In the blink of an eye, Zhao Lin has been in Xianyuntang for half a month.
"Senior, may I ask what it means to gather five elements and harmonize four images?"
Zhao Lin took the Nei Jing in his hand and asked a man who was sitting under the locust tree in front of the porch and reading leisurely.
The man looked to be in his early thirties and had an elegant temperament. However, for a Blood Realm warrior, there might be a big difference between his appearance and his true age, so Zhao Lin simply called him a senior.
In addition to the servant guards, there are more than thirty disciples of the Xingyun Sect in Xianyun Hall. Their cultivation levels are basically in the blood realm. Their main jobs are to study martial arts and compile books.
Xingyun Sect specially added a position for them: Wu Zhuan.
There is a big difference between martial arts writers and ordinary martial arts people: they don't like to be brave and fierce, and they are keen to discuss martial arts.
Whenever Zhao Lin encountered something he didn't understand when he was reading, he could find a martial arts writer at Xianyuntang who would enthusiastically give him guidance.
Sometimes there are even several writers rushing to answer questions.
Zhao Lin felt that he had benefited a lot. The only drawback was that there were always many difficult and obscure words in the book.
To say it is elegant is martial arts terminology, and to say it is vulgar is slang.
This is not a deliberate act by the person who wrote the book, but it was done intentionally for the purpose of prevention. It is said that there have been cases of martial arts books being leaked in the past and being learned by other sects and even foreigners.
The man under the tree heard Zhao Lin's question, glanced at the cover of the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "The Five Elements originally referred to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, but when practicing Qi and Blood, it means the five internal organs."
"The lungs belong to metal, and the liver belongs to water...so Cuancu Five Elements means to store the essence in the five internal organs."
"I see!"
Zhao Lin cupped his hands and thanked him, then continued to ask: "What about the Four Symbols of Harmony?"
Just as the man was about to speak, an old voice sounded next to him: "The four images refer to the eyes, ears, nose, and tongue when practicing Qi and Blood."
"The four images in harmony are four immobile, concentrating the eyes, concentrating the ears, regulating the nose and breathing, and keeping the tongue silent."
The speaker was an old man with white hair and long eyebrows and beard, who suddenly appeared in the yard at some point.
After the white-haired old man said these words, the figure disappeared in a flash.
"Lao Wu is really... elusive."
Zhao Lin and the man looked at each other and smiled.
There are two Yuanjing warriors in Xianyuntang, one is Pan Yue, and the other is this white-haired old man.
The white-haired old man is called Wu Chuanjun. He is said to be one hundred and nine years old and is the oldest person in the Xingyun Sect.
As some people get older, their temperaments change and their personalities become more and more like those of children. Wu Chuanjun is like this, and he often likes to play pranks.
He likes to appear suddenly when others are discussing issues, say a few words and then disappear suddenly.
The people in Xianyuntang have long been accustomed to this.
Before sunset, Zhao Lin came to the backyard.
"very nice!"
After listening to Zhao Lin's practice experience, Pan Yue said with satisfaction: "It's not easy for you to be so young and willing to study martial arts. How about it, do you have an idea of the next step in your practice?"
Zhao Lin nodded, "We have a general idea, I will think about it for another two days."
"Well, of course the person who knows you best is me. Let me know when you have figured it out. If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time!"
"Yes, thank you elder."
Zhao Lin left Xianyuntang and returned to his residence in the inner courtyard.
When he opened the door, he saw his brother Zhao Shan standing in the yard, holding large and small bags in his hands and looking like he was sweating profusely.
"Brother, you are here."
For safety reasons, Yang Lin asked Zhao Lin to stay in the mountain. If he wanted to meet his relatives, he would send someone to pick them up and stay there for a few days.
Zhao Lin needed to take cold herbs regularly, so he entrusted his brother to help buy medicine.
Zhao Shan wiped the sweat from his head and unpacked his bag, "Well, would you like to take a look at these medicines?"
Zhao Lin took a sniff and nodded: "No problem, thank you for your hard work, brother."
Zhao Shan was stunned for a moment, "You will know it just by smelling it?"
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "I take them often and remember the taste of these medicines."
"That's good, I'm going back."
"Brother, be careful on the road."
"Do not worry……"
After sending his brother away, Zhao Lin went back to the house and took out the medicines one by one.
This time, in addition to the usual cold herbs, he also asked his brother to buy some wind and thunder herbs.
Medicinal materials are divided into warm and cold, yin and yang, and five elements, but medicinal materials belonging to the two genera of wind and thunder are relatively rare.
There are no more than a dozen medicinal herbs that can be bought for the stroke genus, and only five or six flavors for the thunder genus.
"Try the wind attribute first."
Zhao Lin put wind-related medicinal materials such as rhododendron grass, Qianghuo, Tongzhuye, and Majiu powder into a medicine jar and boiled them.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the medicinal ingredients were cooked. After taking it, I quickly felt that my chest and diaphragm were swelling and rising, as if there was a mass of breath flowing around.
The spirit of the wind raccoon began to flash in the spirit animal diagram, and it quickly absorbed all the airflow, and then released the wind energy.
"Very good, wind energy can also be increased by taking medicine!"
Zhao Lin was overjoyed and opened another package of medicinal materials, which contained bamboo bell root, mulberry seeds, thunder wisteria leaves, Pujia, and black Wujia.
Thunder medicinal materials are the rarest, with only five species.
In order to prevent the medicine from conflicting with its properties, Zhao Lin waited for two hours and drank the medicine at almost midnight.
It's a pity that these so-called thunder medicinal materials have no effect at all.
Zhao Lin shook his head, guessing that either the medicinal materials were wrong, or this road was unworkable, and the latter was more likely.
"It seems that the true energy of the thunder attribute cannot be accumulated by taking medicine, unless you practice the basic skills of the thunder attribute, but the sect does not have the relevant inheritance..."
Zhao Lin thought about it over and over, thinking that he could only explore slowly in the future.
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Lutian City, Qianye Tower.
"Is there any news about Tuza and Enli?"
In the dim room, Huo Shan said gloomily.
Opposite him, there were two young men wearing embroidered short robes. One of them replied: "Go back to the great elder, Tuza hasn't come back with the news yet."
Another person also said: "My subordinates have not received any news from Enli."
Huo Shan's brows were furrowed, his face was serious, and he no longer had the calmness he had before.
"Why haven't you replied yet? They have been with me for so many years, don't they know this rule? Is it...impossible!"
The two young men glanced at each other secretly, but neither said anything.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
Huo Shan felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Great Elder..."
A man in brown clothes opened the door and walked in. When he saw someone in the room, he immediately fell silent.
Huo Shan raised his chin and said to the two young men: "You should step back first."
"yes."
After the two people left, the man in brown clothes carefully closed the door.
Huo Shan asked: "What happened?"
The man in brown clothes lowered his head and looked at his feet, "My subordinates have just received a letter from Fei Ge. All the disciples we installed in the three major sects in Dai Viet have been exposed, and five groups of secret agents on the periphery have also been lost."
Huo Shan took a deep breath and pretended to be calm: "Where is the black car?"
"Maybe it's even worse. No news came back for seven days in a row."
"I understand, get out!"
"yes."
After the man in brown clothes left, Huo Shan leaned back in his chair, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
(End of chapter)
