Chapter 192: Writing like a god

(Although I took a lot of leave this month, I still wrote 170,000 words. I would like to praise myself. I also need to thank everyone for their patience. You are the best readers. This is not a polite statement, but a sincere statement.)

The two of them walked to the second floor of the bamboo building and climbed up to look far.

The young Cui Ci and the two little guys stared at each other downstairs.

Li Xisheng asked: "Do you know the meaning of Fulu Street and Taoye Lane?"

Chen Pingan shook his head. He only knew that the people living there were rich and very wealthy. There is money, bluestone roads, stone lions, and even the painted door gods seem more impressive.

Li Xisheng mentioned the peach charm in his hand, "Fu and Lu are the homophonic pronunciation of Fulu. Fu actually represents the character of Fu. Taoye Lane is the peach of Taofu. If you turn it upside down, it is Peach Talisman."

"This is a great opportunity for the town. Compared with the Five Elements objects including the golden carp, this peach charm may be even worse."

Li Xisheng explained, "At the end of the year, I had a strange dream. I vaguely remembered seeing many people and things, but when I woke up, I forgot them all. It seemed that I played a game of chess with someone, and then remembered the peach charms. The inside story is full of twists and turns, and it’s so mysterious that I really can’t explain it in detail.”

Li Xisheng pointed in the direction of the Bamboo Tower, “I originally wanted to hang this peach charm on the door of the Bamboo Tower to keep away all evil spirits. , invulnerable to all attacks, it may be an exaggeration to say so, but it can indeed make this magical bamboo building more indestructible, and hanging peach charms for a long time can give birth to all kinds of strange plant and plant essences..."

Speaking of this, Li Xisheng smiled and joked: "Chen Pingan, you really don't want it? There is no such store after passing this village."

Chen Pingan said without hesitation : "Since it's so good, Brother Li, just keep it for yourself. Aren't you going on a long trip? I just went outside. It's full of strange things and extremely dangerous. I definitely need a magic weapon with me."

Li Xisheng smiled and asked a question, "Do you think I lack a magic weapon?"

Chen Pingan was stunned because he remembered the scene of Li Xisheng fighting swordsman Cao Jun in Mud Bottle Lane, but He had an idea, remembered a saying in the book, and said: "The more, the merrier!"

Li Xisheng had no choice but to put away the peach charms and hang them around his waist again. He regretted: "Originally, it was hanging on the door of the bamboo tower, but it was very difficult to It's a good match."

Li Xisheng even turned his head and looked at the bamboo door behind him, "It looks really good hanging here."

It's actually a bit childish.

So Chen Pingan wanted to laugh but was embarrassed, so he had to hold it in.

Before, because Li Xisheng was Li Baoping's brother, he was willing to get close to him from the beginning. After getting along with him several times, Chen Ping'an became more and more fond of this scholar. It was not because Li Xisheng was angry, it was not him. As a qigong practitioner, when he is just starting out, he can directly compete with Cao Jun, but it is the little bits and pieces of this man's interaction with the world that make people feel comfortable.

For example, A Liang is to the swordsman. Mr. Qi is to scholars.

Even though A Liang never mentioned the sword from beginning to end, and Mr. Qi never told Chen Pingan about the principles in the book, Chen Pingan felt that they were the best. Swordsman, the most learned scholar.

Deep in his heart, Chen Pingan hopes that he can become that kind of person, but Chen Pingan has never told anyone about these inner thoughts because he is afraid of being considered to be overestimating his abilities.

Li Xisheng suddenly made up his mind, "No, no, I really have a bad conscience. I can't just leave!"

Chen Pingan was about to speak.

Li Xisheng suddenly put his hand on Chen Pingan's shoulder and said with a serious expression: "Chen Pingan, let me just say one more thing. When dealing with others in the future, you must not ask everyone to follow your own code of conduct. For example, you would think that refusing to accept the peach charm is a matter of course, because you are thinking about me, Li Xisheng, so you have a clear conscience, right? Yes, you are right. After you feel at ease, you should take one more step and think about how to make the people around you feel as at ease as you do."

