Yanwang Palace.
Monk Daoyan is meditating.
He ordered people to go to Xishan and recall his disciple Ma Sanbao.
After so many months, Monk Daoyan wanted to see what knowledge this disciple had learned from Su Yang's disciples.
After all, Su Yang is a banished immortal!
What he taught casually was enough to benefit Ma Sanbao endlessly.
However, people went there during the day, and until night, Monk Daoyan had not seen Ma Sanbao yet.
For a moment, Monk Daoyan was a little confused and couldn't calm down even if he meditated.
What does this mean?
When you have a new master, why don’t you forget about the poor monk?
Sanbao's child has always been well-behaved and smart, and he doesn't look like an ungrateful person!
Or is it Su Yang who is causing trouble and doesn't want the child Sanbao to associate with him anymore?
It seems impossible. Is the spirit of the banished immortal so small?
Just when Monk Daoyan was worried, the door was suddenly opened, and a disheveled figure walked in.
Monk Daoyan was so frightened that his face almost turned green when he saw this, and he shouted sternly: "Who are you? Poor monk Daoyan, the number one conspirator of His Highness King Yan, why don't you retreat quickly..."
"Teacher, I am the Three Treasures!"
"???"
Hearing this familiar voice, Monk Daoyan was stunned and hurriedly stepped forward to take a look.
Good guy, he is really a stupid kid like Ma Sanbao.
"You traitor, why do you look like this?"
"The poor monk asked you to learn skills from Su Xiaoyou, is he scolding you?"
To be honest, looking at Ma Sanbao's embarrassed appearance, Monk Daoyan felt a little distressed.
After all, he is the child he raised since childhood. Although he is a eunuch, he is still a human being!
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?
Ma Sanbao shook his head hurriedly and explained: "My teacher misunderstood. Master, he is very good to his disciples."
"It's just...just..."
Ma He hesitated for a long time, but didn't know how to speak.
When monk Dao Yan saw this, he became even more suspicious.
"Just what?"
"You can tell my teacher!"
Is it possible that this disciple was really bullied by Su Yang?
Haha, even if you are a banished immortal, you cannot humiliate my disciple of Dao Yan at will!
"It's just that... the knowledge taught by the second master seems to be too shocking for the disciples!"
Monk Daoyan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then gave Ma Sanbao a violent shudder.
"nonsense!"
"Su Xiaoyou is a banished immortal!"
"It's only normal that what he teaches you is shocking!"
This disciple is so stupid!
He is a banished immortal, can the knowledge he teaches be the same as that of an ordinary master?
If you are lucky enough to join the disciples of the Exalted Immortal, then you can have fun on your own, and you still have the nerve to be picky!
"No, my mentor, the knowledge of the second master..."
Ma Sanbao explained with aggrieved face, "It's too... weird."
Looking at Ma Sanbao with disheveled hair, Monk Daoyan was also very puzzled.
Logically speaking, this child has always been smart, and he would not be frightened into being like this because of some weird knowledge!
"Have you ever issued a ban, little friend Su, so that the law will not be passed on to outsiders?"
"If not, then tell me, master, what kind of weird knowledge is it?"
To be honest, Monk Daoyan was very curious as to what knowledge Su Yang had taught the Three Treasures.
However, he did not dare to seriously steal the skills from his master, lest he offend the banished immortal.
Ma Sanbao thought about it and recalled his past life with Su Yang. It seemed that he had never issued any ban.
So Ma Sanbao said it directly.
"Teacher, is the sky really round in this world? Is it possible that the world we live in is actually a round ball?"
Monk Daoyan: "???"
ha?
Round ball?
Are you crazy?
Monk Daoyan was completely shocked and looked at Ma Sanbao in disbelief.
He never thought that this disciple would say such outrageous words!
Or is this the weird knowledge that Su Yang, the banished immortal, taught him?
Isn't this a crooked way?
"Confused!"
"The way of heaven is called round, the way of earth is called square, square is called quiet and round is called bright!"
"This is the consensus of the sages of the past generations, and it is common sense that has been passed down to this day. How could it be wrong?"
In fact, the idea of a round sky and a square earth is no longer a simple view of the heavens, but has become a philosophical system that accommodates various traditional Chinese cultures such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Yin-Yang Studies. It is also a worldview that has been firmly believed by all dynasties. .
God knows how hopeless and helpless Ma Sanbao felt when he learned his first geography lesson and learned that the place they lived in was actually a round ball, not a round sky and a square place at all.
Well, Ma Sanbao is not crazy yet, but he is almost there.
Seeing Monk Daoyan object, just like himself that day, Ma Sanbao's eyes were full of pity.
"Then since the sky is round and the earth is round, my teacher may explain these issues."
"Why is it that when one climbs high and looks far away, the higher one climbs up the mountain, the larger the horizon he sees?"
"Why do the hulls of ships always disappear first and then the masts when we say goodbye to them at the pier?"
"Why does the length of the shadow of a stick change throughout the day, and why do two sticks have different shadows at the same time?"
"Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west every day, instead of rising in the west and setting in the east?"
"Why..."
Monk Daoyan: "!!!"
Numb!
I'm numb!
What are these problems?
Monk Daoyan clutched the rosary beads tightly in his hand and wanted to open his mouth to refute Ma Sanbao's questions. However, after thinking about it, he was surprised to find that what Ma Sanbao said were all facts and common phenomena in daily life!
Could it be that...the round sky and square earth are fake?
Do we really live on a sphere?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Monk Dao Yan shook his head wildly, trying to get these crazy thoughts out of his mind.
However, Ma Sanbao's questioning continued. He did not want his mentor to suffer the same pain as himself, but he wanted to get answers from his mentor to prove that everything Su Yang said was wrong.
"Why are there four seasons, and why are the climates so different between the four seasons?"
"Why is it that in the same world, it is bitterly cold in the north but warm in the south?"
"Why can't we see the sun on a cloudy day? Has the sun disappeared on a cloudy day?"
"Why..."
Ma Sanbao looked excited and kept yelling and questioning.
Monk Dao Yan's face was as pale as paper, and finally he shouted angrily: "That's enough! You are crazy!"
"No! I'm not wrong!" Ma Sanbao argued to himself.
"In that case, tell me if there are answers to these questions!"
"Hahaha... of course!"
Ma Sanbao looked excited.
"Because we live on a sphere!"
"And this sphere is constantly rotating, so there are alternations of day and night, seasons, and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west!"
"That means that the sun is actually also a sphere! It is absolutely so. What the young master said is true. I understand my teacher!"
Ma Hemaniac laughed and then rushed out of the door.
He wants to go to Xishan, he wants to find the young master, and he wants to learn geography!
Because the sky is round and the square place is false!
Ma Sanbao wants to see the true face of this world!
Monk Daoyan stared blankly at Ma Sanbao, who looked like a madman, and then noticed Ma Sanbao's notebook that had fallen to the ground.
Out of curiosity, he couldn't help but pick up the notebook and take a look, his eyes widened instantly!
"Earth?"
"Seven continents?"
"Four Oceans?"
"Distribution of climate?"
"Temperature and precipitation?"
"What are these..."
"Hiss... I'm crazy..."
