Chapter 115: Chapter 94: Ten Years
Translator: 549690339
By the end of July, Lu Yuan had completed the transformation of his cultivation method after a year of practice.
The original Cloud Palm Inner Strength had been thoroughly transformed into the Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra.
As a result, although using the Inner Strength of the Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra to perform the moves of the Cloud Palm would decrease its power slightly, his potential had been raised, allowing him to continue breaking through.
Without a doubt.
As King of Competition, Lu Yuan naturally began practicing the Replenishing
Qi Heart Sutra that day.
These months, his understanding of the Taoist Classics had deepened, and likewise, comprehending the Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra was no longer an obstacle for him.
There are eight levels in total to the Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra, each level focusing on cultivating two meridians. Lu Yuan had already comprehended the mental techniques of the first six levels, which focused on the twelve main meridians, and could cultivate them at any time.
As for the latter levels, which involved cultivating the bizarre meridians, Lu Yuan hadn’t dived into this area in the past, so his knowledge was somewhat lacking and had some difficulty gaining traction.
However, in response to this, he had already intensified his studies in related fields, and he believed that within a few months, he should be able to continue his insight into the remaining two levels of the mental technique.
Lu Yuan wasn’t in a hurry about this.
Currently, after switching, he had reached the perfect realm of the third level of the Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra. To cultivate the six meridians from the fourth to the sixth levels would take at least six years.
There was enough time in these long years to gain insight into the last two levels, and there was no need to rush.
Thus, Lu Yuan continued to live his life according to his own plan every day, diligently cultivating Inner Strength, practicing Palm skills, studying Taoist
Classics, and occasionally visiting the Red Phoenix Building to teach Miss Xiao Li how to sing. He lived a leisurely and comfortable life.
When October arrived.
Inspired by Lu Yan’s juren title last year, this year, ten more Scholars went to the provincial capital to participate in the Imperial Examination.
However, these students who took the examination for the second time still didn’t achieve any results and all missed out on a high rank.
With this setback, many aspirational Scholars were discouraged, and those who were originally eager to try began to dampen their enthusiasm.
Many people in the county began to face reality.
They knew that in the county, although there was Teacher Sun, who was good at teaching, his time in managing the educational system was still too short. It was impossible to change the atmosphere within two or three years; it was just slightly better than before.
Last year, producing a Lu Yan had already exhausted Changning County’s foundation for more than twenty years, and it would be challenging to produce a second juren in a short period now.
Nevertheless, the local gentry in the county still did not neglect or underestimate Sun Siwen because of this. Instead, they became even more proactive in dealing with this newly appointed education official.
Within three to five years, it might be difficult for Changning County to produce another juren.
But with this education official, the probability of producing a juren after three to five years is much higher.
Who wouldn’t wish for themselves or their children to pass the Imperial examination?
Now, it’s essential to have a good relationship with the education official so that he will pay more attention to teaching their children when giving instruction. Wouldn’t it increase the chances of their children passing the examination compared to others?
Sun Siwen was naturally both pained and joyful about this.
While enjoying the praise of everyone, he also got somewhat tired of those people who were trying to use the back door, making him feel like he had no peace and quiet in his life.
Fortunately, this was just a wave of enthusiasm that only lasted for half a month and passed.
Sun Siwen could finally calm down and continue to educate his students wholeheartedly.
In fact, contrary to the opinions of others in the county, he had strong confidence that one of his students could achieve the title of juren again in a
short period.
Lu Yan’s achievement last year was the result of years of accumulation and late blooming, and it was difficult to replicate.
However, among the now two hundred students in the County Academy, there were still many talented and promising students.
Gu Songyun, Li Qian, and Guo Yun were the ones that Sun Siwen considered as juren seeds.
They all had talent, innate ability, and were diligent enough to learn the classics and articles quickly.
In particular, Li Qian, who had been a Scholar for four years, had a wealth of knowledge reserves that already met the standard for a juren at only nineteen years old.
Sun Siwen believed that Li Qian differed from him by just a little.
Although Li Qian’s participation in the Imperial Examination this year still ended in failure, Sun Siwen saw this as a kind of sharpening experience. By next year, in October, when the Imperial Examination begins, Li Qian would be sure to succeed.
As for Gu Songyun and Guo Yun, they were still young and had only passed the examination for a Scholar for more than a year, and they needed more polishing.
It would take another two or three years of study if they wanted to pass the examination for a juren.
Apart from the three genius seeds in the Academy, Sun Siwen also had high hopes for the thirty-year-old Scholars.
Although these older Scholars had limited talent and aptitude, their knowledge in various disciplines was well-rounded. They were more crafty than skillful, but if they encounter a suitable main examiner, they would have a chance to pass the examination.
Therefore, Sun Siwen continued to hold exam preparation classes for these people, emphasizing essential examination points, and even invited Scholars who had passed the examination for magistrates earlier that year to study together. They analyzed the changes in recent years’ examination questions to help these students stay as relevant as possible with the trends.
To teach his students well and pave the way for their official career, Teacher Sun spared no efforts.
Such efforts indeed produced remarkable results.
Another year passed, and it was now the 24th year of the Longqing Era. In
October,
a new round of Imperial Examination took place. Under Sun Siwen’s encouragement, thirteen Scholars from Changning County participated, including Li Qian.
As Sun Siwen had predicted, Li Qian passed the examination in one swoop, becoming the second individual in over twenty years from Changning County to achieve the title of juren.
Upon hearing the news, the county was instantly in an uproar.
Sun Siwen’s reputation as a good teacher began to spread outside the county, and many students who heard of his fame flocked to Changning County to study under him.
This resulted in the student population in the Academy exploding to more than three hundred, showing signs of becoming a renowned local educational institution.
With this achievement, the ‘temporary’ in Sun Siwen’s temporary teaching title was officially removed, and his rank was also formally promoted to the eighth grade.
It was quite an extraordinary story in the officialdom for someone to be promoted three times in four years, moving up one rank every year. Sun Siwen officially began his period of success in the official career.
Time passed quickly again.
It was already the Longqing’s 28th year.
On this day, Lu Yuan finally broke through the acupuncture point that had been obstructing him for nearly a month, fully unblocking the last Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian in the twelve main meridians.
[Name: Lu Yuan]
[Talent: Immortality]
[Age: 26]
[Realm: Post-natal (Second-rate Peak)]
[Martial Arts: Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra (Sixth Level Peak) Cloud Palm (Third Level Peak)]
[Skills: Advanced Archery (Complete) Basic Medical Skills (Great Success)
Advanced Cooking (Minor Success) … ]
“After transmigrating for ten years, I can finally attempt to break into the first-rate.”
Looking at the Attribute Panel in his mind, Lu Yuan felt a mix of emotions.
Time flew by, and he had already been in this world for ten years, and he was almost at the level of being the master of a powerful, influential sect.
As a traverser, he could finally say with confidence that he had made a name for himself..
