Chapter 47: New Abilities at the Third Level
We have been cultivating the Concentric Technique for nearly 5 months, and if we count it in terms of space and time, we have been cultivating for nearly 13 years. The more I practiced, the more I felt that it was a very special exercise.
When we reached the first level of cultivation, we could only feel that our bodies were strong. When we reached the second level, in addition to the changes in our bodies, we were able to communicate with each other.
Now on the third level, we seem to have another ability, which is premonition.
Jiang Zhi's premonition and I are in different directions, Jiang Zhizhi's premonition is a disaster, and Jiang Zhi had a premonition that something bad would happen when he was at home in D City. As a result, there was a burglary by thieves that night. My hunch was good luck.
Before digging the ice cellar, Jiang Zhi and I went to the cellar in the warehouse to observe it. As soon as I entered the cellar, I felt that the wall facing the ladder seemed to be a little different, as if there was something waiting for me to get it. I told Jiang Zhi about this feeling, and Jiang Zhi didn't think it was strange, after all, I even encountered the space, so I decided to follow the feeling.
I was so excited, it was like an adventure in the novel was about to happen.
Jiang Zhi took out the shovel and dug hard at the wall, the digging was not very smooth at the beginning, because the wall of the cellar was very hard, Jiang Zhi had so much strength, he just cut a 10-centimeter-long pit in the wall with a spade. Jiang Zhi kept waving the shovel, and after the hard wall was 15 centimeters, he dug into the wall for about a meter, and the shovel made a "ding" sound when it hit the metal, and we knew that it had been found. Quickly digging through the surrounding soil, I really found a corroded and skinned iron box inside, the size of one meter square. There is also a rusty iron lock on it, which is the style of antiquity.
"It can't be an antique, can it?" I looked at the lock pattern on it and never saw it.
"Possibly, let's go into the space and open it up in the evening." Jiang Zhi watched carefully around the iron box.
I have no objection. It's safer to open it in the space.
Jiang Zhi saw that I didn't ask two hundred and five questions, but he was not used to it, and frequently glanced at me.
What's the matter, can't I be smart again, I glared at Jiang Zhi fiercely. Although I also doubted that there could be a thousand-year-old corpse here.
After we entered the space at night, we took the iron box to the wooden house, and Jiang Zhi used the tools prepared in advance to pry open the lock.
I saw that Jiang Zhi opened the lock so easily, and immediately felt that there was nothing good in the iron box. I watched with trepidation as Jiang Zhi opened the lid. When I looked out, I was glad that it wasn't a strange thing.
Jiang Zhi took out a few small cloth bags from it first, opened it and saw that they were all beans that we had never seen before, and we didn't know what they were for, so we put them aside first.
Underneath the cloth bag is a rectangular wooden box. The box is slender, the color is black, and the box surface is carved with plum blossoms, which is very heavy to start. It feels like it's supposed to be an antiquity.
I've seen similar small boxes on TV on treasure shows, which were used to hold brushes in ancient times. I guess this black box also contains a brush. So I didn't even think about it, I took it and opened the box.
Jiang Zhi saw my movements, and before he could stop them, I had already opened the lid. He squinted at me again.
Did I do it wrong again, I reflected.
"You're not afraid of any hidden weapons in this box."
"You've read too many novels, isn't this just a pencil case, I know." I looked at Jiang Zhi and thought that he also had a time to twitch. But Jiang Zhi's question is quite similar to my thinking, if I hadn't seen such a box on TV, I would really think that it contained something harmful.
"How do you know."
"I've seen it on TV, and the expert said that this kind of little box is very valuable." As I spoke, I took all the brushes out of the box. There are four of them, of different sizes, the largest is as thick as my thumb, and the smallest is as thin as chopsticks.
I didn't see any use for these brushes, so I gently put them back in the wooden box. I think the wooden box looks like an antique, and the brush in it can't be too outdated. It should also be valuable, so I handle it with care.
I ignored Jiang Zhi's speechlessness when he heard my reply next to me, and continued to explore into the iron box.
Below are a few very worn books, some of which are rotten, and it seems that people must have been looking through them a lot. I took out the broken books one by one more carefully, and found a slightly yellowed letter at the bottom of the book.
I wasn't interested in any of this, so I continued to explore. Below are 4 boxy paper packets. I picked one up and weighed it, and it weighed about 4 or 5 pounds.
This time, Jiang Zhi didn't give me a chance to open it, and pulled me to sit on a chair to read the letter.
After unfolding the letter, I found that it was written with a brush, and we didn't know much about it even if it was traditional Chinese characters. After carefully identifying it, he finished reading the letter with a guess.
The letter is mainly about the contents of the iron box. These books are some books for drawing talismans, and they should be Lao Jiatou's family heirlooms, but looking at this meaning, Lao Jiatou should not know that there are these books, and he doesn't know that there are still these family heirlooms in his family's cellar, otherwise he can't let these things see the light of day now. The iron box is full of good things left by Lao Jiatou's ancestors for future generations to learn Taoist talismans.
In the small cloth bag is a kind of seed called Juling grass, although it is grass, but the leaves are as big as cabbage leaves when mature, after the leaves of Juling grass are dried and cut, you can draw symbols on it, the effect is better than that drawn on yellow paper.
The brush in the black wooden box is used to draw symbols, and the tip of the brush is made from animal hair. Use different brushes depending on the function and power of the talisman.
Those books are the Book of Runes. I have a whole row of books on drawing talismans in my cabin, and I'm not too interested. I instinctively flipped through these broken books, and I found their differences, they and the talismans in the space are two aspects, or two levels.
It should be said that the talisman books in the space are suitable for the cultivation environment, and they are all drawn with some offensive talismans, such as breath talismans, flame talismans, earth thorn talismans, and so on. However, these broken books are some relatively low-level, but they are suitable for the talismans used now, such as warning talismans, great strength talismans, light talismans, body talismans, communication talismans, and so on.
The symbols taught in these books refer to the symbols that should be written on yellow paper, or on the grass of the spirit gathering, the strokes are bent, the words are not words, and the paintings are not paintings. It is a kind of Taoist symbol, which is very widely used, and is used to heal people; or Danshu talisman on paper, dissolved in water after burning, and let the patient drink it; Or seal the talisman and let the sick wear it. It is used to exorcise ghosts and evil spirits: wear it on its body, or stick it on the door of the dormitory, etc.
There are a few symbols I want to learn that will be useful in the last days. For example, when it snows heavily, I can use a strong body charm to prevent the house from collapsing due to heavy snowfall. When the mobile phone is not good, you can use the messenger to contact your family; When someone finds fault, you can use the Great Power Charm to defeat the enemy with strength.
So after reading their introductions, I decided that I wanted to learn this spell. I need the same ability to protect myself now. I used to always think that with Jiang Zhi here, I wouldn't have to worry about anything. But after the burglary, I was thinking that if I had the ability to help Jiang Zhi at that time, Hanhan would not be threatened, although in the end Hanhan solved the enemy by himself, but Jiang Zhi and I were blaming ourselves, Jiang Zhi was desperately practicing martial arts in addition to practicing in the space these days.
I know that in the last days, for the good of my family and for my own good, I should learn to protect myself.
The paper bags at the bottom of the box are filled with high-grade cinnabar for drawing talismans.
Since then, I have been learning to draw symbols.