I Have A Dual World Seal-Chapter 822: Zhu Yushan’s Official Career Fortune

Everyone heard and couldn't help but turn to look at Si Lingxi.

With Si Lingxi's status, if there was anyone who could solve Zhu Yushan's repeated failures to make it to the exams, it would most likely be her.

So when Si Lingxi spoke, Li Hanyu and Zhu Yushan focused their attention on her. Li Hanyu immediately pulled Zhu Yushan to kneel before Si Lingxi, requesting guidance.

Si Lingxi gently raised her hand, lifting the two into the air, then placed them in their seats, shaking her head, indicating it wasn't necessary.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhu, what's the situation?"

Si Lingxi looked at Zhu Yushan and said indifferently, "I initially thought he was under someone's spell, but I just examined it carefully and found nothing. In this world, there are no more than ten people who could cast a spell and hide it from me, and I don't think it's them."

Zhu Yushan smiled bitterly, "What merits and abilities do I have to make such people take action?"

Si Lingxi's gaze upon Zhu Yushan became more sympathetic, "But that makes the problem even more serious."

"Ah?" Zhu Yushan looked confused.

"Since it's not a spell, it means you lack the fortune of an official. Your fortune is so low that you can't even take the exams," Si Lingxi said lightly.

Zhu Yushan, "..."

Si Lingxi smiled wryly, "In other words, the one preventing you from taking the exams and becoming an official isn't someone else but yourself, or rather, the Heaven and Earth that grant you official fortune."

Zhu Yushan was dumbfounded, incredulously saying, "This Heaven and Earth?"

Si Lingxi nodded, "Indeed."

"This..."

Even Lu Zheng and the others were shocked, "Heaven and Earth won't let Brother Zhu be an official?"

Si Lingxi nodded, then shook her head, "It's the innate official fortune granted by Heaven and Earth."

Li Hanyu asked dazedly, "So Brother Zhu is destined never to hope for the imperial exams?"

Si Lingxi blinked and shook her head without speaking.

Next to them, Lu Zheng thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "Fortune should be able to change with one's efforts, right?"

You know, Lu Zheng is the most skilled at altering others' fortunes. Not to mention others, even Zhu Yushan has been taken advantage of several times by Lu Zheng. Didn't that change his official fortune?

Or did those changes in fortune result in his official fortune decreasing?

Lu Zheng: (◔◡◔)

Si Lingxi nodded and said, "Of course it can. Haven't you noticed that as Zhu Yushan's cultivation increases, the external forces preventing him from taking the exams are also getting stronger?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Without mentioning the past, just in the last two years, the forces stopping Zhu Yushan from taking the exams were He Dingshan and Yue Honghai last year, and this year, even the Nine-tailed Fox of Tushan. Who knows who it will be next year!

Si Lingxi said, "This is Zhu Yushan's battle against his own official fortune."

"Hmm?" The crowd did not quite understand.

"Zhu Yushan has two ways to take the exams and become an official," Si Lingxi said.

"Hmm?" The crowd was even more puzzled.

It was just mentioned that Zhu Yushan's innate official fortune is too low, so low that he can't even participate in the imperial exam, and inner and external forces have always hindered him from making it to the exams. How is it that suddenly there are two ways to take the exams and become an official?

Si Lingxi didn't wait for further questions and said, "One way is to have a Great Power change your fortune against the will of Heaven, using the power of Heaven and Earth to elevate your official fortune. In this way, not only will taking the imperial exams be easy, but becoming an official will also be smooth sailing. If your own knowledge is sufficient, entering the Central Capital Cabinet is not impossible."

"The second way is his current state—to rely on his own strength and ability to combat his official fortune," Si Lingxi continued. "As his Dao Practice deepens and his strength grows, to prevent him from taking the exams, external forces have no choice but to grow stronger."

"So..." Lu Zheng understood, "there is always a critical point."

"The critical point..." Si Lingxi nodded, "Yes, there is always a critical point where the external forces influenced by Heaven and Earth cannot stop you from taking the exams. Then you can successfully take the exam, which means you've successfully taken the first step."

Zhu Yushan was speechless. Despite having nearly two hundred years of Dao Practice, hasn't he even taken the first step?

Si Lingxi couldn't help but laugh, "That's just the beginning. After the exam, you still have to ensure your paper reaches the examiners successfully and that the examiners appreciate it. Well, it's just the provincial scholar exams; surely you can handle that."

Zhu Yushan, "..."

Si Lingxi said, "Then there's the autumn and spring examinations every three years, which will be increasingly difficult, with the external forces growing stronger accordingly. You'll have to rely on yourself to combat them. Of course, if there's someone to protect your path, just taking the exams might be a little easier. However, the hardest part will be your time as an official after the exams."

Zhu Yushan asked curiously, "How so?"

Si Lingxi said calmly, "Because your official fortune is too low, to prevent you from becoming an official, or rather to ensure you don't perform well in office, wherever you go, disasters and catastrophes are bound to occur."

Everyone, "..."

"Floods, droughts, locusts, bandits, neighbor disputes, supernatural disturbances, all of these are indispensable, and it's up to you alone to suppress them," Si Lingxi said in the most ordinary tone, but Zhu Yushan was already dumbfounded from hearing it.

"If by chance you enter the Court's central hub..."

"Senior, there's no need to say more!" Zhu Yushan waved his hand and said.

What else needs to be said? If he somehow gets into the Court's central hub, there's no need for anyone else to act; perhaps Emperor Jing himself would eliminate him personally.

Si Lingxi couldn't help but smile, gently laughing, "But if you can manage to suppress the world with your own strength, then being an official could be comfortable and long-lasting."

Even Tu Yujiao was amused, "If you've already managed to suppress the world with your own strength, why pursue an official position?"

"That's not certain." Si Lingxi shook her head with a smile, "I once knew someone with exceptional literary talent and world-class poetry, who cared deeply for the world, seeking to become an official despite lacking official fortune. Unable to change his fortune, he devoted himself to cultivation, ultimately mastering the Sword Dao with earth-shattering fame."

Zhu Yushan asked, "Did he become an official in the end?"

Si Lingxi pondered silently and shook her head, "No, at the time, the prime minister was also a great scholar, whose Qi Refining had reached its peak. Those two just didn't get along."

Zhu Yushan: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻

Si Lingxi pursed her lips, "So, do you not have confidence to surpass a certain prodigy of a previous dynasty?"

Zhu Yushan was speechless, and everyone couldn't help but laugh. Even Li Hanyu couldn't hold back, pulling Zhu Yushan and saying, "Why don't we just not take the exams?"

The problem is, if you pass the imperial exam and become an official in a region, you would still end up burdening the people!

Zhu Yushan couldn't help but twitch, rolling his eyes, and firmly said, "Let's cultivate first! Cultivate until at least I can manage a region, and then continue with the exams!"