After taking the secret medicine and resting for a while, the color on Yan Tan's face finally returned.
Yan Tan returned the carving knife and the bamboo slips of "Spring and Autumn" to Su Wen, and explained some taboos about carving to Su Wen.
According to Yan Tao, the ancient scroll was not carved by the sage himself, but its origin is not low. It was the sage's direct disciple, Zi Qi, who was a sub-sage. It was carved based on the sage's daily teaching scriptures.
Strictly speaking, the ancient scroll of "Spring and Autumn" is not a taboo item, but an extraordinary item. It does not have the negative effects of taboo items, and the conditions for use are simple. That is, only an extraordinary Confucian scholar or above can exert its due strength.
Summoning power and blessing from the scriptures can also turn ancient scrolls into barriers to block damage.
As for the "giant" carving knife, it is not just a taboo item.
It is a special pen of a saint. Although it was originally just a piece of stationery polished from fine copper, it was soaked in the power of the saint for countless years and absorbed countless literary qualities. It finally awakened into a forbidden object and possessed various magical powers.
Because of the saint, when later generations ranked the taboo objects, they ranked them first.
"How to contain..."
Faced with Su Wen's question, Yan Tao had no way to explain: "Since the day the giant was passed down by the saint, no one has completely successfully contained it, and can only rely on part of its power... There are actually not many conditions for containing it.
Just one condition."
"what is that?"
Su Wen listened with all ears and full of expectation.
"Become a saint." Yan Tan spread his hands and showed a helpless smile to Su Wen: "And he is a Confucian saint."
"……Well?!"
Su Wen suddenly lost his mind.
Only a saint can completely master the carving knife and bring out its full capabilities...
"But if I can be promoted to a saint...why would I need this carving knife?"
Su Wen cursed in his heart.
It's just that I don't dare to say this kind of words. The carving knife is spiritual and I can understand what he says.
"As for how to use it in daily life, you have to figure it out on your own..."
Yan Tao gave Su Wen a look.
Although Su Wen didn't quite understand what Yan Tan was implying, he remembered it.
It seems that you have to start with the nature of the carving knife and slowly understand it. No, you have to please the carving knife in order to borrow stronger power from it.
The two chatted for a while about Dong Zhizhang and mentioned that Dong Zhizhang had been promoted to a great scholar. Yan Tan was also very pleased and said that it was an unexpected surprise that the teacher could be promoted to a great scholar in such a short period of time.
Su Wen discovered from Yan Tao's tone that the senior brother was initially not optimistic that his mentor would be able to complete the promotion so quickly.
This left Su Wen speechless. Yan Tan was young and had already gone through Sequence Five once, so why did he think Dong Zhizhang was not good?
Su Wen felt relieved when he thought of the cultivation levels of Qingsong and Qingbai. The students of Qingshan Academy had similar cultivation levels to their teachers, and even those who excelled in their studies were already basic.
"Junior brother... practicing in the academy seems easy and simple, with little risk and a smooth journey. You can achieve something, but it is also the most difficult."
Yan Tao said seriously: "The first person in our academy to hold this view was our mountain chief. He was already a great Confucian before he founded the academy. Later, when he established the academy, his practice slowed down, and Senior Brother Qingsong and I
, you Senior Brother Zhongwen and Senior Brother Qingbai often travel down the mountain to look for promotion opportunities, so naturally it will be easier for you to improve your strength."
"I see."
Su Wen nodded repeatedly.
Qian Haoran never left the academy because of his agreement with Emperor Liang, while Dong Zhizhang followed a purely academic path, studying scriptures all day long and making inferences, but only when he had accumulated a certain level of literary talent, he followed the academic path.
Make arrangements for the promotion ceremony.
But Yan Tan and others were influenced by Qian Haoran when they were young. They went around doing chivalry and righteousness, promoting the Confucian teachings in their hearts, and practicing them. In the end, they participated in one promotion ceremony after another, and their strength naturally increased rapidly.
Of course, such behavior also means hard work and danger. If you are not careful, you may fall. Yan Tan had an accident during the promotion process, and falling into sequence two is the best proof.
"Junior brother, what are your plans next?"
Yan Tong asked about Su Wen's plans for the future.
"Of course I'll go back outside..."
A place like Guixu was not a place where he, a rookie who was not even a Confucian sage, could survive.
"But before that, you have to complete Sequence 2 of the Historian Path before you can leave."
Su Wen sighed and said.
If he wants to become an extraordinary person of the Historian Sequence 2, he can only do it after he has upgraded several extraordinary powers to the Historian Sequence 2. Otherwise, if he is forcibly promoted to the Historian Sequence 2, the final effect will be mediocre. In the future, on the path of the Historian
It is impossible to go further. It is better to just find a transcendent path and go all the way to the dark side. A transcendent with the potential of the historian path can at least become a Sequence Five transcendent if he only specializes in a certain theory. If he is lucky enough,
, there is also a chance to look at the level of Yasheng.
