Chen Fan immediately decided to start practicing Qi, absorbing and refining it at the same time. Just when Chen Fan made the decision, the sword essence stopped flowing in. Gone? I don’t know if it’s because I can only take so much because of the chance I had with it, or because the sword element stored in it is gone? Chen Fan took his hand away from the scabbard with some regret and sighed secretly.
After being out for a while, Chen Fan returned to the quiet room of the Sutra Pavilion. Seeing that Xiao Qing was still working, he did not disturb him. He closed the door of the quiet room, sat down, and meditated on himself.
I saw that the lower Dantian turned into a golden ocean. The golden gas was like substance, filling the Dantian. Only a light green droplet at the bottom emitted a gem-like light. It was the true essence mixed with white and green. , settling below, is the result of these days of practice.
Chen Fan immediately quit the meditation, opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Qing, who happened to be watching too. The two looked at each other, and before Chen Fan could speak, Xiao Qing took the lead and said: "I plan to start practicing Qi. Please help me take care of it and don't let anyone disturb me."
"Why don't you wait until your master is by your side?" Chen Fan was stunned and said. Xiao Qing did not "inherit the quotation". If there is a mistake in understanding the content of the scripture, it is not a joke.
"It's okay. The master of the Qi training section has already explained it to me. I have recited and understood it repeatedly today. Now I am the most familiar with the scriptures, and the true energy in my body is faintly surging. It is time to work hard and enter the Qi training stage. ." Xiao Qing's eyes were firm.
"Okay, you have to be careful." Chen Fan thought for a while and said.
"Thank you."
Chen Fan stood guard at the door of the quiet room. When the red clouds filled the sky in the west and the golden roulette was about to disappear, Chen Fan heard the sound of the quiet room. When he looked back, he saw that Xiao Qing had stood up in high spirits, with two sword-shaped eyebrows. There were stars in his lower eyes, and his wheat-colored skin had a faint sheen due to sweat, making him look extremely handsome.
"Congratulations, it seems you have cultivated your true energy."
"Luckily, it's okay." When he said "It's okay," Xiao Qing finally showed a sunny smile on his face. Whether it was an illusion or not, Chen Fan suddenly felt that Xiao Qing was much more cheerful.
"Next, do you plan to practice swordplay or learn to move the world in the palm of your hand?" Chen Fan was actually a little worried about the second volume of the scripture. He couldn't borrow it, but he could benefit from the glory of the person in front of him. As for the palm technique, Chen Fan thought it would be better to wait until later to learn it. Now that he has obtained the sword element, he must make full use of the sword element's greatest advantage.
"I plan to practice palm. I have practiced boxing and sword before, but I haven't learned palm yet. Master Wang's palm movement is very powerful, so I plan to practice palm first."
"Have you practiced swords before? Why don't I see you practicing now?"
"That's because my practice of boxing is actually practicing swordsmanship. Master Huang taught me to integrate sword moves into boxing, and then turn boxing moves into sword moves. This is considered a small accomplishment in swordsmanship."
"So are you good at swordsmanship now?" Chen Fan was a little curious about Xiao Qing's level.
"That's right. But it's still a little far from Master Huang's requirements, so I want to refer to the palm technique."
It seemed that Xiao Qing's swordsmanship was good, and Chen Fan didn't go into details. The two of them calmed down, said goodbye to the Scripture Pavilion, and returned home.
In the study, "Hou Feng, go to Liang's Mansion on Shiyuan Road tonight and help me send a post to Liang Xiu to see if he is free to get together tomorrow." After saying that, Chen Fan wrote the post on silk paper Passed it to Hou Feng.
"Yes, Mr. Lang. Would you like to rent a carriage and go there tomorrow?"
"Rent one. I will ask Master for leave tomorrow. After you rent it, wait for me at the gate of the Taoist temple."
"Yes, Lang Jun." Hou Feng took the post and went to Liang Xiu's house.
Not long after Chen Fan waited, Hou Feng came back.
"Mr. Lang, he is free tomorrow and will ask you to meet at Cuixiang Pavilion in the morning."
"Where is Cuixiang Pavilion?"
"It's a restaurant that also offers tea drinking, listening to books, and businesswomen performing performances. It's located near Liang Mansion."
"Business girl?" This is a new term. I have seen it in Du Mu's poems before, "Shang girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but she still sings "Back Garden Flowers" across the river." But I don't know if this society refers to singing and dancing girls. ? Chen Fan was confused and asked.
"Yes, they are women who dance and sing, but unlike women in brothels, they only engage in performances."
"Oh, how about your consumption level?" Chen Fan is not free and easy enough to spend money casually, so he naturally has to be concerned.
"I inquired about it, and the consumption level is not too expensive. The price of food is not much different from that of an ordinary restaurant. When watching a performance, you can just tip casually. It can be a few coins or dozens of coins, depending on the mood of the guests."
"Okay, not bad." Since we are not at Liang Xiu's house, we can call Lu Ban tomorrow and wait until we meet Liang Xiu. "By the way, take these two taels of silver. You need to buy some gifts and pay for drinks tomorrow." The money I gave him before was for food expenses. I guess the money is not enough. He can't be too shabby when he goes out, so Chen Fan gave him another two taels.
Early the next morning, in the main hall of Dongyue Hall, Master Jia was sitting in the middle. Chen Fan was standing in front of the hall wearing a light blue brocade robe, carrying ten taels of silver, and was saluting his master.
"Meet the Master."
