Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Juntian Sword Master Explodes into a Kindergarten Teacher
Huo Xuexiang almost thought that the grammar Bai Lu said was some kind of magic.
Bai Lu, wasn’t she the first in the entrance trial…?
This puzzled Huo Xuexiang.
If that's what he understood, this situation might be even more bizarre than Bai Lu insisting on joining Dianmei Peak.
Bai Lu's eyes wandered, and he finally confessed: "It's not that I don't like studying, but there are not many Chinese teachers where we are, and they all speak in plain language..." He paused and simply concluded, "I'm from another place!"
Huo Xuexiang suddenly recalled that during the trial, Bai Lu was the most determined disciple, and hesitantly said, "So, during the trial, you turned a deaf ear to the cultivation formula that Bixi recited, is it because...?"
Bai Lu was confused: "Is it reciting the cultivation formula?"
Huo Xuexiang: “…………”
Bai Lu felt that the case had been solved, and he wondered what the turtle's chanting meant, no wonder there was such power surging.
But he couldn't use it at that time. He already had magic power, so why would he need any other power?
Huo Xuexiang also recalled that when the sect master's disciple was still in Shuchun Garden, he told him that Bai Lu came from a remote place and hoped that his uncle would forgive him. However, he did not expect this to be the case at that time.
Of course, Ning Yanhu couldn't have imagined this. After all, there had never been a situation where someone could pass the exam and get first place.
It is said that eyes are windows to the soul. When Huo Xuexiang covered his eyes, his emotions were not so obvious. Bai Lu could not find much emotion on his face and was a little worried. However, it is said in the East that once you are a teacher, you are always a relative.
They all had the ritual of reporting to heaven and earth!
Bai Lu said anxiously, "Master, you won't let me drop out of school because of my low literary literacy, right? We have already worshipped heaven and earth."
Huo Xuexiang: “…”
"No..." Huo Xuexiang opened his lips weakly, knowing exactly how basic Bai Lu's basics were. "We are performing the apprenticeship ceremony."
"But the leader did burn incense to help us tell the heaven and earth." Bai Lu argued. Isn't that called worshipping heaven and earth? He seemed to have the Chinese phrase "worshipping heaven and earth" in his memory, and now these little things were not important.
"Master, this one doesn't come with a refund, right?"
There are three levels to get started, and the power contained in the Bixi formula can be felt by the six senses alone. It is a good thing. For Bai Lu's concentration, it should be just a "icing on the cake", not to mention...
Huo Xuexiang shook his head and stopped worrying about the matter of worshipping heaven and earth. He said, "Even if you have no roots, it doesn't matter if you are at Dianmei Peak. I have said that there is no taboo in anything."
He just never thought that being a teacher would make people feel so powerless...
It's really hard to be as calm and indifferent as usual.
Huo Xuexiang lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about what to do. This step might be more difficult for him than teaching him the sword skills. After careful consideration, he said, "In this case, I will enlighten you."
Bai Lu asked doubtfully, "What is Kaimeng?"
This again touches upon Bai Lu's blind spot in knowledge.
For some reason, the instructor was silent for a while before saying, "...It is to teach children and freshmen how to read."
Oh, enlightenment. Bai Lu knew this word and immediately leaned forward to defend herself: "Master, I still have a basic knowledge, I am not completely illiterate."
Don't mention him. Even if someone grew up in China and has a language environment, he would be at a loss when encountering classical Chinese. It's really not his fault! He used to be a top student!
Huo Xue seemed to not understand where Bai Lu got her confidence from, so she listened very carefully, then bowed her head and gave a critical strike: "But you don't even know what enlightenment means."
Bai Lu: “…”
Finished, a genius with a double degree in both the secular and magical worlds before traveling back in time.
After traveling through time, he was diagnosed as illiterate in Xuanshan Immortal Sect.
…
Clouds flow across the sky, under an old plum tree, the master in white clothes has his eyes covered with a silk ribbon, a long sword is placed at his side, he taps lightly on the book in front of him, the green-eyed apprentice beside him tries to open his eyes wide and listen carefully.
It would be even more magical if the two of them were not reading a children's enlightenment book...
Bai Lu felt that his mentor had a really good mentality. After a brief breakdown, he said that he would stop teaching for a day and go outside the mountain to get an enlightenment book - there was really no such thing in Xuanshan.
After I bought the enlightenment books, I taught Bai Lu to read and interpret the meaning.
Now that's good, let's change the kindergarten teacher from Meifeng master.
How doesn’t this count as the physical education teacher teaching me Chinese?
Bai Lu could recognize most of the characters in this kind of enlightenment book, at least he could read them. Traditional Chinese characters were a bit more difficult, so he might have to guess. There were only a few uncommon characters that he didn't know. "Master, if there were phonetic symbols, I could handle the reading part by myself."
Huo Xuexiang heard him talking about phonetic notation and asked, "Are you talking about the word cutting method?"
"What is the method of cutting characters?" This touched upon Bai Lu's blind spot in knowledge.
When you are in a foreign land, there are more and more blind spots...
