Chapter 6: Cherish life and stay away from divination
Hexagram technique?
Li Xiuchang knew that hexagram technique was one of the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortality, but he didn't know much about the details.
As for the untrue or false content he read in the novels about cultivating immortals in his previous life, there was no need to speak out and make a fool of himself.
Zhang Wanzhi didn't expect Li Xiuchang, a new disciple, to know much, so he took the initiative to introduce:
"The art of hexagram is the most difficult skill to learn among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals. Whether you can learn it does not depend on your qualifications or hard work. It only depends on a predestined relationship. Junior Brother Gui is a hexagram master.
"The hexagram technique can predict heaven's secrets and predict good and bad luck, but it has a fatal flaw...it will shorten your lifespan!
"The secrets cannot be leaked. If you divine some secrets that are too high-level or too involved, your longevity will be lost. If you leak the secrets calculated by divination to others, you will suffer even more losses.
"Therefore, the first lesson in learning the hexagram technique is to learn to be careful in your words and deeds. Don't calculate what you shouldn't think about, and don't say what you shouldn't say. It's a pity that it belongs to my junior brother..."
When Li Xiuchang heard this, he already understood.
"Senior Brother Gui revealed too many secrets, so he lost his longevity?"
Zhang Wanzhi nodded: "Junior Brother Gui has a strong thirst for knowledge and is willing to share it with others, so... he has not long to live."
Li Xiuchang was speechless for a long time.
He had never heard of such a bizarre method of suicide.
Curious and loud-mouthed.
Senior Brother Gui committed both of the two taboos of the hexagram master.
Isn't it tantamount to committing suicide if the divination master opens his mouth too much?
"So Senior Brother Gui doesn't talk to anyone anymore?" Li Xiuchang vaguely guessed why Senior Brother Gui ignored him.
"He practiced Buddhist closed-mouth meditation and couldn't speak."
Sure enough...the best way to keep a big mouth shut is to sew it shut.
Zhang Wanzhi changed the topic: "He started practicing this silent saying twenty years ago, but in these twenty years, I still watched him grow older day by day.
"It's useless to just keep your mouth shut. I can't stop him from making random calculations all day long. He also thinks about ways to leak secrets to others through writing and drawing. It's only in the past two years that he's been dying, so he's become more at ease. ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Wanzhi's words also contained a hint of hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel, and he was no longer as calm as before.
Li Xiuchang didn't know what to say. The deeds of this senior brother Gui refreshed his understanding of the word "seeking death."
At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that he would never learn the hexagram technique in the future!
He is not the protagonist of those "immortality-style" novels, and his lifespan is not enough.
After all, if a person has the ability to predict the future, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not use it, and after mastering too many secrets, it is difficult to guarantee that he can keep it absolutely secretive.
Li Xiuchang did not want to "question Senior Brother Gui, understand Senior Brother Gui, and become Senior Brother Gui."
While the two were chatting, the flying boat had landed at the entrance of the reception area.
When the nearby disciples saw Zhang Wanzhi, they all greeted him enthusiastically.
Before at the gate of Donggeng District, Li Xiuchang could see that Zhang Wanzhi might be quite prestigious among the outer disciples, and now he was even more certain about this guess.
"Junior Brother Li, you go to take the exam first. When I come back after finishing my work, I will come here to pick you up." Zhang Wanzhi put away the flying boat, put on the flying sword, and flew away with the sword.
The flying sword is faster than the flying boat, but the flying boat has a slightly larger space and can carry many people, while the flying sword is more suitable for single flight.
Li Xiuchang entered the reception area and walked out two-quarters of an hour later with a cheerful face.
While his memory was still fresh, he got full marks on the sect exam!
As long as you pass this examination, you will get ten low-grade spiritual stones, which can be regarded as the starting capital for practice.
Li Xiuchang got full marks and received an additional ten spiritual stones as a reward, for a total of twenty low-grade spiritual stones.
It’s a win at the starting line.
Outer sect disciples like him can receive ten low-grade spiritual stones from the sect every month. As their cultivation level improves in the future, or they become introduced to the art of cultivating immortals, their remuneration will also increase accordingly.
These are all benefits that the Fairy Dust Sect distributes to its disciples free of charge. Relying on these spiritual stones alone is definitely not enough to maintain daily practice. Therefore, the outer disciples of the Fairy Dust Sect have to find ways to earn spiritual stones on their own.
After passing the sect examination, Li Xiuchang can receive the training techniques and start practicing.
Fortunately, the outer gate library where he received the basic exercises was not far from the entrance, so Li Xiuchang could walk there in just a few minutes.
The old man guarding the library took the identity token and the certificate of passing the sect examination from Li Xiuchang, and pointed to a transparent glass bucket next to it, which contained a pure white liquid like milk.
"Put a drop of body fluid in to test your physical properties."
Li Xiuchang asked: "Senior, is this a useful weapon?"
The old man frowned: "What do you want to do?"
"Of course the fingertips were cut and bleeding."
"Pull your fingers, aren't you afraid of pain? The body fluids are not just blood."
Li Xiuchang looked at the milky white liquid in the glass bucket. Could it be...
Isn't this not good?
There was hesitation on his face.
Fortunately, at this time, the old man continued: "It doesn't matter if you drop a drop of sweat or a tear! If I really don't have you, just spit and pee...cough, forget about peeing."
Li Xiuchang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, wiped the sweat from his forehead and dripped it in.
The milky white liquid in the bucket absorbed Li Xiuchang's sweat and gradually began to change color.
In an instant, the liquid in the barrel was dyed with distinct red and green colors.
Through the transparent glass barrel, you can see very clearly. The red liquid accounts for about two-thirds, and the rest is green liquid.
The old man glanced at it and said, "The dual-attribute constitution of fire and wood, with fire as the main attribute, is suitable for practicing fire-attribute exercises, or practicing dual-attribute exercises at the same time. Of course, if you must practice wood-attribute exercises, that's fine."
Li Xiuchang had read the basic cultivation knowledge in the "Getting Started Guide" and was not completely ignorant of cultivation.
With his constitution, the fastest speed of practicing fire-attribute exercises is also the most suitable for him.
Although the dual-attribute exercises are powerful, they will slow down the speed of cultivation and are not suitable for his low-grade spiritual orifice.
As for wood-attribute exercises, they are the slowest for Li Xiuchang to practice, so he doesn't need to consider them at all.
While he was thinking, the liquid in the glass barrel had returned to pure white.
Next, Li Xiuchang came to the fire-attribute exercises area to choose exercises.
The library is full of Qi training exercises, and it faces new disciples who have just started.
New disciples have no spiritual consciousness and magic power, and cannot read jade slips, so all exercises are paper books.
Fire Yuan Gong, True Fire Art, Great Sun True Gong, Nine Yang Burning Heaven Gong, Purgatory Tempering Yuan Gong...
Li Xiuchang's eyes swept through the names of the exercises, some mediocre and some awesome, and he picked up a few books and looked through the introductions.
The exercises in the Qi training period are all similar. The more powerful ones are often practiced at a slower speed, and the faster ones are all achieved at the expense of the power of the exercises.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Li Xiuchang originally planned to cultivate immortality steadily, and avoid fighting, so he naturally tended to choose exercises with fast practice speed.
"What kind of exercises is this?"
Li Xiuchang's eyes paused slightly, and he reached out to take a book of exercises from the upper shelf.
"Fire-burning Gong? The name of this exercise is really... eclectic."