Chapter 9: Charms
On the day of Qingming, Li Changding helped to chant the scriptures and sweep the scriptures in the Houtu Temple, comforted the relatives of the deceased, and was busy until late before returning home.
When I returned home, my grandparents, parents were there, and the family had dinner together. Then I came to the rest room and had a rare chat.
The ancestors of the Li family, as the founding heroes, generally worshiped together with the founding emperor when they sacrificed to the sky, and Qingming Day was generally a day for ordinary people to worship their ancestors. So everybody is idle.
"Qingyu, you have to work hard. Otherwise, don't say surpass me, you are about to be surpassed by your son. Chatting and chatting, Li Yunqi suddenly opened his mouth and counted Li Qingyu.
In the face of his father's fall, Li Qingyu, who has a peaceful personality, has no other thoughts except for a wry smile. Because in his opinion, whether it is to surpass Li Yunqi or not to be surpassed by Li Changding, these two goals seem a little too unkind.
It's a pity that in the face of his father's reprimand, Li Qingyu had no other way but to cast a look at his mother for help.
Rarely, Luo Xianyun turned a blind eye to his precious son's request for help, and let Li Yunqi continue to talk all the way.
"Look at you, when your son was born, you were a fourth-order high-level, and now? Your son is already at the fourth order, and he is about to reach the intermediate level, but you are still spinning in the fourth order advanced level, what do you think I should say about you? ”
Watching his grandfather reprimand his father, Li Changding felt funny in his heart, his grandfather was too demanding and blamed. The path of cultivation is full of difficulties, especially the process from the fourth order to the fifth order, which is even more difficult to climb to the sky, because one step further is to transform into an immortal, with more than twice the lifespan of ordinary people, and with many magical powers, it can be said that you have truly stepped into the realm of immortals. How can it be so good?
The fourth order is different from the previous one, although the first to third orders are difficult, but they are only the process of perfecting themselves, and only the fourth order is to start constructing a completely new system, starting from scratch, constructing a complete and subtle system, a system that can swallow energy. Wouldn't that be easy?
Thus laying the foundation for achieving the fifth order. Yes, this system is just a foundation, and the real fifth-order is a human immortal who can condense the sword species, achieve the yang god, and manifest energy out of thin air. The system that directly dispenses energy alone can only be regarded as laying the foundation of the Immortal Dao, the peak of the fourth order.
Even so, the method of forging this system is a secret of the great families and empires. Different from the cultivation methods of the first to third levels, it is basically known to the whole world, this is the real core technology! Outsiders want to learn, and if they don't sign a hundred and eighty unequal treaties, they don't even have a door.
Speaking of which, Li Changding had to say that Fang Xin's jade Ruyi was really against the sky. Because before Fang Xin's internal breath reached the fourth order, Yu Ruyi had already helped him construct this system, saving him countless troubles.
However, it doesn't seem to be bad either, hehe.
Watching his grandfather count his father, Li Changding felt bored after watching it for a while, so he walked away, first went to the piano room to burn incense and bathe, and played the piano quietly. As soon as the song was finished, he went back to the study and studied his Taoist charms.
The way of spells, God's will comes first!
Open the book "Taoist Basic Charm Catalog", the first thing you see is these eight big characters, the handwriting is chic and elegant, indifferent, obviously a calligraphy master, and his Taoist attainments must be more superb, just one sentence, eight words, it shows the core essence of the way of charms.
In the way of spells, God's will comes first.
The root of the charm is actually to condense and abstract all kinds of natural phenomena in heaven and earth into a kind of divine consciousness and a concept. Then, through various means, this concept of divine consciousness is re-evaporated in the heavens and the earth, so as to act with the power of the heavens and the earth.
For example, the Thunder Charm. It is the predecessors and sages who looked up to heaven and earth, realized the true meaning of thunder, conceived this true meaning in their hearts, merged with God and turned into divine will, and then either used talismans, or used spells, and used divine will to communicate with heaven and earth to form thunder.
Therefore, the root of the charm is the divine will, and some people who have cultivated to the advanced level can even use the divine will to communicate with heaven and earth without the spell, and borrow the power of heaven and earth.
Therefore, studying the way of the charm, studying the stroke structure of the charm, the pronunciation of the spell and the words are just putting the cart before the horse, and understanding the artistic conception and divine meaning in the charm is the fundamental.
At the beginning, Li Changding didn't know it, he painted the cat and the tiger, and traced it according to the talisman drawings in the book, but a lot of high-quality cinnabar talisman paper was wasted, but none of the useful talismans were drawn.
After so many times, he knew that he must have made a mistake, so he studied carefully and asked for advice everywhere, but his mother Song Yuqin felt sorry for her and quietly pointed out the mistake to him.
Lay out the rune paper on the table, grind the cinnabar into fine powder, Li Changding meditated quietly, the heart was pregnant with a sense of tranquility, after a while, the spirit was refreshed, the divine will and the inner breath were combined, the air was quiet like the night, the god was like the moon, the fire was enough, Li Changding raised his hand to hold the pen, the internal breath was running, dipped in ink and waved, and drew a charm of the Ning Shen rune on the rune paper.
Looking at this Ning Shen Rune, Li Changding nodded with satisfaction, then drew a few more in a row, and finally picked it up and walked to the pet room on the side. There were a few pets there, which he used specifically to experiment with the Tranquility Rune.
Sticking the tranquility talisman on the forehead of a puppy, immediately, the puppy that had been running around quieted down and obediently lay on the ground motionless.
Li Changding smiled with satisfaction.
However, after only two or three minutes, the Ning Shen Fu lost its effect, and the puppy ran around again.
Li Changding then tried a few more shots, all of which were the same, only two or three minutes of effect.
Looking at the "Catalogue of Basic Taoist Charms" in his hand in frustration, he cursed in his heart! He meows and says it's a catalog, but you're really just a catalog! Except for the "way of the charm, the will of God first" mentioned the essence of the charm, the rest is all about the role and efficacy of the charm, and the process and know-how of making the charm are not revealed at all! I had to figure it out on my own, and I ended up with this defective product!
Just when Li Changding was depressed, a person suddenly appeared behind him.
"What? Do you want to learn charms? ”
"Huh?" Li Changding looked back and saw that it was his grandfather Li Yunqi, so he nodded blankly, depressed in his heart.
"I want to learn! I can teach you! Li Yunqi showed a strange smile.
"Really?" Li Changding said in surprise: "You're not afraid of grandma!" ”
"Nonsense! How could I be afraid of her! Manly man! I'm just letting her show me my demeanor in a few small things. Li Yunqi's face changed, and he shouted angrily in a low voice.
"Yes! Be! Grandpa, you're so generous! Li Changding didn't bother to uncover Li Yunqi's fig leaf, and hurriedly agreed, and then said with excitement: "Grandpa, it turns out that you can still spell!" ”
"Nonsense, your grandfather and I are a fifth-order, only those who don't want to know, there is no one who can't. It's normal to be able to spell! As if he was afraid of being heard by Luo Xianyun, who was far away in the rest room, Li Yunqi's voice gradually lowered. Although it stands to reason that at such a distance, it is impossible for Luo Xianyun to hear it.
"That's great! Grandpa, teach me quickly. Unconsciously, Li Changding also lowered his voice.
"It's not impossible to teach you, but I have one condition."
"What conditions? Go ahead. Everything is negotiable! ”
"Learn the sword with me."
"No problem!" Li Changding hurriedly agreed.
"Well, that's good." Li Yunqi showed a strange smile and nodded with satisfaction.