I have a fortune book

Chapter 132 Yuling Communication, Palace Examination Ranking
This luck and authority are several times that of Jie Yuan, but according to Zhou Bai's experience, he should be just an ordinary tribute, not Hui Yuan.

The winners of the examination, except for No.1 who is Huiyuan, the others are collectively referred to as Gongshi.

The name Gongshi naturally has its origin, which means the taxi recommended by the mortal imperial court to the heavenly court.

But Heavenly Court does not accept all scholars, and it has to conduct its own assessment, that is, the palace examination.

In order to save some dignity for the mortal court, as the No. 1 member recommended, the Heavenly Court will definitely admit him as a Celestial Man.

This is why Zhou Bai confirmed that he is not Huiyuan. If he is Huiyuan, some of the luck he received at this time must have come from above 33 days.

The generally recognized palace examination is the emperor's personal invigilation in the Zhongji Hall where all the officials go to court, and the palace examination is still dominated by the court.

But in fact, the palace examination is dominated by the heavenly court, and even the process is presided over by the heavenly officials sent by the heavenly court.

After all, in the end, the first-class and second-class candidates will be listed in the heavenly register, which is the follow-up heavenly official reserve and cannot be left in the hands of others.

When all the dust settled, Zhou Bai found that there was a faint link of luck between himself and the court's French Open. At this time, he was already standing in the "ruling" class.

If he advances, he will be a man of heaven, and if he retreats, he will be a prime minister cultivated by the imperial court. How this link of luck will change in the future depends entirely on his own choice.

But what is certain is that Zhou Bai will never tie himself to this old ship that is about to sink.

[Origin point: 49] (You were listed on the apricot list in the spring examination in the 47th year of Daxu Xiangxing, and obtained the title of tribute, and the origin point was added by [-].)
It can only be said that the imperial examination is indeed related to the foundation of Tianyuan world, not Huiyuan, but ordinary tributes can also add [-] origin points.

When the palace examination is finished tomorrow and the rankings are released, he will be listed in the heavenly register, and perhaps the original point will break through one hundred again.

In the follow-up, whether it is a formal cultivation method or a change from a fish to a dragon, it will be a big addition.

At this time, the sky outside had just turned pale, and Zhou Bai was going to sit on the bed and meditate, and wait until the sky was bright before going out.

However, before he could adjust his breathing rhythm, there was a shimmering light on his chest, scorching hot.

Zhou Bai suddenly remembered something, and hastily took out something glowing and hot from his bosom, which was the jade order to communicate with the Secretary of General Administration of the Heavenly Court.

This order can be used for two-way communication. There is no special or major emergency, and it is generally not used.

"***" put the jade order on his forehead, and a coded text came, and Zhou Bai knew that Chi Qing, the governor in charge of politics, was looking for him.

"***" He calmed down, and also replied in secret words.

This was the agreement between Zhou Bai and Chi Qing. If it was other heavenly officials of the Tongzheng Department, the subsequent communication would be different.

"Zhou Bai, first of all congratulations on winning the tribute, but you have to take care of the next palace test. In order to deal with the invasion of Qingxu Realm, Heavenly Court will speed up the cultivation of new blood. .”

"Three people in the first class can be directly awarded the vocation of the ninth rank, and then they will practice in 33 days, and receive a lot of resources from the heavens."

Seeing this, Zhou Bai's heart was pounding, this was an unprecedented opportunity.

Longevity is within reach!

Even if it is only the lowest level of celestial duty, you can receive the luck of the heavens, get the salary of the heavens, and your future practice will be smooth.

At least I have never heard of the heavenly officials of the heavenly court who died under the thunder of the sun god.

Even if you don't reach the realm of immortals in the end, you can still turn into a god of heaven, and you don't have to worry about turning into loess.

In the previous life, he struggled and struggled, avoided wave after wave of catastrophe, and was still fighting desperately until his death. Isn't it just to survive, to live longer.

