Chapter 371: The Moon and the Day
Regarding this phenomenon of the two gradually going to extremes, Shi Zimiao saw it in his eyes, but he did not stop it. As for the reason, Shi Zimiao probably also had some guesses in his heart.
The text left by Zhang Daoling, a total of forty-nine words, in the daytime, you will find that each word seems to be an independent individual, the previous analogy, like a mountain, any one is enough for people to travel for countless days, which is why, at that time, Sun Quan just saw a piece of incoherent fragments, which can make him indulge in it for several hours and can't extricate himself. Because he was always staring at a single word, not a coherent sentence.
In contrast, the words at night are a little more hazy, and the indistinctness between the handwriting makes them more like a whole, at this time, people's hearts will be calmer, and it is not easy to completely fall into the Tao.
To use an analogy, it's like a student listening to a lecture. In the morning, the teacher is very lively and interesting, you don't need to do anything at all, you just follow the teacher's rhythm. But in the evening, you are asked to study on your own, and you are given a boring exercise to do on your own, so that you must have enough perseverance, enough self-awareness, plus a certain interest and independent thinking, so that you can really learn from it.
Shangguan Di is young and curious, and prefers the teacher's lectures during the day, which is too normal. But on the other hand, the teacher talks too vividly during the day, and he doesn't give you the opportunity to think alone. Therefore, Zhang Jiao, a senior at the time, wanted to find a suitable path for his own growth, so he naturally could only bypass the day and choose the evening self-study time to think. In the end, Zhang Jiao figured out a set of learning ideas, specifically for the night's exercises.
Now, this set of learning ideas has been passed on to Sun Quan, who has learned the essence of it, and found that the exercises at night are simply overwhelming, which brings Sun Quan a very satisfying sense of achievement. In contrast, the lectures during the day are also attractive, but they are not targeted, and there is not much improvement in grades.
Therefore, whether it is Sun Quan or Shangguandi's situation, in Shi Zimiao's eyes, it is a very normal development. At present, these two paths can improve both of them the most, so there is no need for Shi Zimiao to interrupt them. But over time, Shi Zimiao believes that these two people will hit a wall.
The little girl will find that just interest can no longer allow her to grow quickly, and she must use questions to consolidate the knowledge she has learned. And Sun Quan will also find that according to Zhang Jiao's learning ideas, he can only reach the point of Zhang Jiao at most, if he wants to break through, he must surpass Zhang Jiao, and to surpass Zhang Jiao, the best way is to continue his studies, go back to school, and listen to the teacher's lectures during the day, of course, this time, you don't need to listen to any primary and secondary school knowledge, you only need to listen to the courses of university graduate students.
Of course, all of the above has a premise for normal development.
And on this day, Shi Zimiao suddenly blocked the cultivation of the two.
"It's Chinese New Year's Eve soon, here's a letter, I want you to take it back to Emperor Peak." Shi Zimiao instructed Shangguan Di.
The little girl was stunned, like Sun Quan, she was obsessed with cultivation every day and completely forgot the time. Solemnly took the letter, although the elders' orders were difficult to disobey, but the little girl still seemed very reluctant, after all, this is not to go to the vicinity to replenish some food, go back to the Emperor Peak, how long does it take to come and go.
"Master, why don't I accompany you to spend Chinese New Year's Eve before leaving?" The little girl pleaded.
"No need, just have your Uncle Sun with me." Shi Zimiao decisively refused, "In addition, you have learned a lot during this time, and it is time to find a place to meditate and consolidate." After returning to the mountain, you are not allowed to come out again for at least one year! Shi Zimiao ordered.
"Huh?" The little girl was dumbfounded, she never imagined that it would be such a result.
"What? Don't you even listen to me? Shi Zimiao's face was straight.
The little girl was frightened, and hurriedly knelt down to salute,
"Disciple obeys!"
After saying that, no matter how reluctant she was, the little girl had to say goodbye to the two people here. When she turned to Sun Quan, the little girl found that Sun Quan's face was also a little bad at this time, and she was a little unclear for a while, so the ancestor didn't drive Uncle Sun away, so Uncle Sun shouldn't be angry because his cultivation was interrupted, right?
Intuition told her that Sun Quan and Shi Zimiao seemed to have something to hide from her, but the little girl didn't dare to ask Shi Zimiao in person, and she couldn't find a separate opportunity to ask Sun Quan about it.
Helpless, the little girl could only put her doubts in her heart for the time being, and after cleaning up, she left directly.
After Shangguan Di left, only Sun Quan and Shi Zimiao were left in the entire central area. Although there seems to be no difference between two people and three people, but without such a cheerful and lively character, the atmosphere between the remaining two people seems to be a little cold.
"How long is it until the moon?" Sun Quan suddenly asked, if it is really a period of thirty years, then according to the clues left by Zuo Ci, the opening of the Temple of the God of War on the Moon and the Sun is the most likely.
Don't look at the ancients' twelve earthly branches are arranged in the order of Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao, which makes people feel that the month of Mao is the fourth month of the year, in fact, when he first came to this era, Sun Quan made this kind of common sense mistake. The ancients counted the month from November of the first year, so that the month of Mao was the second month of the new year. Shi Zimiao said that Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, proving that there is not much time left for Sun Quan!
