At this time, the students had already finished school, and the school was quiet. Lin Junxuan walked over slowly and opened the door. He saw a familiar figure sitting in front of the podium, holding a book in his hand. Although Gan Ruye was holding a book in his hand, his eyes did not fall on the book. He frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't even notice that someone pushed the door in.
"Teacher!" Lin Junxuan shouted, Gan Ruye didn't hear it, and still kept his original appearance, motionless.
"Teacher!" Lin Junxuan called again, Gan Ruye trembled for a moment, and finally there was movement. He turned slowly, Gan Ruye looked at Lin Junxuan mutely, without a trace of expression on his face. Lin Junxuan frowned. The teacher was thinking about something. He was so enchanting and was about to call the third sound, but Gan Ruye suddenly blinked his eyes twice, and the originally frown brows stretched out, and the mute pupils finally changed a little!
"Jun Xuan!" Gan Ruye shouted and looked at Lin Junxuan in surprise. He put down the book and stood up: "Jun Xuan, it's really you!"
"Teacher, it's me!" Lin Junxuan stood at the door and looked at Gan Ruye with a smile. Gan Ruye strode over suddenly, picked up Lin Junxuan, and said excitedly: "Junxuan, as long as you are fine, as long as you are fine!"
Gan Ruye has always shown himself as a gentleman and calm image. This is the first time Lin Junxuan has seen his teacher so excited. The ancients said that he would be a teacher for life. In Gan Ruye, Lin Junxuan felt a feeling of being both a teacher and a father. He could feel that Gan Ruye not only regarded him as a student, but also as his child, which touched Lin Junxuan quite.
Gan Ruye is the first person who is truly good to Lin Junxuan after he arrived in this world. People have feelings for him, and they will remember whoever is good or bad will be remembered in their hearts.
"Jun Xuan, tell me what happened after you left that day. Have you ever met the young master of the Xuntian Mansion? You don't know. As soon as you left that day, the people from Xuntian Mansion came to the school. I was really worried about you at that time!" After a while, Gan Ruye finally put Lin Junxuan down and asked excitedly.
"Teacher, I'm fine," Lin Junxuan was also moved when he heard Gan Ruye's words. Lin Junxuan happened to be standing at the door, and the teacher and student were too lazy to go in, so he simply sat by the threshold and started chatting slowly.
Lin Junxuan followed his experiences on that night, Gan Ruye said one by one. When he talked about the thrilling place, Gan Ruye secretly sweated. Finally, when he heard Lin Junxuan safely entering the Ziyi Marquis' Mansion, Gan Ruye breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jun Xuan, it is also your fate that you can enter the Ziyi Marquis Mansion. The wife of the Ziyi Marquis Mansion is kind. If you are in the mansion, you will have at least worry-free food and clothing in the future. This may be a good thing for you." Gan Ruye said happily, as if Lin Junxuan had entered the Ziyi Marquis Mansion, which was happier than he had entered the Ziyi Marquis Mansion himself.
"Well," Lin Junxuan just nodded and did not refute. He would stay in the Ziyi Marquis' Mansion for a while, but he would still leave after all.
"By the way, you haven't had a meal yet. We teachers and students can have a meal together." Gan Ruye laughed and he seemed very happy tonight.
"I'm hungry too," Lin Junxuan said with a smile.
For dinner, in addition to the pickles, dried radish, spicy sauce that Lin Junxuan had eaten before, and a bowl of fried lean meat with shredded peppers. Gan Ruye was reluctant to spend money, so he went out tonight and bought it back. In addition, he also bought four fragrant big steamed buns, which was four times that Gan Ruye had for his daily living expenses.
When people were happy, they ate more. With the peppers, the teachers and students sat opposite each other and ate at the light of the oil lamp. Gan Ruye seemed very happy. When they were in the middle of the meal, they took out their treasured kiln wine, poured a cup, and slowly started drinking. Gan Ruye didn't have much wine, and only half a cup was already full of red. The teachers and students ate while chatting, and in the end, they ate all the dishes in the three bowls, and all four steamed buns were eaten, so they stopped.