Sudden death in the first life, death in battle in the second life, no one can understand the horror of death better than Zhou Bai.

He wants to pursue the Dao and seek longevity. This is the foundation of his life and cannot be shaken.

Now a first grade can be directly awarded the vocation. Doesn't this mean that the door to longevity is open, and it is no wonder that Zhou Bai is quite excited.

After all, before rebirth, the realm of cultivation stopped at the peak of the second realm, and the accumulated contributions to the heavens were not even enough for ordinary officials.

However, this excitement only lasted for a short time, and Zhou Bai figured it out.

Not to mention how difficult the Yijia exam is, even if I can pass it, can I abandon my family and career, throw away all the paths I imagined, and then slowly climb up from the ninth rank in the heavenly court?

In this way, the road he paved to become a real dragon, his ambition is not a joke.

The position of a heavenly official is extremely precious to everyone, and many of the previous Jinshi heavenly beings failed to become officials and could only be immortal officials.

However, Zhou Bai did not have a way to obtain it. He already had three ranks of Heavenly Skills. If he wanted to be an official in the Heavenly Court immediately, he could exchange his Heavenly Skills after being listed in the Heavenly Register.

While his thoughts were spinning, Zhou Bai already had his own ideas.

However, he still asked tentatively in the jade order: "Master Chiqing or the one behind you, do you think I will enter for 33 days now?"

"There is one Gongshi 220, and you are No. 7, and it is difficult to narrow the gap too much in the palace examination. Of course, judging from the way of this year's palace examination, maybe you may break into the top three." Chi Qing replied quickly, but it seemed that Gu Zuo Say him.

After a long silence, Yu Lingzhong finally said: "Zhou Bai, you are very special, a very special Qianlong, but if you have been here for 33 days, you may be very ordinary."

This answer is actually quite clear.

Zhou Bai recalled that the reason why Chi Qing got in touch with him back then was the big man behind him, thinking that Long Li was a very special potential dragon, and he might be able to support one or two of them.

If Zhou Bai passed the first-class exam and became an official in the Heavenly Court, there would be nothing valuable for the big shots, and naturally there would be no follow-up care.

"Thank you, Lord Chi Qing, for telling me..." Zhou Bai didn't say his plan, because it was too arrogant, after all, there was still the imperial examination.

Afterwards, the two exchanged a few more words, and learned about some of the rewards for the top two rankings.

Not only is the vocation directly awarded by the first class, but the rewards of the second class have also been greatly increased compared with the past.

Except for the common ones such as Tiandao Foundation Building Pill and spiritual land cultivation time, the more important level is the cultivation method.

The first one can choose the exercises passed down by the Taoist ancestors, the top five can choose the exercises passed down by the emperor, and the top ten can choose the exercises passed down by the saints.

Not long after, the sky was bright, and Zhou Bai walked out of the examination hall refreshed. He and Si Jie made an appointment to watch the test results.

As for Qi Hua, after the last Dao Jing test yesterday, he said goodbye to Zhou Bai and left Beijing.

When saying goodbye, Qi Hua's expression was lost, and he was extremely depressed. This was obviously clear in his mind, and his own performance was not enough to make him stand out among the 3 people.

Zhou Bai felt a little regretful, because in the 47th year of Xiangxing's previous life, the examination was still of normal difficulty, and Qi Hua did not fail the exam.

Even the matter of Lianzhong Xiucai, Juren, and fellow Jinshi is still a good talk in Dingzhou.

According to common sense, Wu Weibo's legacy and Tingshan's chance are enough for Qi Hua to be on the list, but he bumped into the most difficult one.

It shouldn't be because of me, right?Zhou Bai was a little skeptical, but he didn't do anything big to reverse the normal development of the world.

After a series of events, he gradually confirmed in his heart that he was not really "reborn".

The so-called apricot list, as the name suggests, is when the apricot blossoms are in full bloom when the list is released in the meeting.

