After standing in the courtyard and quietly watching Chen Baowuan's carriage go away, he walked out of the door slowly and walked to several used bookshops in the south of the city.
It's not that he has no sense of the spiritual wilderness, there are various signs that have already made him suspicious.
Before getting Chen Baoyuan's definite answer, he had actually begun to think about what he wanted to do.
He has consulted many ancient books. During the spiritual famine eras that occurred in history, the number of new practitioners dropped sharply, to less than one-tenth of the normal period, and those who were already practitioners did not live as long as before.
Among the leaders of the same level of practitioners, coupled with the wars and changes in power caused by this sudden change, the number of practitioners has reduced by more than two-thirds twenty or thirty years after the start of the spiritual famine. The population of the entire practitioner world has been reduced by more than two-thirds.
In the era of spiritual desolation, the polarization in the strength of practitioners has become more serious.
Some practitioners who were already very strong were able to compete for certain resources in the era of spiritual desolation, and they became stronger.
As for new cultivators like Lin Yi, their cultivation speed is slower than in normal times, and the gap in strength becomes even greater.
The middle-aged female coach driver who was driving Chen Baowuan felt a pity in her heart. She just felt that Lin Yi could become a practitioner at the beginning of this spiritual famine and form yellow buds. It was indeed impressive, but it would be difficult to get someone like Lin Yi in the future.
For practitioners who have limited resources, it will be extremely difficult to climb up.
Lin Yi actually knows these things himself, but if he just accepts his fate and feels sorry for himself, it is impossible for him to receive such a high evaluation from Chen Baoyuan.
In his opinion, there are still people living in the barren wasteland. By practicing in the era of spiritual wasteland with thin spiritual energy, the ancients may have left some experience and may have left some useful records in some ancient books.
"Lin Yi, you are here."
He also often visits several markets in the south of the city that specialize in collecting and selling used books. He also does some part-time work and helps repair some used books, so people in the used book shops greet him enthusiastically when they see him.
"Lin Yi, you came just in time. I just collected a large number of ancient books here yesterday, some of which are from the northern barbarians." The owner of one of the bookstores also knew his preferences very well. While welcoming him in warmly, he looked at Lin Yi.
Yi's whole body was filled with heat. Knowing that he had walked a lot, he brought him a pot of tea.
"Thank you, Uncle Xue." Lin Yi was grateful.
The owner of this bookstore is named Xue. He is a middle-aged man with gray hair. He is a scholar who fled to Jiankang in the early years. He has been able to save a used bookstore by selling calligraphy and painting and teaching for a long time. This kind of bookstore can only make a living.
, it’s not a money-making business, but the owner of this bookstore is kind-hearted and a true book lover. He also admires Lin Yi who loves reading. No matter how long Lin Yi reads, he will not take money from Lin Yi.
Lin Yi also often helped him with some chores as a way of repaying the favor.
This time he received quite a lot of old books, which filled half of the small room.
Lin Yi drank a pot of hot tea, wiped his sweat, and sat directly on the floor among the piles of old books, and he quickly became fascinated by it.
The owner of the bookstore didn't bother him, and he didn't even let anyone enter the small warehouse. He just let Lin Yi read quietly by himself.
People here in Jiankang habitually call the Northern Wei people "Northern Barbarians". The more educated they are, the more they despise the Northern Wei Dynasty. First, the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty have a rough and arrogant style and do not pay much attention to etiquette. Second, in the early years, the Northern Wei Dynasty favored martial arts and neglected civilized governance.
, and don’t pay much attention to scholars.
They don’t pay much attention to scholars, and they certainly don’t care for books.
You can see the clues from the many ancient books from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Many ancient books are not complete, and most of them are covered with grease. It gives the impression that these ancient books were not kept by scholars who wanted to study knowledge, but were used for other purposes, such as igniting fires, making some bedding, etc.
Only then did it remain.
However, the content of these ancient books is very different from the common ancient books in Jiankang, and many of them are unique records in the north.
Lin Yi read through it intently and soon found some records that interested him.
He discovered that there were two ancient books that recorded a practitioner named "Da Julu". According to the ancient sayings of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Da Jura has the dual meaning of divine power and saint, and that practitioner is the spiritual being closest to the present.
The best in the wilderness is invincible in the north.
