When Er Gouzi came out of the library, he borrowed several books. One was "The History of the Great Zhou Dynasty", one was "The Geographical Atlas of the Great Zhou Dynasty", and one was "The Essays of the Immortal Dao of the Great Zhou Dynasty". He only flipped through these books casually in the library, and was deeply attracted by the contents. He returned to the room with several books and spent three days to read these three books carefully. Although he had learned from Li Banxian before and gained a lot of knowledge, he was still ignorant. Until now, he knew the true appearance of the world. From then on, his horizons were no longer limited to Sanchazi Town and Anchang County. According to the book, before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this land was mixed with humans and demons, and there were many sects. Ordinary humans could only rely on a few large sects of immortal cultivation to survive. These great sects of immortals are indeed strong, with countless masters who can fly and hide underground, enough to ensure peace of mind.
Although these great sects of immortals belong to the same tribe, they have different positions and are divided into the righteous, evil, and ghost sects. These sects are divided into various different mountains. For example, in the righteous path, there are weapon sects, sword sects, puppet sects, and ghost sects. Even within these small mountains, there are many different groups, which are not in harmony with each other. Different sects and mountains have their own thoughts and attack and kill each other. The tribes have never stopped fighting and attacking each other. As for the fact that they are often seriously injured, they are taken advantage of by demons, and ordinary people suffer as a result. At this time, a strange man who was born as a casual cultivator led the immortal cultivators of the Zhou clan to kill the demons and pacify the four directions, and finally established the unified Zhou Dynasty. The new Wang Han learned from the lesson, suppressed the development of the immortal sect, and firmly controlled all resources and power. Organized a powerful army of immortal cultivators to compete with the surrounding demons and monsters and protect the territory of the dynasty. Internally, the imperial examination system was used to select martial arts scholars, martial arts candidates, and martial arts scholars, and absorb a large number of talents to serve the dynasty. Once a war breaks out, these selected talents can play a huge role. However, in order to maintain stability, the Zhou Dynasty collected all the immortal cultivation methods in the government. Those who privately passed on the immortal cultivation methods were severely punished. Ordinary people could not even touch the cultivation methods, and from then on, the world was peaceful and no one dared to have second thoughts. The immortals governed the country and ruled the common people, and all of them obeyed. According to the "History of the Great Zhou Dynasty", there were several large-scale rebellions by the people in history, which were very powerful at the time. However, the court sent a large army composed of immortals, and they slaughtered the rebellious people in a moment. After countless times, those who dared to commit rebellion and disobeyed their duties were killed. The customs of the people in the Great Zhou Dynasty became more and more simple, and those unruly people could no longer stir up the unruly wind of rebellion.
From then on, the Great Zhou Dynasty entered a prosperous and peaceful era, which has continued to this day. The moment Er Gouzi finished "History of the Great Zhou Dynasty", he couldn't help but sigh that he was lucky to be born in a peaceful and prosperous era. The "Essays on the Immortal Path of the Great Zhou Dynasty" gave a general description of the path of cultivating immortals. Most beginners start with martial arts and practice various martial arts. When a martial artist can sense the spiritual energy of the earth, he officially enters the threshold of the immortal path and becomes a cultivator of the first level of Qi training. After reading this book, Er Gouzi realized that he had not only successfully entered the immortal path, but also reached the third level of Qi training. Sure enough, the master did not lie to him. He really risked his life and taught him the precious immortal skills. Sometimes I even doubted my master. I was really blinded by greed and did not repay his kindness. The next time I meet my master, I must repay him well. However, my master is indifferent to fame and fortune, detached from the world, and does not care about worldly money. He regards money as dirt. If I give him some money and vulgar things, it will pollute the immortal spirit of the master. I should offer him more tea at ordinary times. Alas! I am so vulgar that I can never understand the state of mind of the master. Er Gouzi was only happy for a short moment when he learned that he was a cultivator and had the third level of Qi training. The third level of Qi training seemed nothing to be proud of. The objects recorded in the "History of the Great Zhou Dynasty" were all about foundation building. After the tenth level of Qi training, one can build a foundation. After the foundation building, there is gold, and after the gold, there is Yuanying. In the next few days, Er Gouzi was accompanied by books every day, eager to learn the knowledge in the books. Every two or three days, he went to the library to borrow a few books to read. It took him more than ten days to find out the details of all the books in the library. Sure enough, there were all kinds of books, but there was no immortal method. What the History of the Great Zhou Dynasty said was true. In order to maintain stability and facilitate governance, the government took away all the immortal cultivation techniques from the people. He felt that the cultivation techniques left by his master were not very complete, and there were many places that were not detailed. Moreover, at most, he could only cultivate to the tenth level of Qi training, and there were no more techniques after that. He still did not give up, and found Deputy Hall Master Sima, wanting to hear where he could get the immortal cultivation techniques. The answer was similar to what he guessed, and all the folk techniques were taken away and destroyed by the government. Only by taking the martial arts examination and serving the Great Zhou Dynasty could one have the opportunity to obtain the techniques rewarded by the dynasty. It seems that if you want to pursue the path of immortal cultivation and obtain the immortal cultivation skills from formal channels, the martial arts examination is the only way.
All other methods have the risk of losing your head. After staying in the county town for more than ten days, Er Gouzi finally left the county town with a large bag of books on his back. Most of these books are martial arts skills, military strategies and tactics, which will be helpful for the future martial arts examination. When he had just walked out of the county town for more than ten miles, a man and a woman came towards him. The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful. At first glance, they were the sons and young masters of wealthy families who had never been exposed to the sun or done rough work since childhood. "Is there Mr. Zhang across the street?" The two bowed to Er Gouzi from a distance and asked. "Zheng, what advice do you have for me?" "We are Ding Xiu and Ding Xiang from Dingjiazhuang. We are here to invite Mr. Zhang to visit Dingjiazhuang on the orders of the head of the family." Ding Xiu said, and handed over a big red invitation. Er Gouzi took the invitation and saw that the cover was decorated with gold foil and three big golden characters "Dingjiazhuang". He had heard about the reputation of Dingjiazhuang in Zhengwu Hall. It was considered rich and its status was not much different from that of the Sima family. However, Dingjiazhuang was relatively low-key and did not participate in government affairs. Seeing it today, it was indeed well-deserved. This invitation alone was worth hundreds of coins. Since the family invited him so kindly, he would go to Dingjiazhuang to meet Qiu Feng. He immediately followed the two men and turned from the official road into another road. All three of them were warriors and walked very fast. They soon walked more than ten miles of mountain roads. When they turned around a valley, they saw a very wide field in front of them, which was golden in color. What a rice field! As a farmer, he would consciously observe the growth of crops at first sight wherever he went. The large golden rice fields in front of him were blown by the wind, like rolling waves. The rice seedlings grew vigorously, and the rice ears were full and drooping, a scene of bumper harvest. But now it is autumn, all the grass has withered, and the rice in other places has been harvested long ago. "Why haven't you harvested the rice here yet?" "Hahaha..." "This is the specialty of our Dingjia Village - cat tooth rice, which is very popular in the whole Sanyang County. Hongyan Tower in the county town uses our rice to cook and brew wine." When the Ding brothers and sisters introduced their own specialty to Er Gouzi, they seemed very proud. "Cat tooth rice is a variety cultivated by our Ding family's ancestor himself. It takes 10 months to grow before it can be harvested."
