Chapter 27: The Tale of the Western Journey, Passing Through the Month of Expectation
Li Jiancheng walked to the gate and took a look, at this time Dugu Feng was standing at the door in thought. Today she wore a pink long dress, with a long hair draped over her shoulders like a peach blossom fairy bursting into bloom, making him feel momentarily lost, and his heartstrings also had an instant fluctuation.
"Feng Er, how did you get here." He shouted at Dugu Feng who was still deep in thought.
Dugu Feng was interrupted while deep in thought, and just as she was about to get angry, she saw him and immediately smiled. In response to his question, she said: "Jian Cheng Gege, it's been a long time since you last visited me, I miss you so much that I came looking for you." As she spoke, she gazed at him with a pitiful expression, making him feel guilty. Perhaps due to her personality, she wouldn't beat around the bush and directly expressed her thoughts.
"Hehe, I was wrong. Let's go in and talk." Li Jiancheng awkwardly scratched his head, letting her in. Actually, since the two of them got engaged that one time, they had seen each other a few times, sometimes running into each other when he was out with Cheng Nei, and sometimes Dugu Feng came to his house looking for him, but he had never taken the initiative to look for her, so her grievances were justified.
After entering his room, Li Jiancheng let her find a place to sit down and then looked at her. In this era, there were not many things that could be said, and the entertaining things had also decreased a bit, which made him feel helpless.
"Jian Cheng brother, do you know? I'm now learning martial arts with grandma, and later I can help you." Dugu Feng's expression was like that of someone from a past life who had just received a new toy and was eager to show it off to their friends. "But staying at home every day is so boring, so I asked grandma to let me come find you to play, and she agreed."
Li Jiancheng is torn about Yu Chuhong's idea, if in his previous life at this age he wanted to fall in love, he would probably be criticized and there wouldn't be any strong support.
"Then I'll tell you a story, how about that?" Li Jiancheng asked, feeling like he was coaxing a child.
"Alright! Alright!" Dugu Feng said excitedly, perhaps she didn't like listening to stories, but only because the storyteller was him.
"Huh? Big brother, what's going on? Future sister-in-law is so happy." Second brother Li Shimin asked with a smile. This sentence made Dugu Feng blush, but she was still very pleased. Following him in was Li Yuanji, and then the new member - Li Xiuning. Since the birth of Yuán Bà, Li Xiuning grew up and joined the three brothers' team, and drinking milk became Li Yuanba's exclusive privilege. Perhaps it was fate's arrangement, Li Xiuning was still closer to Li Shimin, but her relationship with him and Li Yuanji wouldn't be bad either.
"Jiancheng brother wants to tell me a story!" said Dugu Feng excitedly.
"Big brother, you're really biased! You've never told us stories until now." Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng with a resentful face, and Li Yuanji and Li Xiuning also followed him with the same gaze, how cold!
"Alright, you can all listen then." Li Jiancheng raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, but then put them down again when he realized they wouldn't understand the meaning. Upon hearing that he agreed to let them all listen, they immediately found chairs and sat around him, afraid of missing out on anything. In this era, there were too few things to play with, and even the game of Five Sons Chess that he had taught them was no longer enjoyable for the group, so they generally felt bored. Today, big brother rarely told stories, and they were all very excited. So he thought to himself: If everyone were like me in my past life, who would want to be an emperor, with their hands tied behind their back, unable to do this or that?
After some thought, they're good at telling stories at this age, but what's the point of telling so many stories? "Snow White" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" are a bit too common. Ah! I've got it, let's tell "Journey to the West".
The poem says:
In the beginning, heaven and earth were in chaos,
Darkness was everywhere, no one could be seen.
Since Pangu broke the Hongmeng,
Heaven and earth were separated from then on, clear and murky distinguished.
Covering and supporting all living things, he reached the utmost benevolence,
Illuminating all things, everything became good.
If you want to know the merits of creation,
You must read the Journey to the West, the story of deliverance from tribulations.
I heard that the number of heaven and earth is 129,600 years for one yuan. One yuan is divided into twelve meetings, namely the twelve branches of Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. Each meeting has 18,800 years. Moreover, taking a day as an example: at midnight, the yang energy arrives; at the second watch, the rooster crows; at the third watch, it is not yet bright; at the fourth watch, the sun rises; at noon, people eat after the meal; in the afternoon, they take a nap; when the sun sets, it falls to You; at dusk, people settle down at Hai. Compared to the large number, if it reaches the end of Xu's meeting, heaven and earth will be dark and confused, and all things will be closed.
In another 5,400 years, at the beginning of the Hai Hui period, it should be dark, and both intervals of time will have disappeared, hence it is called Hundun. Another 5,400 years later, when the Hai Hui period is about to end, the Jingxia starts from the Yuan, near the Zi Hui period, and gradually becomes brighter again. Shao Kangjie said: "At the midpoint of winter, the heavenly heart has not changed. At the initial movement of one yang, all things have not yet been born." From this point on, heaven begins to have a foundation...
