Chapter 6 Literacy
A table of dishes was quickly prepared as Shi Yi devoured them. After six years, he finally found some of the joy of eating in his previous life. If it weren't for Yu Xiaogang, Shi Yi would definitely not be able to afford this table of dishes with his current conditions.
"Teacher, thank you for your hospitality. I will wait for you here when it's time for dinner. I have something else to do. Xiao Yi and I will leave first." Shi Yi said with a beaming face.
Yu Xiaogang's face darkened when he heard this. Although it was natural for a teacher to take his disciples to eat, for some reason, every time he heard Shi Yi's words, he had the urge to take action.
"What can you do?" Yu Xiaogang looked at Shi Yi with a bad face and asked.
Shi Yi pointed at the little ant in his hand and smiled, "Since God has given the little ant intelligence, we can't let the little ant lose at the starting line, right? Although the little ant can't speak, we can't let the little ant lose its ability to express itself. In the afternoon, I plan to find a secluded place to teach the little ant to read, so that the little ant can at least have the function of transmitting information."
Yu Xiaogang was slightly startled, and glanced at his right hand inconspicuously. A trace of guilt slowly surged into his heart. For so many years, he only knew how to study and practice. Although with the improvement of his soul power level, Sanpao could understand what he said and accurately understood his meaning, he did not treat his martial soul as a relative or even his own child like Shi Yi.
"What's wrong? Teacher."
Shi Yi's voice brought Yu Xiaogang back to reality. Yu Xiaogang looked at Shi Yi and said softly, "Nothing, you can understand these, the teacher is very happy."
Shi Yi nodded and said, "Then teacher, I'll go first."
After that, Shi Yi slowly left the cafeteria under Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
Yu Xiaogang looked at Shi Yi's back, and he suddenly felt that Shi Yi might be able to break through his innate shackles.
"I am bound by too many things after all."
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but smile bitterly. The surprise brought by Shi Yi made him feel the gap in talent again. His seemingly invincible theory was found flawed by Shi Yi at a glance. Shi Yi could always dig out the unique value of his martial spirit of the same nature as Shi Yi. This strong understanding and unique perspective of observing things were what he, a master, lacked.
After leaving the cafeteria, Shi Yi brought Xiao Yi to the secluded grove of the academy. Shi Yi immediately felt Xiao Yi's joyful mood. It was obvious that Xiao Yi liked this environment very much.
Looking at Xiao Yi exploring around, Shi Yi did not disturb him, but just broke off a branch and waited quietly. Xiao Yi was no different from a child now, so it would be good to let him explore and get familiar with the surrounding environment.
As for Xiao Yi's study, Shi Yi has the least time. He is only at the first level of innateness now. Before he has a technique like Xuan Tian Gong, meditation is the least efficient thing. Just practice at night.
Today, Shi Yi's requirements for Xiao Yi are not high. As long as he learns to draw a word on the ground, he has completed today's task. After a long time, Xiao Yi will naturally understand what the symbol he draws means, and gradually he can express it completely.
Watching Xiao Yi exploring this world he likes, Shi Yi is not idle either. He puts the branch in his hand aside and sits under the big tree. In the past few days, Shi Yi has thought about how he and Xiao Yi can break the shackles of innateness.
Whether it is for Shi Yi or Xiao Yi, there are roughly three ways to get promoted, whether it is cultivation or bloodline.
The first method is to absorb, which is also the most commonly used practice method for soul masters. Through meditation, the energy between heaven and earth is converted into soul power and fed back to oneself. The advantage is solidity, and the disadvantage is slow progress and talent.
The changes that Shi Yi can make are to create and continuously optimize his own skills, find a suitable place for his own practice, and constantly strengthen his body so that his body can absorb more energy.
The second method is inheritance. In Shi Yi's concept, theoretically, absorbing soul rings and soul bones is considered to be inheriting the ability of soul beasts. The blood, characteristics, and abilities of soul beasts are greatly reflected in soul rings and soul bones. There is also a most special existence, that is, immortal products. Shi Yi, who has read the original work, understands that immortal products can also grow into plant soul beasts. Immortal products can be used as soul rings and soul bones that do not need to occupy the position of soul rings and soul bones.
