It was quiet in the small courtyard. After a long time, Seventh Sister suddenly sneered. However, she did not speak after laughing. Instead, she picked out the pine nuts from her handkerchief, peeled them, and blew the crumbs. After carefully sorting them, she handed them to Third Sister.
Second Brother slightly frowned and looked at her, asking, "Youngest Sister, what are you laughing at?"
Seventh Sister threw the pine nuts into her mouth and slowly chewed for a moment. She casually clapped her hands and slightly raised her eyebrows. She fearlessly looked into his eyes and said, "Second Brother really won't lie? Who lied to Prince Long Qing at the top of the cliff that night? "
After a moment of silence, Second Brother slowly replied, "Is lying … and lying the same thing?"
"Forget it, I said."
Chen Pipi looked at Seventh Sister and said angrily, "Everyone knows Second Brother's temperament. He said he won't lie, so he won't lie. That night, I asked him for help to slow down Long Qing. What he said was not false. You didn't see how nervous Second Brother was at that time. His facial expression was quite calm, but the hard stones under the tree were all crushed into powder by him. "
"Count on Second Brother to increase Ning Que's confidence? That sneaky guy can see through it at a glance! "
Fourth Brother said, "The so-called confidence is still a little too mysterious. He can't practice Haoran Sword, so we should start from specific means. The movement curve of flying sword is very easy to calculate. Although the relationship between air resistance and flying sword speed is a little complicated, it is not impossible to calculate. Ning Que is excellent in math, so it should be easier for him to understand. "
"No matter how you calculate, teach, or do, there is no way to solve Youngest Brother's most fundamental problem. That is, his Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow has only opened ten acupoints, and the Qi of Heaven and Earth that he can control is too weak. If this problem can't be solved, even if teacher and Eldest Brother go home and use magic means to help Youngest Brother enter Knowing Destiny State, it will be meaningless, because he will be the weakest Knowing Destiny State in the world. "
After a moment of silence, Second Brother looked at Fourth Brother and said, "You and Sixth Brother first help him with those strange things. If he can't do it himself, he should pay more attention to the help of external help."
Ninth Brother suddenly shook his head and said, "I think it is better to let Youngest Brother learn to play the flute and the zither from me and Ximen Brothers, so that he can make a living after leaving the Academy."
Eleventh Brother smiled and said calmly, "Recently, Youngest Brother has often asked me about the knowledge of things. I think it is better to let him learn from me, which is helpful to his state of mind."
Seventh Sister grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the windowsill and lowered her head to pick the plumpest melon kernels. She said with slight mockery, "Eleventh Brother, if I learn these useless things from you, what if Youngest Brother starves to death in the future?"
Eleventh Brother looked at her and explained seriously, "Little Senior Sister, my family is very rich in the south. In the future, I will inherit a large amount of family property. Even if Little Junior Brother is a waste, I can support him for a lifetime."
At this point in time, the topic of the meeting to help Ning Que's Youngest Brother had gradually deviated to an unknown direction. Everyone in the room was talking at once, giving advice, discussing enthusiastically and debating fiercely. They were deeply concerned about Ning Que's future livelihood and expressed that they could be responsible for Ning Que's life. Even they were touched by their friendship as fellow disciples.
"Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, don't you think too much?" Chen Pipi looked at the people in the room who were eating melon seeds, drinking tea and having a tea party. He rubbed the back of his head and said bitterly, "I know better than you what kind of person Ning Que is. Although he is an idiot in cultivation, he is not a real idiot. Don't tell me you haven't done anything? Ever since he entered the back mountain, all of us have been circling around him? Someone like him doesn't need us to worry about him. I dare say that even if all the people in the world died, including us in the room, he would not die, let alone starve to death. "
Hearing this, the people on the Second floor of the Academy were stunned. Thinking of the experience these days, their expressions became very interesting. Beigong Weiyang gently stroked his flute and said with a frown, "That's true. When Younger Brother wants to listen to music, he goes into the woods and plays for us. When he doesn't want to listen, he resolutely refuses to listen. Why do I feel that I have become a singer in front of him?"
Fifth Brother patted his thigh and shook his head, saying with emotion, "He said he would play chess. Obviously, Eighth Brother and I just entered the middle game, but he dared to interfere and forced us to hold back our temper to guide him. Otherwise, he would really dare to throw away the chess pieces. In front of Younger Brother … we are just two village chess teachers who are not up to standard."
Sixth Brother looked at the thoughtful people and said with a simple and honest smile, "Ning Que treats me well. Although he often has some inexplicable ideas, he often helps me to forge iron and carry water, which saves me a lot of trouble."
