Immortality in the Great Qian Dynasty

"Haha..." Zhou Wenjing laughed, shook her head and said, "Did you have a hard time as a child?"

"...Bitterness." Zhou Hanxuan said: "Father, it is precisely because I had such a hard time when I was a child that I don't want Xuan'er to be like this."

"Then do you think it's worth it?" Zhou Wenjing asked: "If you had not had such a hard life as a child, would you still be able to enter the Hanlin Academy now?"

"...I think even if it's not that hard, I should be able to get into the Hanlin Academy." Zhou Hanxuan hesitated and said.

"Are you really that sure?" Zhou Wenjing smiled: "You are smart, but there are too many smart people in the world. Are you really that good?"

Zhou Hanxuan was silent.

After he entered the Hanlin Academy, he realized that the world is huge and there are so many smart people. No one in the Hanlin Academy is inferior to him.

Even those who did not enter the Hanlin Academy were not inferior to themselves.

I was able to get in, firstly because of good luck, and secondly because of my first-mover advantage, which laid a solid foundation since childhood.

"Every minute you work hard, you get what you gain. This is the unchanging principle of heaven and earth. No one has ever been able to break it." Zhou Wenjing said, "No matter how smart people are, it is the same."

Zhou Hanxuan nodded helplessly: "Xuan'er is far smarter than us, I think..."

"We can be more lenient." Zhou Wenjing said, "Don't push him so hard. Let him go as he pleases."

Zhou Zixuan has a calm temperament and is not that frivolous, so there is no need to be too restrained, lest it be counterproductive.

"Yes." Zhou Hanxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

That's what he wanted.

Zhou Wenjing said: "Let Xuan'er come over, I'll have a good chat with him."

"Yes." Zhou Hanxuan turned around and went out, and quickly brought in Zhou Zixuan.

Zhou Zixuan is ten years old this year and looks as thin as a six-year-old child. Every time he looks at his weak body, Zhou Hanxuan can't help but want to cry.

"Grandpa." Zhou Zixuan came in and saluted with clasped fists, serious and respectful.

Zhou Wenjing showed a loving look and said warmly: "Xuan'er, sit down and talk."

"Yes." Zhou Zixuan sat on the Grand Master's chair opposite, looking straight at Zhou Wenjing: "Grandpa is looking for Xuan'er for something, right?"

"How did you feel when you went to Xuankong Temple today?" Zhou Wenjing smiled and said, "You know the foundation of Xuankong Temple, right?"

Zhou Zixuan said: "Grandpa wants to ask Xuan'er if he has seen the master, right?"

"Master?" Zhou Wenjing was startled.

Zhou Zi preached: "Master said, if you don't object, Grandpa, then I will be Master's disciple from today on."

He smiled and said: "Grandpa and father, you have no objection, right?"

"Have you seen the divine monk?" Zhou Hanxuan asked hurriedly.

Zhou Zixuan nodded.

Zhou Hanxuan frowned and said, "Isn't that right?"

"Master teaches in dreams." Zhou Zi declared: "Meet me in dreams."

Zhou Hanxuan and Zhou Wenjing looked at each other.

Zhou Wenjing smiled and said: "Xuan'er, is this a dream or reality?"

"If it was a dream, the mental skills taught in the dream must have been forgotten." Zhou Zi preached.

"Did the divine monk pass down the inner teaching?" Zhou Wenjing asked hurriedly.

Zhou Zixuan nodded lightly.

Zhou Wenjing smiled, and the smile spread out on her face like ripples in a lake.

"Haha..." Zhou Wenjing couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Hanxuan looked at Zhou Zixuan doubtfully.

Zhouzi preached: "Father, I know what is true and what is false."

He stretched out his little hand: "If you don't believe it, just take a look."

Zhou Hanxuan held his little hand, concentrated for a moment, and nodded in surprise: "You have already started."

They never taught Zhou Zixuan martial arts because his body could not tolerate martial arts and was too fragile. He would die quickly when he practiced martial arts.

But now, there is a faint breath in his body. Although it is weak, don't forget that this is just one night.

This progress is astonishing.

