After Xiyue left, Chen Ping walked behind the cave door and looked outside. It was already late at night, and the whole village was completely silent. Even the occasional crying children could not be heard.
It is summer, and the Canglan grassland villages without the protection of formations will also experience the changes of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In two months, it will be autumn.
Harvest season.
But there was no harvest atmosphere at all in the entire village.
Chen Ping looked at the starry sky.
Unknowingly, it has been four years since I came here. It was a foundation building before coming here, but now it is a golden elixir.
But I still don’t know when I can go back.
Why.
When can I hold my soft wife in my arms and taste the wonderful life?
There is nothing here.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, you haven't rested at this late hour?" A monk walked out of Mingheyuan Cave Mansion. This man was the Jindan monk who worked with Chen Ping to burn the wasteland during the day.
Chen Ping had chatted with him on the way here. This monk was called Feng Li, and there was also a Foundation-Building Taoist monk. The two had lived together in another village for many years.
But they felt that the resources outside the village were too depleted, so the two took this opportunity to come here together.
Chen Ping never thought that he lived next door:
"Do you, Fellow Daoist Feng, live in this cave forever?"
"Yes." Feng Li smiled:
"When I first arrived, I didn't want to open up the cave myself. It's the same everywhere. I originally wanted to visit the neighbors, but it was already very late when I moved in, so I didn't bother to disturb you. I didn't want to rest, so I came out to get some fresh air. I never thought that Fellow Daoist Chen was living there. Now that we live next door, you and I are destined to be together."
After speaking, he raised a teapot and said:
"How about drinking tea and chatting together? You're not disturbing Fellow Daoist Chen, are you?"
I have to say that this man still knows how to enjoy life.
Chen Ping hasn't had any spiritual tea since he's been here for so long.
Of course, this is mainly because he has no interest in it.
In contrast, he prefers drinking plain water.
"Where is it? Fellow Taoist Feng is still not resting at this late hour? Why don't you go in and sit with fellow Taoist monks after moving to your new home?" Chen Ping saw that there was still a faint light in his cave.
His Taoist companion was probably not asleep either.
Seeing that Chen Ping agreed, Feng Li carried the teapot and walked towards Chen Ping's yard. After walking into Chen Ping's yard, he lowered his voice and said with a smile:
"What kind of Taoist companion do you want to accompany me? To be honest, Taoist friend Chen, my Taoist partner is completely obedient to me. She will never dare to say anything behind my words."
"Not to mention just coming out to sit for a while, even if I don't go home at night, she doesn't dare to say a word."
There was a sense of pride in his expression.
Chen Ping believed this.
One is golden elixir and the other is foundation building.
Family status is judged by superiority and inferiority.
Chen Ping asked Feng Li to sit down at the table and chairs in the courtyard. He then took out the kettle from the cave and drank his own boiled water on the pretext of not drinking spiritual tea.
"..."
"Is the village where Fellow Daoist Feng was originally located similar to this one?" Chen Ping asked after a while of tea.
After coming to Canglan Grassland, he didn't go to many places.
Most of the information comes from asking around.
"It's pretty much the same. There's also an ancient pagoda in the middle, which is also protected. But it's nothing. I've been in there before, and the ancient pagoda is unremarkable. Some of the words on it are somewhat useful. They seem to be the secret law of the ancient pagoda. I heard that's true. Activating the ancient underground palace tower also played a role." Feng Li said.
It seems that the situation in every village is the same.
Chen Ping took the opportunity to ask more about the situation of the stone tower in the formation.
I learned that the writing on the ancient pagoda is an ancient prohibition.
It is one of the many measures to ensure that the ancient pagoda can drive away monsters, and it is also one of the assists for the guardians of the ancient pagoda to explore the secret method of opening the ancient pagoda in the underground palace.
Of course, Feng Li found this out in his original village. Reliability unknown.
...In this way, the guardians of the ancient pagoda still have some experience in deciphering the meaning of such characters. No wonder Jiang Youwei asked everyone in the underground palace to memorize those runes first.
