Logically speaking, during the palace examination, who will be the top scholar depends entirely on the emperor's mood.
But this is not what Zhao Zhen wants.
What he wanted was for Lu Xiao to demonstrate talent and ability far exceeding that of other students in this year's spring exam.
Only in this way can he shut up all the officials in the court and reward him greatly, or even make an exception to reward him.
This world will always be kinder to those who are truly talented.
Lu Xiao smiled confidently, this matter is settled.
He bowed slightly to Zhao Zhen and said, "Then I'll trouble you!"
Looking at the smile on his face, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but think.
"Is my identity exposed?"
Chapter 104: The Fourth Rank Warrior
Soul Space.
"So you've already captured Sheng Xiaoliu?"
Shaoge Lu Xiao asked curiously.
Lu Xiao nodded. "Although there's still one last step left, it's almost certain. With the Emperor acting as a matchmaker, there shouldn't be any surprises."
Dafeng Lu Xiao said, "Congratulations, and I wish you a happy wedding in advance."
Lu Xiao chuckled and said, "No, no, you're not bad either. Maybe your wedding will be earlier than mine."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the soul space and found that there were only three of them.
"Where are the others?"
Shaoge Lu Xiao said, "I don't know Brother Killer. He didn't come today. I guess he stayed at Zuixianju last night. Little Brother Yiren just left. He's been training Zhang Chulan with Feng Baobao lately. He also got his hands on the origin of the body. However, that thing is specifically targeted at the "Huo" of the Yiren world, so it's useless to us."
"What do you mean?" Lu Xiao was puzzled.
Shaoge Lu Xiao raised his hand and patted him, saying, "You'll know once you feel it yourself."
The next moment, information about the origin of the Eight Wonders appeared in Lu Xiao's mind.
After flipping through it, he nodded and said, "It's really useless."
The source of the body, the end of the art.
However, this "art" refers to the "art" formed by the "焏" that is unique to this one person's world.
In a one-person world, it's really awesome.
But if you leave the world alone, it is really useless.
Unless Lu Xiao and his companions abandoned their own cultivation and switched to cultivating a single-person world, "焏".
"What about buddy Jiuzhou? Didn't he say a while ago that he was going to attend Liu Zhengfeng's retirement ceremony? Why is there no news in such a long time?"
Do you know that Lu Xiao feels like he hasn't seen Jiuzhou Lu Xiao for a long time?
Dafeng's Lu Xiao said, "He did come yesterday. Liu Zhengfeng's retirement ceremony had already concluded. This guy put on a show at the ceremony. He killed Tian Boguang before the ceremony, and during the ceremony, he killed four innate masters of the Songshan Sect with a single sword strike. He then killed Yu Canghai and that hunchback guy in quick succession. He really stole the show. Afterwards, he used the name of the Huashan Sect to invite all the sects on Xiaoao Island to hold a martial arts conference at the top of Huashan Mountain in three months to select a martial arts leader. He's been preparing for this event for the past few days, so I guess he'll have little free time."
Lu Xiao was surprised: "He is really hardworking."
Shaoge Lu Xiao and Dafeng Lu Xiao nodded: "That's right. Among us, he's the only one who's always busy and never slacks off."
“Shame on you~Shame on you~”
The three of them spoke at the same time, but there was no trace of shame on their faces.
The Great World.
Lu Xiao opened his eyes.
Ever since he obtained the [Vajra Subduing Demons Magical Power] from Shaoge World, he has been in seclusion.
Aside from chatting with other people occasionally, I never went out.
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.
Today he finally made a breakthrough.
Name: Lu Xiao.
Age: 18 years old.
Identity: The Confucian saint of Yunlu Academy.
Cultivation: Confucianism (fifth level of moral conduct), martial artist (fourth level of artistic conception).
You read that right.
During this retreat, Lu Xiao's martial arts skills reached the fourth level, surpassing his Confucian and Taoist cultivation for the first time.
There are many cultivation systems in Dafeng. Those who jump out of the Three Realms and are in the Five Elements are the only ones who can follow the way of the warrior.
The Wufu system is different from all other systems. In each system, at the highest level, there are those who can modify the rules at will, those who can turn stone into gold and manipulate the earth, wind, water, and fire, those who can condense their luck and utilize the power of all living things, and those who can directly borrow the power of heaven and earth.
Only warriors do not connect with heaven and earth, but only cultivate themselves, and all their supernatural powers come from within themselves.
The nine realms of martial arts: ninth level: refining essence, eighth level: refining qi, seventh level: refining spirit, sixth level: bronze skin and iron bones, fifth level: transformation, fourth level: artistic conception, third level: immortal body, second level: harmony with the Tao, and first level: nameless.
I won't go into detail about the first few realms, as they should have been explained before.
Let’s start with the sixth grade.
To reach the sixth-grade Bronze Skin and Iron Bones realm, one must temper one's body like a blacksmith forging iron, removing impurities and condensing a body of steel to possess a physique invulnerable to swords and spears.
In addition to daily practice, one can also achieve breakthroughs by practicing body-building techniques such as the Vajra Indestructible Divine Power.
Lu Xiao used the latter.
After he cultivated the [Vajra Subduing Demons Divine Power] to the Great Perfection, the Sixth Rank of the Warrior realm was automatically broken.
