Chapter 2: The Way Home
"Our Xilin family has a history of more than 200 years, and it is the eighteenth generation that has been passed down to me. At the time of the establishment of Charlemagne's empire, our Sealand family was the largest family at that time, and its prestige in the imperial army and among the people even faintly surpassed that of the royal family. However, with the disappearance of the first patriarch of the family, Don Sealand, and the inaction of the previous patriarchs, the family gradually declined, and the title was reduced from duke to viscount, and there was no military position, and now it can only barely survive on the meager income of the fief. Antonio's expression was a little lonely, and he continued: "I'm old, I'm afraid I can't regain the glory of the Xilin family. β
Lin Xia just listened quietly, and Antonio said that he was old, which made Lin Xia feel very weird. Antonio is actually not old, only in his early thirties, if you look at Lin Xia's previous life, thirty years old is a person's peak time, it can be said that it is a person's "year of fighting", but his spirit is like an old man who is about to die, full of twilight.
"Lin Xia, I am not a qualified father, the Xilin family is the only wealth I can leave to you, I don't expect you to be able to restore the glory of the family, but I hope you can keep the family, although it can't bring you wealth, but he can keep you safe. Antonio touched Lin Xia's head dotingly and said, "Although others say that you are an idiot, I believe you, my son, I believe that you are not an idiot, you are just different." β
Lin Xia shook his head, dodging Antonio's hand on his head. Secretly pursed his lips, and said in his heart: "I, a Tang and Tang dynasty from China, am neither a member of the Charlemagne Empire, nor a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, does the glory of the family have anything to do with me?" Although Lin Xia has been in this world for six years, he still has no sense of belonging to this world, and always feels that he does not belong to this world.
Antonio pointed to the two books on the desk and said, "Martial arts are the foundation for being able to gain a foothold in the empire, and these two books are the most precious treasures of our Xilin family. Legend has it that Tang, the first patriarch of the Xilin family, recorded the essence of his martial arts in this book. β
Lin Xia looked at the two books on Antonio's table, these two books were stacked together, Lin Xia picked up the two books casually and prepared to look at them, but after reading the words on them, he remembered that although he could speak Charlemagne's language, he was Charlemagne's illiterate, how could he recognize Charlemagne's words, so he wanted to put the book back.
Just as Lin Xia was putting the book, a book below was revealed, Lin Xia was stunned, his eyes were round, as if his eyes were about to fall off the book.
The following book, written in yellowed light, is obviously a few years old, and even those who don't know anything about antiquities can see that this book must be an antique.
But what surprised Lin Xia was not the antiquity of the book, but the words on the cover of the book were not Charlemagne's words, but a kind of square words, and he couldn't help blurting out in Chinese: "Sunflower Treasure Book." β
Antonio heard Lin Xia spit out that inexplicable pronunciation again, and couldn't help but worry: "Are you okay?" β
"I'm fine. Lin Xia replied to Antonio in Charlemagne, but his heart was "thumping", as if it was about to jump out of his throat, he barely suppressed his excitement, pointed to the book and asked, "This is left by Don?"
"Yes. This is a manuscript of Don, although you are not yet literate, but I believe you have already seen that this kind of square word is not Charlemagne's script. Antonio pointed to another, newer book and said, "This one is a translation." β
"Do you recognize this square word?" Lin Xia never thought that he would be able to see Huaxia's words here.
"This kind of square word, legend has it that Tang invented it, and only Tang and Tang's attendants know it, and since Tang disappeared, no one recognizes it. Even scholars at the Lionheart Academy can barely read a tenth of the text, but they can't explain it when they are connected together. Antonio said.
Lin Xia was a little disappointed when he heard Antonio say that he didn't recognize him. After coming to this world for six years, I have already accepted the fact of crossing, but now I have seen the long-lost Chinese characters, and my already calm heart has set off stormy waves, and these words may be the hope of going home.