Li Xisheng patted Chen Ping'an on the shoulder, "Just think of me as forcing others to do something difficult for you. Don't think too much. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't say this at all, but you, Chen Pingan, are different. I think you are very good, and you can even be better. Sometimes, you even make people around you feel ashamed, you know. ?”

Chen Pingan looked confused.

Am I so good?

Li Xisheng laughed heartily, walked to the railing, and waved to Cui Ci, the book boy downstairs: "Bring your luggage up, I want to use it now."

"Okay. "Waiting, sir."

The young man with such a beautiful face quickly ran upstairs and skillfully took off the baggage on his back. Inside was a treasure box necessary for a scholar to travel, including a complete set of pens, ink, and paper. Inkstones are old objects, and they don’t have much aura of wealth and nobility.

Li Xisheng took out a writing brush, which seemed to be specially used to write small regular script and small seal characters, which was slightly compact. The upper part of the pen barrel is engraved with the four characters "Wind and Snow Small Cone". The pen barrel is made of bamboo, but it has been passed down from generation to generation. After a long period of accumulation, it exudes a rounded luster of vermilion. What's even more strange is that the pen tip is hard, pale gold, and as straight as a pointed cone.

When Li Xisheng took the pen, Chen Pingan took a closer look and discovered that there were four small characters in the lower half of the pen barrel that were not easy to detect.

"There is spirit in writing."

Li Xisheng obviously also noticed that Chen Pingan saw those four words. He raised the brush slightly and explained with a smile: "The meaning will be apparent after reading it a hundred times. , reading thousands of volumes and writing is like having a god, and when you practice boxing, there is a similar saying, if you can’t summon the god, the boxing will not be good. If you understand the mystery and proceed step by step, you will know it. If you know one method, one method can connect all methods, and all methods can be completed."

At this moment, Cui Ci seemed to have a sudden flash of inspiration.I caught some clue, scratched my head, and was impatient.

The girl in the pink skirt, who had read poetry and books since she was a child, was confused and felt as if she was drunk from a jar of old wine.

Only the kid in Tsing Yi sat on the railing and picked his nose, not caring at all. He only started to feel dazed after seeing the strange behavior of the two guys.

Chen Ping'an didn't have much emotion, he just kept these truths in his heart.

Li Xisheng breathed lightly at the tip of the pen. The golden hard hair seemed to become warmer at this moment. Although the edge was still sharp and the tip of the pen was like a cone, it had aura.

Li Xisheng smiled and said: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish. Since you won't accept the peach charm, then I have to come up with some special skills. I, Li Xisheng, am a student and have not yet graduated from university. But I consider myself to be pretty good at seal carving and drawing characters, so today I am going to write characters and draw characters on these bamboo pieces in the bamboo building. Don’t worry, after writing, there will not be any words visible to the naked eye, so it will not damage the overall beauty of the bamboo building. , but one day in the future, some scenes may be revealed, and you don’t need to be surprised. Today I will mainly teach you how to draw symbols. I will stop writing when you feel that you have grasped the meaning. You don’t have to worry, I will. Write slowly and you will understand slowly."

Chen Ping'an said with a shy face, "Brother Li, please be mentally prepared."

Li Xisheng stepped forward slightly and looked at me. Facing the bamboo building like facing the wall, one hand is behind the back, the other is holding a pen, looking for a place to write, smiling and saying: "If being kind to others is stupid, being diligent and tenacious is stupid, then it means there is something wrong with our world. Chen Pingan, I hope you will continue It's not smart to persist like this."

Chen Ping'an scratched his head. He was used to being scolded by Old Man Yao since he was a child. He was used to seeing other people's wonderful lives. As a result, Li Xisheng praised him so much today, which really didn't suit him.

Li Xisheng thought for a while, then turned around and said: "Taoist talismans have always been respected when it comes to drawing talismans. In fact, when we draw talisman, we don't need to be too rigid in Taoist factions. The ultimate principles in the world cannot escape the transformation of decay into It's magical, just like when you practice boxing..."

