Chapter 06 Eedswer

Not long after, Liang Xiangling came to Yan Ji's house and asked him to have breakfast. His breakfast is also wild boar. Although it is difficult for most people to eat greasy meat in the morning, Yan Ji, who has not eaten meat for many years, is an exception.

After breakfast, Liang Xiangling asked, "How's it going? Have you recited it?"

"Let's recite it." Yan Ji is full of confidence.

Liang Xiangling looked satisfied and said, "Listen to me on your back!"

Liang Xiangling walked around in front of Yan Ji with her hands behind her waist, and her eyes never left Yan Ji. This made Yan Ji nervous again. Somehow, she recalled the scene when Liang Xiangling cut his hair. Her mind was blank, and she couldn't recite the fifth of the 20 door rules that were originally ripe.

Looking at Yan Ji's "um" for a long time, Liang Xiangling's face was a little ugly and said harshly, "Why can't you recite it? Did you recite it carefully at night? Or are you lazy to recite it?

"Because...because..." Yan Ji didn't want to lose face in front of her senior sister, let alone let her look down on him. Finally, she said truthfully, "Because you always look at me and walk in front of me, I can't recite it..." When he finished saying this, he secretly glanced Liang Xiangling to see if she was really angry.

"You can't recite it in front of you?" Liang Xiangling walked suspiciously behind Yan Ji and stood still, saying, "Now carry it on your back. I won't look at you."

Yan Ji calmed down and finally recited 20 door rules. This also changed Liang Xiangling's view of him. He thought he was just nervous and said to himself, "It seems that he is not too stupid. I have been looking at him and walking around, which has invisibly added a burden on him."

After reciting the rules, Yan Ji was full of confidence that his senior sister would teach him spells next. He was so happy that he almost laughed.

Liang Xiangling took out a book and wrote the three words "Tao Te Ching". Liang Xiangling said, "This book is called the Tao Te Ching, which was written by Li Er, the ancestor of Taoism. The second lesson for our disciples of Sanqingguan is to recite this Tao Te Ching and explain its meaning."

Yan Ji was disappointed for a while, but after reading the Tao Te Ching, it was only 5,000 words, and she felt that she could recite it in a day or two. Liang Xiangling handed Yan Ji another piece of paper full of words and said, "This is the annotation of the Tao Te Ching. You should be able to say the meaning after you recite it."

With the last experience, Liang Xiangling no longer took time to dictate the meaning of the Tao Te Ching for Yan Ji to write it down. She felt that it would be better to write it on paper for him to see by himself, and also save her from being dry mouth.

This Tao Te Ching is not written in vernacular. Five thousand words are all ancient sayings, which are boring to read and much more difficult to memorize than that rule.

Yan Ji's father is a teacher. When he taught him to recite and read, he also taught him a truth: "You can only remember more clearly and forget it in your mind."

Therefore, every time Yan Ji reads a sentence, he reads the annotation to understand what this sentence means. Although this method is very slow, it is also a good way. As long as he understands the meaning, it will be much easier to memorize it.

In the Tao Te Ching, Yan Ji also found the sentence on the stone tablet in front of the Sanqing Gate:

"Tao gives birth to one, two in one, two in three, three in three. Everything bears the yin and embraces the yang, and thinks it is harmony.

Reading this, Yan Ji understood that this sentence came from the Tao Te Ching. After reading 5,000 words, Yan Ji felt a lot. Only these 5,000 words have included the way of all things in the sky and the ways of life. At this moment, he suddenly understood why he recited the Tao Te Ching before learning spells.

Only when you understand the meaning of Tao can you make the best use of spells.

Although what is said is half-baked, he is sure that it must have a profound meaning, perhaps naturally understand with age.

After reading this book, Yan Ji felt that the profound meaning had exceeded all the classics his father taught him. He didn't understand why his father had never mentioned such a profound masterpiece. Yan Ji would not understand how his father, a Confucian bachelor, would study Taoist classics. Except for scriptures, history, children and collections, most Confucian students were unwilling to study other classics.

It took Yan Ji three days to memorize the 5,000-word Tao Te Ching and the notes. His method of understanding the meaning before reciting it is more effective than those who recite the annotations first.

Three days later, when Liang Xiangling checked Yan Ji's mastery of the Tao Te Ching, no matter what she asked, Yan Ji could recite every word and say what she meant.

This made Liang Xiangling look at him with new eyes and smiled at Yan Ji, "I don't think you are quite smart! It took me four or five days at that time.

The first time I heard my senior sister praise him for his cleverness, Yan Ji was very happy and finally felt that he was not a useless person. Thinking of reciting 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching, the senior sister would definitely teach him magic, and Yan Ji was about to laugh happily.

The matter is far from being as simple as he thought. Liang Xiangling did not talk about teaching him magic, but only said, "As a disciple of this family, you should often meditation and practice to attract the aura of heaven and earth into the body. Sometimes it takes a few days and nights when you sit down, and you have good bones to stick to it. Your bones are so bad. From today on, you will go to the mountains to cut firewood every morning and practice boxing in the afternoon. You can do these things to strengthen your health.

Since then, although Yan Ji didn't have to recite those books, it was not easy. Every day, Yan Ji, who was already very weak, was a little nervous and sweaty every day. Liang Xiangling did not teach him any spells except for some ordinary boxing and swords.

At first, Yan Ji was still very angry, but when he thought that his life was a hundred times better than before, he could eat delicious food cooked by his senior sister no matter how tired he was every day. Every time he saw his beautiful face, his physical fatigue seemed to have been half gone. Yan Ji felt that he should be satisfied and thought, "If you can really live like this for a lifetime, it doesn't matter if you don't learn magic."

