Volume 1 There is Snow in the World Chapter 21 The Classic of Mountains and Seas
Early the next morning, Chen Shiyi got up early in the morning, had breakfast in the canteen, packed dozens of steamed buns, and came to the Tieqin and Bronze Sword Tower in a hurry under the strange eyes of the miscellaneous servants and colleagues.
I asked the steward for two large pots of water, and the boy went up the cliff and into the attic.
Now that the young man has experience, he only chooses the room with a villain painted on the door to enter, indicating that it is a collection of body refining exercises in the lower four realms, as for other places with swords, guns, swords, halberds, palms, claws, fists, and even the sun, moon and stars, clouds and flowing water, he basically doesn't look at it.
The most important thing at the moment is to find a cultivation technique that suits you.
However, what makes the teenager entangled is that from yesterday to today, he has flipped through hundreds of classics, but he has never found anything that suits him and makes him excited, and he can't say what is wrong, but he feels that it is a little bit meaningless.
Unconsciously, it was noon, Chen Shiyi took out the steamed bun and put it on the water, hastily cushioned his stomach, and then stood on the corridor, moved his muscles and bones, and raised his eyes to look around.
At this time, an attic in the opposite corner caught the attention of the teenager.
The attic is not large, compared to the other rooms, it is inconspicuous, and the reason why I noticed it is because this attic looks too shabby, there is no mark on the door, and there is a plaque under the eaves with peeling paint.
The boy pushed the door in, and there were cobwebs of spider silk and dust inside, and the smell of decay everywhere seemed to have been no one in for a long time.
Chen Shiyi casually picked up a book on the shelf, shook off the dust on it, and looked through it.
No wonder no one entered this attic, and no one cleaned it, and the original shelves displayed were all fragments of the upper four realms.
In line with the idea that what has come is safe, the young man looked at the past one by one.
Until he picked up a yellowed parchment scroll and unfolded it, his heart suddenly turned upside down.
The scroll is not long, no more than three feet unfolded, and it is covered with small characters with fly's heads, as well as a dozen or so portraits. At the beginning of the text is a painting, in which a person is in an upside-down shape, a circular rune array appears behind him, his feet reach the sun, moon and birds, and the mountains and rivers above his head fish and insects, which seems to be a little weird, but in the eyes of the young man, he actually thinks that it should be taken for granted!
Stroking the scroll, a familiar feeling arose in the young man's heart, as if he had faced the ancient scroll, read hard under the lamp, and practiced hard in the mountains.
In a trance, Chen Shiyi was already in the dark, the heavy rain was pouring between heaven and earth, the killing intent was raging, and the man in red stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the four fields, and the style of starting his hand before the battle was secretly one of the humanoid portraits on the ancient scroll.
The young man stared closely at the figure of the man in red, until the heavens and the earth hung upside down, the jade hand appeared, and the picture in front of him was instantly shattered.
"Hmm!"
Chen Shiyi woke up in severe pain, clutching his chest, and found that he was sitting on the ground leaning on the bookshelf, drenched in cold sweat, the parchment roll fell at his hand, and the surroundings were dim, looking up at the window, it was already night. It's been so long, and I'm actually dreaming?! But to this day, this dream has never appeared in the daytime!
Is it because of the parchment?
The boy picked up the scroll, dusted it off, carefully turned it upside down, and looked at the painting again, only to see that the person in the painting was looking up to the heavens and the earth, and the heavens and the earth were already hanging upside down!
That's it!
Chen Shiyi cherished the scroll and tied the belt, only to find that the back of the sheepskin scroll was still scalded with words, like a pre-Qin seal, but it was very old, and the hot color had long disappeared, only the handwriting still existed.
The young man carefully identified it, and read out the names of the ancient scrolls word by word: Mountain, Sea, Sutra!
When he got out of the attic, Chen Shiyi suddenly looked sad and missed the meal again.
Back in the front hall, the young man took the parchment scroll to find the original copy of the steward's exchange of cheats, and he didn't think about the steward's repetition and looked at the scroll several times, but he didn't find the number of the original book on it.
"Strange...... My lord, where did you find this? ”
"In the attic in the rightmost corner of the fourth floor, oh, there's no sign on the door of that room."
"On the far right of the fourth floor? Is it the Gleaning Pavilion? ”
"yes, it looks like that's the name on the door plaque."
Chen Shiyi was very happy, it seemed that he finally had an eyebrow.
When the steward heard this, he became entangled, thought about it, and planned to make his words clear: "This lord, the classics of the Relic Pavilion are all fragments of broken chapters, even if they are not fragments, they are also biographies of picture books that cannot be cultivated, so the Pavilion has not prepared the originals. If you really choose this, let's register it, and you can just take it. But we have to make it clear, if you figure it out and want to change it, it won't work, this wasted a chance to enter the cabinet, you can't blame the villain. ”
The boy immediately made a decision: "Just choose this!" Don't blame you for being wrong! ”
After completing the formalities, Chen Shiyi, who was in a good mood, opened a small stove again, ordered three dishes and one soup, and twenty steamed buns, which cost five coins more than yesterday.
