435. Collection of stone carvings
The last to arrive at the hall was naturally the elite disciples of Xuanshui Palace who were more than one hundred and twenty years old, and the achievements of these people were even more beyond Ye Ning's reach, the first place actually went deep into the eleventh floor of the Water Spirit Tower, and from her, Ye Ning could even feel a trace of ethereal that only Mo Xuan had.
Although the last wave of disciples who came in had the deepest cultivation, the highest realm, and the best results in the Water Spirit Pagoda, it was completely upside down when it came to allocating the resources of the Collection Pavilion.
The first person to enter the collection pavilion to select the collection was Yan Qianhua, and after the selection, she would go directly into retreat and enlightenment, and naturally someone would prepare a quiet room for her, seal the collection that was selected away, and then let the second group of people enter the collection pavilion.
Immediately after Yan Qianhua entered the collection pavilion were Ye Ning, Feng Ting and the first among the last batch of disciples, Lan Xueying, the three of them could select the handwriting collection left by the ancestors of the Xuanshui Palace in the collection pavilion at the same time, unless the three of them crashed when they chosen, otherwise they would be like Yan Qianhua, and directly take the selected collection to the retreat room, and then let the third batch of disciples enter the collection pavilion to select.
Ye Ning entered the Collection Pavilion for the first time, and he was both curious and unfamiliar with the Collection Pavilion, and Feng Ting and Lan Xue Ying were not the first time to come to the Collection Pavilion, and they both knew the layout of the Collection Pavilion and the precious collections in the Collection, so the two quickly went straight to their goal, leaving Ye Ning full of curiosity to appreciate the layout in the Collection Pavilion one by one, as well as all the handwritings on display.
Entering the Collection Pavilion, Ye Ning realized that although it was nominally called the Collection Pavilion, it seemed to be just a small attic, but after stepping into the door of the Collection Pavilion. This thought disappeared immediately, but I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. It is no wonder that the palace master of Xuanshui Palace is proficient in the artistic conception of space, this collection pavilion. It is actually a separate small world, and it is completely an independent space that has been carved out by virtue of mana.
The laws in the space are quite perfect, as if it were a complete hour and space, but Ye Ning noticed that the flow rate of time in it has slowed down a lot, and the specific comparison is not clear, but it is definitely slower than the flow rate of normal time and space in the outside world, that is, the normal time and space of a year. In this small world, it is likely that it will only be lost for a month or even less.
Although it can't be compared with the absolute zero time and space in Wei City, it already has some characteristics of absolute zero time and space, which makes Ye Ning's mind a little excited, it seems that this Xuanshui Palace Holy Land does have what it needs.
Although he traveled around the collection pavilion, his mind was not at all on selecting the collection, but secretly observing the operation of this small world, needless to say. The small world of the Collection Pavilion must have been opened up by the power of the Xuanshui Palace itself, that is to say, there must be a inheritance in this area in the Xuanshui Palace, as long as this is affirmed. In Ye Ning's heart, he had already coveted this method.
Each batch of disciples who select the collection is limited to half an hour. By the time Ye Ning came to his senses, most of the time had passed. At this time, it will definitely be too late to feel the countless inscriptions displayed in the entire collection pavilion.
However, Ye Ning has his own means. After understanding the details of the Collection Pavilion, Ye Ning felt less and more scruples in his heart, this is a completely independent small world, although it is only separated from the normal time and space outside, it is two independent spaces, not under each other, the people inside cannot sense the outside world, and the people in the outside time and space cannot directly sense the movement in the Collection Pavilion with their divine sense.
At the same time, there was no master of Xuanshui Palace in the collection pavilion, so he could use the Qingxu Divine Bead to explore the entire collection pavilion without any care.