Second Brother looked at the Younger Brothers who were complaining about their bloody and tearful history and slightly raised his eyebrows, saying, "Ning Que is the youngest Younger Brother. As his Senior Brothers, it is natural for you to take care of him. What's there to say about these things?"
Listening to Second Brother's admonition and looking at his serious expression, everyone in the room was shocked at the same time. They all bowed their heads and agreed. Even Seventh Sister, who had been very casual before, also put the melon seeds back on the windowsill.
"Although I despise Yan Se's attitude of playing with the world, I have to admit that as the Minister of Offerings of the South School of Haotian, he is indeed the world's top class and even the most powerful Divine Talisman Master. He is more powerful than people think."
Second Brother slightly lowered his eyes and looked at something in front of him. After a moment of silence, he continued to say in a low voice, "Since Younger Brother is so talented and only suitable for the way of Talisman Taoism, let him learn more from Yan Se in the future."
It was quiet in the room.
Seventh Sister raised her head and slightly frowned, saying, "But Younger Brother is after all a member of the Second floor of the Academy. Now he can be regarded as the teacher's last disciple. But his cultivation is all taught by an outsider. How can it be spread out? Even if we are not afraid of the gossip of the world, will the teacher and Eldest Brother be disappointed with us when they come back? "
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It was unknown whether the Headmaster of the Academy would be deeply disappointed when he returned to the Academy with his eldest disciple after traveling and found that he had inexplicably gained a last disciple who was only in the No Doubts State and had an extremely poor cultivation aptitude. Moreover, the only ability this disciple could show was the means of Talisman Taoism learned from Haotian Taoism. Anyway, Ning Que was not disappointed. Although the Haoran Sword was still like the snow covering the dog shit, he had adjusted his mentality very well. Besides studying in the back of the mountain of the Academy these days, he would travel around Chang 'an with Master Yan Se every few days. He approached the Tao of Talisman Taoism in a relaxed and interesting way and lived a very fulfilling life.
In those days at the end of spring and the beginning of summer in the 14th year of Tianqi era, the residents of Chang 'an could often see an extremely dirty old Taoist wandering around with a simple but extremely clean lad.
The old Taoist took the lad through the streets and alleys to see the old and dilapidated buildings that had been inherited for hundreds of years. They went to various taverns to drink and occasionally spent the night in the cheapest brothel. Most of the time, they went to see the scenery that tourists must go to.
When walking through the newly renovated block of Spring Breeze Pavilion, Yan Se was full of emotion and said, "Although it is new, the original meaning has been lost. Fortunately, there is still this pavilion. Don't you think the curve of the pavilion's eaves is beautiful?"
Ning Que walked in the streets where he once fought for a night and looked at the old Spring Breeze Pavilion at the corner of the street absent-mindedly. He woke up after hearing his master's words and carefully looked at the four slightly protruding lines above the pavilion's eaves. After a long time, he doubtfully asked, "I can't tell what's beautiful about it. I just think it looks very harmonious. The place where the black tiles meet is slightly sunken and then raised, very smooth."
"That is the rain line." Master Yan Se pointed at the eaves line and said, "The rain falls on the black tiles and flows down along the overlapping place of the tiles. It doesn't pass through the rain line, but the shape of the rain line implies the falling rain is slippery, so you will feel it is smooth."
"Master, what does the rain line on the pavilion's eaves mean?" Ning Que asked, "This pavilion should have been built many years ago. Those craftsmen can't be Talisman Masters. Can they also understand the law of the Qi of Heaven and Earth?"
"What is the law? The law is a fixed rule of the operation of things. Those craftsmen who built Spring Breeze Pavilion may not have mastered the law of the operation of the Qi of Heaven and Earth, but the knowledge of building eaves has been passed down for countless generations, so there is indeed some hidden wisdom in it. "
Master Yan Se took him to the pavilion and said, "How does the rain walk? Why does it walk like this? The craftsmen who built the pavilion don't know. Maybe their grandmaster only knows the answer to the first question, but not the second question. But it doesn't matter. The first step for human beings to learn from the Heaven and Earth is always imitation. " If you imitate more, you will naturally practice the simplest truth, which is the undulating shape of the line, just like this eaves. "
Walking to the Spring Breeze Pavilion, Master Yan Se turned around and looked at Ning Que, saying, "The first step to practice Talisman Taoism is imitation. I let you read the Talisman Classics left by the predecessors and carefully feel the subtle difference between the Qi of Heaven and Earth, which is very similar to the building experience accumulated by the craftsmen for many years. However, they do it subconsciously and it takes several generations of time. But you have to take the initiative to grasp and feel it, and the less time, the better."
