Chapter 12: The Ghost of the Night
In the blink of an eye, another three months have passed, and Sun Xiaokong has mastered the ability to control the clouds.
On this day, Xiaokong was practicing kung fu in the backyard, when a Taoist boy came over and said, "The master has something to do with you, let you go over immediately." β
Xiaokong didn't know what was going on, so he followed Dao Tong into the hall to see the master. Master looked at Xiaokong and said, "Tonight, wait for me at the Guanwai venue." "Xiao Kong knew that the place that Master was talking about was the place where he learned to ride the clouds.
At the end of the day, Sun Xiaokong came to the Guanwai practice ground on time, but he didn't see the master. He thought that Master should have something to do, and he should wait for him here. After some more time, he still didn't see Master. Xiao Fantasy, why not take this time to practice the fists and feet you have learned, so that waiting while practicing can be regarded as a warm-up preparation before meeting the master.
So Xiaokong practiced the various boxing techniques he had learned. Xiao Kong used the corner of his eye to check whether the master had arrived, and found that the master had not arrived, and then he continued to practice the master's original Kunlun boxing method.
This Kunlun boxing method is strong and powerful, the moves are novel, and the more Xiaokong practices, the more energetic he becomes, and the more he practices, the more he devotes himself. However, during the practice, Xiaokong vaguely felt that something seemed to be wrong, but what was wrong? Xiao Kong thought while practicing, and suddenly he knew that something was wrong, as if there was an extra tree on the edge of the field. However, at the same time, he also denied this idea in his heart: How could there be an extra tree for no reason? So he deliberately turned back and observed the two trees in the interval of practice, and those two trees were the two thousand-year-old ginkgo trees in front of the gate. When Sora looked back at the trees, he was taken aback, and it turned out that what he saw were actually three trees.
Sora shook his head and tried to sober himself up. He went up to examine the two trees closely, but when he got closer to look closer, he saw that they were still two trees.
What's going on, is it because I'm looking at it? "It should be that I am dazzled, it is night, my vision is not good, and I am a little dazed at night, and it is inevitable to see my eyes. After he had this idea in his mind, he stopped thinking about it and began to practice again.
After Xiaokong practiced Kunlun boxing, he remembered that he hadn't practiced tiger boxing for a long time, so he concentrated on practicing tiger boxing again. This tiger boxing was the first set of boxing techniques taught by the master when he first came here.
Sora was practicing Tiger Boxing when he felt something was wrong, what was it?he thought. As he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a hut in the place where the trees had been.
He rubbed his eyes, to make sure he wasn't dazzled again. He stepped forward cautiouslyβthis time to be sure, there was a hut. The hut appeared in the same place where he first thought he had seen the dazzling trees.
Sun Xiaokong was so curious, he thought to himself, how could a hut appear for no reason, so he pushed the door with his hand and wanted to find out. But when he pushed the door, the hut was gone. There was another open space in front of me.
At this time, Xiaokong felt that something was abnormal, and he was a little panicked, so he began to call Master.
"Master," "Master," he shouted a few times in anticipation, but before he could hear Master's reply, the moment he turned around, he found a tiger in front of him. I saw that the tiger opened its bloody mouth and was about to pounce on him. He was taken aback and quickly picked up a stone and threw it at the tiger, but before the stone could hit the tiger, the tiger suddenly disappeared.
Sun Xiaokong was startled again, staring blankly at the place where the tiger disappeared and didn't know what to do.
Just when Xiaokong was stunned, he suddenly heard a shout: "Senior brother, don't be afraid, I'll help you." As he spoke, a Taoist boy appeared in front of him as if he had fallen from the sky.
Xiao Kong said blankly, "Why are you?"
Dao Tong said, "I'll help you fight the tiger." He said with a mischievous smile on his face.
Xiaokong hurriedly said to Daotong: "I encountered something very strange just now. So he told Dao Tong what happened just now.
Dao Tong blinked his eyes and looked at Xiaokong fixedly, and asked, "Then are you afraid?"
Sora said, "I'm not afraid, but I'm just feeling strange." I'm worried that something will happen to Master's old man. And he said:
"Master asked me to meet here, but I haven't seen Master for a long time, and I have encountered such a strange thing, I don't know if Master will be okay. β
Dao Tong said, "Have you waited for a long time and haven't you seen Master?"
Sora said, "yes, I'm worried about him." β
Dao Tong said again, "Are you worried that Master has also encountered this situation?"
Sora said, "Yes, I'm worried!"
Dao Tong said, "You really want to see Master now, don't you?"
