Chapter 508: The Essence of the Way of Talismans: Respecting the Wise and the Gentle

Chapter 508: The Essence of the Way of Talismans: Respecting the Wise and the Gentle

Chapter 508: The Essence of the Way of Talismans: Respecting the Wise and the Gentle

"Three Sons Talisman?"

In the Jiushan Realm, Senior Sister Zhang was a little surprised when she saw the spiritual letter sent by Zheng Fa in Tongjian.

She was in Xuanwuyuan, in a classroom at Jiushan University's Equipment Refining Academy.

In addition to Madam Xuanhua and Shi Nandang, there were also a group of outstanding students from the Equipment Refining Academy in the classroom.

This is the Haori Refining Technology Organization Team.

The secret weapon-refining techniques of Haori Mountain that Zheng Fa brought back were numerous and powerful, and were a huge fortune for the Nine Mountains Realm.

But the knowledge in books is dead, only the knowledge that has been learned is useful.

Therefore, Senior Sister Zhang and Madam Xuanhua have selected a group of disciples these days.

The task is to first sort out and classify the various secret methods, then become familiar with them, and integrate them into Jiushan Sect's own weapon refining techniques.

The ultimate goal is to use the Jiushan Sect’s industrial thinking to improve and transform these techniques, reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Even though they had just begun, Senior Sister Zhang and Madam Xuanhua had already realized how profound these techniques were.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Fa gave them another surprise in Haori Mountain.

Madam Xuanhua also looked at the news in the Tongjian with a surprised look on her face:
"The storage bag is related to the theory of the three-son talisman? Could it be that you, the master, already know what the third part of the talisman does?"

Zheng Fali was in Shi Nandang's residence. He looked at Madam Xuanhua's question, thought about it, and replied:
"I should say that I now know the fallacy of the Three-Character Theory."

The theory of three symbols appeared very early.

At the beginning, Zheng Fa and his team discovered the Five Elements Symbols.

Later, they discovered the divine name Zi Fu.

But the meaning of the other parts of the talisman is confusing and difficult to interpret, both in modern times and in the research of the Nine Mountains Realm.

Zheng Fa said his thoughts: "To be precise, the Three Symbols are actually divided into two parts. The simple ones are the Five Elements Symbols and the God Name Symbols that have been cracked. The other part is extremely complex and is the Symbols that have not been cracked."

"These sub-symbols may have different functions, but because we don't understand their meaning, they are regarded as one."

Senior Sister Zhang replied: "So what does this have to do with the storage bag?"

"I have read a lot of methods of refining storage bags in the Haori Mountain Sutra Building and found a problem - the material of the storage bag is not its essence. The essence is the symbol on the storage bag."

"Senior Sister, I believe you can also see that the talisman diagram on the storage bag has all five elements of the talisman, but the undeciphered talisman is relatively simple."

Having said that, Zheng Fa took out a storage bag from his sleeve and stroked it with a deep gaze.

Jiushan Sect has been researching storage bags for some time.

Objectively speaking, there has not been much progress.

However, there has been a statistics of the symbols on the storage bags.

Before the senior sister could reply, Zheng Fa continued, "The simplicity of this unsolved sub-talisman, in my opinion, should be the simplicity of the storage bag function."

Senior Sister Zhang seemed to understand a little: "Store and retrieve? You mean the third part of the sub-talisman, which is related to the function of the talisman diagram?"

"Yes!" Zheng Fa replied with a smile, "Sister, let's assume that if we use coding to achieve access, what functions are needed?"

Senior Sister Zhang’s research on computers was much better than Zheng Fa’s, and she immediately replied, “In the final analysis, there are only two parts: allocating storage space and determining storage space location.”

Zheng Fa replied: "I think this is the essence of the storage bag!"

……

In the Nine Mountains Realm, Senior Sister Zhang was stunned.

She lowered her head in thought, as if she had realized something.

On the side, Shi Nandang and Madam Xuanhua were confused as they didn't know much about computer language.

The two didn't dare to speak and could only communicate with their eye contact.

When they saw the confusion on each other's faces, they couldn't help but smile, and there was some mutual sympathy in their eyes.

“If this is how you understand the talisman…” Senior Sister Zhang was silent for a long time, her eyes becoming brighter and brighter, as if she was bursting with endless inspiration.

She held the Tongjian and said quickly:
"In that case, the third sub-symbol in the storage bag symbol should specify the size and location of the storage space?"

"The space in the storage bag is not unique, but connected to a strange space?"

After hearing this, Madam Xuanhua and Shi Nandang understood.