This is good news.
"Fellow Daoist Feng, do you still remember those words? I am a talisman master myself, so I am quite interested in these weird words." Chen Ping took the opportunity to ask.
Unlike when he came here four years ago, Chen Ping no longer wants to wait for others to slowly find a solution.
As long as the risks are controllable, you have to think about this slowly.
It would be best to go back as soon as possible.
"I don't remember." Feng Li shook his head, remembered something, and said:
“Didn’t this village publish those words?”
"Feng Daoyou's original village has been made public?" Chen Ping hesitated.
"Yes, in order to explore the meaning of those words, the guardian of the ancient pagoda carved those words on the stone tablets in the village and encouraged all monks to interpret them. Anyone who can provide valid information will be given incentives."
"If Fellow Daoist Chen wants to find out, ask one or two monks from that village, and you might be able to find out." Feng Li was a little confused about this village's non-disclosure of information.
Chen Ping nodded and asked Feng Li which fellow Taoists were from the same village as him.
'You have to find an opportunity to get those words and see if they are valuable. '
After Feng Li finished the introduction, he said with emotion:
"In fact, brainstorming is the most effective way. After obtaining the underground palace runes this time, I can propose to the guardians of the ancient tower to make them public and work together to realize some truth faster."
Chen Ping also sighed:
"Who says it's not? I hope it can be interpreted earlier, and I hope the result is good. Don't let it happen again a hundred years later."
"."
While the two were chatting, a deliberate cough came from Feng Li's cave.
With this clear cough, Feng Li, who had been lazily leaning on his chair, suddenly sat upright.
Realizing that his reaction was too big, he smiled awkwardly.
"Haha, what did you think it was? It turned out to be that girl. Don't pay attention to her. I have the final say in the house. ... Of course, I have to go back. The main reason is that it is too late and I can't disturb Fellow Daoist Chen for too long." Feng Li lowered his voice. The voice pretended to be calm.
You can pull it down.
Then you should speak louder.
Why are you lowering your voice?
Chen Ping smiled and did not expose him.
Feng Li turned sideways and looked at the cave behind Chen Ping. He lowered his voice again and said with a smile:
"That Fellow Daoist Chen is not your own sister, right?"
Chen Ping paused for a moment, this guy has good eyesight.
This is all visible.
Before Chen Ping could answer, Feng Li chuckled:
"Hey, bro, I'm here, I'll tell you at a glance. Did you do it?"
"What? Judging from the behavior between the two of you, I haven't slept together in the same bed before? We have been here for so many years, and we are still in the same room with you, but I still don't let you sleep?"
Chen Ping's breathing stagnated.
He looked back at Xiyue's quiet room.
Please keep your voice down.
Zhuji and Jindan have sharp ears, and the women in the two caves may be listening.
Feng Li was completely unaware of Chen Ping's expression.
As someone who has experienced this, I decisively introduced my experience in finding a Taoist companion:
"It's okay not to sleep. Based on my experience, when looking for a Taoist partner, you have to find someone who is gentle and well-behaved, someone whose heart softens when your husband calls you. Hehe, that's wonderful."
"I think your god-sister has a cold face and is not an easy monk to deal with. Moreover, she has been in the same room with you for so many years but has not let you sleep. She looks like a temperamental person and is very aloof. This kind of woman is the most undesirable. Suitable as a Taoist companion."
"Brother me."
Before Feng Li finished speaking, a vigorous aura suddenly shook from Xiyue's quiet room, and an empty chair in the yard was instantly turned into powder.
Feng Li immediately stopped talking.
He looked back, stood up hurriedly and said:
"That, that's serious. It's getting late, so I won't disturb Fellow Daoist Chen to rest. We'll talk the next day."
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Ping's reply, he stood up with the teapot and hurried back to his cave.
After Feng Li left, Chen Ping stood up and sorted out the things that were staggered by Xi Yue.