Lin Xia continued to flip down, only to see that the two words written on the book "If you want to practice divine skills, you must first ββ suffer your mind, work your muscles and bones, and starve your body and skin...... and the two words that must be erased off were obviously erased, and later changed to "Suffer your mind, work your muscles and bones, and starve your body and skin......"
Lin Xia said in his heart: "If you want to write and practice divine skills, you must first go to the palace." I didn't expect this Tang to be a gold fan. β
Antonio stopped Lin Xia from continuing to read, looked at an oil painting in the study, and said: "This portrait is the first generation of the Xilin family's patriarch Don Xilan, when the Lionheart assisted His Majesty Paul Alexander, what a scenery, but now the family ...... Hey!"
Today is the first time Lin Xia entered Antonio's study, Lin Xia followed Antonio's gaze to the portrait, in a grassland, a heroic man riding a group of brown horses, wearing golden armor, holding a knight's spear in his hand, the tip of the spear fell to the ground at will.
Although he has experienced the stimulation of the "Sunflower Treasure Book", the person in the portrait still turns Lin Xia's mood that has just calmed down again.
What surprised Lin Xia was Tang's face, Tang's cheekbones were not very high, and his eyes were pure black, which was clearly different from the people of Charlemagne's continent. He didn't wear a helmet and had long hair with a shawl, and this long hair was also all black, you must know that the people of Charlemagne's continent, although they have black hair and black eyes, are not pure black, but dark brown.
Seeing Tang in the portrait, Lin Xia couldn't help but think of a song in his heart: "We are different, everyone has a different situation......
Through the Chinese characters and Tang's appearance, if nothing else, Tang must also be a traverser, and Tang is a human wearer, and he is a soul.
Lin Xia's own appearance is simply a copy of Antonio, looking at Tang in the portrait, he was a little envious of Tang's pure black eyes and hair, and he used to have it himself.
"Alright, that's all for today. Antonio interrupted Lin Xia's thoughts and continued: "You go back and rest first, and starting tomorrow, you will practice martial arts with me." β
"Okay, Lao An. Lin Xia agreed, didn't move, just looked at the two books.
After Lin Xia crossed over to the Charlemagne Empire, he was also entangled with this inexplicable father, although he felt Antonio's care for him, but he couldn't say words like father, father, and father, and then he simply called Lao An, which seemed cordial, and the old word seemed respectful. It's just this kind of Huaxia habit, Antonio couldn't stand it at first, but no matter how he corrected it, Lin Xia was just the old An's call, and after a long time, Antonio gave up.
Antonio saw that Lin Xia didn't leave, but just kept looking at the book with his eyes, and understood what Lin Xia meant, so he said: "You can also take these two books back, you must keep them well, don't break them." β
When Lin Xia heard this, he hurriedly took the book back to his room.
After returning to the room, he closed the door, hurriedly opened the Chinese version of the "Sunflower Treasure Book", looked at the long-lost square words, and remembered his biological parents, his brothers who were born and died, and his fiancΓ©e who was about to get married. The emotions that had just been barely suppressed in front of Antonio became excited, and I even had the urge to cry.
Continuing to read down the general outline, except for the so-called "Mencius - Sue the World" in the first page of the general outline, which is not known as "Born in Sorrow, Died in Peace", the content from the second page gives Lin Xia the feeling that it is really like a secret book.
The content of the Sunflower Book is divided into three parts, the first part, with simple lines to draw various postures of the human shape, on the body of the black dots lit on the body, and on the black dots marked acupuncture points, like the Jizhong acupoint, Tianchi acupoint. Each black dot is connected by a line, indicating that it is the line of fighting energy circulating in the body. Each figure is in a different position, some are standing, some are sitting cross-legged, some are lying down, and some are sideways.
The second part of the annotation of the acupuncture points, respectively explain the specific location and use of the acupuncture points, enhance the body's fighting qi through exhalation, and explain and precautions for the flow of fighting qi.
The third part records some moves through pictures, and explains the combination of moves and fighting spirit below the pictures to enhance the power of the moves.
Lin Xia couldn't understand these contents, but he just felt that the cultivation methods were similar to those in Chinese martial arts films.
