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Chapter 1654: The Stars Bring the Positioning of 'Heaven'
What exactly is the "heaven" in the interaction between heaven and man? This is something that Zhang Xuezhou finds difficult to figure out at the moment.

Dong Zhongshu believed that heaven was "everything in the universe". The concept of heaven was so broad that he almost said that everything except himself was "heaven".

While Zhang Xuezhou was constantly observing the stars to verify the star reversal tracking technique, he also discovered a sky in a narrow sense.

This "sky" refers to the starry sky with the stars as the main body.

The constellations defined by the star-reversal tracking technique are part of the coordinates of this "sky".

"The four directions and the up and down are called Yu, and the past and the present are called Zhou..."

At the same time, Zhang Xuezhou also remembered that Rong Tianding had once relayed the words of life and death recited by Shi Wudao of the Shi Jiao School.

Rong Tianding once mentioned that when he was half dead, he stepped into a long river, and woke up after returning from the long river. He also left behind this article with great theoretical significance.

Zhang Xuezhou had recited Shi Wudao’s words of life and death before, and the things that could reverse Rong Tianding’s life and death had no effect on him.

Zhang Xuezhou almost thought it was a product of Rong Tianding's hallucination.

But after continuously reading some of the contents, Zhang Xuezhou felt that these contents of Shi Wudao also contained the concept of "Heaven", and were even more profound than the "Heaven" defined by Dong Zhongshu.

This is the product of the overlap of time and space, but what Shi Wudao said was too advanced for Zhang Xuezhou. This was only after he had experienced the connection between heaven and man and compared it with astrology that he realized it belatedly.

"In this unknown depth, there are all kinds of stronger heaven and earth energy, and there are also extraterritorial demons exploring it. There is even some special passage for traveling. My soul has drifted into the infinite darkness in the Kunlun Holy Land. I have also stepped into the long river of time with Yao Yuanguang in the East Tianmen Secret Land. These places should all be 'heaven'!"

Zhang Xuezhou looked at the stars in the night sky and felt that there was another world hidden under the inverted Milky Way.

"Dongfang Shuo, are you still practicing hard at this time?"

Zhang Xuezhou stared at the starry sky for a long time, and only came back to his senses from his thoughts until Gongsun Hong asked a question.

"I thought what you said about chanting day and night just emphasized the continuous practice day and night. You really practice day and night," Gongsun Hong said in disbelief.

"You know I'm ill, so I sleep for a very long time at a time," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile, "I get enough sleep, and when I wake up, I'm different from normal people. I can't fall asleep at night."

"I envy you so much!"

"What's there to be envious of? Our time is about the same. If you study hard for more than six hours a day, then you have studied more than me!"

"This too!"

Zhang Xuezhou's practice day and night put a lot of pressure on Gongsun Hong.

But when Zhang Xuezhou explained that he slept too long and this diverted his study time, Gongsun Hong suddenly felt balanced.

As long as he practices for more than six hours a day, Gongsun Hong's practice time will be more than Zhang Xuezhou who needs to sleep for twelve consecutive days.

"I see you staring at the stars. Are you trying to learn Zhongshu's technique of tracking stars in reverse order?" Gongsun Hong asked.

"Yes!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded obediently.

Gongsun Hong’s mentality is a bit like that of someone who can’t stand other people’s misfortune and can’t stand other people’s success.

This is the mentality of 'not worrying about poverty but worrying about inequality'.

Most people find it difficult to escape this mentality.

For example, Zhang Xuezhou was able to accept Zuo Teng at the moment because he saw him as weakened. If Zhang Xuezhou's strength remained the same and Zuo Teng's sequence rose like a rocket to the seventh sequence, the eighth sequence, or even the rumored ninth sequence, his mentality would undoubtedly be extremely complicated.

Precisely because they understand themselves and this social mentality, Zhang Xuezhou and Gongsun Hong always keep a sense of proportion in their communication and never lack for explaining the reasons clearly.

