Xiu Erdai's daily essays

Chapter 1142

04660-rational, sober

Since most of the people who came to the selection meeting were in the Qi training period and had no cultivation, the candidates for the three-day exam had to eat, drink, and rest. Zhong Sumen made a timetable:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, falling asleep, waking up, and even 10 minutes between classes—except for the three readings that count as exams, the rest of the time is reading for an hour and taking a 10-minute break.

When receiving the timetable, some candidates asked: "If you don't abide by it, will you have to deduct points?"

Invigilator: "No points will be deducted, it will just be a reference factor."

Zhong Sumen recommends self-discipline to students, but it is not against self-discipline like Mingyan Pavilion. Zhong Sumen sometimes accepts disciples who are not self-disciplined, as long as the disciples form their own rules in the absence of self-discipline—in fact, it is still Another kind of self-discipline - self-discipline is more like a method in Zhong Sumen. Generally speaking, it is easier to achieve success in cultivation if you use this method, but if the disciple can prove that he is more suitable to use other methods to improve, then this suggested method will be discarded It's okay.

Just a note: the reason to drop a suggested approach is because there are better options available, or because the suggested approach has proven unsuitable for you, not out of a purposeless chaotic reaction of being rebellious, being cool, not wanting to be like everyone else.

Zhong Sumen is a very rational and sober sect, every step seems to have a plan, a bit like the style of a big brother, but the plan of the big brother is out of interest, and the interest of Zhong Sumen is to plan...

It still doesn't sound like much of a difference.

Eldest brother: "The difference probably lies in...the number of Confucianism cultivators is too small, and there is a gap between them and the public. If I were to stir up trouble as a Confucianism cultivator, I would definitely not be as black as I am now. The public generally thinks that scolding sword cultivators is too much." It's normal, no matter how you scold, it's normal to scold Confucianism Cultivator, but it seems that you can't get it out. The tolerance of the sword cultivator profession is still valid in the matter of being scolded."

Me: "I think it's normal to scold Danxiu." Don't look at the medicine sect's Danxiu who seems to be very respected, but many people scolding Chiwuzong's Danxiu is no different from scolding his family's sword cultivator, although Chiwuzong's Danxiu There seems to be no difference in the style of Xiu Jianxiu's actions.

Big brother: "The public professions are so tolerant. You can see that niche professions such as fortune-tellers have few people who scold them. If you remove the part that scolds them for inaccurate fortune-telling results and being like mortal magic sticks, basically Even without scolding."

Me: "Everyone doesn't know much about niche occupations, so there are fewer curse words to sum up."

During these three days, the rest time—including sleeping and 10 minutes between classes—is under monitoring, while reading aloud, silent reading and other time facing books and three meals are under monitoring.

04661 - dawdling

Duan Zhe: "Is it true that there is no monitoring during the break, or is there some monitoring?"

Ai Yizaki: "Try to be polite and avoid it."

That is to say, for example, when the spiritual consciousness is just swept away during the transformation period, and the defensive formation is adjusted slightly, you can see it when you see it-the privacy of official disciples is not fully guaranteed, so how about candidates?You must know that these three days are the entire exam time, and even if the rest time is not fully monitored, there are relevant rules to be followed. It is not really for the candidates to relax without scruples.

When the candidates are resting, especially when they are sleeping, the Zhongsumen Jindanqi who don’t need to sleep each do their own things, and the three of us Yunxiazong Jindanqi who don’t need to sleep are inconvenient to stay in another house. Walking around in the sect, I had to meditate and chat, and look at Xianghai's talismans by the way.

Duan Zhe was not interested in looking at talismans, and he was still worried about his son, so he complained to Ai Yiqi: "Why do you Zhongsumen take the exam so slowly? Although other schools have exams for several days, the rest time you give is too much. Is it too much?"

Ai Yiqi: "Learning to rest is also a kind of practice."

Duan Zhe: "Then you said you don't monitor rest?"

Ai Qiqi: "Candidates don't really believe it, especially when we set up rules for them during the break. Even if they believe that they will not be watched by the monitor all the time during the break, they will take into account the fact that they will be in their rest place. The staff walking around and patrolling around."

Ai Yiqi: "Complete monitoring, half monitoring, pretending not to monitor, really not monitoring, what state should one use to face various situations is also a science. When the exam schedule is too tight, the state of the candidates will inevitably It will be different from everyday life, although in that state we can see some of their limit values, but sometimes as the question maker, we also want to see their normal values, so we will let candidates try to stretch as much as possible in some exams."

Yan Gui: "But in the consciousness of candidates, the 'examination' itself is tense. Even if you create a soothing and relaxed atmosphere, fundamentally speaking, this is still a major event that concerns their lives. Their hearts are tense. The ropes don't really loosen because of the false ease of the outside world."

Ai Qiqi: "That's also very good, to distinguish between reality and illusion."

Me: "May I ask which department Ai Daoyou is working in now?"

Ai Yizaki: "Recently I have been working in the admissions department."

Me: "Is the content of the part-time job to receive us? Did you really find out that Duan Yanzhou was interested in taking the exam for Zhong Sumen after he entered the examination room?"

Ai Qizaki: "I am."

Duan Zhe: "As a father, I don't even know, how could they know?"

Me: "My dad knew about it a long time ago. I haven't told my dad about it, because I'm not sure myself, and I haven't talked with Xiao Zhou directly about this topic."

