After winter, the weather became colder and colder, and the next few days were spent in peace.
Ning Changjiu gets up early every day to meditate and practice a little, then goes downstairs to read. When Ning Xiaoling comes back from practice, he teaches her how to read.
When passing through the corridor, he would often meet Lu Yuanbai, who was responsible for taking care of half of the wing, while the other half of the wing was temporarily taken care of by Ya Zhu.
It is said that they are afraid that the young practitioners will make mistakes, so they manage it a little, but in fact it is a very leisurely job. The difference is that Yazhu still practices sword practice every day, and Lu Yuanbai, as Yazhu's senior brother, seems a little... Giving up on myself.
Ning Jiujiu can probably understand his mood. After all, as an elder, he has always been stagnant in the middle realm of Tongxian. He is depressed and helpless, looking at the boys and girls living in the inner peak who are more than ten or twenty years younger than him. , catching up or even surpassing one by one. Sometimes it is difficult to digest this miserable feeling without a few kilograms of wine.
So Ning Jiujiu would sometimes chat with him casually, just to comfort him.
And Lu Yuanbai saw that he insisted on going downstairs to read every day. Although he didn't know how much he had read, he thought he was also a diligent young man. The most important thing was that he knew that this young man's talent was mediocre. Even if he read books for another ten years, he would not be able to cultivate enough. If you hold on to death, you will reach the upper realm of Xuan, and you will definitely not be able to surpass yourself, so you also have a sense of "sympathizing with each other", and your attitude has improved a bit.
The elderly people in the bookstore also lie there and read books all day long. They say they are reading, but in fact, most of the time, the books are held upside down.
Ning Jiujiu discovered that the old man often got up and walked around among the books. His eyes kept wandering back and forth on the spines of the books, as if he was also looking for something.
So occasionally, they often meet each other, but they don't know each other, and they only pass by each other without any communication.
He could see his old age, that old age that had become old age, the old age that was approaching twilight, and even if there was only a trace of this old age left.
Ning Jiujiu always felt that his time was running out, as if he would die the next day.
But every day when I came to the bookstore, the old man was still alive, one day, two days, and dozens of days in a row.
This was beyond his expectation, so there was only one explanation.
"You are an expert."
One day, when Ning Changjiu met the old man again in the library, he stopped and said this.
The old man was dressed in an ancient yellow robe, with navy blue trim on the cuffs, painted with wisps of wheat patterns. He had a golden crown on his head, his beard and hair were all white, his long eyebrows drooped, his closed eyelids were raised a little, and a pair of lifeless eyes looked at Ning. After a long glance, he chuckled and his body bones moved slightly.
"Young man, if you can say this, you are also a wonderful person." It was unclear whether this sentence was sarcasm or praise. After the old man finished speaking, he continued to move forward.
Ning Jiujiu didn't say much and continued to look for books.
Those books describing the physical structure of monks and ordinary people are not a secret. Most of them are placed on the lower floor, and there is no need to use spiritual power as a thread to retrieve the books.
Through his extensive reading these days, he found that many of the books here contained fallacies, especially about the differences between Changsheng and Ziting in the Zifu Qi Sea. However, I think the people who wrote the books probably had some fallacies. Some of them are from Ziting that you have never been to, and many of them are speculations. It is understandable that there are fallacies.
On the fifteenth day, he read all the books on the basics of Taoism in the library, even those heretical and crooked methods.
This world is the same as his previous life, and the ways of practicing Taoism are only the same as those between sects.
If you don’t understand the book at all, there is no need to continue reading.
Ning Jiujiu left the bookstore and walked toward the stairs.
Lu Yuanbai sat at the door of the sword room, looking at him with his legs crossed. He was used to seeing him reading every day, but this was the first time he came out so early.
He gloated: "What? You can't pretend anymore? Don't you want to study every day and pretend to be diligent to impress the great uncle in the library? Are you going to give up after only half a month?"
Although he gained almost nothing on the 15th, Ning Changjiu was not in a bad mood and said, "Well, I don't want to waste any more time."
Lu Yuanbai nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I think so. You can teach your junior sister to read and write with peace of mind. It's not a bad idea to be a young teacher. In the future, your junior sister will become famous in one fell swoop. You will also have a place on Tianku Peak, but I will give Here’s a piece of advice, don’t teach too fast, you have to slow down deliberately, your junior sister’s age is the best to deceive, if you don’t tie her up now, you won’t have a chance in the future.”
Listening to his words, Ning Jiujiu couldn't help but think of the four words "forever united" and thought that his problem was tied too tightly. Now he felt a little uncomfortable getting along with his junior sister every day.
"Thank you, Uncle Lu, for your guidance. This junior has benefited a lot." Ning Jiujiu smiled.
Lu Yuanbai sneered and said slightly: "Again, you are perfunctory with me? Don't believe in evil. It will be interesting if you are abandoned by a talented little girl."
