Ning Que did not react at all.
It was not until the invisible Qi of the finger brushed past his shoulder and shot a deep black hole on the cave wall that he came to his senses and felt a chill in his heart.
He did not know that Chen Pipi's finger was the Natural Stream Magical Finger of Zhishou Abbey. What shocked him was not the power of the finger, but the unpredictable changes when Chen Pipi pointed it.
The finger was pointing at the clear sky, but why did it fall behind him?
Was this the no-boundary spirit of the Academy?
"Cultivators cultivate Heaven and Earth and themselves. We need to use the Psyche Power in our bodies to control the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Our bodies are the firewood, Psyche Power is the fire, Heaven and Earth are the stove, Primordial Qi is the ingredients such as vegetables, meat and fish, and fighting skills are the way to match the ingredients. Apart from the above factors, the most important thing to make a delicious dish is the heat control when cooking."
"If you ask a chef how to control the heat, an ordinary chef will probably tell you when to use what kind of fire and how long to cook the food. However, a truly brilliant chef will not be so rigid. He will know what the food in the pot is just by using his palm to scoop quickly in the steam room. This is an experience that he has gained after countless trials. This kind of experience is difficult to explain in words. Sometimes, it can even make people feel that it is too mysterious. You can only feel and experience it on your own."
Chen Pipi looked at Ning Que in the cliff cave and said, "The heat control is the meaning."
Ning Que thought for a moment and understood what he wanted to say. He suddenly had a more intuitive understanding of the book that taught about the no-boundary spirit of the Academy.
Thinking of the example that Chen Pipi gave in the letter when he first entered the old library of the Academy, he could not help but sigh and say, "Eating and sex are indeed human nature. You took these two things as examples and it is really easy to understand."
Third Sister and Chen Pipi were ordered by the Headmaster of the Academy to climb the cliff to teach, mainly to solve some problems that Ning Que encountered in reading. The real understanding still depended on him. After Chen Pipi's explanation, Ning Que decided to find time to digest it at night. There was no need to discuss too much at this time.
He had been imprisoned in the cliff cave for ten days and did not know what had happened in the world outside the Academy. He asked, "Is Chang 'an still peaceful recently?"
Chen Pipi said, "When was Chang 'an not peaceful? What are you concerned about? "
Ning Que said, "Someone in the imperial court seems to have a problem with me. I know that before I returned to the capital, someone even wanted to bring Sangsang to the Military Ministry for interrogation. You were there."
Chen Pipi nodded and said, "It's very simple. You don't need to worry about it."
Ning Que shook his head and said, "What about the two sadhus we met on the street a few days ago? Even if Dao Shi came from the Xuankong Temple, he wouldn't have the ability to easily find me in Chang 'an, where there are so many people. That encounter seems to have been set up. "
Chen Pipi frowned slightly and asked, "What are you suspecting?"
"In Chang 'an, only the Imperial Center Administration and the military could locate me so easily." Ning Que said, "I don't know which of them informed the Xuankong Temple."
Hearing this, Chen Pipi frowned even more and said, "Helping outsiders to challenge the Academy's disciples who have entered the human realm? Even the military wouldn't have the guts to do that. Besides, aren't they worried that they would be scolded by the people of Chang 'an after the matter is exposed? "
Ning Que had lived in the Tang Army for many years. Of course, he knew the style of the military very well. He said, "As long as it's good for the empire, the generals won't care about anything."
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Chen Pipi stayed on the cliff platform and ate the white meat and pickled cabbage hotpot cooked by Sangsang. He wiped his oily lips and shamelessly ignored the mess and the piles of dirty bowls. He hummed a little tune and walked down the cliff happily. No matter how Ning Que cursed him, he didn't fall into the abyss.
Facing the cliff and the cloud, Ning Que scolded Chen Pipi loudly. Unfortunately, the cliff was beside him and the cloud in front of him was the void. He couldn't hear any echo at all, so he inevitably felt a little lonely.
Without wasting any time, he walked back to the depth of the cliff cave and sat on the old futon. He sat cross-legged and meditated with his eyes closed. He continued to cultivate the Great Spirit in his body according to the cultivation method in the book.
The white clouds between the cliff seemed to be indifferent. But Sangsang, who was squatting on the edge of the cliff and washing the bowls, clearly felt the change in the cave. She looked back, but there was no morning fog at this time, so she couldn't see the scene before.
When the night shrouded the cliff, Ning Que slowly opened his eyes and ended today's cultivation. Looking at Sangsang who was standing in front of him with a plate of food, he shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry yet. Put it aside. If you're tired, go to rest early. If you're bored, talk with me for a while."
Sangsang knew that he had been worried that she would be bored and lonely. She also knew that with his temperament, he definitely wouldn't have any interest in chatting before he solved the problem. So she smiled and shook her head. She put the food beside him and walked back to the hut on the edge of the cliff.
