Chapter 104 Carrots

Zheng Fa felt like he was being tricked.

He looked at Senior Sister Zhang and always felt that the smile on her face was a little bit bad.

Senior Sister Zhang is like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey, and looks like she deserves a beating.

"This technique... does Senior Sister also have it?"

"I won it by betting with you." Senior Sister Zhang said without hiding anything: "After watching it, I finally understood why Senior Uncle Pang said that he never loses in bets."

"Why?"

"Because to practice this technique, you need a spiritual material called Thousand-Year Purple Bamboo Tears." Senior Sister Zhang threw the jade tube to Zheng Fa: "In the entire Jiushan Sect, only Senior Uncle Pang has a Thousand-Year Purple Bamboo. As for wanting to buy it in the market - not only is it expensive, this spiritual material is also extremely rare, so I didn't buy it."

“…”

Zheng Fa was also speechless after taking the jade tube.

The top leaders of Jiushan Sect are full of tricks!

If I really agreed to Master Pang, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to get the "Dongxu Spiritual Eye" without the spiritual materials?

"I have also studied this technique for some time." Senior Sister Zhang shook her head and said, "Based on my knowledge, I also think that this spiritual eye technique is extremely magical and very suitable for talisman masters to practice. It should be of great use to you. But if you want to practice it, you can't avoid the Thousand-Year Purple Bamboo Tears."

Zheng Fa was silent for a moment, but he was not disappointed.

“No wonder Uncle Pang chose to bet on this technique.” Senior Sister Zhang shook her head: “He wanted me to exchange the “Talisman Foundation Building Method” for his Thousand-Year Purple Bamboo Tears. He really cares about his Junior Brother Zhou Qianyuan.”

Zheng Fa was a little confused.

"I was a little hesitant at first." Senior Sister Zhang glanced at him and said, "But if it's for two people, I can consider it. The prerequisite is that you have to practice the "Talisman Foundation Building Method" well."

"ah?"

"We need to let Uncle Pang inspect the goods."

“…”

"Otherwise, I won't be able to ask for an exorbitant price."

"...The "Talisman Foundation Building Method" can double the speed of cultivation." Zheng Fa was puzzled and said, "How can Uncle Pang not be tempted by such a powerful method?"

"Twice?" Senior Sister Zhang looked puzzled and looked at Zheng Fa: "Who said that practicing the 'Talisman Foundation Building Method' can double the speed of cultivation?"

"After I condensed the Upright Shadowless Talisman, my cultivation speed increased by 10%. Wouldn't ten talismans make it twice as fast?" Zheng Fa said in surprise.

Am I thinking too optimistically?

"..." Senior Sister Zhang looked at Zheng Fa and didn't speak for a long time. After a long while, she said faintly: "When I condensed the first Yuan Fu, my cultivation speed was only slightly faster, less than half of 10%. Even after I forged the Yuan Fu Dao Foundation, my cultivation speed was only 30% faster."

The expression on her face was very complicated. If Zheng Fa were to translate it, it would only be -

Is there anyone who can cheat better than me?

"..." Zheng Fa thought about it and suddenly realized that it was because his soul was too strong. A strong soul attracted more corresponding symbols - even a genius like Senior Sister Zhang would not be stronger than him in this regard.

"You continue to practice!" Senior Sister Zhang clapped her hands and said to Zheng Fa, "I'll ask Senior Uncle Pang for more Thousand-Year Purple Bamboo Tears."

"This...what if Junior Brother Zhou can't make as much progress as I have?"

"Are you lying? The 'Talisman Foundation Building Method' can't double your cultivation speed?"

"No, but I don't think it will have this effect, Junior Brother Zhou." Zheng Fa was a little worried about Uncle Pang's reaction when he found out about their false advertising.

"That's because he's stupid."

“…”

“Remember, genius needs no explanation. They can’t do it because they’re not talented enough.”

Senior Sister Zhang said with great experience. She patted Zheng Fa on the shoulder and said, "You should practice well. We can earn some spiritual materials from Senior Uncle Pang!"

Zheng Fa felt something was wrong. You're taking money for my cultivation?

No, you have to rely on me, a donkey, to grow your carrots yourself?

"Then Senior Sister, you..."

"Do you dare to bargain with Uncle Pang?" asked Sister Zhang.

"I don't dare."

…

Modern, white old man’s house.

Zheng Fa, Old Man Bai and the other two gathered in front of the desk.

On the desk was the "Foundation Building Method of the Tao of Fu" copied by Zheng Fa.

The first collective study of the Xiuxian study group has begun! The old man's eyes were dark blue, but his face was full of anticipation.

There was a hint of excitement in Tang Lingwu's beautiful eyes.

Zheng Fa could understand their emotions - after all, they were cultivating immortals! But when they finished reading "Taoism Foundation Building Method", the old man's face fell.

"That's all?"

"That's all." Zheng Fa nodded slightly.

"Too little, can't tell anything."

The old man put the "Foundation Building Method of Talisman Dao" on the table, as if he felt that he had been looking forward to it for nothing.

Zheng Fa agreed with his words in his heart. This martial art was initially perfected by Senior Sister Zhang after being thought up by Grandmaster Jiushan.

Unlike other martial arts of the Jiushan Sect, such as the "Chixiao Jue", which has been passed down from generation to generation, there are many annotations and analyses.

In fact, the entire "Foundation Building Method of the Way of Talismans" consists of only a few thousand words.

"Too little." Zheng Fa nodded slowly: "Many questions have not been explained clearly."

"Why do talismans show the characteristics of Yin Yang and the Five Elements?"

