Chapter 106: Leaving the Fire Temple, Borrowing the Road
"Are you getting impatient?" As soon as Long Xiao saw Zhao Xing, he knew why the other party came.

"If you don't leave now, my family will get fed up." Zhao Xing said, "Who's reluctance to leave can last for a month or so?"

I had several farewell dinners with Lao Si Nong.

Zhao Xing was tired of saying goodbye to his family.

You have to give an answer as to whether it will work or not. It is not a good thing to wait too long for selection.

If something goes wrong with the Shenwei Army and he cannot be transferred there, then Zhao Xing will have to prepare for the assessment of the military minister of agriculture.

There is a fixed assessment time every year, most of the time concentrated in spring. If you miss it, you have to wait another year.

Given Zhao Xing's situation, he felt that if he took the exam now, he might still pass it. He just needed a chance.

After all, his comprehension of magic spells was comparable to that of many old eighth-rank Si-nong. Most of his comprehension of magic spells, the four magic spells of weather and terrain, were at the eighth or ninth level, and even the seventh level was rare.

There are even self-created spells!
Compared with the real eighth-grade, Zhao Xing is only short of the level of Ju Yuan and Ming Hun.

Long Xiao said, "It's a slow process to go through the process across borders, and you have to cross the civil and military systems to be transferred, but don't worry, I guarantee it with my life, it will definitely work."

Having said that, Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief. As long as things could be done, he didn't mind waiting a few more days.

"Whoosh~" Just then, a gust of wind blew past the door.

Chen Shijie appeared in the lobby.

"No need to wait."

"Leaving the day after tomorrow."

Long Xiao looked up and asked, "Any news?"

Chen Shijie nodded: "Yes, I just received a letter. The Marquis asked us to arrive in Xi'er County on March 2nd."

Long Xiao said: "Time is a bit tight, we can only rush there through the altar of Lihuo Daoyuan."

Chen Shijie said: "I have already contacted the branch of Dayuan Mansion. The Lihuo Altar will be activated the day after tomorrow. We will pass through it to Xi'er County."

Long Xiao pointed at Zhao Xing: "What about him?"

Chen Shijie took out a document from his pocket and said, "I just took your transfer order from the county government. You have been transferred to the Shenwei Army, but according to the procedure, you still have to complete the training in the military before you can take up your post."

Zhao Xing took the document and looked at it. It was a transfer order issued by the military. "Which cave will I go to?"

Chen Shijie said: "The Shenwei Army's cave station has been moved to another location. There are another eight armies in this cave."

The Shenwei Army ranked 587th in the last military legion military performance. It does not have a separate cave garrison and has to share it with other garrisons.

There are only eight armies, which is still considered small.

In some places, hundreds of armies share one cave, which is really crowded.

But there is no way, there are too many wolves and too little meat.

To enjoy the exclusive use of the cave, one must be among the top 300 in the military corps’ grand military performance to be eligible.

Because the cave is not only a training ground, it also has many other benefits. Of course, those stationed there will be the first to enjoy the benefits.

"It's not in Jinting and Danxia anymore. What's the name of the new cave? What's special about it? What benefits can it bring?" Long Xiao asked.

Chen Shijie said, "I don't know the details of Shiyang Cave Heaven. The Marquis didn't elaborate in the letter. Anyway, it will arrive in early March, and we will know when we get there."

Ten Sun Cave?

Zhao Xing's heart moved.

Chen Shijie and Long Xiao didn’t know the situation of Shiyang Cave, but he did.

"Shiyang Cave Heaven was discovered in the 10th year of Jingxin. Now it is the 16th year of Jingxin, which means it has only been discovered for more than 5 years. It is in the early stages of development and a large amount of area has not yet been explored."

"The Shenwei Army is stationed in Shiyang Cave Heaven. I'm afraid it's not just a training ground, but also has to shoulder exploration missions. I know the locations of many treasures..."

Zhao Xing controlled his emotions very well this time, and he was able to control them after just a brief thought.

Ever since he mastered the skill of [Observing Every Details], he has paid special attention to these details. One has to know that for a high-level strong man, casting this spell is extremely terrifying. Not only can it identify lies, it can even grasp the psychological activities of a low-level person.

It would be fine if he knew a few other things, but if he knew everything about the newly developed cave heaven like Shiyang Cave Heaven, then it would be difficult to explain.

"Then I'll go back and prepare." After appropriately expressing his curiosity about Shiyang Cave Heaven, Zhao Xing left Chen Mansion and returned to his home to prepare.