After seeing Spring Breeze Pavilion, the master and the apprentice left the street and walked along the gray wall beside the courtyard to the distance.
Stepping on the slightly protruding bluestone path and looking at the gurgling water not far from his feet, Ning Que naturally remembered that rainy night. This ditch had been stained with blood, and these bluestone paths were full of mutilated corpses.
Behind the grey wall was Chao Xiaoshu's mansion. Ning Que looked up and saw the green trees in the courtyard. Occasionally, he could hear people's voices. He wondered if Chao Xiaoshu's family still lived here, and where had he gone?
Seeming to guess what he was thinking, Master Yan Se, who was walking in front with his sleeves behind his back, asked with a smile, "Chao Xiaoshu entered the Knowing Destiny State by looking at the calm lake. This kind of understanding and Lucky Chance is really rare. Even with Chao Xiaoshu's talent, if he had not been forced by His Majesty to stay in the dark mud of Chang 'an for many years, I think it would be impossible for him to burst out such a brilliant brilliance. "
This was the first time for Ning Que to know that Chao Xiaoshu was a Grand Cultivator in the Knowing Destiny State. Thinking of the bloody scene behind the middle-aged man on that rainy night, he could not help but raise his eyebrows slowly, and there was an indescribable sense of pride and grandeur in his heart.
"You should have seen Chao Xiaoshu's swordsmanship."
"Yes, master."
"What do you think is special?"
"Very fast, like lightning."
Ning Que thought of the crooked wooden sword flying by the lake in the back mountain of the Academy and felt very ashamed.
Master Yan Se looked at him with a smile and said, "Is there anything else?"
Ning Que thought of one thing, but he licked his lips and did not say it. Because although Yan Se was his master in Talisman Taoism, that thing was very likely to be Chao Xiaoshu's trump card to save his life. This kind of thing should not be said to anyone.
"I didn't know that you are a person who values friendship and righteousness." Master Yan Se looked at him with some surprise.
Ning Que smiled and replied, "Brother Chao treated me well. After I left Chang 'an, he was still concerned about my livelihood and left me a large sum of silver every month. Even if he didn't care much for me, the silver would still weigh a lot."
Yan Se laughed and said, "Chao Xiaoshu divided one sword into five. I know this thing without you telling me. I just want to tell you that when the five pieces of sword shrouded the streets around him like shooting stars, have you ever thought that if it was his Natal Sword, why could it still be so obedient to him after it was divided into five pieces?"
Ning Que really didn't think about this problem. After the bloody battle last spring, he didn't think about it because he didn't know what cultivation was at that time. The reason why he didn't think about it later was that he didn't think about it at all. At this time, when he was walking away from Spring Breeze Pavilion to the street, he suddenly heard his master's question and suddenly fell into meditation.
Master Yan Se was not a teacher who liked to embarrass his students with all kinds of questions so as to gain a great sense of scholarly superiority, vanity and sadistic pleasure. Glancing at Ning Que who was frowning and thinking hard, Master Yan Se directly explained, "Chao Xiaoshu's Natal Sword is divided into five small swords. The interaction between these five small swords depends on a kind of tactical array … And I have told you before that all tactical arrays can actually be regarded as a kind of transforming talisman, a big talisman that relies more on materials."
Then he continued, "Taoism's sword skills are talismans, Buddhism's Emblematic Gestures are also talismans, and these two kinds of talismans are infinitive. As for the decorations on the General's Hundred Battles Armor, although most of them are fragments, they are also talismans, but this kind of talisman is infinitive. "
Ning Que glanced at him and couldn't help but say with a wry smile, "Master, I know you are the most powerful Divine Talisman Master in the world, and I know every Talisman Master should have the deepest and most sincere feelings and love for Talisman Taoism, but … if what you said is true, does it mean that all the cultivation methods in the world can finally be attributed to talismans? This kind of statement is really … too much, isn't it? "
Master Yan Se stopped and turned back to ask confusedly, "Too much? Too much? "
After hesitating for a moment, Ning Que lowered his voice and said, "Too narcissistic."
Master Yan Se laughed out loud, which attracted the attention of passers-by in the street.
His laughter gradually stopped, and he looked at Ning Que for a moment and seriously said, "The most important thing in cultivation is to have the mind, to dare to think and to dare to admit. The long road is long. If you don't believe that you can go to the end, how can you cross those difficult and strange dangerous peaks on the road of cultivation? The more excellent a cultivator is, the more confident he will be, and the most excellent cultivators must be extremely arrogant, which is probably what you call narcissism. "
Ning Que slightly opened his mouth and couldn't say a word for a long time. He wanted to criticize what his master said was a fallacy, but after careful consideration, he felt that these words were very reasonable, especially when he thought of the two extremely narcissistic and proud guys, Second Brother of the Academy and Chen Pipi.
