Chapter Thirty-Nine: Sand Gu Sayings

"The sand Gu proverb left by that person?" The middle-aged man's pupils shrank.

Of course, he knew what a sand proverb was, which was the divination method of the Yue people in southern Xinjiang.

There are hundreds of races in the Yue people, and some of them are good at raising Gu worms. The Sand Gu is a small Gu worm like fine sand, which has no lethal power, and is generally used as food for other powerful Gu worms.

However, the few mutant varieties in this sand Gu can communicate mystical powers, and are often used as a tool for divination by sorcerers in southern Xinjiang.

One of the most commonly used methods of divination is the sand Gu proverb, in which the sand Gu is evenly sprinkled on a flat-bottomed copper plate and then grilled over low heat under the copper plate. Some of the sand Gu in the copper plate cannot withstand the high temperature, and it will be baked into black ash, leaving mottled marks on the copper plate.

These black and gray traces are called sand Gu proverbs, which have no fixed form, and can be said to be patterns, talismans, and words.

The sand Gu proverb is the result of the wizard's fortune calculation, because the sand Gu will continue to die in the scorching, so in the end, the entire copper plate will turn black.

Except for the wizards of southern Xinjiang, no one could see any information during the roasting process. And this kind of divination method is not very much believed in except for the Yue people in southern Xinjiang.

After Wu Zhen's childhood illness was cured, the witch girl once said that it was against heaven to forcibly continue his life, and there would be a catastrophe twenty years later, and it might even affect the entire family.

So, Wu Zhen's third uncle begged bitterly again, and asked the witch to use a sand Gu divination for him once, and got a sand Gu proverb.

There are a total of five traces of this sand proverb, which looks like the word "Lu" with unconnected strokes.

Of course, the character "Lu" in this world belongs to the small simplification, and the character "Lu" obtained by Sha Gu Yu is similar to the simplified block letters, and the latter is only a part of the former.

Because the pattern is so simple that it is not even a complete word, the witch girl can't explain anything. Just let the Wu clan remember this pattern, saying that it was related to Wu Zhen's future calamity.

It's just that although the Wu clan was grateful to the witch aunt for curing Wu Zhen, they were still not very interested in the sand Gu proverbs. Besides, this pattern doesn't even count as a word, and they slowly forget about it.

Wu Zhen, who was only five years old, had the deepest memory after the ghost gate was closed, and he firmly imprinted this "Lu" character pattern in his mind.

"Are you talking about that pattern, referring to the Lu brothers and sisters?" the middle-aged man Wu Zhao frowned slightly, and said suspiciously, "But that pattern can only be regarded as a side of the word 'Lu' at most." The Jiangyou Lu family and the Wu family have never had a grudge, and you dare to ...... with just one sand proverb."

"Father, this matter is no accident!" Wu Zhen knelt down a few steps, grabbed Wu Zhao's trouser leg, and argued, "The witch aunt of the year once said that I would have a catastrophe in twenty years, and it was this year, and the Lu brothers and sisters happened to enter the Ling Tian Pavilion this year......

It was only later that I realized this, and the more I thought about it, the more ...... became Father, the death of the son is not a pity, but if the entire Wu clan is implicated because of this matter, won't he become a disloyal and unfilial person......"

"Fart, if you're afraid of death, you're afraid of death, and you dare to use your family as a shield. Wu Zhao was furious and kicked Wu Zhen out with a kick.

Wu Zhen pressed his chest and crawled on the ground and coughed repeatedly, but a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. Although Wu Zhao shot very hard, he could feel that his level was finally over.

Wu Zhao looked at Wu Zhen who was lying not far away, and his heart was full of disappointment.

Ever since this son entered Ling Tian Pavilion, he had slowly become a little incomprehensible. Maybe they were too strict in the past, and after changing to a slightly freer environment, Wu Zhen revealed his true nature.

Not only has he lost his enterprising spirit and is unwilling to study hard, but he is also bent on pursuing shortcuts. Always thinking that he could get something for nothing, hoping to use some unpopular means to obtain the secret inheritance of Ling Tian Pavilion.

