"This book of escape techniques is written in special characters. Those who are not good at understanding will think it is a book without words and have no idea where to start. Only those with high understanding can slowly glimpse a few words from the 'book without words'. Those with outstanding understanding can see the whole picture and start practicing after about two sticks of incense..."
"There are two steps to this question. In the first step, you need to read all the real words from the wordless book, and then copy them onto a thin blue book." When Mr. Zhao said this, he waved his hand, and another small blue book appeared on the stone table. Then he continued, "Only after you finish copying, can you start to explore the subtleties of it. For this step, I will give you nine incense sticks of time. If you fail to finish copying before then, then this level will be considered a failure..."
"And if you have successfully copied it, then you will need to comprehend it within fifteen incense sticks, and finally tell me what you have comprehended. As long as you can tell me one tenth of the essence, then you have passed this level and can move on to the next one."
"Okay, now that the rules are out, you can start looking through them."
When Mr. Zhao said this, he yawned. Then Chu Tianxiao saw a small incense burner slowly rising above the stone table, with fragrance wafting from it. Obviously, the first stick of incense had begun to burn...
Chu Tianxiao pondered for a moment, then opened the thick blue book. However, he did not notice the smile on the corner of Mr. Zhao's mouth...
Yes, there is a very secret little trap here...
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Beside the stone table, Chu Tianxiao grabbed a wolf hair brush with one hand and skimmed it over the fragrant ink like a dragonfly skimming the water. Then he held it in his palm and began to slowly flip through the thick book.
This book actually has a thousand pages. Although it looks crude on the outside, it is actually just a trick to deceive people. Chu Tianxiao just flipped through a few pages and was slightly surprised - he saw that every page was made of jade, smooth and bright, with an excellent hand feel, and it was so translucent that it reflected Chu Tianxiao's face.
"Oh? Chain jade slips?" Chu Tianxiao stretched out his hand and rubbed it twice, finally confirming that the materials used in this book were all jade slips used to record Taoism, and the quality was also top-notch. However, Taoism is usually recorded in a jade slip, and I don't know what kind of extravagant person is, who actually made such a thousand-page jade slip...
This book alone is of staggering value!
If an ordinary person saw this, they would probably be distracted by it, but for Chu Baijia...
"It's not bad... It's about one tenth of the price of my worst Xumi ring..."
Chu Tianxiao casually commented in his mind, then shook his head, looked at the incense burner, and then reached out to touch the smooth jade slips, trying to see something...
At this moment, the curve of Mr. Zhao's mouth became more obvious, and almost at the same time, Chu Tianxiao's brows frowned slightly.
"What's going on? No words?" Chu Tianxiao looked carefully for a few seconds, his soul immersed in it, but he still couldn't see a single word...
Yes, the entire jade slip is smooth and bright, and there is not a single word under the perception of the soul!
how so…
When Mr. Zhao saw Chu Tianxiao's expression, he immediately laughed in his heart - yes, this was a trap he had set!
In fact, this thick book is not a secret manual of escape at all, but just a blank book with nothing written on it, which is just made up of jade slips in a luxurious way.
And the inconspicuous blue-covered book that was taken out later was the real secret book of escape!
Yes, this level not only tests your understanding, but also your self-confidence!
There is no telling how many students from the academy have been flipping through the books desperately at this stage, but in the end, when the incense and candles were all burned out, they still couldn't read a single word - of course, there were no words for them to read at all.
The mistake these people made was that they didn't have enough confidence in themselves, and they thought that the blank pages of the book were because they were not talented enough... So, of course they failed!
However... this kind of situation also depends on who set it up.
Considering that Mr. Zhao is one of the three elders of the academy, he is old and virtuous. He was a genius when he was young and now he is an elder in the cultivation world. In front of him, many students will naturally put away their tempers and tremble with fear. How could they have imagined that Mr. Zhao was actually setting a trap
If an insignificant person were to set up this situation, the situation would probably be completely different.
Therefore, Mr. Zhao was very proud of the game he designed. Over the years, he had also tricked many geniuses. Even those geniuses who were naturally arrogant and proud were defeated by him...
Recalling the past results, Mr. Zhao closed his eyes comfortably and leaned back, feeling relaxed physically and mentally. However, the next moment, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him...