After clarifying this point, Shi Yi wondered whether Xiaoyi, as a living martial spirit, could directly absorb immortal products, so that the power of immortal products could be released to the martial spirit to the greatest extent.
The last method is plundering. The same sentence applies here to killing and arson gold belts. By means of swallowing, everything of the opponent is taken away, whether it is blood, soul, or cultivation. The advantage is fast, and it is undoubtedly fast, but the disadvantage is also obvious that plundering also needs to find a suitable object.
It is best to choose an object that is extremely consistent with your own compatibility. Different bloodlines are prone to rejection or even mutation. Once the mutation occurs, the variables are uncontrollable. It is best to obtain means such as Tang San's Eight Spider Lance and Blue Silver Domain before considering plundering. Compared with the direct swallowing ability, the Eight Spider Lance and Blue Silver Domain have a huge effect.
The combination of these two media obviously plays the role of swallowing and filtering. You must know that Tang San swallowed the golden silk in the later period without ignoring the attributes of the other party, and after Tang San swallowed, there was no problem with his body, soul, and bloodline.
Even Bibi Dong became mentally abnormal after swallowing Qianxunji, but Tang San swallowed it without loss.
Obviously, if Shi Yi wants to reach a high level with low innate soul power, he must use each of these three.
"I'm sorry, my future junior brother, you are so talented, it's a bit of a waste to take so many opportunities." Shi Yi thought and smiled.
Seeing that the little ant gradually lost interest in exploration, Shi Yi picked up a branch beside him and began to teach the little ant to read. This scene was also seen by passers-by. The passers-by did not notice the existence of the little ant. Seeing Shi Yi talking to himself, they thought that Shi Yi was mentally ill.
After an unknown period of time, orange fell on the ground. Shi Yi looked at the crooked word rubbed out by the little ant on the ground and nodded with satisfaction.
Afterwards, after Shi Yi had a dinner, he returned to the dormitory and entered the first meditation in his life.
The next day, Shi Yi slowly woke up from meditation. A sense of comfort spread all over his body from inside to outside. Shi Yi could clearly feel that the heat flow in his body, which was not huge, had slightly increased.
"This speed is indeed slow enough." Shi Yi thought and shook his head.
Shi Yi did not think much about it. After getting up and washing, he jogged in the campus in the early morning. After a slight fever and sweating, he stopped his exercise. Now his exercise is more to comb his meridians. It is enough to feel the mobilization of qi and blood.
When they arrived at the cafeteria, Yu Xiaogang had already sat down on the second floor on time, and the breakfast in front of him had changed from one person to two people.
"Good morning, teacher." Shi Yi greeted politely.
Yu Xiaogang looked at Shi Yi sitting in front of him with sweat all over his head, nodded slightly and said: "Yes, even if you become a soul master, you must have a good body, this is a good habit."
"It's not that you're thinking about what kind of danger you might encounter in the future, so saving your life is the most important thing." Shi Yi chuckled and said along with Yu Xiaogang's idea.
Seeing Shi Yi's annoying expression, Yu Xiaogang surprisingly didn't refute, and nodded in approval, saying, "Yes, the most important thing in the world of soul masters is to protect yourself. Let's eat, and after that, we'll officially start studying."
"No problem." Shi Yi agreed and began to eat heartily.
After eating, Shi Yi followed Yu Xiaogang to his room, and Yu Xiaogang took a very thick book from the bookshelf.
Shi Yi waited for Yu Xiaogang's lecture, but Yu Xiaogang looked hesitant.
"Teacher, what's wrong?" Shi Yi whispered to Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang sighed slightly and said, "Xiao Yi, I have been thinking about your training plan yesterday, but I gave up after thinking for a long time."
Shi Yi said with a surprised look
on his face, "Teacher, why is this?" Yu Xiaogang raised his hand slightly, and his eyes, which were originally a little decadent, suddenly became bright. He put his hands together in front of his chest and then quickly separated them downwards, "Come out, Luo Sanpao."
With a puff, a light purple soul power separated from Yu Xiaogang's palms. Shi Yi only felt a soul power fluctuation from the master's body, and there was already a creature in front of him.
