Chapter 112: Enrollment

After Pei Xiaolou briefly talked about the financial situation of the Taoist sect, he turned to the main topic: "Tianyuan, you should have known for a long time that before you can become a high-grade Taoist priest, you have to go to the upper palace of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace for several months of advanced training. You will not truly become a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice priest until the training is over, so strictly speaking, you can only be considered a half-four-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priest now."

Qi Xuansu nodded: "After all, I am from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, so of course I have heard about it. As far as I know, each training has a fixed time, once every three months, and the enrollment dates are on the fifteenth and April of the first lunar month respectively. 15th, July 15th, October 15th, it’s June now, the April 15th round has ended, the July 15th round hasn’t started yet, do we have to wait for a month? time?"

Pei Xiaolou smiled and said: "You are talking about Lao Huangli. Since last year, the Vientiane Taoist Palace has begun to trial a new training system, named the 'Young Talent Plan', which also includes candidate wine sacrifices and preparatory wine sacrifices. Twice a year, each time for three months. The first time is from the 15th of the first lunar month to the 15th of April, with a one-month break. Then the second time is from the 15th of June to the 15th of September. This time you It’s just the right time.”

Qi Xuansu asked in confusion: "Why didn't anyone notify me to participate in this when I was a candidate for sacrificial wine?"

Pei Xiaolou said: "You crashed on a flying boat on the first day of the first lunar month. After you came back, you went directly to Jinling Mansion. You were so careful that you only served as a candidate for the sacrifice for a month. How can you participate?"

Qi Xuansu thought for a moment and said, "There are strict age limits for both the candidate and preparatory sacrificial wines. In this case, I will be classmates with a group of children."

Before Pei Xiaolou could speak, Zhang Yuelu had already joked: "Half an hour ago, you were still a candidate for sacrificial wine, but now you no longer pay attention to the candidate for sacrificial wine? Also, how old are you? It’s like you are thirty or forty years old.”

Pei Xiaolou agreed: "Zhang Gaogong is right."

Qi Xuansu coughed softly: "It is difficult to grow up before you have been born in poverty, and you are naive without being hit. The maturity of people in the world is not directly related to their age, but to the number of ups and downs they have experienced. If you live a life without worries, you will be a hundred years old. An old man may also have a naughty mind. If everything is rough, even a young man can be worldly and mature. This is why young people can always influence the situation of the world in troubled times. Troubled times are not as good as prosperous times, and it is not easy to survive. The world will Let these young people who survive grow up quickly in a short period of time. Although it is a peaceful age, I have been in the world for many years, so I feel that I am this kind of young person who grows up quickly."

It was rare for Zhang Yuelu to hear Qi Xuansu tell a joke, and he couldn't help laughing: "This is the arrogance of wild Taoist priests. I always feel that the Huayuan Taoist priests don't know what is true without attacking their naivety. You usually hide it very deeply, but today you still show your innocence." The roots of weeds are gone.”

Qi Xuansu joked: "Why, you are only allowed to look down on us wild Taoist priests from the garden, but we are not allowed to look down on you, the wild Taoist priests from the garden?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Today's Tiangang Hall is full of wild Taoist priests. I, the deputy hall, mainly dare to look down on the wild Taoist priests and not let others scold them to death."

Qi Xuansu said: "I can vouch for this. Not only does Deputy Hall Master Zhang not look down on wild Taoist priests, he also likes wild Taoist priests very much."

Zhang Yuelu was startled for a moment, then reacted: "Fuck you."

Pei Xiaolou coughed slightly, interrupted the two people's flirting, and said: "Let's talk about business. Tianyuan, don't take it seriously. The purpose of this three-month training is to get promoted to a high-level official." Although the last test of a Taoist priest has gradually become a formality over the years, not many people have had their future cut off here, but you should not be too happy to be sad. "

Qi Xuansu stopped smiling and nodded seriously.

Zhang Yuelu also said: "The person in charge of the Wanxiang Dao Palace now is Master Pingzhang, who is upright and old-fashioned. If you accidentally provoke him, even Master Donghua can't save you."

Qi Xuansu sighed: "Master Pingzhang."

In the Taoist sect, Pingzhang Da Zhenren's status is very special. In terms of grade, he is a first-grade innocent Taoist priest, higher than all second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests including Shenzhi Zhenren, and second only to the super-grade Da Zhenren. The headmaster and His Majesty the Emperor are the top leaders of the Taoist sect.

However, in terms of position, Pingzhang Dazhen is lower than the deputy headmaster Dazhen, and is the third level among the nine-level twelve levels, below four people and above ten thousand people.

As for how to be promoted to Pingzhang Dazen, there are three main ways.

One is from above. For example, the three deputy chief masters who were deposed by the great masters of the Five Dynasties certainly did not become ordinary Taoist priests from then on. They just lost their titles of deputy masters and became Pingzhang masters, which is equivalent to demotion. Level one. There is also Mrs. Xuansheng, who once served as the Great Immortal of Taiping Dao, but she had no intention of dealing with various secular affairs. Later, she gave up the throne directly to Donghuang and was willing to be the Great Immortal of Pingzhang. However, in her capacity, there is no deputy headmaster. Title is irrelevant. So much so that the Taoist sect later had an unwritten rule that all Taoist monks of the Grand Master would enjoy the treatment of Pingzhang Daren as long as they were not the Deputy Master.