The so-called collection, is the Xuanshui Palace of the sages left by the perception of the past generations, personally engraved into the stele, and then stored in the collection pavilion, for the disciples of the later generations to participate in the practice, these stele handwriting, all contain one or several kinds of heavenly laws, or those sages of the perception, stored in the collection of the pavilion, these steles because they contain the laws of heaven, so they can condense the fragments of the law, when the trialist is enlightened, it will be infused into the body of the trialist, but the law contained in the stele once completely absorbed by the enlightened disciples, the stele will be completely useless.
Therefore, the place of trial of the water spirit star is not opened very yearly, but will be decided according to the degree of recovery of the stele in the collection pavilion when to open, after each trial, the collection stele in the collection pavilion needs a certain amount of time to recuperate, even if it is in the process of the trialist's enlightenment, it will also rest for a period of time, leaving enough time for the stele to recuperate.
Of course, there are a lot of steles in the collection pavilion, and many steles that are not suitable for continued enlightenment will be sealed by the sect, waiting for the stele to absorb the spiritual temperature of heaven and earth and recover.
However, there are only a few of the most famous stone tablet handwritings in the collection pavilion, especially the highest-level handwriting, every time the Water Spirit Star is opened, only a pair of stone handwriting will be provided for the trial players to understand, and the rest of the players can only choose the second-level stone carving handwriting.
Ye Ning still knew these general information about the Collection Pavilion, although it was the first time he came to Shui Lingxing, but when he was in the hall, Yun Ke, the guardian envoy of Shui Lingxing, had already made a detailed introduction to the situation of the Pavilion, and even the most famous handwritings were introduced.
The divine consciousness attached to the Qingxu Divine Bead instantly enveloped the entire Collection Pavilion, with the Qingxu Divine Bead as a cover, even Lan Xue Ying, who had cultivated deeply, could not sense Ye Ning's small movements, not to mention Feng Ting, who was a little lower in the cultivation realm, and those miscellaneous officials in charge of miscellaneous affairs, Ye Ning scanned the entire Collection Pavilion in an instant.
The best stone tablets introduced by Yun Ke, the guardian envoy of the Water Spirit Star, except for one that was selected by Yan Qianhua without accident, the remaining three were all sealed, that is, they could not be used by the disciples of the trial for enlightenment.
There are more than 30 handwritings on the second-class stone tablets, of which the sealed ones account for more than two-thirds, and there are only seven pairs for everyone to choose from, but there are only three qualified people, so it is still very generous, Ye Ning has the guidance of divine sense, and quickly found the location of these seven stone carvings. When I walked to the front, I found that the display of these stone tablets was traceable.
I shook my head secretly. I looked at the seven steles one by one, and found that the seven steles were all different in size. The artistic conceptions of the laws contained in them are also very different, but he is not allowed to seriously distinguish them in a moment, but Feng Ting and Lan Xueying, who came in at the same time as him, have already finished selecting and are standing aside waiting for him to leave here together.
The first batch of people who came in was only Yan Qianhua, so there was no crash, but the second batch of three people came in, and there were seven stone tablets to choose from. But there is a big difference, it is not suitable for everyone to participate in enlightenment, and it depends on the fit between these stone tablets and the trialists, so after the three people are selected, they will go out to report, and then distribute.
Ye Ning naturally already knew these rules, but he had only just now had his divine sense enveloping the entire Collection Pavilion. But there was a very unexpected discovery.
Next to the area of the first-class stone monuments, there is also a row of stone monuments on display, although there are only four stone monuments, but they are full of antiquity. It is not at all like the aura revealed by other stone tablets, and the most important point is that when the divine sense sweeps these four stone tablets. The Qingxu Divine Bead actually trembled slightly, which was something that had never happened before.
So. Ye Ning immediately paid attention, although he couldn't understand these inexplicable stone tablets for the time being. But to be able to make the Qingxu Divine Bead have a sense, it means that these steles are extremely extraordinary, although he came to visit the collection of stone carvings, but he does not necessarily have to choose the steles that everyone sees, since these steles have not been chosen by the other two, why not take a look at them yourself?
