In the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda, Gu Xiuyun held a stone slip and immersed himself in reading.
There are many precious scriptures hidden in the seventh floor. In addition to immortal secrets such as Lichen Escape, there are also secrets such as [Five Elements Formation Forbidden], [Ancient Text Comprehensive Interpretation], [Emperor’s Punishment Zhengang] and other secrets. A classic that is not passed down to the outside world.
The ones that interest Gu Xiuyun the most are the Five Elements Formation Forbidden and the Comprehensive Interpretation of Ancient Texts.
The Five Elements Formation Ban is about metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and the five categories of immortal Tao bans.
Most of the secret methods of immortality are based on the Five Elements Formation Restriction, such as the Running Cloud Hand, which evolved from the Water Element Restriction.
Lianguang refers to the first four prohibitions, which are also prohibitions on the metal and water elements.
In addition to the Five Elements Restrictions, there are also Wind Restrictions, Thunder Restrictions and special alien restrictions.
"It turns out that there are sixty-four types of formations in the water element formation, and each type of formation has sixty-four variations." Gu Xiuyun nodded secretly.
There are 4096 variations in the water element restriction basis alone.
Low-level secret techniques require the fusion of two types of restrictions. For the water element alone, there are 16 million variations. If three or four types of restrictions are combined, it will be simply a vast ocean, and it is simply beyond human power. Can be exhausted.
"No wonder there are so few immortal secrets in the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda. It is too difficult to deduce an intermediate secret!"
Gu Xiuyun shook his head repeatedly.
After reading the Five Elements Forbidden Formation, he had a preliminary understanding of the Immortal Way’s Restrictions, but he was even more at a loss as to his understanding of the Immortal Way’s secrets. The Five Elements Formation Forbidden Restrictions was only the foundation, and all the Immortal Way’s secrets in the world were based on this. As the foundation, there are endless changes.
But understanding the foundation does not mean that you can integrate the restrictions and comprehend the profound immortal methods.
The Five Elements Forbidden Formation is like grains of sand. How to piece it together into a tall building, you have to practice it yourself slowly.
As for ancient writing, it is also easy to learn but difficult to master.
According to the classics, every ancient text is a symbol evolved by the ancient powers to comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth and imitate the changes in the universe, and contains infinite profound meanings. Even if Gu Xiuyun had the supernatural power to know the meaning of a word in his previous life, he still had only a little understanding of it, not to mention that he has lost his magical power now.
Even if he were shown an immortal technique, it would be like a blind man trying to grasp an elephant. He would have no idea what it meant.
“I often hear my uncles say that in the cultivation of immortality, the exercises are mainly internal and the secret skills are external.”
“The exercises of immortality are all recorded in ancient texts, so if you want to practice To reach the advanced realm, one must have extremely high attainments in ancient writing."
Gu Xiuyun already fully understands this.
The Swallowing Light and Breathing Clouds technique in the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda is originally a powerful immortal technique. However, because there is only an annotated version translated by later generations and no official text recorded in ancient texts, it is difficult to care about it. The descendants of the family will even fail to enlighten the spiritual veins.
"The Five Elements Restriction is the foundation, and ancient texts are also the foundation. The chapter on asking and seeking truth that I have comprehended is only suitable for previous lives. Now I am Gu Xiuyun. If I still use the previous method, I am afraid there will be problems. ."Gu Xiuyun said to himself.
With this thought in mind, he buried his head and read the comprehensive explanation of ancient characters carefully.
There are very few ancient characters recorded in the Danjing Pagoda, only two hundred Almost every word of the thirty-six words has more than a dozen annotations on the stone slips, allowing the tribesmen to understand the mystery.
While he was reading carefully, the guardian guarding the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda was there. He came over in a hurry. "Mr. Yun, the fourth master sent someone to summon you. Please come back to the house to discuss important matters. "
"The eldest sir calls me back? "Gu Xiuyun frowned slightly.
There were many scriptures in the Alchemy Pagoda, and he was looking at them intently. There was no way he was willing to leave, but since the eldest master specially sent someone to summon him, there must be something particularly important.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiuyun put down the classics and left quickly
"Unexpectedly, after Master Yun successfully opened his pulse, he seemed to be a different person and stayed in the Alchemy Pagoda for five consecutive days. Throughout the night, he did not put down the scriptures in his hands. "The Guardian sighed.
He guards the entrance to the seventh floor every day, so Gu Xiuyun's actions in the tower are clearly visible to the Guardian.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Yun seems to have Haven't even had a break? "The protector was secretly curious, but did not say this out loud.
Now that Gu Xiuyun is a prominent figure in the younger generation of the Gu family, and is highly valued by his fourth uncle, who dares to criticize himself?
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Different from the festive scene in Beicheng, the four houses of the Gu family were covered in white and gloomy mist.
