Chapter 7 Knife Trial
In traditional Chinese scholarship and the inheritance of technology, the master often has high requirements for the "Wu surname" of the apprentice. It's actually a very easy thing to understand. In the past years, due to the lack of means of observation, experimentation and analysis, people's understanding of nature and society can often only be based on feelings and even conjectures, and it is difficult to form a clear theory as 1+1=2 (not to mention that there is no accepted theory for some propositions that human beings have argued to this day), and all theories are vague, general, and obscure.
Even in the Western wizarding community, which is particularly empirical in nature, there is no consensus on what "qi" actually is. Some say it's a wave, some say it's a particle, some say it's a wave-particle mixture, some say it's half a wave and half a grain, and some insist that it should be called a half-grain and a half-wave...... The only thing everyone agrees on is that it works really well, and the more the merrier.
However, when it comes to the study of magic theory, Western wizards are ahead of Eastern immortals after all. The most important reason for this is not that the immortals spent nearly 400 years longer than the Western wizards because of the third Earth Defense War (or maybe the second time, because there is still a debate about whether the first Earth Defense War was a war or a misunderstanding) - the most fundamental reason is the difference in the cultivation methods and cultivation purposes of the two sides.
The Oriental Immortals pay attention to qi refining. They exercise, strengthen their own qi, and draw qi from nature to replenish it. They purify, distill, concentrate, and store the gas in their own bodies. In order to facilitate the storage and operation of qi, they also strive to exercise and transform their bodies. They believe that they can cultivate a "primordial infant" in the qi, let it grow and develop in their own body, and after a certain extent, they can load their consciousness into the "primordial infant" that has grown up, completely get rid of the skin, and achieve the so-called "second ascension," and reach the realm of complete freedom of "no worries and no waiting". It is said that four immortals have achieved this goal, including the first immortal in history, the red pine nut.
Western wizards also practice qi - after all, this is the basis of magic or immortal arts. They don't believe in any "second ascension" and are impossible to pursue, so they have little interest in exercising and transforming their bodies. Therefore, their bodies cannot tolerate too much qi, and they can only have about 30,000 Tevorm at most, and beyond this limit, they are prone to danger, such as a magic explosion. As a supplement, they pay special attention to the study of magical theories and the creation of magic items, such as wands, lamps, rings, etc. They can cultivate and store their qi in magic items for their own use. Their unique contribution to the art of cultivating immortals is that they created the "true name" system. According to their research, correctly knowing the "true name" of a substance can increase the effect of a spell by about twenty percent.
In addition, their cultivation methods are simple and effective, easy to master, do not require high "qualifications" for beginners, and their theories are not as obscure or even contradictory as those of the immortals. Therefore, the number of Western wizards is conservatively estimated to be more than 30,000, far exceeding the number of more than 400 Eastern immortals. But on the other hand, the strength of their aura is always inferior to that of the immortals, and even with the addition of magic items, they can only theoretically reach the level of 70,000 Tevorm at most. Moreover, few wizards in the West have lived past a thousand years old, and in the fairy world, the thousand-year-old immortals are considered small.
Of course, Wu Ge didn't know anything about all this, if he knew that his uncultivated body actually stored more than 200,000 Turwom Qi, he would be scared to death.As for why there was so much Qi in his body, and why there was no magic explosion...... Since Master Qingyun didn't say it, then we'd better not tell it.Of course, telling a story has to sell some guanzi, so we might as well hang this question as a guanzi first.As for why he was able to break into the immortal realm, we can only say that it was a coincidence, which is probably related to the fierce physiological and psychological reaction when he committed suicide.
Everyone wants to be an immortal, even Wu Ge is no exception, but when he met the immortal, he was in the middle of a sacred suicide operation, and for no reason he met a few old monsters and messed things up, which made him feel that his "suicide fist" had been violated and was therefore indignant, and he always felt that he was forced to cultivate immortals - of course, this is indeed the case.
Therefore, he has no enthusiasm for cultivating immortals at all, and even now he still doubts the existence of immortals - the two legs of the surname Li have fallen off the stage, but he still holds on to the curtain and does not let go, constantly shouting loudly: "There are no immortals in the world, there are no immortals." "Although the audience is no longer interested in watching it perform, it is clear that it will not be able to start the next play without leaving the stage.
"Immortals. He muttered confusedly, staring at the almost blank test paper in his hand.
The calf still hurts, but it's not its fault - the brain is like an old bureaucrat who completely ignores the facts, does not believe that a fracture as serious a wound can be fully recovered in such a short time, and still stubbornly sends pain signals. This signal constantly reminded Wu Ge to think about suicide and the fairy world, and half an hour after the exam started, he didn't even do one-fifth of the questions.
"Can Xianshu help me get into college?" he thought, "For example, as soon as I get angry, this test paper will be automatically completed......"
His eyes widened. The test paper, which had been almost blank just now, has now become- almost blank. It's just that the blank just now refers to the answer, and the current blank refers to the answer plus the question!
He looked around: everyone was nervously answering questions, and the teacher was sitting on the podium. He lowered his head and said silently in his heart: change back and change back......
The examination paper remained unmoved.
It's a big deal. He remembered Jigong's teachings. "Relax, relax......" he closed his eyes and tried to let the qi run.
"It's done. He opened his eyes and saw a ...... appear on the test paper A painting. He looked closer in disbelief and saw that it was the cartoon of the teacher sitting on the stage, and it was quite expressive.
He looked at the lookout and saw that the teacher was already standing up and staring at him. He tried to act as if nothing had happened, but soon realized that he had gone too far - because the teacher began to walk towards him.
"I'm done!" he thought to himself. "Relax and relax and do ...... again"
......
"What are you doing? Put the roll down. "The teacher was banging on his desk.
Wu Ge opened his eyes and Mu Ran put the test paper on the table. This time it was ...... that appeared on the test paper
"What is this?" the teacher asked.
"Well, I don't know. ”
They stared at the test paper together, which was full of ¥*¥%......―?¥#(¥%#......#
“...... That's it. Faced with the teacher's questioning gaze, he argued.
“...... Then why didn't you say it sooner?"
"I just found out. ”
“...... It's been half an hour since the exam started, and you just found out?"
"Uh......"
Wu Ge hung his head and was silent. The teacher picked up the test paper and was full of doubts. This is a young teacher, a native of Huanggang, Hubei Province, who is keen to use a large number of exams to improve the test-taking level of students, so he has a very poor reputation among students. But this is also not to blame him - people did the same to him in the first place, and he did this just to do his duty and inherit and carry forward. He is a very moral person: he has never hit the idea of a female student, basically suppresses the urge to physically punish students every time, and has never recommended any tutoring books to students except for those arranged by the school. In addition, since there have been no sudden disasters such as earthquakes, there has been no attempt to leave students on their own. So basically this is a very good teacher, and God really shouldn't let him have this kind of trouble.
", I'm going to smash that rotten computer when I go back!" he thought to himself. "There are too many A films, and they are all viruses. ”
Of course, he won't admit that it's his fault, and the dignity of the teacher still needs to be maintained, otherwise why would so many teachers suffer from "authority syndrome"? "It took half an hour...... Absent-minded. How can you take the college entrance examination in this state? Okay, read the book by yourself. Next time, I will give you a separate paper to make up for it. ”
The teacher strode back to the podium, Wu Ge secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, his surname completely fell off the stage, and he didn't even make a sound.