Saint Origin Continent, Jingguo, Jiangzhou, Grand Source Prefecture, Ji County.
The sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. Birds were chirping happily. The ground was littered with leaves and petals that had fallen due to the night rain. It was spring.
Fang Yun felt cold all over and woke up abruptly. He opened his eyes and looked around in a daze.
Fang Yun found himself lying on a bluestone slab in a small alley. The ground was wet. He hurriedly supported himself against the wall and stood up. At the same time, he felt a burning pain all over his body.
"I clearly remember that there was a fire in the library and I jumped off the building to escape. How did I end up here? Where is this place? "Fang Yun was puzzled.
Fang Yun noticed that his clothes were not right. He looked down and turned pale with fright. He was wearing ancient sackcloth and his clothes were stained with mud and blood. His arms were thin and small.
There was a small puddle beside him. Fang Yun looked down and saw his face reflected in the puddle.
"Isn't this the fourteen or fifteen-year-old me?"
Suddenly, Fang Yun felt a sharp pain in his head and saw stars. A large amount of memories rushed into his mind. He gritted his teeth and sweat seeped out from his forehead.
After an unknown amount of time, Fang Yun calmed down. His eyes were filled with complicated emotions as he slowly sorted out the memories.
"So this is no longer Earth. It is the Saint Origin Continent that I have never heard of. This youth, who was also called Fang Yun, had already been beaten to death. Could it be that I fell to my death in the library and coincidentally took over his body? Is this the legendary rebirth of the soul? "
"This Fang Yun's strongest wish was to become a scholar and have talent to bring glory to his ancestors. There is actually a power called 'talent' here. Scholars can use talent to control 'Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi' and obtain more power. This is unheard of. "
"Eh? The history here … "
Fang Yun discovered that other than the barbarians and demons, the history of the Saint Origin Continent was very normal before the Shang Dynasty. However, there was a huge change during the last years of the Shang Dynasty.
At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the Marquis of the West, Ji Chang, later known as King Wen of Zhou, observed the sun, the moon, and the starry sky and wrote the ancient book, The Book of Changes. A vision fell from the sky and Qi filled his head.
The West Qi army was like a hot knife through butter. Many days later, they arrived at Zhaoge City, the capital of the Shang Dynasty. Suddenly, the city gate opened and 100,000 monsters, 300,000 barbarians, and a million soldiers of the Shang Dynasty swarmed out and surrounded the 200,000 West Qi soldiers.
King Zhou of Shang stood on the city gate tower with Daji in his arms. He scolded the West Qi army and ordered a general attack. Seeing that the West Qi army was about to be wiped out, King Wen of Zhou descended from the sky.
King Wen of Zhou was dressed in white. He frowned and looked coldly at King Zhou of Shang as he listed out the ten great crimes of King Zhou of Shang. Every time he listed out a crime, the fate of the Shang Dynasty would be reduced by ten percent and King Zhou of Shang would age by ten years. After King Wen finished speaking, the fate of the Shang Dynasty collapsed. King Zhou of Shang was on his last breath.
King Wen of Zhou's Qi turned into a scorching sun and hung high in the sky. He held the sacred book, The Book of Changes, and started to read. Tiny golden words flew out of his mouth and became bigger and bigger. Finally, they grew to the size of a person. Countless golden words surrounded the scorching sun and emitted golden light, illuminating the world.
The golden light didn't hurt the human race, but the 100,000 monsters and 300,000 barbarians suddenly screamed. Their bodies cracked from the inside out and blood splashed everywhere. They died one after another.
In the end, five barbarian saints died. Only one of the three demon saints escaped.
Blood flowed in the wilderness.
King Zhou died and a million soldiers of the Shang Dynasty surrendered.
Later generations praised King Wen of Zhou: He slaughtered the monsters and barbarians with one hand and ruled the world alone.
Later, King Wen of Zhou became King Wu of Zhou. He studied The Book of Changes and lived for 500 years.
After that, no one in the world had Qi until Confucius was born.
