Chapter 23 - Dao Shin

Elder Wang looked at Feng Yu Die with a helpless expression.

"Feng Yu Die, tie your hair again before you enter the hall. Your appearance will affect your grades."

After reminding her, Elder Wang looked at Pei Lianxue again. When he went to the Hundred Lotus Sect before, he hadn't seen her, so he asked with some confusion, "You came with Feng Yu Die?"

"Yes." Pei Lianxue cupped her hands. "My name is Pei Lianxue, and it was Young Master Ye who asked me to accompany Sister Feng."

"A disciple of the Hundred Lotus Sect." Elder Wang stroked his beard and asked, "Her companion is not Young Master Ye, but you?"

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Elder Wang was somewhat baffled. When he went to the Hundred Lotus, he felt that Ye Ao really wanted Ye Anping to become an inner disciple of the Black Star. So, after learning about Feng Yu Die, he took for granted that Ye Ao would arrange for Ye Anping to be her companion.

But now, a girl with three spiritual roots had been sent here, and he no longer knew what Ye Ao thought.

After a moment's hesitation, he waved his hand and said, "Nevermind, Black Star's standards for disciples' companions are not too strict, but still, they are not without requirements. I kindly remind you that as Feng Yu Die's companion, you must participate in the entry selection with her. The standards will be lower, but if you can't pass it, you still won't be able to enter the Black Star Sect."

Pei Lianxue cupped her hands again. "I understand."

"Okay. Then, come with me. The first round is the written test." With that said, Elder Wang led them to the side hall.

Pei Lianxue gulped and hurriedly followed in his footsteps, ignoring Feng Yu Die. In fact, she didn't feel nervous when she arrived, thinking that the Black Star Sect entry selection was more or less the same as the Hundred Lotus Sect's and that at most, the competition was just a little more intense.

But, when Elder Wang said she was going to take a written test, she panicked a little. She was very confident in any competition: sword, spells, refining the energy, but had little confidence in writing essays and the like.

If she didn't pass the test, wouldn't that mean her brother sent her here for nothing?

Seeming to sense her anxiety, Feng Yu Die came over and asked, "Are you nervous?"

"I'm not." Pei Lianxue looked away, but then she added, "I'm just not very good at writing. My brother seldom taught me these things before..."

"I'll find a way to pass you the answer."

"...Do you know the scriptures?"

"Answer finished?" Feng Yu Die asked doubtfully.

With that, a blue light covered her, and she was transported out.

"Hiss..." Standing in the center of the venue, Elder Wang could only take a deep breath, then quickly made a hand gesture and teleported out of the examination hall.

Three breaths later, while grabbing Feng Yu Die's collar, he once again teleported back from the entrance of the examination hall through the same spell.

"..."

"Ah... ah ha ha," Feng Yu Die scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. "Oops, I said it unintentionally, ahaha..."

Elder Wang looked at her resentfully, then sighed helplessly before leaving to get a new wooden token. Then, he sent her to another seat.

Pei Lianxue was speechless for a moment, and after a sigh, she stopped caring about Feng Yu Die. She picked up the jade tablet and looked at the title.

Upon seeing the title, she was taken aback. There were only two words written --- "Dao Shin."

Previously, her brother had insisted on teaching her Dao Shin. Although what he said sounded obscure, and she couldn't understand what he meant by the 'Way of the Heart', he asked her to memorize as much as possible of what he said.

Therefore, she memorized it and could even recite it fluently.

Pei Lianxue picked up the brush and started filling in. 'What we call Dao Shin is to eliminate evil and do good, eliminate human desires, and preserve the principles of nature. Show benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith. Unity of knowledge and action leads to the consciousness of the heart in everything...'

Elsewhere, Feng Yu Die looked at the words 'Dao Shin', thought for a while, and asked in a small voice, "Xiao Tian, ​​how do I answer this?"

Xiao Tian, who was floating above her head, gave her a blank look. "I wonder who just boasted to that Pei girl that she could recite the scriptures by heart?"

"Oh, that was just a little pretense to curry her favor."

''Heh.'' Xiao Tian sneered. ''When Master Taixu asked you to memorize the book, you didn't do it. You regret it now, don't you?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I regret it. So, what's the answer?"

"Ah." Xiao Tian sighed, waved her hand, and took out the Heavenly Dao Scroll. She flipped through it for a while and said, "I'll only read it to you once. What we call Dao Shin is to eliminate evil and do good, eliminate human desires, and preserve the principles of nature. Show benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith. Unity of knowledge and action brings the consciousness of heart in everything..."