Chapter 42: Taketori (Part II)
"Whether it's a scholar or a scholar, there's no need to worry about this. Taketori Lao Dao shook his head as he spoke, looked at Wen Cangming and continued: "Originally, it took tens or hundreds of years to see you, but I didn't expect that I would see you just after going out for a turn, it seems that your master has already made plans." ”
Wen Cangming said: "I think I need to explain. ”
"A few years ago, I met Wen Lao, and after losing to me in a fight with Wen, he did give me the Seven Exquisite Heart Jade, and a bunch of ancient books, and he was regarded as one of my teachers, but the words of the master ...... Not really, I don't know what Mr. Wen's plans are, but if there is anything dangerous, then forgive the juniors for being rude, the things will be returned, and the juniors will leave immediately. I would never think about anything beyond my ability. ”
"Okay!" Li Shenkong on the side suddenly applauded loudly, and then stared at Wen Cangming with flickering eyes and said, "Senior brother is really temperamental!"
"Haha, don't mess around. Taketori Lao Dao's heart moved, and the two chairs manifested in Wen Cangming and Li Shenkong, and then continued: "Don't worry, I summoned you here just to be curious, and I didn't have any intentions, I just wanted to talk to you, sit down." ”
"Oh, if it's just a chat, the juniors will be happy to accompany you. Wen Cangming said, sat down, and sat upright.
"Well, let me ask you, how old are you now?"
"No more, no less, just twenty. ”
"What kind of cultivation realm?"
"Early stage of the Yudan Realm. ”
"What about the qualifications?"
"With the help of the elixir, he is now a high-grade spiritual root, and he has been helped by an elder, igniting the light of wisdom, and his brain is quite flexible. ”
"Can there be spirits?"
"None. ”
"Is there blood?"
"None. ”
......
After some questions and answers, in the end, Taketori couldn't help but smile and asked, "You don't have anything, why would your teacher accept you?"
Wen Cangming replied unhurriedly: "Old Man Wen gave me the Seven Tricks Exquisite Heart Jade to help me open my mind, and I was given books for me to study, but he didn't teach me the art of cultivation." It is the way of cultivation that is taught, and if this way is passed, the art will naturally exist. ”
Taketori said, "Oh, so you have a lot of knowledge?"
"I don't dare to be, it's just astronomy and geography, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, historical anecdotes, and Qimen feng shui...... I know a little bit about it. Wen Cang said.
After hearing this, Taketori couldn't help but laugh heartily and said, "Haha! You're not modest at all, so don't worry. Then I'll test you, how about it?"
"This is an honor for the younger generation. Wen Cangming nodded.
"Astronomy and Geography...... Then let's test your astronomy and geography first, and deduce from the stars of last night, if it is three o'clock in the afternoon today, a meteorite falls into the northeast corner of the sky, not counting the strength of the collision of the Nine Heavenly Gangfeng. In which domain will this meteorite land?"
This question can be described as extremely difficult, the questions contained in it are designed for astronomy and geography, and the most important thing is the ability to calculate and judge, by no means as Taketori said, just to test astronomy and geography, and his question is also out of the way, even if it is some hard reading ancient books. A bachelor who has been studying day and night suddenly encounters this problem, and he has to worry about it for a long time. However, in just three breaths, Wen Cangming gave the answer:
"Last night's star had the phenomenon of 'fighting poles soaring into the sky', if there was a meteorite falling from the northeast corner, it should have suffered a meteor collision, according to the stars at that time, the trajectory of the stars should be a medium meteorite in the Taibai star area. If you don't count the interference of the Nine Heavens Gangfeng, if you let it fall, you should count on the northwest two regions, but the northern region is rich in all kinds of fine iron, and the domain has a gravitational attraction for meteorites, so the meteorite should go to the northern region after it falls, but according to the impact force of the meteorite from the northeast corner and not affected by the interference of the Nine Heavens Gangfeng. It should have rolled down from the Northern Regions and fell into the vast North Sea. ”
"Haha! Okay, good!" Taketori said three times in a row, obviously extremely satisfied with Wen Cangming's answer, and continued to ask: "The next thing is to test your qin, chess, calligraphy and painting." First test your drawing, the chess pieces have been framed, the pages have been pens, and the piano sound has been colored, what scene and what object should be drawn, so that it should be the best drawing?"
"It's so simple! Nature draws a piece of heaven and earth, black and white chess pieces are heaven and earth, pages are nature, five tones are the faces of all beings, painting heaven and earth, painting all things, painting all living beings, when the best. ”
So in this way, the two began to ask and answer each other, you come and go, and the answers are like a stream, on par. Li Shenkong's heart was beating as he watched from the sidelines, it was the first time he had seen someone who could answer all the questions asked by Taketori Laodao, and for a while he had a deep admiration for this senior brother he met for the first time.
At some point, everything in the world seems so small before wisdom.
After this one-on-one answer was launched, it was not so simple to finish, and after the two talked endlessly for three days and three nights, Li Shenkong silently got up and retired.
As soon as he came out of the bamboo house, Ye Dugu came to the door and asked him to help arrange the opponent, so he took Ye Dugu to find a few sword cultivators in Wencun who had been working hard for many years, and sure enough, as he said, the fierce sword intent that Ye Dugu showed immediately aroused the belligerent heart of all sword cultivators, and they all agreed without hesitation.