I sweat a lot and eat more. Three bowls of meat and three bowls of broth every day. After a month, my face has improved a lot and my face is no longer pale. Although Liang Xiangling increased his time to practice boxing every day, he obviously felt that he was not as tired as before.

In the morning, Yan Ji walked out of the green bamboo forest where Qingzhu Xianju was located to collect firewood and cut 50 catties of firewood every day. It was quite easy for Yan Ji and would not feel tired. It seemed that his body was getting stronger and stronger.

Out of the green bamboo forest, the grass and trees on the whole hillside are withered and yellow. The whole cold wind blew, which made Yan Ji shiver. It was winter and the weather was getting colder and colder. Yan Ji immediately started to cut firewood, complete the task, go back early, and blow less cool breeze.

As soon as I swung the axe, I saw a twelve- or three-year-old girl in the distance. The girl was running towards Yan Ji and shouted, "Brother, I'll ask you the way!"

When the girl came over, Yan Ji saw that her face was pale, her lips were dry, and she was only wearing a thin dress. She actually holds a red sword in her hand, which is the sword of Guangling Zhenren, but Yan Ji doesn't know this sword.

Seeing that the girl has stepped into the boundary of Sanqingguan, Yan Ji hurriedly said, "If you want to ask the way, ask quickly and leave after asking. This is the boundary of my three clear views, and you can't let an outsider enter.

"Are you under Sanqingguanmen? That's great," the girl grabbed Yan Ji's clothes and said in surprise, "Take me to see your family. I have something important to report."

When Yan Ji heard that she had something important to find a teacher, he no longer drove her away and said, "I'll take you to see my senior sister first to see what she will do."

The girl nodded eagerly and said, "Come on, take me there quickly."

Hearing her speech, she was very anxious. Yan Ji felt that there was something urgent, so she trotted and took the girl to Qingzhu Xianju. The girl didn't run out of two steps and fell and fainted. Yan Ji shouted twice and didn't wake up. She hurriedly picked up the girl and ran to Qingzhu Xianju with the red sword.

70 or 80 catties of Chai Yanji can bear it, and the twelve- or three-year-old girl is no longer talking about it, but she trotted back all the way, which made him sweat.

When Liang Xiangling saw Yan Ji carrying a person back, she frowned and asked, "Who is this person? Why did you carry her back?"

Yan Ji gasped and said, "She said that she had something important to see the teacher, and then she fainted, so I carried her back, and she didn't say who she was."

Liang Xiangling's eyes were immediately attracted by the red sword in Yan Ji's hand and hurriedly asked, "Is this sword also brought by her?"

"She brought it. I took the sword back after she fainted." Yan Ji answered with a big breath.

Liang Xiangling frowned and muttered, "It's strange how Uncle Guangling's heavenly sword is in her hand."

She quickly looked at the girl's pulse and tried to wake her up and ask her clearly. After a burst of pulse, Liang Xiangling pinched her acupuncture point twice, and the girl gradually woke up.

Seeing her wake up, Liang Xiangling asked, "How can Uncle Guangling's sword be in your hand? Who are you?"

The girl calmed down and said, "I'm the daughter of Zhou Huaiyang, the owner of Qianjian Villa. He has been killed. I'm here to report to you Sanqing and bring his sword back to you."

Guangling Zhenren is one of several important figures in the Three Qing View, and his status in the view is second only to Guang Chengzi, who is in charge of the view. His death will undoubtedly shock the whole Sanqing View. Liang Xiangling no longer asked her and rushed out of Qingzhu Xianju and ran to Sanqingguan.

After Liang Xiangling left, the girl took a look at Yan Ji and begged in a weak voice, "This guy, can you give me something to eat? I haven't eaten for days."

Yan Ji looked very pitiful and guessed that she was probably hungry when she fainted just now. Without hesitation, she ran to the kitchen and took two steamed buns and a bowl of hot tea for her. Looking at her eating steamed buns, you can see how hungry she is. She ate a steamed bun with only three or two bites.

Seeing that she soon finished eating two steamed buns, Yan Ji asked, "Are you full? If it's not enough, I'll get you two more."

The girl said, "No, I'm full, thank you."

Not long after, more than a dozen people came to the quiet Qingzhu Xianju, and it was Guang Chengzi and a group of elders who came.

When the girl saw a group of people, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed and cried, "My Taoist ministers and uncles want to be the master of Qianjian Villa!" The cult hell goalkeeper killed all 200 people in Qianjian Villa. At present, I am the only one left. Please make the decision for me.

Looking at her bitterness and sadness, Yan Ji also felt a little bitter in her heart and felt that she was very pitiful.

Guang Chengzi helped the girl up and said in a kind voice, "I will naturally be the master of your Qianjian Villa. Don't kneel down and tell me how Brother Guangling died first."

The girl thanked Guang Chengzi and said slowly, "That day, Guangling Zhenren saved me and said that he would take me in, so he took me to Sanqingguan. On the way, a strange man from the Hell Gate suddenly appeared, and Guangling Zhenren fought with him. Later, a man came to help kill the strange man at the Hell Gate. The man and Guangling Zhenren also killed Guangling Zhenren.

"Then can you see who killed Brother Guangling?" The question was a Taoist priest in a Chu-colored Taoist robe, who was Guangyun Zhenren, one of the leaders of Sanqingguan.