Ning Jiujiu pondered for a moment and then asked: "Uncle Master seems to have a deep resentment towards these four words: chaos at first and abandonment at the end."
Lu Yuanbai's expression froze, and the hands on his sleeves clenched subconsciously. The corners of his eyes twitched uncontrollably, and then he returned to normal. He said angrily: "I, Lu Yuanbai, have outstanding swordsmanship and grace in my life. If any woman in the world can get me, Favor, who can move with two legs? If you hear any rumors, don’t take them seriously, they are all made up by people who are jealous of my talent and appearance.”
Ning Jiujiu narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "I haven't heard any rumors, but after my uncle said this, I will pay more attention to it in the future."
Lu Yuanbai's eyes widened and he said angrily: "You junior, don't push yourself too far. Even my uncle is approachable. If it were junior sister Lu Jiaojie, if you dared to talk like this, you would have been taken care of by the sect's rules!"
Ning was stunned for a long time and asked: "Marie Lu... Well, is Master Master so fierce?"
Lu Yuanbai thought to himself that even if this outer disciple entered the inner peak, he would never see him go out, let alone have the opportunity to meet Lu Marion, who is now the master of the peak.
"Junior sister Lu, it wasn't like this before. When she first entered the sect, she was a senior brother and a sister. She was very well-behaved, but it's a pity..." Lu Yuanbai looked sad: "Women, after the realm is high, the more... The colder it gets, it's like a bowl of hot water left outside. Because the environment is too cold, it can only slowly become warmer, cooler, and then freeze. It is often said in the world that beauty can't eat the fireworks of the world and reject people thousands of miles away. That swordsmanship This is especially true for beauties with high realms, so I have always advised you to stay close to your junior sister and cover the cup more often to prevent the warm water from freezing."
Ning Jiujiu nodded gently. He could understand Lu Jianjian. He was entrusted with a big responsibility in his twenties. The pressure in his heart and the burden of the image of Dai Peak Master were naturally very heavy. He deliberately made himself aloof and unapproachable. People are also necessary, and he had spent a few days with Lu Jiaoyou when he was in the imperial city, so he naturally knew that the cold surface was nothing more than a superficial appearance.
Ning Jiujiu showed a look of astonishment and said respectfully: "Uncle Master's golden and wise words, this junior has learned from them."
Seeing his sincere expression, Lu Yuanbai nodded with satisfaction.
Ning Jiujiu suddenly remembered something, pointed downwards, and asked: "That great uncle must be a great person with a very high level. Why is he now imprisoned in the library, confused all day long? What is he planning?"
Lu Yuanbai sighed and said: "Uncle Yan Zhou has been here for more than twenty years... When I first started, he was in charge of Neifeng Bookstore, and he is still in charge of it now. There are many rumors about uncle Yan, you As an outer disciple, stop asking."
Ning Changjiu thought for a moment and then asked: "Did he have a problem with the sect leader?"
Lu Yuanbai looked strange. He rubbed his chin and said with a smile, "Where did you hear the rumor again?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "I guessed it. If it weren't for the feud with the sect master, where would it be Master Lu's turn to be the acting peak master of Tianku Peak now?"
Lu Yuanbai thought for a while and said: "There are different opinions about the past, but the most popular rumor is that Master Yan Zhou lost the important treasure of this lineage, so he was punished like this."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Chongbao? How heavy is it?"
Lu Yuanbai rolled his eyes and said, "At least thirty thousand kilograms."
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said: "It's indeed not light."
Lu Yuanbai asked: "Now that you have such a big problem of your own, are you still in the mood to care about other people's gossip?"
Ning Jiujiu smiled lightly and said: "I just look at the misery of others and seek psychological comfort. There is a saying in the book that stones from other mountains can attack jade?"
Lu Yuanbai stared at him, marveled, and said with a smile: "Can this word be used like this? The more I look at you, the more spiritual you are. Even I feel sorry for you."
Ning Jiujiu said: "Master uncle is still idle here all day long at such an old age. The younger generation also thinks it is a pity."
Lu Yuanbai immediately stopped laughing and said angrily: "I am not yet forty, but I am a young leader among practitioners. How can I be considered young!"
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"Junior sister." Ning Jiujiu returned to the house and sat quietly until nightfall, when the door was knocked open, "Why are you here so late today?"
Ning Xiaoling said: "Sister Marry told me something today."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "What's the matter?"
Ning Xiaoling sat down next to him, pulled his sleeves, and said: "Master said, although Xiaoling is extremely talented and can read very quickly, there is still a long way to go before he can read swordsmanship books freely. There should be no time left in between. How about asking your senior brother to come to the Sword Hall with you in the future to read and explain the contents of the Sword Scripture to you."
This requires him to accompany me to study.
After saying that, Ning Xiaoling looked at him with wide eyes, full of expectation, charming and charming.
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(Tomorrow is the 55 update break, and the author plans to respond. Four chapters will be updated the day after tomorrow!! I’ll make up for tomorrow’s chapters as well~)