Chapter 24: Elementary Magic
On this day, the sun was shining, the grass was growing and the warbler was flying, and it was a rare sunny day in the mountains in recent times. Zheng Pei followed Granny Ye through www.biquge.info the old forest in the afternoon and came to a stream in the mountains. Now the beautiful scenery of the mountains and forests could no longer arouse his interest, his heavenly eyes had been completely closed, and an inexplicable force was faintly beating under the skin of his eyebrows. Zheng Pei knew that a colorful world was about to appear in front of his eyes.
Granny Ye stood by the stream. The crystal clear mountain spring water flowed slowly through the smooth and round pebbles behind her, and the sound of joy murmured. Granny Ye is like an old fairy in this picturesque beauty at this time. She looked at Zheng Pei with a smile, as if Zheng Pei had become her proud disciple, and asked, "Child, are you ready?" ”
Zheng Pei nodded solemnly, Granny Ye was already his master, and he couldn't wait to appreciate the style of the Yunba Sect now.
Seeing Zheng Pei so positive, Granny Ye was also very happy. She smiled and nodded, appreciating her apprentice's studiousness. Immediately afterwards, she spread her arms left and right, and explained to Zheng Pei while awakening Xiu Wei: "The magic of the Yunba Sect is long in words and mantras. Speech is divided into two categories: help and control. Ba Niang taught you to attach scales and swim wind is help, and the wooden bird she taught you to control is control. Speech is a technique that uses the surrounding yin qi, and the heavier the yin qi, the better the effect of the magic technique. The advantage is that it is simple to cast, and the effect is continuous and stable, but the disadvantage is that it is greatly affected by the place and time, and the personal cultivation is insufficient. ”
Zheng Pei's mind immediately came up with his experience when he was with Ba Niang, and with Granny Ye's explanation, he instantly understood the concept of speech and art.
Seeing that Zheng Pei's understanding was relatively smooth, Granny Ye nodded with a smile and continued: "Spells are divided into two categories: spirit and envoy. The spirit is the magic of using spiritual faith as a guide, and the magic is the method of manipulating the matter in nature. These two types of spells require cultivation and proficiency in the use of one's own cultivation, and the higher one's cultivation, the more difficult and effective the spells that can be cast. The advantage of spells is that they directly control or damage the enemy, but the disadvantage is that if your cultivation is not enough to offset the damage caused by casting, then the caster himself will not only be unable to control the spell very stably, but it is also very likely that he will die first. ”
This time, Zheng Pei had no concept at all, even if he searched every detail in his memory, he didn't seem to be able to find a magic technique that matched Granny Ye's statement.
Seeing Zheng Pei's confused look, Granny Ye was not in a hurry. She still smiled and said, "Child, it doesn't matter if you can't understand spells, after all, your knowledge of Yunba Sect magic comes from Ba Niang." And she herself is not skilled in spells. Granny Ye looked at the air, waved her hand and threw out a ray of fire, and before Zheng Pei could see what was happening, a burned and dying bird had already fallen into the stream.
"The fire breath just now is the messenger." Granny Ye raised her palm and hooked it back slightly, and the stream gently pushed the injured bird to the shore like a palm. Granny Ye gently pinched the bird and put it in the palm of her hand, plucked a feather from its charred wings, looked back at Zheng Pei, and said, "This one now is the spirit." With that, he clenched his feathers tightly, and the little bird lying in the palm of his other hand was crushed into a ball like a feather, killing him instantly!
Unlike the proud Granny Ye, Zheng Pei watched the little bird's blood drip down Granny Ye's palm, dyeing the wet pebbles bright red, and he felt a deep fear and disgust for the spell from his heart.
"Mother-in-law," Zheng Pei asked with a frown, "All spells are like this?" Is this the magic that deals damage? ”
Granny Ye lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then nodded.
"Then ......" Zheng Pei didn't dare to ask too directly, and stammered and asked, "Is that spell definitely going to be learned?" ”
Granny Ye shook her head helplessly, and said with a smile: "You kid is kind-hearted, can't you see these deadly methods?" With that, he threw the dead bird into the stream, shook his hand, and instantly there was a piercing blood mark on the white ground.
"I ......" Zheng Pei reluctantly said his thoughts: "Mother-in-law, I don't want to hurt anyone. I just want to learn some useful techniques to help others solve their problems and get along with everyone. ”
Granny Ye didn't immediately blame Zheng Pei, she didn't even have a disappointed look. Granny Ye seemed to say in a tone of pity: "Child, there are many things in this world that you haven't seen yet, and you won't understand. Respect is based on fear, and when you don't have the ability to overcome others, they won't be friends with you. Only when you are strong enough, when you can dominate the lives of others, can you choose whether to be a benevolent or a tyrant. Otherwise, you can only get acquainted with a group of weak people who are just as useless as you in desperation, and tragically continue your cheap life by others. ”
Granny Ye's words sound very reasonable, and with Zheng Pei's current life experience, it is naturally impossible to refute it. But he still insisted on his opinion, even if he lowered his head and was stubborn, he refused to nod in agreement.
Granny Ye doesn't blame him, in her eyes, Zheng Pei is just a child who has not been deeply involved in the world, although some truths are cruel, but after he suffers in the process of growing up, he will naturally agree.
The teaching of magic was terminated. Granny Ye took Zheng Pei up the mountain to collect herbs, teaching him how to identify herbs and how to exercise and regulate the chaotic cultivation in his body. The old and the young did not return to the hut until dusk, as if they were just ordinary people's grandparents and grandchildren, and began to wash and peel the pheasants they caught along the way, and wash rice to make porridge. At this time, Zheng Pei looked at the firelight reflecting Granny Ye's kind face, and thought that if it was the first time they met, he would never have thought that this thin old woman would be the leader of the Yunba Sect who could kill people in an instant. He understood Granny Ye's kindness to him, but because he had seen Granny Ye's cruel methods during the day and imagined the experiences she might have had in the past, Zheng Pei couldn't help but have a sense of avoidance and fear in his heart for Granny Ye's kindness. And Granny Ye didn't seem to notice the unnaturalness of Zheng Pei's expression, but kept filling his bowl with porridge and meat.
"Mother-in-law, I want to go back to school tonight." After eating, Zheng Pei said while packing his backpack.
"Well, go ahead. Bring the book that the sect leader gave you, and practice the magic according to the method. Granny Ye did not show any objection to Zheng Pei's departure, but was like a grandmother preparing a parade bag for her grandson, telling him to review his homework while stuffing a few strips of bacon into Zheng Pei's backpack.
Zheng Pei put the backpack on his back, smelled the smell of bacon, and felt warm in his heart. He summoned the fat-butted eagle, turned back to Granny Ye and said, "Mother-in-law, I will study the magic well, don't worry." You have to take care of your health, I'll take care of the school side and I'll be back when the holidays are over. ”
Watching Zheng Pei ride the figure of a fat-butted eagle across the starry sky, Granny Ye's kind smile gradually disappeared into the darkness. Zheng Pei's kindness exceeded her expectations, when Zheng Peihan stood in front of her with a smile, Granny Ye would even see Ba Niang's figure in a trance. Granny Ye walked back to the room with a dilapidated roof in the hut, and her rough palm gently stroked the spotless furniture in the room, and sighed helplessly.
It seems that Zheng Pei's way of cultivating this child may have to find another way.