Chapter 416: Number One Scholar!
Faced with Fan Qi's evasion, Xin Zhen did not feel too angry. He could see that the relationship between Fan Qi and Fan Jijiu was not very good, and Fan Qi did not take Fan Jijiu's request seriously.

Xin Zhen was not indignant about being deceived by Fan Jijiu. Overall, Fan Shiyi Niang was indeed a good girl, and it was not bad to have such a girl as a wife.

As for entering the Daoluosi, it is enough to have a way to get in. As for how to get in, that is secondary.

At least, Fan Qi had signed himself up for the Daoluosi assessment.

There is no need to think too much about it right now. Just pass the imperial examination first. This is also the foundation for your survival.

After all, with the status of a Jinshi and the support of the imperial court, even if he fails to practice Taoism in the future, he will not be at a loss as to what to do.

Moreover, he was not so anxious to enter the Daoluo Division now. Originally, he did not have any Taoist skills, but now he had the Wuhou Jue. At least, he did not have to worry about the skills before he reached the seventh level of martial arts.

Now he can take it slow, take one step at a time, and doesn't need to be so anxious.

The palace examination was on March 10th, which was nearly ten days away. Xin Zhen's mind was not on the examination, but on deducing the martial arts techniques.

The Chunyang Wuji Gong has now only been deduced to the Heroic Soul Realm, and there are still the Heroic Soul Realm, Martial Gallant Realm and Golden Body Realm waiting to be deduced. It will take a lot of time to deduce all of these skills, so Xin Zhen has to race against time.

As for the palace examination, Xin Zhen was not too obsessed with the ranking, as long as he could get the status of Jinshi.

On March 10, the palace examination was held as scheduled. After Xin Zhen finished the exam, he followed the crowd out of the palace, then returned to Fan Mansion and stayed indoors to continue practicing his martial arts.

After more than ten days of deduction, Xin Zhen has deduced the practice method of the Xiongpo Realm. Although we cannot break through it now, Xin Zhen has already anticipated the magic of the three realms of Qi training.

The Heroic Soul Realm, the Heroic Spirit Realm, and the Martial Courage Realm, these three realms are all aimed at the spirit and soul of a warrior. To use a metaphor that is not so appropriate but can explain some problems, the Heroic Soul Realm is flesh and blood, the Heroic Spirit Realm is bones, and the Martial Courage Realm gives this realm a complete soul.

Xin Zhen even got a glimpse of some of the mysteries of the seventh realm, the Golden Body Realm.

The three realms of body refining, the clay embryo realm, the wood embryo realm, and the mercury realm, are meant to polish the body, allowing it to reach a state where qi and blood are condensed and united, giving the body a foundation for shaping the soul.

The three realms of Qi Refining, the realm of Heroic Soul, the realm of Heroic Spirit, and the realm of Martial Courage, are based on the three realms of Body Refining to give birth to the soul, cultivate the spirit, and incubate a Martial Courage.

The first of the three realms of spiritual training, the Golden Body Realm, is to fuse the body and soul into one, achieving the unity of body and soul and achieving the supreme golden body.

Those with extremely solid foundations in these seven realms can even cultivate what Buddhism calls an invincible body of diamond, or what Taoism calls the body of pure glass or the Golden Immortal of Daluo.

A warrior's realm is achieved step by step. There is no such thing as sudden enlightenment and rapid progress. After all, no matter how good your comprehension is, your body still needs to be polished slowly. The fusion of soul and body also requires a large amount of spiritual energy as nourishment. Only through constant tempering can the body and soul be fused into one.

It is just like forging iron. The impurities need to be hammered away and some special materials need to be hammered into the steel.

Therefore, this is probably the reason why the ascetics in the world look down on warriors. This kind of practice is too slow and too vulgar. Compared with those vulgar people who work diligently and physically, they are not elegant and unrestrained enough compared with the ascetics. In the eyes of the ascetics, warriors are vulgar and uncivilized, and they are disgusting to see.

Xin Zhen once heard a story from Yu Boyi. It was said that a very famous ascetic was fighting with a very powerful warrior. It was not known whether he really looked down on the warrior or wanted to provoke him, so he said in front of the world: "The warrior is vulgar and uncultured. Being close to a warrior is like entering an abalone shop. The fishy smell makes people nauseous!"

These words made all the warriors in the world angry, but also ashamed. The key point was that the warrior was originally the top warrior in the world, but he was suppressed by the cultivator, which made all the warriors silent.

