Chapter 132 Wandering
Huan Yin won the literary battle with Zhao On, and also won the respect of Zhao On and all the casual cultivators in the valley. Strong people are respected everywhere, whether they are Wu Qiang or Wen Qiang.
From that day on, Zhao Wei would come to the valley every day and give lectures for all the casual practitioners for two hours as scheduled, rain or shine, and he would not take any money. He really admired Huan Yin, so he completely kept the promise he made.
Huan Yin would go to the valley to listen to Zhao Wei's lectures every day, and he had to admit that Zhao Wei's sword-making skills were far superior to Xu Yin's. He benefited a lot from a lot of knowledge Zhao Wei taught, especially about sword-making. Experience and control of flames.
When Zhao Wei talked about materials, he would always ask Huan Yin to go to the hillside and share some of his own opinions, because he felt that Huan Yin knew the materials far better than he did. In this way, Huan Yin would occasionally act as a lecturer for many casual cultivators, imparting knowledge to them.
Not only in the valley, Zhao Or would often talk to Huan Yin privately about sword making. The two cherished each other and sometimes even talked for a long time, which allowed them to learn from each other's strengths and make great progress.
Soon, Huan Yin's first month at Yijian Peak passed. Now, Huan Yin has completely established a foothold in Yijian Peak, and he has made great progress in this month.
However, Huan Yin gradually became troubled by the lack of classics and the inability to practice them. Let’s take the classics first. He is about to finish reading the classics he brought from the Infinite Sect. This is like a disaster for someone like him who has to read books for several hours every day. After all, his great achievements in knowledge were all due to his extensive reading. If he stopped, his progress would also stagnate.
As for the actual operation, this is a very important exercise for those who make swords. Because sword-making is a kind of practice. If it is separated from the practice, the knowledge will become a formality and only exist on paper. You know, the weapon master selection test will definitely teach you how to make swords. But so far, Huan Yin has rarely had the opportunity to actually operate the sword except for the occasional warm invitation from Zhao Wei.
Finally, one day, Huan Yin asked Ji Cangqiong where Yijianfeng collected the classics, and then set off - he decided to solve his problem of lack of classics first.
According to Ji Cangqiong, Yijian Peak's classics on sword making are all included in the fourth-level nine-story pagoda. This nine-story pagoda, as you can tell from its name, has nine floors.
When the Nine-Storied Pagoda was first built, it was originally open to all Yijian Peak disciples. After all, disciples' willingness to study classics is something that the sect should encourage. However, as Yi Jian Peak grew stronger, the number of Yi Jian Peak's disciples became more and more astonishing, and the sword-making classics in the Nine-Storied Pagoda became more and more popular.
Until I don’t know when, it happened that a disciple of Yijianfeng borrowed the classics from the Nine-Storied Pagoda and did not return them, resulting in the loss of part of the classics in the Nine-Storied Pagoda. As a result, the leader of Yijianfeng was furious, and from then on He ordered the nine-story pagoda to be strictly guarded. All the classics in the pagoda can only be read in the pagoda and are not allowed to be borrowed. Moreover, any disciple of Yijian Peak who wants to read the classics needs to pay a certain amount of spiritual stones.
According to regulations, if a Yijian Peak disciple wants to enter the first level to read the classics, he usually needs to pay three spirit stones. Then starting from the second level, the spiritual stones that need to be paid are doubled layer by layer. Originally, the fee was not high, but Yijianfeng wanted to ensure that all the disciples who came to the pagoda to borrow the classics had genuine needs and were not occupying the classics for no reason.
However, since every time before the weapon master selection test, the Nine-Storied Pagoda becomes a treasure place for disciples who take the exam and outside casual cultivators, this makes the pressure on the Nine-Storied Pagoda increase sharply. So Yijianfeng issued another rule. In the two years before the weapon master selection test, Yijianfeng disciples who want to enter the Nine-Storied Pagoda must pay ten times the amount of spiritual stones as usual to enter the tower and read the classics for an hour. .
Such regulations made Yijianfeng disciples immediately feel the pressure. After all, you have to pay ten times the amount of spiritual stones, and there is also a time limit of one hour. The price of reading the classics is too high. Especially those high-level classics, if you want to go in and read them, you need to spend a lot of spiritual stones.
Originally, the above rule was already very harsh, but this rule was only for the disciples of Yijian Peak. And if "foreign casual cultivators" want to enter the Nine-Storied Pagoda to read the classics, Yijian Peak's regulations require their efforts to be doubled ten times!
In this way, casual cultivators need to read the classics, and the spiritual stones they need to pay are a hundred times that of Yijian Peak disciples who usually read the classics! Such regulations can almost be said to have completely blocked the livelihood of casual cultivators, because most casual cultivators are poor and have poor sword-making skills. What they need most is classics, but they simply cannot afford such a high price. This is why Ji Cangqiong brings these casual cultivators together to borrow classics, so that they can have some hope.