Sora said, "No, do you know where he went?"
Dao Tong said, "I know where Master is!"
Xiao Kong hurriedly asked, "Where?" β
Dao Tong smiled slyly and said, "You look here." With that, he stomped his foot violently and said, "Change." He turned out to be the face of the master.
Sora was confused. He asked in a daze, "What is the situation, are you a senior brother or a master?"
At this time, the voice of the person who looked like the master also changed, and he laughed and said, "Xiaokong, don't be suspicious, I am the master!"
Xiaokong said in a daze: "Is it really Master, what happened to that senior brother just now?"
Master replied, "I changed that, and I also changed the tigers and trees just now. He laughed again.
Xiao Kong touched the back of his head and said, "Really?!No wonder things were so weird just now!"
Master looked at Koku and nodded affirmatively. From the expression on the master's face, Xiao Kong affirmed that this person was the master, and there was no doubt that this person was the master.
Master then said, "Now do you understand the purpose of my appointment to come out tonight?"
Sora asked suspiciously, "What is it?"
"You're so stupid, you haven't felt it yet!, I'm just teaching you this art of change!" said the master with a smile as he looked at Xiao Kong.
So Xiaokong suddenly realized, and said again and again: "Yes, yes, I'm really stupidγγγγγγ β
Patriarch Kunlun changed his tone and said seriously: "This art of change is the most profound and difficult spell in this universe to learn. If you learn this art of change, you can go to the sky and enter the earth, drill mountains like the sea, and the gods and ghosts are unpredictable. It is precisely because this spell is so powerful that people who are not ordinary people with high morals and deep fortunes cannot learn it. Moreover, there are not many people in this heaven and earth who can use this art of change. Moreover...... The patriarch glanced at Xiaokong, his face was solemn, and then he said:
"And because of the evil and crooked goblins and ghosts before, they learned this method and turned into other people, and went to do that evil thing. So that it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so that the really good people are wronged, and the evil monsters are at large. So now there is a covenant between heaven and earth,-- almost prohibiting the use of this kind of spell. The patriarch paused and said:
"It's also a huge pressure for the teacher to teach you this spell now!"
Sun Xiaokong was resigned, not knowing how to answer.
Patriarch Kunlun continued: "There are as many as ninety-nine eighty-one variations that the master can learn, but in view of the fact that some of the variation techniques are so powerful that it is difficult for the gods of the universe to distinguish, some of the spells will not be taught to you as a teacher, but only the more practical ones are eighty-eight and sixty-four variations. β
"Even so, when you learn these changes, there will be very few people in this world who can help you. β
"However," the patriarch emphasized in an accentuated voice, "Before you learn, you must promise me that you will not use this spell to do that evil thing against the principles of heaven in the future!"
Xiaokong made a promise to the patriarch in an attitude.
The patriarch said, "I believe that my vision will not look at the wrong person, and I believe that the disciples I brought out will not do things that are contrary to heaven." β
Sun Xiaokong was extremely grateful to Master in his heart.
The patriarch said, "Now I will teach you this art of change." β
Xiaokong originally thought that this change technique was as easy to learn as soaring clouds and mist, but in the process of learning, an unexpected situation happened.
"Before you can change everything, you must first have the outline and appearance of this thing in your heart. "The patriarch said:
"Once you have the appearance of this thing, then you say to yourself with your mind: 'I am this thing, I am this thing' and with a spell, and gradually you can become this thing!"
"Of course, you're still a beginner at the beginning, and your process of change may be slower. For example, if you become a teacher, something becomes in the blink of an eye, and it may take you a while to become it. β
"When you're a novice, it's possible that your changes will be distorted. Let's say you were going to be a fox but you turned out to be a dog, or you were going to be a dog and you were missing a tail. All of these things are possible. β
The patriarch said, "When you change, you have to start with the simple, from the simple to the complex, and finally change the complex things." For example, you should start with a simple object that can't speak, such as a tree, a table, or a bench, and then move on to complex objects such as houses, animals, and large scenes. The patriarch went on to say:
"Of all the things that can change, 'human' is the most difficult to change, and this is also the highest rank of the sixty-four changes. --Because people are a complex complex of voices, movements, expressions, and thoughts, if you can't get the heat, the person you conjure up may have no voice or no expression. β
"Change is not arbitrary, there is a principle of change, and that is the 'one-to-one' principle. That is to say, if you were originally a person, then you can only become one thing, whether it is a tree, a table, or a house, and they will all be one when you are transformed, not two trees and two tables. β