Chapter 279: Silver Medal and Sutra Library
"Fellow Daoist Fan has helped us so much. I really don't know how to thank you." Lin Jue looked at Master Fan.
"It's just a small favor, and we're neighbors, why should I thank you? Besides, I haven't thanked you two brothers for what happened by the Weishui River, and I haven't forgotten that incident." Tianshi Fan said, "If you two brothers are interested in any other magic, just tell me."
"How can this be so embarrassing..."
As soon as Master Fan heard it, he knew that there was indeed more, and he was not vague at all:
"But please tell me!"
"It's the New Year now, how can I trouble you to worry about this? Let's talk about it after the New Year."
"Brother, why don't you tell me first? I'll think of a solution after the New Year. It's New Year's Day now, and the other people in Juxian Mansion are not free either."
"..."
Lin Jue thought about it and said:
"Fellow Daoist, you know that after we went down the mountain, we were separated from our senior brothers by a long distance, and it was inconvenient to communicate with them. My junior sister also missed them very much. We heard from Master Luo that there is someone in Juxian Mansion who has the ability to travel a thousand miles a day. If we can get this magic, it will solve a big worry in our hearts."
After listening to this, Master Fan thought for a moment:
"In the Juxian Mansion, there are indeed extraordinary people who have the ability to travel a thousand miles a day. However, there are actually more than one, but two or three. The one we usually see is the 'God of Traveling', but he is rarely in the capital. Instead, he travels between the north and south and the capital to bring urgent news to the court."
"Two or three?"
"Anyway, there is more than one. As far as I know, they all have different abilities." Tianshi Fan said, "Anyway, I will go and investigate for you two brothers."
"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"
"You are too polite, Brother." Fan Tianshi returned the greeting. "By the way, this wooden plaque is really not worthy of your status. I had a talk with Doctor Zhou from the Ministry of Rites some time ago. In addition, you used a little magic to subdue the stone horse on the street a few days ago. The Ministry of Rites should soon replace your plaque with another one. I guess it should be a silver plaque. Then you can go to the Sutra Library in the Guanxing Palace to read books."
"Isn't this another favor to you, fellow Taoist?"
"Nothing."
After chatting for a long time, Master Fan left.
Lin Jue opened the book "Five Elements Annotations".
The pages inside are also very old, but there are no signs of damage and the handwriting has not faded. In addition to the owner's proper preservation, there must be other mysterious reasons.
"Between heaven and earth, all things grow together without harming each other, and the great principles run parallel without contradicting each other. The five elements are gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Each of these five elements has its own strengths, and they complement and restrain each other, forming an endless cycle that is the great principle of heaven and earth...
"Gold is born in water and hidden in stone..."
There are detailed annotations in small print under each sentence.
Lin Jue had read the Yin-Yang Classic and knew that these large characters were probably the contents of the Five Elements Classic. The contents themselves were not unusual, just like the avenues that could be seen everywhere. What was unusual was the annotations made by the later sages, which were the small characters below.
Therefore, this is actually a book of "notes".
The annotations in this book obviously do not only explain the Five Elements Sutra and translate it into easy-to-understand words, but also reflect the annotator's own deep understanding and the application of the Five Elements based on this.
This is the method of practice.
However, this book is still not a straightforward and pure method of spiritual practice, it just contains the spiritual practice method. The Taoist friend named Wan was able to comprehend the Five Elements spiritual practice based on it, so it seems that he is really talented in this area.
If you just try to figure it out on your own, you're bound to take detours.
Detours are small, but deviations are big.
So Lin Jue said to his junior sister, "Let me take a look at this book first. If there is no problem, I will copy it for you."
"understood!"
The junior sister didn’t think much about it.
Lin Jue took the book back to the house, waiting for Master Fan to test his magic of traveling for him, while also studying the annotations on the Five Elements.
A few days later, there was a reaction in the ancient books.
Lin Jue immediately opened it.
"Wow..."
The Five Elements Injection Method is one of the Five Elements Spiritual Methods.
The Way of the Five Elements is simple yet hard to obtain. Practitioners of the Way are often limited by their talents, making it difficult for them to embark on this path, let alone achieve enlightenment.
The ancient sage wrote the "Five Elements and Five Qi Classics", which tells the principles of the five qi of heaven and earth and the five elements. Later generations studied and annotated it, and gradually got the essence of the Five Elements Spiritual Method. Due to different annotations, different ways of seeking the Tao were extended. For example, the "Five Elements Annotation Method" from the "Five Elements Annotation" was called "He's Five Elements" because the annotator was He Xianren. The "Five Elements Original Method" from the "Five Elements Original Meaning" was called "Five Elements Original Method", and the annotator's name has been lost. However, the various Five Elements Spiritual Methods are not like the Yin-Yang Spiritual Methods, which are divided into large and small. It's just that the paths to seeking the Tao are slightly different, running parallel and often intersecting, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
The Five Elements Infusion Technique is slow at first but becomes faster later on, and its power is very strong.
"Slow at first and fast later, powerful magic?"
Lin Jue savored these words and stared at the ancient book in deep thought.
In this case, my junior sister first practiced Yin-Yang Spiritual Technique and has already gained a lot of skills. Although she will lose some skills when she specializes in the Five Elements Spiritual Technique, her skills will probably not be low after the loss. Could it be that she can skip the relatively slow early stage practice process of the Five Elements Spiritual Technique?
"Ah……"
Lin Jue shook his head and smiled.
