Chapter 147 Qingxuan's Letter: Strange Stories in Shu
Ni Kun:
Seeing your letter is like seeing you in person.
It has been nearly half a year since we last met in the first month of the lunar calendar. Are you doing well?
I……
Having written this, Shi Qingxuan paused her pen, pouting her cheeks, and suddenly crumpled up the fine hemp paper, a specialty of Chengdu, and threw it into the wastebasket. She took out a new piece of paper, pondered for a moment, and then began to write quickly:
Ni Kun, you've been gone for nearly half a year and you didn't even write me a letter.
Did he forget me, Shi Qingxuan, or was he unlucky and got caught?
Otherwise, why do you claim to be traveling around the world, but you have no reputation in the world?
Although Shu is a remote area, I have always been well-informed.
The return of the Qin Emperor, the army of Qin Terracotta Warriors, the Jiangdu Incident, Yang Guang's immortality...
I know about all these important events.
I even heard about small matters like the theft of a large number of weapons from Li Zitong, Du Fuwei, and the Wagang Army!
But I have never heard of your name.
If you are such a failure and never make a name for yourself, you might as well go back to Shu.
Don't be afraid of being embarrassed, I won't laugh at you.
Over the past six months, the outside world has been in a mess, with various forces fighting each other, and new princes raising the flag of rebellion from time to time. I heard that the Turks have recently come to the border again, adding fuel to the chaos...
Perhaps in this world, only Shuzhong and Lingnan are still stable.
Although Duzun Fortress has long been gone, with the joint efforts of the Ba League, the Chuan Gang, and various martial arts sects, no ambitious princes have emerged in Shu so far, and everyone lives a peaceful life.
Occasionally, some fox demons, ghosts, and zombies would jump out from the deep mountains and forests to harm people, but I easily dealt with them all!
In addition, a few days ago, a Buddha statue in a temple in Fenghuangping, Emei Mountain, somehow turned into a demon and ate all the monks in the temple . When I received the news, I hurried over to kill the demon.
The demon-killing process went smoothly. The Buddha statue demon was much weaker than the tree demon, and I took care of it in no time.
Later, when I was hiking, I discovered something unusual.
A nunnery and a women's sect calling itself "Emei Sect" suddenly appeared at Xianfeng Rock in Mount Emei.
In fact, everyone is already used to these strange things happening suddenly among martial artists and martial arts sects.
But the head of the Emei sect has a very unique name, which is "Extinction"...
A Buddhist nun, whose Buddhist name is Miejue, goose rice tofu, I almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
Those Emei disciples were very tight-lipped. I tried to find out their backgrounds indirectly, but they all pretended to be dumb and deaf. I wasted a lot of time and effort, but I didn't find out anything...
In addition to the Emei Sect, a Ciyu Temple suddenly appeared thirty miles outside Chengdu.
It is said that the monks in Ciyu Temple are all well versed in Buddhist principles and have humorous conversations. They are rare Buddhist scholars.
But when I took a look from afar, I discovered that something was not right about the Ciyu Temple. I was so terrified that I didn't dare get close to spy on it. I could only observe from afar.
After exploring for a few days, I did find some strange things. What do you think?
The monks of Ciyun Temple were very powerful. Four of them had Qi that was not inferior to the four great monks. There were also 18 monks who were all experts at Hou Xibai's level...
The abbot with the Buddhist name Zhitong was even more amazing. His aura was unfathomable. When I saw him from afar, I was so scared that I quickly ran away for fear of being noticed by him.
Ni Kun, you know my abilities.
With the eighteen blood bodhisattvas you gave me, my current cultivation is more than twice as strong as when I killed the tree demon grandma.
But Zhitong was still able to scare me with just his aura, which shows how powerful he is.
Although I had a bad impression of Ciyu Temple, there were too many masters in the temple, enough to sweep across Shu.
I'm timid and don't dare to provoke you. I'll wait for you to come back and then we'll go explore together!
Also, there has been a rumor recently that some herbalists saw a "mountain ghost" in the deep mountains and forests at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan.
It is the "mountain ghost" in the Book of Songs. It is said to be very detailed, and I don't know whether it is true or not. When you come back, let's go and explore it together.
Also, I found a cave in Phoenix Mountain a few days ago.
There was a very strange thing deep in the cave. It looked like a glowing door, but I couldn't touch it.
When I was studying the light gate, a strange object flew out from it. As soon as it came out, it broke with sparks. I picked it up carefully and studied it, but I couldn't figure out what it was.
I only know that the object is extremely delicate, mostly made of metal, but also some materials that look like gold but not gold, wood but not wood, light and tough. It looks like some kind of mechanical puppet, but the structure is so precise that even the world's best craftsman Lu Miaozi would be scratching his head if he saw it. I'll show it to you when you come back!
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With extremely fine and delicate yet clear handwriting, he filled up both sides of an entire piece of hemp paper, writing down several strange things that had happened in Shu. Shi Qingxuan put down his pen only then, feeling unsatisfied.
I reached out and gently brushed the paper, a gust of hot air blew past, and the ink dried instantly.
Shi Qingxuan took out another piece of talisman paper, held it between her slender and white index and middle fingers, and drew a talisman in the air. The cinnabar talisman paper ignited without fire, and turned into a wisp of green smoke, which swirled over the letter paper.