At this point, Li Xisheng smiled knowingly, "It's very beautiful."

There are young people practicing boxing and looking at the mountains when they are there. , watch the water when there is water.

Li Xisheng feels that there is no more poetic picture in the world than this.

Li Xisheng shook his head gently, held his breath and said solemnly: "To draw talismans, you need talisman paper. Talisman paper can be anything in the world, but for now you still need to follow the steps and draw the talisman on the paper honestly. I will come back. You will be given a large pile of good-quality talisman papers and an introductory talisman atlas. You don’t have to worry about the cost of purchasing the talisman papers for the time being, but after you use them, you will have to worry about the cost. There is no other way. Yes, one of the difficulties in practicing is that it consumes too much money. Sword cultivators refine their flying swords, and talisman masters consume talisman paper. "

"A little bit of true energy is poured into the tip of the pen, and then it is completed in one go. The lotus root is broken and the silk is connected, the words can be broken, but the divine will cannot be broken. They must echo from afar, just like the tops of two mountains shouting to each other,There must be repercussions. "

"Chen Ping'an, watch it. ”

Li Xisheng suddenly switched the "Fengxue Xiaoconi" pen in his hand to the other hand. The free hand wiped it on his sleeve. After finishing, he switched it back. Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "This is what I learned from you. You have to be respectful towards certain things. In the past, I was not as good as you, and I always think of others when I see them. ”

The first time we met at the door of Li’s mansion on Fulu Street, before Chen Pingan took the book from Li Xisheng, he first put down the clay pot and wiped his hands before he dared to take the book.

Li Xisheng finally started to draw the symbols, which was actually more like a scholar writing seriously.

Lou Guan. Cang Hai Ri.

Li Xisheng's font is very fair and peaceful, but compared to Taoist Lu Chen's prescriptions, it is "bland and tasteless", similar in appearance but not similar in spirit.

But Chen Pingan couldn't tell the reason, it was just an indescribable feeling.

Li Xisheng later wrote a line of poems, teachings from sages, Taoist classics, and hundreds of schools of thought that he considered "beautiful." The essence of the purpose of learning.

Li Xisheng would stand on tiptoes and write at high places, bend down and write at low places, move again and again, and stroke his pen to the fullest. , he even asked Cui Ci, the book boy, to bring a bamboo chair from downstairs, and he would stand on the chair and write happily, or he would simply sit on the ground and write freely.

He did not dare to speak loudly. , to frighten the people in heaven. He wrote that it is easy to break a mountain, but it is difficult to break a heart.

He wrote that people have not awakened the Buddha, but the Buddha has awakened people. He wrote that the mountains and rivers are still green. Writing about the Master's Way is all about loyalty and forgiveness.

Before Chen Ping'an said "I understand," Li Xisheng kept writing, tirelessly and tirelessly.

Every word was mastered. I finished writing quickly. After I finished writing, the golden light on the bamboo wall disappeared, but the meaning remained forever.

The boy in green clothes had already jumped off the railing and whispered in the ear of the girl in pink skirt. : “What are you writing about?

The girl in pink skirt lowered her voice and said, "I can understand the words, but I can't understand the meaning...it's too big." "

The boy in green laughed and said: "You are stupid. "

Cui Ci turned around, glared, and lectured: "Don't disturb my husband's writing!

The boy in green curled his lips and said, "This is my home. If you keep talking too much, I will tell you to pack up and get out."

Cui Ci said angrily: "You have eyes that don't recognize gold and jade, and your hard work has been in vain." "

The kid in green clothes folded his hands on his chest, leaned against the railing, and sneered: "You care about me? Only my master is qualified to teach me this. ”

Li Xisheng was writing and Chen Pingan was reading, turning a deaf ear to the small noise behind him.

It was already dark, and Li Xisheng was already standing at the end of the corridor. He stopped writing and smiled. Asked: "How? "

Chen Pingan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Li Xisheng said warmlyHe said: "It's okay, let's go downstairs."

