Chapter 16: Mysterious Runes
Ye Dong vaguely remembered that the five people came up from another slope on the mountain, and he couldn't help but look in that direction, and then walked over slowly.
Below that slope is a flat, open field, where the grass is green and the flowers are in full bloom, making it a pleasing sight to the eye.
Ye Dong stood on it and admired it for a while, and then walked down, the soles of his feet touched the area, and he suddenly felt soft and indescribable.
However, he walked around the meadow a few times and found nothing out of the ordinary.
Ye Dong took the obsidian in wonder and looked at it carefully.
As the day progressed, the sunlight became a little dazzling, and when it shone on the obsidian, there seemed to be a beam of light, reflecting it.
Ye Dong looked carefully, and saw that the obsidian at this time was as if it was transparent, and some strange runes appeared on it, with pictures and words.
The runes were the size of tadpoles at first, but they grew in size until they were thrown into the air. Ye Dong raised his eyes and saw that those runes were twisting in the air, emitting golden rays, like some kind of living substance.
The strange thing is that Ye Dong had obviously never seen such a font before, but at this moment he had a sense of familiarity.
In the depths of my mind, something flickered and jumped, like a pebble cast on the calm sea, causing a little ripple, but soon, this ripple dissipated.
It was just a ripple, not even a wave, so Ye Dong just felt that his mind suddenly went blank, it was the feeling that he seemed to remember something, and seemed to forget something.
Before he could come back to his senses, the runes quickly shrank and entered the center of his eyebrows, which startled him, and his hand shook, and the obsidian almost fell to the ground.
He was confused, what was going on?
In just a few moments, all the runes entered his forehead and eyebrows. A rune flickered in the center of his brow, then disappeared, and the obsidian returned to its unremarkable appearance.
I wanted to come here to find answers, but I ended up with a bigger doubt.
Ye Dong put away the obsidian, lay down on the grass, smelled the fragrance of the grass and all kinds of flowers, temporarily put aside those problems, closed his eyes, and immersed himself in this rare tranquility.
After a while, there were various animals walking by, and when they walked by Ye Dong's side, they stopped and looked at Ye Dong curiously, feeling that this person was not a threat, so they lowered their heads and continued to eat grass, and those who walked continued to walk.
It's completely a look of quiet years and no quarrel with the world.
Before you know it, at night, the moonlight is shining on the hills, so clear and bright that in some places it looks like it has been coated with a layer of silver powder.
When the moon was in the sky, Ye Dong's body was quietly changing.
The vast, boundless sea seemed to drop a pebble and then splashed a little ripple. The ripples emitted water ripples on the surface of the sea, secretly in a certain rhythm, as if trying to awaken something beneath the deep sea.
A golden rune flashed between Ye Dong's forehead, and this time it was a little longer.
But Ye Dong, the person concerned, was completely unaware of it, and he had already fallen asleep.
It was the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and the creatures on the earth had fallen asleep, only the soft moonlight was still accompanied, as if it was telling each other something with the golden rune on Ye Dong's forehead.
Nothing was said all night.
When Ye Dong woke up, the sky was faint, but he could see everything around him clearly, and he was looking through the alchemy book again when he had nothing to do.
Qi refining is divided into eight methods, the first four methods are eating qi, kneading qi, stretching qi, and pulling qi, mainly to solve the problem of sufficient qi in the body; The last four methods are to gather qi, collect qi, mix gas, and turn into qi, which mainly strengthen the connection between the dirty and true mixed energy and the mixed element, so that the qi gathers in the middle of the body, and lays the foundation for practicing the central channel mixed element.
Ye Dong's own understanding is that Qi refining should pay attention to pranayama and breathing, coupled with mind meditation, treat the body as a small world, and cultivate according to the laws and principles of natural operation.
Thinking of this section, Ye Dong sat cross-legged on the ground and began to try to refine qi according to the method above.
He completely entered the realm of meditation where there was nothing outside his mind, at first his hands were still waving to mobilize various parts of his body, channeling blood and veins, and then his hands were on his knees, and he was motionless. If the old monk settles, there is no wave in the ancient well.
In the past, in the eyes of many people, Ye Dong was dull and slow to react, and he didn't want him to be actually inward-looking and focused. Especially in the way of cultivation, he can calm down, and his comprehension is very high, and when he cultivates with this qi refining technique, he is like a fish in water, as if he was tailor-made and built for him.
Wu Wu, this mysterious and intelligent woman, looked down on Ye Dong in the world, thinking that this son was weak and deceitful, and it was difficult to become a big weapon, but he did not look at Ye Dong with that worldly eye.
A piece of beautiful jade, it is impossible to be born so crystal clear, the color is flawless, only after endless polishing, after thousands of knife carvings, the last to get the best quality.
A piece of gold cannot be found everywhere, it is everywhere, and it is rare and precious only after tasting the hard work of thousands of searches.
This may be because she herself is not a secular person, so where did she come from and where she went, she was a turning point in Ye Dong's life, although she was wearing a mask, her words and deeds made Ye Dong unforgettable.