"Daoxuan, you're here, you don't need to be polite when you come to my place."
"Thank you, Master. By the way, Yuan Tong and I both started practicing Qi yesterday." Although Chen Fan started practicing Qi two days earlier, he still said the time was the same as Xiao Qing.
"Oh, not bad. Did the Qi training go well?" Master Jia praised.
"It went very well, but I didn't produce much real energy."
"Don't be impatient. There is less spiritual energy in the air right now, so the amount of true energy you can train will naturally be less."
"Also, the attributes of the true essence obtained each time should be inconsistent. For example, Yuantong obtained the sword essence, and after refining it, he obtained the metallic true essence. So how can he get the desired attribute true essence?"
"It mainly relies on three methods. One is the treasures of heaven and earth, such as the Spiritual Source Pearl, which is conceived by heaven and earth. It contains the energy of chaos and is the mother of all things. It can be changed into any attribute according to needs; the second is to rely on the natural environment. , such as the land of volcanoes, which can increase the true essence of fire, and the land of ice and snow, which can increase the true essence of water; the third is to use the power of formations, such as the Five Elements Formation of Baiyun Temple, which can gather the spiritual power of the five elements, and the spiritual power inside is abundant, and the five elements balanced."
"Is there a technique that can expel the excess true energy from the body, or absorb only the required spiritual power to form true energy to achieve attribute balance?"
"I have never heard of this. Normally, when true energy enters the meridians, it causes a person to generate strength. After the strength is used up, the true energy will still slowly return to the lower Dantian of the human body. When spiritual energy is inhaled, it enters together with the gas. The human body has never been heard of absorbing some kind of spiritual power alone."
"Thank you, Master. I have one more thing to do. I need to take a few days off to visit my friends in Gusu and go home. I will come back on the 29th to register for new students."
"That's right. I've been in Gusu for a few days. It's time to go home and have a look. Go ahead and be careful on the road."
"Thank you, Master."
Chen Fan said goodbye to his master and left the Taoist temple. Hou Feng had already rented a carriage and was waiting at the door.
"Go to the study first and take a look." Chen Fan ordered.
"Okay, I wonder which study you plan to go to?" the coachman asked.
"On the way to Cuixiang Pavilion, did you pass by a good study?"
"Yes, Jingfangzhai is a famous study in Suzhou. It has a complete range of items and reasonable prices.
"Okay, let's go there first." Chen Fan and Hou Feng got on the carriage and arrived at the study.
The facade of Jingfangzhai is relatively wide, about ten meters long. Due to time constraints, Chen Fan did not plan to visit more. After entering, a waiter came forward.
"Your Majesty, do you want to buy something?"
"That's right. What books do you have here?"
"There are four books and five classics. Some are made of bamboo slips, and some are copied on silk paper. I wonder which one you want?"
"Do you have any chess records?"
"Yes, there is "Yizhi" and "Go Fu"."
Chen Fan knew that "Game Purpose" and "Go Fu" discussed the thoughts of Go, which were relatively basic. For Chen Fan now, there was no need to read it again, and he immediately asked: "Is there any "Lan Ke Pu" ?" If the study has some for sale, that would be best.
"This does not."
"Is there any "Grass and Trees Book"?"
"No, what Lang Jun mentioned are legendary chess records. Not to mention small shops, even the entire study room in Gusu can't sell them."
"Do you have any other chess records?"
"Yes, there is also a chess book, which introduces the rules of Go. Do you want to read it, Sir?"
"No need. How much does "Zhouyi" cost?" "Zhouyi" is one of the Five Classics, and some stores sell it.
"What material is it made of?"
"How much are the prices of bamboo slips and silk paper?"
"The bamboo slips cost fifty coins; the silk paper ones cost one hundred and twenty coins."
The price is not cheap. This "Book of Changes" is one of the Five Classics. Although I have never read it before, I know that it was written by Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. It has about 5,000 words and can be completed in a few pages, but the price is much more expensive than modern times. Is it because manual copying is required? It seems that it is really not easy for poor people to study. Chen Fan came to the study not only to buy things, but also to expand his knowledge, so I asked him casually.
"How do you sell these four treasures of your study?"
"Customer, different materials have different prices." The waiter led Chen Fan to the table where the Four Treasures of the Study were placed. There were prices written on small bamboo pieces next to the items. Chen Fan finally chose an inkstone for Dean Lu, which was a Xiangyun three-legged stone inkstone with an ink grinding stone. The price was 500 Wen; the one for Liang Xiu was the Four Treasures of the Study, and the writing paper was made of silk veneer, which was four Wen. I bought fifty of them, and bought them for 30 cents of pine ink, 150 cents of wolf hair, and 200 cents of inkstone. It was 80 cents more than the one given to Dean Lu, mainly for the 19th road. Thanks for the promotion.
After shopping, Chen Fan and Hou Feng took a carriage to Cuixiang Pavilion. The appearance was not grand, but it was grand. There were two stone lions at the door. Entering the door was the lobby, with a platform in the middle and stairs on both sides, making it a bit intrusive. Theater feel.
"Your Majesty, do you want to listen to books, music, or have a meal?" A waiter came up and asked.
"I made an appointment with a friend named Liang Xiu. Is he here?"
"Oh, Mr. Liang has arrived. Sir, please come with me."
Chen Fan and Hou Feng followed the waiter upstairs.
"Mr. Liang, someone is looking for you." When they arrived at a private room, the waiter opened the door and said.
Chen Fan walked in casually.
