Chapter 7: A First Glimpse of the Formation
Long Ding thought about it for a moment at this time, and turned his smile at Rumei: "Senior sister, in fact, it is true that Xiao Ling can't practice martial arts, and my master also diagnosed it that day." He shouldn't be able to steal martial arts. However, he watched this willow girl practice swords for more than a month, and it was hard to say that he hadn't memorized some moves or anything. Why don't you leave him at my disposal?"
Rumei knew that this dragon had a lot of thoughts, but she didn't want to do more: "Oh, then what are you going to do?"
This dragon Ding stepped forward and whispered to Rumei: "You see that the person who manages the library pavilion, it is better to leave it to this person." ”
Rumei was shocked when she heard this: "Then how can I do it, the library pavilion is an important place for me, how can I let an outsider enter at will." ”
Long Ding still had a smiling face: "This Xiao Ling, a person who can't practice martial arts, what are you afraid of, not to mention that his cousin is still our Danxia disciple." In fact, to be honest, I am interested in this hidden dantian. You just have to meet my little request, and besides, you don't have anyone here to help me. This ready-made person, don't be a pity. ”
Long Ding's coming to discuss the dignitaries this time really made Rumei a little embarrassed, after all, most of the work of the Library Pavilion was sorting out and busy registering the trivial matters of each disciple to read and borrow books. It's not a big thing, but it affects the cultivation of martial arts. The martial arts of the Danxia Sect focused on diligent cultivation and hard practice, and Rumei didn't want her disciples to do these trivial things and affect their cultivation. At this time, Wen Yan already felt feasible in his heart: "I can, but you still have to ask your master for instructions on this matter." ”
Long Ding smiled: "It's all easy to say, it's good that senior sister can agree." Then that's what I'll do. ”
Long Ding didn't wait for Rumei to answer, and said to Xiao Ling, "We are already sure that you are not stealing martial arts, but you have committed a taboo by watching my disciples practice martial arts, and we have decided to punish you for volunteering in our library pavilion." ”
Before Xiao Ling could answer, Rumei had already faced Liu Yixu: "Yixu, you broke the door rules this time, fortunately, you didn't make a big mistake." You are not allowed to step out of the Chaoyang Gate for half a step in March, and you will think about it for an hour every day. Yuan Yuan, you are responsible for supervising every day. ”
Liu Yixu didn't dare to say much, looking at Xiao Ling with her eyes, a little reluctant. But under Rumei's sharp eyes, she bowed her head and replied: "Yes, the disciple knows his mistake and obeys the master's teachings." ”
When Xiao Ling heard this, he looked at Liu Yixu's eyes, and his heart was sour, thinking that there was no chance to see Yixu again. I didn't feel uncomfortable in my heart. At this time, Long Ding saw it in his eyes and knew it in his heart. leaned towards Xiao Ling and said, "Stinky boy, my heart is not small. If you work hard in my library, you won't be out of luck. ”
When Xiao Ling heard this, he thought in his heart, if he wanted to stay in the Library Pavilion, wouldn't he still be in the Danxia Sect, and there would still be many opportunities to meet Yi Xu in the future. Thinking about it like this, my heart has a good impression of this dragon. At the moment, he said to Long Ding: "Thank you seniors, the kid knows his mistakes, he must work hard in the library and reflect on his mistakes." ”
At that moment, Long Ding left with Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling looked at Liu Yixu reluctantly. Liu Yixu lowered her head and didn't dare to make any more movements under Rumei's gaze.
On the same day, Xiao Ling took Long Ding to the Inquiry House. Xiao Ling explained to Lu Tianwu that he was going to the Danxia Sect Library Pavilion. Lu Tianwu was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked Xiao Ling to work hard there, and asked not to forget his studies. The two of them said goodbye to Xiao Ling's parents again, and they gave another instruction. The two of them walked towards the Danxia faction.
The Danxia School Library Pavilion is located in the middle of Zhanglao Peak and Yangyuan Mountain. The library covers an area of three acres, a three-story building stands against the mountain, and a row of ancient trees in front of the building, with dense branches and leaves, hides the building under the mountain. A closer look reveals the building. Outside the building were a few stone piles and planted pine trees, but there was a lot of fog in between. It's a large maze array.
There was a row of thatched huts next to the Library Pavilion, and Xiao Ling was arranged to live in one of them. Before Xiao Ling, there were a total of 3 people, including Lian Longding, two of whom were disabled, one deaf and one mute. Both of them were brought back by Long Ding when he was traveling, they were helpless, Long Ding felt pitiful and arranged them to the library and let them be responsible for the health of the library.