As for the next level of transformation, one needs to have a thorough understanding of one's own body and perfectly control one's own strength, without wasting a single bit.
A martial artist at this level can ignore inertia and imbalance, and his moves flow seamlessly together. Once an opponent from other systems gets caught in a Hua Jin martial artist's close combat, they can often be defeated with a single combo of attacks.
When the various systems talk about being on guard against close-range warriors, they are referring to warriors of rank five and above.
Before the fifth rank, anyone can reach it as long as they have the skills, the resources, and their talent is not too bad.
After the fifth rank, the importance of talent increases significantly. To master every bit of one's own strength, the warrior must rely on his own understanding, and external things will not be able to play a role.
There is no need to say much about Lu Xiao's current comprehension, coupled with his powerful mental strength.
Mastering the power of the transformation realm was very easy for him.
It only took him five days to fully control all his powers and directly enter the fifth level.
The artistic conception of the fourth level of martial arts.
This is a very important stage, which determines the future path of a martial artist. One must comprehend his own unique "intention" in order to achieve a breakthrough.
"Intention" is the prototype of "Tao". Those who are proficient in swords understand the intention of swords, and those who are proficient in knives understand the intention of knives, and these cannot be changed.
This is the true meaning of a fourth-grade warrior.
This level is difficult for 99% of the world's middle-level warriors.
But for Lu Xiao, it was still not a problem.
With Shaoge's help, comprehending the power of sword intent was easy for him.
It's just a thought.
Therefore, Lu Xiao's martial arts was able to reach the fourth level directly after just one short period of seclusion.
In just ten days, he could cover a distance that would take other warriors decades to complete.
And if we only talk about combat power, he has mastered many unique skills, and it is estimated that he will not meet an opponent within the fourth rank.
With his current strength, he finally felt a little more at ease.
Because he finally had the power to protect himself.
As for the later realms, we will have to wait a little longer.
From the fourth rank to the third rank is a hurdle.
And it’s a big hurdle.
In the many cultivation systems of the Dafeng world, the fourth to third rank is the gap between immortals and mortals.
This realm spans a wide range, and reaching the third level (Nord) makes one an extraordinary and powerful being.
The gap is even far greater than the sum of the previous realms.
Therefore, if one wants to reach this realm through self-cultivation, one must possess an extremely strong amount of Qi and Blood, a terrifying amount. This is destined to be an extremely long process.
Even for those with great luck, this is still the case without any extraordinary encounters.
However, Lu Xiao was not worried about this at the moment.
He insisted on practicing martial arts, not only because of his powerful fighting ability.
It is more to make up for the shortcomings of Confucianism.
For example, the disadvantage of Confucianism and Taoism is that they cannot achieve immortality.
He would not neglect the main point and focus too much energy on martial arts.
After all, martial arts abilities have a lot of overlap with the cultivation systems of other worlds.
Confucianism and Taoism are his unique characteristics.
Therefore, even now, his martial arts cultivation has surpassed his Confucian cultivation.
But he will definitely focus most of his energy on Confucianism in the future.
As for martial arts, I can just leave it to the other worlds.
Chapter 105 Lin'an of the Dog
Pushing open the door to the quiet room, the dazzling sunlight shone on Lu Xiao's face, appearing a bit blinding.
"Brother Lu, are you out of seclusion?"
A voice suddenly came.
Lu Xiao rubbed his eyes and looked up.
He saw Xu Xinnian walking towards him carrying a food box.
During this period of seclusion, he was the one who brought me food.
Lu Xiao smiled and said, "Well, I'm out of seclusion now. Thank you for your hard work during this period. Goodbye."
Xu Xinnian replied with a smile, "It's just delivering food. What's so hard about it? Brother, did you gain anything from this retreat?"
Lu Xiao nodded: "Very big."
"Congratulations, Senior Brother." Xu Xinnian said happily.
Then Lu Xiao asked, "Did anyone come to the academy to look for me during my retreat?"
Xu Xinnian's face immediately turned gossipy. "Brother, you want to know if Princess Pingyang has come to see you? I heard from Master Zhang that you two are engaged. Is that true?"
Although Zhao Shou had discussed Lu Xiao's marriage with Princess Pingyang privately, several teachers at the academy also knew about it.
Xu Xinnian was a student of the great scholar Zhang Shen, so it was not surprising for him to know this news.
Lu Xiao nodded calmly: "Yes, we are engaged."
Xu Xinnian immediately said with admiration, "Brother 807, you've changed so much in this time. Not only have you become the Holy Son of our academy, but you've also quietly become engaged to Princess Pingyang. It's only been a short while, but it feels like years have passed."
Lu Xiao subconsciously said, "It's not short actually. It's already over a hundred chapters."
"What?" Xu Xinnian didn't understand.
Lu Xiao waved his hand and said, "Nothing much. I was just expressing my feelings. I've been through a lot lately."
Xu Xinnian nodded: "Indeed."
Then he said, "Princess Pingyang has been coming to the academy every day lately. Unless something unexpected happens, she should be enjoying the flowers in the front yard by the lake."
Lu Xiao glared at him: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
After he finished speaking, he immediately shouted.
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