He knew that Wu Zhen still had something to hide from him, but so what?

He just wanted a reason not to kill his son, and since Wu Zhen gave him a reason to get by, the matter should end here.

"You're doing it yourself!" Wu Zhao sighed and walked out of the room with his hands behind his back.

Looking at Wu Zhao's slightly rickety back, Wu Zhen bit his lip fiercely and slowly clenched his fists, he had no way out.

"No poison no husband, three years...... Enough is enough!"

……

"Xuan Ji, how is Bai Ya doing?" Liu Yu sat on the couch and asked slowly.

"The junior brother has been practicing very hard during this time, and the mixed yuan iron cloth shirt has gradually entered a better situation, and it is estimated that he will be able to cross the stage of muscles and bones in two or three years. Xuan Ji said with a sigh, "Among the martial disciples of the same class as him, except for a few junior disciples with budding fist intent, everyone else is no longer his opponent. ”

Liu Yu nodded slightly, Bai Ya's martial arts progress was not strange.

Qi realm martial artists who practice hard skills themselves have an advantage over other qi realm martial artists, and the qi veins they produce in the qi realm stage are all over the body, and their internal qi is abundant. This advantage will not be caught up by the inner boxers until the middle and late stages of the artistic conception.

White Cliff was able to suppress other Qi Realm martial artists at this stage, which did not mean that others would not be able to catch up with him in the future.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Abnormal behavior?" Xuan Ji thought for a moment, and suddenly chuckled, "Speaking of abnormal behavior, there is indeed the same, he has often been looking for Senior Brother Qin Chao recently!"

"Qin Chao?" Liu Yu raised his eyebrows and said with a light smile, "He is really not afraid of death, this seat remembers that Qin Chao's pine forest sword intent is already a little hot, and it is not much worse than your Canglang Gong, even if he uses a wooden sword, he can make him suffer a little, right?"

"Yes, master, do you want to take care of Senior Brother Qin, so that he doesn't have to be too heavy-handed?"

"No need, Qin Chao should know ...... in his heart" Liu Yu's eyes flashed, and he said lightly, "You will go to the deacon of the arsenal and get a magic armor for Baiya." However, he was instructed to use it only for the protection of his body, and that the Fa Yi must be returned to the treasury at night and not to be left by his side. ”

"Yes, master!" Xuan Ji smiled bitterly.

His master is really partial to the little junior brother, the senior brothers on the mountain have done countless tasks for the master, some people can only get a magic weapon for more than ten years, and Bai Ya has only been in the Qing capital for more than two years, plus the evil ring has already obtained two magic weapons.

However, the evil ring itself is Liu Yu's own, and the magic armor is equivalent to borrowing, which makes others have nothing to say.

Of course, part of the reason for Liu Yu's arrangement is Qin Chao.

At the beginning, when Bai Ya first came to Jianzhifeng, because he got the identity of the boy of the altar, it caused many people to be dissatisfied. Among them not only include the same class of martial artists, but also many high-level martial artists.

Qin Chao is one of them, he is only one year lower than Xuan Ji, and his martial arts realm is similar. Xuan Ji got the status of a Taoist boy in the altar, and he didn't have any extra ideas, but Baiya was different.

In Qin Chao's opinion, Bai Ya should take the initiative to give up his identity as a debut boy, and he is not the only high-level martial artist who has this idea. It was under their secret impetus that so many martial artists of the same class made a move towards Baiya at that time.

Among them, a sword-wielding martial artist that Qin Chao was responsible for teaching was the one who "stolerate" with Baiya the most.

It's a pity that the white cliff is as smelly and hard as the stones in the pit, and it took half a year to almost subdue all the martial artists of the same class before they put out these careful thoughts.

But now Bai Ya doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he takes the initiative to find Qin Chao to discuss, it is difficult to guarantee that Qin Chao will not be jealous, and he can't help but make a heavy hand.

The magic armor in Liu Yu's mouth is a defensive magic weapon, which is roughly divided into two categories: soft armor and hard armor.