When Confucius was born, he was ugly and strange. He was abandoned in the wilderness. The weather was very hot. An eagle fell and flapped its wings to drive away the heat. A tigress took Confucius into the tiger's den and fed him with the tiger's milk. Later generations said that Confucius was "a dragon gave birth to a tiger, raised an eagle, and fanned himself".
Later, the tigress returned Confucius to his mother, who raised him carefully.
Confucius' mother was a concubine. After Confucius' father died, Confucius and his mother were chased away by his wife.
When Confucius was young, he was very poor. After he became a saint, he said to his disciples, "I was also cheap when I was young, so I could do many despicable things." What he meant was that he was very poor when he was young, so he knew a lot of manual labor.
When Confucius was young, he was very ordinary. Only when he was middle-aged did he show his uniqueness and travel around the world.
When he was old, Confucius returned to Lu to be an official. He was one of the highest officials in Lu, but he was pushed aside and resigned.
After he resigned, Confucius revised The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, and Yue Jing. He also wrote a preface for King Wen's The Book of Changes. Finally, Confucius wrote The Spring and Autumn Annals himself. When the book was finished, his Qi soared to the sky and flowers fell. The stars shone in the sky, thousands of miles of clouds, thousands of miles of thunder, and the world shook. He became a quasi-saint.
After Confucius became a saint, he went into seclusion for ten years.
Not long after, the Snake Demonic Sage that escaped from the Shang and Zhou War improved after eight hundred years of cultivation. He became a Great Saint and tried to avenge King Wen by invading.
A Great Saint's strength was slightly stronger than a human quasi-saint. Even King Wen of Zhou was inferior.
When the army of demons and barbarians arrived at Jade Sea City, the people panicked.
Seeing that the demons and barbarians were about to attack the city, Confucius flew over on the "chariot of countries". He held the Spring and Autumn Annals in his left hand and the Spring and Autumn Annals in his right hand. When he saw the Snake Demonic Sage, he smiled and said, "I won't be tired of eating. Great Saint, please enter my urn and let me cook you."
The million demons and barbarians were enraged. Then, Kong Zi raised his brush and wrote nine 'Slay' characters with the Spring and Autumn Brush. Each character was like a knife, killing the Great Sage of the Snake Race. He split the Great Sage of the Snake Race into ten. Then, Kong Zi cooked in front of everyone, eating the thousand feet long Great Sage of the Snake Race.
During the cooking process, millions of demons and barbarians wanted to escape. Confucius threw out the Spring and Autumn Annals, covering the sky for three thousand miles. When the annals moved, millions of demons and barbarians were killed.
Millions of people knelt down and called him a Saint.
Later, Confucius founded the first academy, Qufu Academy, which broke the monopoly of education at that time. It recruited thirty thousand ordinary disciples, three thousand personal disciples, and seventy-two virtuous disciples.
Everyone who worshipped Confucius as their teacher would naturally have talent after learning from him.
Later, Confucius went one step further and became a Saint. There was no one like him.
The Saint saw through the mysteries of heaven and sensed that the human race was in danger. So, he rode the chariot of countries and went to the three barbarians, the four seas, and the Five Demon Mountains. He forced the two races to sign a thousand-year truce.
No one knew the details of Confucius's trip to the three barbarians, the four seas, and the five mountains. They only knew that after Confucius returned, he visited the hundred schools and then went into seclusion.
After Confucius went into seclusion, Mencius, Xun Zi, Zeng Zi, Zi Si, and Yan Zi were all given the title of Half-saint because of Confucius's teachings.
The Confucians no longer opposed the other schools. Confucius's grandson, Zi Si, even proposed the idea of "learning from the other schools". He took the initiative to consult the other schools and helped them learn talent. Mozi of the School of Mohism, Han Feizi of the School of Legalism, Lu Buwei of the School of Miscellany, Xu Xing of the School of Agriculture, and Sun Tzu of the School of Military were all given the title of Half-saint.
It was not until Liu Bang killed the White Snake Demon that the disciples learned that Confucius was about to pass away.
When Confucius passed away, his body turned into a pillar of talent that shot into the sky. It did not dissipate for a long time, and everyone in the world saw it. Three days later, the pillar of talent separated into three parts. One entered Qufu Academy, one entered thirty thousand disciples, and one entered the world.