04662-Participated

Duan Zhe: "Elder Pei is different... the elders of Zhong Sumen will not tell the admissions office to do something special about a candidate?"

Me: "Elder Guanghe has adjusted the exam rules for some candidates."

Yan Gui: "Elder Guanghe..."

As a number, it can be compared.Even though Elder Guanghe is more dishonest than the elders in charge of admissions in daily life, when Elder Guanghe acts as the elder of the admissions department, he is still very reliable.As far as I know, Elder Guanghe has made no mistakes in this position.

Duan Zhe: "So, Fellow Daoist Ai, have you adjusted the test items this time for my son?...Why does this question sound a little shameless?"

Me: "Maybe it's not an adjustment, but Xiao Zhou's situation gave Zhong Sumen the inspiration to come up with the questions? It's not that the exam questions are set and then adjusted for Xiao Zhou, but that Xiao Zhou's data participated in the generation of the exam questions? Every time The exam questions are not always exactly the same as the previous ones, and of course the changes need to refer to some current events, Xiao Zhou just played the role of a current event?"

Me: "Maybe I was also involved?"

Xiang Hai: "Should I pay you for inspiration?"

Me: "Is my image so linked to money? I thought I was fresh and refined, uncontested?"

Yan Gui: "That's not true."

Duan Zhe: "You have nicknames like Lingshi Beauty and Lingmine Beauty."

Yan Gui: "There is also a category of nicknames that are Mad Dog Beauty, who bites whoever is caught, hates everyone, and makes no distinction between friend and foe."

Me: "The latter are just descriptions, right? Are they not nicknames?"

Yan Gui: "Forget it. Sometimes mentioning the word 'beautiful' refers to you."

Me: "This is not good. Although it is a general term, but it is used to refer to me specifically, it will hinder the public's daily speech and should be corrected. For example, the title 'Xiao Zhou' actually reminds me of another person, but rationally Saying "Xiao Mou" should be a common name, so I will suppress my association and continue to call Xiao Zhou Xiao Zhou."

Ai Yiqi: "The two of them gave their son the wrong name. Call it Xiao Duan, because it will be confused with Duan Zhe; call it Yan Zhou, it seems to have changed his mother's surname; call it Xiao Zhou, the word Zhou is very A common surname, it seems that Duan Yanzhou changed his surname to Zhou after being called too many."

Duan Zhe: "Your Zhong Sumen name is elegant, but it's a pity that you haven't had the chance to name your children in recent years."

After a pause, Duan Zhe asked me again: "The disciples of the Zhongsu Sect have not given birth to children in recent years, have they? Both the inner and outer sects are counted."

04663-Core

Me: "I'm not sure. There should be no children with spiritual roots in the golden core stage, but if there is no spiritual root in the Qi training and foundation building stage, no one will pay attention, and I won't hear the gossip."

Duan Zhe: "Besides, Zhong Sumen has a lot of scum and gentlemen, and there are also cases where illegitimate children are secretly produced, which are not known to outsiders."

Ai Yizaki: "Hey, Fellow Daoist Duan, you really have to pay attention to where you speak."

Me: "There seems to be no necessary connection between the gentle scum and the illegitimate child?"

Yan Gui: "The point may be that Zhong Sumen is good at hiding secrets, and will not let their private affairs be spread."

Duan Zhe: "It's still a matter of too small a personal matter, 'a pair of Jindanqi gave birth to a child with spiritual roots', as long as it happens, it will definitely not be hidden."

Ai Yiqi: "Finally I heard it, you are too bored, looking for a fight, right?"

Duan Zhe: "Why don't we just practice our hands?"

I asked Xianghai: "Can I have a look at the Qiaotongfu you originally made?" Qiaotongfu is the name of the talisman that Xianghai made based on the magic tools and elixir that I refined in Qi'an that Yan Li brought back.

... The attributive is too long.

I added: "Except for the one that was used as the Jiuning ticket."

Xianghai: "No more, it's already used up."

Me: "How about as early as possible?"

Xianghai lined up a row for me to see.

The role of the bridge symbol is to convert and connect.Transfer the function of the magic weapon into the elixir, transfer the function of the elixir into the magic weapon, and connect the elixir with similar functions to the magic weapon to take effect together.

Xianghai: "I have studied it, and I think this talisman has no direct similarities with Tongmingguo. Tongmingguo is related to Qian Jiuning, but it also contains many other things, especially the most critical and core things, which are related to that The two secret realms have nothing to do with each other."

Me: "The core is me. When you are refining, you are thinking about reproducing Qi'an's characteristics, but when I first refined, due to the environment I was in, my core focus was not on Qi'an. The main thing I was thinking about was not the connection between Tongmingguo and Qi'an, I wanted to use the refining skills I learned from Qi'an to solve the problem in front of me at that time. Qi'an was just my means at that time, not my goal."

Xianghai: "Maybe this is one of the reasons why Jiuning invited you. You should not be on Jiuning's list as a participant of Qi'an."

Me: "Because of a little interference from other secret realms, I confuse my invitation rules. Qi'an and Jiuning are really just freshman secret realms, they are too tender."

Xianghai: "No matter how tender the secret realm is, it has at least thousands of years of history."

Me: "Stone demons can easily have a lifespan of thousands of years if you count their age when they were stones before their intelligence was activated, but this is not how the age of general demon cultivators is calculated."

Xiang Hai: "However, it's okay to do this calculation."

Me: "It's really not a big problem."