This can minimize hostility and make the other party feel superior, thus putting yourself in a weak position as perceived by the other party and receiving more friendly treatment.

After just a few brief words, Gongsun Hong was indeed very enthusiastic and mentioned to Zhang Xuezhou some precautions when practicing the planetary constellation reversal tracking technique. He was still the warm-hearted old uncle.

“Don’t underestimate Zhongshu’s ability in this art, but this is not a technique of the Confucian school in Zhao. It’s a tracking technique of the Wanxing Sect. This Wanxing Sect…” Explaining the origins of the technique and the main points of the school is not useless. It can help people understand how a school develops and why it can excel in this technique, so that Confucianists can learn from it.

Gongsun Hong not only pointed out the origin of the art, but also gave some explanations on astrology, and even involved some of its applications.

"Mr. Gongsun, have you ever thought about why Master Dong is so good at the star reversal tracking technique?"

After talking about so many topics, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but return the favor.

Of course, Zhang Xuezhou didn’t understand it at the time.

Whenever he couldn't figure out something, he would always hope that other people would help him figure it out, so that they could communicate with each other and understand it faster than if he studied it on his own.

"Oh?"

"This constellation seems to be able to assist in locating the induction between heaven and man," Zhang Xuezhou said, "Once you are in the same scene, you are likely to trigger this induction!"

"Is this really possible?"

“For example, if I am activating the righteous energy now, I will remember the position of the stars at this moment, and wait until the stars change tomorrow night to determine the position. Then I can push it in the same way as yesterday, and attract the righteous energy again in the same way!”

"You explain it more clearly than Zhongshu!"

Gongsun Hong was overjoyed, and felt that he understood what Zhang Xuezhou meant.

He tried hard to recall the righteous spirit he had aroused in Gaoyou Water Palace that day. While pursuing the same feeling, he couldn't help but calculate the time.

If his calculations were successful, he should have a higher probability of inducing righteous energy near dawn.

Gongsun Hong couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he first grasped the shortcut to cultivation.

He only felt that the useless astrology he had learned in the past finally came in handy at this moment, as if it had been accumulated for most of his life and was waiting to shine at this moment.

"If the verification is successful, then I may be able to deduce it to other techniques, and I will also display my strongest strength around this hour!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Gongsun Hong began to read aloud, and kept stepping on the direction to seek the possible approach of the stars.

After reciting it sixteen times in a row, he could only feel the stars shining in the distant sky, and the white light appeared around him like flickering waves.

The partially missing magic power in the body is rapidly recovering and becoming full.

The recovery of mana is no longer the point. The point is that Gongsun Hong has finally turned occasional practice into repetition after hard work.

This is a major transformation, which also means that he is able to stabilize his righteous spirit at this moment.

Although there is some time constraint in inspiring the great righteousness, it is far better than not being able to inspire it at all.

"Do I need to grasp the astrological position to be able to guide my Cloud Leaping Technique?"

Gongsun Hong was so excited by the familiar guidance of righteous energy that his body trembled slightly, and Zhang Xuezhou also stared at himself.

He was also trying to find a pattern.

And in front of him, Gongsun Hong was leading the way.

Obviously, Zhang Xuezhou could also enter the state of induction of heaven and man in the Cloud-Leaping Technique at the moment when the sky was just beginning to brighten, thereby improving his level of Cloud-Leaping Technique.

Once again, it was not only Gongsun Hong who was constantly distinguishing his own rules of righteousness, but Zhang Xuezhou was also memorizing the relevant ones.

"The four directions and the up and down are called Yu, and the past and the present are called Zhou..."

When Zhang Xuezhou recited it in his mind again, he suddenly realized it.

What they are currently adopting is the spatial positioning of 'four directions and up and down', so as to step into the corresponding heavenly sensation at special moments.

Once they are able to find the time of 'past to present' to conform to the laws of space, the abilities they only possess at special moments will become available at all times.