Ma Jiamen: I was forced to fight for supremacy

Chapter 121 Jixia Academy

Lu Qi didn't understand why the master in front of him was determined to kill a child.

But she didn't need to consider the reason for her master's order.

Lu Zhi gently rubbed the corner of her clothes with her jade fingers.

"How are the preparations going at home, Master?"

Lu Qi collected his thoughts and answered carefully.

"Mr. Yangshe has entered the wilderness in person, and no news has been received yet."

"Mr. Sheep Tongue."

Lu Zhi's thoughts went back to decades ago, when she was studying in the family school.

She did remember that there was a boy named Yangshe. The reason she remembered him was simply because she thought the surname was strange.

After he entered the Liang Palace, a Mr. Yangshe appeared from his family.

It was he who deduced the prophecy of "the undertaker of the aristocratic families".

His father praised him as a man of great talent.

I wonder if this Mr. Yangshe is still the kid with the surname Yangshe from back then.

"Back off~"

"Yes." Lu Qi took small steps back and left the queen's bedroom.

Lu Zhi paced back and forth in the bedroom, and her silk clothes swayed with it, just like the tiny fluctuations on the surface of Liang State at the moment.

——Duke Qi’s Mansion, martial arts training ground.

The iron crossbow, improved by the servants of Duke Qi, could fire fourteen arrows in succession without losing its power.

Ma Zhan was so excited that he almost kowtowed to Master Jing.

Jingfu was a retainer of Jingtai Lan, Duke of Qi.

He looked at the child in front of him, who was about the same age as his grandson, and loved him from the bottom of his heart.

After the patriarch gave the order, Jingfu directly upgraded Ma Zhan's iron crossbow to a higher level, and secretly made a hundred whistling arrows and gave them to Ma Zhan.

Ma Zhan was testing his arrows in the martial arts arena. In the study of Duke Jingtailan of Qi, two people were considering an important matter concerning Ma Zhan.

Duke of Qi, cloisonné.

In terms of seniority, he is Ma Botong's senior brother.

Both of them were disciples of the military strategist and studied under the Martial Saint.

However, Jingtai Lan was a hereditary duke, and he had a gentle temperament and did not like fighting.

Therefore, he was not as famous as Ma Zhongtong because he kept a low profile.

When Ma Zhongtong met his eldest brother's senior brother for the first time, he restrained his gangster attitude and spoke much more humbly.

"Brother Jing, you've also met that child. What do you think?"

Ma Zhongtong called Jing "Senior Brother" instead of "Duke of Qi", which directly brought the two closer together.

Cloisonné also relaxed a little.

“Brother Zhongtong, it is indeed rare to be at the sixth level of martial arts at the age of eleven.

But to meet Xun Jijiu, martial arts cultivation is actually the least important aspect."

Ma Zhongtong expressed his understanding.

"That child is very clever. My brother tried his best to find another way for him, and also to leave another way for the Ma family.

As for whether it can be successful, it all depends on God’s will.”

Jingtai Lan did not immediately agree to Ma Zhongtong's request, he needed to consider it.

——The Jixia Academy is located in Sanzibo Prefecture of Liang State. This is known to everyone in the world.

At the same time, everyone in the world knew that the Jixia Academy did not belong to Sanzi Prefecture or Liang State.

In other words, the Jixia Academy is the Jixia Academy for everyone in the world.

The Jixia Academy has been established for thousands of years. From the original four schools of thought, namely Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism and Military Science, the academy has developed into nearly a hundred schools of thought.

The Confucian saint of calligraphy and saint of heart.

The Legalist saint, Shen Gong.

Military strategists, military immortals, and military saints all came from the Jixia Academy.

Thirty percent of today’s civil and military officials, emperors and generals came from the Jixia Academy.

The commander-in-chief of the two warring countries on the battlefield might be a classmate of Jixia Academy.

Each school of thought at the Jixia Academy independently chose the method of recruiting students, which could be through examinations, recommendations, or recruiting from the public.