Zheng Fa in Haori Mountain replied:

"Senior sister and I understand it pretty much the same way."

If explained using real-life things, Zheng Fa's current guess is that storage bags are a bit like lockers in a supermarket.

The symbol is equivalent to a barcode, which contains information such as the size and location of your cabinet.

The only difference is that you can carry this locker with you, open and close it at any time, and store and retrieve items.

Even the focus is not on the symbol, but where the space is.

"What about the other symbols? Is the essence of the Dao of Symbols a function?"

Senior Sister Zhang suddenly sent a question.

Zheng Fa couldn't help but laugh.

When it comes to synchronization of thinking, in the Xuanwei Realm, there is really no one who is more in sync with me than Senior Sister Zhang.

Cracking the secret of the symbol on the storage bag means much more than understanding the storage bag, and even more than understanding space!
This will be another major breakthrough in the Nine Mountains Talisman Dao - they have determined the function of the third part of the sub-talisman, at least part of it.

"Sister, I now feel that the Three-Sub-Character is somewhat similar to the function in computer theory."

"The third part, sub-symbols, is the calculation and implementation of functions. For example, the function of the storage bag is almost equivalent to data storage - the only difference is that we are not calling the hardware space, but the actual alien space."

"And the Five Elements Symbols..." Zheng Fa thought for a moment and made a bold guess, "It's the output type of the function."

to be honest.

If we regard aura as the physical rules of other worlds.

The function of the symbol is to call upon the rules, matter and even space of a certain world - as you can imagine, this part is very complicated.

Therefore, Zheng Fa and others have never been able to understand the third part of the sub-symbol.

The application of rules across time and space will change the matter in the monk's world and produce abnormal physical phenomena.

The final result will be output in the form of a change in the form of matter, that is, a transformation of the five elements.

Zheng Fa added: "As for the divine name Zi Fu, could it be a function name? Or a world coordinate? I'm not sure yet."

In the Nine Mountains Realm, Senior Sister Zhang seemed to be inspired. She discussed enthusiastically with Zheng Fa, and together they were perfecting this new theory of talismans.

Shi Nandang and Madam Xuanhua looked at each other.

What the hell?
Isn't it a storage bag?
How did I get to the origin of the Dao of Talismans?

But the gleam in Zhang Taishang's eyes and the smile on his lips told them that what Zheng Fa said made sense!
At least Zhang Taishang agrees!
The two of them looked at Tongjian and then at Zhang Taishang, and felt that although they were in the same classroom, they seemed to be in a different world.

……

After discussing the theory of talismans with Senior Sister Zhang, Zheng Fa thought for a moment and walked out the door again.

The Three-Sub-Talisman Theory, no, it’s now called the Function-Talisman Diagram Theory. For Jiushanjie and Zhengfa, it is a new framework for explaining the Dao of Talismans.

Even judging from the relationship between spiritual energy and talismans, if one wants to find out the truth behind the decline of spiritual energy, in the end, one may have to rely on talismans.

The problem is that even if we understand the nature of the third part of the sub-symbol, it is still difficult to analyze its essence.

There is no rush for this matter.

All kinds of thoughts were running through his head as he flew towards another hill.

Haori Mountain has fourteen peaks. In addition to the main peak where the Three Palaces and Jiuyaotian are located, there is another important mountain - Qianding Peak.

This mountain is specially used by Haori disciples to refine weapons.

There are more than a thousand precious tripods on it, all of which are mysterious and rare treasures for refining instruments, and there are also two precious tripods of spiritual treasure level, which shows the wealth of Haori Mountain.

Looking at Qianding Peak from the city, one can often see flames on it, which never go out day or night.

Zheng Fa landed outside a cave and deliberately made some noise with his feet.

The flickering fire in the cave paused slightly, and a Nascent Soul cultivator walked out of the cave with a vigilant look on his face. When he saw Zheng Fa outside the cave, he hurriedly bowed and said:

"Meet the Stone Man!"

From his expression, it can be seen that he was very surprised why Shi Nandang, such a big shot, wanted to find him, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"I heard that you are very proficient in refining the Mysterious Fire Mirror?"

Zheng Fa nodded and directly stated his purpose.

“I can’t say I’m proficient at it, I can only say I have some experience.”

The Nascent Soul cultivator said modestly.

Zheng Fa cupped his hands and said, "Then I have some questions I would like to ask you."

"..."

The Nascent Soul cultivator in front of Zheng Fa opened his mouth and looked at Zheng Fa bowing to him, his eyes trembling: "Please... ask for your advice?"

Obviously, he had never expected that Shi Nandang, the great master who had reached the state of incarnation and was rumored to be the fourth holy ancestor in the sect, would ask for advice from a tiny Nascent Soul like him.

