Chapter 64: Knowing Gu
Although there are all kinds of Gu recorded in the book, as well as the shape and habits of Gu insects, it is a difficult problem to find that special insect among thousands of insects, and not everyone has that vision. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Just like studying Chinese medicine, many people know a lot of theories of Chinese medicine, but the specific practice, without the guidance of famous teachers, is simply difficult.
It's like if you want to prescribe medicine to a patient, you know how the prescription is, but you first have to learn to identify the herbs, if you can't even tell the difference between ginseng and Polygonum multiflori, then how can you match it? How to boil medicine?
Another example is acupuncture, you know what needles to use, gold needles or silver needles, how long and thick the needles should be, which acupuncture points to pierce, how deep to pierce them, you know all of these, but if you can't find the location of the acupuncture points, then everything is in vain.
The same is true for Gu techniques, if you want to successfully perform Gu techniques, you must first learn to identify insects, recognize insects, and then learn how to catch them, if you don't understand their habits, then it is an ordinary insect, maybe you spend most of your effort, and you can't even see its shadow.
Once you catch a bug, the next step is to refine it into a Gu worm, this step is the key, in this world, although there are many Gu worms, but natural Gu worms are very good, most of the Gu worms are man-made.
Look at the word Gu, as the name suggests, put the worms on the utensils, and then let them fight each other, and the last one left is the Gu worm.
In fact, this is just the simplest understanding, the production of many Gu worms is not so simple, making different Gu worms often requires different methods, and the materials are also different, these methods are very many, some are real, some are fake.
Therefore, without the true inheritance of Gu art, it is almost impossible to become a high-level Gu master.
Just like Gu Dragon, even Wan Qianxi has to admit that Gu Dragon is a very talented Gu Master, but even so, he does not have the true inheritance of Gu Art, so he will not be able to reach the realm of Gu King throughout his life.
And Wan Qianxi, as the descendant of the Gu general, has a true inheritance, and Ling Xian was taught by him, so naturally it can be regarded as a true inheritance, and Gu magic is different from witchcraft, witchcraft is a bit mysterious, as if there is a power in the underworld blessing, it is similar to Taoism, it needs to worship the gods, and then they wizards, or Taoist priests, the talismans they draw, will have the effect of exorcising evil spirits.
Gu art is different, learning Gu art doesn't require you to worship any gods, as long as you have someone to teach and have the courage to practice, then once your Gu art is high, then it is also very powerful.
At this point, witchcraft is similar to Taoism, and Gu magic is similar to medical skills, so why in today's society, many people don't believe in witchcraft and Taoism, thinking that they are feudal superstitions? Instead, do you believe in Gu art and medical skills?
Because in today's network society, a lot of information is public, including the drawing of talismans, the spell of exorcism, these are not wrong in themselves, so why are the talismans drawn by ordinary people not effective? Why can't their spells be cast?
Because they didn't make offerings and didn't get the recognition of their ancestors, they didn't get the blessings in the underworld, and the talismans they drew naturally had no effect.
So why do magic weapons need to be opened, the light is opened because it has been blessed by the power of the underworld, so that it has the effect of warding off evil spirits, and the things that ordinary people mass-produce have no effect at all, just for psychological comfort.
Gu art is different from medical skills, as long as you learn the skills and have practice, then you can also use these skills like real Gu masters and doctors, or to save people, or to harm people, and the general public naturally recognizes this.
It's also interesting to say, Taoism, medicine, witchcraft, and Gu magic, these are all in the same vein, and they are closely implicated in each other, and as a result, Taoism and witchcraft were beaten into the cold palace, and Gu magic and witchcraft were favored instead.
Having said that, after mastering a lot of theoretical knowledge, in the next month, Ling Xian was learning from Wan Qianxi, how to identify insects, how to catch insects, and how to refine Gu insects, these skills are easy to say, but very difficult to do.
Even with Ling Xian's comprehension, if he wants to learn it completely, it will take a lot of time, but fortunately, Wan Qianxi is also a good Gu master, speaking one by one, easy to understand, making Ling Xian's Gu technique progress rapidly.
It took a full month, Ling Xian basically met the requirements of Wan Qianxi and became a real Gu Master, he could recognize most of the insects, and he also knew how to catch them, except for those with relatively high difficulty, the rest of the Gu worm refining was not difficult for him.
As for the more powerful, or rarer Gu worms, Ling Xian couldn't practice them one by one, because he was subject to conditions.
The refining of some Gu worms must be in the summer, because there are only those refining materials in the summer, and now they naturally can't be refined, and there are also insects, they are hidden all year round, and they belong to the kind that is unattainable, if you want to find them, even if you are thousands of joys, there is no way.
A month later, Wan Qianxi found that he didn't seem to have anything to teach, everything that should be taught had been taught, and Ling Xian's practical experience was also available.
In fact, this is not only Ling Xian's high comprehension, but more importantly, there are thousands of joys, and thousands of joys have taught him all the essence of Gu arts, making him bypass many wrongful ways and go directly to the house, which is why he has achieved such an achievement.
Subsequently, Wan Qianxi sorted out his father's manuscripts and materials and moved them to Ling Xian's face, Ling Xian only glanced at them, and felt a little dizzy, these materials were too much, and they were piled up to two meters high, a full three piles.
Not to mention mastering all the knowledge inside, even if you read it, it will take a long time, and what he lacks most now is time!
So in the following days, Ling Xian buried his whole person in the pile of books, except for eating and bathing, he forbade anyone to disturb him, even if he slept, he only slept three hours a day, completely changed his bad habit of sleeping lazy.
It may only be at certain times that people can realize how precious time is, and the more they realize it, the more crazy they will become, wanting to make up for the time wasted in most of their lives by staying up late.
And staying up late itself is actually the most harmful to the body and the most life-saving, which becomes a vicious circle.
In order to keep Ling Xian undisturbed, Wan Qianxi let Ling Xian spend the night in his room while he slept on the sofa, so that Ling Xian would not be disturbed.
In the bedroom, Ling Xian flipped through the pages one by one, although these books looked like they were a certain number of years, they were very well preserved, except for some yellowing and old, basically all the handwriting was clear.