In the southeast corner of the tribute courtyard, there stands a huge stone slab tied with red silk. This is the Xingbang.

Behind the apricot list is an apricot grove with twists and turns, its flowers are red and white, full of rouge, and the flowers are beautiful and charming, occupying the spring breeze.

The safflower is just blooming and snowflakes are blooming, and the scattered petals are flying with the breeze, which is extremely beautiful.

Pang Lesheng watched Zhou Bai bury his head in eating the cake, and couldn't help complaining: "I said Zijian, can you stop thinking about the sesame sauce sugar cake in your hand, you have no inspiration for such a beautiful apricot blossom mood?"

"That's right, if you don't win, but if you write a poem that has been passed down through the ages, I will not be in vain."

"The topic is, what do you think of watching the apricot blossom with three friends waiting for the list?"

"However, I suggest that they all be on the list, so that the popularity will be higher."

Si Jie, Pang Lesheng, and Shi Xiu also booed, but they were not really so free and easy, they couldn't see it on their faces, but the anxiety in their eyes was hard to deceive.

Zhou Bai burped after breakfast, and then he was interested in talking to them, and said with a smile, "I won't write poems, but I can read pictures. Today, Guaner has bruises on his forehead, obviously he must hit the tribute."

"Unexpectedly, our brother Zhou is still a master of face-mianing, so please forgive me for being rude!"

"Hahaha……"

The relaxed atmosphere of the five-member gang in front of the apricot list obviously became a strange thing in the eyes of many candidates.

"So arrogant, I'd like to see how many of them can win." Someone whispered angrily.

As everyone knows, what Zhou Bo said to Si Jie and the others was not a lie, he had really watched it.

Slowly, more and more people came to watch the list, besides the examinees, there were also ordinary people watching the excitement.

Regardless of the fact that people in the inner city basically have certain social status and their living conditions are good, their instincts to watch the excitement and gossip are not the slightest bit less.

The area around Xinghualin quickly became crowded.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

At this moment, a group of all-armored imperial guards came from the imperial city, with an old eunuch riding a dragon horse and wearing a python robe at the front.

Protected in the middle were a few young eunuchs holding a big red paper. Everyone knew what the thin red paper was.

It turned out to be a eunuch proclaiming the decree. Generally speaking, according to common sense, they are all bachelors, no matter how bad they are, only civil servants of the third rank or above are eligible to publish the apricot list.

As the old eunuch got closer and closer, more and more people saw him clearly, and soon some well-informed people recognized who it was.

"These are the eunuchs from the Four Realms in Da Nei, who specialize in defending the royal family."

There was a little restlessness in the crowd, but it immediately quieted down. The deterrent power of the Yang God has a great deterrent power among this group of "mortals" who don't know much about it.

So in an unusually quiet scene, the big red paper was carefully pasted on the apricot list, with the name 220 shining brightly on it.

The old eunuch in the boa robe suddenly stepped on the dragon horse and jumped up into the air. Floating in mid-air, facing the imperial palace behind, he cupped his hands, and said loudly: "By the emperor's order, we hereby announce the list of Xiangxing's 47th annual examination!"

"No.1 Huiyuan, Wuzhou Xie Feichen!"

The voice of the reading was not the high-pitched whisper of an ordinary eunuch, but full of air and power.

"Wow~" The scene suddenly became noisy, some people were surprised, some people were excited.

There are also people like Zhou Bai who have expected it for a long time, who seem to be calm.

Huiyuan was those people, they were all people who upheld the cultural spirit of a domain, and they were beyond Zhou Bai's ability to force them down.

Then the old eunuch no longer read out the next 220 names one by one, but pulled his hands out of the air, and a huge light curtain appeared over the inner city.

The gust of wind suddenly picked up countless petals in the apricot blossom forest, and then dotted around the light curtain, making it a veritable apricot list.

Every name above is very clear, causing exclamations from everywhere.