Although Ye Ning thought so in his heart, he didn't show it in his expression, but looked at the stone tablets on the second layer very seriously, although the time was insufficient, he had a slight impression and recorded the names and numbers of the seven stone tablets.
When the time was up, the three of them exited the collection pavilion in turn, and Yun Ke, who was standing at the head of the square, asked in person: "Lan Xueying, Feng Ting, Ye Ning, have you chosen the collection you want to visit?" ”
The three of them nodded at the same time, but Ye Ning's heart moved slightly, judging from the order in Yun Ke's words, although he entered the collection pavilion with Lan Xueying and Feng Ting, it was obviously not at the same level, it was completely because he accounted for the light of the rookie disciples, so when selecting the collection of stone carvings, it was most likely that Lan Xueying would choose first, then Feng Ting, and finally it would be his turn to choose.
After walking with these people for a while, he had already roughly seen the details of Feng Ting and Lan Xue Ying, and he had to admire the heritage and strength of Xuanshui Palace, Lan Xue Ying's appearance was only in her early twenties, but her position told Ye Ning that her actual age was definitely more than one hundred and twenty years old, and after cultivating to the realm, she could figure it out, especially in the realm of the laws of heaven, which made Ye Ning a little frightened.
Later, from the private chats of other disciples, Ye Ning Fang learned that Lan Xueying was the first person in the previous rookie disciples and core disciples of the inner gate, but after being more than one hundred and twenty years old, the position was replaced by Feng Ting, and the actual age now is actually only a little more than two Jiazi.
And Feng Ting made Ye Ning have to admire her five bodies.
Feng Ting's appearance is only sixteen or seventeen years old, in Ye Ning's mind, I am afraid that her actual age is already an old woman, but after inadvertently scanning it with the Qingxu Divine Bead, she found that Feng Ting's actual bone age is really only sixteen or seventeen, that is to say, Feng Ting's appearance is consistent with her actual age.
Achieving the current achievements at such an age, even if it is due to a different environment, is completely unthinkable for Ye Ning.
For example, Yue Xuan, who Ye Ning is very familiar with, when the two met, Yue Xuan was a few years older than Feng Ting, but when he was in Weicheng, he was transformed by the illusion of time and space, and he became sixteen or seventeen years old, and Yue Xuan is also the internal successor of the Moon Palace, and the personal disciple carefully cultivated by the palace master Luo Rudai, although the difference between the two in the cultivation realm is not very big, but the comprehension of the laws and artistic conception of the Heavenly Dao is too different.
Ye Ning believed that if Yue Xuan was allowed to break into the Water Spirit Tower, it was estimated that he would not go far, let alone Feng Ting's terrifying achievements.
Ye Ning has nothing to doubt about Feng Ting's age, not everyone can encounter the space-time illusion in the nightmare city, and they can come out of it unharmed, think about the reaction of the black-shirted man at the beginning, but once he enters the space-time illusion, it is almost a lifeless ending, otherwise, the black-shirted man may not be willing to escape alone.
It was Ye Ning himself. It is also a jade talisman that relies on the model of the town boundary monument to break through the space, otherwise. Whether they can escape from the space-time illusion is not to be seen, not to mention that everyone has gained a huge harvest from it. Not only did Ye Ning and Yue Xuan recover to sixteen or seventeen years old, but everyone also got a lot of treasures in them, such as Ye Ning's Tenglong Diagram devouring things, Yue Xuan's spiritual root, Chu Huan's puppet, and so on.
In addition to Guo Yue Xuan, there is also Yan Qianhua, the outer disciple of Xuanshui Palace's Juxian City, who is also much older than Feng Ting, but there is a world of difference in the comprehension of the law and artistic conception. It seems that the two of them are not taught at the same level at all.
Of course, one is in the inner gate, and the other is an outer disciple, so the treatment they enjoy is naturally different.
However, with a formal disciple with outstanding talent like Feng Ting, why did he let Yan Qianhua be the person in charge of Juxian City?