"Less than fifty days." Shi Zimiao replied, "And there are only two lunar and lunar days this year, counting from today, on the fifty-fifth and sixty-seventh days respectively. ”
After listening to Shi Zimiao's words, Sun Quan was silent, and then, without saying anything, he turned to face the stone statue in the center and began to cultivate.
Shi Zimiao sighed secretly and muttered to herself,
"In the past half a year, although you have entered the realm at a rapid pace, if you want to cultivate the Dao Heart, it is definitely not possible to do it overnight. If you want to hurry, you can't reach it. ”
Shi Zimiao knew that it was useless for her to say anything now, so she could only let Sun Quan fight for the last one.
In this way, Sun Quan continued to cultivate, and Shi Zimiao seemed to be busy. Because Sun Quan had always stayed in the central square, he didn't know what Shi Zimiao was busy with, but he thought he was also preparing for the opening of the Temple of the God of War.
For a long time, there was almost no communication between the two people. Even when it came to the meal, Shi Zimiao didn't deliberately wake up Sun Quan, but every day when Sun Quan was awake, he found that the food had already been prepared next to him. Until one day, the food around him was extra abundant than usual, and Sun Quan knew that the New Year had finally arrived.
In 193 AD, the year of the lunar calendar, the fourth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty,
In the north, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan competed for Qingzhou, and the two sides could not attack each other, and finally, the Han court sent the envoy Zhao Qi to Guandong to make peace for Yuan and Gongsun, so the two armies temporarily stopped fighting a truce. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao's base camp Wei County suddenly mutinied, and together with Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, Yecheng was captured, and Wei County Taishou was beheaded. If it weren't for the fact that Tao Sheng, a traitor in the Montenegrin army, protected the families of Yuan Shao and the officials in the state, Yuan Shao's camp was almost on the verge of collapse.
Since then, Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army has gone from the dark to the light, and as a force, it has joined the competition between the princes. It was hostile to Yuan Shao, so it naturally chose another group alliance against it.
Zhang Yan's handwriting was very large, not only in the north, but also in conjunction with Gongsun Zhan, and copied Yuan Shao's base camp; In the south, the Montenegrin army also united with Yuan Shu, who had just suffered a loss, to attack Cao Cao together. wants to flank Yuan Shao's camp from south to north. Unexpectedly, Liu Biao forced Nanyang and cut off Yuan Shu's grain road, Yuan Shu, a pig teammate, ignored the covenant and hurriedly returned to the army, and was defeated by Cao Cao, who took advantage of the situation. Yuan Shu himself was defeated, and he also pitted his teammates, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, who sent troops with him, finally had to choose to submit to Cao Cao.
In this battle, Yuan Shu lost his base in Nanyang County and could only retreat to the Huaishui Valley. The Sun family, who had completely integrated with Yuan Shu, could not sit idly by and watch Yuan Shu decline, so Sun Quan and Sun Ce's cousin Sun Ben personally led troops to expel Chen Yu, the assassin of Yangzhou, and helped Yuan Shu completely control Huainan. Since then, Yuan Shu has claimed to be the assassin of Yangzhou and the leader of Xuzhou Mu.
For a time, the situation in the world, which had already stabilized, made waves again with the addition of Zhang Yan of Montenegro. The two brothers of the Yuan family, who were originally the most powerful, were defeated respectively, but Cao Cao and other princes quietly grew stronger.
Before you know it, February has arrived. And this extremely ordinary month, in the eyes of Sun Quan and Shi Zimiao, is of great significance.
On the day of the day, when the child is in the hour,
For the first time, Shi Zimiao and Sun Quan neither slept nor cultivated.
Shi Zimiao closed his eyes, silently feeling all the changes in heaven and earth, and Sun Quan also rolled his eyes, looking east and west, trying to find any clues.
Nothing found!
Of course, on a day like today, how could Sun Quan not use yesterday's skills to test before zero o'clock? It's just that if you don't find it, it only means that you haven't found it at this hour, and it doesn't mean that you won't find it all day. When the Temple of the God of War really opens, who knows what time it will be?
In this way, Sun Quan couldn't bear not to use the skill easily, and the two waited until sunrise, but they still didn't find anything.
"Go to Zuo Ci and have a look." Shi Zimiao got up suddenly.
Sun Quan tilted his head,
"Do I need to go along? Or do I continue to stay here and observe? If you find it, take the long howl as the signal? ”
Shi Zi thought about it,
"You come with me."
Sun Quan shrugged his shoulders, knowing that Shi Zimiao still had concerns about him,
"Okay. However, I personally still think that the opening of the Temple of the God of War will inevitably produce violent vibrations, and we should be able to easily detect it from any position in the vicinity. Sun Quan said, "There is no movement, which means that it may not be today at all." ”
"It's too early to tell." Shi Zimiao replied lightly, "If my guess is correct, the entrance to this God of War Temple may need to be opened manually. ”
Sun Quan was stunned, he had never heard Shi Zimiao talk about it,
"What is the basis of your guess?"