, he was far from being a true disciple of Kong Sheng. In the Confucian school, the three thousand disciples were the true disciples.
Everyone in the Falling Waterfall Valley knew what the Apricot Altar was. Only the most suitable and innovative lectures could trigger the Apricot Altar. Moreover, the principles taught would definitely be carried forward.
Previously, Fang Yun had imparted the art of painting and the art of the zither, causing a deluge of extravagant praise. However, it was far inferior to the Little Apricot Altar, because in the eyes of scholars, those were only minor paths. Governing the country was the main path.
The phenomenon of the Little Apricot Altar itself was not vast. There was no divine light or talent descending from the heavens. It was just the sudden growth of two apricot trees. It did not seem like much.
However, if one thought about it carefully, it wasn't difficult to trigger the divine light and talent energy. It could grant a creature the ability to surpass the limits of nature and experience a long period of growth in a short period of time. This type of power was comparable to controlling the past and future.
After the Zong Family took over the Dongsheng Pavilion, they tried to obstruct Fang Yun at all costs. However, once the Little Apricot Altar appeared, not to mention the fact that Fang Yun had killed a member of the Zong Family, even if he had killed the Zong Family Patriarch, the Dongsheng Pavilion could only pinch its nose and declare the Little Apricot Altar as a sacred ground!
If it was delayed for three days at most, the Notre-Dame's other palaces would dare to impeach Zong Ganyu and everyone in the Dongsheng Pavilion!
Even if they were Zong Sheng's children.
The Kong Family's Apricot Altar in the Temple of Confucius was like a monument. It was a sacred ground of the Great Dao, and no family wanted to touch it.
However, a sacred ground like the Little Apricot Altar was different. It was a sacred ground of enlightenment, not a sacred ground of the Great Dao. Every time such a sacred ground appeared, all the major human factions would fight with all their might for the right to enter.
The sacred ground of enlightenment was slightly lower than the sacred ground of enlightenment. Fang Yun had experienced in the Notre-Dame, such as the Hanlin Palace and the Boundless War Palace. They were all sacred grounds of cultivation.
Regarding the differences between the three sacred grounds, a great scholar had once made an analogy: a person was a bucket.
The main purpose of a sacred ground of cultivation was to increase one's strength. It was equivalent to constantly pouring water into a bucket. There would be a time when the bucket would be full.
Not only could the sacred ground of enlightenment fill the bucket with water, but it could also slowly change the texture of the wooden bucket, making it stronger and stronger.
The sacred ground of the Great Dao was even stronger. Not only could it turn the wooden bucket into an iron bucket, but it could also make the bucket taller and bigger.
The Sage Clans did not lack sacred grounds of cultivation. They only needed to pay a small price to enter any sacred ground of cultivation.
However, a sacred ground of enlightenment like the Little Apricot Altar was completely different. In order to ensure that the sacred ground had sufficient strength, the sacred ground would not be open all the time. There would also be a limit to the number of people who could enter.
A sacred ground of the Great Dao like the Confucius Sect's Apricot Altar had even harsher conditions to enter. Only a great scholar could enter once. If one did not become a great scholar, even the son of a Half-saint could not enter. Even the Kong Clan could not enter!
Entering once and wanting to enter a second time? Yes, please become a saint.
The conditions to enter the sacred ground of the Great Dao of the human race were almost always this harsh. Thus, the aristocratic clans would not attempt to control it. Either one had the right to enter or not. There was no room for manipulation.
The Little Apricot Altar was different. Every genius of the aristocratic clans wanted to enter as soon as possible. Moreover, they did not want to enter with many people. They all wanted to cultivate by themselves for at least a day.
There were countless scholars in the human race, but there were only 365 days in a year. Among billions of people, only this many people could cultivate by themselves in a year. Not to mention that the entire human race was not enough, not to mention the Sage Clans, even if only the Kong Clan's descendants could enter, the Kong Clan's descendants would fight with all their might because it was still not enough.
The scholars in front of Mount Liu remained silent. They did not speak for a long time. A few of them even blushed.
The Apricot Altar was a sacred ground of education. Thus, from today onwards, no matter who was listening to Fang Yun's lecture, no matter who their teacher was, they would have to respectfully call Fang Yun their teacher.
In the Saint Origin World, the relationship between teacher and disciple was second only to that between parents and children.
Because the officials who were listening to the lecture had personally experienced the establishment of the Little Apricot Altar, not only could they enter the Little Apricot Altar again for free, their direct descendants could also choose one person to enter the Little Apricot Altar for free.
If a scholar could not even pass the Scholar Exam, as long as he entered the Little Apricot Altar once, he would not need to cultivate by himself. Even if he cultivated with ten or twenty people, he would definitely become a Grand Scholar within twenty years!
The scholars of Luofu Valley remained silent because they understood that from today onwards, the relationship between the officials of Xiang Province and Fang Yun would be a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than the relationship between the officials of the Left Minister's party and Mount Liu!
If one of the officials of Xiang Province had mediocre talent but had an extremely talented child, if Fang Yun asked that official to die now, that official would at most hesitate for three breaths before agreeing.
Just to let the child enter the Little Apricot Altar once.
Mount Liu sighed softly. Looking at the clouds in the sky, he felt a sense of loss. He slowly said, "After Ning 'an, Xiang Province also has the surname Fang."
The valley continued to remain silent.
Ning 'an was just a county. No matter how great its potential was, it was limited by its population and other factors. Its achievements were ultimately limited.
Xiang Province was different. Xiang Province had been suppressed by Gyeongo for decades, but its population exceeded a hundred million!
If Xiang Province's potential was completely unleashed, within thirty years at most, scholars from Xiang Province would fill the various offices of Jingguo's provinces!
They would all be Fang Yun's students.
From now on, regardless of what happened to Jingguo in the future, regardless of whether Xiang Province was annexed by Gyeongo or seized by Wu Guo, it would not be suppressed like it had been in the past.
Because Xiang Province was not the Xiang Province of any country. It was Fang Yun's Xiang Province!
The Little Apricot Altar in Baling City's literary academy could support half a country!
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