The deaf man's surname is Wu, and Longding calls him Wu deaf on weekdays. The dumb man didn't know his name, and Long Ding didn't care much, and called him "dumb, dumb" on weekdays.
There are a total of seven thatched huts, and one room for each of the four people after Xiao Ling came. One of the other three rooms is a house dedicated to Longding's weekday practice, which is full of all kinds of things that Longding has collected.
The other room is the kitchen, and every few days on weekdays, Danxia sends disciples to bring rice and vegetables. Wu Deaf has good cooking skills, and the diet of several people every day is also handed over to Wu Deaf. There was one house left empty.
After Long Ding took Xiao Ling to see Wu Deaf and Dumb, he took Xiao Ling to the Library Pavilion. The library is divided into three floors, and the first floor is for some ordinary study books and books recorded in the history of the Danxia faction and some basic martial arts formation knowledge, for the Danxia faction personnel to borrow. The second floor has a collection of various classics of the Danxia School. Normally, only four or five generations of disciples are allowed to enter. The third floor is very mysterious, and there is a hall in the corridor between the second and third floors. It's very deep. The passage was locked by an iron door, with two large locks. The keys were respectively in charge of Danxia and Yangyuanmen.
Although Long Ding was sent to manage the Library, he never entered the third floor. Xiao Ling's main job is to manage this first layer of the collection. On weekdays, Danxia disciples borrow books and make records.
Since Xiao Ling's arrival, Long Ding has devoted himself to his own research. He often stayed in his practice room for a whole day, or went out to test the formation for three or four days.
Xiao Ling was fine alone, so he made an all-round change to the books in the Library Pavilion. Categorize them all and keep a good record. There are often Danxia disciples who come to look for books, as long as they tell Xiao Ling what type or title of the book, Xiao Ling can find the book in less than a quarter of an hour.
Long Ding also came to inspect Xiao Ling's work at the beginning. Seeing this situation, Long Ding was very satisfied, and rarely came to the library after that.
After Xiao Ling came to the library pavilion, he looked forward to Liu Yixu coming to borrow books every day. Sometimes I really want Lu Ping to come over and see himself. But Yi Xu was confined, Lu Ping was still in the test period, and he was not an official disciple of Danxia, so he couldn't come to the library to read.
Xiao Ling was bored, so he thought about going out for a walk to try his luck. But every time I got to the maze formation, I couldn't find my way. Xiao Ling tried to throw the stone into the maze array, often attracting flying sand and stones. Frightened, Xiao Ling had to return to the library pavilion. Xiao Ling was bored, so he had to pass the time in the stacks of books in the library pavilion.
On weekdays, Xiao Ling only picks out some historical miscellaneous records and interesting and anecdotal books in the library to read. On this day, I inadvertently walked to the front of a class of books on the formation path and took out a copy of "Introduction to Formation", but it was an introductory book written by a second-generation disciple of Danxia for Danxia disciples to practice formation. Xiao Ling suddenly thought: "If I study this formation thoroughly here, I will get out of the maze Chen." Won't you be able to go to Ixy and Big Brother? "I immediately read the book.
Formation originated from war, simply put, "formation" is the field formation of the ancient army, it is the product of the development of human warfare to a certain historical stage, prevailing in the era of cold weapons, and dying in the era of hot weapons. The "array" appeared in the process of the formation of the army, because of the need to organize the army and command the battle, and integrated the achievements of ancient military science and tactics.
The old methods that were produced on the basis of war were used by those who practiced martial arts and cultivated the Tao. Using the laws of nature and some sacrificial treasures as arrays, there is a method of replacing the living with dead things to set up arrays. On the basis of the formation, the arranger must not only understand the profound knowledge of Yili, but also observe the law of heaven and earth, and use the law of heaven and earth to arrange a magical formation. The formations generated on this basis are divided into phantom formations, trapped formations, and killing formations. These three types of formations themselves have a lot of formation methods, and the combination of the three formations is endless.
Xiao Ling was in the library pavilion, throwing himself into the formation every day, and he didn't realize that time passed quickly. From the I Ching gossip, the rules of operation of the five elements to the formation experience comprehended by the Danxia generations of men. Xiao Ling is naturally gifted and intelligent, has the ability to never forget, and has a strong heart, once he invests, he keeps asking questions. Acting all day long to deduce the way of the formation, three months passed unconsciously. In the library pavilion, Xiao Ling patronized a small half of the books.
The Danxia faction originally attached equal importance to martial arts and formations, and sent people from the inner door to understand the knowledge of formations. However, Chen Fa is complicated and complex, most of the people in Danxiamen are only dedicated to martial arts, but Chen Fa has few people who are deeply accustomed, and most of them have a superficial taste of the Dao. There are very few people who are obsessed with the formation like Long Ding.