Volume 2 Chapter 46: Acquaintance

  A new week is coming, and I, Nan Chao, solemnly ask for your recommendation votes to rush up the charts; asking for Sanjiang votes to defend the chrysanthemum. This struggle isn't about proving how great one is, but rather to say: even street authors have a spring! And you, dear readers who support this book and me, Nan Chao, are the brilliant sunshine that brings the breath of spring!

  The brush and ink were hung on the wall of Xue Ni Zhai, starting to sell by consignment, but there might not be any results in a short period of time. Chen Jianchen was not in a hurry either, continuing his life at the academy as usual, living a very stable and regular life.

  During this period, after repeated deliberation, Chen Jianchen once again grasped some of the subtleties of the "Three Stances True Chapter" in condensing and refining one's vital energy.

  Righteous energy, strong energy, and Dharma power are essentially the same existence, just with different manifestations and effects. When righteous energy is used up and consumed excessively, a person's spirit will produce a deep sense of fatigue, lacking in strength, unable to muster enthusiasm, requiring time to recover and replenish the righteous energy once more.

  The strength or weakness of the positive energy value condensed in the body can be seen from the "Three True Chapters" in the Mud Pellet Palace.

  "The Threefold Truth", with a total of 999 words, emerged one by one and formed a complete article, hanging in the center of the Sea of Consciousness world opened up by Chen Jianchen in the Mud Ball Palace. As long as he closed his eyes to think, he could sense it, which was somewhat similar to an immortal's inner vision.

  Inside the palace of Ní Wán, a piece of writing was unexpectedly hanging.

  Such an extraordinary situation is absolutely unimaginable for ordinary people.

  This article, when it first appeared, was as big as a fight, but after stabilizing, each character condensed into the size of a fist, with all its light retracted, looking dull and colorless, and indistinguishable. From a distance, it looks like a stone monument standing in the void, motionless as a mountain.

  But when Chen Jianchen made a breakthrough that day, he finally condensed the righteous energy, and the first word of the article - "Tai" character, suddenly emitted a bright light like electricity, shining brightly like stars in the sky.

  This feeling is very strange, Chen Jianchen's first reaction was to think of the neon lights on the streets of his previous life.

  It was only when he was at home that Chen Jianchen wrote a "镇" character to suppress the evil spirits of the land, consuming the positive energy he had condensed, and the "太" character fell back into darkness. Fortunately, after resting for several days later, the light on the character re-emerged.

  Through this experience, Chen Jianchen realized the difference between refining Qi and nourishing Qi. In other words, refining Qi is about creation, while nourishing Qi is about recovery, and nourishing Qi is much easier than refining Qi. To put it simply: Refining Qi is like drilling a well, when the water that comes out of the well is used up, you need to wait for a period of time before it will gush out again.

  This waiting process is cultivating energy.

  It's hard to find a spring, but once you've found it and water starts flowing out, things get easier.

  And if the "Three-Character Classic" has 999 characters, each character needs a positive energy to trigger. So, Chen Jianchen finally needs to condense 999 positive energies, which is a heavy responsibility and a long way to go.

  At the same time, Chen Jianchen also found that when he only had one positive energy, he could only write a word to carry it, and if he exceeded the number of words, the positive energy could not be expressed, but would instead make the entire piece of calligraphy worthless, becoming an ordinary and mediocre work.

  It was possible to summarize this law because Chen Jianchen had obtained the true transmission of "Three Stands True Chapter" and after refining his vital energy, he could directly perceive the existence of the positive energy hidden in the brush and ink.

  It is a spiritual level that can be touched by a kind of aura, an existence like temperament, but ordinary people are unaware.

  Magnificent and upright, if cultivated to the highest realm of "establishing virtue", it will never be inferior to Tao and Dharma.

  Both Qingyun and Guanghan had deliberately shown Chen Jianchen the subtleties of Taoist magic, trying to entice him into their world. But how easy was it to cultivate the Tao?

  This world won't have someone come out of nowhere and hand over their lifelong cultivation to you, making you invincible.

  Once you enter the Taoist gate, your heart must be as strong as iron, cut off worldly ties, eliminate ordinary roots, close the door and cultivate bitterly, unknowingly enduring countless hardships and tolerating immense loneliness before possibly achieving minor accomplishments.

  Chen Jianchen was not afraid of loneliness, but he did not agree with the Taoist principle of carefree wandering.

  In comparison, "Three Character Classic" is more suitable for his character, "When he is alone, he is self-sufficient; when he is with others, he benefits the world", advancing and retreating at will.

  After that night, Chen Jianchen and Guang Han did not establish a master-disciple relationship. Qing Yun Dao Chang had even regretted it for a while, saying that Chen Jianchen missed the opportunity of fate.

  However, Chen Jianchen did not think so. Since he had already chosen his own path, he would persist in going forward and was unwilling to easily produce directional changes.

  No persistence, no results.

  After this period of sorting out and experimentation, Chen Jianchen finally understood the basic principles of "Three-Character Classic" clearly, and was more confident in its application.

  Just yesterday, Wu Dazong finally arrived at the academy to report for duty, becoming a classmate of Chen Jianchen. His appearance in the classroom immediately caused a stir, and many students swarmed around him like ants smelling sugar, treating Wu Wencai as if he were the central figure.

  As the son of the Minister of Rites, the halo of this identity is enough to make many people flock to him. Only a few ignorant students who don't understand human relationships and worldly affairs would stand stupidly on one side, without showing any expression.

  Of course, Chen Jianchen is also one of them.

  However, he is not unfeeling, just disdainful - in fact, with his current status, he can also be considered a "cultivator", but it's a different kind of cultivation.

  Scholars should have the demeanor of scholars, wealth and honor cannot corrupt them, but now the atmosphere in the academy has been ruined, everyone's eyes are on personal gain, and they all have the ability to change their minds with the wind, where is the pride left?

  No wonder those yin gods can come and go as they please in the college.

  In the place where scholars reside, the yang energy was originally very thin, and without the upright bones of righteousness, what is left? Can it be allowed to have any reservations about the yin spirit?

  King Fu surprisingly didn't go to Wu Gongzi's place either, which made Chen Jianchen somewhat unexpected. He asked King Fu, who simply replied: "I don't like it."

  These three words made Chen Jianchen look at him with new eyes.

  The sun rises and sets, sets and rises.

  Wang Fu's long-awaited outing day has finally arrived, tomorrow is March 15th. The itinerary and other plans have been prepared, the destination is Jianjiang Beach, a scenic spot near Bishan Mountain. Every spring, many talented people flock there to show off their skills.

  The group outing costs money, and each student has to pay one hundred coins, not a single coin less, even Chen Jianchen, the top student, is no exception.

  Handing over such a large sum of money, Chen Jianchen couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. More than two months into the new semester, he had already spent nearly all the money he brought with him, and this was despite being a state-sponsored student. He really didn't dare to imagine how ordinary students managed their finances...

  Reading books is really expensive!

  As for the outing, Chen Jianchen wasn't particularly interested. It was just a group of people going out to have fun. However, he didn't fit in with this group, so where's the fun? And his only expectation was that tomorrow, he could get to know Nie Xiaoqian, who recited "Only envy the mandarin ducks, not the immortals".

  I'd like to recommend a new book from a friend, "The Ghost King Beside the School Beauty", book number: 2256786. Shrimp? The title sounds familiar, reminds me of "The Bodyguard"? No no no, that book is too pure, this one is a more yd story.

  The Vampire Kingdom's Little Prince Tai Xika possessed a high school student named Liu Yi. Thus, a super student was born, wealth rolled in, women lined up, how cool!