Huo Xuexiang explained that it is to use two characters to indicate the pronunciation, taking the initial consonant of the first character and the final vowel of the second character, and the combination of them is the pronunciation.
But the premise of this phonetic notation method is that you also know how to pronounce the two characters used for phonetic notation.
This is one of the many phonetic notation methods, and it is probably not suitable for Bai Lu, so Huo Xuexiang was confused.
"No, it's pinyin." Bai Lu wrote down the letters. It was much smoother than his Chinese characters, but because he used a brush, it still looked a little unnatural.
Bai Lu only read it once and explained the rules, and Huo Xuexiang immediately nodded to show that he understood. He was worthy of being his master, at least at the level of a doctoral supervisor in the world of immortal cultivation.
"Where did you learn this?"
“That’s how we teach in our hometown.” said Bailu, a stranger from another world.
"So..." Huo Xue pointed his hand, and the books in front of him had pronunciation notes under each word, instantly turning into pinyin versions.
Bai Lu stared at Huo Xuexiang's casual movements. It was another spell.
The spiritual power used in the immortal cultivation system is absorbed from between heaven and earth and stored in the Purple Mansion. Bai Lu's magic power depends on meditation and also comes from nature, and has elements with different attributes.
But Bai Lu believes that both are energy and have similarities and intersections, but their systems are different, and their communication, storage methods and operating trajectories are different.
After observing the world of immortal cultivation, Bai Lu has been able to detect traces of others' use of spiritual power, but he is still unable to observe the more subtle or advanced energy trajectories, such as Huo Xuexiang's current application, which probably requires him to further familiarize himself with and master.
This also made Bai Lu more and more curious about this and want to learn it.
"Master, what exactly is the path to immortality? It is said that everyone must find their own path." Bai Lu always knew that Eastern concepts were too abstract for him. He said fearfully, "You won't say 'unspeakable', will you?"
He felt that he always had the impression that a master character said this.
Huo Xuexiang was puzzled. As a master, how could he refuse to answer his disciple? "Why do you say that?"
Bai Lu muttered, "Anyway, someone said so."
Huo Xuexiang shook his head. How could he say that at the enlightenment stage?
"First of all, you need to know that cultivation is divided into mind and realm. Realm refers to the refining of spiritual power and using it for your own benefit. This is a real thing, and you can mobilize as much as you can. The mind refers to your nature, your understanding of yourself and everything." Huo Xuexiang had never encountered such a problem, but he tried his best to explain it to Bai Lu in a simple way.
It turns out that being a teacher is such a demanding and adaptable thing, and it is much more complicated than one’s own cultivation.
"Mind and environment complement each other. A state without mind does not arise by itself, and vice versa. The so-called Tao lies between mind and environment. When everything is harmonious, the Tao is found."
It was fine in the beginning, but Bai Lu was confused again when it came to the concepts of the difference between mind and environment.
Bai Lu was already tired from sitting, so she leaned forward and took the opportunity to rest. This made her body shorter, and she looked up at Huo Xuexiang and complained: "Master, this is so difficult..."
"Don't be anxious. This is something you need to experience slowly during the process of cultivation." Huo Xuexiang noticed Bai Lu's attitude. No wonder some people mistook him for a demon cultivator when he first started watching the trial.
Huo Xuexiang came back to his senses, raised his hand and drank the tea, and said: "The so-called great square has no corners, the great vessel is completed, the great sound is silent, and the great image is invisible."
Here comes the mystery again. Bai Lu repeated the two sentences in a low voice, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard this sentence before, but that was when he was a child, listening to his mother reading some Chinese classics to him. But he seemed to have never explored the deep meaning, it was completely an Eastern philosophy.
Hearing, knowing, or even memorizing something are two different things from fully understanding it.
Huo Xue said to Bai Lu who was deep in thought: "You can think about it more. I will give you homework. Learning some poems may help."
He looked at Qiusuo again and gave an order, "Qiusuo, monitor."
The new command was entered, and Qiusuo nodded: "Yes."
"I know some ancient poems." Bai Lu sat up straight and recited, "The mountains are turbulent and cold for no reason, and the little plum blossoms are wild in the snow!"
Take this opportunity to praise your mentor; he understands the ways of the world!
Facing Bai Lu's straightforward praise, Huo Xue was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly: "...This is not an ancient poem."
“They are all poems.” The master also has his own poems that others brag about. In modern times, it’s like someone posting a short essay online to brag about himself.
Bai Lu: I want it too, I want it too. Can someone write one for the Demon Lord?
"By the way, Master, what is this? Is it also an ancient poem?" Bai Lu's true intention was revealed. He was pointing at a familiar silk book which was at the side of Huo Xuexiang's hand. A corner of it was exposed from under the cover of another book. Huo Xuexiang took it out to read during his spare time during teaching.
Whether this thing is the one he got, or there is a similar one here, it is very meaningful. If we can study the connection between them, we may be able to solve the mystery of time travel.
Huo Xuexiang pulled it out and handed it to him, "This was picked up by Ning Yanhu when he was patrolling the mountains and given to me. Do you want to see it?"
