Chapter 52: Writing the Soul (2)
Teacher Zeng even posed several advantages of Huo Zongtang, but Huo Zongtang himself was a little dumbfounded. This...... Sounds a bit like that......
Teacher Zeng also said, "Others don't believe that you can break through the scroll and become enlightened, but I believe it." You see that you are now full of energy, your eyes are awe-inspiring, and you have a literati temperament on your body. Use your spiritual power to sense, and you can feel that you are full of confidence, full of soul power, and your spirit is full of fluctuations. This is obviously a breakthrough in the table of literary rookie rank. If I'm not mistaken, your current strength has steadily reached the level of the second stage of the literary rookie. ”
Rookie second stage? Huo Zongtang himself was taken aback. I didn't expect a broken scroll to enlighten the Dao, and the effect was so amazing!
"Before a month, you were an ordinary person with a blank rank, and after only a month, you advanced to the realm of the second stage of the literary rookie, and this speed of progress can be called terrifying. Alas, this is also because you have another master as a teacher. ”
Teacher Zeng had a look of envy on his face. "Master Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is perfect, and his attainments in reading and enlightenment are also profound, I don't know the blessings that your kid has cultivated in a few lifetimes, and he can listen to the master's teachings in person."
Huo Zongtang saw that Teacher Zeng had linked a qiē to Yan Zhenqing, so he naturally wouldn't break it, and he was relieved in his heart.
Teacher Zeng also said: "Writing soul essays is laborious and laborious, and government departments and literary education associations will pay subsidies. Like the bronze half-star soul text you used last time, write one, and subsidize 100 yuan. I am in charge of two classes, with a total of 50 students, and for each text I teach, I have to prepare 100 soul texts, and the school subsidizes 5,000 yuan. It may seem like a good salary, but in fact, the workload is extremely high, exhausting, overwhelming, and miserable. ”
"If you can help me share the burden, I can get an income and reduce the financial pressure. Second, you can take the opportunity to practice calligraphy and enhance your soul power at the same time, which is beneficial to literary cultivation without harm. And I have not only lightened the burden, but also learned some of Mr. Yan Zhenqing's enlightenment concept from you, we are mutually beneficial, it can be said that we are all happy, what do you think? ”
Teacher Zeng seemed to trust Huo Zongtang very much, and he didn't hide anything, and said what was in his heart.
Huo Zongtang was short of money at hand, and when he saw that Teacher Zeng had already said this, he no longer shirked: "I have just entered the school, and the tuition fee has not yet been settled. Teacher Zeng, this is a charcoal in the snow, I am willing to listen to the teacher's instructions! ”
Teacher Zeng was very happy, so he got up and took Huo Zongtang to another room. The room is elegantly decorated and antique, and is neatly divided into four areas.
Teacher Zeng took Huo Zongtang to the upper right area, and saw a mahogany square table with pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. Behind the square table, there is a mahogany bookshelf full of books. There is a pot of orchid next to the bookshelf, calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall, and there is an antique incense burner in the corner of the wall, and the environment is very quiet and quaint.
"This is the studio assigned to me by the university, and it is a place for me. That's where I write soul texts on weekdays. I'll give you a set of keys, and after work in the evening, you'll be here to write soul texts. In order to avoid gossip from other teachers, we kept this matter a secret. ”
Teacher Zeng handed over a set of keys to Huo Zongtang and made an agreement with him at the same time.
Then, Teacher Zeng took out a thread-bound book and taught Huo Zongtang how to write soul texts.
"This is the essence of "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond" published by Chung Hwa Book Company, which was completed by the senior soul master of Chung Hwa Book Company, and has the original one percent of the soul power essence. I'll use this essence book as a blueprint to teach you how to write soul texts. ”
When I opened the soul text, I saw that the handwriting was beautiful, and the soul was full of power, which made people feel refreshed, as if the soul had immediately obtained the baptism of literature. Huo Zongtang not only sighed secretly: Sure enough, it is produced by the big bookstore, and it deserves its name!
At the same time, he also understood another advantage of learning to write soul texts from Teacher Zeng: he could take advantage of this to enjoy the teacher's collection of books! The teacher is a teacher of the school, with a rich collection of books and reliable quality, and now these books have become a resource for him to use for free, which not only saves a lot of money to buy books, but also helps him to comprehend literature and absorb the essence of the soul power of the original work.
Mr. Zeng put the essence of "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond" on the table and took out a stack of cyan square paper. These green papers look thin, but they are like copper sheets, and the paper and luster are very different.
Teacher Zeng told him that this was the paper used for the soul text that was tested for him today, called Qingxi paper.
To write a soul text, you need three major raw materials.
One is paper. Because the soul text contains soul energy, you can't use ordinary paper, and you have to use the soul paper unique to Hanxing. These specially made papers can not only contain soul energy, but also easily release spiritual fluctuations, produce soul resonance, and release blue light.
Depending on the soul affinity and durability of the paper, the price of these soul papers varies. The soul text used by the school is the most elementary soul text used for teaching, and the most common Qingxi paper is used. Qingxi Paper's soul affinity is extremely average, and its durability is insufficient, so it can only be used once. After using it once, most of the soul power of the soul text will be lost, and it will be unusable.
But even so, the cost of a piece of Qingxi paper is twenty yuan on the market. People define this kind of Qingxi paper as a bronze one-star quality soul paper. The grade of the soul paper is the same as that of the classics, exercises, and schools, and they are all divided into bronze, silver, gold, and other grades.
Some high-grade soul paper, such as the silver two-star Xuehong paper, has a soul affinity five times higher than that of Qingxi paper, and can be used repeatedly more than 30 times without losing soul power, but the price is also dozens of times that of Qingxi paper, and the price of a piece is nearly 1,000 yuan, if you are not rich or literary, you can't afford it at all.
The second ingredient for writing soul texts is ink. Similar to paper, ink is divided into many grades according to its mental affinity and durability. The soul text used for teaching in the True Martial Arts Academy is also the common Xiqiao ink on the market. The affinity of this ink is average, and the words written can remain undimmed and discolored for twenty years. However, as long as the soul text is used once, the soul power in the ink will be dissipated seven or eight tenths, and the durability is also very average. This kind of Xiqiao ink is also a bronze one-star ink, and the market price of a bottle is 100 yuan.
The third ingredient of the soul text is, of course, the spiritual power and soul power of people. Writing soul texts is a process of inheritance and development. In the process of writing, it is necessary to retain and reproduce the essence of the soul power of the original work to the greatest extent, and infuse the soul power into the pen, ink and paper; At the same time, it will inevitably leave traces of the copyist's personal enlightenment, with a hint of personal temperament.
In this process, the loss of spirit, brainpower and soul is very huge. Therefore, writing soul texts is also a process of squeezing the brain power and soul power of the scribe, which is very difficult.