She didn't have too many words, she didn't say a word of encouragement to Ye Dong, and even the phrase that she wanted Ye Dong to be a cow and a horse often hung in her mouth, calling Ye Dong around, but Ye Dong was very grateful to her.
When Ye Dong opened his eyes, he didn't think about cultivation, but remembered this mysterious woman, and after a while, he stood up.
"It's broken. He muttered softly to himself.
Ye Dong looked at the sun in the sky, the sun gradually rose, it looked a little dazzling, and then he smiled and strode down the mountain.
After descending the mountain, I came to a place called Qingshi Town in Lizhou.
There is a bluestone street in Bluestone Town, and bluestone streets are paved with bluestone slabs.
The bluestone slab is very neat and solid, and it is flat and stable when walking on it, although it is not very wide, but it makes Ye Dong feel like a broad road.
At the corner of this bluestone street, there was a small restaurant that caught Ye Dong's attention.
Ye Dong looked at the plaque on the lintel of the restaurant, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, drunk dream building, this name is interesting.
Drunk and dreaming of death.
After stopping and looking at it for a while, Ye Dong opened the door curtain and walked in, there was no one in the tavern, Ye Dong shouted: "Boss." ”
No one answered, Ye Dong shouted again, this time louder.
"Well, what's wrong with the guest officer?" suddenly a head popped up at the counter.
Ye Dong was startled, and when he looked closely, he saw that it was a middle-aged man, rubbing his sleepy eyes with his hands.
"Do you need a buddy in this store?" Ye Dong asked.
"Yes. The boss's eyes lit up.
"Do you want to eat and live?"
"Package. The boss replied enthusiastically, "The monthly salary is twenty cents." ”
Ye Dong nodded and said, "Okay, I did it." ”
As a result, Ye Dong became the partner of this drunken dream building, and he thought that in such a crowded place, he could listen to a lot of news and increase his knowledge.
No one will pay attention to a young man, which is exactly what Ye Dong meant.
This drunken dream building has the best business in the evening, so it is the busiest at this time, even if it runs up and down with Ye Dong's body, there are also some doppelgangers who lack skills.
Generally, there are fewer guests, but there are also some guests with higher interest who want to drink until late at night, and it is not good to drive people away directly, the boss will take care of it himself, and Ye Dong can go to rest.
The business of Zuimenglou is very good, the boss himself is the chef, the proprietress is in charge of the shopkeeper, and the other two chefs are old acquaintances of the boss.
At first, there was a handyman in the kitchen, a young woman in her twenties, who was in charge of chopping and washing vegetables, helping the cooks. Later, it was estimated that the kitchen was too busy, and she was too slow, and the proprietress slipped into the kitchen a few times and saw it, and she was very dissatisfied, so she said something serious.
The woman may not be able to stand it and can't swallow this breath, so she finds an excuse, saying that her uncle has died in her hometown, and she wants to rush back and take a few days off.
Every month, the guys in the store can take three days off, so the boss said that he would let her rest for three days, and he didn't want the woman to say that three days was not enough, so she still had to ask for leave.
Ye Dong almost believed it at first, because while they were still eating, someone suddenly ran in and said to the woman with an eager face that her uncle had died, and that he had been hit by the carriage of a local gentleman.
After a long time, about a month, the woman came, Ye Dong was doing things at that time, but after a while, the woman was gone.
I heard that I got paid and left.
Later, Ye Dong thought about it carefully, Gao, this woman has a clever plan.
He suddenly remembered something, when he first entered the Drunken Dream Building, the woman who was only four or five days ahead of Ye Dong had told him that he would finish the work for a month at most. Now that I think about it, what uncle died in her hometown, it was just an excuse she made up, in order to make the boss believe it, or she couldn't refuse, she also invited an extra.
Then she deliberately disappeared for more than half a month, so that not only could she receive her salary, but also let the boss take the initiative to fire her.
Ye Dong couldn't help but sigh, people's hearts are treacherous and changeable, and various routines emerge in endlessly, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may be tricked.
Therefore, never relax your vigilance against children and women and other old, weak, sick and disabled, Ye Dong couldn't help but smile bitterly, learn more.
It is very hard to work in Zuimenglou, which is also the biggest reason for the woman to leave, but Ye Dong has a tough heart and is especially able to bear hardships and stand hard work, so he stayed here.
There are seven floors in this drunken dream building, the lower two floors are used for business, and the upper floors are some utility rooms and housing. The seventh floor where Ye Dong is located is used to live in people, although it is a little deserted, Ye Dong is very satisfied, because he is the only one on it, and he has always liked to be quiet, besides, this is also conducive to his cultivation, so he doesn't have to worry about being discovered.
The owner and the hostess and the two chefs all live on the third floor and usually don't go up at all.
Who is idle and has nothing to do, willing to climb such a high floor, usually tired from work, with that time to work, it is better to lie on the bed and squint for a while.
In this way, Ye Dong began his life in Qingshi Street, Qingshi Town, and began to work in Zuimenglou, of course, and practice.