"How can I be worthy of the word 'ask for advice'?"

Zheng Fa waved his hand and said, "The wise one is the teacher."

Now that he couldn't go to Tianhe for a while, he didn't want to be idle in Haori Mountain.

Senior Sister Zhang is sorting out the secrets of Hao Ri Mountain's weapon refining methods, but this is not an easy task:
The atmosphere of mystery has led to many cultivators cherishing their own things and even hiding the secrets of some secret techniques.

Even if the secret method is complete, there will actually be many difficulties from theory to practice: refining equipment is, after all, a skill.

Sometimes, a word of advice from an experienced master is more powerful than any secret method.

Therefore, after Zheng Fa finished stealing the classics in the Sutra Building, he ran to Qianding Peak to continue stealing the master. The Yuanying cultivator stared at Zheng Fa's earnest expression, a trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "I will tell you everything I know."

Zheng Fa certainly understood that this person was not such a good teacher and was unwilling to reveal his unique skills.

But Zheng Fa’s current identity is here.

Whether because of the difference in status or to please him, the disciple did not dare and could not refuse.

Zheng Fa smiled and probed the Jade Book of Creation with his spiritual consciousness.

Senior Sister Zhang sent two lists:

A list was filled with the names of the disciples of Haori Mountain - most of them were the authors of various weapon refining secrets, and of course, there were also the weapon refining masters in Shi Nandang's memory.

The second list is the problems encountered by the disciples of the Nine Mountains Realm when refining the Mysterious Fire Mirror.

Zheng Fa simply followed the second list and started asking questions one by one.

That Nascent Soul cultivator was indeed worthy of being the talent picked out by Senior Sister Zhang. He had been immersed in the refining of the Mysterious Fire Mirror for a long time, and on average, he could answer eight or nine out of ten questions, and one or two of his answers were very insightful.

While listening to this person's answer, Zheng Fa passed it back to the Nine Mountains Realm for Madam Xuanhua and her disciples to discuss and refer to.

Mrs. Xuanhua and the others had some new ideas and new problems.

Senior Sister Zhang summarized it and passed it back to Zheng Fa.

At first, the Nascent Soul cultivator felt quite relaxed when answering Zheng Fa's questions.

But later, Zheng Fa asked deeper and deeper questions, and he spent longer and longer thinking. Gradually, he had to think hard before he could get the answer.

Until the end, there were some questions that he couldn't answer, and he didn't even realize it, so he could only answer with guesses.

Seeing that he was really about to be emptied and had nothing new to offer, Zheng Fa expressed his sincere gratitude once again before taking his leave.

After Zheng Fa left, the Nascent Soul cultivator sighed with a complicated expression, shook his head, and returned to the alchemy cauldron, ready to continue refining the Xuanhuojian.

But as soon as he raised his hand, he found something wrong - he had some different insights into the refining of his Xuanhuojian!
He only understood many issues that he had not realized before after Zheng Fa asked them.

Not until the refining was completed did he feel certain that this Xuanhuojian was the best one he had ever made in his life!
Holding the Xuanhuojian, he looked in the direction where Zheng Fa left. There was a hint of surprise and a little less reluctance in his eyes.

……

"The Stone Man spends every day at Qianding Peak."

On Qianding Peak, a group of disciples were discussing in low voices.

One of the pretty female cultivators nodded and said, "Yes, he seems to have consulted many disciples. He even came to me a few days ago."

"Oh yes, you refined the Frost Soul Pearl very well, it's a pity that your unique secret method was wasted."

The group nodded and looked at the female cultivator with sympathy.

Another disciple said, "He is so cunning and ruthless, and no one in the sect can stop him!"

The others did not dare to speak. They did not want to offend the Stone Man, and they could not afford to offend the disciple who spoke.

This person is a direct descendant of the Luo clan who has transformed himself into a corpse. He has good qualifications and is extremely favored.

The conflict between the Luo tribe and the Shishang people is well known to everyone, and they have long known about this person's dissatisfaction with the Shishang people.

Unexpectedly, the pretty female disciple shook her head and said, "What a pity? No, I can't even express my gratitude enough."

"..."

"Don't you know?"

"what?"

"Many of the people that the Stone Man came to see have made some progress, more or less."

"Is there still this?"

"Moreover, Master Shi Shang has extraordinary attainments in refining equipment. It's more like a discussion than asking for advice..." the female disciple continued, "He also knows a lot about refining the Frost Soul Pearl. In fact, I have gained more than Master Shi Shang."

