The library at Yuntai Peak is really full of "books", including bamboo slips, cloth and silk, and the most common ones are paper volumes, but there is not a single jade slip that teaches martial arts.

This is easy to understand. Those in the Xuanmen lineage emphasize that the Dharma should not be passed on lightly, and they pay the most attention to their own inheritance. Compared with those old stubborns, the master of Lou Guan Taoist Temple teaches the Dharma to various sects and is considered to be 'very enlightened'.

But this does not mean that Taoism has a monopoly on knowledge and treasures it. In fact, only the special skills and practice skills are secretly passed down by the inner sect, but the knowledge of the traditional five arts of alchemy, weapon refining, divination, formations, and spells

In terms of inheritance, various sects often communicate with each other and perform joint exercises.

After all, if each sect makes its own claims based on its own practice, and there is no unified academic 'standard' that can distinguish the good from the bad, how can we determine who is the winner of the Tao discussion when competing for the Xuannv Heavenly Book?

Yes, Xuanmen's Heavenly Book Conference is an academic seminar, not the world's best martial arts conference. If everyone were to fight with swords and grab books with ceremony, wouldn't it mean that all the people in Xuanmen would have committed suicide long ago?

The Beichen Sword Sect has never relied on force to snatch books. In a sense, the Jiuyin Mountain lineage, as the responsible force of Xuanmen, originally shouldered the important task of guarding the Book of Heaven and the order of Xuanmen. Because the most powerful sword is

Only when the sect guards the Book of Heaven can the various Taoist sects give up the idea of ​​robbing books and stealing books, and everyone sits down at Jiuyin Mountain to discuss Taoism.

This was the source of the grudges that led to the God Master breaking the rules and snatching the Heavenly Book, and Beichen Sword Sect must take the book back.

In short, it originated from the Dao discussion conference for the Xuannv Heavenly Book. After the popularization and promotion of Xuanmen, it has become the tradition of Xuanmen today. The favorite of elders and the most feared of disciples is the "Unified Examination of the Comprehensive Five Arts of Xuanmen", referred to as,

Unified examination.

The unified examinations sponsored by the Nine Daomen are divided into three levels: high-level, master, and grandmaster. Participants must be at least a real person. Those who pass the examination will receive a title officially certified by Taoism. For example, those who have passed the high-level alchemy examination can

It’s called alchemy, master test

Those who have passed the master examination can be called alchemy masters, and those who have passed the master examination are called alchemy masters. Only those who have reached the qualifications of a master can participate in the discussion of the heavenly book. And in the heavenly book discussion conference, you can surpass the others in skills and understand the secrets of the heavenly book.

That person is the so-called great master.

Generally speaking, the life pursuit of every serious Taoist disciple is to first understand the heavenly book and become a great master, and then to become a master or something.

Therefore, the Taoist sect's unified examination has always been a top priority. Even starting from the selection of inner sect disciples from the outer sect, each Taoist sect has its own "high school entrance examination". It is not enough to have qualifications and cultivation. You must have matching qualifications.

Basic knowledge, only after passing the high school entrance examination can you get started.

For a top sect like Emei, just one golden elixir is not enough. They even have to pass three of the five internal high school entrance examinations in Emei before they can be accepted as inner sect disciples. Moreover, Emei's high school entrance examination is also notoriously difficult. Many are from sects.

The masters set their own questions, and some masters have stricter requirements, and even have to pass five exams before accepting disciples. But even so, there are still as many golden elixir monks who apply for Emei as a disciple in the outer sect. After all, Xuanmen ranks first

What a big group.

Similarly, to become a core disciple of Xuanmen, it is not enough to achieve Nascent Soul. You must also pass at least one of the Five Arts College Entrance Examination to reach a high level. Moreover, some top sects have their own indicators, such as Emei's preaching disciples.

You need to pass high-level examinations in three subjects before you can enter the family. Those who are trained as headmaster candidates must have "skilled in all five arts" as the minimum standard.

And if you don't cultivate the five arts, then even if you are Yuanying, in the realm of divine transformation, you can only be an elder of the outer sect, unable to participate in the core management of the sect, and you cannot learn some of the top secret techniques of the inner sect.

To be honest, if you want to read the Heavenly Book, you are far from qualified. Just like some people, that jellyfish head, ahem, right?

Ahem, drag it away and bring it back.

