Xiao Dongxu scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "This matter is a long story..."
"In the early years, I was curious about everything and wanted to learn something about everything I saw. I would learn a little bit here and a little bit here and there. I mixed all kinds of things together and could make some miscellaneous things. Later, my master found out.
, I was not allowed to enter the library anymore, because I was afraid that my Taoist mind would be affected if I learned too much."
"That's it." Chen Changsheng nodded: "It doesn't make any sense what the master in charge does."
Xiao Dongxu nodded and said: "This junior understands clearly and has never blamed Master."
Chen Changsheng nodded, and then asked: "By the way, did Fellow Daoist Xiao find the runes on the formation map?"
Xiao Dongxu said: "Back to Mr. Chen, I did find some, but the records in the twelve talisman books are not comprehensive. I only found seven."
"But based on my previous understanding of this ancient character, I can probably guess the meaning of a few characters."
Chen Changsheng was a little curious after hearing this, "Speculation?"
Xiao Dongxu nodded and said: "Yes."
"There are also some autobiographies in the classics that record ancient characters. Although they are not completely written, some traces can be found. If there is a correlation, the meaning of the ancient characters can be inferred from the meaning."
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng suddenly realized that this was a bit like archaeology. Many archaeologists in previous generations used many historical materials and records to speculate on the meaning of oracle bone inscriptions. This was not a simple task.
Then Xiao Dongxu took out his pen and ink and started writing on the paper beside him.
"Based on the seven characters that I know now, this formation should belong to the sealing formation type, and it is also a superior formation. I checked the autobiographies left by several seniors. In "Qiancaotang Autobiography Notes"
Another three words were found in the description of the sealing formation."
"Corresponding to the incomplete description of the ancient character 'or' in another book, "The Fragments of the Ancient Zhizi Volume", it can be roughly determined that this other ancient character should be 'domain', which is the ancient character at the bottom right of this formation.
, its function may be to refer to a space.”
"In addition..."
Xiao Dongxu continued talking.
The head of the Yun family was a little stunned.
He had heard the seniors of Yi Zhen Daoshan talk about that ancient character before.
What Xiao Dongxu guessed is basically the same as what the senior said.
The head of the Yun family just listened to Xiao Dongxu talking non-stop, which was reasonable and well-founded, but he couldn't understand a single word.
He didn't understand it, but he was greatly shocked.
Chen Changsheng looked at Xiao Dongxu and said, "Fellow Taoist Xiao."
"Mr. Chen, please speak." Xiao Dongxu said.
Chen Changsheng looked at him and said, "Fellow Taoist Xiao, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as understanding this way. I guess he must have put in a lot of hard work."
Xiao Dongxu smiled and said: "I was just thinking about it in the early years, but I never thought it would come in handy one day."
Chen Changsheng asked: "We will talk about the formation later. Chen has a few more questions."
Xiao Dongxu said: "Mr. Chen, I would like to ask you a question. This junior will answer everything I know."
Chen Changsheng asked: "Do you think, fellow Daoist Xiao, that this ancient Chinese character is indeed useless?"
Xiao Dongxu thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "To be honest, this junior doesn't think so."
"Junior feels that compared to formations and talismans, the ancient characters point directly to the origin. If used properly, its effect should be ten times and a hundred times stronger than formations and talismans."
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng asked: "It seems that I have tried it, but I don't know what the result was?"
Xiao Dongxu sighed softly and said: "The result was a bit unsatisfactory. The formation was successful, but I just don't know what went wrong. In the end, the power exerted was only 30% of the lower-level rune formation.
.”
"To be honest, sir, in my early years, I was confused by this problem for a year. It stands to reason that the ancient characters should be the superior ones of formation runes and talismans, but the final result was far inferior. This is not true at all.
reason."
What Xiao Dongxu thought coincided with what Chen Changsheng thought.
The ancient characters are the upper level and should be more pointed to the origin. However, in the end, the lower levels such as formations and talismans are more powerful than the ancient characters, which seems to be the opposite of Tiangang.
Chen Changsheng thought for a while and asked, "Fellow Taoist Xiao, can you create a simple ancient calligraphy formation to see?"
After hearing this, Xiao Dongxu said: "Of course you can."
After saying that, he picked up a pen and drew runes on the paper.
"What this junior is drawing now is a small spirit gathering formation. Mr. Chen, please take a look."
After the painting was completed, Xiao Dongxu used his own magic power as a guide to activate the formation.
Chen Changsheng looked carefully. After the formation was completed, he saw that the surrounding spiritual energy was gathering towards this place, but the effect was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory.
Xiao Dongxu sighed: "It's not as good as some inferior small spirit gathering array."
Chen Changsheng carefully looked at the operation of the formation, and vaguely seemed to see something.
Chen Changsheng raised his head and said, "Why don't you let Chen have a try?"
Xiao Dongxu was stunned after hearing this, and then handed the pen to Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng then copied the spirit gathering formation diagram that Xiao Dongxu had just drawn.
The painting is quite different.
Chen Changsheng stretched out his hand, inserted a touch of mana into the formation, and immediately activated the formation.
After a moment of calm.
The spiritual energy around him suddenly started to move.
Xiao Dongxu was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and when he looked around, he saw that the formation on the paper in front of him suddenly gave off a majestic suction force, frantically absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
In just an instant, all the spiritual energy in this palace was gathered before his eyes.
"boom."
The paper on which the formation was drawn suddenly burned, and the formation was shattered, leaving only the rich spiritual energy in front of him that lingered for a long time.
Xiao Dongxu was stunned on the spot.
The scene just now took just two breaths, and within two breaths, the spiritual energy of the entire hall was drained away.
Xiao Dongxu stood up.
He was a little excited!
In his opinion, this is the power that ancient characters should have!
But……
"Why?" Xiao Dongxu was puzzled.
The same formation, the same ancient text, why are they executed differently?
Chen Changsheng asked: "Did Fellow Taoist Xiao Xiao have studied it in his early years?"
Xiao Dongxu said: "In the early years, I tried to use the magic power of other senior brothers to activate the ancient character formation, but the result was not very good."
"Chen now has some guesses, but they still need to be tested."
Xiao Dongxu was surprised and said: "This junior will definitely try his best to cooperate!"
Chen Changsheng immediately drew another spirit gathering formation.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, try to activate the formation with your own magic power."
Xiao Dongxu nodded, then drew out his magic power and activated the formation.
But when the formation is in operation, its strength is the same as the formation that Xiao Dongxu painted before.
Xiao Dongxu said: "It seems like it's not because of who painted the ancient characters."
Chen Changsheng immediately asked Xiao Dongxu to draw a formation.
Chen Changsheng drew out a ray of magic power, handed it to Xiao Dongxu and said, "Fellow Taoist Xiao, try again to use Chen's magic power to activate the formation you drew."
"good."
Xiao Dongxu took the magic power, but the moment he took it, he was shocked.