Both teachers and students had not met for a long time. After dinner, they were full of food and were in full swing. They sat facing the window under the oil lamp and started chatting. Lin Junxuan talked about his life in the Ziyi Marquis' Mansion, and also mentioned that Yin Tianxuan was transferred back to Beijing to work as a commander of the Ziyi Marquis from the Imperial Capital. Gan Ruye was much clearer than Lin Junxuan. When he heard that Yin Tianxuan was sent to the Imperial Capital, Gan Ruye sighed. One was happy that Yin Tianxuan was sent back to the Imperial Capital, so that no one would pursue Lin Junxuan again. The other was sighing at the high position and power of the Ziyi Marquis.
"This Ziyi Marquis is indeed an amazing figure!" Gan Ruye heard Lin Junxuan talk about the inscriptions of the Ziyi Marquis' Mansion and sighed: "When I was in the imperial capital, I heard my mentor evaluate this Ziyi Marquis, saying that Ziyi Marquis is a great talent for saving the world, but he acted too much on the wooden board occasionally."
From Gan Ruye's mouth, Lin Junxuan realized that this purple-coated marquis seemed to be in charge of the imperial capital for many years and assisted Longting. It is rare to go back to the mansion once a year. It is normal for important officials of this kind of country to not go home for a few years. Only people like Yin Tianxuan who are unclear in the situation will have the courage to provoke the Marquis' Mansion.
The title of King Pingding of Lin'an City is still above the Marquis of Ziyi. Marquis of Ziyi is not in Lin'an City. The mansion is entrusted with the wife of Ziyi, a woman, and the subordinates of King Pingding never dared to offend him. Of course, as for the dispute between children, that is another matter.
At night, Gan Ruye said a lot, talking about Confucianism’s survival, gentlemen’s self-cultivation, and life ambitions… It seems that because he drank some wine at night, Gan Ruye forgot to sit opposite him, but he was just a five-year-old child.
Both of them forgot the time. When Lin Junxuan realized that he had come, he was already close to Zishi. At this time, he walked back and returned to the Ziyi Marquis' Mansion and was about to close the door. Perhaps because he was talking too much and was a little tired, or because he had drunk some wine at night, Gan Ruye fell asleep while lying in front of the oil lamp.
Lin Junxuan couldn't bear to disturb him, so he took a blanket from the bedroom and covered Gan Ruye's body, and then moved the oil lamp away to prevent the blanket from igniting.
It was late outside the window, and the cold wind was heard whispering on Lin'an Street.
"It's very late now, and the maid who delivered the meal should have found out that I was not in the room." Lin Junxuan poked his head out of the window and looked at the sky. Lin Junxuan was not afraid of being discovered. Even if he found it, it was nothing. At most, he wouldn't be a companion to study.
It was the time to practice the "Stars and Qi Reception Method" when Gan Ruye was sleeping. Lin Junxuan didn't want him to notice, so he pushed open the door and walked outdoors. It was pitch black outside, and there were still a few stars in the sky, and there were no full moon. Lin Junxuan found an unobtrusive corner and sat down cross-legged.
"'Eyes look at the nose, nose look at the heart', the heart is like a mirror, and the ancient well is not waved," Lin Junxuan lightly recited the key points of peace in the 'Stars and Qi method', and was about to practice, but a thought suddenly passed through his mind.
When he thought of it, Lin Junxuan reached into his arms, took the "star-shaped pendant chain" from his neck, and put it on the ground. In the darkness, the star-shaped pendant chain emitted a soft light. He still sat cross-legged, Lin Junxuan practiced the "Star-shaped Qi-receiving Method" as usual. Lin Junxuan thought he would soon enter the strange realm surrounded by star-brightness as usual, but this time he was disappointed.
"What's going on? You can't enter that state as usual." After working hard for a long time but still ineffective, Lin Junxuan simply opened his eyes and glanced at the star-shaped pendant chain placed on the ground. Lin Junxuan said nothing for a long time.
"Wow!" After grabbing the star-shaped pendant chain, he put it on his neck, Lin Junxuan sat down again, silently recited the key points of peace, everything returned to normal, and Lin Junxuan entered that wonderful realm again.
