Reaching to the Sky

Chapter 322: Dingwen decipherment

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He took great pains to sneak into the military camp in order to find a safe place to translate the Holy Book. It was best to have nothing to do. He spent most of the day in his room reading the dictionary and didn't make too many troubles.

I'm out on an expedition, and I can't explain anything to the court without fighting. The two warring parties seem to have a tacit understanding. They will send soldiers to ask for battle every half a month or so. When the time is up, if you don't come, I will When they came, they sent out soldiers to fight for a while and then went back. The defeat was a real fight, but they were not greedy for fighting and greedy for merit. It was probably just for training.

Nanfeng's army had gone to war before, and then it was the turn of other troops. The officers did not need to participate in drills, so they were mostly idle during this time in the military camp.

Ten days later, at dusk, Nanfeng closed the Kyushu dictionary. This Kyushu dictionary was from the royal collection and had very detailed records of ancient characters. All the words on the tortoise shells had their corresponding official scripts found in the dictionary. A total of Two hundred and thirty-eight words.

The five tortoise shells he obtained belonged to the first place where the dragon head was located, the fifth place that was previously obtained by Xu Kun, the sixth place where Gao Ping was alive during his lifetime, the seventh place that was jointly explored by Tian Yuanzi and Xu Yunfeng, and the last one. From the Orc Valley where Dragon Tail is.

These nine tortoise shells seemed to have been distributed to the nine Taoists in order. The contents recorded on the five, six, and seventy-three tortoise shells were connected from beginning to end. Although the content was obscure and obscure, fortunately, the first one among the five tortoise shells obtained had the most words. , and five, six, seventy-three pieces can also be spliced into a large text, only the last one is relatively independent.

Compared with researching one tortoise shell alone, researching multiple pieces of turtle shell is actually less difficult, because you can refer to each other and verify each other. It's a pity that you don't have all nine pieces, otherwise the research will be smoother.

The content contained in the Heavenly Book is extremely unclear, and the translation between the oracle bone script and the current official script cannot be very accurate, because the oracle bone script has many pseudo characters, some of which have the same pronunciation and can be substituted for each other, and some which have similar shapes and can be used interchangeably. Take "Dayang" as an example , the two adjacent characters are both Tongjia, I have been thinking about it for a long time and I don’t know the meaning, and there is no annotation for Tongjia in the Jiuzhou dictionary, so I can only think about it under the confusion, and I finally figured it out after a long time of confusion. The big sheep is actually interpreted as the sun. The big and tai are similar in shape, and the sound of the sheep and yang are similar.

The "big sheep" alone had been holding it in for three days. It was inevitable to be depressed, and it was inevitable to get angry, but getting angry would not help. You had to be patient and speculate word for word.

Apart from being depressed, I was also a little confused. How did Xu Kun think about the Book of Heaven if it was so unfamiliar? In his early years, he was just a waiter in Luzhou City, and he probably had no knowledge. If he studied the Book of Heaven alone, he would vomit blood.

But then I thought about it. The map that was burned not long ago was obtained by Xu Kun from the cave in Taiyin Mountain. Similar maps have not been found elsewhere. It cannot be ruled out that the Taoist in the cave in Taiyin Mountain left some traces of the map. Commentary on the Book of Heaven.

There is another possibility, that is, Xu Kun himself is very smart, and he has learned some skills from the Book of Heaven through his own efforts. You must know that Xu Kun was a waiter in Luzhou City, and he became a master in China. Years later, the waiters will definitely not be older, they will all be young people. In other words, there will be a gap of more than ten or twenty years between the initial waiter and the later master. As long as one person is dedicated enough, ten or twenty years will be enough. It's enough to accomplish one thing, but Xu Kun's talent may not be very good, and he may not be very smart, because if he learns all the tortoise shells thoroughly, he will not only be a martial arts master, but also unable to ascend. He should also be a Taoist master with powerful magic.

Seeing that Nanfeng was worried every day, General Li felt uneasy and asked him if he had anything on his mind. Nanfeng said no. General Li loved Cai very much and thought he was dissatisfied with the seventh-grade official position, so he comforted him. It won't be long before there will be a big war, and then you can go to the battlefield again and kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.

General Li's original intention was to comfort him, but Nan Feng was not relieved but began to worry. He was at the bottom and had no access to the secrets of the top management. According to General Li's words, the top management was already preparing to make big moves. There will inevitably be another massacre.

The research on the Book of Heaven is extremely slow. I have to go over it word by word and sentence by sentence. I don’t dare to understand it on my own. I can’t rush it. I have to wait for the subsequent deductions to come out and then compare and refer to them. At this time, I start to understand. There may be discrepancies, but generally speaking, the sentences translated so far should be some discussions about the yin and yang of heaven and earth, and there seems to be an explanation of true and false.

In the evening, Nanfeng left the camp. This time he did not go to the north to see Master Ba because he had only been there yesterday. This time he went out to get things, firstly some silver, and secondly the gold plate obtained from Sun Mountain. and boards.

What is recorded on the gold plate should be the edict issued by the Zhou Dynasty emperor to the nine people, and what is written on the wooden board should be the instructions given by the Taoist from Taiyang Mountain to those who came after them. They are all written in tripods and need to be translated.

Since I had read the Kyushu Dictionary before, I recognized some of the Ding texts, but I couldn't recognize them all and had to compare them one by one.