Ye Ning had vaguely guessed that the reason why the Inviting Moon Palace would put the successor in Juxian City was not out of the consideration of cultivation convenience, but to exercise the management ability of the successor. As well as the ability to deal with complex affairs, as the successor of a sect, although the level of cultivation realm and combat power is important, it is not the most critical. On the contrary, it is the ability to manage and deal with affairs that is the key.
From Ye Ning's point of view, it is natural that Feng Ting's endowment is more suitable than Yan Qianhua to take over the Xuanshui Palace, but. These thoughts are only fleeting in his mind, and they don't really get to the bottom of it. It wasn't his turn to care about these things.
Sure enough, Yun Ke asked Lan Xue Ying as soon as he opened his mouth next: "Lan Xue Ying." Which stele did you choose? ”
Lan Xueying bowed down and said, "The disciple chose the fourth 'Water Shadow Sky' stone carving. ”
Yun Ke repeated the confirmation before nodding and saying, "Okay, the stone carvings in the collection of "Water Shadow Sky" will belong to you, and the time limit is three years. ”
Lan Xueying retreated, but with a hint of regret on her face, in fact, this time she came to Shui Lingxing, she was the most promising to win the stone carving of "Shui Yuntian", but unfortunately she accidentally encountered the selection of rookie disciples, and missed this opportunity to try, and wanted to get the opportunity to participate in the stone carving of "Shui Yuntian" again, I don't know how many years it will take, but it is not bad to be able to fight for "Shui Yingtian", which is the stone carving handwriting second only to "Shui Yuntian" on Shui Lingxing.
Yun Ke's gaze turned to Feng Ting and said, "Feng Ting, have you chosen the stone carvings of the Enlightenment?" ”
Feng Ting took a step forward, bowed and saluted: "The disciple chooses the stone carving of "Bitao". ”
Yun Ke still confirmed, which made Feng Ting retreat, and then turned his gaze to Ye Ning, and asked lightly: "Ye Ning, can you choose the collection of stone carvings that you are ready to comprehend?" ”
Ye Ning pondered for a moment before saying, "The disciple wants to ask for advice, and then decides to choose that pair of collections, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
Yun Ke was slightly stunned, but quickly came back to his senses, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Oh? But didn't understand the previous rules? ”
Ye Ning said: "Well, it's not that the guards didn't explain, but the disciples still don't understand, that, is it that each player can only choose a pair of stone carvings?" If there is no one to choose a collection, can the disciple choose several more at the same time? ”
"Huh?" Yun Ke was really stunned for a moment this time, and then muttered: "Choose a few collections...... There is indeed no limit to the sect, but it is limited to the principle of limited collection and resource sharing, and each person only has the opportunity to choose once, if there is no other person to choose...... Do you mean, give up the right of first refusal, let the other trialists pick first, and then choose as many as you want for the rest of the collection? ”
Ye Ning coughed lightly: "Cough, the disciple doesn't mean that, well, the disciple means, if you choose the stone carvings in the Hongzi area, can you select all four collections at the same time?" ”
Yun Ke's words did not deliberately misinterpret Ye Ning's meaning, the key was that the question raised by Ye Ning was too unbelievable, among the disciples of the Xuanshui Palace who had arrived at the Water Spirit Star Trial over the years, no one had ever tried to comprehend more than two classic stone carvings, it would be good to be able to comprehend the true meaning of the laws of the Heavenly Dao from one classic stone carving, how could there be extra time to comprehend other stone tablets?
The distribution principle of the collection of stone carvings is to follow the results of the first entry into the water spirit pagoda, each person has a chance to choose, but Ye Ning's question did not exceed the rules set by the sages of Xuanshui Palace, it is true that there is no limit to the number of disciples to participate in the stone tablet, if the understanding is enough, and there are redundant stone carvings in the collection, the sect will naturally not limit the disciples to participate in the enlightenment.