The Yuntai Peak Library contains a large amount of basic knowledge of the Five Arts, which is specially designed for monks from various Taoist sects to study. It also has various latest versions of question banks for monks who are preparing for the unified examination. After all, they will definitely not be able to keep up if they study behind closed doors.

In this era, even the most stubborn and conservative old man has to visit the library from time to time to keep up with the most cutting-edge technology of the five arts.

The main task of these boys at Yuntai Peak is to excerpt, copy and preserve the daily academic research and experimental reports of this master and that master, and store them in the library for monks from various Taoist sects to borrow and study. Some popular papers

There are many borrowers, and as soon as they borrow something, they

For decades, you will need to copy a few more copies. Copying such Five Arts Classics also requires corresponding knowledge, so only formal boys in Yuntai Peak can do this, and apprentices like Jiagui should copy some first.

A simple geographical biography, and an encyclopedia of spiritual animals and herbs.

"The hell I can live here..." Li Fan looked at the dazzling array of books and his eyes were dazzled.

"The soul cannot be out of the body for too long. You can read it yourself, real person. If you like it, you can register it in the yellow book next to the shelf. It is the same as in the treasury. The books will be sent directly to your treasury. Let's go back.

Just take it from the storage jade." Jiagui first dug out his personal information and registered it for Li Fan.

"Where do you read these private affairs of the Beichen Sword Sect... Huh?" Li Fan casually picked up a book of free prostitution, and only turned two pages, only to find that his hand passed directly through the book, and the book returned to its original position.

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Jiagui squinted at Li Fan and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. There are restrictions in this library. You can only look at the catalog, and you will have to spend money later. This is to avoid being stolen or damaged. After all, there are some people who cheat.

He has excellent qualifications, can read ten lines at a glance, has a photographic memory, and can’t borrow anything just by looking at it..."

Damn it! Are there so many guys who do it for free? There is a corresponding mechanism! It’s too much! Cough cough cough!

It has to be said that the upper echelons of the Nine Great Mysterious Sects are pretty good at it. Although the factions are not convinced by each other and compete with each other, they are connected by the existence of Yuntai Peak's collection of books and the bank, and they can work together to deal with it if necessary.

Enemies and safeguarding the collective interests of Taoism cannot be underestimated.

Li Fan walked around the bookshelf, but was not in a hurry to choose books to borrow. After all, Xuantian Tiedan had already pointed out his cultivation path very clearly. He had to learn arithmetic for a hundred years first, so there was no need to read it this time.

There are too many other distractions, mainly to find Du Xia. Du Xia, the weapon spirit, is most likely in the weapon refining and book collection area.

Sure enough, Li Fan quickly sensed the existence of the other party. At this time, Du Xia did not look like the maid she had met Li Fan before. Instead, she transformed her spirit body into a senile disguise, but this disguise could not hide Li Fan's upgraded appearance.

He who has the art of heart observation and discernment, has already been in contact with the soul, and he can feel it right away through the method of heart observation.

But Du Xia is not alone now. She is walking out with a scholar whose face is shrouded in a layer of mist. The scholar has the realm of Nascent Soul and should not be born as a sheep. And judging from the other person's demeanor and behavior, he is also in the transformation stage.

Du Xia, walking behind him with her head lowered like a real maid, judged that she was a member of a high-ranking family, and there seemed to be ghosts and spirits around him, protecting her invisibly.

Li Fan's heart tightened, knowing that the other person was probably from Taifu's side, and through the method of mental observation, he also vaguely felt that he had met this person somewhere before, but for some reason he couldn't remember it, so he didn't say anything.

, pretending not to recognize Du Xia, passed them by, and walked swaggeringly into the library area.

Unexpectedly, after Du Xia and the scholar passed by Li Fan, they stopped and seemed to turn around to look at him.

Li Fan pretended to study the classics on the bookshelf and borrowed them, and he was on guard. He was in trouble. When he went to save the sheep on the flower boat, he used the look of Li Yaoshi. Du Xia must have recognized it now.

Could it be that this guy wants to take advantage of the Tutor's men to kill someone with a borrowed knife?

He does not have enough fighting experience in the state of Yuan Shen. If he uses his hands, he is not sure how powerful those moves will be. Moreover, there are hundreds of guards in the Central Guard Army. Xuanmen will also take action against him if things go wrong.

It’s better to fight and run away, find a way to escape back to Xinglin and resurrect...

"Isn't this Fellow Daoist Li?"

Li Fan's hand that was reaching for the shelf froze.