Kangpingfang, Zhao family.

"The selection order has come down. I will set off for Xi'er County with Chen Shijie the day after tomorrow." Zhao Xing mentioned this to his family during lunch.

"Xi'er County..." Zhao Ruide thought for a moment, "It's tens of thousands of miles away from home."

Zhao Xing said: "Well, it is still in Pinghai Prefecture, but it is in the upper reaches of the Canglan River, and it is more than 40,000 miles round trip."

At that time, Long Xiao was traveling by fire escape through the altar of Lihuo Daoyuan, and the straight-line distance was 2 miles.

If it is by land or water, it will be even farther.

Now that the Shenwei Army’s base has been changed, the distance may be even farther.

"Be careful. If you have time, come back often." Zhao Ruide just gave a simple reminder. After all, he had said everything he wanted to say many times in the past month.

Everyone is calmer now.

Zhao Zheng, this little brother, was reluctant to leave at the beginning, saying "Brother, don't leave, I will practice martial arts well". Now, he has become disgusted with "Brother, why don't you leave, don't bother me with my martial arts practice".

"Brother, I can't bear to leave you!" Zhao Zheng said, "But my father said that a man should have ambitions to travel far and wide. I will definitely miss you!"

"Stop pretending. You're grinning so hard that it reaches your heels." Zhao Xing pinched his little brother's cheeks. "Don't think you can be lazy and not practice martial arts after I leave."

"Foster father, I have hired someone from Zong Shichang. From now on, Zheng'er will go there to practice martial arts every day. You don't have to worry about it."

Zhao Ruide nodded, and Mrs. Cai opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing.

Although she was reluctant to let her son suffer, she slowly changed her mind after seeing how successful Zhao Xing had been in the past month.

Who doesn’t want his son to succeed?

Only Zhao Zheng disagreed with this. "No, brother Wow, how can you do this to me? I object!"

"Opposition is useless, eat!"

"Ugh……"

February twenty-fifth.

Chen Shijie resigned and was temporarily replaced as the chief of the Sinong Supervisor by Xue Wenzhong.

Chen Shijie's mansion in Gucheng and all his other properties were left to Gui Niang, including the Tianyuan Pear Garden.

It was not until this time that everyone discovered that Chen Shijie had a lover in Gucheng.

But no one dared to take over Tianyuan Pear Garden.

It's not just because the laws are strict, but also because Chen Shijie has accumulated a lot of reputation in Gucheng over the past five years.

In addition, Chen Shijie also had connections in the county, so although his family was wealthy, no one dared to have any bad intentions.

Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Shijie also kept the straw man that was used to protect Zhao Xing.

February 26th, Mao time.

Zhao Xing carried the bamboo box on his back and left his home in Kangpingfang.

When they arrived at Chen's house, there was already a Liuyun flying boat waiting for them in the training ground.

Chen Shijie controlled the Liuyun flying boat and circled Gucheng three times in the dark night, then headed straight for Dayuan Mansion.

Dayuan Prefecture, located in the south of Pinghai Prefecture, is also the superior institution of Nanyang County, and its lord is a third-rank official.

Lihuo Taoist Temple established a branch in the eastern part of the city.

As one of the seventy-two Taoist temples of the Great Zhou, the Lihuo Taoist Temple only has a branch in the provincial capital.

Even so, its branches are spread across the 19 states, and its influence can be said to radiate throughout the Great Zhou.

It only took half a day to travel from Gucheng to Fucheng by Liuyun flying boat.

After entering the city, the three went straight to the Lihuo Taoist Temple branch.

"The predecessor of Lihuo Daoyuan was Lihuo Sect. Our ancestors were also very rich and ranked ninth among the divine sects."

"After the old sect system was broken, the Lihuo Sect submitted to the Great Zhou and no longer considered itself a sect, changing its name to Lihuo Daoyuan."

"The Grand Ancestor was the honorary president of all Taoist temples, and later his descendants successively took up important positions in various Taoist temples."

"The current vice president of Lihuo Daoyuan is the royal relative 'Ji Changkong'. He is the cousin of the emperor and was named the King of Liyang five hundred years ago."

"The dean of this branch of Dayuan Prefecture, Ji Qingshan, is also a member of the royal family. However, he is still very young, only 201 years old, and is the great-nephew of the emperor."

"Two hundred years old is still considered young?" Zhao Xing asked in surprise.

