Volume 5: The First Song One Hundred and Sixty-One: Chess Friends Forget the New Year

Before stepping into Mr. Zhuang's hut, Qian Chao stood at the door and looked inside, at this time he completely let go of his blue eye technique, the whites of his eyes and pupils were gone, and both eyes were full of blue light.

There were two people staring at Qian Chao, one was the old shopkeeper standing at the back door of the tea shop, he was frowning at this time, looking worried about Qian Chao on his face, and looking at the look in his eyes that he hoped that Qian Chao could walk in smoothly. The other is Mr. Zhuang in the hut, Mr. Zhuang at this time is also a little different, although he is still very leisurely standing in the room, but Mr. Zhuang looked at Qian Chao's eyes and did not know when it began to show a jade white color, shining, regardless of the color, it is very similar to Qian Chao's blue eyes!

Qian Chao didn't care about anything else, and all his mind was completely on the formation in front of him.

Runes, compared to Qian Chao's age and cultivation, his current knowledge can be regarded as quite rich, but at a glance, the runes that are shining in the formation in front of him are all very unfamiliar, and there are a few who seem to be familiar, and he is not sure what kind of rune it is.

Qian Chao has known since the first glimpse of the way of rune learning that with different eras, the writing of the same rune is different, and even if it is in different places of the same world, the same rune will be written differently, not to mention that many rune masters in the world will deliberately leave only their own original runes when writing runes in order to hide treasures or in order to prevent others from stealing themselves, even if they are looked at, they don't know what kind of rune he left behind, so as to play a role in secrecy.

What he saw in front of him, except for a few runes that he was vaguely familiar with, the rest were as mysterious and obscure as the Book of Heaven.

Mr. Zhuang seemed to have guessed Qian Chao's current difficulties, so he said:

"All changes are inseparable, you should also understand a few points of the Dao ideal of rune evolution, it is nothing more than adding a few useless strokes or subtracting a few useless strokes, bluffing, there should always be one or two that you can recognize, and I don't hide it from you, I use the most basic five-element runes in this formation, as long as you recognize one or two, according to reason, you can naturally enter in order."

Hearing this, Qian Chao realized that the incomparably complex runes in front of him were only the most basic "gold, wood, water, fire, and earth" five, but he didn't expect that five runes could have so many ways to write, he looked at the runes in this room, barely a few déjà vu, and then he understood that there were countless variations of runes in the world, and he admired Mr. Zhuang's profound knowledge.

Although he got Mr. Zhuang's few reminders, Qian Chao looked at the formation in front of him, but he felt more like a strange and dangerous wild place, there was only less than two zhang between him and Mr. Zhuang, but these two zhang are like thousands of rivers and mountains, during which the mountains are dangerous, thorns and bumps, the water is turbid, and the clouds are bleak.

In Qian Chao's heart, he carefully identified the few familiar runes, selected the most certain one among them, and then used that rune as the iron anchor that he could fix in the long river, and with this one carefully pushed, and then extended to several other familiar runes, so that like a faint candle breaking through the boundless darkness, he wanted to understand all the runes, but ...... I can't let Mr. Zhuang wait longer, I'm afraid that Mr. Zhuang will feel bored after a long time, and even directly withdraw this full room of formations, then his challenge will be regarded as a failure.

Qian Chao calculated quickly in his heart, he wanted to find a way from the door to Mr. Zhuang, just two feet, but in Qian Chao's calculation, he was like climbing a cliff and wading through torrents, and he could only do it step by step.

In the end, Qian Chao raised his legs and walked into the house under Mr. Zhuang's jade-white gaze.

One step out, trembling......

Two steps out, dangerous mountains and cliffs, the wind passing through the body light......

Three steps out, the old vine wraps around the waist, there is an ape crying on the top, and a tiger roaring below......

Four steps out, the spring ice bursts, the winter cold is biting, the mud sinks into the sand, and you are willing to suffer......

In the meantime, Mr. Zhuang watched Qian Chao raise his legs and settle down with a smile on his face, and then thought about it, and then repeated it, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger......

Far away from danger and obstacle, the road is not high.

The grass withered and the wildfire arrived, and the forest burned beasts fled.

It can be used as a boat, and the bridge can be obtained by wood.

Get three thousand miles, look back at the turbid water.

The water flows and the river does not move, and you sit and watch the stars and Han go around.

Suddenly aware, looking back and smiling.

Two zhang away, Qian Chao came almost half an hour, his spirit is highly concentrated, in this half an hour of concentration, between heaven and earth is quiet, there is no hut, there is no Mr. Zhuang, only this eye-full formation, he walked two steps back and one step back, one step sideways and two steps, between the door and Mr. Zhuang, sometimes frowning and sometimes showing his face, sometimes flirting like wading in the water, sometimes hiding his face to avoid the fire, advancing and retreating, one step and a few shakes, and finally woke up and turned around, in front of Mr. Zhuang's jade white gaze……

The two looked at each other and laughed together!

……

Qian Chao gave a deep salute:

"Thank you, sir!"

"Hahahaha, good, good! Qian Xiaoyou is really good! ”

Mr. Zhuang flicked the sleeves of his robe in laughter, and the formation that filled the room disappeared, and the door was closed at the same time.