Taking advantage of the lack of food, the young man deliberately went to fetch water and wash his hands, and then unfolded the scroll and looked at it carefully.
"Young man, what's the matter, I missed another meal today?"
A familiar voice sounded in front of him.
Chen Shiyi looked up and saw that it was the old man in sackcloth who was talking to him last night, who was standing in front of him and looking at him kindly. Hurriedly stood up and said embarrassedly: "It turned out to be an old man...... I missed my meal again while reading a book today. You haven't eaten before, if you don't dislike it, just deal with it here, kid. ”
"Don't dislike, don't dislike."
The old man in sackcloth smiled and sat down happily.
It's just that after the dishes are ready, I can't help but feel bitter.
When the young man saw it, he hurriedly asked, "But this dish is not to the old man's taste?" ”
"When young people are growing their bodies, how can they eat vegetarian food like monks."
Chen Shiyi was happy, and dared to love this old man's love for meat dishes: "I don't know what good food is in this library, does the old man have recommended dishes?" ”
"Well, okay, the little doll is sensible." The old man was overjoyed, praised it, rolled his throat and said: "There is a saying that 'Central Plains chops, delicious and inexpensive', this is also good to eat tiger fish roast, and the lotus seed and poultry egg custard is even more melt-in-your-mouth...... Another bowl of preserved egg and lean porridge, this person is old, and it is not easy to eat steamed buns at night. ”
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After a while, the dishes were ready, and the taste was indeed amazing, and Chen Shiyi almost bit off his tongue when he ate it.
The banquet was even more enjoyable, smiling and smiling.
The old man in linen scooped up the last spoonful of preserved egg and lean porridge and put it in his mouth, savoring the salty and tender, silky and soft glutinous fragrance that followed, and breathed a long sigh of relief with satisfaction, and asked the young man with a smile: "Have you chosen the cultivation method?" ”
"I've chosen."
Chen Shiyi put down his chopsticks, wiped his hands, took out the parchment scroll from his arms, and handed it over.
The old man unfolded the scroll and frowned: "Why did you choose such a thing?" ”
"Do you always think it's wrong?"
"It's not a question of whether it's proper or not, it's useless, it's just a waste."
"Do you also know this 'Classic of Mountains and Seas'?"
"Of course I do. This thing is known not only to the old man, but also to the library pavilion, and to the mountain gate and secular monks in the middle of the world. This thing is a joke! ”
Chen Shiyi was not calm, he believed that the old man had no reason to deceive himself, but the familiar feeling that happened to him, that dream, was it all fake? No way!
I only heard the old man continue: "This thing takes the word 'mountain and sea' in the "Notes on Mountains and Seas", and claims to be a classic in the world, which is called 'The Classic of Mountains and Seas'. ”
"Mountains and Seas Collection Notes?"
"Notes on Mountains and Seas" is a strange book of ancient books of the pre-Qin period, recording various legends of the theocratic era thousands of years ago, with majestic and profound content, difficult and obscure words, and condescending teeth, which is regarded as the oldest geographical and humanistic chronicles. It is said that at first it was Emperor Xia Dayu who ordered people to engrave on the cast nine tripods. Later, when the Ji Zhou Dynasty was in Shang, the Shang prince Xin set himself on fire with the tripod in Lutai, and because he couldn't save it, part of the graphic record on the tripod was destroyed. What is still in the world is a fragment that was excavated from the damaged Jiuding. ”
"Then what does this 'Classic of Mountains and Seas' have to do with the "Notes on Mountains and Seas"?"
"It doesn't matter! This is the crazy words of a storyteller in the former Tang Yonghui period. ”
"Crazy babbling?"
"Hmm. Cultivators, when the aura is in their own meridians, in the body to paint Yin, Guan Yuan, Shenque, Jizhong, Tiantu, Yintang, Parkway and other seven acupoints to open the spiritual wheel, and then the three veins through, and finally three inches outside the body, at the top of the head, where the gods acupoint, open the eyes of heaven. You've heard of that, right? ”
"The kid heard about it."
Chen Shiyi dodged his gaze and muttered to himself: "Not only have I heard of it, but I don't have the Undersea Chakra and the Desire Snatching Chakra in my body...... This doesn't seem to be a congenital fetal breath that can be said in the past......"
"However, in this 'Classic of Mountains and Seas', it is necessary to break the seven wheels in the body, disperse its courage to consolidate itself, and then hide the aura of heaven and earth in the three hundred and sixty-one acupuncture points of the Fourteen Classics, until it is one with heaven and earth, and it becomes a mountain and sea by itself, and lives forever! It's not madness, but what is it? ”
The young man did not give up, and asked, "Since ancient times, has anyone tried to cultivate?" ”
"Yes, there are quite a few, but none of them have achieved it, and those who try to cultivate either give up their cultivation or die. Even six hundred years ago, the first human blood tent corpse in the world who entered the Tao with martial arts and poisoned the world was not cultivated, otherwise, he would not have fought in Shu and died without a place to be buried......