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little proud - it was not that he hated Chu Tianxiao. He had long seen that Chu Tianxiao was the most promising genius he had seen in the past hundred years, a dragon in the abyss. But it was precisely because he knew this that he was proud!
What a joy it is to be able to tease an immature dragon of the abyss!
This is the quirk of the three elders in the academy...
If one cultivates the Pure Will to a very high level, then... it will become something similar to the "funny" of later generations...
This old man Zhao is the "best" among them... Of course, this kind of situation where his mind is easily fluctuating and his emotions are easily changing is actually more conducive to his pure heart of Taoism.
Even when emotions come up, vomiting blood will not damage his Dao heart... This is the magic of the innocent will, and it is also the greatest reliance of the three elders of the academy to follow their hearts.
At that moment, thinking this, Mr. Zhao seemed to be several dozen years younger. Although he did not open his eyes, he knew that Chu Tianxiao was looking at him at the moment...
"Haha! You know how powerful I am, kid? You're just thinking about asking for help and solving your doubts now?"
Just as Mr. Zhao was feeling happy, Chu Tianxiao's words rang out: "Mr. Zhao, I have something to ask of you..."
When Elder Zhao heard this, he felt even more refreshed. He immediately laughed and said, "My dear Chu, you looked smart when I first met you. Why are you so confused now? I have already said before that the three of us will never cheat in these three levels. What's the point of you asking me? I will definitely not tell you. Forget it. Just think about the secret yourself. Hahaha..."
"But, Mr. Zhao..." Chu Tianxiao clasped his fists and continued, "Mo is gone, and I can't continue. Mr. Zhao can't even help with this little bit."
"If you run out of ink, you can think of something yourself... Hey? What did you say?" Old Zhao suddenly came to his senses and quickly opened his eyes, only to see that all the ink that had been prepared on the stone table had been used up. This was also because Old Zhao was confident. He thought that no matter how talented Chu Tianxiao was, it would be difficult for him to pass this trap-filled level, so he didn't prepare much ink, just for show...
After all, he has been doing it this way for so many years and he is used to it!
However... this time, it's different!
Completely different!
At this moment, a wolf-hair brush is like a stranded boat, resting on an inkstone that looks like a dry well. There is still some ink spilled around it, giving it an antique flavor...
Mr. Zhao's heart suddenly jumped, and he suddenly thought of something. He turned his head quickly and put his hands on the documents. Then, in less than a moment, he heard an unbelievable voice ringing out in the room...
"This is impossible!"
However, he saw that on the desk, the inconspicuous secret book of escape had been opened, and on the right side of it, the jade slips were filled with elegant yet sharp characters. The handwriting was like a sword rising and falling, with a lot of grace in the twists and turns. It seemed that there was some skill involved, but how could Old Zhao have the heart to appreciate it
He now felt that these words were like sharp knives, stabbing straight into his heart as if mocking him!
How is this possible... How is this possible!
Elder Zhao simply couldn't believe what he saw. First, he couldn't believe that Chu Tianxiao had seen through his habitual thinking so easily. But this alone was not enough to make him, who was "old and prudent", lose his composure to such an extent. The most crucial thing was the second...
“Chu… Young friend Chu, how did you do it!” Old Zhao didn’t care about his manners, he stretched out a skull-wrapped finger, pointed at Chu Tianxiao and said tremblingly.
"Oh... I flipped through the book you mentioned first, and found that it was completely blank. I felt something was wrong, and thought that maybe you are too old and... often forget things? So I thought, maybe you made a mistake, Mr. Zhao, and you might have said the wrong order... I flipped through it and it turned out to be true." Chu Tianxiao clasped his fists and said with a chuckle.
Yes.
With Chu Tianxiao's ability to read people's expressions, he naturally knew what this old man had been thinking about during this period of time...
"You want to play a prank on me, right? You want to stimulate me, right? You want to use my failure to satisfy your evil taste, right?"
"We can have some fun!"
"Anyway, I have the opportunity to exchange for skill points, and I still have some money left from the money I spent on burying the 'big treasure'. Tsk tsk... Should I say you've walked into trouble?"
Just as Chu Tianxiao was thinking about this evil idea, Mr. Zhao had already swallowed back a mouthful of blood...
Chu Tianxiao's words echoed in his mind...
Too old
Often forget things
Not checking for the time being
Depend on!
I'm testing you! Testing you! Be serious! What's your attitude? Be serious!