Most of the soft armor is made of special silk or leather goods, which is not injured by knives, water and fire, and is characterized by light weight and can be worn under the coat. Hard armor, on the other hand, is made of rare alloys or brute scales, which have higher defense than soft armor, but the texture is too hard, and the wearer's flexibility is slightly less.

No matter what kind of armor Bai Ya wears, coupled with the mixed yuan iron cloth shirt, it will be difficult to hit him hard with Qin Chao's force.

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive!

Just thinking about Bai Ya on Xuan Ji's side, he saw Bai Ya walking towards him when he went out.

"Big brother!"

"Little junior brother, are you looking for the master?" asked Xuan Ji with a smile.

"Senior brother, I'm here to find you. Bai Ya scratched his head and smiled.

"Oh, let's talk over there!" Xuan Ji was a little surprised, and led him towards his residence.

"Senior brother, how can a Qi Realm martial artist defeat the artistic conception?"

Bai Ya's first question surprised Xuan Ji.

"Little junior brother, although the martial arts realm is not the same as force, you should know that it is very difficult to cross the border to defeat the strong with the weak. Xuan Ji Wan'er shook his head and said, "You have only been here for two years, even if the iron cloth shirt has achieved a small success, but now against Qin Chao's junior brother, the chance of winning is almost equal to zero, unless you ......"

"Unless what?" asked Bai Ya with a shy face as his eyes lit up.

"Unless you take advantage of Senior Brother Qin Chao's surprise and attack him. Sword cultivation is strong in lethality, and body protection true qi is basically weak. Xuan Ji smiled and said, "But you can't win like that, you shouldn't be looking for him to fight just for the sake of winning or losing, right?"

"Senior brother, what do you think is the difference between the aura and the artistic conception?" Bai Ya asked noncommittally with an expressionless face.

"The basis of the qi realm and the artistic conception is the internal qi and the external release, but the artistic conception martial artist has integrated the mysteries of martial arts into his own strength in the long-term cultivation, and when he is released, he will achieve the transformation of the will, and at this point it can be called the artistic conception. ”

Xuan Ji said with a smile, "Taking a certain Canglang Gong as an example, the Qingcheng Patriarch who founded this martial art was to watch the rising tide of the Han River and feel it, and integrated the meaning of Canglang into martial arts, which is why Canglang Gong was born."

And my juniors have been practicing Canglang Gong for many years, and they will slowly realize the true meaning of this martial art from the Luck Strength Method. Although everyone's perception is different, the avenue is unified, and all of them can be called the true meaning of the waves. ”

"Senior Brother, do you mean that every martial art can achieve its artistic conception by virtue of its martial arts true intent?" Bai Ya blinked and asked curiously.

"Yes, seriously speaking, every martial art has its true meaning of martial arts, but manpower is sometimes poor. Before reaching the innate level, martial artists will generally only major in one or two martial arts mysteries. Xuan Ji said solemnly.

"Greed is not a bad thing, this is what the master often says, when everyone chooses martial arts, they must be cautious, and they must not choose martial arts that are contrary to martial intentions. Otherwise, under distraction, even if you barely reach the artistic conception and cannot integrate the true meaning, it is doomed to be impossible to go further. ”

"I see!" Bai Ya said slowly, "So, I have no other way to defeat the artistic conception except for a sneak attack?"

"That's not really!" Xuan Ji remembered Liu Yu's instructions today, and said with a smile, "Your mixed yuan iron cloth shirt has too much advantage in the stage of aura and artistic conception. If you have a few more magic weapons on your body, so that the artistic conception martial artist has nothing to do with you, and then shorten the distance and close to the hand-to-hand combat, there is still a certain probability of defeating the artistic conception. ”

"However, after all, this is just an expedient measure, the junior disciple should not be ambitious, and down-to-earth cultivation is the right way. Besides, you've only been practicing martial arts for a few years, why are you in such a hurry to compete with artistic conception martial artists?"

"Thank you, Senior Brother, Senior Brother has been taught!" Bai Ya's eyes flashed, and he nodded with a smile.