"At the third level, two hundred years old is indeed young." Chen Shijie explained, "Taking into account the increase in lifespan and the level of one's own Ju Yuan, a third level can live to five or six hundred years old." "You've only lived one-third of your life, isn't that young?"

"That's true."

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Lihuo Taoist Temple covers an area of ​​more than 5,000 acres, and there are even sacred mountains and sacred lakes within the temple.

The admission mechanism of the 10 Taoist temples in the Great Zhou Dynasty is very unique. Most of them have Taoist children's academies, which only recruit children under the age of .

In addition, there will be special people patrolling around to find talented and outstanding people.

It is divided into two courtyards, the inner and outer courtyards, and both the inner and outer courtyards are divided into upper and lower areas.

Those with outstanding performance in academies and palaces across the country can be admitted to study in academies of different levels.

In order to gain the support of the sects, Taizu established a system for selecting provincial governors as officials. Graduates from the 72 Taoist academies could directly go to various places to serve as officials. In other words, they were guaranteed a job after graduation.

In the ancient sectarian system, the relationship between master and disciple is very deep, even stronger than blood relationship. The phrase "son-disciple, son-disciple" means that the master treats his disciple like his own son.

Disciples are not allowed to betray their master and join another sect throughout their lives.

But in today's Taoist temples, although respecting teachers is still emphasized, the titles have changed and there are only teachers and students.

Teachers were not responsible for their students’ personal future, but only for completing the teaching tasks assigned by the court. Students did not have to learn from only one teacher, and there was no such thing as betraying their teacher.

Of course, some Taoist temples still retain some ancient customs and have the practice of taking teachers and disciples.

But as long as you don't do anything like 'cleaning up the house', such as killing students for being disobedient, and everything is done in accordance with the laws of the Great Zhou, the court will not care about your personal relationships.

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The gate archway of Lihuo Taoist Temple is very tall, majestic and very old.

Since credentials were required to enter and exit, Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie Long Xiao were waiting at the entrance for someone to pick them up.

"The teachers in the Taoist Academy are divided into five levels: Master of Hundred Arts, Master of Preaching, Doctor of Scripture, Vice-President, and President."

"The Marquis knows a doctor of economics at the Dayuanfu branch. He will send someone to pick us up." Long Xiao introduced.

The relationship between the Shenwei Army and the Lihuo Taoist Academy seemed to be quite good. Not long after, a young man in a yellow robe flew out and landed in front of the three people.

He was holding half a jade pendant, which was the same half as the one in Chen Shijie's hand.

"Are you two Lords Long Xiao and Chen Shijie?" asked the young man in yellow robe.

"Exactly."

"The teacher ordered me to take you to the Lihuo Altar." The yellow-robed young man looked at Zhao Xing and said, "Huh? Why is there an extra person? And a cat?"

"He is also from my Divine Might Army."

"Can it withstand the way of the True Lord?" The yellow-robed youth looked at the mountain cat, somewhat puzzled. He was just a student in the lower house, with average eyesight, and could not tell the grade of the mountain cat.

"This is a mountain cat, an eighth-grade exotic beast." Chen Shijie explained simply. "Don't worry about it."

The young man in yellow robe nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Please follow me, three of you."

The Lihuo Altar is located in a valley surrounded by five fiery red hills.

There are fire pits everywhere in the depression.

When Zhao Xing came near the altar, he felt a sense of heat.

He was no stranger to the place.

The Lihuo Altar is a sophisticated teleportation array that also combines escape techniques.

In the era of the Qiyun Dynasty, the ultra-long-distance transmission from the Fire Altar with low side effects is unique.

Other Taoist temples also have similar methods, but the side effects are ridiculously large. In an era when spiritual energy has not yet revived, the cost to be borne is too high. Either the cost is extremely high, or there is a threshold for users, or there are strong side effects.

In comparison, the conditions for using the Lihuo Altar are very low.

If you take the road, go twice as far as you can.

After arriving at the destination, you can simply count the steps and get back on track. It is so user-friendly.

"We're here." The yellow-robed wizard pointed to a place in front of him and said, "Fire pit number nine will be opened in two quarters of an hour."

"After it opens, just walk in. I see this brother has a cat with him. Does it look like he's here for the first time?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "Yes."

The young man in yellow robe said enthusiastically: "Then let me remind you a few more times. When you are borrowing the Dao, don't move around randomly, and don't try to comprehend the Dao of Fire. After you go out, return the Dao as soon as possible, preferably within a month, otherwise there will be some bad effects."

"Thank you." Zhao Xing bowed.

