Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 427: The Five Virtues of Confucianism, This is Full of Martial Virtue_1
Time passed in a flash. After Wang Linchi activated the six Passive Skills of the Gentleman Six Arts, his Wenqi seemed to advance even further, but sadly, it could only increase his Charm.
This brought immense trouble to Wang Linchi. Fortunately, his game character helped conceal it; otherwise, even though his appearance was average, his unique temperament would surely have drawn attention whenever he stepped out.
Today was the Pupil Level examination, with a huge number of people participating. Virtually all Spirit Masters had signed up to advance themselves further.
With no limitations this time, everyone who could register did so enthusiastically.
It was a good thing the number of Spirit Masters was low; otherwise, the entire Imperial Examination system might have collapsed.
When the time came, they were all transported into the Imperial Examination Space.
"The treatment has improved," Wang Linchi remarked as he scanned his surroundings. During the previous Mengxue examination, it had been so spartan, with nothing but tables, chairs, and stationery.
Now, the Pupil Level examination space was embellished with decorations and plants.
"There seems to be a big problem," Wang Linchi said, inspecting the piece of paper filled with words on the table, which was crafted from some expensive wood.
The paper contained the text Spirit Masters had learned during the Mengxue examination.
The Pupil Level examination had a theme: one needed to innovate upon this article, create something new from the old, delve into its roots, and compose a new piece. Regardless of the approach, it had to be related to the original article, serving to express one’s own talent and experience.
During this process, the Spirit Law would start to increase. Once the composition was complete and the Spirit Law transformed, allowing one to bear the Child’s Title, it counted as passing the test.
But there was a severe problem: the text in front of Wang Linchi was a mess of code. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Previously, Wang Linchi had caused quite a mess with the Imperial Examination system’s computer. Although he eventually developed his Spirit Law, the textual content had become a jumbled mess.
To ask Wang Linchi to continue with this messy text was simply asking too much of him, even though he had brought this upon himself.
How will I sit for the subsequent exams? Even if I wish to complete this, it’s still a mess of code, Wang Linchi knew that regardless of whether it was for the Scholar or Lifted Person examinations, the content would be based on these initial texts. The Spirit Law established during the Mengxue examination set the foundation, which could not be modified later.
Even though this was not Wang Linchi’s foundation, he couldn’t alter the data either.
If there’s no other way, I’ll continue to copy, he pondered. Besides the Four Books and Five Classics, there are also works like ’Zhou Rites,’ ’Etiquette,’ and ’The Book of Rites.’ Even ’Spring and Autumn Annals,’ a classic renowned for its profound and subtle meanings, could be further divided into the Guliang, Gongyang, and Zuo traditions, not to mention other commentaries.
Having previously borrowed from the Confucian path regarding rites, Wang Linchi was now naturally committed to seeing it through to the end.
As for mastering the learning of a hundred schools, that was just a fleeting thought. Even if he wanted to copy from them, he had to consider if the Imperial Examination system’s computer could handle it. Confucianism alone had nearly caused it to crash; stuffing in the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought, Wang Linchi feared, might completely break the Spirit Master System.
But this time, I need to gauge the weight of my approach. Even after copying, there will be... there seems to be...
Things like Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and the realization of natural principles everywhere could all be copied.
He quickly determined his preamble and began writing.
During the copying process, he skillfully pressed the Imperial Examination system’s computer, forcing it to follow his derivation.
Why is the resistance so much stronger this time? Wang Linchi suddenly realized when he tried to force the computer that its resistance was considerably greater than the last time.
It’s not the same computer!
Wang Linchi quickly understood that for each phase of the examination, different computers were in charge. The higher the level, the more powerful the computer.
That’s great! I hope you can withstand it, Wang Linchi was naturally very pleased about this. He was, after all, borrowing a chicken to lay eggs, so he naturally hoped the chicken would be as strong as possible, as the eggs it laid would surely be better.
Therefore, he let himself go and copied even more ambitiously.
CRACK!
Half an hour later, cracks appeared on the walls. After an hour, texts began floating in the air.
The Pupil Level computer was indeed more powerful than the Mengxue Level one, but when faced with Wang Linchi’s tyrannical actions, its superiority meant nothing.
"It’s chaotic content again..." Wang Linchi could not help but lament, feeling somewhat helpless.
But it was okay; Wang Linchi didn’t mind. He was used to it anyway.
He suspected that only during the Jinshi examination might the computer be able to deduce his Spirit Law content; otherwise, the computers for the other levels of the Imperial Examination were likely not up to the task.
