Chapter 33: The wise brother who is hated by everyone
Chapter 33: The wise brother who is hated by everyone
The main peak of Lishan Immortal Sect and Chaoyuan Pavilion Library.
He Lingyun knelt in front of the desk, concentrating on reading the "Jiejiao Nine-Year Compulsory Education Series" she got from Wen Rui. She was studying "Mathematics", and "Physics" was also placed beside her.
Xiao Heyao found that these two books can verify each other, especially when reading "Physics". When encountering incomprehensible questions or symbols, he can often get explanations by reading "Mathematics".
It has been three days since he came back from Jinling Sect. He Lingyun has been working day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, and has been immersed in study.
At first, her goal was to get rid of the derogatory title of "Nine-leaky Fish" as soon as possible, but gradually she was deeply attracted to these books, and the more she studied, the more she felt she had gained.
This kind of gain does not mean that it provides her with inspiration to improve her cultivation level, nor will it allow her to learn more effective magical skills.
In fact, the introduction to this series of books states right at the outset:
“The sage said: Tao follows nature.
What is nature?
Is it still natural to live in a world that moves mountains and fills seas, shifts the stars, reverses life and death, and changes constantly under the interference of magic, immortal arts, sorcery, and divine arts?
Is it still natural to live in a wilderness ruled by gods, Buddhas and saints who act on behalf of heaven, possess great power, look down on ants from above, wantonly manipulate the fate of living beings, and force all living beings to worship and fear them?
Before reading this book, you must first imagine a purely natural world without fairies, gods, saints, ghosts, demons, or monsters. This series of books only explores the pure natural laws that are not interfered with by supernatural forces.
It has nothing to do with explaining the grand narrative of the Way of Heaven, but only seeks to capture the true interpretation of the original appearance of nature!
Observing the world from the perspective of ordinary people at the bottom of society, there has never been a savior, nor do we rely on gods or emperors. To create happiness for all living beings, we have to rely on ourselves. "
From this introduction, He Lingyun deeply felt the style of Jiejiao. It was so consistent with the teachings of Jiejiao. This is what the enlightenment texts of Jiejiao should be like!
The difficulty of this series of books is not actually too high for He Lingyun. She is just simple, not stupid. Animals that can cultivate spiritual intelligence have an IQ above the average IQ of humans.
What initially hindered He Lingyun were the many symbols and weights and measures in the entire book. However, the Mathematics textbook contained a chapter that explained numerical symbols and weights and measures in detail. He Lingyun quickly memorized the entire chapter, grasped their meanings, and sped up his learning progress a lot.
Three days is a short time, and He Lingyun has only glimpsed a corner of this all-encompassing series of books, but she has already realized the value of this book, which is definitely a treasure that is no less precious than the "Hetu Luoshu"!
During her more than 200 years of life, the girl often observed nature. After reading certain chapters of this book, many of the principles and knowledge that she thought she understood in the past suddenly became clear to her. The messy and complex knowledge points were immediately connected together, and she almost pieced together the original appearance of the pure natural laws described in the book.
Especially those formulas, such as the velocity formula, acceleration formula, gravity formula, energy conservation formula, density formula, friction formula... The profound meanings represented by these formulas composed of simple and beautiful symbols can be easily verified by doing a small experiment.
These formulas are fragments of the Heavenly Dao, and they are the true explanations of the Heavenly Dao in pure nature without any interference from external forces. It turns out that these are the knowledge extracted from the Great Dao that the Jie Religion taught to all living beings without distinction in the past!
To acquire this knowledge, the learner does not need any immortal affinity, spiritual roots, innate wisdom, or merits. As long as the intelligence reaches a certain standard and is smarter than an orangutan and is willing to work hard to study seriously, he or she will be able to understand and master it, and even apply it reasonably to production and life to create happiness.
Moreover, He Lingyun felt that this knowledge was very basic and was truly an enlightenment textbook. Continuing to think and explore on this basis would lead to more and more complex knowledge and a deeper understanding of the Tao.
The more he learned and the more knowledge points he understood, the more surprised He Lingyun was. He marveled at how talented Senior Brother Wen Rui was to compile such a wonderful book.
Although the author column on the cover of the series says "Master Tongtian", the introduction also mentions at the end that the original author of the true interpretation of the Heavenly Dao fragments recorded in this series is Master Tongtian, and Wen Rui simply organized and compiled Master Tongtian's preaching notes into a book.
He Lingyun felt a little suspicious for no reason, wondering if Senior Brother Wen was hiding his talents again. There was also a record in the library of the Holy Mother of Lishan listening to the sermons of the Patriarch Tongtian when she was still called the Holy Mother Wudang. The content of the sermons of the Patriarch Tongtian in the record did not match this book at all.
But after all, the saints' teachings are always profound and one word can lead to hundreds of megabytes of information. He Lingyun was not sure whether it was because his realm was too low to interpret the original text of Tongtian Sect Master's teachings, so he could not find the corresponding content in the series of books compiled by Wen Rui.
Stretching out his tender white hand to stroke the pages and smelling the faint fragrance of ink, He Lingyun couldn't help but feel fondness for these beautifully bound books. Putting aside the content, the binding and materials of the books alone were unique and ingenious.