“You’re welcome.” The yellow-robed wizard said a few words and then said no more, waiting silently for the opening.

Zhao Xing looked around. There were several fire pits burning with red flames. From time to time, people came out of the flames and some went in. However, after each entry and exit, the flames in the fire pits would shrink a lot.

The shrunken flames were drawn into lines that surrounded the user.

As I was quietly waiting, someone suddenly approached, and several voices were heard at the same time.

"Master Helian, we're here. This is Fire Pit No. 9... Eh? Why is there someone here?"

Zhao Xing turned his head and saw another young man in a yellow robe leading five people to the waiting area of ​​fire pit No. 9.

Among the five, two of them looked to be in their early forties, wearing armor and military boots. Three of them were younger, two men and one woman, and only of the ninth rank.

Chen Shijie and Long Xiao also noticed this scene. They looked at each other and frowned slightly.

"Friend, what's wrong with you? There are already people at fire pit number nine. Why are you leading them here?" The young man next to Zhao Xing couldn't help but ask.

"That makes no sense." The tall and thin young man opposite was puzzled. "I just checked the fire register two quarters of an hour ago. The ninth fire pit to Datong Prefecture was vacant at four quarters of an hour."

"Have you registered yet?"

“Well, I should have registered…” The yellow-robed young man opposite him changed his expression.

"Impossible. If you registered in the Fire Book, I would not have been able to register a quarter of an hour ago." The young man in the yellow robe said, "My friend, you are too careless. Take your guest to find the next suitable time."

"I'm sorry, Lord Helian, Lord Lei, it's my mistake." The tall and thin young man in the yellow robe apologized quickly.

Helian Lie said in a low voice: "Besides No. 9, which fire pits are available for five people to go to Datong Mansion?"

“It seems, it seems…” The tall and thin young man in yellow robe stuttered, obviously not very smart.

The man in yellow robe next to Zhao Xing could no longer bear to watch and answered for him, "The fire pits No. 14, No. 26, and No. 49 are also available for five people to pass through Datong Mansion."

Helian Lie looked over and asked: "When will it open?"

The young man thought for a moment and said, "The fire pit number 14 will be at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, the fire pit number 26 will be at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, and the fire pit number 49 will be the day after tomorrow."

"It's too late." The man named Lei next to Helian Lie shook his head and said, "After arriving at Datong Prefecture, we still have to travel for another six hours to reach the entrance of the cave. We will miss the military schedule."

Helian Lie looked at the yellow robe next to him and said, "Is there any other way to temporarily find a passage?"

The tall and thin boy was about to cry out: "Sir, this, this seems impossible..."

Helian Lie immediately set his eyes on Long Xiao and took out a jade pendant from his arms: "My name is Helian Lie, a brave captain of the Lieyang Army. We have military orders and need to rush to Datong Prefecture. Please let the five of us pass first. This dragon crystal jade pendant is your compensation."

Lieyang Army? Long Xiao and Chen Shijie looked at each other.

The Lieyang Army is another garrison in the Shiyang Cave Heaven, and its ranking is even higher than that of the Shenwei Army.

In terms of rank, the brave captain Helian Lie is one level higher than all of them.

This is not a coincidence, because the assembly orders issued by the military to the nine garrisons within Shiyang Cave Heaven all had the same date.

In order to avoid trouble, Chen Shijie also introduced himself: "I am Chen Shijie, the Minister of Agriculture of the Ninth Section Army of the Shenwei Army, and the man next to me is Long Xiao, the Captain of the Yihui Army."

"I'm sorry, we also have military orders and need to rush to Datong Prefecture as soon as possible."

"Oh, it turned out to be the military order of the Marquis of Boping County." The middle-aged man named Lei beside him suddenly chuckled, "Is the order of a third-class Marquis more important than the order of a Martial Marquis? Does the Shenwei Army rank higher than our Lieyang Army in the military performance of the Bingjie Army? I think we should go first! Our military order is more important!"

"Bullshit, isn't my military order a military order?"

A flash of anger flashed in Long Xiao's eyes, and the scabbard behind him kept shaking.

You can insult him, but you can’t insult the Marquis and the Divine Mighty Army.

At this moment, he really wanted to draw his sword and fight this man to the death!

Chen Shijie held Long Xiao down, shook his head slightly, and then said, "Please find another way, don't waste your words, otherwise you will only waste your own time."

　I wrote all night, but I still haven't finished the third chapter. My head is a little fuzzy. I'll post the first two chapters of 11,000 words. I have no choice but to write the third chapter when I wake up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)