Therefore, Yun Ke subconsciously thought that Ye Ning was going to give up his right of first choice. Instead, I selected a few more archival stone carvings from the last remaining stone tablets, although I thought it was a little incredible. But he didn't scold him directly, but asked casually.
Really. The answer Ye Ning gave was beyond Yun Ke's comprehension.
The stone carvings stored and displayed in the collection pavilion are not only the handwritings left by the ancestors of the Xuanshui Palace, but also the opportunities that the ancestors of the Xuanshui Palace got from the countless secret relics, which are also stored in the collection pavilion, and most of these collection stone carvings are stored in some special areas, such as the Hongzi area that Ye Ning said, where the four collection stone carvings are all from the chaotic stone carvings of the ancient ruins, which belong to the stone tablets of heaven and earth.
Chaos stone carvings that exist since the creation of heaven and earth. Naturally, it contains the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, but this thing is not something that anyone can comprehend from it, and the four stone tablets have been stored in the Collection Pavilion for I don't know how many thousands of years, and it is not that no one has participated in it, but without exception, they have all retreated, especially these disciples who participated in the trial, and wasted an opportunity to select the collection.
On the contrary, there are some quasi-immortals whose cultivation realm has reached the highest realm, and there is no shortage of programmatic things that have been comprehended from them, but they are definitely not suitable for immortal cultivators who simply practice the laws of the water system. The disciples of Xuanshui Palace, ninety out of ten are water system immortal cultivators, and the water spirit tower is also a simple water system law and artistic conception, so. It's normal not to be able to comprehend the Chaos Tablet.
Therefore, these stone tablets are almost the decorations in the Water Spirit Star Collection Pavilion, although they know that they contain great avenues. But no one can comprehend it, and the sect does not prohibit disciples from entering and comprehending at will. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer people are willing to waste their time on these few archival stone carvings. In recent tens of thousands of years, these Chaos Stone Tablets have become pure ornaments.
Hearing that Ye Ning was going to select the four chaotic stone carvings in the Hongzi area, Yun Ke was stunned for a moment, then frowned and pondered, neither refused nor immediately agreed, but pondered for a while before saying, "Have you thought about it clearly?" ”
Ye Ning said: "So, the disciple can choose the four collection stone carvings in the Hongzi area at the same time?" ”
Yun Ke nodded and said, "Yes, since you have made a choice, the three of you can go to retreat and attain enlightenment, and in the next three years, you can arrange freely, you can not only participate in the stone carvings in the meditation room, but also go to the Water Spirit Pagoda to experience and break through, and today, three years later, the unified test." ”
Coming out of the hall, Ye Ning unexpectedly saw Yan Qianhua also staying outside, so he said, "Senior sister is not in retreat? ”
Yan Qianhua pursed her lips and smiled: "Why are you in such a hurry?" There are a lot of fun places on the Water Spirit Star, which can be used to improve yourself, and you don't have to retreat and do penance, what's the matter, the junior brother is going to go into retreat? How did I hear that you chose four stone carvings in the Hongzi area? ”
Ye Ning said: "Yes, the junior brother came to Shui Lingxing for the first time, and he didn't know much about this, so he had to ask my senior sister for more advice." ”
Yan Qianhua said: "Although Senior Sister is a disciple outside the Xuanshui Palace, she has been in Juxian City for a short time, but for Shui Lingxing, like Senior Brother, she is also here for the first time, and she will not know much more than Senior Brother." ”
As if she had guessed Ye Ning's thoughts, Yan Qianhua explained with a smile: "Regarding some things about the Water Spirit Star and the Collection Pavilion, the senior sisters all listened to the senior sisters of the inner gate, and they are not familiar with Senior Brother Ye, so there is less natural communication, but everyone is very curious about the junior brother." ”
A look of understanding flashed on Ye Ning's face, but he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, how could those disciples of the inner gate not be curious? Xuanshui Palace, which has always only recruited female disciples, suddenly chose a male disciple inexplicably, and anyone would find it strange, plus his unexpected choice today, maybe he has been regarded as a fool and an idiot.