After that, if there were people with talent for Taoism, who would be willing to practice martial arts? This caused the already weak warriors to fall even further into the abyss.

Faced with the magic of Taoism, Xin Zhen would naturally not limit himself to the way of warriors, but Xin Zhen had been a true warrior for hundreds of years. He could empathize with the contempt of warriors by practitioners in this world. If possible, Xin Zhen naturally wanted to revive martial arts.

But it is too far to talk about this now. I am just a warrior in the fourth realm, just an insignificant and precarious little person.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Someone was knocking hard on the door.

Xin Zhen sighed. Just like now, a playboy from aristocratic family dared to knock on his door so rudely, which meant that he still had a long way to go.

With a creaking sound, the door opened and Xin Qi's voice rang out, saying, "Master Fan, my master is practicing martial arts and cannot be disturbed for the time being. If you have something to say, I can convey it to you..."

"Get lost! I'm here to visit Xin Zhen, why are you, a servant, making such a fuss? This is my home, not yours, understand!"

An arrogant young man said.

Xin Qi said angrily: "Master Fan, although you are the master, you must also have the etiquette of a master. You! Can't barge in!..."

Xin Zhen snorted.

The quarrel outside suddenly stopped.

Xin Zhen stood up and walked to the hall. The nobleman Fan Gui was already standing in the hall. When he saw Xin Zhen, he sneered and said, "You have become the host, Xin Zhen. Don't think that you can act arrogantly in the Fan Mansion just because you got third place in the examination!"

Xin Qi said: "My young master has been staying at the Fan Mansion and has not stepped out of this courtyard. How can he be so arrogant and domineering?"

Fan Gui snorted coldly, "I am talking to your master, how dare you, a servant, butt in! If you were my servant, I would immediately have someone drag you away and beat you half to death."

He turned to look at Xin Zhen and said, "Xin Zhen, have you thought about what I told you about going out to have a few drinks with my best friends tonight?"

Xin Zhen frowned. Yesterday, Fan Gui came over and ordered him to go with him to meet a few of his friends, saying that they were interested in him and if he went to meet them, he might be able to get some help or something.

Xin Zhen was busy practicing martial arts and had no energy to care about these things. However, he was living in Fan's house after all and the man was the owner, so he declined tactfully. He didn't expect that he would come to harass him again today.

Xin Zhen said, "Brother Fan, I have never liked socializing, and I am not very good at speaking. I am afraid that I will offend people if I go. I'd better not go. Brother, please help me to go back."

Fan Gui immediately said anxiously, "How can that be possible? The little celestial master from Mount Longhu, the little arhat from Mount Wutai, and Mr. Xu from the official department all want to see you, the third place in the imperial examination. How can you not go?"

"Hmm?" Xin Zhen raised his head and looked at Fan Gui, saying, "The Little Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu, and the Little Arhat of Mount Wutai?" Seeing Xin Zhen's moved expression, Fan Gui said proudly, "Yes, they are my best friends."

Xin Zhen said: "Why do they want to see me? It's because I got third place in the imperial examination. But what's the big deal? If they want to see me, they should see the first place."

Fan Gui smiled and said, "My father knocked you down to third place. Everyone in the imperial court in the capital knows that you are the real champion, so they naturally want to see you."

Xin Zhen asked: "Why do they want to see me?"

Fan Gui said unhappily, "What else could it be? They are just curious. They want to see what the champion looks like this time. How can you be qualified to make my second uncle fall in love with you and betroth his only daughter to you?"

Xin Zhen understood immediately that people might not care about the top scholar, but the importance of Fan's legitimate daughter was different. After all, whoever married Fan's legitimate daughter could borrow the power of Fan. Fan's family had a profound foundation, and even top young masters like the Little Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain and the beloved son of the Minister of Personnel would be jealous.

Xin Zhen didn't want to go in the first place, and when he heard what they were thinking, he lost all interest.

Although Mount Longhu is the leader of the four major Taoist heritages and Mount Wutai is one of the five Buddhist holy places, he was originally quite interested in the heritage of Mount Longhu and Mount Wutai, but he did not want to confront them in such an occasion.

Because they are meeting on such occasions, they will inevitably use verbal abuse based on their anger at their marriage with the Fan family. Some of them may even instruct others to use some small tricks to make them look bad. At that time, they will have to decide whether to fight back or not. If they don't fight back, they will become clowns. If they fight back, they will inevitably become enemies with these great inheritances. What's the point of this?