Why.
Really.
What Fellow Daoist Feng said is correct.
Why are you so angry?
Sure enough, there is a lot of trouble outside the cave, so it is better to stay in the quiet room.
Back in the quiet room, Chen Ping injected a little spiritual power into the sparkling stone on the table.
Make it brighter.
Anyway, I didn't feel sleepy, so I simply continued to work at my desk and copied out the underground palace runes again.
It deepens the impression.
Because of an experience, I copied all the runes in more than two hours this time.
Chen Ping picked up one and looked at it.
If you look at one rune alone, it is a talisman.
'What would happen if it were drawn in the way of a talisman? '
Chen Ping thought that when he saw these runes in the underground palace, they were indeed glowing with light, very similar to the activated talismans.
Thinking of this, he immediately took out the talisman skin.
After calming down, he went to his desk again.
The two previous attempts at transcribing runes only used a rune pen as a medium to record these runes without injecting spiritual power.
Just like writing.
This time, it's a symbol.
It's a pity that there is no corresponding talisman book, and he doesn't know what the meaning of drawing talismans is? Where is the idea? How about curse words? What are the detailed requirements?
All he can do is rely on his skillful drawing skills and rich insights to introduce spiritual power on the basis of 'writing'.
After finishing a painting, he waited for a moment.
Unfortunately, the entire rune did not react at all, and was no different from what was written, and the spiritual power was not retained in the lines.
The drawn runes are dead.
'Come again and try it a few more times to see if it works. '
Chen Ping was not discouraged.
As a talisman master, he knows that even if he has a register, it is not easy to draw talismans step by step.
What's more, there are no teaching materials at all nowadays, so you have to rely on copying and understanding on your own.
Second time, third time, fourth time.
The fiftieth time...
He kept painting like this, the sky was bright, then dark, and then bright again.
Unfortunately, one day and two nights passed, and no clue was found at all.
It stands to reason that I have a deep understanding of the second-order talisman. After drawing it for so long, I won't have any insights at all.
But in fact, there is just no understanding.
'It seems that it is not a simple drawing symbol. '
'Maybe there's another mystery inside. '
After dawn, Chen Ping, who was originally planning to continue exploring the runes, received a visitor.
——Golden Monk.
Chen Ping received him in the Dongfu living room. After some greetings, Brother Jin said:
"That day in the underground palace, Fellow Daoist Chen was also there, right? Dare I ask Fellow Daoist Chen whether he recorded those runes?"
"I remembered some, what's wrong?" Chen Ping didn't know why he suddenly asked this.
"That's good." Monk Jin smiled and said:
"Those runes are intricate, numerous, and detailed. It is easy to make mistakes just by relying on the memories of a few people. Can Fellow Daoist Chen copy down the memorized runes? In this way, working together can also reduce some errors."
Seeing that Chen Ping didn't speak, Brother Jin continued to introduce.
This time, all the monks who have been to the center of the underground palace will be questioned one by one, especially talisman masters like Chen Ping. Then the runes copied by everyone were gathered together to check for omissions and fill in the gaps so that some errors in the memory of the ancient tower guardian could be corrected.
It's a joint effort for everyone's benefit.
"I just copied down some runes last night, but not many. Fellow Taoist Jin will do it later."
Chen Ping did not hide the facts. This matter was for the common interests of everyone, and it was also related to his own plan to get out of the Canglan Grassland. It should be a collective effort.
But he didn't provide all the runes.
Instead, he provided thirty-five runes counting from back to front, saying that he and Xiyue recorded some of them alone.
As for the previous ones, most monks probably remember them from front to back, so there should be no problem.
"May I ask Fellow Daoist Jin, if there is a strategy for interpreting these runes?" Chen Ping took the opportunity to ask.
It is the best time to inquire about information when you are offering benefits to others.
Fellow Taoist Jin took the talisman from Chen Ping, thanked him, and said:
"It doesn't hurt to talk to fellow Daoist Chen about this in advance. This time is different from the past. The leader doesn't want to wait another hundred years. After a while, Japan will follow the example of another village and make the runes public and brainstorm."