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After leaving Spring Breeze Pavilion, they came to an open avenue from the Eastern City through Shanmo Square. Not far away, the Yulin Royal Guards were patrolling on horses. There were fewer pedestrians on the street, and the environment was quiet and secluded along the banks of green trees and clear rivers. The towering imperial city not far away was clearly visible to the naked eye, and even some traces on the vermilion wall washed by the wind and rain could be seen.
Master Yan Se was not affected by the solemn atmosphere here at all. He still carried his sleeves and wore his old shoes, strolling slowly on the street, and didn't care about the vigilant and disgusted eyes of those Yulin Royal Guards.
Ning Que tried to hold back his laughter and followed him. Suddenly he remembered the part about carving talismans on armors in the previous conversation, and some introductions by Lyu Qingchen on the journey last year. His eyes suddenly brightened, and he hurried to Master Yan Se and said in a very respectful and gentle tone, "Master, I want to ask you for a talisman."
Yan Se turned back and asked, "Ask for a talisman? What happened to your family? Did you see something unclean, and was pressed on the bed? "
Ning Que opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer, feeling very powerless.
Master Yan Se squinted his triangular eyes wretchedly and said, "Just kidding."
Ning Que sighed and said seriously, "I want to carve a talisman on my knife."
After thinking for a moment, Master Yan Se shook his head and said, "Some talismans can indeed be used without a Talisman Master, such as sending messages, armors, and weapons. This kind of carving talismans is not rare, but after all, it is not pure enough, and its power is not too great. As the saying goes, your own talisman is the best. If it is your personal weapon, you'd better keep it in the future."
Ning Que said with a bitter smile, "Then I don't know when I can get what I want."
Master Yan Se patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "I firmly believe in your talent in Talisman Taoism. Now you just haven't seen through the window paper yet. Slowly feel it, and you will find that there is always hope in front of you."
"Look over there carefully."
"What's over there?"
"Look by yourself."
"Master, I only see a lot of trees."
"What about behind the trees?"
"Behind the trees is the sky."
"What I want you to see is not these things!"
"Master, you don't want me to say that I see hope, do you?"
"I really can't say such sour words."
"Master, why don't you speak? In fact, in my opinion, it is really not suitable for you to play the role of a spiritual mentor, since you have such a temperament of seeing beauties as white bones in the world. "
"Ning Que."
"Yes, master."
"If you go on, I will use the grass talisman to make you unable to see things for the rest of your life."
There was no hope in front of the master and disciple. They could only see a Taoist temple in the green forest at the foot of the imperial city.
Master Yan Se did not take Ning Que into the Southern Gate Temple, because they were private master and disciple. After all, Ning Que was a student of the Academy, and it was very inappropriate for him to be too close to Haotian Taoism.
"What I want you to see is the cornice of the Sightseeing Hall of the Southern Gate."
Because of the previous conversation, Master Yan Se's face was very ugly, and his tone was very stiff.
Ning Que looked up and saw the cornice of the main hall of the Taoist temple in the blue sky behind the gray walls and green trees.
"Master, why do you want to see this cornice? Do you want to understand the law that the craftsmen of the past subconsciously summed up from the power of rain? It is enough to see the Spring Breeze Pavilion. Do you want to see it forever? We have seen a lot of old temples, old pavilions, small bridges, flowing water, and houses in Chang 'an City these days. If we continue to see it, I am afraid that the Chang' an Local Government will suspect that we are two thieves. "
"Grass talisman …"
"Master, I was wrong."
Master Yan Se suppressed his anger after a while, pointed to the cornice deep in the Taoist temple, and said with a livid face, "This time I don't want you to see the cornice, but the animals on the eaves squatting on the cornice. You release your Psyche Power to feel it and see what is there."
Ning Que suddenly became serious. After a moment of silence, he slowly released his Psyche Power and touched the stone beasts on eaves that were half squatting on the eaves. The existence of the beasts on eaves was fed back into the sense of perception woven by Psyche Power through the Qi of Heaven and Earth. However, the next moment, the beasts on eaves seemed to be alive, and he could even see their eyes!
His heartbeat began to accelerate gradually, and his breathing became heavier and heavier. Those animals on the eaves in the sense of perception and sight became more and more clear, and the coercion from them became heavier and heavier, which directly made his face pale and his body extremely stiff.
Master Yan Se stood beside him and didn't worry about his reaction. Instead, he was calm and slightly happy. Ning Que was so sensitive to the reaction of the animals on the eaves, which slightly diluted his anger after being ridiculed before.