Then the group arrived at the first floor of the bamboo building. The girl in pink skirt and the boy Cui Ci helped to hold candles and held them to illuminate the words.

Although the boy in green was chattering, he still looked at it very seriously and couldn't take his eyes off it.

The Master said on the river, "The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night."

That's it today.

Cui Ci’s hand holding the candle suddenly shook. It turned out that the candle burned out and burned his fingers.

The handsome young man put on a candle silently.

When Li Xisheng wrote the words "Burn the Talisman and Break the Seal", Chen Ping'an suddenly blurted out: "That's wrong."

Li Xisheng stopped writing, turned to look at the young man, and laughed. , "That's right!"

The scholar in Confucian shirt looked pale and tired, but he was full of energy.

Li Xisheng took a deep breath, stretched, and handed the brush in his hand to the boy, "Chen Ping'an, this snow cone is given to you. I believe you will not insult it. "

It was only then that Chen Ping'an remembered the crux of the problem, "I can't practice and become a Qi practitioner. Drawing amulets requires the support of spiritual energy. How can I write a spiritual charm? "

Li Xisheng? He smiled and revealed the secret, and slowly explained: "The talisman map I will give you later, there are many types of talismans, but none of them are of high quality, so many talismans do not have high requirements for spiritual energy, but the corresponding energy The government will have certain requirements. When you draw a talisman, it is equivalent to a martial arts practice. Warriors also have true qi. Because it is completely opposite to the luck of a qi practitioner, every talisman is equivalent to a martial arts practice. The short test is a hand-to-hand encounter on the battlefield, where the brave will win. You must use the fastest speed and the most stable concentration to finish writing a talisman. Otherwise, even if you are just a little short of it, you will still not be able to complete the talisman. As long as you Persevere, and over time, drawing talismans will not only help you temper your body and sharpen your soul."

After Chen Pingan took the brush, he nodded: "I understand!"

The night is deep.

Li Xisheng turned his head and looked outside the mountain, "After this farewell..."

Li Xisheng did not finish what he was thinking, but he dispelled the sadness in his heart and said with a smile: "I am I want to go out and have a look, but it’s not a bad idea.”

Afterwards, Li Xisheng did not choose to stay in Luolu Mountain, but took the young Cui Ci down the mountain at night.

The scholar did not even agree to send Chen Pingan to the foot of the mountain.

Chen Pingan stood outside the bamboo building, feeling lost.

The boy in green said with a smile: "Master, this guy is really good. He has high moral standards, good character, and loyalty. I like him! He is qualified to be my brother."

Chen Ping'an said angrily: "If you are willing, others are willing?"

The boy in Tsing Yi looked like he was taking it for granted, and said arrogantly: "Is there anyone in the world who doesn't want to be my brother? Is he stupid?"

Chen Ping’an smiled and said: “Are you stupid?I don’t know, I know whether you are stupid or not.

The boy in green laughed proudly, "Master, of course I am extremely smart." ”

The girl in the pink skirt looked at her companion with some pity. She used to think that he was ruthless and violent, but now she suddenly felt that he was actually quite stupid.

Qing Yi The child keenly noticed the look in her eyes and shouted: "Silly girl, are you not convinced? We challenge each other! "

The girl in pink skirt hides behind Chen Pingan.

She is not stupid.

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The moonlight is hazy, Li Xisheng led the boy slowly down the mountain, and after walking out of Luolu Mountain, he washed his face in a stream to help clear his mind. After all, writing with concentration on every stroke was extremely labor-intensive.

Li Xisheng said. At the beginning, he saw an old man standing across the stream, smoking a cigarette.

Li Xisheng stood up and saluted: "Li Xisheng has met Mr. Yang. "

The old man turned sideways calmly, avoiding the young scholar's salute.

