Tongtian Bamboo Repair

Chapter 5 Runes
Runes, known as the words of heaven and earth, are powerful words.The cultivation techniques are all written in runes. If you cannot read the runes and understand the runes, you will not be able to understand the cultivation techniques, and you will not even be qualified to start practicing.

What's even more frightening is that there are many kinds of runes.For example, 'water script', 'gold script', 'yin script', 'yang script' and so on.When it comes to runes, it can be said that you learn as you read, and there are still three points that you haven't learned yet.

The first step to get started is to learn runes.

In the early morning, Zhang Miao sat in a large room and studied with a dozen teenagers who were one or two years older than him.The textbook he studied was the Qingzhu Sect’s only cultivation method, the Qingzhu Guiqi Sutra.

"Qingzhu Guiqi Jing" is both a teaching material and a compulsory exercise for Qingzhu disciples.There is only one skill in the entire Qingzhu Sect, and this skill is written in 'wood script'. While learning the skill, you are also learning the wood script runes.

The person who teaches wooden runes is a senior fellow with white hair and beard named Yan. He sat on the podium and said calmly to the people below: "The way of runes is difficult and profound. Each type of rune corresponds to It embodies a kind of power. The wood runes I teach now represent the power of the wood element. And our practice "Green Bamboo Gui Qi Sutra" is also a wood element practice. If you don't learn and have no skills, you will be nothing in the future. There are techniques that lead directly to the great road before you, but you can’t understand them or learn them. Therefore, the way of runes is particularly important."

When he said this, he glanced at Zhang Miao intentionally or unintentionally.He seemed to recognize Zhang Miao.He coughed lightly and continued: "Okay, now we start learning..."

Runes are also a kind of writing. Since they are words, they cannot escape the category of 'listening, listening, reading and writing'.The same goes for runes.

Zhang Miao opened the classics in his hand, and the people next to him stretched their heads to look over.That's right, several of them share the same textbook.Later, Zhang Miao also understood that copying the Kung Fu books also required attainments in runes. If he didn't know the runes, he wouldn't even be able to write them.

The scribe is really not that simple.

After a class, Zhang Miao and Tie Xuan beside him were already a little dizzy.In this class, the instructor did not cover much content, just the first sentence of the exercises.And just to understand this sentence was already very difficult for Zhang Miao.

The runes are the characters of heaven and earth, and their pronunciation is also consistent with the avenue of heaven and earth.In other words, the pronunciation of these words may be 'anti-human'.Because the human vocal range and pronunciation are not actually wide, and the structure of pronunciation is also difficult to master pronunciation such as 'resonance' and 'cavity'.

At first, it was like a duck imitating a dog’s bark, and a dog imitating a dolphin’s bark.The various pronunciations make people dizzy. This is really dizzy, because some syllables actually cause "skull shaking".If my skull is shaken too much, wouldn't it mean that my brain is hurting?
However, what pleased Zhang Miao was that while Yan Jiaoxi continued to lecture, light spots continued to float out of his body and then entered Zhang Miao's body.In the purple bamboo in his body, a bamboo section absorbed these light spots and slowly changed...

Finally, the class is over.Yan Jiaoxi said calmly: "That's it for today's lesson. Let's review it when we get back." After saying this, he suddenly said: "Who is Zhang Miao?"

Hearing someone calling him, Zhang Miao quickly responded and said, "The student is Zhang Miao."

Yan Jiaoxi nodded and looked at him, and then said: "The classics are kept well. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me." As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Zhang Miao with envy.

This is a treatment only given to top students.Because the runes are difficult to write, it is impossible for each person to have one copy of this classic. Those who can master the textbook after class will have more time to study the runes.And what Yan Jiaoxi said was a naked attempt to open a small window for Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao was stunned for a moment, then stood up, saluted Yan Jiaoxi, and said, "Student understands."

Seeing Zhang Miao being so polite, Yan Jiaoxi also smiled with satisfaction before leaving the class.At this time, Zhang Miao realized that the benefits of his superior spiritual roots were not gone, but that they had now begun to exert their power.

Returning to his room, Zhang Miao put down the technique in his hand. He concentrated on it and observed the purple bamboo in his body at close range.

This purple bamboo now has two sections. One section emits a glistening green light, while the second section only has a few shallow light spots and does not emit any light.Zhang Miao felt that this was because the 'experience' absorbed was not enough and the effect was not achieved.The experience Zizhu absorbed this time seemed to be obtained from Yan Jiaoxi.

After years of observation and research, Zhang Miao knew that Zizhu could only gain 'experience' from living objects.He has tried many things, but in the past he could only get the experience given by Qingzhu.And after this experience was poured into Zhu Jie, he seemed to have obtained the wood spirit root.

If this inference is followed, then where did he get the experience from Yan Jiaoxi, and what results can be produced?Is it the knowledge of runes?

Zhang Miao was not sure about this. After all, it was all his conjecture. The purple bamboo in its body could not speak, and there was no instruction manual. He needed to understand everything by himself.

After thinking for a long time in the room, he picked up the "Green Bamboo Gui Qi Sutra" and walked out of the room directly.Since you can't figure it out, go to Yan Jiao to gain experience. As long as he has enough experience, he will naturally know the answer.

Therefore, Zhang Miao took the exercises and really went to visit Yan Jiaoxi.

Yan Jiaoxi is a monk at the fifth level of Qi training and has his own courtyard.Regarding Zhang Miao's visit, Yan Jiaoxi didn't say anything, he just let him in and poured him a cup of tea.

Yan Jiaoxi said calmly: "You came to find me, but there is something you don't understand."

Zhang Miao smiled sheepishly, and then said: "I am learning runes for the first time today, and my mind is confused. There are many things I don't understand. Please teach me."

Yan Jiaoxi nodded and said, "If you don't understand anything, just ask."

"I still don't understand the pronunciation of this rune..." Zhang Miao asked quickly.

Taking a group class is completely different from having a small class. In a group class, the teacher cannot provide one-on-one guidance, nor can he teach according to your specific needs.When setting up a small stove in private, it depends entirely on how hot the dishes are, and the lectures are completely based on Zhang Miao's needs.

It's just that the runes are indeed difficult. Although Yan Jiaoxi's lecture was good, Zhang Miao still sounded like it was difficult.However, what makes Zhang Miao happy is that during the lecture, Yan Jiaoxi's body kept shining bright spots for him to absorb. This one-on-one experience acquisition was much more efficient.

After talking for a while, Zhang Miao's load reached its limit. His head was buzzing and he even started to have auditory hallucinations.Yan Jiaoxi also discovered his limit and said calmly: "That's all for today. Learning runes is a matter of haste, waste of speed. You have to do it slowly. You haven't cultivated it yet. The pronunciation of runes is also a heavy burden for you, and this matter cannot be rushed."

(End of this chapter)