"More importantly - why is it feasible to use the idea of ​​yin and yang and the five elements to forge the foundation of the Yuan Fu Dao?"

This was his most immediate doubt after he got the "Foundation Building Method of the Way of Talismans".

After all, Senior Sister Zhang is from the Xuanwei Realm. For her, the idea of ​​using Yin and Yang and the Five Elements to explain talismans is extremely normal and there is no need to question it too much.

But Zheng Fa is not like this - modern education forces him to ask more questions.

"...I can't tell now." After hearing Zheng Fa's question, the old man thought for a while and frowned, saying, "This number is too small. At least we need to look at other talismans."

Senior Sister Zhang only needs to use her own Yuanling Dao body to conduct experiments.

But these three have a lot to consider.

The first thing is to see whether the Yin-Yang and Five Elements classification method is feasible, whether all talismans can be classified in this way, and then to explore its essence.

"It's best to use a computer." The old man looked at Zheng Fa, said this and then shut up.

Zheng Fa knew what he meant. Computers were the best choice to process such a large amount of data - but that would mean exposing the secret of cultivating immortals to another person.

"But the person who wrote this book 'The Foundation Building Method of the Way of Talismans' did confirm a doubt I had before." The old man suddenly said, "Those Yuan Fu you showed me before - there were too many."

"?"

"Since it can be classified by Yin Yang and the Five Elements, it is likely that the Yuan Fu is still not the most essential thing of the Fu Tu."

"Can the Yuan Fu be divided?"

"Yes, this is the most direct explanation." The old man nodded.

This is also one of Zheng Fa’s conjectures - but now the question is how to verify this conjecture.

After discussing it, the three of them decided that topology was the best way to solve this problem.

On the other hand, to process such large amounts of data, we still need people who understand computers.

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As the three of them were talking, Zheng Fa saw the old man's head moving up and down.

"What's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep last night?" he asked curiously.

"...I was so engrossed in studying last night that I went to bed a little late." The old man wiped his face with both hands and explained.

As if he felt it was a bit embarrassing to doze off while studying, he even blamed himself: "And this thing - it's boring, it makes me want to sleep just looking at it!"

He pointed to the "Foundation Building Method of Talisman Dao" on the table.

"boring?"

"How powerful was that human body power generation you mentioned earlier?" The white old man pouted and said, "Bioelectricity, magnetic field rotation, and a punch to explode a star!"

"Wait, what did you learn yesterday?"

Zheng Fa felt something was wrong and glanced at the old man.

"Ahem, comics!"

“…”

"I saw that you were electrified, so I thought you were showing us those things. I searched online out of curiosity." The old white man said a little embarrassedly: "Don't mention it, those comics are pretty good!"

"You're quite trendy!"

"That's right!" The old man raised his head proudly, and said a little unsatisfiedly: "Look at the things in this book again, they are all those symbols, not gorgeous at all!"

“…”

Zheng Fa glanced at Tang Lingwu. Tang Lingwu was not sleepy, but her expression was not as excited as before.

After all, reading a book called "The Foundation Building Method of Talisman Dao" was really a boring read for both of them.

"How about you give me another electric shock?" The old man suddenly said expectantly, "Let me experience the magic of cultivating immortals again?"

...I suspect that you are using the name of cultivating immortals to satisfy some of your own unspeakable habits.

But Zheng Fa knew what Old Man Bai meant - they had some more beautiful and magical imaginations about cultivating immortals, and this was definitely not an ordinary book.

Simply put, the carrots are not fragrant enough and the donkey is about to go on strike.

Zheng Fa's mind moved, and the upright shadowless talisman in his dantian trembled slightly.

"Um?"

Old Man Bai and Tang Lingwu watched helplessly as Zheng Fa, who was sitting next to them, suddenly disappeared, leaving only an empty chair.

"Zheng Fa?"

The old man trembled all over and woke up in fright.

There was a gleam of surprise in Tang Lingwu's eyes, and she curiously stretched her finger towards Zheng Fa's original seat, pointing here and there.

"You can't touch this!"

Zheng Fa revealed himself, held Tang Lingwu's fingers in horror, and looked helplessly at the other person whose face turned red.

This girl, why does she seem a little too curious?

"Zheng Fa! This is..."

"You're talking about boring things."

"What's boring?"

“Not as gorgeous as in the comics.”

"It's not fancy, but it's practical!" The white old man said excitedly, "When I was young, I thought how nice it would be to be invisible!"

"What's wrong?" Zheng Fa looked at the old man, who seemed to be too excited.

"When I was young, I was poor! I thought about becoming invisible, going to the other side of the ocean, and becoming a thief!" The old white man fell into reverie: "Isn't the bank vault something I can come and go as I please?"

"Across the ocean?"

"Of course, we won't go to domestic ones!"

Zheng Fa's tone was a bit complicated: "Although you want to be an outlaw, you are still quite patriotic."

"Actually..." The old man blushed, and suddenly said a little embarrassedly: "I was young at that time, and not married... You know, young people are hot-tempered. I also thought that if I could become invisible, I would go to the women's bathhouse to have a look..."

Tang Lingwu on the side widened her eyes and couldn't help but move her chair away from the old man.

"I'm just thinking about it!"

"The bathhouse on the other side of the ocean?" Zheng Fa asked.

"Domestic ones! What's so good about foreign ones?"

Zheng Fa nodded and praised sincerely: "You are indeed very patriotic."

…

Bang! Tang Lingwu threw the bank card on the table again.

"I want to learn this!" Her eyes lit up.

"You want to go to the bathhouse too?"

Zheng Fa was stunned. It seemed that this person was not short of money, right?

"Sometimes, I wish my mother couldn't see me..."

(End of this chapter)