Thinking of this, Xin Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Why did my father-in-law like me? He certainly has his reasons, but he can be considered to have a keen eye for talent."

Fan Gui sneered and said, "It's just a Jinshi degree, so what? If my father is willing, he can easily arrange a few."

Xin Zhen hummed and said calmly: "Master is in a high position and is in charge of very sensitive matters. It is better not to say anything. If you say such things outside, it will inevitably damage Master's official reputation. If it endangers the reputation of the Fan family..."

Fan Gui's face turned slightly pale, and he said, "What nonsense are you talking about? This is at home. I wouldn't say anything nonsense outside."

Xin Zhen groaned and said, "Brother, you mock me like this, and you also want to use me to please those noble families. Aren't you treating me as an outsider?"

Fan Gui said anxiously, "You are talking nonsense. No matter what, you are still my son-in-law of the Fan family. How could I treat you as an outsider and use you to please outsiders? Don't say such nonsense."

Xin Zhen seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and thankfully said, "If that's the case, my elder brother will still protect me.

Those people want to see me only because they are jealous of my marriage to the Fan family. They will inevitably make things difficult for me when I get there, and then I will be in a difficult position.

Are you going to protect me or join them in bullying me?
If you protect me, you will definitely offend them. If you follow them to bully me, you will have a hard time explaining to my father-in-law."

As Xin Zhen told the story, Fan Gui felt frightened and even looked at Xin Zhen with some fear.

He was actually one or two years older than Xin Zhen, but after Xin Zhen's few words, he was not only frightened, but also felt secretly grateful that the other party was thinking about him.

Wow, this guy is awesome!

Although Fan Gui was a playboy, his father was the representative of the Fan family in official circles, and the Fan family was an aristocratic family. He was influenced by his father and was therefore not comparable to ordinary young people.

He only thought about it a little more deeply and realized how powerful Xin Zhen, a young man younger than himself, was. For a moment, he felt both admiration and fear.

Fan Gui waved his hands dejectedly and said, "Forget it, forget it. I won't force you to go. When you have time, I will treat you to a big meal alone."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I'll treat you next time."

Fan Gui waved his hand and said, "I am the host here, I don't need you to treat me, next time!"

Xin Zhen smiled without saying anything and watched Fan Gui leave.

The young man is a bit arrogant, but that's nothing, because children from wealthy families all act like this.

That night, Fan Gui met several young Taoist priests from Mount Longhu. When the young Taoist priest saw that only Fan Gui came, he asked what was going on.

Fan Gui shook his head and sighed, "Don't say anything. My old man didn't let him come. He said he didn't want me to lead him astray. It would be hard to explain to my second uncle then."

The little Taoist priest, little Arhat and others all burst into laughter.

Fan Gui said angrily, "I said that there is the little arhat from Mount Wutai here, how could he be led astray? But my old man doesn't believe it."

Everyone laughed again.

Little Heavenly Master Zhang Gongyu said with a smile, "Forget about not coming. We just want to see what kind of person can be favored by Master Fan. But Master Fan probably saw him as a scholar. He is different from us. In a few decades, he will be nothing but a pile of bones. There is nothing to see."

Hearing this, the little arhats and others all nodded, but Fan Gui's face was a little gloomy. He had failed in his studies and had also failed in practicing Taoism. In a few decades, he would be just a pile of bones. How could he be happy?

Xin Zhen naturally didn't know all this. After seeing Fan Gui off, he immersed himself in the deduction of martial arts. He didn't know how much time had passed before the Fan Mansion suddenly became lively. When Xin Zhen came to his senses, he heard Fan Gui's footsteps coming hurriedly.

Fan Gui shouted outside the yard, "Xin Zhen, come out quickly, you have won the first place in the imperial examination!"

Xin Qi was overjoyed when he heard this. He jumped up and ran outside. Feng Sanniang was also very happy.

Although Feng Sanniang is from the fox clan, her branch has a lot of contact with humans and they have great respect for scholars. It is a great honor for her that her son can become the top scholar. She will not lose face when she talks about it in her clan in the future.

Feng Sanniang said quickly, "Master, I will go outside to exchange for small change. The person who announced the good news outside should be rewarded, and the servants in the mansion should also share in the good news. If I don't give them, people will inevitably say I am stingy."

Suddenly someone answered, "No need, I have already arranged for someone to go down and prepare."

Xin Zhen had already heard footsteps, and the person coming was naturally Fan Qi.

(End of this chapter)