"Entering the Tao with martial arts?! Doesn't it mean that it is almost impossible for a martial artist to enter the Tao and open the eyes of heaven? ”
"Just because it's hard doesn't mean it can't! During the former Tang Yizong period, the blood tent corpse entered the Tao with martial arts, opened the eyes of heaven, advanced to the four realms, and was invincible in the world! You see, such a powerful character has not been trained, and even in order to seek immortality, he practiced this 'Classic of Mountains and Seas', but his cultivation was greatly damaged, until he was attacked by the mountains and gates of the world, and his body died! So this thing is not very useful at all, so after getting it, it is put on the shelf. ”
The ......" young man hesitated for a long time, but after all, he didn't say anything about the dream.
"Have you ever wondered what kind of exercises you are looking for?"
"Thought. The kid wants to find a technique that can speed up recovery and strengthen defense, and it would be better if there was a proper means of counterattack in the end. ”
"Isn't this just a beating? Why do you have such thoughts? ”
"The kid has a special physique, and he recovers much faster than ordinary people, so the kid wants to make good use of it; Moreover, my mother said that in the world, people should love each other, if they are not to punish the evil, they can't take the initiative to beat others. ”
When the old man heard this, his face was suddenly full of spring breeze, and he said warmly: "Good! A virtuous person. If you come back tomorrow, the old man will help you find a book of practice exercises. ”
"However, I have already used up this first opportunity to enter the cabinet to choose a book."
"It's okay, this is given to you by the old man, not from this iron qin and bronze sword building."
After speaking, the old man stood up, didn't say hello, and walked away slowly, as if he was in a good mood, and even sang in his mouth while walking: "...... It's not for the sake of virtue, but for the sake of it...... Therefore, the officials are impermanent, and the people are not cheap, if they are capable, they will be raised, and if they are incompetent, they will be lowered, and they will be justified and personal grievances will be discouraged, and this is also ...... said."
Chen Shiyi put away the ancient scrolls of mountains and seas, and was about to call someone to come over to settle the bill. When I turned my head, I realized that the handyman had already been waiting aside.
"Chenghui, a total of 214 taels of silver, my lord, you are a repeat customer, the shopkeeper said, the five coins of silver will not be collected, you give 214 taels of good. Adult, adult? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. There's still some left, I'll settle the bill with you when I'm done. ”
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The next day, Chen Shiyi got up early in the morning, had breakfast, and rushed from the canteen to the Tieqin and Tongjian Tower with a burden.
When the boy left the cafeteria, he trotted all the way, only pretending not to hear the scolding voice coming from behind him: "What? Fresh meat buns gone? It's only a stick of incense when the door is opened, and it's finished for people to eat? You're fooling, you're going to fill your pockets......"
He also asked the steward of the library for two large pots of water, and the boy continued to wander around the cliff attic.
It wasn't until the evening, after the dining hall bell rang a stick of incense, that the old man in sackcloth was seen dangling out of the apse.
"Why didn't the little doll eat the small stove of the library today?"
"The kid ate early today, and his stomach is not hungry......"
"Hey, stinky boy, you're pretty smart." Instead of getting angry, the old man in Mai stroked his palms and smiled: "Let's ...... with the old man."
Chen Shiyi followed the old man through the hall and came to the apse.
"Well, this is for you."
The old man in Mai took out a book from the box and handed it over, the name of which was: "Non-attacking the true solution".
Chen Shiyi knelt on his knees and raised his hands above his head to receive the gift from the elder.
Seeing this, the old man in Mai nodded secretly, and then sat upright and asked in a fierce voice:
Those who receive this book should remember: the big do not attack the small, the strong do not insult the weak, the many do not steal the widow, the deceit does not deceive the foolish, the noble do not be arrogant and the lowly, the rich do not be arrogant and the poor, and the strong do not take away the old. Thou shalt hold on? ”
"The kid can hold it."
"Those who receive this book should be clear: killing is not enough, and fighting for the surplus cannot be described as wisdom, and attacking without guilt can be described as benevolence; Knowing without fighting, it cannot be said to be loyal; If you can't fight, you can't say it's strong. Do you know? ”
"The boy knows."
"What if you break your oath?"
"When the gods and ghosts are disgusted, the heavens and the earth abandon them, and the body dies!"
The old man in Mai was relieved: "Good, good!" Good boy! Let's practice, if you don't understand, come and ask the old man. ”
Chen Shiyi respectfully kowtowed to the old man, then got up and asked, "The kid still doesn't know what to call the old man, I don't know if he can be called a master?" ”
The old man was like a spring breeze blowing on his face, twisting his beard and showing his face: "The old man is not your master, but he is just fate; When the fate comes, it gathers, and when it ends, it disperses. You can call me, Mr. Mo. ”