Yan Tao thought for a while: "Then go back to the ruins and practice peace of mind for a period of time. You won't go to forbidden places or get close to people in Wenling Hall. It won't be a big problem."
Su Wen nodded. Yan Tao did not persuade Su Wen to stay on the island. This place is his place of cultivation. If Su Wen stays here for too long, he will be contaminated by his power. Although this pollution will not be harmful to him.
The negative impact caused by Su Wen will make Su Wen bear the mark of his power, which will eventually lead to deviations. In the future, there will inevitably be a lack of understanding in the practice of Confucianism, which is detrimental to Su Wen's grasp of the mysteries of Confucianism.
After leaving Su Wen's contact information and stuffing Su Wen with a lot of treasures plundered from sea beasts and pulled from the bottom of the sea, Yan Tao sent Su Wen away.
Su Wen also discovered that Yan Tong's battle with Nan Gezi seemed to be unscathed, but in fact his internal injuries were serious and he needed to practice in seclusion.
Yan Tao originally wanted to summon sea beasts to bring Su Wen back to land, but Su Wen refused.
He believed that Nan Gezi would not give up and was wandering around. This was not good news for him or Yan Yan.
So he moved out of Dagon without hesitation.
After Dagon received the news, he quickly came to the vicinity of the island, picked up Su Wen, and sent him back to Su Wen's familiar vicinity of Shenhun Bay.
When he saw Dagon, Yan Tan, who had experience in killing the boat-eating fish, was slightly shocked.
The boat-eating fish he killed... was only one or two percent of the size of Dagon. If he had caught Dagon at that time... he might not have had the chance to appear in Guixu.
Su Wen's guess was correct. Nan Gezi did not really leave at this time, but was hiding on an island a hundred miles away, still waiting for the opportunity to fight back.
After receiving Su Wen's request, Dagon turned a corner on the road and found Nan Gezi's location. He smashed the island with a tap of his tentacles and pretended to chase Nan Gezi.
Seeing Su Wen standing above Dagon's head, Nan Gezi sighed deeply, hid the idea of revenge in his heart, fled to the land, and finally disappeared.
And Dagon also left an aura near Yan Tan Island. If Nan Gezi still doesn't give up and comes here to look for Yan Tan's bad luck, it can sense it in advance and provide some help.
…
It was two days before we returned to land.
As soon as he landed, Su Wen received news from Xie Xun.
The war in Iron Dome has come to an end.
After Nan Gezi left, some fish-headed men returned to normal and fled the battlefield, causing turmoil in the fish-headed men's army.
But there were still a large number of fish-headed people who were not afraid of death and launched an attack on the fortress.
The first city wall was even breached at one point.
Fortunately, Boss Gan was not killed by Nan Gezi. At the critical moment, he returned from his hiding place and killed a group of fish-headed men with poison. After the extraordinary people defending the city regained their strength, they regained the defense line.
After the extraordinary beings confirmed that Nan Gezi's promotion had failed and that the fish-headed people were leaderless, their morale was greatly boosted and they no longer hid their strength and began to counterattack.
The fish-headed men were defeated and fled without a trace after leaving behind seven or eight thousand corpses.
This offensive and defensive battle ended with the victory of Iron Dome Fortress.
The Iron Dome Fortress also lost more than 30 extraordinary people, all of whom were the backbone of Sequence Three and Sequence Four. More than ten were hired warriors, and the rest all held shares in the Iron Dome Fortress's mineral deposits, starting the war.
Not to mention life.
The fish-headed men retreated, but the crisis in Iron Dome Fortress was not resolved.
After the Zhenyuan Army learned that the fish-headed people were defeated, the army moved towards the fortress and stationed itself five miles away, potentially launching an attack at any time.
It is precisely because of this that Xie Xun wanted to seek advice from the mysterious existence through the Earthly Branches on what the Iron Dome Fortress should do next to defend the Black Silver Mine.
In fact, what Xie Xun wants to ask more is...when will the power of hundreds of schools of thought be stationed in Guixu.
Only when the forces of hundreds of schools of thought enter Guixu will the Wenling Palace be put in a position of restraint.
Nowadays, there are only hundreds of forces that can support the spirit of the extraordinary people in Iron Dome Fortress. If there is no relevant good news in a short time, some extraordinary people will definitely choose to surrender - but at this time, I want to ask Wen Ling Palace
Surrender was impossible, the only option was to abandon the entire place and flee for one's life.
By this time, Xie Xun no longer cared so much about whether the black silver mine would be left in his hands or taken away by Wenling Palace.
What he was more worried about was what happened to himself.