The first thing to be translated was the gold plate. As expected, this gold plate was indeed the imperial seal issued by the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty to these nine Taoists. On it were the Taoist names of these nine Taoists, three with the name Zhou, and three Lingzi generation, three Wuzi generation, this is the first of the three sects. The edict was issued by King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, and all these nine Taoists were granted the title of Zhenren. In addition to Zhenzhen, there are also Lingxu, Zhongzheng and Gao Chong. Waiting for additional titles, these additional titles have no practical meaning, they are just words of praise.

However, this gold plate does not explain in detail what the duties of these nine Taoists are. It can only be judged by the words "hard work in the wind and frost, laying the foundation of the country" combined with their positions to judge that the nine of them are protecting the dragon veins. .

In addition, the gold plate did not mention where the tortoise shells came from, nor who convened and selected the nine Taoists. However, everyone knew about King Wu's attack on Zhou, and the person who assisted King Wu in his attack on Zhou was naturally Jiang Shang and Jiang Ziya.

Jiang Shang was a disciple of Chanjiao and a member of the Yuqing sect. Although the three Qing dynasties were of the same rank, Yuqing was in the middle.

Now it seems that Jiang Ziya was focused when distributing tortoise shells, and it can even be said that he was selfish. He gave the largest piece of tortoise shell to the people of Yuqing Sect. No wonder the Yuqing Sect has produced the most immortals since ancient times. It should be the same as This is not irrelevant.

Furthermore, who is Gao Pingsheng? In his previous life, he was just an obscure playboy. He guarded the dragon vein and had two wives. Jiang Ziya is not a fool. How could he not see that he was greedy and lustful? Why did he choose this way? People come to understand the tortoise shell. I am afraid that only Jiang Ziya himself knows whether there is an element of deliberately deceiving people because he is worried that Shangqing's magic will overwhelm Yuqing in the future. But the facts are there. Although the Shangqing Sect has the greatest spell power among the three sects, the Immortal Sect has the least. If the Shangqing Sect knew about this, I am afraid it would be in their hearts thousands of times. Greetings to Lao Jiang’s relatives and ancestors.

Translate the gold plate and then the wooden plate. There are many words on the wooden plate, which can be divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower. The upper part contains instructions for cracking the mechanism, recording how to crack the mechanism of bone water.

The content in the middle was acknowledgment of those who entered the cave. What he never expected was that he thought that the sharp piercing mechanisms behind the door were ineffective because of Gao Pingsheng's self-destruction. In fact, it was not the case. That mechanism was not designed to be used in the first place. It was set up to hurt people, and its purpose of existence was only to scare off the mountain folk who accidentally wandered in.

The subsequent levels are a test for latecomers, both a test of patience and a test of Taoist knowledge. Only those who are patient in the Taoist sect can enter the cave at the bottom after a long period of deliberation.

The content of the third part is the reminder and entrustment to those who have obtained the Heavenly Book. The so-called reminder refers to how to comprehend the Heavenly Book. There are two ways to comprehend the Heavenly Book: Qiankun. Qiankun is just a profound term. To put it bluntly, it is a high and a low method. The simple way to understand is to practice martial arts according to the veins of tortoise shells. There are many cracks on each tortoise shell. Each crack is a martial arts move. As long as you imitate it, you can automatically practice Qi while practicing the moves. This method The effect is relatively quick, but the disadvantage is that it cannot become vulgar and can only become a master of martial arts. The original words on the wooden board are martial arts, and Zhou Shi called martial arts martial arts.

Seeing this, Nanfeng did not panic, because before burning those tortoise shells, he had read the words on the tortoise shells countless times, including the distribution of cracks on the tortoise shells, which were engraved in his mind like a brand. At this time, he only needed to close his eyes. , you can clearly reproduce the five tortoise shells in your mind.

Although Qian and Kun are equally important, Qian is always on top. The way to study the Qian of tortoise shells is to interpret the words formed by the cracks. There is no shortcut for this. You can only work hard, think more, and gain insights. , but it is directly related to each person's talent, character, ambition, temperament, and even the environment in which he or she grew up.

In addition to these, there are a few columns at the end, which say that after being conferred, you will be a disciple of Yuqing. From now on, you must act according to the rules of Yuqing. You must be strict with yourself and not cheat. In addition, you are also given two jobs. One is It is to recognize the ancestor and return to the sect, and to assist the current headmaster of Yuqing to carry forward the Yuqing sect. The second is to check the true dragon emperor. The method of checking is very simple. There is a nine-character mantra. You only need to recite the mantra to observe whether the color of the golden dragon in the dragon's veins is pure yellow. If there are variegated colors, it is an evil dragon. Immediately use the mace to subdue the dragon. After killing the evil dragon, the real dragon will soon be born.

If the evil dragon has already matured and cannot be subdued when the urn is given, you can recite the mantra three times. At that time, the person to whom the evil dragon should be born will also have the same complexion as the golden dragon. If you find it, kill it.

"It's really easy to control." After reading the last few words on the wooden board, Nanfeng couldn't laugh or cry. He still recognized his ancestors and returned to his clan. If he ran away to the Yuqing Sect now, it would be strange if Long Yunzi didn't kill him. Even if he is not beaten to death, ostracism is inevitable. If an ancestor is killed halfway, who should be the boss of the Yuqing Sect

The last task is even more impossible to do. If you stay in the cave, you can pull it down. It's freezing and snowy. Go there and find fault.

As for checking whether the golden dragon is good or bad, this can be done casually, but he should have messed up this matter. The golden dragon in the cave should not be a good person, otherwise the big eyes would not give instructions to the people below. People go kill it...