Ning Jiesheng pulled the ox-cart over and took out a hundred taels of silver and gave them to Ning Xiucai.
Ning Xiucai did not refuse and kept the items.
Lin Feng helped Ning Xiucai put the scattered books on the ox-cart.
Scholars … Lin Feng's impression of them was that of scholars in the secular world who worked hard to study and achieve scholarly honors.
Perhaps Ning Xiucai was such a person.
However, in this world of cultivators, where the strong were respected, becoming a powerful cultivator was something that everyone yearned for even in their dreams.
Relatively speaking, there were still a lot fewer scholars.
In fact, Ning Xiucai was the first scholar that Lin Feng had met.
"Thank you, young friend." Ning Xiucai bowed.
Lin Feng said, "Sir, you're too kind. Where do you plan to go in the future?"
Ning Xiucai said, "I plan to go to Bamboo Mountain and build a straw hut. I'll plant flowers and grass every day, read and write, and live the rest of my life."
"Sir, you're already old. If you don't mind, I still have some strength left. I hope I can help you build the straw hut."
Lin Feng said.
"Thank you, young friend." Ning Xiucai said gratefully.
"Sir, you're welcome." Lin Feng helped Ning Xiucai onto the ox-cart and then led the green ox towards Bamboo Mountain.
On the way, Lin Feng met Wang Hu and a few other disciples. He told them that they would leave for the Ancient Barbarian Mining Area tomorrow and that he would be there later.
Wang Hu and the others nodded in agreement.
Bamboo Mountain was about a hundred miles away from Northern Barbarian Town. There was a dense forest of bamboo. There used to be a Mountain Deity Temple in Bamboo Mountain, but it was now in ruins.
Lin Feng repaired the Mountain Deity Temple and built a two-story bamboo house next to it.
"Bamboo houses can't keep out the cold in winter. Sir, you can stay in the Mountain Deity Temple during winter. Although the temple is a bit rundown, it can keep out the cold after some repairs."
Lin Feng said.
Ning Xiucai said, "You've helped me a lot, but I don't have anything to repay you with. I have a book here called 'Talk About Gods and Devils'. I spent thirty years writing it. Please accept it."
With that, Ning Xiucai took out a book.
"Rumors of gods and ghosts?" Lin Feng was surprised.
"Have a tiger in your heart, sniff the roses. Have justice in your heart, and no ghosts or gods can invade you." Scholar Ning said.
Lin Feng pondered deeply over Elementary Scholar Ning's words and felt that they made a lot of sense. He couldn't help but think to himself, 'Who said that a scholar is useless?'
The more these scholars read, the more they could see the essence of things.
That night, Lin Feng did not leave immediately. He helped Elementary Scholar Ning to make some wooden furniture and then set up a few formations around the area. If any ferocious birds or beasts came, the formations would be activated and would be able to exterminate the birds or beasts.
That night, Lin Feng sat cross-legged. The oil lamp emitted a faint light and the book, 'Talk About Gods and Devils', was placed in front of Lin Feng.
Lin Feng opened the book and found that 'Talk About Gods and Devils' recorded many stories about gods, demons, and ghosts.
The first story went like this: A scholar who was rushing to take an exam passed by an ancient forest. There was no one there, and in the forest, there was a dilapidated temple of a mountain god. The scholar burned incense for the mountain god and then read through the night. As he read, his body was enveloped in a vast righteous aura, which attracted many spiritual beasts from the forest.
Reading to this point, Lin Feng was slightly surprised. 'Vast righteous aura'. Lin Feng had seen an introduction in the Records of the Heavens. It said that Confucian cultivators cultivated vast righteous aura.
Vast righteous aura was, of course, easy to understand. Reading nourished one's Qi, mind, and thoughts. With justice in one's heart, one would develop vast righteous aura after reading.
Even among ordinary scholars, there were some who could cultivate Awe-Inspiring Righteousness.
However, for ordinary scholars, even if they could cultivate vast righteous aura, they couldn't use it because they didn't know how to cultivate.
Lin Feng continued reading.
It was written in the Talk of Gods and Devils that the scholar's overwhelming righteousness not only attracted spirit beasts, but also demons and devils from the forest.
Therefore, the demons wanted to eat the scholars to increase their cultivation.
Right when the demons were about to attack, the mountain god in the temple suddenly came to life and repelled the demons, protecting the scholar.
"This story is quite interesting. The mountain god is a form of spiritual sustenance, not a real manifestation. How could it come to life?" Lin Feng slightly shook his head.
He read the contents of the book as a story. Lin Feng found that most of the contents were related to the scholar.
At that moment, Lin Feng read something else, and his attention was drawn to it.
It was written that one day, a Prime Minister named Li Mo went out for an inspection. Wherever he went, there were evil spirits causing mischief. These evil spirits wanted to take the Prime Minister's life. When the Prime Minister boarded the boat, a sudden gust of wind blew from the lake. Evil Qi roiled, and the evil spirits were boundless, wanting to capsize the Prime Minister's boat.
However, the prime minister shouted, "The righteous path of the world is filled with vicissitudes. Demons dare to cause chaos in the world. They must be punished!"
As soon as the word 'punished' was spoken, miserable screams rang out one after another. The demons hiding in the dark fell from the sky and died in the lake. The violent gale and demonic energy also disappeared.
Someone asked, "Prime Minister, you've never cultivated before. Why did you kill all those demons with a single roar?"
The prime minister replied, "I've been studying for fifty years. I've cultivated vast righteous aura in my heart. Naturally, demons can't get close to me."
"It's really mysterious." Lin Feng muttered. These stories were indeed very interesting, but Lin Feng didn't believe the contents of the stories.
Lin Feng composed himself and continued reading.
It turned out that after the demons suffered heavy casualties, they weren't willing to admit defeat. Thus, they used their evil methods and summoned three female ghosts.
These demons sent the three ghosts to deal with Li Mo.
Late at night, Li Mo was reading in his room when the three ghosts transformed into three peerless beauties and came to him.
The three seductive women twisted their serpentine waists and were extremely charming. They wanted to seduce Prime Minister Li Mo and then bite him to death.
But when they got close to Prime Minister Li Mo, they saw Prime Minister Li Mo's body emit an aura of righteousness that forced the three ghosts back.
The three ghosts immediately reverted to their original forms.
They snarled, "We came here to eat you. Aren't you afraid of us?"
Li Mo replied, "I'm not afraid of crooked shadows. I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on my door in the middle of the night."
"Everyone says they aren't afraid of ghosts, but who wouldn't be afraid of ghosts?" The three ghosts screamed and pounced on Li Mo.
At this time, the purple qi in Li Mo's body spread for three thousand miles.
"Ah, vast righteous aura." The three ghosts were so scared that their souls left their bodies. They trembled and begged for mercy.
"Fine, I'll enlighten you and let you reincarnate."
Li Mo's voice fell and he sent a stream of righteous aura into the ghosts' bodies.
The demonic aura disappeared from their bodies. They thanked Li Mo profusely and flew out to be reincarnated.
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