After Gu Xiuyun returned to the city, he also reported the death of his second master, Gu Qingtu. Therefore, in the past few days, cries and howls can always be heard in the four rooms, mostly from the second master’s courtyard.
When I walked into the front hall, there was a golden paint in front of me. There were many concubines and concubines kneeling on both sides of the coffin, all bowing their heads and crying.
"Xiu Yun, you are back." Gu Qingzheng and Gu Qingyuan were sitting on both sides. They saw Gu Xiuyun walking into the front hall and sighed slightly. Nodding, "In order to welcome your marriage, the family has decided to bury the second brother in the dark abyss today. "
"So fast? "Gu Xiuyun was a little surprised.
It stands to reason that the funeral of a cultivator should last for a month to commemorate the grief of the clan, but it has only been seven days, and the family is too anxious!
"I heard that the fourth uncle has already made a date with the Yan clan in a month, so the second brother's funeral can only be kept as simple as possible. "Gu Qingzheng said.
The two masters and their children kneeling on both sides lowered their heads and cried much less loudly, seeming to be listening to their conversation.
They also understood that now Gu Xiuyun His status in the clan is so high that even the uncles in the main line are afraid of him. If he offends Gu Xiuyun, he will have a hard time in the future.
“Let’s not talk about this, Xiuyun, you come with us. Hall. "
The two gentlemen stood up and walked back, and Gu Xiuyun quickly followed.
"Dad, uncle, what is going on? You want to send someone to summon me to come back? "Gu Xiuyun asked.
"Xiuyun, look at this thing," GuQing Zheng took out a black hexagram sign and said, "We have found some clues about the second brother's matter."
"Spirit Turtle Black Armor Sign!"
Gu Xiuyun's face showed Shocked, he quickly took out the hexagram sign from his arms, compared the two, and found that the textures were very similar. It was clearly a hexagram sign refined by the same spirit turtle.
"Uncle, where did you find this hexagram sign?"
"In the southern city of Youning, there are often practitioners who travel around. I heard that a man found it underground. In the big tomb, some black fortune tellers were found. Later, someone discovered that if the fortune tellers were fed with their own essence and blood, their wishes would come true," Gu Qingzheng said.
"There is such a thing?" Gu Xiuyun felt unbelievable.
The Black Armored Turtle is indeed born with miraculous powers, but after being raised with the essence and blood of practitioners, it can actually divination and deduce heavenly secrets on its own, which is a bit incredible!
“Why is there no news about such a magical treasure within the clan?” Gu Xiuyun asked doubtfully.
If one's wishes really come true, the Spirit Turtle Black Armor Lottery has long been the target of everyone's pursuit. Not to mention the Gu family, even the weak water sect would be attracted.
"Xiu Yun, you should also know that in the art of divination, there has always been a sign of a sign," Gu Qingzheng sighed softly, "Although the black sign is magical, others can't tell it apart at all. Which one is the top sign and which one is the bottom sign? If it is the top sign, your dreams will come true, but if it is the bottom sign, you will be on the road to death! ”
"Not only that, the miraculous means of the black hexagrams seem to be caused by the Taoist magic that was planted by an expert. Each hexagram can only be used once, and then it will be useless. Who do you think would be willing to risk their own lives? Bet?" Gu Qingyuan followed.
"I see. No wonder the hexagram sign clearly pointed out the direction of the spiritual liquid pool, but the second uncle died on the way." Gu Xiuyun thought thoughtfully.
The turtle's black-armored lottery in his hand is a winning lottery. As the saying goes, misfortune lies where good fortune lies, and good fortune lies where misfortune lies. The hexagram sign guides the direction of the spiritual fluid pool. It also brought a life and death crisis to the second uncle.
"Ordinary practitioners really cannot see the mystery of the Spirit Turtle Black Armor." Gu Xiuyun said to himself secretly.
The turtle's black armor sign is extremely mysterious. The texture on it corresponds to heaven's secrets above and the great road below. Only those who are proficient in the hexagrams of the Book of Changes can see the difference.
And in this world, he seemed to have never heard of any family that was good at divination.
"Xiuyun, these two hexagram sticks have been used by others and have lost their spiritual effect. They are now ordinary stone sticks. You don't have to worry too much."
"Dad, Uncle, where is the wandering cultivator in Nancheng? I want to see him," Gu Xiuyun said in a deep voice. < /p>
"In this case, I would like to ask my father and uncle to do their best to help me collect more black hexagrams. The money needed can be withdrawn from the main line accounting room."Gu Xiuyun said solemnly.
Of his one million taels of gold, he has only withdrawn 100,000 taels and distributed them to the guards under his command. There are still 900,000 taels in the main accounting room that have not been used.
p>I believe it is not difficult to buy some useless fortune-telling cards with this gold.
“Xiu Yun, are you looking down on your uncle and your father? Gu Qingzheng laughed and said, "It's just a few divination signs, the fourth house can afford it." ”