Chapter 46.
With the joy of obtaining a promotion just now, Zhou An did not pay attention to the changes in the air, only knowing that the air had become four fingers thick and thin.
But now, after carefully going to sense it, he realized that the shape of the air had changed.
Inside his body, the air was still four fingers thick.
It had strengthened this time, but it completely lost its previous appearance.
At the moment, the air lurking in his dantian was slightly bent.
The two ends seemed to be coming together as if they were going to merge together, and the center was bent to the point that it had a slight tearing sensation.
“When they merge together, the center becomes a circle, if I fill the circle in the center, will I be able to achieve the air mass?”
Zhou Xin thought to himself.
Practicing the air into an air mass, whether it was a master of the mind or a master of the technique, they were all on the same path.
After the air became an air mass, it would become more pure and more powerful than before.
An ordinary third-rate expert would have no power at all when dealing with a second-rate expert, and it was precisely because of the issue of the purity of the air.
A flash of realization flashed through Zhou An’s mind.
He knew that he was approaching a second-rate expert at the moment.
As long as he waited until the two ends of the air were combined together, and then after replenishing the empty space in the middle, he would be able to become a true second-rate expert.
“Proficiency is my true bottom card, with it I’ll be able to raise my realm flawlessly.”
Zhou An’s heart was on fire and he couldn’t wait to immediately liver down.
But now that the time had come to dissipate the value, it would be unattractive to continue to stay instead.
Zhou An temporarily suppressed his thoughts and left the kitchen, closing the door behind him with his backhand, just in time to bump into Yu Hang who came out of his room.
“Go, go home.” Yu Hang said.
Ever since his private tutor died, he hadn’t gone looking for another person.
In Yu Hang’s words, the others were not as learned as him.
There was no point in looking for one, instead, it was a waste of money.
Zhou An nodded, and Yu Hang left the courthouse, heading towards his home.
The two of them walked down the street and bought some food on the way.
Zhou An happened to hear that the old farmer selling vegetables was speaking and chattering to the side.
“Have you heard? Recently, a number of counties have begun their selection process.”
“Of course I’ve heard about it, it seems like the adults from the Supervision Department are personally selecting them.”
“We don’t know what’s going on with this county magistrate, we haven’t seen him for a long time.”
“Don’t talk too much, let’s just have a good time, don’t mind the lords’ business.”
Listening to the conversation of a few people, Zhou An then remembered that the selection was getting closer and closer.
The selection was before the imperial examinations, and it was also considered to empty some positions.
The unqualified would be brushed down, and the qualified ones would be able to continue climbing upwards, which was considered relatively fair.
Examination of not only have the literary test, but also have to examine the conditions of the area under the jurisdiction of the various conditions.
Responsible for the inspection, is to monitor the civil and military officials of the Supervision Department.
Inside the Inspection Division, it was composed of Qi Practitioners.
Qi Practitioners had a variety of means, and were the most suitable organization to monitor the hundred officials.
There had been a bit too much going on recently, and Zhou An had almost forgotten about it.
The two of them carried the dishes and headed back.
Yu Hang said, “Old Zhou, our Magistrate Lord, I’m afraid he’ll have to leave the gate early.”
“Oh? Why do you say that?” Zhou An was slightly interested.
Yu Hang looked left and right, looking like a thief, and whispered, “In the past, wasn’t it the civil examination before the inspection, but now His Majesty has suddenly changed his nature, and only gave them the civil examination after they passed the inspection first.”
“It’s said that it’s because in the last civil examination, a part of the officials who were in charge didn’t even care about the places under their jurisdiction in order to cope with the civil examination, and remedies would be carried out after the civil examination.”
“His Majesty then lost his temper, saying that the text should be put to use, and if it can’t be put to use, what’s the point of having even the best text?”
“That’s not it, the comprehensive evaluation of the area under his jurisdiction was taken as the standard for entering the Wen test, and it was still a message sent out only a short while ago.”
Zhou An sniffed and stroked his chin, thinking that this was also more reasonable.
Just like the magistrate of Anding County, for the sake of a literature test, even the Beast Cult was fully handed over to be handled.
This time, fortunately, there was no accident, but if something really happened, things would be a big deal by then.
“Qi Practitioner ah ……” Zhou An muttered to himself.
Inside the four big doors, the Qi Practitioner contains a lot.
The most famous ones were none other than the Taoist and Buddhist sects.
There were also a variety of other miscellaneous sects, many of which were included in the category of Qi Practitioners.
Inside the four major sects, in terms of numbers, the miscellaneous sects were the most numerous, followed by the martial artists, the Qi Practitioners were the third, and the readers were at the very end.
“What’s wrong, Old Zhou? It’s not like this has anything to do with us.” Yu Hang shrugged.
“It’s nothing.” Zhou An shook his head.
He really didn’t feel anything.
His own Liver Proficiency had nothing to do with any of the other organizations.
If others didn’t mess with him, he wouldn’t mess with others.
If one messed with them, then one would find a way to eliminate the roots.
Just like what was thought in the beginning, one had to eliminate the hidden dangers even if one wanted to keep a low profile.
The two also did not talk more on this topic, each returned home.
Zhou An ate some food and focused on the Swimming Dragon Steps as well as the Bumping Objects.
It wasn’t until the next day that he woke up early to eat, and in the meantime, he got dressed and went out to order.
Today, on the way to go out to order, he also encountered a funny thing.
On a street in Anding County, there were quite a few people setting up a stage.
Zhou An walked into the street and found that it was a theater troupe.
These days, the theater troupe in order to make a living, but also walking around.
Where there is a theater where to sing where to give money, they will also go.
It’s not easy for anyone to make a living.
The troupe to stay in one place all year round, there is always tired of listening to the time, and then will not earn money.
“This theater troupe is big enough.”
Just this built stage alone looked like it could step on more than twenty people, it was estimated that it would cost quite a lot of money, and Zhou An’s salary could not afford to hire it anyway.
Zhou An sought to find out who had invited them.
He didn’t expect the other party to set up the stage, and as soon as he opened his voice, he could hear something wrong.
Much of it he couldn’t understand, but was able to understand part of it.
Inside and outside of the theater, how come it’s all about the benefits of Stabilizing County?
The content of this play is almost like praising Anding County out of flowers.
The people also froze, they all came to join in the fun, did not expect to hear this show.
Zhou An also only listened for a short while, not listening much, and headed to the county office.
On the way there, he figured out the reason for this.
Perhaps this was what the magistrate of Stabilizing County had invited.
After all, the Inspection Division’s was coming down, so it was assumed that they had to make a show of it.
At least explicitly letting the theater troupe blow off a little steam to show the Inspection Division’s, and also be able to earn themselves a lot of points.
“Responding is enough.” Zhou An Xin thought to himself.
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with him, he’s just a small constable, why does he care about so many official matters?
After arriving at the yamen, Zhou An planned to order his hair as usual and then go to the kitchen to liver his skills.
But he didn’t expect to see a shocking scene in the front yard before he reached the kitchen.