Mencius, Xun Zi, Zeng Zi, Zi Si, and Yan Zi were all given the title of Half-saint.
Since then, the era of talent had begun.
Since then, the contending of the hundred schools of thought had been dominated by Confucianism.
Without the tragedy of the hundred schools of thought, the human race prospered.
After Confucius's death, Qufu Academy changed its name to "Notre-Dame", and its status was extraordinary.
The Sacred Academy gradually perfected the power of talent. Following Confucius's last wish, it absorbed the essence of the various schools of thought and promoted only the talented. It established ten positions, which were Tong Sheng, Xiucai, Juren, Jinshi, Hanlin, Grand Scholar, Great Confucian, Half-Saint, Quasi-Saint, and Sage.
The higher the scholar's position, the more talent he had and the stronger the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth.
Fang Yun was overwhelmed with emotions. He did not expect such a magical world to exist.
"As long as you become a scholar, you will have the most basic 'talent'. At the same time, you will be bestowed with the title of scholar. The bestowment of a scholar is' Bright Eyes Night Vision ', which allows you to see at night and read at night without the need for an oil lamp. After becoming a scholar, you will be able to 'talk on paper'. This is not a joke, but a war poem written by a scholar. You will be able to turn words into reality and become a powerful force. When you reach a higher position, you will be bestowed with even more incredible power. "
Fang Yun remembered that Sheng Yuan Continent also experienced the Qin, Han, and Three Kingdoms period. Currently, there were ten countries in Sheng Yuan Continent. Fang Yun deduced that Sheng Yuan Continent existed before the Sui and Tang Dynasties through the recent historical figures.
Fang Yun counted the people who were recently bestowed with the title of Saint.
Wang Xizhi, known as the "Sage of Calligraphy", used the "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion", "Peace Invitation", and "Funeral Invitation" to be bestowed with the title of Half-saint, second only to the quasi-saint.
Tao Yuanming used the "Peach Blossom Spring", "Biography of Mr. Wu Liu", and "Homecoming" to be bestowed with the title of Half-saint.
Zu Chongzhi used the "Fixing Technique", "Great Ming Calendar", and "Yi Yi" to be bestowed with the title of Half-saint.
Li Daoyuan used the "Commentary on the Water Scripture" and "Original Records" to be bestowed with the title of Half-saint.
Fan Zhen used the "Theory of Divine Destruction" to be bestowed with the title of great scholar, second only to Half-saint.
However, there was no Li Bai! No Du Fu!
No Bai Juyi! No Wang Changling!
No Li Shangyin! No Wen Tingyun!
No Wang Wei! No Du Mu!
No Han Yu! No Liu Zongyuan!
No Yan Zhenqing! No Liu Gongquan!
No Su Dongpo! No Ouyang Xiu!
No Lu You! No Li Qingzhao!
No Lu Jiuyuan! No Cheng Yi or Cheng Hao! No Zhu Xi! No Wang Yangming!
There was not a single famous person after the Sui and Tang Dynasties!
Fang Yun took a deep breath. Without a doubt, for him, this was perhaps the best era!
Suddenly, Fang Yun's expression changed slightly, because he just remembered his current identity and today's date.
Fang Yun's family was poor. His parents had died early, and his family only had a child bride called Yu Huan, who was three years older than him.
The Fang family originally could not afford a child bride, but Yu Huan had been taken in by the Fang family when her father fled with her. Her father had stolen the Fang family's little money to gamble. In the end, he lost and cheated, and was beaten to his last breath. Before he died, he said that he had sold Yu Huan to the Fang family as a child bride to repay the Fang family's money.
Yu Huan had been a beauty since she was young, and after she grew up, she became even more beautiful. She was called "Jiangzhou's Beauty" by her neighbors. Even if her family did not have money, and she only wore a very simple coarse dress, it could not hide her peerless charm.
After their parents passed away, Fang Yun and Yu Huan depended on each other. Yu Huan was clever with her hands, and she earned money by doing needlework.
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