This is a matter of great importance to the development of the school. Without real talent and knowledge, one cannot stay in the Jixia Academy.

No matter how big the background or how powerful the force.

In addition, the Jixia Academy also gave people all over the world an opportunity to challenge themselves - "discuss the Tao".

Those who come to discuss the Dao are welcome to do so regardless of gender or race; the only requirement is that they must not be over sixteen years old.

The first step in the discussion of the Dao is that the person discussing the Dao must demonstrate sufficient talent and knowledge, which must be brought to the academy by a recommender of sufficient weight.

After obtaining the recognition of a school of thought, those who discuss the Dao can enter the academy to discuss the Dao.

At this time, those who come to discuss the Tao are the real discussers.

In the second stage of discussing the Dao, the discussant can discuss the Dao with any of the Hundred Schools of Thought. There is no limit to the way of discussing the Dao, as long as the school agrees.

After obtaining recognition from any four schools, you can enter the second level.

The third stage of the discussion is among the nine closed disciples of Xun Jijiu. The person discussing the Dao can also choose any of the disciples of Xun Jijiu to discuss the Dao with.

There is no limit to the way of discussing the Dao. After obtaining the approval of any four disciples, you can see the chief priest.

Generally, the discussion of Taoism ends here. The three levels of discussion of Taoism at Jixia Academy far exceeded the number of consecutive top three winners in all dynasties.

Those who can pass the three levels of Taoism are representatives of an era.

There is a fourth stage in discussing the Dao, which is to gain the approval of the chief priest.

This level is optional. The chief priest may have already recognized you after the first level.

It is also possible that after passing the three levels, the chief priest only gave you a piece of advice.

After obtaining the approval of the chief priest, one can leave his own mark on a section of the Great Wall of Qi preserved in the Jixia Academy.

Every time the Jixia Academy held a discussion, it would attract the attention of people all over the world.

Over the past hundred years since the chaotic times, talented people have emerged in large numbers, and the frequency of people discussing Taoism has increased significantly.

The most recent person who passed the three levels of discussion appeared eleven years ago, and he is about to sit on that chair.

The Ma family originally planned to have their second son, Ma Songhe, be the one to discuss the Dao.

But later, Ma Zhan accurately read the geomancy map, enlightened Ma Qi to enter Taoism, improved the accounting method, and expressed Penglai Mountain in a song and a poem.

Ma Botong and Yuehua discussed and decided to let Ma Zhan be the one to discuss the Dao.

Ma Songhe is about to turn sixteen years old, and now he has become a captain in the White Ape Army. Military strategists will definitely pay attention to this talented general.

I am absolutely confident of passing the first level.

But the possibility of passing the second level is almost zero.

But this is enough for the Ma family.

As long as the second son of the Ma family can appear as a Taoist, the Ma family will definitely take this opportunity to attract more attention.

The Ma family's next actions will definitely leverage the momentum brought about by the discussion to influence more families and officials.

In other words, the Ma family only needs to pass the first level and obtain the qualification of a discussant, and their goal will be achieved.

However, Ma Zhan's recent extraordinary performance is very likely to be a variable.

What Jingtailan was thinking about at the moment was also about the Ma family, or to be more precise, about Ma Botong.

As a student of military science at Jixia Academy, Ma Botong is qualified to be the recommender.

Instead of recommending him personally, he went to great lengths to ask Jingtailan to be the recommender.

This is actually a little trick of the Ma family.

Although Ma Botong and Jingtailan are brothers, at this moment, Jingtailan, as a Duke, did not explicitly express that he was in the same camp with the Ma family.

He only needed to recommend Ma Zhan to discuss Taoism, and Ma Zhan only needed to pass the first level to become a discussant.

Then, he, the recommender, would passively become a member of the Ma family.

After a moment of thought, Jingtai Lan smiled slightly.

"Haha, my junior brother...

Brother Zhongtong, I have done the recommendation.

But if his "talent" is really not up to par, I won't embarrass myself in front of my senior brother."

Ma Zhongtong stood up and bowed.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Jing."