When he chose those four stone tablets before, it was purely because those stone tablets caused the reaction of the Qingxu Divine Bead, and he was curious, so he did not hesitate to choose these chaos stone tablets, but after really making a choice, his keen divine sense quickly knew the origin of those chaos stone tablets from the discussions of other disciples, as well as the meaning they represented in the Xuanshui Palace, and he naturally couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.
At this time, listening to Yan Qianhua talking about the four stone tablets in the Hongzi area, no matter what Ye Ning thought in his heart, he would reveal a little unnatural on the surface.
Yan Qianhua pursed her lips and smiled, "Do you want to explain to Yun Jian Shou?" There will be a chance to re-select the collection. ”
Ye Ning shook his head when he heard this, it was originally his intention to choose these four Chaos Stone Tablets, how could he change them because of other people's incomprehension? What's more, he didn't think that Yun Ke would agree to give him another chance to choose the collection of stone carvings.
Yan Qianhua said: "When I tested it three years later, it was not only a test of the results in the Water Spirit Tower, but also a test of actual combat ability. ”
Ye Ning was slightly stunned: "Actual combat ability? After a pause, he continued: "It seems that there is no place for training in actual combat?" ”
Yan Qianhua said: "Didn't I tell you, the Water Spirit Star is the star of trials, there are many interesting places, improving your own strength, it's not just about retreat and enlightenment, if you are interested, you might as well go to the secret realm with your sister to try it today?" ”
Ye Ning said "oh": "Secret realm? Is there a secret realm for actual combat on the Water Spirit Star? ”
As long as he talks about the secret realm, Ye Ning naturally thinks of the endless secret realms on the earth, and he doesn't know how the land of divine punishment was formed, it actually contains the earth, and there are countless secret realms around it, and he doesn't know if he has a chance to return to the earth, since he learned the news that the land of divine punishment has been re-banned, he has never had the opportunity to verify his conjecture.
Yan Qianhua said "um", but turned her gaze to Feng Ting and Lan Xueying, the two came out of the hall at the same time as Ye Ning, and the communication between Yan Qianhua and Ye Ning was transmitted with divine sense, and it was only a few breaths before and after, and it was almost impossible to see on the surface, so Yan Qianhua was very natural when she faced Feng Ting and Lan Xueying: "The two senior sisters are planning to go to Shuiyunjian?" ”
Feng Ting and Lan Xueying fixed their eyes on Yan Qianhua almost at the same time, paused slightly, or Feng Ting said, "Oh? Little sister is going to Shuiyunjian? I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules, right? Besides, you may not even have the ability to protect yourself at this time. ”
Lan Xueying shifted her gaze to Ye Ning with interest: "This ...... Senior Brother Ye, right? Do you know what kind of place is between the water and clouds? ”
Ye Ning heard Feng Ting and Lan Xueying's completely different answers, but he had a very awkward feeling in his heart, although both of them were beautiful women, but he didn't have the feeling of facing a big beauty at all, but he had a kind of uneasiness when a prey faced a hunter, he didn't know why he had such a feeling, but he still subconsciously took two steps back and shook his head: "Little brother doesn't know what Shui Yunjian is, and he doesn't want to know." ”
Yan Qianhua said with a smile: "Do you have the ability to protect yourself, how can you know if you don't try?" ”
Feng Ting raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "Oh, the little junior sister and this Senior Brother Ye both want to go, or do you want the little junior sister to go alone?" ”
Yan Qianhua didn't wait for Ye Ning to say anything, then nodded and said, "Naturally, both of them have gone to see, are the two senior sisters willing to take their junior brothers and sisters on a ride?" ”
This time, it was Lan Xueying who answered: "No problem, but, the rules between the water and clouds, the little junior sister must also be clear, right?" (To be continued......)