parentshiftbook Chapter 82 Blazing Sun
Chapter 82 Blazing Sun
Chapter 82 Blazing Sun
"Senior Brother Cao."
The two stepped forward and bowed.
Cao Wenjing looked up, saw it was them, and greeted them with a smile: "You two, you actually managed to find your way here."
"Come, sit down."
The two sat down opposite him and each ordered a bowl of rice noodle rolls.
"Is Senior Brother not giving a lesson today?" Jia Shouren asked cautiously.
"Not granted."
Cao Wenjing put down the booklet in his hand and took a sip of tea: "Today, someone else will be giving you a lesson."
"Who is it?"
"Well—"
Cao Wenjing kept everyone in suspense: "You'll find out when you get there."
As he spoke, he looked at Gu Shenyan and said, "Shenyan, your progress these past few days has surprised me somewhat."
"Senior brother, you flatter me."
"You flatter me?"
Cao Wenjing shook his head: "I've always been very good at judging people."
"Your comprehension is unmatched in the entire tenement."
"Even that girl Su Shuang is far inferior to you in this respect."
He then became more serious: "However, while good comprehension is certainly a good thing, one shouldn't flaunt it too much."
"A tree that stands out in the forest will surely be felled by the wind. You should understand this principle."
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. I will remember it."
"Hmm." Cao Wenjing took another sip of tea. "Alright, you guys hurry up and eat, don't be late for class."
"Oh, right————"
As if remembering something, he added, "That person today wasn't as easy to talk to as Junior Sister Shen and I are."
"You all should be extra careful."
After saying that, he got up and left, leaving Gu Shenyan and Jia Shouren looking at each other in bewilderment.
Difficult to talk to? Then who could it be?
The two had a vague suspicion, but they weren't sure.
After quickly finishing breakfast, I hurried to the courtyard.
When they arrived at the main building, Shen Qingyi was already preparing to give a lesson.
The two quietly sat down in the back row and listened attentively.
About half an hour later, Shen Qingyi finished explaining the day's content.
Please wait a moment.
She put away her notes: "Senior Brother Song will be here for the second half of the class—"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than footsteps sounded outside the door.
Song Qingyuan pushed open the door and entered.
"Fellow junior brothers and sisters."
He stood in front of the podium, a smile on his face: "Today, let's talk about the rules for this week's talisman-drawing task."
The classroom fell silent.
Shen Qingyi put away her notebook, nodded slightly to Song Qingyuan, and left the classroom.
The atmosphere, which had been relatively mild, changed in an instant.
Song Qingyuan walked a few steps in front of the podium with his hands behind his back.
His smile seemed friendly, but there was a hint of coldness hidden in his eyes.
"You have all been here for some time now."
His voice was not loud: "Although I did not burden you with heavy responsibilities in the first few days, these rules are still rules."
"The tasks that need to be completed must eventually be completed."
Jia Shouren shrank back in the back row.
He felt there was something off about what Senior Brother Song said.
"As is customary."
Song Qingyuan took out a roll of spirit yellow paper from his sleeve and spread it out on the podium: "New disciples are required to complete the task of drawing five talismans every week."
"I will specify the type of these five talismans for this week."
"After you finish drawing, I will inspect its quality."
"Those who successfully complete the talisman will have their mission accomplished; those who fail will—"
He glanced at the crowd: "Then you shall be punished."
"What punishment?" Han Sushuang looked up.
"Punishment: Copying a book."
Song Qingyuan smiled and said, "Copy the 'Comprehensive Explanation of Talismans' three times and hand it in before the deadline of the next task. Not a single word can be wrong."
Jia Shouren turned pale upon hearing this; the book was a full three hundred pages long.
Copying three hundred pages three times? Wouldn't that make your hand break from copying?
"certainly."
Song Qingyuan added, "If the quota is exceeded, the extra talismans can be resold through Master's channels."
"We'll split it 50/50, and you can keep the money yourselves."
This is exactly as I said before, there's no difference.
"Alright, now that we've covered the rules, let's talk about the task."
Song Qingyuan picked up the chalk and wrote a few words on the blackboard:
[Han Sushuang: Ice Seal Talisman x5]
[Jia Shouren: Thick Earth Talisman x5]
[Gu Shenyan: Blazing Sun Talisman x5]
The three looked at the task on the blackboard with different expressions.
Han Sushuang frowned slightly.
Although she could draw the Ice Seal Talisman, she wasn't particularly skilled at it, and completing five tasks wasn't easy.
Jia Shouren wore a bitter expression.
The Earth Talisman perfectly matched his visualization practice; it seemed simple, but his skill in crafting it was truly remarkable.
It would be considered good if one out of ten turned out to be successful.
Only Gu Shenyan stared at the three words "Yan Yang Fu" with his brows gradually furrowing.
Flaming Sun Talisman, a fire-element talisman.
His cultivation of the water element was inherently incompatible with it.
Song Qingyuan stood on the podium, his gaze seemingly casually sweeping over Gu Shenyan, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"What's wrong? Junior Brother Gu, do you have some questions?"
Gu Shenyan raised his head and met those smiling eyes.
"no."