Because I couldn't understand it, I quickly turned to the last page of the Sunflower Treasure Book, which read, "See this, you should have finished reading this Sunflower Book, if you can understand the message of this last article, I think you must be from China like me, how about it, surprise or not? Is there a sense of intimacy when you meet your hometown and see your hometown?"
When Lin Xia saw this, he said in his heart: "This must be the words left by Tang, did he foresee that a traveler like me would see his message more than two hundred years later." Hurriedly continued to look down.
[You must be very curious about the name of this Sunflower Treasure Book and the general outline of the Divine Skill you want to practice, I can only tell you that as a traverser, if you want to leave the secret book, you must use the Sunflower Treasure Book, and if you want to practice the Divine Skill, you must first go from the palace It is also necessary, although these few sentences really have nothing to do with the cheats themselves. It's a pity that considering that the people who cultivate this secret book will be my descendants, if it is really from the palace, I will not be the last one, so I have to change the self-palace to bitter and hard. γ
[I first wanted to find a big mountain, make a treasure, and hide the sunflower treasure in it, I don't know which lucky boy fell into the cliff to pick up the cheats, cultivated the gods, and became the leader of the martial arts alliance after leaving the mountain. It may also be that a boy with a deep hatred of blood was lucky enough to fall off the cliff and did not die, and came out to take revenge after practicing his magic skills, and then washed the world in the snow. It's interesting to think about these episodes. But in the end I didn't. γ
Lin Xia scolded in his heart when he saw this, it was really long-winded.
[You must think I'm verbose, well, it must be, but I can't help it, I'm lonely, I came to this continent inexplicably, I'm afraid only you can understand my suffering. And you must be my junior, no matter how verbose I am, you can only listen, who made me your elder. γ
[In the end, I decided to leave this secret book to my descendants, after all, I ran away so irresponsibly, if I didn't leave something for my descendants, I really didn't want to go, and it didn't fit my identity as an ancestor.] I'll think about the treasure under the cliff, and do something else, this must be a very interesting thing. γ
[I also got a portable grandfather, I want to wait for you to see this message is also hundreds of years later, and I don't know where the portable grandfather I made is, I can only see if you have luck to get it. γ
[I think you're also lonely here, I know, but you've come here, and you can't go back for the time being, so stay here and have fun.] γ
[Okay, I'm leaving, continue to find my way home, talk next time, bye-bye ^_^.] γ
Lin Xia finished reading the last message, especially the smiling face at the end, which made Lin Xia angry and funny. The psychology of this veteran who has crossed over is really empty and lonely.
But Tang only said that he ran away to find a way home, and this way home must be a way back to Huaxia, but he finally found it, and he didn't say anything at all.
Lin Xia's homesickness after seeing Chinese became stronger and stronger, but he was extremely lost. It's like going to open a room, taking a shower, and then the other party tells you that her aunt is here.
No matter what, Tang's message still brought Lin Xia hope to return to Huaxia, since Tang said that he was looking for a way back to Huaxia, and he didn't come back, he must have found a way to return to Huaxia.
Lin Xia read the last message again, through the description of the text, it is very likely that Tang's message was deliberately left for himself, if he finds his way home, he will definitely record the method, but he doesn't know where he hid it. And since Don has found a way to go back, he can also find it himself.
Thinking of this, Lin Xia shook his spirit, he must first make himself strong, if he wants to find a way home, he must have the ability and resources, since he has this sunflower treasure book, he must first make his martial arts strong.
Lin Xia walked to the window, opened the window, looked at the moon in the sky, and said in a low voice: "Dad, Mom, I will definitely find a way to go back as soon as possible." Lingling is waiting for me to go back and get married. Brothers, wait for me to go back and take you to continue your adventures. β
Lin Xia began to study the humanoid images and acupuncture points in the book, but his knowledge of acupuncture points was only a few nouns in the TV series, and he couldn't understand the book after turning it over a few times. In the end, I had no choice but to wait until tomorrow to practice with Antonio.