Taiyi and Xuanyuan sat in the middle position, with the heads of each sect sitting on both sides.
Xuanyuan looked at the crowd, and first saluted them with clasped fists: "Thank you all, heads, for being able to come to Changye today to discuss the matter of recruiting immortals."
The head of Maoshan: "Don't be polite, Master Xuanyuan. We have received instructions from Master Yuhuai and we should cooperate with the Master. This is all within our scope."
Head Emei: "Yes, Supreme Immortal, we cultivators are inherently cultivators of immortality. Immortalism and Taoism are one and inseparable. The affairs of heaven are naturally our business."
A young head stood out among a group of older heads. The young head was still wearing mourning clothes. Xuanyuan looked over and felt confused. The young head also felt Xuanyuan's doubts.
"I have met Master Xuanyuan. I am Qi Fan, the acting head of Kunlun. My master passed away due to illness last month. I was also appointed at the critical moment to take over as the head of Kunlun." The young head looks majestic, but he always gives people a sense of dignity.
It feels wretched, but I can’t tell where it is wretched.
Xuan Yuan glanced at Qi Fan and felt that there was something wrong with this person, but he didn't know where the problem was. At the moment, he still started to recruit immortals, nodded to Qi Fan and started to preside over the meeting.
"The Emperor of Heaven appointed my master to be responsible for recruiting immortals. Due to the tight time and heavy task, Master Yuhuai decided to assist my master in completing this task. In order to fulfill this task and fulfill my master's mandate, we will need to work together and cooperate with all parties in the future.
That's right." Xuanyuan stopped and looked at everyone.
Qi Fan: "What the Immortal said is that we must do our best."
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
Xuan Yuan: "Although time is tight, we cannot be careless because of this. We must still strictly implement the examination and treat every link rigorously to ensure that the selected talents are genuine. I don't want to pass off the good stuff and pass off the good stuff."
Phenomenon."
"Xuanyuan Shangxian," the head of Maoshan hesitated for a few seconds, "Is it really just a matter of taking a few tests? Those who rank at the top will go directly to heaven and become gods after the test?" After saying this, he still felt that something was wrong, and added
: "I don't mean anything else, I just think it might be too simple. After all, after so many years, there are only a handful of people who have cultivated Taoism and become immortals. The difficulty of cultivating immortals and becoming immortals can be seen clearly, but now there are only a few simple ones."
You can become an immortal by taking an exam. Heaven, which has never been short of immortals, is now doing this as if there is no one left in Heaven. I feel there is a lot of hidden meaning in this."
Others also nodded in agreement. They have also had such questions, but they just follow what the gods say. No one dares to ask!
Head Emei added: "Yes, Shangxian, many people under the mountain have this confusion. As far as the country is concerned, the number of applicants is not a small number, but when they calm down, they will have this doubt. Why did heaven suddenly recruit immortals? How many years ago?
Wow, how many people who are cultivating immortals have been searching for more than a hundred years but have not been able to become immortals, and now they are seeking immortals from the human world? What is the reason? We want to know, and everyone in the world also wants to know."
Everyone echoed: "Yes, yes, why?"
Xuanyuan pondered, he didn't know how to answer this question. Because before he came to the mortal world, he asked Hunyuan Tianzun the same question, but Hunyuan Tianzun did not answer him and just asked him to do it.
Of course, he has considered the reason for this. There must be a reason that the master does not want him to know. It is not easy for him to ask too many questions or make random guesses. But the problem is, he has not considered how to answer the mortal's why?
Everyone stared at Xuanyuan intently, waiting for him to explain the reason.
Xuanyuan tried to remain calm: "You can ask Master Yuhuai, and he will give you the answer."
Everyone looked at each other, why are you here asking us to ask Master Yuhuai?
Qi Fan: "Shangxian, can't you tell us?"
Xuan Yuan looked at him, a little annoyed, but he didn't want to get angry. It seemed that they wouldn't give up unless they told him a reason. Shuoyang Day was coming soon and we couldn't delay it any longer. But what reason should I make up?
How to make them believe it?
"Actually it's very simple," Xuan Yuan looked at the expectant eyes of everyone, "because the Emperor of Heaven has seen a lot of suffering in the world and feels that mortals are tired and miserable, so some of them should be allowed to go to heaven to become gods and live a happy life.
Days, experience the feeling of being a god, experience a life without pain."
Disbelief was written all over everyone's faces.
Xuanyuan is a little embarrassed. He doesn't even know it. What can I do?
The head of Maoshan: "That's it!"
But everyone here could see that the leader of Maoshan himself didn't believe it. He said this just because he didn't want to embarrass Xuanyuan too much, and he also thought that maybe there was something that Xuanyuan couldn't say.
But no one else thought of it.
"Then why don't you recruit immortals directly to those who are cultivating immortals? Aren't those who are cultivators stronger than ordinary people?"
"Yes, why is it stipulated that those who practice Taoism cannot sign up to participate?"
"Didn't Emperor Tian see the pain of cultivators?"
"Yes, why?"
