Chapter 69 Lingxiang's Lesson in Qingwei Middle School Banxia really didn't expect that the master of Lingxiang Peak would actually take what she said seriously. When the messenger boy came, she was really surprised. Therefore, when Liu Xia saw Banxia in Xianyunju, his face froze, but when he remembered what Lingxiang had said to him, he immediately returned to normal and greeted Banxia. But Banxia just responded nonchalantly and looked around curiously. Liu Xia felt upset when he saw this: The world doesn't change so quickly! But it wasn't that Banxia was deliberately neglecting Liu Xia, it was because the appearance of Xianyunju made her very puzzled. In the past, when she helped to clean, she had been to the elders' residences. Although it was not very magnificent, it had all kinds of palaces and pavilions, and it all looked like a great Taoist monk. However, Xianyunju was just like the houses in their village. It had a small courtyard surrounded by a fence, with several houses and a long corridor in the courtyard. They were either wooden or thatched, and there were even several vegetable fields on the side. There was not even a Taoist child around. Could it be that the leader of Qingwei Peak is living such a miserable life? Just as he was wondering, he saw Lingxiang coming out of his house in plain clothes. Perhaps she had not recovered from her serious injury. Although she looked energetic, her face was a little pale. "I have summoned you all today to prepare for the upcoming martial arts performance. Originally, I was supposed to help Wuyang with his practice, but I thought that since we all know each other and I am of similar age to you all, we can be considered friends. There is absolutely no favoritism, so I summoned you all here." Lingxiang said as she sat on the railing outside the house. "Of course, I won't teach you the Dao in vain," he said, pointing to the house destroyed by the furnace, "You can see that my house is really dilapidated now. After the martial arts performance, I will have to trouble you to help me repair it." After hearing this, Long Qi couldn't help but roll his eyes - it turned out that this woman still had a trick up her sleeve, she definitely wouldn't be so kind. While Long Qi was thinking about other things, Lingxiang called Xinyi up and whispered something. Xinyi listened and nodded, then called Long Qi and Liu Xia, motioning them to follow her to the backyard.
Seeing this, Long Qi was confused. When did Xin Yi become so familiar with Ling Xiang? He just followed silently along the way, and when they arrived at the place, he couldn't help but ask. "What was that little girl whispering to you just now? Why did she ask you to bring us to the backyard?" Liu Xia also looked puzzled and looked at Xinyi. "Nothing else," Xinyi turned around, "He just asked me to teach you two the weapon techniques." "You teach us?" Long Qi looked incredulous and reluctant, "Why do I need you to teach us?" Seeing this, Xinyi chuckled and said, "You and I have fought before. I still remember that I didn't use my full strength at that time, but you seemed to be seriously injured." Liu Xia was confused and puzzled when he heard this. When had the two people around him ever blushed like this? Long Qi quickly opened his mouth to cover up: "Yes, yes, I know, let's get started!" …… Zhao Wuyang didn't understand why they sent away Xinyi and his two brothers and kept him. He was still frightened when he saw Lingxiang. Although this woman was kind-hearted, she was very tough and she always acted unreasonably. He didn't know if she would take advantage of him. Just when he was on guard and thinking about what to do now that no one was protecting him, he heard Banxia bow and speak. "Master Qingwei Peak, I wonder why you let the three of them go to the backyard but kept the two of us?" "I have my reasons for this arrangement. Let me tell you slowly." As he said this, he took two cushions from his own back and threw them to the two of them, motioning them to sit down and listen. The Taoist methods used by those who practice Taoism can be roughly divided into mystical arts, formations, talismans, and martial arts. However, if low-level cultivators want to practice Taoism, they need to chant mantras and perform hand gestures in order to make it come true. If their realm breaks through to the foundation-building stage, they can give up chanting mantras. If their cultivation is more advanced, they can use the spirit of words to practice Taoism. If they reach the realm of true immortals, all they need is a thought and wind, rain, thunder and lightning can move as they wish. Of course, when two people with the same level of cultivation perform Taoist magic, if one uses both mantras and hand seals while the other only uses hand seals or word spirits, naturally the Taoist magic performed by the one who uses both mantras and hand seals will be deeper and stronger. However, when fighting, every second counts. If one really wants to use Taoism during a fight, it would be better to strike first and the sooner the better. So relatively speaking, more cultivators with advanced skills would prefer to only use hand gestures or words. Although this is the truth, the essence of it still lies in the depth of the practitioner's own cultivation. "Do you two understand what I mean?" Lingxiang said as she changed her sitting position. Her injured leg was aching slightly. She was afraid that it was going to snow again. Banxia pondered for a while and nodded to show that she understood, but Zhao Wuyang nodded and then shook his head. Lingxiang saw this and said in her heart that this little Wuyang was so cute, but she came back to her senses in a moment and asked seriously: "Wuyang, you're nodding and shaking your head. Do you understand or not?" Zhao Wuyang pondered for a while and said, "The principles of the Taoism you just talked about are a little obscure to me, but I understand about 70% of it. But what I don't understand is, after sending Brother Xinyi and the other two away, don't you need to teach them the hand gestures?" Ling Xiang smiled softly upon hearing this: "That's what I'm going to talk about next. I just talked about the four methods of Taoism at the beginning. The reason why I sent the three of them away is because Xinyi Longqi can only use the weapon techniques in martial arts, and Liu Xia is excellent in swordsmanship, so it would be more appropriate to start with the weapon techniques. If you can put the weapon techniques into practice, then when you learn the mysterious techniques in the future, even if you don't have the talent, you will be able to perform some of them."
This made Zhao Wuyang even more puzzled. "But if we send these three people to the backyard like this, who will teach them?" When Lingxiang heard this, she suddenly remembered that Zhao Wuyang didn't know Xinyi's identity. With Xinyi's Dan-Jing stage, it would be natural for her to teach the two of them the hand seals. "There is a teacher I hired in the backyard, so don't worry about that." Lingxiang evaded Zhao Wuyang and continued, "It's you two who are different from them." "What's the difference?" Banxia asked. "Just now I said that no matter what kind of Taoism you practice, you need to practice hand gestures and mantras. Martial arts are mostly ways to subdue demons and defend the Tao, but you two are not good at martial arts, so you have to start with the mysterious arts, formation arts, and talisman arts." Relatively speaking, the mystical arts and magic formulas are simply the casting of spells, mostly the five elements, Tiangang, Yin and Yang methods; although talismans are also the methods of instruments and magic formulas, when reciting talismans, they tend to rely more on the power of magic formulas, and are mostly used to summon gods and ghosts, subdue demons and monsters, cure diseases and eliminate disasters, and can also be used for other things. Relatively speaking, as long as you remember how to draw them, it will be easier to get started. "As for the formation, it is mostly divided into three types: magic formation, talisman formation, and instrument formation. The mysteries are profound, so you just need to know them for now." Lingxiang smacked her lips as she spoke - although she knew something about the formation, she had been confused about it for a long time and could not explain it clearly in a short time. If she talked too much, she would probably get confused. "There are many kinds of hand gestures, such as Tiangang Hand Gesture, Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Hand Gesture, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Hand Gesture, etc. It will probably take several months to learn them one by one, but the martial arts performance is about to start and we can't wait. Today I will teach you the simplest Five Elements Hand Gesture and Four Phases and Six Combinations Hand Gesture. Solve the urgent problems first, then we can continue," Lingxiang said, and casually sat down on the wooden steps. (End of this chapter)
