The library is indeed magical. Although the thousands of square meters of the hall are lined with rows of bookshelves, there is not a single book on them.
The bookshelf is divided into small grids one foot square. In each grid is a jade slip one finger wide and half a foot long, and a piece of metal paper one foot square. On the metal paper are engraved small characters.
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"Brother, here are some books about human geography and the Eight Treasures of Qijing. You can learn about the history of our Sinful Territory and the entire Lost Continent. They are of no direct help to your cultivation.
However, because the number is too large, there may be some unparalleled skills, secret techniques, etc. mixed in there.
Our Ye family's secret skill, the Fire Flame Sky Spear, was discovered by an ancestor while reading here.
The "Xuan Jing", known as the number one mental method in the realm of sin, was also discovered here by an ancestor, excerpted from three thousand jade slips, and finally compiled, but unfortunately it is also a incomplete version."
"You are saying that these introductions may not match the contents of the jade slips, right?"
Ye Feng was holding a piece of metal paper and looking at it. The text on it was an introduction to the contents of the jade slip.
"Yes! These books are the biggest treasure of our Ye family. They were collected and sorted out by countless ancestors over tens of thousands of years. However, because of the age and the large number of books, the contents of many jade slips have not been proofread clearly.
Jade slips are inherently rich in content, and the person who wrote them did not necessarily simply record a certain content. Many of them were miscellaneous and random, and only those that have been sorted can correspond to each other.
Those with a gold introduction plate have been sorted out, those with a black introduction plate have been sorted out but have not been proofread and translated, and those without an introduction plate have not been read or paid attention to."
“Proofreading translation?”
This sentence made Ye Feng suddenly think of the ancient texts on earth. Is it the same here?
"That's right! Many ancient scriptures have very concise words and difficult to pronounce sentences. Some of the words are different from what they are today. Without professional translation, I don't know what they mean.
Especially in human geography, due to the changes of the times, the changes have been great, and the descriptions in them are simply not consistent with the present, and it is easy to be misunderstood as invalid books, but in fact this kind of book has the most research value."
"Then how do I choose?"
When Sheng'er said this, Ye Feng was immediately confused. He felt like a dog catching a hedgehog and had no idea what to eat.
"Hehe! I suggest you read "Lost Yi Zhi" for humanities. Although the amount of information is a bit large, it is easy to understand.
In addition, let's read another book called "Wu Ku Qi Jing". Although this book is an ancient text, it covers everything from astronomy and geography, Qi Jing magic, and Taoism. There are also some comments from ancestors in it, which can be used as a guide and will be more useful for research.
value."
Sheng'er is a reading aficionado. Although she is young, she doesn't have to practice hard, so she spends a lot of time reading. Naturally, her recommendation is good.
"Okay! It's up to you!"
"whee!"
Sheng'er smiled mysteriously and pulled Ye Feng to a bookshelf in the corner.
"Good guy!"
When Ye looked at the bookshelf, he couldn't help but take a breath.
Written on the bookshelf are the four characters "Wu Ku Qi Jing". Below is a warm reminder. This book has a total of eighty-one volumes. It is rich in content and has unique insights. However, it is an ancient text. After tens of thousands of years of research, the family has not been able to explain it in detail.
There are tens of thousands of annotations, so readers should be careful.
"Brother, how are you doing? Do you want to study it?"
The sound was like a challenge, and he said with his little head tilted half way.
"Don't tell me, you are just studying this book!"
"That's right, I'm a genius little witch, so I naturally want to study the arsenal of strange scriptures!"
"Haha, how many volumes have you studied?"
"Nine volumes!"
Sheng'er said very proudly.
"Only nine volumes?"
"What do you think? Do you know where the most amazing part of this arsenal is?"
Ye Feng shook his head, how could he know, but judging from Sheng'er's tone, it was obvious that there was something hidden.
"Hmph! Some people say that this arsenal of strange books has magical powers, because no matter who you are, you can only pick up nine volumes at most at a time. Only after reading all nine volumes and understanding them can you come to pick them up again."
"How is this possible? Are all books spiritual?"
"Hehe, little brother, won't you know if you try it?"
“Just try it!”
Ye Feng really didn't believe it. Besides, he also wanted to see what the condition of the jade slips was.
When Ye Feng casually took a jade slip and put it on his forehead, no matter how he activated his consciousness, there was no reaction at all.
"Hee hee hee!"
Seeing Ye Feng's embarrassment, Sheng'er couldn't help but laugh like a pig.
"Is there any other condition?"
Since Sheng'er only laughed and didn't speak, there must be something fishy, so Ye Feng took a closer look.
"Ha! There really is a situation."
In fact, it is not difficult. After a little observation, you can find that these eighty-one jade slips are marked with numbers. Ye Feng mumbled and picked up the jade slip with "1" engraved on it.
"Buzz!"
As soon as the jade slip was placed on his forehead, his spiritual consciousness prompted him, and a huge amount of information poured into his mind.
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao; the name can be named, but it is not named.
The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the name of the mother of all things.
Therefore, always have no desire in order to observe its wonderfulness; always have desire in order to observe its pleasure.
The two have the same origin but different names. They are both called xuan, and xuan is xuan again. They are the door to all mysteries."
The message quickly turned into a paragraph of text, and Ye Feng read it out involuntarily.
"this......"
Ye Feng put down the jade slip with a confused look on his face.
This passage is too simple for him, because he can recite it recited at the age of five.
There are a few things in Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" that Chinese people on earth don't know. Even if you can't memorize them all, you can always remember a few sentences.
Of course, the writing on the jade slips is very old, it is oracle bone inscriptions, but Ye Feng is very familiar with oracle bone inscriptions.
Most of the ancient books Taiyi Taoist showed him, so the first characters he recognized were oracle bone inscriptions.
"Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, but it is evil; everyone knows that good is good, but it is not good.
Therefore, existence and non-existence arise from each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short compare with each other, high and low are inclined to each other, sound and sound harmonize with each other, and front and rear follow each other.
Therefore, a sage does nothing, does nothing, teaches without saying anything, works on all things without saying a word, is born but does not exist, does without relying on it, and does not dwell on his achievements.
I feel like I have no place to live, so I won’t go.”
When the second jade slip was placed on his forehead, the same paragraph of text came into his mind, and Ye Feng couldn't help but read it again. It was indeed the second chapter of the Tao Te Ching.
“If you don’t value the virtuous, the people will not fight; if you don’t value the hard-to-find goods, the people will not steal; if you don’t see the desirable, the people will not be confused.
Therefore, the rule of the sage is to weaken his heart and strengthen his belly; to weaken his will and strengthen his bones.
It often makes the people ignorant and desireless, so that the wise do not dare to do anything. If you do nothing, everything will be cured."
The third jade slip is the third chapter of the Tao Te Ching.
There are three jade slips in a row, the content of which completely corresponds to Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the Tao Te Ching.
There are eighty-one volumes of Wukuqi Jing, and the Tao Te Ching has exactly eighty one chapters. Isn't this the Tao Te Ching? Ye Feng has no desire to read any more.