Ji Yuan has actually done some theoretical research on the stage of monsters refining the transverse bone. In essence, the transverse bone is not really a bone growing in the throat, but more like a freehand depiction.
It mainly refers to the spiritual monsters that begin to control the tongue sound and spirit. It is like a fishbone stuck in the throat, with a bone stuck in the throat and unable to speak. It refines the transverse bone to open the tongue orifice, and is controlled by the spirit, and is the one who controls the tongue.
There is also a saying that the transverse bone refers to the so-called "hyoid bone", but it is definitely a dual influence of physiology and artistic conception. In any case, refining the transverse bone is regarded as the first hurdle in the process of an animal becoming a monster. Strictly speaking, only after passing this hurdle can it be considered a monster.
Ji Yuan felt this rare process vividly through the chess pieces, including every change in the red fox Hu Yun's cough, as if he was sitting nearby and listening.
At the top of Yunshan Red Mountain, a smile appeared on Ji Yuan's face as he lay on his side with his eyes closed. The little fox woke up from his dream, and the connection between him and the chess piece gradually faded.
In the Ju'an Pavilion, Yin Qing heard a cough and turned around to see that the one coughing was the red fox on the stone table. He had never heard an animal cough before, so the first thing he thought was that the fox might have choked on the dates.
“Cough…cough cough cough…cough cough cough cough…Ah cough…”
After taking a few steps closer, I found that the little fox was coughing more and more violently, and I could even see the fox coughing out wisps of dust as if in an illusion.
"What's wrong with you, little fox? Do you want some water?"
Yin Qing hurriedly walked to the stone table, poured a cup of water from the kettle beside the table, and put it to the red fox's mouth.
"Drink some water to moisten your throat!"
The red fox coughed for a while and finally calmed down. He held the teacup that Yin Qing placed beside him and kept licking the cold boiled water without tea leaves.
At this moment, the red fox's heart was beating very fast, and then he drank some water to calm down his excitement. Of course, he knew what level he had passed.
At this time, waves of spiritual energy washed over the body, and the sense of external spiritual energy became much more acute.
However, Chihu vaguely felt that what was more important was not that he had refined the horizontal bone in a dream, but that he remembered the name he had forgotten while running around in the mountains and wilderness in the past few years. His name was "Hu Yun", a name given to him by the great master!
"Hu...Hu Yun..."
A clear voice came out of the red fox's mouth, which immediately frightened Yin Qing. He pointed at the little fox and was speechless. The shock in his heart was mixed with a hint of not-so-strong fear.
After the little fox said his name, he subconsciously covered his mouth with his two paws, staring at Yin Qing with a hint of fear and more excitement.
"Can you speak now?"
Yin Qing calmed down and asked carefully but in surprise.
Then the red fox subconsciously imitated him and said something.
"You can, speak..."
"I can talk, I'm asking you!"
"I can talk, I'm asking you..."
The joy in the red fox's eyes became increasingly difficult to conceal, and he spoke in Yin Qing's tone like a parrot. Although his pronunciation was still off, his voice was clear and pleasant.
Yin Qing was also happy, seemed to understand something, and pointed at himself.
"Are you imitating me?"
"Learn. Speak. Talk!"
The red fox nodded vigorously, then pointed at itself with its paw.
"Hu...Yun!"
Yin Qing was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while he recalled the details of that past event, and his face became even happier.
"Yes, yes, your name is Hu Yun. Mr. Ji gave you this name. Your name is Hu Yun!"
"Hu Yun, Hu Yun, your name is Hu Yun!"
The red fox also clapped its paws happily.
"No, no, my name is Yin Qing and your name is Hu Yun! Forget it, let me teach you how to speak!"
"Teach, speak! Teach to speak!"
The red fox could already understand some human language, at least it could tell the difference between you, me and him, but speaking was different from listening, so it couldn't help but repeat Yin Qing's words. With Yin Qing teaching him, his language learning speed would not be too slow.
The man and the fox were extremely happy in the small courtyard of Ju'an, as if they had found a fun game, and they started playing with each other.
The jujube tree in the yard provides shade from the scorching autumn sun, and its branches and leaves sway in the breeze, making the whole tree appear more peaceful.
. . .
In the Wei family mansion in Desheng Prefecture, at this moment, there was a chubby white child wearing a red bellyband, running barefoot on a corridor in the mansion.
The child was holding a large-headed cloth tiger made of cotton cloth in his hands and running wildly in the corridor with his short legs.
"Master...Master, where are you? Master, please don't scare me!"
A maid's panicked voice came from the other end. She hurriedly ran through the corridor of the inner courtyard and immediately returned. The fat boy in the bellyband was still running forward. He breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly chased after her.
"Master, Master, don't run away, be careful not to fall!"
The child in the bellyband is Wei Wuwei's beloved Wei Yuansheng, or rather, the beloved of the elders of the Wei family. The one who is chasing after him is the 17-year-old maid who takes care of the child and plays with him.
"Studying is not fun, it's not fun at all, I want to go find my mother, I want to go find my father!"
The little maid was very agile. She ran a dozen steps and caught up with the child, then picked him up.
"Master, stop making trouble. This is your first day of class. Don't leave a bad impression!"
Ignoring the maid's earnest advice, the child twisted and turned in her arms, kicking and punching, and his little fleshy hands and feet kicked and hit the maid in the face from time to time.
"Xiao Cui, please let me go. I want to go to my father to seek justice. How can a three-year-old be allowed to start studying? I won't go. I won't go. The teacher won't even let me pull out his beard!"
At the back of the corridor, the old man also came running breathlessly, clutching a book.
"Huh...Huh...Miss Xiao Cui, have you found it?"