Because this is a place of penance, most of the people gathered in Wencun are ascetics, and there is nothing else to do on weekdays except to practice and confront the people of Liucun, since Liucun began to shrink a year ago, the people of Wencun are only left with penance.
Mo Bai put on a posture, looking for someone to play chess, from time to time there are ascetic cultivators who come here to play against them after slackness, I wanted to relax my mood, but I never expected that after a game, I made my spirit tense and sweaty, and those ascetics learned about it, they came to the door one after another, and Mo Bai played chess.
Qin Qixian walked around with the piano case on his back all day long, elusive, saying that he had finally gone down the mountain to listen to the sound of heaven and earth to find inspiration to write the piano score.
Xie Bufeng and Ao Defeat found a corner, each dedicated the stored grain, Xie Bufeng gave wine, Ao Defeat took meat, and the two brothers ate meat and drank wine in a big bowl, and they were very happy to live.
And Wu Ye'er stood outside the door of the bamboo house from beginning to end, waiting for Wen Cangming to come out, like a woman from a good family who was looking forward to her husband's return home day and night, so infatuated.
Ten days later, in the bamboo house, the conversation between Taketori Lao Dao and Wen Cangming finally ended, and for ten days and ten nights, the mental state of the two did not show the slightest tiredness. Still in good spirits, Wen Cangming was even more energetic, and his face was full of unfinished feelings.
"It's incredible, it's incredible, you are so young, you know so much, even some old monsters who have practiced for thousands of years know things. I'm afraid it's not as good as you. When Taketori looked at Wen Cangming again, his eyes were full of appreciation.
"The juniors still have shortcomings, and some questions are just guessing and answering randomly, these days, the juniors are afraid that there are more than a dozen wrong questions, right?" Wen Cangming shook his head in disappointment, obviously very dissatisfied with such a result.
"Haha. Be content, if you're all right, I'll have to wonder if you're someone's reincarnation. Taketori said for a moment, and then said: "I am very satisfied with the results of this assessment, I can meet your request, why are you here?
"Well, the juniors are indeed here to do something. It's just that if Uncle Shi wants to help the younger generation...... I dare to ask, what is Uncle Shi's cultivation realm now?" Wen Cangming asked.
Taketori Lao Dao shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't care what my cultivation realm is, as long as you don't want me to turn the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains upside down, I can do the rest." ”
"That's not necessary, the younger generations of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Ridge can't afford to mess with it, so naturally they don't dare to make trouble now...... Juniors are just looking for someone. But this person is a little special, even if it is a Dharma Venerable, there is no trace of him. Wen Cang said.
Taketori Lao Dao smiled slightly: "Fazun...... My realm is still higher than that of the Fazun, who are you looking for, but does it have its appearance? Is there anything with its breath?"
"Yes. Wen Cangming took out the jade pendant that Jun Ao had left in the cave of the Death Desert, and then summoned out the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart Jade, manifesting Jun Ao's phantom in the air.
"Hmm. I'll take a look. Taketori Lao Dao's fingers moved, beckoned the jade pendant into his hand, and then closed his eyes and sensed it, and his brows suddenly frowned. He muttered, "It turned out to be this son." ”
"Why, senior, you found it!" Wen Cangming's body was shocked, and he looked at Taketori Lao Dao in disbelief, you must know that even Yun Thirteen, the Sword Venerable, wanted to find the traces of Jun Ao and was stopped by the Demon Flame.
"No, I sensed the breath in your jade pendant......" Taketori Lao Dao looked at Jun Ao who had manifested the Seven Tricks Exquisite Heart Jade and said: "A year ago, there was some movement in the source of the immortals and demons, I probed and sensed a strange breath, which is exactly the same as the breath contained in your jade pendant, it turned out to be this son...... What, this son is your friend?"
Wen Cangming nodded and said, "Yes, I also asked Uncle Shi to help me find out where he is at this time." ”
"I'm afraid it won't work. Taketori Lao Dao suddenly shook his head, although Wen Cangming was prepared, but at this moment he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he listened to Taketori Lao Dao said: "This son has a very strong demonic will to cover up his tracks, if it is not far away, I can find him, but just now I tried it, this son should have gone to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, too far away, I can't do anything, of course, if you are willing to talk about the Seven Tricks Exquisite Heart Jade to borrow from me, I am ten percent sure of finding this son." ”
"Well, that's true!" Wen Cangming's eyes lit up, and his heart moved, and he directly drove the Seven Exquisite Heart Jade to Taketori Lao Dao, and said, "Uncle Shi is just using it." ”
"Don't worry, give me three moments. After Taketori finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, and the seven exquisite heart jade hanging in front of him suddenly shone generously, constantly flickering in the void, turning into an illusion.
Three quarters of an hour later, Taketori opened his eyes on time.
"He's here. ”
As he spoke, a curtain of light was cast from the Seven Exquisite Heart Jade, revealing a crimson forest, a burning earth with rolling flames, and an abrupt figure.
Proud!
Although Jun Ao in the light curtain was wearing a battle robe and a high-necked cloak covering half of his face, Wen Cangming still recognized him at a glance, and couldn't help but hurriedly ask Taketori Laodao, "Where is this place?"
Taketori Lao Dao groaned for a while, and said after half a sound: "The Great Demon Killing Ridge, the land of purgatory." ”