Chapter 81: Encounter with the Old Man
The little servant's finger landed on Shen Li, who was looking at the words inside, and then the old man's gaze also looked at it and fell on this person.
As if sensing the gaze of the two, Shen Li frowned slightly and slowly turned around, but when his gaze fell on the old man, he couldn't help but be stunned.
And when he saw Shen Li's appearance, the old man was also stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "It's really a coincidence." ”
It turned out that this old man Shen Li knew him, and he actually appeared at the Jiang Yuancheng martial arts competition and praised himself The old man from Taibai Academy, because of his identity, Shen Li was still quite impressed.
"I've seen the old gentleman, but I didn't expect to meet here. Shen Li stepped forward and bowed and said, he also knew that this person's status was noble, so he naturally had to be polite.
"Hehe, I was also unexpected, I didn't expect you to come to this Taibai City. The old man smiled, and then looked at Shen Li seriously, and said with approval: "I have always thought that your martial arts talent is extraordinary, but when I see it today, I can't imagine that the writing kung fu is so amazing, and the civil and military shuangquan that people say is probably nothing more than that, right?"
"Why did the old gentleman say this?" Shen Li was stunned and asked.
"You wrote this word," the old man asked, pointing to the poem on the wall.
"It was written by a junior. Shen Lidao.
"Maybe it's a bit hypocritical to say this, but the old man has read countless words in his life, and rarely praises them, but I have to say that your words are amazing. The old man said, with deep approval in his tone.
"Uh, the old gentleman thinks too highly of the juniors, right? I know my own level, and I can only get my hands on it, not to mention the rest, in this small shop alone, there are many people whose level is far higher than that of the juniors. Shen Li smiled and said honestly.
"Hehe, you are looking at it according to the eyes of the world, but by my standards, the calligraphy and paintings in this store are just the graffiti of ordinary people, but you are really the god of this word, into the wood. The old man glanced at Shen Li deeply and said.
Shen Lihu looked at the old man suspiciously, and it took a long time to make sure that he was serious, not joking. This Shen Li's expression became complicated, it is said that in terms of the old man's noble status, he should not question the old man's judgment, but he knows his own level best, and it is almost the same to take it out to deceive the young man, but if it is brought to the front of the real calligrapher, it is too far away.
For Shen Li's suspicious gaze, the old man ignored it, just turned his head and looked straight at the poem, and while approving, he suddenly showed a trace of regret, and ended with a point: "Hey, it's a pity"
"What is a pity?" Shen Li really couldn't figure out what the old man was thinking now, and asked.
"Hehe, nothing, nothing. The old man just shook his head and smiled, but did not answer.
Now Shen Li was even more depressed, and secretly slandered this old man, which was really a bit of a god's chatter.
"It's a pity that you can't have both fish and bear's paws, another good seedling!" the old man sighed, and when he saw Shen Li looking at him with a resentful face, he smiled slightly and said, "I'm old, just feel some emotion." ”
Shen Li could only barely squeeze out a smile, but in his heart, he was thinking about what the good seedlings in the old man's mouth meant, could it be a good seedling to write?
As if seeing through Shen Xuan's entanglement, the old man suddenly smiled and said, "Such a chance encounter can be regarded as fate, why don't you ask you to have a cup of tea?"
"Huh?" Shen Li was stunned, and looked at the old man incredulously, the distinguished person of Taibai Academy invited himself to drink tea?
"Don't want to?" asked the old man with a smile.
"Don't dare, it's all up to you, sir. Shen Li hurriedly said, anyway, he has nothing to do, the old man has a noble status and is well-informed, and it is good to be able to talk to such an elder.
"Alright, let's go. The old man smiled, turned around and walked out, while Shen Li hurriedly strode up.
The two sat down in a quiet little teahouse, ordered a good pot of tea, poured two cups, and chatted.
After a long time, Shen Li became more and more suspicious, because the old man seemed to appreciate him very much, but Shen Li really couldn't find any reason. If you want to say that you have a good talent in martial arts, it is impossible, you must know that the old man may be a big man in Taibai Academy, Taibai Academy is the highest institution of learning in Taibai Academy, what genius is not there? The old man does not know how many geniuses he has seen in his life, and he will definitely not think highly of himself because of this.
But apart from these, Shen Li really couldn't think of any reason. It's ridiculous to say that one's handwriting is only of the upper middle level, even if one's handwriting is really as amazing as the old man said, what use can it be? In this world, the status of literati is not high.
"You seem to be weird. The old man seemed to see through Shen Wei's thoughts, and suddenly said.
"Yes, I really want to know" As soon as the old man asked, Shen Li was like being amnestied, and he couldn't wait to throw out all the questions in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, he found that there were too many, and he didn't know what to say.
"You want to know why I like your words?" the old man asked with a smile.
"Yes, yes, yes. Shen Li nodded fiercely, like a chicken pecking rice.
The old man picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "I have already said just now that my standard of reading words is not different from that of the world, and as for why it is different, it may be because of my profession. ”
"Occupation, what kind of occupation are you?" Shen Li was stunned and asked.
"Guess what. The old man smiled mysteriously.
"How can you guess this?" Shen Li couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Seeing Shen Li's helpless appearance, the old man couldn't help but smile, and then took a deep look at him, his palm suddenly poked out, his index finger stretched out, and gently landed on the table.
Seeing the old man's movements, Shen Li was stunned, he didn't know why, but he didn't speak, and wanted to continue to look down.
I don't know why, at the moment when the old man dropped his fingers, Shen Li suddenly felt that the old man had some more indescribable temperament, and it became more and more intense, and later, it seemed to have become a mysterious force.
The old man's fingers suddenly moved, and he swiped on the table, and with the stroke of his fingers, gray marks appeared on the table out of thin air, and on the gray marks, a faint light and shadow flickered, which was very surprising.
"This is"
Shen Li's expression gradually became solemn, looking at the few dragon flying phoenix dances on the table, which seemed to be gray marks drawn by hand, I don't know why, I suddenly felt a little familiar.
But after a while, the old man suddenly stopped pointing, only to see that on the table, a strange symbol composed of five curved lines appeared, and he couldn't see what it was, not like a word, not like a pattern, disorganized, very difficult to understand.
Shen Li was strange and was about to ask a question, but suddenly, the symbol suddenly moved, and he saw the table shake suddenly, without a trace of warning, and when Shen Li came back to his senses, the symbols on the table had dispersed, leaving only points of light floating in the air.
"What kind of power is that?" The moment the symbol dissipated just now, Shen Li suddenly felt a mysterious power, although it was not very strong, but it was the same as the power in the martial artist's body.
Being able to carve lines to form symbols and make them bloom with mysterious power, Shen Li seemed to think of something, but he couldn't think of anything.
I don't know how long it took, a name suddenly flashed in his mind like lightning, Shen Li Huo Ran turned his head, his eyes were shocked, and he pointed at the old man and exclaimed, "You are a talisman master?"