"We have found the Master. Don't worry. There are many people hiding and watching over him inside and outside the Wei Mansion. The Young Master will be fine. Hey, hey, hey... we can't talk about the Young Master."
The old man quickly covered his eyes and turned his head, muttering "Don't look at anything indecent!"
Half a minute later, Wei Yuansheng returned to the desk in the study and was pressed by the maid Xiao Cui onto a chair padded with multiple layers of cotton.
"Master, Xiao Cui has to watch from the side this time. I can't teach you alone."
After what happened just now, the old man was also frightened, so naturally he didn't dare to object.
"It's nature, it's nature..."
Just now, Wei Yuansheng, a child who was said to be three years old but was actually less than two years old, actually jumped down from such a high cushion, scaring the old teacher to death on the spot. Then, not only was the child fine, he also skipped class on his own.
"But you are the smartest child I have ever seen in my life. If you study hard, you may become the second Lord Yin of Desheng Mansion in the future."
Yin Zhaoxian now holds a very high status in the hearts of scholars in Desheng Prefecture. Even old scholars in their sixties or seventies respectfully call him "Mr. Yin" in private occasions, which shows how influential it is to have won the top three places in the imperial examinations.
The old teacher stroked his beard as he looked at the young child who was sitting reluctantly at the desk. The child was chubby all over, with white skin, red lips and white teeth. The child was afraid of heat, so he only wore a red bellyband, which made him look even more adorable.
Most people in Desheng Prefecture knew that the young master of the Wei family was born in November of the Year of the Rabbit. He was one year old when he was born, and two years had passed, so he was three years old, but in fact he was only a year and a half old.
If it were any other family, the biggest worry for a child like this would be things like peeing and farting, but the Wei family had actually invited me to teach him how to write.
Originally he was only after the money, but after seeing this young master Wei and interacting with him for a while, the old man was already astounded by his beauty.
Is this a three-year-old child? Although he still speaks in a baby voice, his intelligence is extraordinary. If I had to describe it, it's like he has spirituality.
"Xiao Cui, please go away. If you don't go away, I won't learn!"
Wei Yuansheng was still sulking and refused to let the maid stay by his side.
Xiao Cui looked at the old man awkwardly, hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
"Then you are not allowed to run away, young master. I am right outside the door. Besides, the master will definitely ask you about what happened during the day tonight. If you run away again, I will not help you to cover up your lie!"
"you you!"
Wei Yuan pointed at Xiao Cui with his chubby little hand. He wanted to curse but he had no dirty words to use.
"You are bad!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Xiao Cui bowed to the teacher before leaving, and the old teacher also bowed in return.
"I will do my best!"
As soon as the maid left, the old teacher looked at the child again, revealing a self-consciously kind smile.
"Young Master, do you know what the zodiac sign is this year?"
“Of course it’s the Year of the Snake!”
"Well, the little boy is three years old now. What's his zodiac sign?"
"I'm a rabbit!"
"Okay, then what if..."
“Stop, stop, stop…”
Wei Yuansheng waved his little hands.
"You ask this and that, but you don't know this or that. How dare you teach me?"
The old man choked.
"The young master is extremely intelligent, the only one I have ever seen in my life. My Desheng Mansion has been blessed with great talent in recent years."
"When I was only one month old, I drank the fairy juice mixed with breast milk. Of course it was amazing."
Of course the old man had heard such words before.
"Haha, young master, you are joking."
"See, they say children speak without restraint, but you don't believe what a three-year-old says."
But the daddy is still afraid of the child, so the young child can only endure the boredom and try to read and study.
The old teacher stroked his beard and picked up a book "On Birds - The Student's Answer" from the table. Yin Zhaoxian's masterpiece has already spread in Desheng Prefecture. The exquisiteness of the first volume lies in its fun and popularity. In particular, the new edition is more catchy than before and is very suitable for enlightenment.
Having just tested the young master's ability to understand, the old man believes that he should be able to understand what I read to him.
That night, after Wei Wuwei came back, he first asked the old teacher named Li about his son's teaching situation. Not surprisingly, he heard the other party praising his son's intelligence.
Then Wei Yuansheng was questioned alone.
In front of the oil lamp in the wife's bedroom, Wei Yuansheng sat in his mother's arms on the bed, and Wei Wuwei sat on the armchair beside him. This was the first time Wei Wuwei had a brief conversation with his son.
"Yuansheng, you performed quite well today. Do you know why your father let you learn to read and write so early?"
Wei Yuansheng answered while holding his favorite cloth tiger head.
"I'm smart!"
"You little boy... you being smart is a prerequisite, of course, but also because before you are five years old, your father will take you to a place, and it would be great if you can read and write before then."
"Five?"
Wei Yuansheng counted on his fingers, isn't that the end of next year
"Master... Yuansheng is still so young..."
Mrs. Wei was a little reluctant, but was stopped by Wei Wuwei before she could finish her words.
"It's too soft-hearted. This matter concerns Yuansheng's future, and also the future of the Wei family. It's no exaggeration to say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Having said that, Wei Wuwei stood up, walked to the bed, squatted his bloated body, stared at his son with great assurance, and spoke slowly.
"Dad is telling you the secret of our Wei family for the first time tonight. Although you are young, Dad knows that you know your limits. You can't talk about this matter carelessly like you do in the daytime, at least not in the next one or two years. If it gets out, my Wei family will suffer misfortune. Do you understand?"
Wei Yuansheng was a little scared, so he rubbed against his mother and answered in a baby voice.
"understood… "
Wei Wuwei nodded, then squinted his eyes and spoke as he recalled.
"My Wei family has a precious jade. It was passed down from generation to generation as an anecdote. For many years, the family members did not take it seriously, but then something unexpected happened... This story starts in Ning'an County..."