If it weren't for my talent in Yin and Yang instead of the Five Elements, and if it weren't for the fact that I had acquired many mysterious Yin and Yang spells that were good at fighting, I would really like to switch to the Five Elements with my junior sister. Lin Jue was just about to pinch the pages of the book and listen carefully when someone suddenly called him from outside.
So he put his hand on the book and listened carefully.
It turned out that Wu Lingshi was here.
There was no rush at this moment. After thinking for a while, Lin Jue closed the book, blew out the night lamp and walked out.
As Fan Tianshi said,
The Ministry of Rites changed its nameplate from a wooden one to a silver one, skipping the bronze one in the middle. As soon as his holiday was over, Wu Lingshi delivered it to him and wished him a happy new year before the New Year was over.
"In the past, Prime Minister Dayou built four scripture-storing pavilions, namely the Biluo Pavilion, Yujian Tower, Lingtai Pavilion and Cangzhen Pavilion, all of which are inside the Guanxing Palace. The Immortal can enter and exit the Biluo Pavilion, Yujian Tower and Lingtai Pavilion at will by holding a silver medal." Wu Lingshi told him, "During this period of time, from the New Year to the Lantern Festival, the Guanxing Palace is very lively, with many people going there to burn incense, and the Immortal can also go and take a look."
"Alright!"
Lin Jue looked at the pure silver brand in his hand and thought in his heart.
Indeed, during the recent Chinese New Year, according to the local customs, people often go to burn incense to the gods, but I have been in the capital for so long, but I have never been to the Star Observation Palace.
Just go and join in the fun.
It just so happened that today he had activated the Five Elements Spiritual Method in the ancient book. All he had to do was copy it down and then give it to his junior sister to learn slowly. Lin Jue was also happy in his heart. It was a good thing to join in the fun while things were going well.
After seeing Wu Lingshi off, Lin Jue walked to the quiet room.
The wooden door was not closed. There was a long desk inside. A female Taoist priest was sitting in front of the desk, carefully writing the fire method. Her loose Taoist robe was spread out like a flower on the ground.
"Junior sister."
The Taoist woman then turned her head to look at him.
"Don't try so hard. He can't even copy as fast as you can write. The capital is very busy these days. Let's go out and visit the Star Observation Palace."
"okay!"
The Taoist woman thought about it, exerted force with her legs, and stood up.
……
At the same time, Wan Xinrong was also in his own yard, bending down and carefully copying the book "The Mountain Presses Down".
During this process he seemed to be reading and thinking, often stopping to look deep in thought, his eyes often lighting up, as if he didn't know how magic power could be used in this way, and how the five elements had such wonderful effects.
Sometimes he even stood up, clapped his hands, and turned around.
A woman often came to the door to see him, caring about him, but he seemed not to even know she was there. The woman often added some tea and brought some snacks and fruits for him, but he was completely immersed in it and seemed not to even look at her. The woman could not help but lean against the door and sighed in sorrow.
She reached out and touched her increasingly old and ugly face, and the increasing fat on her waist and abdomen. Thinking of the beautiful concubine her husband had taken in years ago, she felt even more worried.
For a moment, she only felt that she was becoming fatter and uglier, and her husband must be obsessed with his beautiful concubine at night and didn't even look at her.
Thinking of the poor days back then, I suddenly felt a little sad.
Most men in the world are lustful, this is the nature of men, she also understands. That delicate girl, let alone men, she likes it. But she heard that many wealthy men in the capital, even if they married concubines, would respect their wives, at most staying overnight with the concubines, not to mention like this, not even looking at their wives during the day.
"Ugh……"
The woman suddenly remembered a rumor she had heard during the Chinese New Year this year.
It is said that there is a mountain eighty miles outside the city, where there lives a deity. If one prays there sincerely, they will become thinner. Many women have regained their beauty in this way.
……
The Star Observation Palace is not far from Lin Jue's residence. In the past few days, there have been people coming and going, and smoke is like clouds. Such a lively scene is not common in small places.
Lin Jue took a walk and then went to the Sutra Library.
Everyone in Juxian Mansion can enter the Biluo Pavilion. Master Fan said that there were only some Taoist books in it and nothing special. Lin Jue went to take a look and found that it was true.
Then they went to Yujian Tower and Lingtai Pavilion respectively.
After a quick look, I felt that there were not many rare books in the Jade Slip Tower. Most of them recorded some ancient Taoist secrets and some strange things that happened around the capital.
Lingtai Pavilion is better.
It records some people who have become immortals, some works said to be written by immortals, the life stories of some gods, and many great monsters in the world. There are also some extremely mysterious books, which may contain some mysteries and methods, but they are either written in a very mysterious way or recorded in a trivial way, making it difficult to understand.
It will take time to understand everything.
Lin Jue naturally gave priority to those that interested him or those that sounded somewhat relevant to him.
Such as Huizhou, Yishan, and Qiyun Mountain.
Originally, he just wanted to see which great monsters had appeared in Huizhou, and whether there were any records of the Corpse Tiger King, the Jade Mirror Emperor, the Yili God, or even the mountain god of Yishan or the founder of his own Fuqiu Temple. However, he did not expect that the first person he saw when he opened the ancient book in his hand would be Niangniang Yaohua.
If this is the case, it seems normal. At most, one can only say that he is worthy of being the great sage among monsters and a powerful person in ancient times. However, after reading the rest of the story, Lin Jue was surprised to find a few words about his ancient book.
(End of this chapter)