At the last moment, the Pupil Level examination computer haphazardly gave out the Spirit Law. Wang Linchi intercepted the hodgepodge Spirit Law and was then teleported away.
Naturally, he successfully earned the Child’s Title. His Spirit Law level increased by one, and he gained five Spiritual Talents named the Five Virtues of Confucianism.
They were Benevolence, Righteousness, Courtesy, Wisdom, and Trust. Unlike the attribute improvements from the Gentleman Six Arts, these five Spiritual Talents offered rather special enhancements.
[Benevolence: Causes a Life-sucking Effect when attacking enemies]
[Righteousness: Causes an Energy-devouring Effect when attacking enemies]
[Courtesy: Causes a Critical Strike Effect when attacking enemies]
[Wisdom: Causes an Energy-burning Effect when attacking enemies]
[Trust: Causes a pain effect when attacking enemies]
Wang Linchi really wanted to ask how these five effects were even remotely related to Benevolence, Righteousness, Courtesy, Wisdom, and Trust.
Life-sucking was Bloodsucking, Energy-devouring was mana absorption, Critical Strike was enhanced damage, Energy-burning was burning energy, and pain was an amplification of pain perception after damage.
More importantly, like the Gentleman Six Arts, these formed a set. Activating all of them granted a set effect, which also included an additional stacking effect: multiple attacks within a short time would continuously enhance these five effects.
However, triggering these five effects also had conditions: the attack must carry Wenqi. There were no limitations on whether the attack was melee or ranged, spell-based or physical.
Even his Fanciful and Fickle could make use of it.
Additionally, as his Cultivation Technique achieved the Child’s Title, his Wenqi also improved. It no longer merely added Charm as an attribute but now enhanced his game character’s Saint Monarch Occupation. Previously, his original occupational skills and Talents were judged based on Root Bone and Spiritual Power; now, an additional Wenqi-based judgment was added, effectively increasing his damage output.
Furthermore, his Mana had transformed into Literati Value. Wenqi, previously unusable, could now serve as a material. Wang Linchi could leverage his game character and the data rules to convert it into spiritual power. This was an indirect way of utilizing it.
Mainly, this was because the Wenqi recovery rate was much faster than Wang Linchi’s spiritual power recovery.
The Nourishing and Recovery Passive Skills need a Wenqi effect entry. I also need to add a Wenqi-type Soul Kind.
As for accessories, the evolution path for Dragon Soul Saint Main also needs an addition.
And also...
Previously, Wenqi had no use, so Wang Linchi naturally hadn’t arranged a full set of corresponding enhancements. Now, after advancing, he discovered it wasn’t that Wenqi had no effect, but rather that his Cultivation Technique was incomplete. Of course, it now had to receive the ’treatment’ it deserved.
Wenqi wasn’t some disfavored stepchild; why would Wang Linchi suppress it for no reason?
Oh, and the consolidation of the Saint Monarch Occupational Skills has to keep up. So many skills are too wasteful and usually useless. Merging them into two skills should work.
He planned to consolidate all offensive occupational skills—such as attacks, debuffs, and controls aimed at enemies—into a single attack-type occupational skill. Meanwhile, shields, healing, and buffs would be merged into a support-type occupational skill.
The Passive Skills and occupational Talents wouldn’t need to change; since they were all passively activated, it was effectively the same.
No, there are still overlaps this way. The Fanciful and Fickle I possess is an attacking skill.
Looking at it now, Fanciful and Fickle needs to be separated, Wang Linchi planned to separate the active components from it, turning them into an active skill and isolating its indescribable essence.
This separation wasn’t about cleansing the indescribable element from him. Even if he wanted to, he couldn’t; it was already a part of him.
Rather, he needed Fanciful and Fickle to return to being his primary combat method.
This way, the Restless Heart and Wild Horse Passive Skills on his person, which had been used as enhancement materials, could shine once more.
Combined with the two skills from the Saint Monarch Occupation, Wang Linchi wouldn’t even need to actively imbue Wenqi; Fanciful and Fickle would carry it automatically.
First, I need to update my household registration, then sign up for the prefectural examination, and continue to secure the Scholar title, Wang Linchi mused. He didn’t return home immediately, instead taking a detour to the Government Office.
This matter had to be attended to. Since he was already out and hadn’t returned home, it would save him another troublesome trip later. It was better to resolve it all in one go. Then, he could peacefully Hang Up to activate the Five Virtues of Confucianism and, at the same time, further enhance and improve his system.