Ning Que shook his head and got rid of the previous state. He raised his hands to rub his eyes, looked at Master Yan Se and said, "Master, I feel it, and I understand."
Master Yan Se slightly frowned, and it seemed that he didn't expect that Ning Que could actually get rid of the coercion from the animals on the eaves.
Ning Que glanced at the animals on the eaves in the distance, which became smaller again, and said, "Master, do you want to tell me that these stone animals on the eaves are also talismans, which are endowed by the Divine Talisman Master with power and coercion that is close to a powerful life?"
Master Yan Se said, "Yes. What I am more confused about is why you didn't panic when you touched the animals on the eaves for the first time. "
Ning Que looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he honestly replied, "I have touched the animals on the eaves before."
Master Yan Se slightly raised his white eyebrows and asked, "When? Where? "
Ning Que said, "Last spring, in the palace. When the carriage passed by the laundry office, I don't know why, when I saw the animals on the eaves on the eaves of the palace, I suddenly felt that they were alive, and I felt very uncomfortable at that time. "
Master Yan Se was silent for a long time, and suddenly reached out to touch his head, and his eyes were full of gentle appreciation.
"Listening to your words and seeing your actions, I always feel that your temperament and state of mind are really not suitable for cultivating Talisman Taoism. I even wonder if I was misled by your note and saw something wrong."
As a super-class Divine Talisman Master in the world, the old Taoist was very clear that a young man who had never touched cultivation could innately feel the coercion from the animals on the eaves, which represented what kind of talent he had in Talisman Taoism.
"I am very pleased that you once again proved your aptitude and ability."
Ning Que said with a smile, "Master, aptitude and ability are in the body, and don't need to prove it. In fact, they have always existed."
"Today you said a lot of nonsense, but this sentence is reasonable." Master Yan Se laughed, and then continued to ask with concern, "Last time in the imperial laundry office, was it the first time that you felt the coercion from the animals on the eaves?"
Ning Que fell into a long silence because of this question.
He remembered that on that day last spring, he and Sangsang held the big black umbrella and stood on the straight and spacious street in the drizzle, and then they were suppressed into two statues by the Vermilion Bird painting in the middle of the street.
After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Master Yan Se, saying, "Actually … earlier, on the Vermilion Bird Avenue, the stone Vermilion Bird painting also gave me the same feeling, but I don't know what the Vermilion Bird painting is."
Hearing his answer, Master Yan Se squinted his eyes into two slits, and suddenly said, "Do you want to see the Vermilion Bird again?"
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Of course, Ning Que didn't want to see it. It had nothing to do with the Vermilion Bird carved in the stone, which had no charm, but he was extremely afraid of the Vermilion Bird painting on the stone path subconsciously. Maybe he was too scared by the ancient killing intent of the Vermilion Bird in the middle of the street on that rainy day last spring, or maybe he still subconsciously remembered the near-death experience when he fled to the street on that sultry summer night last year. Anyway, the shadow in his heart was so thick that it could not be any more.
However, as an excellent student, he was very clear that every time a teacher asked a student whether he wanted to do something, he just needed to show an attitude of respecting the student's will. In fact, the teacher would never want to hear any answer except yes. So when Master Yan Se asked, he honestly answered that he wanted to go.
From the foot of the imperial city, the two walked along the spacious and straight Vermilion Bird Avenue all the way to the south, as if they were stepping on a grey-brown ribbon embroidered with green lace, from the head of the giant in Chang 'an City to the chest.
Looking at the Vermilion Bird painting on the stone slab in the middle of the avenue, Ning Que felt that his mouth was a little dry. He subconsciously put his hands into the cuffs, clenched them very tightly, and felt that his body was a little stiff.
The Vermilion Bird painting was as solemn and beautiful as usual. Its wings had not fully spread out, and it was just the time when it was about to flap. The two eyes that were not angry but majestic were so well carved that no matter from which angle you looked, you would feel that it was staring at you. This was a must-see scenic spot for people from all counties of the Tang Empire when they came to Chang 'an City, and the two eyes of the Vermilion Bird painting were also the wonderful thing that all the tourists talked about.
Standing in the crowd with different clothes and looking at the Vermilion Bird painting in the middle, Ning Que's vigilance and fear in his heart faded a little, perhaps because of the noisy environment and the lively people around him.
However, his body was still stiff, and his hands and feet were still cold, because he always felt that the eyes that had been staring at him had nothing to do with the skills of the carvers. The eyes seemed to be telling him that the Vermilion Bird which had experienced thousands of years of wind and rain … was alive.
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