"I'm so ashamed. The two of us just did some trivial things." Liu Dunru took a sip of tea and said calmly, "To be honest with you, junior brother, the two of us know that with our strength, among the examiners, we are indeed insignificant. What. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get the spot of the quasi-holy son. From the beginning, I didn't want to compete with you. I just wanted to use the power of this world to improve my own practice. That's why I founded Dunru Academy."
Shi Lou continued what he said: "Senior Brother Liu and I have similar ideas. After my reincarnation, I was thinking that the cultivation method of the main world cannot be used directly here, but it can be verified and improved and derived here. Come up with new cultivation methods. So, can the new cultivation methods derived from it also feed back our cultivation in the main world? Just as it happens, the academy founded by Senior Brother Liu makes me think that maybe this is what we need. So the two of us recruited many students and gained our own insights from their cultivation—in a way, those disciples who admire us are also our teachers!"
Qi Lie interjected: "There is a saying among sages. When three people walk together, there must be a teacher like me. When I see a virtuous person, I think about them together. When I see a virtuous person, I have to introspect myself. There is also an ancient saying that a teacher is someone who preaches, teaches, and solves doubts. Disciples don't have to A teacher is not as good as a teacher, and a teacher does not have to be more virtuous than his disciples. Today, I think the academy you two mentioned should be just such a place."
Although he could not understand many of the contents of the conversation between Liu Dunru and Shi Lou.
But in some places, he could hear some meaning, and he immediately had the idea of showing off, so he talked eloquently.
This made Liu Dunru and Shi Lou laugh hard. Liu Dunru gave Qi Ying a thumbs up: "Junior brother, your friend is really knowledgeable. Why don't you let him stay in our academy and be a teacher? Educate him well." Look at that group of disciples. Over the years, we have been too indulgent and allowed them to be free and undisciplined."
Qi Ying said with a smile: "You don't dare to do that. Qi Lie just knows some vile words through his ears and eyes. In terms of his level of attainment in poetry, calligraphy and painting, he is not as good as a ten-year-old child. However, the two students here , the expression is very different from those cultivators of poetry, calligraphy and painting in the main world, I’m afraid it was intentionally guided by the senior brothers!”
Shi Lou laughed and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from my junior brother... To be honest, it's true."
"Why is this?" Qi Ying asked, "Is there any special benefit to doing this?"
Liu Dunru said leisurely: "Junior brother, I remember that when you were in the main world, you should have the power of chess!"
Qi Ying nodded: "That's right."
Liu Dunru said again: "But I can see that you and your chess power are not fully integrated. You just have that power in your body, but you can't use it as freely as you can use the power of your own laws. Only Its power can only be stimulated at extremely coincidental moments, am I right?"
Qi Ying continued to nod: "That's right."
Qi Ying obtained the power of chess in the killing trial set by Master Xi of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms, where he competed for the second token. In that world of Qiankun chess, the way cultivators practice is to control the clouds with the power of chess. Beast, the strength of chess is directly related to the strength of the cultivator.
Liu Dunru continued to smile: "Actually, it's not just you... Shilou and I are the same. We are far from being able to use the power we have in poetry, calligraphy and painting."
"What?"
Qi Ying was shocked this time.
He still remembered the strength shown by Liu Dunru and Shi Lou in the previous rounds of assessments.
Liu Dunru, a master of poetry and prose, writes mighty poems on the sky with an invisible pen. When the pen touches the wind and rain, the completed poem can unite thousands of troops and horses. When Shilou picks up the pen, he can draw the mighty vision of heaven and earth with pictures, and fight against the enemy. The power is obviously much stronger than the ultimate quasi-emperors who have mastered the ordinary power of Tao.
They are so powerful, but they can't fully utilize their own power
"In the main world, poetry, calligraphy and painting, chess and music, these four arts are collectively called the four major Confucian cultivation methods." Liu Dunru said, "Although those who practice these four are not necessarily Confucian cultivators, and Confucian cultivators do not necessarily practice these four arts. There are four arts, but they are all recognized as powerful ways of cultivation."
"Poems and essays, the so-called words carry the Tao, have been responsible for carrying the Tao since the day they appeared. Everyone's thinking is related to the "Tao", and poems and essays alone are regarded as a "Tao". Incredibly profound and profound.”
"Calligraphy and painting are more abstract than poetry, but also more concrete. While closely related to poetry, they form their own system, and the 'Tao' they carry is equally extraordinary."
"Chess Dao, if there is a word Dao in its name, you should understand its significance. It is said that a chess game is a universe, and the principles and rules in chess are the avenues and laws of the movement of heaven and earth! The Four Arts Among them, those who achieve the most extraordinary achievements are often those who practice chess. But this is also the path with the highest threshold and the highest ceiling."
"Qule, a heart-breaking song, where can I find a close friend in the world! Its power is no weaker than the other three arts, but it is more unpredictable and elusive. It is the most treacherous among the four arts!"
"These four arts and four paths are profound and profound. Every practitioner who embarks on the path of practice of these four paths actually possesses far higher power than what appears on the surface - for example, the potential contained in a poem is actually infinite. But the power exerted by cultivators who don’t use it is different. Junior brother Qi Ying, you should be the same. If you are asked to play chess, you don’t know how many people you can defeat! But you can’t freely control the power of chess. Enemy, right?”
Qi Ying nodded: "Yes... the power of chess is in me. I can play chess, but I really don't know how to use the power of chess."
Liu Dunru nodded and said: "That's it. We are in the same situation as you, except that we are stronger than you and can turn our own achievements into our own strength... But there are still big shortcomings. If we cannot make up for these deficiencies, it will be much more difficult for us to step into the Tao realm and prove ourselves as emperors in the future."
Qi Ying was surprised: "I heard that those who practice poetry, calligraphy and painting have a higher chance of becoming a great emperor."
Shi Lou smiled: "Looking at the ratio alone, it is true that those who practice poetry, calligraphy and painting have a higher proportion of becoming emperors. But the starting point is also different. Those who can embark on these two paths are all talented people. He is already one of the few in a million, and as long as other cultivators can embark on the path of cultivation, they can be counted as a base. In comparison, at first glance, it seems that it is easier for those who practice these two paths to become emperors, but if you look carefully, After all, if someone with the same talent practices in a normal way, the possibility of becoming an emperor is even greater."