Moreover, this man called "Da Jura" also came from a poor background. According to the records in two ancient books, he was also a horse dealer in the border market.
What struck Lin Yi most astonishing was that this man did not receive special opportunities or help from the royal family at that time. It seemed that he practiced on his own and came from behind to become the strongest practitioner in the north at that time.
"Did you discover some new method of practice?"
Lin Yi frowned and flipped through the two ancient books carefully. He noticed that the authors of the two ancient books seemed to have such speculations, but he was not sure, and some of the descriptions did not clearly indicate it.
He then focused on reading ancient books from the north, and he found an older ancient book, which also had records of "Da Jura", but except for a few simple descriptions, it said that "Da Jura"
"Jura" went through many wars and suffered a lot of hardships that ordinary people could not bear, and there are no more detailed records.
"The only choice is to go to the library of Qitian Academy to try your luck."
Lin Yi picked out all the ancient books that were slightly related to the spiritual wilderness, and found no more clues. However, the increasingly strong sunlight coming from the window reminded him that it was almost noon and the class reunion might be late.
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"Uncle Xue, thank you."
Lin Yi didn't hesitate. He thanked the owner of the bookstore and went out, then trotted towards the Sanyan Bridge.
After only a few hundred steps, a carriage suddenly came up from behind and stopped beside him with a "hoo" sound.
"Lin Yi." Someone called him.
Lin Yi stopped.
There were three people sitting in this carriage, two men and one woman, all of whom were his former classmates.
The petite woman who called him was called Xiao Suxin. Xiao Suxin's surname was the imperial surname, but Xiao Suxin's family was a lineage of the old royal family, and they were even enemies of the current Emperor Wu of Liang. Even though Emperor Wu of Liang did not actually launch a massacre, these six
One can imagine her situation during the years.
Xiao Suxin's family background was almost the same as his. They had many contacts between their fathers and often saw each other outside the academy. Among the classmates back then, they were relatively familiar with each other.
At that time, Xiao Suxin was naive and romantic, acted arrogantly, and had the temperament of a little girl. But now Lin Yi stepped forward to greet her, but he accidentally saw that she looked mature, and even had some fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She was far more haggard than people of the same age.
There is also the shadow of the delicate and pretty girl back then.
Lin Yi smiled and greeted the three people.
He also remembered the names of the other two men. The tall and thin man sitting next to Xiao Suxin was named Liu Jieshi. He was originally the son of a wealthy businessman, but after Emperor Wu of Liang ascended the throne, he heard that he became an official in charge of salt transportation, and his status was naturally very high.
improve.
There was another man with an average build and extremely thick black eyebrows. His name was Ye Chengyu. He was the son of the Minister of Finance and had not changed much from before.
"Lin Yi, you are dripping with sweat from running. Why didn't you forget to keep fit and practice while attending this class reunion?" Liu Jieshi just smiled in return, but Ye Chengyu teased with a mocking face.
Many of my classmates back then were eager to fawn over Lin Yi all the time, but now that times have changed, their attitudes are completely different.
Lin Yi didn't care, and joked with a smile, "I just don't have a carriage, so I have to walk. It's just that your carriage is too small, and it's a bit crowded with three people in it. Otherwise, you can take me for a ride."
Lin Yi's words are also loaded with guns and sticks, implying that Ye Chengyu's carriage is not high-end. His character is like this. He is usually gentle and does not look down on others, but if the other party messes with him, he will not grovel, even if
The other party has a great background.
Xiao Suxin obviously cared about the friendship between her classmates and couldn't help but open her mouth to smooth things over, but Liu Jieshi and Ye Chengyu looked a little cold.
"My carriage is indeed a little crowded, so let's go ahead." Ye Chengyu said lightly and ordered the coachman to drive away.
"We have already reached this point. If we still pretend to be noble and unruly, sooner or later we will not get good results..." From a distance, Lin Yi vaguely heard Liu Jieshi's voice.
Lin Yi was not angry at the attitude of these two people. After all, he had seen many such people in the past few years, and there was nothing about the other party that made him care.
Being angry with such people will actually affect his daily mood.
He was usually very punctual, but it seemed that these people were not too early to go, and there were only one or two people he really wanted to see, so he simply slowed down to avoid following the carriage and getting ashes. (Unfinished)