Amid the curling green smoke, the letter paper folded automatically and soon became a paper crane, flapping its wings as if about to fly.
“You can’t fly yet.”
Shi Qingxuan smiled slightly and looked at the vase next to her.
There was a branch in the vase, covered with dense clusters of bright-colored crabapple flowers. It was the "New Year's gift" that Ni Kun gave her on the day he said goodbye to her.
Half a year has passed, and this crabapple flower is still as bright as ever, with no signs of withering.
On the one hand, it is certainly because the spiritual power left by Ni Kun's "Wood Spirit Bloodline" is powerful enough, and on the other hand, it is also because Shi Qingxuan often uses talismans to bless this crabapple flower, which has allowed it to be preserved until now.
At this time, Shi Qingxuan took out another talisman, drew a spell in the air, absorbed a wisp of energy from the crabapple branch, and performed the magic technique of "Thousand Mile Soul Locking" to seal the energy into the paper crane.
After sealing the qi, she cast several talismans to bless the paper crane with several kinds of talismans, such as wind protection, rain protection, fire protection, lightning protection, and toughness. She did this until the paper crane reached the limit of its endurance, and any more blessing would cause it to explode on the spot. Only then did she pinch her fingers and cast a spell, sending the paper crane spreading its wings and flying.
The paper crane flew around Shi Qingxuan several times, nodded at her, flew out of the window, and soared into the sky at the speed of a peregrine falcon, heading northeast.
Shi Qingxuan leaned against the window, watched the paper crane take off, and murmured:
"This is my first attempt at sending a letter using magic. I don't know if I can get it to that guy..."
With the help of the "Blood Bodhi" given by Ni Kun, and the training of several actual combats in exorcising demons and monsters, her cultivation has greatly improved in the past six months.
Her irresponsible father came back a few days ago, but he didn't dare to see her and only left a few Taoist books and Buddhist scriptures.
One of them is a Taoist book that specifically talks about talismans.
After studying, her skills in spellcasting were further improved, and she decided to try to use this method to send messages remotely.
Otherwise, she would never have expected to deliver the letter to Ni Kun, whose whereabouts were unknown.
Shi Qingxuan kept looking up at the sky in front of the window until the paper crane was completely out of sight. Then he returned to the table and took out a strange Buddhist scripture left by Shi Zhixuan and began to study it.
The reason why it is strange is that this Buddhist scripture is a three-foot square "golden silk", as light and thin as silk, yet extremely flexible and indestructible.
It is more like calligraphy and painting than Buddhist scriptures.
I have never heard of the scripture written in tiny regular script above, and I don’t know which Buddha expounded it. But when I read it carefully, every word seems to contain some profound truth.
But the scriptures are not actually the most important thing.
The most important thing is the golden Buddha statue in the center of the gold and silk.
The Buddha statue is sitting cross-legged in the void with his hands in a Dharma seal, surrounded by stars. There seems to be countless rays of light blessing the Buddha statue.
The Buddha statue has kind eyes and a strange appearance. It is not the appearance of any Buddha that Shi Qingxuan knows, such as Sakyamuni Tathagata and Amitabha.
He just felt it was particularly familiar and intimate. When gazing at the Buddha statue, Shi Qingxuan even had an absurd illusion, as if he saw himself thousands of years ago.
She didn't know what specific magical powers this Buddhist scripture had.
But since I started studying the Buddhist scriptures, I feel better and better.
Now, just a short nap every day can make me feel full of energy and energetic, and all physical fatigue can be swept away.
This way, she has more time to study what interests her.
In addition, she was able to study various spells much more smoothly.
It is also easier and more skillful to cast and control each spell.
This was not due to an improvement in her spellcasting proficiency, but purely because of some kind of spiritual strength that gave her stronger spellcasting ability.
In short, this Buddhist scripture has many benefits, and after practicing it, you will not have any thoughts of completely leaving the world and becoming a nun.
When Shi Qingxuan has nothing to do, he will do more research and ponder.
A paper crane soared into the sky from the "Youlin Cottage" where Shi Qingxuan lived in Phoenix Mountain and flew quickly towards Taiyuan.
But even though it was as fast as a peregrine falcon, tireless and unafraid of wind and rain, the distance between Shu and Jin was ultimately too far.
Even if there are no accidents on the way, I don’t know how long it will take to fly to Ni Kun.
Just as the paper crane flapped its wings and flew away.
Mr. Xu had already asked Li Yuan for leave. He did not take any followers, weapons or luggage with him. He walked out of Taiyuan city alone, empty-handed, with his sleeves fluttering and every step he took a distance of ten feet as he rushed northward towards Yangzhi.
Ni Kun once again declined the invitation to a banquet from Li Shimin and Li Xiuning, brother and sister, and hid in a quiet room to practice hard.
Tsunade has completed the "Trial Mission", successfully activated the Samsara Watch, and anchored the world of The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty as her "base world", and has since become a permanent resident of this world.
Now, with the help of Zhu Yuyan and others, I am learning the common sense of this world.
Can they live in harmony? Will there be any Shura Field incidents?
They are all smart women, no one dares to do anything rash.
The domineering Mr. Ni is confident about this.