"However—I haven't studied the Flaming Sun Talisman in depth, so I'm afraid I'll need to familiarize myself with it first."
"Isn't this perfect?"
Song Qingyuan's smile grew even brighter: "My master always said that a talisman master cannot specialize in only one area."
"Since Junior Brother Gu is skilled in water-based techniques, he should practice fire-based techniques more."
"This is for your own good."
He spoke in a grand and righteous manner, but anyone who wasn't a fool could hear the veiled hostility in his words.
Han Sushuang glanced at Song Qingyuan, then at Gu Shenyan, but said nothing.
Jia Shouren couldn't help himself and muttered under his breath, "This—this is too—"
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Shenyan stopped him with a look.
"Thank you for your trouble, Senior Brother Song."
Gu Shenyan stood up, cupped his hands in a salute, and said, "I understand."
Song Qingyuan nodded in satisfaction: "Now that you understand, let's begin today's lesson."
He turned around and wrote a few words on the blackboard: "[Key Techniques of Fire Element Talismans]".
"Today, I will talk about the method of drawing fire element talismans."
This lecture lasted for more than half an hour.
Song Qingyuan's lectures were far less insightful and easy to understand than Cao Wenjing's, and even less detailed and meticulous than Shen Qingyi's.
His speech was halting and disjointed, sometimes grammatically incorrect, and sometimes contradictory.
There were several points that were clearly key, but he glossed over them.
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There were a few points that should have been easy to explain, but he deliberately went around in circles, confusing everyone.
Han Sushuang gave up after listening for less than a quarter of an hour.
She picked up her notebook again and began to review what Senior Sister Shen had taught before.
Chen An didn't even look up from beginning to end, engrossed in practicing something on the paper.
Zhao Xiaoman wanted to listen carefully, but she became confused as she listened and could only force herself to stay awake.
Jia Shouren was in an even worse situation. His foundation was already unstable, and now, listening to such a chaotic explanation, he felt as if he were lost in a fog.
Only Gu Shenyan listened very attentively from beginning to end.
His eyes followed Song Qingyuan's explanation closely, and he occasionally jotted down a few notes in the booklet.
The fire-element talisman that the other party mentioned today is something he is not good at.
Nowadays, even if someone is willing to speak, and they speak poorly, you can always glean some useful insights from their words.
But after only a few sentences, an unusual prompt came to my mind.
[Warning! Error message detected!]
"Fire tends to rise upwards, so it needs to be suppressed with earth."
【mistake!】
[The panel retrieves and compares the information from the database with the "Comprehensive Explanation of Talismans" —]
The correct statement should be: Fire rises upwards, and although earth can restrain fire, it is difficult to suppress fire because fire generates earth.
[The fire should be countered with water, or drained with metal.]
[Song Qingyuan is misleading people!]
Gu Shenyan frowned.
The Golden Finger actually said that Senior Brother Song was wrong?
He continued listening.
"When drawing a fire talisman, spiritual energy must be concentrated at the tip of the brush —"
[Wrong again!]
[Currently reviewing relevant chapters of "Introduction to Talismans"]
[Correct procedure: The fire talisman's spiritual energy should be dispersed throughout the entire pen, adjusted using the pen shaft, and then gathered at the tip.]
Concentrating the energy directly at the tip of the pen can cause the spiritual energy to become too violent, making the talisman prone to exploding.
Does this Song Qingyuan actually know how to draw talismans?
"Finish your writing quickly, without lingering or dragging your feet —"
It's still wrong!
[Comparison of Cao Wenjing's explanation notes on the panel —]
[Correct procedure: When finishing a fire talisman, there should be a pause to allow the spiritual energy to flow back and stabilize.]
[Quickly ending the stroke will cause the spiritual energy to dissipate, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the talisman.]
[Panel suspicion: Is this person doing this on purpose?]
In a short period of time, Song Qingyuan covered more than a dozen key points.
At least five or six of these were marked as errors by the cheat engine.
[Statistics on Song Qingyuan's lecture content ————]
Correct: 45%
Error rate: 30%
[Ambiguous statements: 25%]
Overall rating: Poor
The panel has corrected all errors.
The correct information has been integrated into the talisman database.
Looking at the corrected content in his mind, Gu Shenyan felt both relieved and wary.
Fortunately, with the help of a cheat code, I wasn't misled.
The question is whether the other party's statement is due to a lack of competence, or—perhaps—deliberate.
After speaking for a long time on stage, Song Qingyuan himself was also parched, so he picked up his teacup and took a sip of water.
"Does anyone have any questions?"
He wiped his mouth and looked down at the audience.
Han Sushuang and Chen An didn't even look up.
Zhao Xiaoman and Jia Shouren looked at each other, clearly not understanding, and didn't even know where to begin their questions.
Only Gu Shenyan raised his hand.
"Senior Brother Song."
He stood up: "Just now, my senior brother talked about how fire tends to rise and needs to be suppressed with earth." During that part—
"I don't quite understand."
"Fire generates earth, so how can earth suppress fire?"
"Isn't this a contradiction?"
Song Qingyuan's smile froze.
He himself hadn't really figured out this problem.
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