When Li Xisheng straightened up, Old Man Yang from the drug store said: "I need your help for Chen Can you tell me peace and fortune? "

Li Xisheng did not hesitate and nodded: "Of course, no problem. ”

Old man Yang hummed, “I will repay you later.” "

Li Xisheng didn't say anything to this, and gave the answer directly, "The road goes straight, with mountains opening up and rivers crossing. It is advisable to travel far and fast, and the advantage is in the south.

Old man Yang smiled and said, "I can trust you." ”

Although Li Xisheng had doubts, he did not ask.

Old man Yang glanced at the peach charm on the young scholar’s ​​waist. His complicated eyes flashed away, and the figure followed. The smoke disappeared, and it turned out that the old man was just a wisp of purple smoke.

The two continued on their way.

Cui Ci asked: "Sir, if you want to travel far, can you take me with you?" "

Li Xisheng smiled and said: "Okay. "

The young man was shocked, "Huh? "

I originally thought that asking Mr. to agree to this would be harder than climbing to the sky. How could I have imagined that it would be easier than walking down the mountain?

Li Xisheng said softly: "Because someone wants you to follow me, and As for me, I don't think there's anything wrong with this. "

The young man was silent for a long time, lowered his head, feeling a little disappointed, "Sir, I want to know where I come from. "

Li Xisheng sighed, "That won't be easy. You might as well think about where to go first.

The young man suddenly became happy, "Where else can I go? I just follow my husband. I will go wherever your husband goes!" ”

Li Xisheng smiled but said nothing.

The moon was bright and clear, and he felt refreshed. He saw a gentleman and was beautiful at the same time.

The young man clearly felt that Mr. My mood also became happy, and my steps were light and full of joy on the way down the mountain.

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In just one night, Luolu Mountain was slowly pressed down. collapsedMore than a foot.

Wei Bo has been standing on a nearby mountain, staring at Luolu Mountain as it descends little by little.

It turns out that the real words in the world are so heavy.

Wei Bo smiled and said: "Awesome, really awesome. Even I am a little curious, Li Xisheng, who are you? Does that Chen family regular tree really have nothing to do with you? Then how can you be? Who?"

As day and night turned, Wei Bo couldn't help but look at the bamboo building again.

The sun and the moon complement each other.

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Outside the bamboo building, since they were not sleepy, Chen Pingan and the other three sat side by side on bamboo chairs, waiting for dawn together.

Chen Pingan suddenly asked the boy in Tsing Yi: "I will exchange an ordinary snake gallstone with you for ten thousand taels of silver. Is it expensive to sell it?"

The boy in Tsing Yi looked dull. .

Chen Pingan said anxiously: "Too expensive?"

The boy in Tsing Yi jumped up and said, "Only ten thousand taels? Master, are you humiliating me?!"

Chen Pingan felt relieved and asked, "Then eleven thousand taels?"

The boy in Tsing Yi shouted angrily: "Master, if you do this again, I will run away from home!"

The boy in Tsing Yi chuckled, "Master, just wait, I will give you Look at the money used by the gods on the mountain. My family is rich!"

The boy in green waved his sleeves. There was a lot of mystery in the square object he carried, and it started to rain. , the ground is covered with mountains of crystal jade, all carved into the shape of copper coins. There are roughly three types of different sizes.

He squatted on the ground and began to explain to Chen Pingan the origin of each type of jade and their respective value differences.

This is money used by gods!

The miser Chen Ping'an quickly left his chair, squatted next to Qian Shan, and listened attentively to the boy in Tsing Yi's careful explanation.

Finally, Chen Ping'an suddenly said, "I want to give Baolu Mountain to Miss Ruan. Do you think it's appropriate?"

The girl in the pink skirt blinked, not knowing. At a loss.

The boy in Tsing Yi knelt on the ground with a plop, "Master, don't you feel bad? You must restrain yourself, restrain yourself! Please don't be impulsive, Miss Xiuxiu is the best girl in the world. , I will never deny this, but after all, she has not been married into the house by the master!"

Chen Ping'an didn't care about any nonsense, he just shook his head and said: "I don't feel bad."

The kid in green clothes cried like a ghost and howled like a wolf: "But I feel bad!"