"Does Fellow Daoist Chen know what prohibition is?"
Prohibition?
That's so common.
The clothing array on the robe can be called a restriction, and the pattern array on the magic weapon can also be called a restriction...
But this is obviously not what Brother Jin wants to ask.
Chen Ping said quickly:
"Appreciate further details."
Monk Jin nodded: "These runes are actually a kind of restriction. We call it: confinement technique..."
Confinement, as the name suggests, is a spell to imprison other objects.
The confinement technique is a talisman and a spell.
To be precise, it is a secret technique that combines talismans and spells.
First, practice this secret technique, and then understand the rhyme of the talisman in the secret technique, and then understand the essence of talisman drawing.
Then, the runes are used as carriers to draw the talismans, and then they are connected together using secret techniques to open up the connection between the runes and form a unique confinement effect.
Therefore, the confinement technique is different from the restrictions of formations, weapon refining, and talisman painting, and forms a system of its own.
Obviously, these runes are the confinement techniques that imprison the severed arm.
"In this case, as long as the runes are ready, wouldn't it be possible to start practicing the secret technique, then feed the runes back, and finally successfully unlock the prison?" Chen Ping interjected after hearing the key point.
"Successfully released from the imprisonment?" Monk Jin laughed dumbly:
"Not to mention whether you can successfully acquire this confinement technique, even if you successfully acquire it, you have only learned the confinement technique, which can be used to imprison other objects."
"But it's not that easy to untie other people's chains."
"When the confinement technique is arranged, the thoughts of the imprisoned person can be mixed in, and some unpredictable things can be added at will, such as sword intent, or some mysterious and mysterious third secret techniques."
"This requires me to understand this confinement technique and understand the potential way to unlock it. This is not that simple."
"The withered old man claimed that it was a prison from the demon world to the human world. If it is true, but the prison is really so easy to break, how can it be so?"
Chen Ping understood the meaning.
The reason why the confinement spell is powerful is that during the confinement process, the caster can add some intricate side plots at will.
If you can't solve the subplot, you can't pass the level either.
The problem is that these branches are still very complicated and can be all kinds of unexpected things.
Unfortunately, there is no corresponding secret technique left, which is equivalent to no trace.
The only good thing is that since these branch lines have been laid out, there will inevitably be some clues left behind. If you can understand a little bit of clues when practicing the confinement technique, you may be able to find a chance.
"Just now, Fellow Daoist Jin said, 'Let's not talk about it.' Does that mean that the confinement technique has as much mystery as the runes?" Chen Ping asked again.
"It is unknown whether the mystery exists, but what is known is that it is also very difficult..." Monk Jin explained without hesitation.
The confinement spell is usually a secret spell unique to the caster. It is not a common spell. It is unique, and even its arrangement has the caster's own understanding.
Therefore, there is no experience in practicing the confinement technique.
In other words, the experience accumulated by the guardians of the ancient tower in the past hundred years will not play a big role in interpreting the confinement technique this time.
Have to start all over again.
Again.
The technique of imprisonment is mixed with runes, but there is no manual for drawing runes. It is necessary to understand the essence during the process of practicing the technique of imprisonment, and then apply it to the drawing of runes.
In other words, the practice of confinement is not easy.
Drawing runes is even more difficult.
And finally combining the two is doubly 'difficult'.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, that's all I have to say. Anyway, it's all information that will be made public in the future. If you encounter any problems that you don't understand in the future, Daoist Chen, you and I can continue to discuss it." Monk Jin stood up and left.
Chen Ping quickly stood up and thanked:
"Thank you, fellow Taoist Jin, for clarifying my doubts. I have benefited a lot from what you have to say."
"You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Chen."
Chen Ping saw Brother Jin out and saw that he went to the cave next door and knocked on the door again, so he turned around and went back home.
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(End of chapter)