"Why did I suddenly see it now after not seeing it for so many years?"
"Is there something unspeakable?"
"Did something big happen in heaven?"
Everyone raised their questions one after another, and Xuanyuan was very confused.
Ruoshui couldn't bear to see Xuanyuan's embarrassment, so he walked forward from behind. When everyone saw Ruoshui approaching, they all stood up and saluted. Ruoshui raised his hand to indicate that everyone did not need to be polite.
He walked to the front and stood still, "Actually, senior brother and I have the same confusion as everyone else, and we also want to know the answer to the question."
Everyone is in commotion, you don't know anything about your feelings, and you don't know the reasons for what you do.
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me," Ruoshui continued: "When my senior brother and I were ordered to come to the human world, we asked Master Hunyuan Tianzun the same question, but Master told us not to ask more questions and just follow the instructions.
, how can we break the casserole and ask the truth."
"My junior sister is right, but I just deceived everyone for a reason. Because - actually, I feel that the reason behind this matter is not simple. If everyone is obsessed with the truth of the matter, I am afraid it will be counterproductive and cause some unnecessary trouble.
So I hope that everyone will just do it and follow the teacher's instructions. I believe that one day we will know why, but for now we still have to do the things at hand well. We will always know what we need to know, in order to prevent the world from continuing to mess around.
Guess, please tell the people of the world what I just said and stabilize the hearts of the people." Xuanyuan explained to everyone sincerely.
Ruoshui: "Yes, we are all following orders. Ask what you should ask and don't ask what you shouldn't. We will eventually know what we should know, right?"
Everyone nodded thoughtfully.
Xuanyuan watched everyone calm down, gathered his thoughts, and continued the meeting.
Xuanyuan: "For this recruitment, I followed the instructions of my master Hunyuan Tianzun and decided to take the exam in the following aspects. First, the literary test. Passing the literary test mainly tests the candidates' literary quality and cultural accomplishment, as well as their understanding of the subject.
The most important thing to understand some famous works and whether they have their own unique insights is to test their ability to comprehend and view things dialectically. Because I think this is the basic skill of a person who has attained the Tao. Without such basic skills, it is impossible to become an immortal.
If there are ordinary people in Heaven who don't know these things, it will bring disgrace to Heaven."
Everyone nodded to show their understanding.
Xuanyuan took a sip of tea: "These exam requirements are all mentioned in the recruitment announcement. I think everyone has read it. I also saw that many places have set up corresponding schools based on the exam requirements to study specifically for our exam.
," Xuanyuan smiled helplessly, "It doesn't matter, there is no harm in letting everyone study more, but we can't let everyone study for the exam. If you don't take the exam, you won't learn. When learning has a purpose, then you must be eager to achieve success. What to learn?
They all know it but don’t know why. Therefore, for this literary examination, we must find famous Confucians in related fields to set the questions and mark the papers, so as to avoid letting some rigid people who don’t know how to adapt and study by memorization for the exam pass.”
"Yes, we must select people who are truly thoughtful and insightful." Ruoshui smiled and nodded at everyone.
Each sect leader also thought it was very reasonable and nodded one after another. They also looked at Xuanyuan highly, but they didn't expect that he could think of so much.
"Then please recommend a few people to be the examiners and examiners." Xuanyuan looked at the crowd and said.
The head of Maoshan: "Shouldn't it be your heavenly court that sets the question?"
Xuanyuan smiled and said, "After all, it is an exam for mortals. I think it is more fair and reasonable for mortals to set the questions. Mortals understand mortals better."
The head of Maoshan: "I see, it makes sense." He nodded and looked at everyone, "Before, I always thought that your heavenly court would set the questions and you would grade the papers yourself. I didn't expect that these tasks would be left to us mortals. Don't worry.
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Xuanyuan smiled and said, "I believe that you will adhere to the principles of fairness, justice and openness."
Head Emei: "I recommend Taiyi, Head Yita's knowledge. No one will object, right?"
The others also nodded.
"Okay, then let's count the leader and recommend another one." Xuanyuan picked up the teacup and drank tea.
Taiyi: "Let me recommend one. This person's field of study is completely different from mine. All I have studied in my life is Taoism, Yi Jing, Legalism, Mohism... these, but he has learned from ancient and modern times, read a lot of books, and
The breadth of his field is impressive. He is a great thinker of Confucianism today, proficient in "Laozi" and "The Analects of Confucius"; a military strategist who uses troops like a god; a writer who has written more than a hundred books and biographies, the most famous of which is "Xu's Family"
"On the Country" was written by him."
Everyone knows who it is.
The head of Maoshan: "Could it be that the person the head is talking about is Mr. Xu Huaiyuan?"
Taiyi: "It's this person."
The head of Maoshan: "But I heard that this person is aloof and arrogant, and it is difficult to meet him. How can I get him to ask questions?"
Taiyi: "Don't forget, everyone, Mr. Xu Huaiyuan is the current Prime Minister. After the meeting, I will go to the capital to meet with the Holy One. If the Holy One asks him to go, can he still go?"