Another way is to compete for the position of the Grand Master. According to the usual practice, no matter which real person wins the position of the Grand Master, for the sake of unity and stability within the Taoist sect, the other two competitors will be canonized as Pingzhang Daren, which is not only to appease but also to The two will pave the way for taking over the position of deputy head coach Da Zhenren in the future.

There are also some respected assistants who are unable or unwilling to compete for the positions of deputy headmaster and grand headmaster, and are higher than ordinary assistants, and will also be promoted to Pingzhang Dazhenren.

The last way is to recruit and win over, such as Taiyin Zhenjun, who was once on par with Siming Zhenjun, Ziguang Zhenjun, Wu Luo and other ancient immortals. Later, he surrendered to Taoism and was canonized as Pingzhang Dazhenren by Xuansheng. This is also reasonable. It is impossible to let an outsider be the grand headmaster of Taoism or the deputy headmaster of a sect. Then the first-grade Tianzhen Taoist priest, who is second only to these four people, is the most suitable choice.

No matter which way it is, it shows that the head of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace is a big man who can't be provoked.

Otherwise, he can't suppress so many proud sons of heaven. You must know that Zhang Yuelu, Li Changge, Yao Pei and others will come to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace sooner or later. How can an ordinary second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest suppress them?

In addition, after the imperial scholars participated in the palace examination, they were all called disciples of the emperor, and the chief examiner was called the master. Similarly, so many fourth-rank priests entered the Wanxiang Taoist Palace for further study, which was also regarded as a master-disciple relationship. In the first thirty years, the father respected the son, and in the second thirty years, the son respected the father. No one knew which cloud would rain. I don’t know how many real people and assistant real people coveted this position. To put it bluntly, the dog’s brain would be beaten out, and a person of sufficient weight must be found to eliminate the thoughts of others.

Qi Xuansu was full of emotion. In the past, when he was in the lower palace of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace and looked up at the upper palace, he felt that they were two worlds. Only the legendary pride of heaven were qualified to enter it. At that time, he never expected that he could be related to the upper palace of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace before the age of forty, but he didn’t expect that he would be qualified to set foot in the upper palace before he was thirty years old. It was really unpredictable.

Pei Xiaolou said: "You don't have to worry too much. The great master is easy to talk to. With your ability to change your attitude according to the situation and pretend, nothing big should go wrong."

Qi Xuansu couldn't help coughing: "What do you mean by changing your attitude according to the situation and pretending."

Pei Xiaolou smiled: "Get ready and go directly to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. This time it can be considered a return home in glory."

"In addition, there are a few points you should pay attention to. The Supreme Taoist Ancestor said: "I have three virtues, I keep them, one is kindness, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world." So you can't use weapons in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, which corresponds to the word "kindness"; you don't need to bring peace money, and you have no place to spend it if you bring it, which corresponds to the word "frugality"; and you have to abide by the rules, which corresponds to "not daring to be the first in the world."

"As for some other precautions, the last time I went to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace was decades ago, and I have almost forgotten them, but Qingxiao just went there a few years ago, so you should let Qingxiao tell you."

Qi Xuansu As a person who is used to being casual, he couldn't help but feel a headache when he heard the word "rules". He asked: "I can understand the first two, why does 'dare not be the first in the world' mean to abide by the rules?"

Zhang Yuelu patiently explained: "The "Explanation of Laozi" says: Discuss in the court before speaking, then the people who are in power will know it. Therefore, if you want to be square and round and follow the rules, the success of all things will take shape. And all things have rules, and the people who discuss and speak will calculate the rules. The saints follow the rules of all things, so it is said that 'dare not be the first in the world'. It is also said: If you don't be the first in the world, your achievements can be unparalleled. It is said that only after you are outside yourself and are what things belong to, you can stand, become a tool that benefits the world, and be the leader of things."

Qi Xuansu was stunned for a long time, trying to understand the meaning of this long string of ancient texts, and then said: "You are worthy of being a banished immortal, I admire you."

Zhang Yuelu then explained some other precautions, such as what to learn in it, what subjects, the level of the teachers, what their identities are, and the main places in the palace, etc.

Qi Xuansu took note of them one by one.

As for the luggage, Qi Xuansu had nothing to pack. This was the benefit of the Sumeru object. He no longer had to carry large and small bags and various weapons on his body like in the past.

After explaining the various precautions, Zhang Yuelu hesitated for a moment and said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll go with you. It's like revisiting the old place. It won't be too late for me to leave after you have completed all the formalities."

Qi Xuansu was happy with this and naturally agreed.

As for Pei Xiaolou, he didn't join in the fun. First, he didn't want to disturb the two people's solitude, and second, he had to meet Xu Xiaoying. The two of them joined forces to accomplish Qi Xuansu's business. This is also a kind of investment bet. If Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are ranked among the Golden Palace in the future, they will make a lot of money.

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