Although the library of the Lishan Immortal Sect is named "Book Collection", there are not many "books" in the true sense. Only some palm leaf scriptures and parchment books can be regarded as "books". There are more jade slips, bamboo slips, steles, tortoise shells, and even hundreds of bronze tripods.
There are mulberry paper or hemp leaf paper in the mortal world, but they are too rough to be used for writing and are easily damaged, so the library does not collect them. The book that Senior Brother Wen gave her was bound with spotless white paper, and the cover had a waterproof film of unknown material. The words printed on the white paper were clear and neat, and the pictures were in color.
He Lingyun knew without thinking that this white paper and printing method must have been invented by Senior Brother Wen. Using spiritual power to penetrate the paper and detect, He Lingyun could sense that the main materials used to make such exquisite white paper were just some wood pulp and fiber, and no supernatural materials or powers were used.
The knowledge contained in such a small book is more than that in several carts of bamboo slips, and it is also more convenient to read. Such an amazing invention was just a casual creation of Brother Wen.
This set of books, which does not contain any supernatural power and does not record any secrets of cultivation, is worthless in the eyes of ordinary cultivators. It is purely a waste of effort.
But in He Lingyun's heart, this set of books is extremely precious. It opened a door to a new world for her, making her look at the world completely different from before. She even felt a little itchy in her brain, as if she had started to develop a second growth spurt.
She carefully stacked the two books, "Mathematics" and "Physics", together and held them tightly in her arms. Her thoughts had drifted away from the ocean of knowledge, and the ugly, weathered face of Senior Brother Wen appeared before her eyes.
"I am just a little ignorant bird with little spiritual practice. How can I help him share the responsibility of reviving Jiejiao?"
He Lingyun murmured, "But...but, Senior Brother only gave this set of precious books to me. He must have discovered something special in me that no one else has..."
She hugged the book tightly in her arms and said, "No matter what, I must cherish this unique gift. After all, my senior brother chose me because of the qualities that only I possess. I just hope I won't let him down..."
The girl's hazy vision was interrupted by a series of crows' cries: "Wow wow wow, that ugly guy Wen Rui, ugly people are really evil, why did he change the Jinling Sect's exchange rules for no reason? Crow, I was having fun but was kicked out, I'm so angry!"
He Lingyun looked in the direction of the sound and saw the angry Ya Yange waving something in her hand and walking into the library. Behind her were many fellow sisters from Caiyun Peak.
With a "bang", the angry young lady in black threw the thing in her hand away, and it fell right in front of He Lingyun. She looked closely and found that it was the "Mathematics" book that she held in her arms and treasured it.
"Just guh, just guh!"
Shao Luo in white, who was always with Ya Yan Ge Meng, also cooed, "Wasn't it good to exchange blood and feathers for spirit stones before? Now it's changed to answering questions to accumulate points. Points can be exchanged for spirit stones and tickets to the heaven and earth."
"They also gave us a bunch of rubbish books that made no sense."
The colorful parrot girl following behind them was also indignant and said, "What are you talking about? The test questions are all in these books. There will be no key points in the test. The whole book is full of key points!"
"I thought it was a test of our knowledge of cultivation, but when I opened it, I saw all these were just some weird symbols that have nothing to do with cultivation. It would be useless for us to learn them, and it would be a waste of time."
The black-clothed young lady was still not satisfied. As she spoke, she stepped forward and stepped on the Mathematics book that was thrown on the ground: "That ugly guy is just making fun of us. It's nothing special that he has some stinky spirit stones. He is just a greasy and mean old man with a vulgar appearance!"
He Lingyun was dumbfounded. Only then did he realize that the "Jiejiao Nine-Year Compulsory Education Series" that he treasured so much and thought was a one-of-a-kind gift was distributed everywhere by Senior Brother Wen as if it were free. Every junior sister present got a set.
The big-mouthed girl who had transformed into a pelican said with a bitter face, "This is terrible. If there is no spiritual stone support from the Golden Spirit Sect, the backlash of my spiritual roots at the end of the month will be unpleasant. I have to learn this crappy book even if I don't want to..."
"They said that the collection of genetic samples of the Lishan Immortal Sect has reached saturation. If no new samples are provided, the scientific research value of the blood, feathers, and claws that have been repeatedly sampled is infinitely close to zero. They also said something like 'The golden house is in the book, the general's comments are in the book, and the girl who wants to fulfill her life's ambition should read diligently in front of the window at five o'clock.' They just said some weird things, using these things we don't understand to deceive us!"
The black-clothed girl said with a gloomy face: "Hehe, you even told me, 'Three-legged crows are hard to find, but two-legged junior sisters are everywhere. If you don't want to learn, there are plenty of junior sisters to learn from!' That ugly ghost played tricks on us like this, and there will be no good end!"
"I heard that the hot-tempered sisters in Xixiu Ridge have already discussed catching Wen Rui and putting a sack on him and hitting him with a club to vent their anger. As long as they don't kill him, the Holy Mother will not punish him."
"It's difficult. It's not like there weren't any sisters who wanted to team up to beat him up before, but he's very cunning. He always goes underground when he travels, so we can't find him at all. Even if he meets us, he always keeps a distance of ten steps, as if we can eat him."
"That guy must have known that all of us Lishan sisters hated him and were very indignant, so he was prepared."
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(End of this chapter)