Bai Lu took it: "...I want to see it!"
He looked down for three seconds, then looked up, "I don't understand!"
Huo Xuexiang: “…”
This silk book was full of historical traces. There was a circle of ink painting on it, depicting star beasts, with some strange words written in circles in the middle. However, the content was exactly the same as the one Bai Lu had seen before she traveled through time.
"What on earth does this say?" Bai Lu muttered to herself.
Huo Xuexiang said calmly: "This sentence is, if you lose your temper, you will become empty, and plants and trees will be impermanent."
Bai Lu looked up at him, surprised and happy, but she had to hide it: "Master, do you know what this means?"
"This is ancient writing. The last two sentences are about celestial phenomena." Huo Xuexiang seemed to be looking at him through the cloth. "I also learned some from reading ancient books."
You people in the world of immortal cultivation are really terrible. You are already learning classical Chinese, and now ancient characters pop up!
Fortunately, Huo Xuexiang in front of him understood ancient Chinese, so this tutor was right.
I just don't know whether this text exists only in this world or in the original world. This is indeed a blind spot in his knowledge.
Bai Lu was thinking when she heard Huo Xuexiang ask, "Are you interested in this?"
Bai Lu said without thinking: "A little bit. I see that Master even knows such unpopular knowledge. I admire him very much. I also want to be as knowledgeable as Master."
He was ambitious, and Huo Xuexiang, as a teacher, said dutifully: "In that case, you also need to start from the basics."
Bai Lu: "...Grammar?"
Huo Xuexiang: "Yeah."
Bai Lu: “…”
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Everything must start from the basics, and Bai Lu started learning new subjects at Dian Meifeng.
He was determined to be a disciple that would amaze his mentor. As for why his mentor had been defeated before, that was not the point.
That day, Huo Xuexiang cast a spell, and not only Bai Lu's elementary books, but also some of the extracurricular books he was given later, had pinyin annotations.
Of course, even if he annotated some of the words, he still couldn't understand their meaning. But the teacher said there is a saying that goes, "Read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear."
The location of their classes was not fixed. Sometimes they took classes in the bare plum grove, sometimes indoors, and sometimes they just sat on the floor in the corridor. It all depended on Huo Xuexiang's mood.
Every time a class starts, Bai Lu puts one more thing on the desk.
Today I put a cup representing the water element, tomorrow I put a crystal stone that I picked up that seems to have the effect of improving concentration, then I light a candle and burn incense, and put out a notebook and ink...
Compared with Bai Lu's side which was filled with stationery, Huo Xuexiang's side was often empty, with at most a cup of tea. He didn't understand why Bai Lu put so many things on the desk.
Looking again, the notebook in the middle of Bai Lu's pile of stationery still had handwriting like a child, which made Huo Xuexiang speechless...
After a few days, even Huo Xuexiang's half was filled with things.
It’s nothing else but a woolen coaster made by Bai Lu.
There are some light blue flowers and tender yellow chicks crocheted on the white tassel coaster, which is very cute.
When Huo Xuexiang discovered it for the first time, he was confused for a while.
When he looked up again, he saw that the black-clothed puppet with a cold face had a woven scarf wrapped around its neck. The scarf was also very warm and cute with white tassels and blue flower patterns, making it look a little different from the other puppets in Xuanshan.
Although Huo Xuexiang was blindfolded, Bai Lu could sense that he was looking for something, so she asked excitedly, "Master, is this beautiful?"
In fact, when he met Immortal Lord Boluan these two days, he showed concern for Huo Xuexiang's teaching situation, mainly to remind him that his disciples were often not as talented as he was, and could not be compared with himself in the past, so he should encourage them more when he had the chance.
Huo Xuexiang really couldn't say the word "good" about Bai Lu's handwriting, so he tried to say, "Very good."
"It's even better now, because you have one too!" Bai Lu took out an upgraded scarf. Compared to Qiusuo's, he made two more plush balls as decoration on this one, and the color was the green and turquoise of the Xuanshan theme.
Huo Xuexiang: “…”
"I have one too." Bai Lu talked to himself to show him that he had the same one, including the snow golem outside the door, which also had one - after a few days of classes, Bai Lu realized that the snow golem he made that day did not melt, even though the other snow had melted long ago.
It's easy to guess who did this, but he didn't expect that the mentor and his hero saw exactly the same thing.
"I'm not cold." Huo Xuexiang said hesitantly.
He was just afraid that after some time, the entire Shuchun Garden would be decorated with new decorations. But if Huo Xuexiang were to stop it, it seemed that there was no reason for him to do so.
Moreover, Huo Xuexiang asked: "How do you have time to weave?"
"If you really like it, you'll have time." Bai Lu smiled with her eyes curved, feeling very proud. In fact, this little... magic doesn't waste time at all, and she can finish it while reading a book. Aesthetics is more important.
"Isn't it kendo that you really like?" Huo Xuexiang said slowly, so he had to go into Meifeng.
Bai Lu: “…”
Uh, this...
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