Ning Que was still sitting cross-legged with his hands spread out on his knees. A yellowish Fu paper appeared in his left palm. The Fu paper was slowly disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye, releasing talisman intent into the air. His right palm was empty, but the light of the oil lamp was slightly deformed.
The aura between the two palms were faintly different. The Qi of Heaven and Earth condensed by the Fu paper was above the left hand, while the pure Great Spirit overflowed from the right.
He looked at the two invisible auras in front of him attentively. His deep Psyche Power slowly and carefully touched every fragment of the aura, trying to find something from it.
The Qi of Heaven and Earth condensed in his left hand and the Great Spirit in his right hand were both invisible and intangible like the void. But with his Psyche Power, he could clearly distinguish the difference.
Since he was imprisoned in the cliff cave, Ning Que had read the two books and practiced hard. Now he could clearly distinguish the aura of Heaven and Earth that seemed to be exactly the same but actually had slight differences. But he still couldn't unify the aura of Heaven and Earth that had different forms into the same state, even if it was as similar as possible. He couldn't even sort out his thoughts in this aspect.
According to the concept in the book "Examination of the Origin", the genuine Qi in the body of the cultivators of the Devil's Doctrine and the Great Spirit in his body were actually a kind of Qi of Heaven and Earth. If he could go back to the original state countless years ago and change the appearance of the Great Spirit into the original state, then he would be able to solve the inhibition in the cliff cave and have a perfect answer to the question given by the Headmaster.
But it was a pity that he was still at a level where he didn't know why. Not to mention that he couldn't deduce the specific operation method from what he knew.
When he was challenged by Monk Guan Hai, he thought for half a day by the winter lake at the foot of Yanming Mountain and came up with a way to use the Great Spirit with talisman intent. And it was very effective. He could use the chaos of the primordial Qi caused by the talisman intent to effectively cover the aura of the Great Spirit. But if he met a real Grand Cultivator, he would be seen through at a glance.
As a core disciple of the Headmaster of Academy and a student of the Second floor of the Academy, even if he was seen through to join the Devil, he probably wouldn't be killed immediately. But what if he was seen by others?
On the futon in the depths of the cliff cave, Ning Que looked at the two auras between his hands and thought for a long time. Although he looked calm on the surface, he was a little confused and frightened inside.
Sangsang walked back to the cave from the hut by the cliff and found a dry and quiet place. She opened the bedding and fell asleep. Ning Que walked to her and quietly looked at her dark little face for a long time. Then he reached out to tuck the corner of the quilt and turned to go deeper into the cliff cave.
These days, he had been thinking about solving the problem and didn't pay much attention to the cliff cave as a bedroom. At this time, his thoughts were a little chaotic, so he simply put these annoying things aside and walked slowly.
The cliff cave wasn't big. There was an opening about two people's height on the side of the precipice. Inside, there was a space about ten steps wide. The cave walls weren't smooth, nor were there any jagged rocks. Nothing special could be seen. Going deeper, there was a long, slanted cave on the left and right sides.
These two caves were a little narrow. After walking for more than ten steps, they came to the end. The deepest part was all hard and solid granite, and there was no possibility of going further.
Ning Que held the oil lamp and looked at the cave wall. There were countless fine cut lines on the stone wall. They might be formed naturally, but they looked more like they were cut by sharp metal objects.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
In the depths of the Tianqi Mountains in the northernmost part of the Wilderness, in the abandoned Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine, he had once seen the mottled sword marks left by Youngest Uncle on the bluestone wall. It was also because of those sword marks that he understood the true meaning of the Great Spirit and inherited Youngest Uncle's mantle that he was able to defeat the terrifying Master Lotus.
He remembered that Youngest Uncle had been imprisoned by his teacher for three years. No one came to visit him, let alone Sangsang. He must have been very depressed. Could it be that these two narrow holes were cut by him with a sword?
If these two narrow holes were also left by Youngest Uncle, then would these marks that looked like they were made by knives and axes, like the mottled sword marks in the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine? Would they contain some aura and some hidden meaning?
Ning Que held the oil lamp and stood in the middle of the wall full of cut lines. He gradually became excited.
He went to get a wooden stick and held the oil lamp in front of the narrow cave entrance. With the dim light, he began to carefully examine the cut marks on the stone wall that looked like the ripples in the lake.
No matter if his idea was correct or not, he should at least try.
He looked for a long time, but did not see any aura hidden in these cut lines. He did not find any pattern in these lines, but he still did not give up. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his hands and placed them on the wall. He slowly touched the stone wall, feeling the roughness coming from the surface of his palms.
He touched from the entrance to the bottom of the cave, from his feet to the top of his head. He did not let go of any cut line and did not miss any area. He did this for the whole night. The night outside the cliff cave was gradually replaced by the light blue sky. His face was full of exhaustion, but there was no sign of discouragement.
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