He is also considered a prodigy. He only practiced for a month before he made such progress.

Zhou Wenjing also curiously reached out to his shoulder, pressed it, and nodded with satisfaction: "It is indeed internal force."

Zhou Wenjing chuckled and said, "Does the holy monk have any other instructions?"

"Master didn't say anything else. He just said that this matter should be concealed to avoid getting into trouble." Zhou Zi preached.

"What the holy monk has in mind is very true." Zhou Wenjing praised: "When can it be revealed?"

Zhouzi preached: "After becoming a great master."

Zhou Wenjing and Zhou Hanxuan immediately widened their eyes and shook their heads with laughter.

Becoming a great master is not easy.

"I don't know how many years it will take." Zhou Hanxuan said with a smile: "It seems that we have the right to pretend that there is no such thing."

"Master said it doesn't take long." Zhou Zi preached.

"Oh——? It doesn't take long, how long?" Zhou Wenjing said with a smile: "Is it ten years, or twenty years?"

Zhou Zixuan said: "It all depends on my efforts. It can take as long as one or two years, or as long as more than ten years."

"You are only ten years old." Zhou Wenjing shook her head and said, "A twenty-year-old grandmaster is already shocking the world, and at a young age, his mind is not up to it."

Zhou Zixuan said: "Senior Sister Xu took less than a year from starting to practice to becoming a grand master."

"Xu Qingluo?" Zhou Wenjing asked.

Zhou Zixuan nodded: "Sister Xu's experience is very similar to mine, and my qualifications are also very similar. Master said that if I work hard, I will not be inferior to her."

"Xu Qingluo..." Zhou Wenjing sighed with emotion: "A person like that is really out of reach, don't be too greedy, be serious and work hard, you are still young, there is no need to become a grand master too quickly."

"It is indeed not good to become a Grandmaster too early," Zhou Hanxuan said hurriedly: "After becoming a Grandmaster, aging slows down. If you become a Grandmaster at the age of ten, you will maintain your ten-year-old appearance for a long time."

"Isn't that good?" Zhou Zixuan asked with a smile.

"When you are eighteen, you still look like a ten-year-old. The development of your body cannot keep up with the development of your mind. This will cause a lot of trouble and pain." Zhou Hanxuan said: "So you can't be impatient, you have to take it slowly, at least you have to be eighteen years old before you can become a Grandmaster."

"So..." Zhou Zixuan thought.

He is naturally intelligent, has a high level of understanding, and has experienced life and death. He has the most humble heart for the world and will not be stubborn.

Zhou Hanxuan said: "Since you have worshipped the monk Fakong as your master, you should no longer have a utilitarian heart, practice devoutly, and take it slowly."

"Yes." Zhou Zixuan nodded solemnly.

Zhou Wenjing said with emotion: "The fate of my Zhou family has changed. Now it is a secret that must not be leaked. We must be more diligent in our work and try not to attract attention."

"Don't worry, father." Zhou Hanxuan said in a deep voice: "I'm not in a hurry."

"Well," Zhou Wenjing nodded: "The Hanlin Academy is the best place for officials. You must be able to endure loneliness and never rush out. Sit back and watch the changes in the situation, understand it in your heart, and lay a solid foundation."

"Yes." Zhou Hanxuan said.

Zhou Wenjing looked at Zhou Zixuan: "Everything is done according to the master's orders. When my words are contrary to your master, then listen to your master."

"...Yes." Zhou Zixuan looked at him in surprise.

Zhou Wenjing said: "Do you feel strange?"

Zhou Zixuan nodded.

Zhou Wenjing said: "You know, the divine monk has supernatural powers and can see farther than I can. Besides, you are his disciple and he will never harm you, so listen to the divine monk in everything."

"I know, grandpa." Zhou Zixuan smiled and said: "But the master asked me to concentrate on cultivation, but I can't be ignorant of everything. I have to talk to grandpa and father about the court every day."

"...Okay." Zhou Wenjing smiled.

Originally, I didn't want Xuan'er to hear these things early, and didn't want Xuan'er to see the ugliness of the world's human heart.

But since the divine monk Fakong ordered, I just obeyed.