Everyone looked at each other, feeling it was strange, but looking at the expression of the female disciple, it didn't seem fake.

"Many fellow disciples are looking forward to Mr. Shi coming to visit."

One of the disciples nodded and said, "Come to think of it, how could we have had the opportunity to discuss the secrets of weapon refining with Mr. Shi before?"

Others figured it out, too.

Everyone knows about Shi Shangren's talent. It would be of great benefit if ordinary disciples could discuss the Dao with him.

This beautiful female cultivator is the proof.

"So, the stone master is teaching his disciples?"

"..."

Everyone was silent for a while.

After a long time, one of them looked at the direct disciples of the Nara clan and said:

"Although I don't know the details...but I think the matter of the trapped sword should not be the problem of the stone man."

The direct disciple of the Naluo clan was stunned and turned to look at others.

I saw most people nodding their heads as if in agreement.

No, the Holy Ancestor hasn’t even come to life yet, and you’ve already made the judgment?

……

"Winning people's hearts!" In the third palace, the Yun clan cultivator said confidently, "Shi Nandang is winning people's hearts!"

Yun Zhenxian said nothing, his face looked a little solemn, and he also felt that what he said was right.

Many disciples in the sect benefited from Shi Nandang's "inquiry" and made some progress in their skills.

Even if they didn't make much progress, they just thought it was because they were not talented enough and failed to understand anything from the teachings of the Stone Man.

As far as he knew, there were many people in the Yun Clan who were grateful to Shi Nandang.

He also felt it was outrageous:

A Dao fruit seed, eager to guide disciples!

Just give the instructions, and say that you are asking for advice. Be polite and courteous, and give those disciples enough respect.

Even Shi Nandang can do it!

If it were him, he would also be grateful.

After thinking it over, he only had one idea - Shi Nandang was really trying to win people's hearts and prepare for the establishment of the Shi Clan.

Although the three tribes are called tribes, because the Haori skills are actually one, it is relatively easy to switch practices after reaching the state of transformation.

With Shi Nandang's current reputation, one can imagine how many disciples will switch to practicing his skills when Shi Nandang achieves Taoism!
"This boy has great ambitions..."

Yun Zhenxian frowned, feeling that it was troublesome.

It would be fine if Shi Nandang competed with me for resources.

But this behavior made him not know how to respond.

"Holy Ancestor, why not let him leave Haori Mountain?"

The Yun Clan cultivator suddenly suggested.

Yun Zhenxian's heart moved: "Tianhe Sect?"

"Right! Don't give Shi Nandang the chance to win over our disciples." The Cloud Clan's incarnation said calmly, "Wait until the matter of the Tianhe Sect is settled and Patriarch Luo is resurrected. Then, we can just watch the fight between the tigers."

Yun Zhenxian also laughed after hearing this: "That's a good idea."

When Zheng Fa walked into the three palaces, he felt a little distressed:
He had spent enough time in Haori Mountain.

The stolen refining techniques that were easy to analyze have been almost sorted out with the help of the disciples of Haori Mountain on Qianding Peak.

The rest are either of little value or too difficult to understand, and not many people in Haori Mountain can understand them.

In his opinion, Haori Mountain was almost bald because of him.

As for competing with Yun Zhenxian for resources... he doesn't lack much.

The spiritual materials and medicines earned from the East-West Continent trade route are so numerous that the frugal Zheng Fa is now a little overconfident and looks down on the meager earnings of Hao Ri Mountain.

After all, the wealth of Haori Mountain was almost squandered by Lu Yao.

Especially since Hao Ri Mountain’s business has been impacted by Jiu Shan Sect and its spiritual veins have been damaged, it is extremely poor.

This made Yun Zhenxian want to go to Tianhe Sect to make some money.

Zheng Fa also wanted to go to Tianhe Sect, but Yun Zhenxian had to give the order for this matter.

"I will leave for Tianhe Sect soon, you will come with me..."

"Follow the master's order!"

I’m sending you a pillow when you feel sleepy, Zheng Fa said quickly.

Yun Zhenxian was stunned, looking at the unpretentious joy on Zheng Fa's face, feeling a little puzzled.

Isn't this person trying to win people's hearts?

Give up so easily?

Watching Zheng Faxing leave in a hurry, Yun Zhenxian was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "He... just wants to teach the disciples?"

The Yun Clan cultivator also had a look of annoyance on his face: "It seems so. This person doesn't seem to have thought that much."

The two of them didn't speak for a long time, just watching Zheng Fa's back.

Everyone feels that the figure is getting bigger and bigger.

I am getting smaller and smaller.

(End of this chapter)