"One is the 'Star Qi-Contacting Method' and the other is the 'Star-shaped chain'. The two are indeed related," Lin Junxuan woke up from the practice and opened his eyes.
"From the situation tonight, the 'star-shaped pendant chain' may have the effect of enhancing the perception of star power. If I guess a good method, it should not be just the 'star-shaped pendant method'. It is very likely that as long as you practice 'star-shaped pendant chain', it will have an amplification effect after wearing the 'star-shaped pendant chain." Lin Junxuan looked thoughtful.
"The Tao Fa Zheng Cang says that when practicing the first step of practicing the 'Star and Qi method', it can only be carried out at the sen time. I have surpassed the sen time for several consecutive days. I originally thought that the "Tao Fa Zheng Cang" was unknown. Now it seems that practicing beyond the sen time is not without negative consequences, but because of the protective effect of this 'star-shaped pendant chain'."
A simple "experiment" verified the guess in my heart. Lin Junxuan finally confirmed that the two things left by Taigong were not ordinary. However, after understanding the role of the "star-shaped pendant chain", Lin Junxuan became more and more confused. These two things must not be owned by Taigong, but should have been obtained by Taigong from the Taoist priest that day.
"Who is that Taoist priest? Why can the star-shaped pendant chain he passed down help practice the 'Star Qi-receiving Method'? Does this "Tao Fa Zhengzang" have some connection with the Taoist priest?" Lin Junxuan became more and more confused as he thought about it. Taoist priest was the starting point of all this. If it weren't for him, Taigong would not have disappeared. Lin Junxuan would not have followed him without hearing his legend. In the dark, Lin Junxuan felt that he seemed to be following the footsteps of Taigong in the past!
After letting out a sigh of relief, Lin Junxuan stood up, and a low snoring sound came from the school, Gan Ruye was sleeping soundly. Lin Junxuan didn't feel much sleepy and didn't want to disturb him, so he simply got up and put on his clothes and walked slowly along Lin'an Street.
The nights in Lin'an City were very deserted. Lin Junxuan slowly paced along the street, enjoying the fun of walking alone. When he walked to a place not far from the river, Lin Junxuan suddenly heard the sound of waves.
Lin Junxuan listened carefully for a while: "The sound of water is very loud, not like the sound of fish tail stirring." Following the sound of water waves, he walked around several buildings. Under the shade of several clumps of artemisia, Lin Junxuan saw five or six men standing in a standing position, suspended in the cold river water. They were naked, with only their heads and half of their upper bodies standing in the river. When Lin Junxuan walked over, he was seeing them punching and making a sound. Every punch was punching, the surrounding river water stirred up.
Under the cover of the night, Lin Junxuan saw the water vapor on the river surface around these naked and strong men. A stream of white air like a dragon rose from the waving river water, and broke into the air and sank into the bodies of these strong men.
"Hey!" These strong men exhaled, and each punch seemed to have a thousand pounds of force, stirring the entire river surface into vortexes.
"These people are here in the middle of the night, are they practicing martial arts?" Lin Junxuan remembered the narrative in "The Taoist Dharma Zhengzang". In the article "The Reminiscence of the Qi" mentioned thousands of Taoist sects in the world. Some sects practiced by the river and sea to absorb the spiritual energy of the river and sea. Lin'an City has no sea, only one river, so if you want to practice, you can only be here.
"Who?" Suddenly, a cold and deep shout came from the artemisia grass. Not far from the five or six strong men, a figure as long as a bamboo rose into the air, spreading its sleeves, traversing across the void like an eagle and falcon, leaping towards Lin Junxuan's location.
Lin Junxuan was shocked. He didn't notice that there was someone squatting beside the weeds on the river bank. Although he was shocked, his hands were not messy. When his five fingers shook, five stones fell down, and instantly formed a formation and distributed around Lin Junxuan.
"Gaga!" Hearing the cold shouts on the river bank, a night bird living in it screamed and flew out with its wings not far from Lin Junxuan.
Chapter completed!