Ling Tianchen doesn't care much for empty fa; their lineage is about silent, unnoticed dedication.
Their high standing is due to significant sacrifices made by their lineage, which deserved a prominent position.
Zhao Xing gave Ling Tianchen ample opportunity to fully express his teachings. Overall, he was quite standard, and he quickly stepped down after finishing.
"Boom~"
The fifth to speak was ng Kun.
Why wasn't it Qiu Yuanshan, the dean of Kunyuan Academy, but the vice-dean ng Kun speaking fifth?
Mainly because ng Kun had once discovered Zhao Xing and provided great help.
Qiu Yuanshan is sensible, giving the speaker position of the Earth Advantage sect to ng Kun.
"ng Kun asked the Grand Minister of Agriculture, may I ask if you have any works from the Earth Advantage sect?"
"You've promised for hundreds of years!"
The dojo burst into laughter inside and out.
ng Kun's eyes full of resentnt as if he wasn't here to discuss the Dao but to collect a debt.
Zhao Xing couldn't help but smile, as Lao ng acted like a wronged little lady.
"I do."
Upon hearing this definite answer, ng Kun jumped up excitedly.
Qiu Yuanshan, Ji Youtang, Xiao Zhe, and others couldn't contain their excitent and cheered.
It was too difficult!
The Self Sect's three works, the sensation caused by Mi Fei was significant, and its influence far-reaching, it seems the rise of the Self Sect is set in stone.
The Heavenly Ti sect developed the "Cosmic Heavenly Ti Theory: The Primordial Qi Tide Chapter" based on the Three Yin and Three Yang Six Qi Great Cycle Theory.
And the Earth Advantage sect? The Earth Advantage sect had nothing.
Well, not nothing, they did have a hoe.
That would have been satisfying before.
But tis are changing, and now the Earth Advantage sect was about to shift from being second to becoming the last, they couldn't sit still.
ng Kun didn't care about discussing principles anymore and went straight to asking for scriptures.
Zhao Xing was of course prepared; he wouldn't let any sect dominate alone, at least not in the realm of canonical disciplines, actual developnt was another story.
Like Mi Fei, he began to illustrate his teachings with both words and pictures.
He first wrote five words in the air: "Five Elents Four Seasons Theory."
The observers, inside and outside the dojo, imdiately perked up with interest.
The "Five Elents Four Seasons Theory," this was the Grand Minister of Agriculture's unified theory!
Whether it be in civil servant exams, Daoist discipleship selections, or Sinong officials' recruitnts, this was always a major topic in exams!
"By combining the Five Elents, the Four Seasons, and the Heavenly Stems, Zhao Divine Sovereign is actually delving into such a classic now?" Yue Ying the Daoist looked up incredulously.
The Fog Walker imdiately chuckled.
Before entering Great Zhou, Yue Ying called him Zhao Xing; inside the borders, he beca Zhao Chen'an; at the Dao Discussion Conference, he beca Zhao Tianzun.
Now, suddenly, he was directly called Divine Sovereign.
"It wasn't a wasted trip," the Fog Walker thought to himself, "if I can persuade this old guy, convincing the rest will be easier."
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"The Winter Solstice starts the year, each year is divided into five equal parts, each 72 days, in line with the theory of the seventy-two periods of change."
"Each aligned to wood, fire, earth, tal, and water, conforming to the 'Five Elents Daily Usage thod.'
"Jia corresponds to wood, Bing corresponds to fire, Wu corresponds to earth, Geng corresponds to tal, Ren corresponds to water."
"Seasons are divided into ng, Zhong, and Ji months."
"Like ng Chun, Zhong Chun, Ji Chun, situating in the East, belonging to the wood elent, paired with Jia and Yi."
"This is the current popular Earth Sovereignty Late Sumr theory."
"However, this theory is unbalanced. ng Xia, Zhong Xia, Ji Xia are split between fire and earth, with fire having two months and earth only one, the other three elents have three months each."
Zhao Xing first explained the current popular theory of Earth Sovereignty Late Sumr, and then pointed out the issue of imbalance when aligning the Five Elents with the four seasons.
This thinking led to earth becoming the weakest elent. Many Sinong officials, while adjusting earth veins, have to first deal with the other four elents.
For instance, in a thod Zhao Xing once examined, there's "using tal to mitigate fire, controlling fire with water, thereby making earth usable," discussing how to manage a place suffering from intense drought.
Now Zhao Xing proposed a new idea, the "Earth Sovereignty Four Seasons Theory."
"At the end of the seasons of Jichun, Midsumr, Late Autumn, and Late Winter, divided 18 days for the earth elent, totaling 72 days. Thus, the Five Elents govern the Four Seasons in balanced states."
ng Kun, puzzled, asked: "Grand Minister of Agriculture, doesn't this cause confusion by having wood, fire, earth, tal, and water giving birth to each other sequentially?"
Since the earth elent is allocated to four seasons worth of days, earth stretches from beginning to end.
Zhao Xing continued: "No elent surpasses earth, it holds the rope and controls the four directions."
"Earth commands all of the four seasons!"
Upon hearing this, ng Kun laughed heartily in his heart.
Zhao Xing elevated earth to a more noble elent. From the Heavenly Stems perspective, earth was assigned four branches, while others received only two.
After solidifying this concept, Zhao Xing addressed ng Kun's question, pointing a finger towards the sky, where a piece of land suddenly ford from the air.
"The sequence of Five Elents giving birth to another, while we practice Dao through earth veins, never truly departs from the earth elent."
"With Earth Return, the cosmic energy changes, producing mysterious yellow, just like Sinong Xiu creating Pure Essence Soil."
"Hence, first ca the earth elent, then the birth of the other four elents, unveiling mountains, rivers, plants, and living beings."
"By following this path in our practice, the Inner Heaven and Earth can eventually evolve into a Pocket World, showcasing the nobility of the earth elent."
"Are you saying the earth elent as noble doesn't actually interfere with the principle of the Five Elents giving birth in sequence?"
The one asking was Qiu Yuanshan, who, overwheld with excitent, forgot he hadn't taken his turn to speak.
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