It looks like a dog, but its size is more like a pig. It is more than 1.5 meters long, and its waist circumference is probably about the same.
It has light purple hair all over its body, two small ears drooping, and a pair of deep blue eyes blinking, with a very gentle look. The fat body twisted, and the fat buttocks swayed from side to side. It is hard to imagine how slow its movements are with four short and thick legs.
There is a bulge on the top of its head, which is round and I don't know what it is. As soon as it appeared, it ran towards Yu Xiaogang and rubbed its big head against the master's legs.
Two halos rose from the master's feet and moved back and forth on his body. The halos were all yellow, obviously hundred-year soul rings.
Shi Yi looked at Luo Sanpao and pretended to be surprised and said, "Teacher, this is..."
"This is my martial soul. You can call it Luo Sanpao or just Sanpao. Xiaoyi, do you understand why I accepted you as my apprentice now?" Yu Xiaogang sighed softly.
Shi Yi nodded slightly.
Yu Xiaogang continued, "Originally, I was going to teach you everything I learned, but after my simple understanding of you yesterday, I gave up this idea. You are very insightful and have many different perspectives on things. This is a very precious quality for a scholar who studies the theory of martial spirits. I don't want to destroy this precious quality in you. Maybe I am old and know more. I have been bound by my own experience in this aspect of research. If I teach you everything, maybe you will become the second me. Do you understand this?"
Shi Yi looked at Yu Xiaogang and nodded gently again. This is also the difference between him and Tang San. Tang San is a person who respects teachers very much. Even if Yu Xiaogang's wrong theories are taken as the criterion, he will still regard them as the criterion.
"So, I don't plan to teach you, but you can choose the books in this room that you are interested in self-study. If you break the shackles in the future, maybe your teacher can also benefit from your light." Yu Xiaogang said, his eyes full of hope.
Shi Yi looked at Yu Xiaogang quietly after hearing this, and suddenly felt that having such a cheap teacher seemed to be a good choice.
"Of course." Shi Yi looked at Yu Xiaogang and responded seriously.
Yu Xiaogang didn't say much, picked up the thick book he had just taken from the bookshelf, and handed it to Shi Yi.
"This is what you wanted to study yesterday. Although your current knowledge reserve is insufficient, you can look through the book. If you have any questions or knowledge you don't understand, you can also ask me. I will answer you at any time." Yu Xiaogang whispered to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi didn't say much after hearing this. He took the book from Yu Xiaogang's hand and sat down at random. What surprised Shi Yi was that Yu Xiaogang was not idle either. Just like himself yesterday, he was teaching Luo Sanpao to read.
As if he felt Shi Yi's gaze, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across Yu Xiaogang's face. Shi Yi smiled and began to look at Yu Xiaogang's unfinished research.
Shi Yi didn't read too much nonsense, but instead set his eyes on the drawings in the book. If Wang Sheng saw the drawings in Yu Xiaogang's book, he would be surprised to find that the little man drawn on Yu Xiaogang's drawings was very similar to the little man drawn by Shi Yi.
Shi Yi looked at the flow of soul power in the meridians on the blueprint. He had to say that it was good that Yu Xiaogang could study to this point. At least when most people were still using meditation, he knew the existence of meridians and blockages, which was the end mentioned in the information.
Although there were a lot of incompleteness in the twelve meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians in the blueprint, Shi Yi found that there was a place on the blueprint where the two ends of the soul power were very close. If Yu Xiaogang's talent was better, there would be no blockage in that place, and maybe he could create a complete circulation.
With this in mind, Shi Yi also began to try. If he wanted to create a practice, the most important thing was to find a soul power circulation that suited his body. Everyone's body was different, and the meridians containing impurities were also different. When one's own soul power was strong, it could break through these blockages, expand the circulation of soul power, and make the soul power flow in the body smoother.
"If you want to form a circulation in the body, you should start from the Dantian, which is also the most suitable place for a soul master to condense the first soul core. Since I can awaken my soul power, it means that the soul power can still flow from the body to the blue crystal ball that tests the soul power." Shi Yi thought to himself.
Thinking of this, Shi Yi slowly put down the information in his hand, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and felt the tiny heat flow in his body.
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(End of this chapter)