But it was not Du Xia who spoke, but the scribe, and the other person only made one sound, and Li Fan heard it.

It was the sinister guy who came to rob the princess that day and peeped in the dark!

"It's you..." Li Fan narrowed his eyes and slowly turned back, looking at the four silhouettes that were vaguely silhouetted beside the scribe. If you add Du Xia, there are five. The five are at least the spirit of the gods! Wow.

Is this the strength of the Taifu family? You can’t afford to offend, you can’t afford to offend...

Fortunately, the scribe didn't directly wave his hand and said, "Kill him!" Instead, he raised his hand to Li Fan and said, "Beichen Sword Sect Li Yaoshi, right? I'm glad to meet you."

Li Fan frowned, what do you mean? This guy is like this...does he want to chat?

The scribe waved his hand and said, "I am catching up with this fellow Taoist Li."

So all the artifact spirits, including Du Xia, dispersed and guarded the surroundings to prevent others from approaching.

What's also strange about Li Fan is that Du Xia also behaves as if she doesn't recognize him. What's going on...

"Well, there are so many disguises for Beichen Sword Sect, Nanhai Epiphyllum Island, Luo Feng Immortal Palace, and fellow Daoist Li. I wonder which one is your true identity?" The scribe was quite confident, since he had seen it while hiding in the dark.

Li Fan is so powerful that he dares to reject the guards and talk face to face. It seems that he has something to rely on.

Li Fan said coldly, "You have given me so many followers, why not also give me a family name so that everyone can call each other."

The scribe smiled and said, "It's easy to say, I am Zhang Chongyang, and I have thousands of households under the command of the Central Guard Army."

Li Fan also laughed, "A thousand households under the command of the Central Guard Army have so many transformed gods to serve them?"

Zhang Chongyang laughed and said, "It's just four or five artifacts. If Fellow Daoist Li intends to join our Imperial Guard, why would he be reluctant to part with it?"

"Haha," Li Fan smiled, but then he couldn't laugh anymore because the other party seemed to be serious, "Zhang Qianhu is recruiting me?"

Zhang Chongyang also nodded seriously, "I've met a lot of people, and not many people in this world have the ability of fellow Taoist Li. A sharp sword like yours shouldn't be hidden among the people. To fight with your life for a mere 100,000 gold is really an insult to your talents. Since you want to

If you want to make money based on your ability, wouldn't it be better if the pearl is given to the British master who is willing to pay the price?"

Li Fan was speechless for a moment and looked at the other person suspiciously, "Are you really not avenging your dead soldiers?"

Zhang Chongyang smiled and said, "Brother Li also said that since he is a soldier who sacrificed his life, why should he avenge them? I have always felt that everyone has a price, and as long as the price is enough, everyone can serve for others.

Brave and unafraid of death. Don’t you think so?”

Li Fan thought for a while and suddenly understood, "Those people under Qian Hu were originally useful, so I asked me to kill them all. Now you have no one to do anything, right?"

He said it so directly that Zhang Chongyang couldn't help but stiffen for a moment, but he said calmly, "Yes. Brother Li has seen it thoroughly. Now I do have an urgent matter, and I need a good sword to do it, but I don't have that much in a hurry.

The available manpower will be transferred to the Xun Kingdom, I wonder if Brother Li can help me."

Li Fan understood, "I see, I sent myself to your territory. You didn't kill me immediately because I was still useful to you. If I didn't agree, it would be useless. I couldn't be killed anymore."

Too late, isn’t it?”

Zhang Chongyang was noncommittal, "You don't have to be so cautious, Daoist friend Li. Listen to my mission and the reward. Maybe you will agree?"

Li Fan couldn't help but laugh, "I doubt you can offer me any reward that's worthy of my heart. Okay, you have to listen anyway. Just tell me and stop inking."

So Zhang Chongyang stroked his beard, made some calculations and said, "It's very simple. You are the old master of Taoist Li. I would like to ask you to kidnap someone for me. The leader of the Xun Kingdom, Sun Zhonghu."

"...You want me to go into the Tiger City and stab the tiger?" Li Fan rolled his eyes, "Are you kidding me? Well, let's just start the fight."

But Zhang Chongyang was obviously not joking, and continued, "What a coincidence, I heard that in three days, the leader of the Sunda Kingdom will go out to hunt tigers. At that time, someone will take the opportunity to rebel and assassinate him. What a coincidence, the monks of the Sunda Kingdom will also be killed.
To be continued...