The four great heavenly kings withdrew their troops and ceased fighting, each reporting their achievements: some had captured tigers and leopards, others lions and elephants, and wolves, insects, foxes, and raccoons. However, not a single monkey spirit was caught. At that time, the Heavenly King Fruit again set up camp, laid out a large encampment, rewarded the labor of the meritorious generals, instructed the heavenly net earthly troops, each one beating drums and shouting orders, surrounding the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, waiting for the great battle at dawn the next day. Each person received their orders, carefully guarding their positions. This is indeed: The mischievous monkey causes chaos in heaven and earth, setting up a web to watch day and night.
Li Jiancheng spoke for five chapters in one breath, of course, leaving out some things in between. It's not possible to say everything clearly and without missing a single word, or else I would have become a god. He turned his head to see that the four people were still immersed in the story of "Journey to the West", and it took them a while to come back to their senses.
"Huh? Big brother, why did you stop talking?" Er Ge Li Shimin asked after coming back to his senses, while the other three people also looked at him with eager eyes.
"Let me take a break, and I'll finish the story in one breath. If I don't, there won't be anything left to listen to next time." Li Jiancheng said, "Besides, today Feng'er came to find me, of course, I had to take her out to play." After finishing speaking, he also winked at Dugu Feng.
"Jian Cheng brother, I'm not in a hurry! Otherwise, you can tell another chapter?" Dugu Feng seemed to have not seen him wink, but instead helped to speak, which really annoyed him.
"Alright, I'll just tell you one more chapter and that's it!" Seeing several people nodding in agreement, Li Jiancheng continued. Finally, after telling the whole chapter, he was parched and thirsty, so he took a sip of water to rest for a moment.
"Alas! That old villain is really hateful, actually two people ganging up on one. And even using sneak attacks." Second brother Li Shimin said indignantly. If Li Yuan knew that Li Shimin was scolding the ancestral tablet, Li Jiancheng thought Li Shimin would be beaten to a pulp.
"That's right, that's right!" Several people echoed in agreement.
"Alright, that's all for today. Everyone can go do their own thing now." Let them shout a bit more, Li Jiancheng estimated they would ask him to say a few more chapters again, just like in his past life when he waited every day for the updates of the big shots.
"Oh!" Several people reluctantly walked away with their heads hung low in dejection.
"Where are we going today, Brother Jian?" asked Dugu Feng after Li Shimin, Li Yuanji and Li Xiuning had left.
"Ah! Dugu Feng will definitely marry herself if nothing special happens later. After the Li family leaves, it's a bit difficult for the Dugu family to deal with the Yuwen family. It seems that we need to think of a way to make her stronger. The three sword techniques I've practiced are too masculine, only the Wangyue Sword Technique is more suitable, but without the inner power assistance of 'Changsheng Jue Ri Zhi Pian', I don't know what the effect will be?" Li Jiancheng thought silently.
"Jian Cheng ge..." Dugu Feng saw he didn't respond, so she dragged out her voice and shouted.
"Oh! I was wondering if you would ask about swordsmanship!" Li Jiancheng said, coming back to his senses.
"No way! The most powerful thing in our Dugu family is leg technique, so I only practiced leg technique. I saw others practicing sword techniques that looked really good, but there wasn't a better secret recipe." Du Gu Feng still felt a bit disappointed at this point.
"Recently, my father had us practice some, just in time for me to teach you." Li Jiancheng finally decided to teach her the Wangyue Sword Technique. Although it didn't have a heart method and caused internal energy to drop significantly, it excelled at sharp techniques. Coincidentally, Li Yu had them pick out a few secret manuals, using this as an excuse, probably not knowing where he learned it from.
"Jian Cheng Gege, isn't this not quite right?! If Uncle Li finds out, won't he scold you?!" Dugu Feng was worried to death, and it's not like she didn't have reason to be. The ancients had a bad habit of keeping things to themselves and not sharing, often passing things down only to males and not females, or only to those within their own family and not outsiders, resulting in many skills being lost to the sands of time. That's why Dugu Feng was worried.
"It's nothing, besides we're engaged to be married, so in the future we'll all be family anyway." Upon hearing Li Jian Cheng say this, Du Gu Feng's face immediately turned red. He had forgotten that he wasn't in his past life anymore. In his past life, saying something like this might not have been a big deal, but in this current era, if two people weren't familiar with each other and someone said something like this, it would be considered as teasing her. "However, about me teaching you sword techniques, don't go telling others about it, got it?" The fewer people who knew, the less likely it was that things would get exposed.
"I understand, Brother Jiancheng." Dugu Feng nodded vigorously at the same time, thinking to himself: This is what Brother Jiancheng taught me, I must work hard to practice.
Because the Moon Viewing Sword Technique has 108 forms, it can't be taught in just one day. So Li Jiancheng first teaches her 36 forms, completing them over three days, allowing her time to absorb them.
