"Senior, today I will take you around the sect. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
On the second day after Song Mu came to the Du Shi Zong, the Du Shi Zong sent a young man to serve as a guide for Song Mu.
The young man's name is Du Ran. Although he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he is already at the Bingzhong level of scholar and has quite the majesty of a scholar.
It was just the other party's reserved attitude when talking to him that made Song Mu feel a little uncomfortable.
We just met today. The other party bowed deeply and called Song Mu as "Senior Song". There was a tense look on his face at all times. It seemed that if Song Mu was even a little impatient, his life would be in danger.
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Song Mu was not used to this kind of address, but the other party only said that this was the sect's rule and must not be violated casually, so Song Mu could only nod his head and accept it.
Yesterday, Song Mu only had a brief understanding of the general situation of this small sect of the Du Shi Sect. Today, someone was acting as a guide, and Song Mu was happy to look around.
"This is a small sect of the Du Shi Sect. It is mainly composed of seven peaks. Among them are seven Enlightenment Halls, four library pavilions, and the other four are Enlightenment Halls. Seniors have the Saint Token of our Poetry Sect, and Du Ran also has it this time.
I have taken advantage of my seniors."
Du Ran took Song Mu down a mountain and visited a Jinshi-level Enlightenment Hall. Du Ran was also very happy and introduced Song Mu to the surroundings along the way.
When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we could still go all the way down to the thatched cottage in the distance. But at this moment, the place was a bit lively. Song Mu saw many people wearing linen clothes working here.
Some of them saw Song and Mu walking slowly towards this side. Their eyes were a little hot, but they hurriedly stood with their hands down, even lowering their heads and not daring to look directly.
One of the men dressed as a foreman went forward and explained the current situation to Du Ran. Du Ran nodded in a mature manner, and then waved to let these people continue working.
"Senior, this place is temporarily under repair. Let's go to the mountain pass next to it, and we can see a library."
Song Mu nodded, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the commoners, and he also remembered what Tao Fengming said to him yesterday.
Obviously these are the common people among the descendants of the Du family, who are responsible for the construction of this mountain.
Looking at Du Ran's reserved look and his slightly changed demeanor just now, Song Mu sighed secretly in his heart.
It seems that the Du Shi Sect also has a strict patriarchal system and clear hierarchies.
Song Mu followed Du Ran's guidance and climbed up a flight of stairs. At this moment, there was a three-story pavilion hidden in the mountain pass in front of him. It was hidden among the woods and looked a bit beautiful.
Many disciples came in and out of it, walking in a hurry.
On top of this pavilion, there is a plaque with the words "Wangyue Tower" written on it.
"This is the sect's library. When seniors go in, their senior uncle will introduce them to them."
Du Ran said beside Song Mu, followed Song Mu in, then quickly stepped forward, bowed to a middle-aged man who was meditating and resting in front of the pavilion, and said.
"Uncle Master, my disciple Du Ran took the Number One Scholar of the Song Dynasty to travel around the sect today, and there was some trouble. This is the saint's token."
Saying this, the middle-aged man immediately opened his eyes, stood up immediately after confirming that it was correct, then bowed towards Song Mu and said respectfully.
"I am Du Zelong, who is in charge of the No. 1 library of the small sect. The champion of Song Dynasty invites you to come there."
Song Mu quickly handed over his hand, but the other party looked frightened and did not even dare to make eye contact with Song Mu.
Song Mu was slightly surprised. At this moment, he could only change the subject and ask the other party about the situation in the library.
"Dianshi Pavilion has a collection of more than 79,000 volumes of books. All the books in the collection are various historical books since the beginning of time. The number one scholar in the Song Dynasty has a sage's decree, and all books can be read."
Song Mu was somewhat interested after hearing this and asked immediately.
"Song heard that there are four collections of books in the sect. What are collected here are historical books, but what are the collections in other places?"