However, there is still a way for people to enter the tower and borrow books without paying any spiritual stones. Moreover, this method has no identity restrictions and no time restrictions. In other words, as long as the conditions for using this method are met, anyone can enter and exit the Nine-Storied Tower at will.
Yijianfeng stipulates that no matter who can pass the assessment of a certain level and obtain the approval of the Nine-Storied Tower, he can freely enter and exit that level. In other words, if you pass the assessment on the first floor of the Nine-Storied Tower, you can enter the first floor at will. And if you pass the assessment on all nine floors, then you can pass through the entire nine-story tower at will.
Such regulations show Yijianfeng's respect and admiration for capable people. In fact, it is also an encouragement to the cultivation of weapon science. Encourage them to improve themselves. As long as they are strong enough, the nine-story tower is no longer a place to spend spiritual stones for them, but a reward.
Huan Yin asked Ji Cangqiong what the assessment in the nine-story tower was, but Ji Cangqiong didn't know, because he never thought about taking the assessment. After all, he knew that he was not capable.
Soon, Huan Yin arrived at the fourth level nine-story pagoda of Yijian Peak. As soon as you see it, a blue pagoda that reaches no top stands, and around this pagoda, there are nine light pillars surrounding it.
Among these nine light pillars, eight are located on both sides of the pagoda. The four light pillars on the left appear white, while the four light pillars on the right appear blue. Among these eight light pillars, there are many words flowing in the middle. Huan Yin took a closer look and realized that those words were all people's names. The number of names in different light beams is different. The white light beam on the left obviously contains much more names than the blue light beam on the right.
But the most special thing is the golden light pillar directly in front of the pagoda. This light pillar is more than three times thicker than the other eight light pillars, but there is only one name floating inside.
Those are three big words - Lan Yanzi.
Huan Yin was deeply shocked by the magnificence of the Yijianfeng Book Pagoda. He watched for a while, wondering if he was secretly comparing Wuliangmen's book collection place with the nine-story pagoda in front of him. Then he took a deep breath and walked towards the bottom of the tower.
As he got closer, Huan Yin's eyes caught the ever-changing light curtain at the pagoda gate and the three golden characters "Nine-Storied Pagoda" on the pagoda gate. He walked to the light curtain, followed the method Ji Cangqiong told him, took out three hundred spirit stones and put them into the light curtain, and then a suction force was transmitted to him.
Huan Yin's eyes flashed, and he instantly disappeared outside the tower door. When he saw the scene in front of him clearly again, he was already on the first floor of the nine-story tower.
The place where Huan Yin appeared was in the center of the first floor, and there were bookshelves all around him, making it difficult for him to see far away due to the layers of bookshelves blocking his vision. Even the floor above Huan Yin's head is shaped like a book grid. Many books are stuck in the grid. As long as you stretch out your hand, they will fall into your hands.
From time to time, several monks who came here to read the classics passed by Huan Yin, and they all cast strange looks at Huan Yin. Because the monks passing by Huan Yin were all wearing the clothes of Yijian Peak disciples, and none of them were casual cultivators at all. I am afraid that in the hearts of these Yijian Peak disciples, they either feel that Huan Yin is a victim, or they simply look down on Huan Yin. After all, in the eyes of Yi Jianfeng's weapon cultivators, the external casual cultivators were of too low a level to be worth mentioning at all.
Huan Yin ignored the looks of the people around him. He spent three hundred spirit stones to enter this place, not just to hang out. Although three hundred spirit stones were nothing to him, he knew that he only had one hour.
Huan Yin began to walk. As he walked, his eyes kept scanning around him and above his head. He wanted to find the classics he needed and then seize the time to read them.
However, Huan Yin walked around this place full of bookshelves and books for a moment, but he couldn't find a classic that he had not read. Although this place is not small, and although there are many books here, Huan Yin has read them all!
Huan Yin's face looked a little ugly, because he had almost walked all over this place, but found nothing. If there really weren't the books he wanted here, wouldn't he have spent three hundred spirit stones wandering around here?
The surrounding Yijian Peak disciples saw a trace of disdain in their eyes when they saw that Huan Yin, a "foreign casual cultivator", was constantly wandering around this floor but never took down a book to read.
In their opinion, it's just that this casual cultivator doesn't cherish his spiritual stones and time. If he enters the tower and doesn't see anything, isn't this an insult to knowledge?
"This fellow practitioner, if you don't want to read, please get out of here. This is a place for us to increase our knowledge, not a market for hanging out." Finally, an older, middle-aged female cultivator said, Unable to hold on any longer, Exit accused Huan Yin.
Huan Yin looked at her and was stunned for a moment. He found that he seemed to have been misunderstood, but he also had troubles that he couldn't express, because he had walked all over this place just now, but he didn't find a single classic that he hadn't read. What should he do?
Huan Yin gave the female cultivator an apologetic smile, and then he felt cruel, took out the six hundred spirit stones and walked towards the light curtain leading to the second floor.
You have come, how can you come back empty-handed?