Zhou Bai was in the seventh place, and Si Jie and the other three were just as he expected, all of them were well-known in the apricot list, but it was a pity that the ranking was slightly lower.

The official said that there is no ranking, but in fact, most of the rankings will not change much in the palace examination, and it is not known what form this palace examination will take.

……

The next day, the sky-shaking bell rang from within the imperial city, and then the east gate opened wide.

Facing the first rays of the rising sun, a tribute in 220 walked into the imperial city with excitement, and the guards on both sides shifted their weapons sideways and bowed their heads to show respect.

The wide and flat Royal Street is very long, but for them, this has never been experienced before.

The towering Chinese pillars, the majestic carved walls, and the overlapping palaces and pavilions are extremely majestic and daunting.

But this is just the feeling of other tributes. When Zhou Bai saw the jade-staired courtyard where the emperor lived, he only thought in his heart that a man would live here one day.

This is his way, the way to live forever.

The middle pole, the central pole, has a lofty status.

The Zhongji Hall is the place where the palace examination is held. Its halls and pavilions are so large that they can accommodate more than two hundred tributes.

However, when the tribute scholars entered the main hall, they were not greeted by the examination table, examination papers, and the four treasures of the study.

It was a celestial official who was burning with flames and shrouded in immortal light. His hot and fierce power only leaked a little, and everyone dared not take a breath.

"I sit down as the Red Emperor. Nu Pan, the flag officer of the Red Army, is ordered to go down to earth to preside over the imperial examination for you!"

Everyone couldn't see his face clearly, but they also knew the etiquette system. They lined up on both sides of the hall in order, and then saluted together.

"Meet the Nupan Heavenly Official."

Let a soldier preside over the palace test in the future?What does this mean, Zhou Bai is also puzzled at this time.

But no matter what, he must strive for the ranking he wants.

Nu Pan slightly nodded and said: "Well, without delay, the palace test will start immediately!"

After listening, everyone felt a little absurd, and they were too anxious.

This day the officials were really in a hurry, and they acted vigorously and resolutely.

Without waiting for the tributes to react, Nu Pan waved out a crimson flame, which flew to the center of the hall, and then whirled around.

In just a few breaths, all the gazes of 220 Gongshi were attracted, and then they stared at the scarlet flames in a daze.

In the eyes of each of them, there are tragic scenes, which are the scenes of the Red Army fighting with visitors from other worlds.

Zhou Tian starlight, dark clouds, somewhere in a demiplane.

Mysterious and terrifying spells, the hell of mutilated corpses, the red shirt, the unshakable red flag...

Yinfeng began to howl angrily, as if to wake up the dead souls, the screams of killing were endless, and the next moment the tribute soldiers became the most common soldiers on the battlefield of the two worlds.

The setting sun is like blood, and the banners are flying.

Facing the incoming enemy from another world, most people are afraid to run away, or they are at a loss, and they are in a daze. All kinds of despicableness are fully displayed in this special situation.

But there are still a few people who pick up the sword in their hands and go against the trend!

Zhou Bai is one of the few people. These strangers have killed countless people, so there is nothing to be afraid of. He is full of anger, as if he has returned to the time when Pingcang County was slaughtered in his previous life.

However, before he could rush out a few steps, the crimson flames were suddenly extinguished, and everyone fell silent...

This palace test is too simple and rude.

"The Palace Examination is over, here is the list of first-class and second-class, and the third-class is determined by the court!" Nu Pan did not make any comments on their performance just now, leaving a sentence and a gold list and disappearing into the void.

Zhou Bai looked up, and saw a gold list hanging in the air, with 51 names on it.

There are three people in the first row, and he is the first in the second row, that is, the first in the second class.

　After all, there are only two years of savings, and it is too forceful to get a first-class one. This second-class No. [-] has laid a lot, so it should not be unexpected.

　　Ask for a monthly ticket on the last day, almost full [-]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)