"The other three buildings are the Jueju Tower, the Denggao Tower, and the Chunwang Tower, which collect all the poems, articles, biographies, etc. of the Wen Dynasty."
The other party spoke eloquently at this moment, and after the introduction, Song Mu was also slightly speechless.
The collection of books in this small sect contains hundreds of thousands of volumes.
If it were in modern times, it would not be surprising that Song Mu would do this. However, in such ancient times, it is really incredible that such a number of books could be collected.
This alone reflects the profound heritage of this poetry sect.
At that moment, Song Mu stepped inside. The construction of this pavilion was different from that of the Hanlin Academy's library. There were many disciples browsing books in it, and it was really a sea of books.
Song Mu was also very pleased. With this collection of books, he thought that the history of the human race of the Wen Dynasty would continue without worries.
After just browsing for a moment, Song Mu temporarily suppressed his excitement, found Du Ran, and continued to go to another part of the sect.
Du Ran naturally followed and continued to introduce the surrounding situation to Song Mu in detail. He also did not forget to explain the details to Song Mu, which really made Song Mu gain a lot.
"The small sect here is the sect's place of cultivation. The people in the sect focus on improving their realm, so it only has two functions: enlightenment and book collection."
"The large sect located in Zhongzhou is the foundation of our sect. There are more sects arranged there. If the number one scholar has the opportunity to go to Zhongzhou, he should go and take a look."
Song Mu nodded slightly, and now the two of them also climbed up to the mountainside here.
What you see now is a square. There are many disciples gathered here in the square. Most of them are disciples in the scholar realm. They are all practicing here at the moment.
All kinds of literary power are surging, and there are all kinds of training books. Among them, there is the person who is constantly walking around, instructing the disciples around him to practice.
"This is the sect's martial arts training ground. There are three places in total for the use of scholars and disciples in the Juren realm."
Du Ran was explaining to Song Mu like this, and at this time some sect disciples noticed Song Mu's arrival, and no one knew who said something, and they all came forward.
Many people bowed their hands towards Song Mu and called him "senior" one after another.
Song Mu also quickly handed over his hand. Although these people were slightly excited, they tried their best to restrain themselves. Song Mu could only speak and asked immediately.
"Would it be more effective for you to practice in this mountain?"
A few people just nodded and seemed to finally dare to answer the conversation. Then they all responded respectfully to Song Mu.
Song Mu naturally also slightly praised everyone's hard work and promising future.
This made everyone even more excited, and felt that Song Mu was not as serious and cold as the elders who had joined the sect.
At that moment, the brave man came forward and spoke to Song Mu with excitement on his face.
"Senior, we all have great admiration for our predecessors' poems. Every time we see the poems of our predecessors in "Tianwenjian", it is exciting and sighing."
"Especially the heroic circumstances when our predecessors wrote poems, which makes us yearn for it."
All the scholars said this, with a bit of reverence in their eyes. They have studied literature for many years, and they are very clear about the difficulties of being a literati.
And Song Mu only took three years to win the top prize in one fell swoop. In their eyes, it was a completely dazzling achievement.
Unknowingly, there was that person who had a hand in hand with Song Mu, hoping that he could copy the scenery of Song Mu's poems and learn the style of a scholar.
The judge next to him didn't feel uncomfortable with this, and Song Mu smiled and nodded.
Also amidst the cheers of the crowd, Song Mu had already grasped the brush.
"It was also the first time that someone from the Song Dynasty saw the greatness of the poets, and also saw that everyone was keen on learning and inquiring. It was indeed a scene of prosperity for literati, so he wrote this poem to encourage us."
Looking at the white paper in front of him, Song Mu finally put down his pen and ink.
"Stay firm on the green hills and don't let go; your roots are still in the broken rocks."
"Still strong despite being struck hard by countless blows, no matter how strong the wind is from east to west, north or south."
When Song Mu dropped the title "Bamboo and Stone", everyone was stunned when they looked at the poem.
And the next moment, someone was clapping and applauding.