Questions In the royal study room of the imperial palace, Emperor Jin Geng was looking at the palace examination papers.
The big exam every three years is the selection of important talents in Daxia, which is related to the country, so he attaches great importance to it.
After the palace examination today, he was marking Gongsheng's papers in the imperial study.
"Good article!" He couldn't help but praise the paper in his hand.
The article quoted the classics, the pen was brilliant, and every word was pearly, and it was definitely the only one among the papers he had read.
Emperor Jin Geng turned to the examinee's name, and he saw the name of 'Li Shiming'.
His face was slightly taken aback, the name Li Shiming has been mentioned many times in intelligence recently.
The most important thing is that Li Shiming is very close to the royal enshrined Gu Jia. Gu Jia has been to Li Shiming's residence many times, and Li Shiming has also attended many gatherings of monks.
From this point of view, Emperor Jin Geng was sure that Li Shiming was also a monk.
Based on Emperor Jin Geng's understanding of Gu Jia, even he, the emperor, could not command Gu Jia to have much respect, let alone get along with him.
"It's a pity, such a talent can't be used!" Emperor Jin Geng shook his head. He originally planned to make Li Shiming the number one scholar, but he couldn't choose such a person as the number one scholar when he knew that Li Shiming could not be an official.
Even as much as he likes Li Shiming's articles, he hates what Li Shiming can't use for himself.
Emperor Jin Geng really wanted to put Li Shiming among the top three, so that he could have the lowest background of fellow Jinshi.
Even though he thought so, Emperor Jin Geng also had to consider Gu Jia, even if he didn't consider Gu Jia, he didn't want to annoy the monk Li Shiming because of this matter.
"Then give it to Tanhua!" Emperor Jin Geng picked up the imperial brush and made a decision.
The next day, Xie En's Jinshi entered the palace hall, and the eunuchs read out their results.
When it was announced that Li Shiming was Tanhua, the officials present and the Xinke Scholars discovered that Li Shiming, who was supposed to be here, had not arrived.
Even the eunuch who announced the decree couldn't help turning his head to look at Emperor Jin Geng, wanting to see Emperor Jin Geng's angry expression.
But what all the officials and Xinke Scholars did not expect was that Emperor Jin Geng was not angry.
"Li Shiming didn't come if he didn't come, continue!" Emperor Jin Geng waved his hand and said.
He also understood that this big exam was just a game of mortals for monks, and he even knew that Li Shiming was visiting Gu Jia at this time.
In fact, Li Shiming didn't want to come to the hall to thank him, he was called by Gu Jia after he entered the palace.
"Li Xiaoyou, you don't really want to stay in Daxia as an official, do you?" In Gu Jia's palace courtyard, he said to Li Shiming with a smile.
"Of course not, it's just that I have studied hard for ten years, so it's over!" Li Shiming shook his head and replied.
"You are a monk, and you will be a monk of Tianhaizong in the future. Are you going to kneel down to worship the emperor when you enter the hall?" Gu Jia lightly pointed her fingers.
Li Shiming didn't expect Gu Jia to pay more attention to the status of monks than him. Although he didn't want to bow down, but for the last wish of the mortal world, he could bear it.
But it's too late to say anything now. Anyway, the palace examination is over, and he is at least a Jinshi. It can be regarded as fulfilling the obsession of the original body, and it can be regarded as an explanation to his father Li Wenyuan.
"Would you like to hear how you did in the exam?" Gu Jia asked with a smile.
While he was speaking, he struck out a spiritual power rune in the space, and then a picture appeared in front of the two of them.
This picture is exactly the scene of the main hall, not only the picture, but also the real-time sound.
The picture is not an ordinary picture, but a three-dimensional picture with a 3D effect.
Li Shiming's eyes widened, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief.
Isn't this virtual imaging technology? The technology was so advanced in the previous life, but this technology was not yet fully mature. Although it could barely be realized, the cost was extremely high.
"The entire palace is within the range of the magic circle set up by the sect, and I can observe what happens anywhere in the palace at any time!" Seeing his surprise, Gu Jia explained with a smile.
Li Shiming really wanted to ask Gu Jia, did the emperor know about the magic circle with this effect?
If the emperor knew that his every move could be observed by Gu Jia, would the emperor still be willing to live in the palace?
"Yo, not bad, my little friend got Tanhualang!" Gu Jia laughed when he heard the content of the eunuch's announcement.
Seeing that being an emperor doesn't have any dignity in front of monks, this made Li Shiming feel a little bit less about getting Tanhua.
Seeing Li Shiming's expression, Gu Jia felt very proud. He did this on purpose, just to dispel Li Shiming's attachment to the world.
A monk is lonely and needs to stay away from the world and the hustle and bustle.
Only monks who can endure loneliness can pursue a higher realm.
The two monks sat on chairs and watched what was happening in the hall.
Li Shiming felt the estrangement between himself and the world, but this did not affect his pursuit of cultivation.
To live again, he cherishes life very much, he wants to live longer, he wants to travel to every corner of the world, he wants to see the essence of the world clearly.
"Brother Gu Dao, can you live forever by practicing?" In this atmosphere, Li Shiming asked a question.
"Guess how old I am?" Gu Jia asked with a smile when she heard this question.
Li Shiming carefully observed Gu Jia. Gu Jia looked about forty or fifty years old, and the monk might look young, so he had a judgment.
"Brother Dao is seventy years old?" Speaking of this age is already an increase in the number.
"Haha!" Gu Jia laughed loudly, and then he seemed a little lonely and continued: "I am 123 years old this year. I have practiced penance for more than a hundred years, and I am still waiting to die in the world!"
Li Shiming looked at Gu in surprise. Jia, he did not think that Gu Jia would be one hundred and twenty-three years old.
You must know that among mortals, it is already extremely auspicious to have an old man over one hundred and ten years old, let alone over one hundred and twenty years old.
Looking at Gu Jia's appearance, he doesn't look like he is one hundred and twenty-three years old. Judging from his state, there is no problem at all in living another few decades.
"The longest lifespan of a Qi-refining monk can be close to 200 years, but due to various reasons of the monk's body, it is not bad to reach 150 years old!" Gu Jia explained for him.
"The monks with higher realms, don't they live longer?" Li Shiming asked again.
"The lifespan of a monk in the foundation-building period is at least 200 years old, and I can't know if it goes up, but the higher the level of cultivation, the longer the lifespan is inevitable!" Gu Jia replied very positively.
At this moment, Li Shiming's thoughts on cultivation became extremely firm.
He has the space in the computer room, the large server IBMz15, and countless research results from his previous life. He firmly believes that he can go further on the road of cultivating immortals and live a long life.
(end of this chapter)