The old shopkeeper of the tea shop stood at the back door, watching Qian Chao walk in one by one, and then heard Mr. Zhuang's hearty and happy laughter, and then saw that the door finally closed, his face showed an excited look, and his body trembled slightly, and then a smile bloomed, as if every wrinkle was stretched, and when he turned back to the counter, his figure seemed relaxed.

The blue light in Qian Chao's eyes and the jade white light in Mr. Zhuang's eyes slowly faded, and the two of them still looked at each other at this time, not caring about it, and even laughing at it.

The two of them have almost the same idea in their hearts, that is: I know you know, I know you know, I know, I know, but you don't have to say it, everything is just as it is.

This is the tacit understanding between the two!

……

Mr. Zhuang's room is not large, and the furnishings are extremely simple.

Four white walls, hanging a lot of calligraphy and paintings, the most inside of the house is a bamboo couch, there are a small table and tea case by the window, there is a row of shelves against the wall, there are only a few thin books placed on it, the door is a bookcase, there is a white porcelain jar next to the calligraphy and painting, behind the desk and chair, there is a carved large wooden box that is only slightly lower than the bookcase.

What makes Qian Chao interested is the calligraphy and painting hanging on the white wall in this room, at a glance it is known that it should be from Mr. Zhuang's handwriting, Mr. Zhuang's words appear round and heavy, at first glance it seems clumsy, but the fine taste feels that his words are hidden inside and clumsy outside, and there is a strong and introverted charm. What makes Qian Chao most eye-catching is a landscape hanging next to the bookcase, the strange peaks in the painting are prominent, straight into the clouds, the mountain shape is beautiful and dangerous, the corners of the heavy eaves hall are warped out of the leaf tips in the forest under the mountain, and the top of the tower is faintly visible, the arch of the bridge, the murmuring of the fine water reflects the white wall vermilion tile, although the pen and ink are not much, but it makes people clear that there is a big manor under the strange mountain.

Qian Chao had the experience of the previous three paintings, "Cold Fishing Picture", "Blossoming Flowers" and "General Rushing Formation Picture", so after seeing this painting, he immediately thought that there was some wonderful mystery hidden in this painting, and he couldn't help but stare at it.

Seeing Qian Chao looking at the painting intently, Mr. Zhuang smiled and said:

"Hehe, don't look for it, this painting is just a painting, it's different from what you saw in the store before, well, what is painted on it is also a hometown of the old man, but now I can't think of it, I can only draw it on paper to talk about comfort."

After hearing this, Qian Chao understood, and couldn't help but look at Mr. Zhuang again, and Mr. Zhuang showed a trace of sadness in his eyes when he looked at the painting, this was the first time Qian Chao saw Mr. Zhuang's emotions, so he was quite impressed.

The trace of sadness in Mr. Zhuang's eyes soon disappeared, he took something from his waist and handed it to Qian Chao, saying:

"Take this, you don't have to wear it, well, you come back in the future, if I'm not here, you can open the door of this house with this thing, and you can take one of the things in the house every time, but, hehe, whether you can come here depends on your own means, today's formation is too simple, and I will definitely change to the usual formation in the future, hehe......"

In the hands of Qian Chao is a piece of jade pendant, warm and moist, the whole body of mutton fat jade white color, up and down with knife work carved into a cloud pattern, in the middle of only a simple "Zhuang" word.

At this time, Qian Chao's chest jumped more than once, and he understood that he had officially become Mr. Zhuang's disciple, and this jade pendant was the evidence!

The chest was agitated, the qi and blood were surging, and there was a similar feeling of money tide, that was when he was refining the second layer of qi cultivation, on the day he officially became a disciple of the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall, when he stepped into the inner hall, he was also in such a mood, but at this time, compared to that time, it was even more difficult to attach the excitement, he was determined to cultivate the study of runes, from the first glimpse of the door to now, there is finally a pedantic and eclectic elder who is willing to accept him!

When the corners of his eyes were moist, Qian Chao wanted to bow down, but when he wanted to bow, his body was held by Mr. Zhuang's hand.

"You and I don't have to be bound by those vulgar etiquette, your identity does not allow you to apprentice outside, and my origin can not be said to you now, in the future, maybe you can know, but not now, because of some things, I can't say to the outside world that you are my disciple, let's still get along with chess friends for the best time!"

Qian Chao naturally understands this, this Mr. Zhuang is definitely not a Five Spirit Cultivator, and as a disciple of the Five Spirits, he can't invest in a teacher outside, and listening to what Mr. Zhuang said, he also has some concerns, it's not bad to intersect with chess friends, in short, as long as you can practice advanced rune learning from here, the most important thing is to practice advanced rune learning from here.

Thinking of this, Qian Chao thought of what Mr. Zhuang had just said, and couldn't help but look at the few thin books on the shelves in the room, and when he was wondering why there were so few, Mr. Zhuang saw through his mind, smiled, walked over and patted the carved wooden box behind the bookcase and said:

"All the good things are here, but it's still the same sentence, whether I'm here or not in the future, as long as you can walk through the door once, you can pick one of them, and see when you can open this box after today......

Then Mr. Zhuang beckoned Qian Chao to sit across from him.

"Let's continue with the incident in the yard just now, I'm interested in what you said, but you're thinking too simply......"