Volume 1, Chapter 51: Eternal Absoluteness

"That's easy. I'll do it."

Qiao Yuncai said this to Li Tian, ​​and then spoke confidently, "Yinyue Well, Yinyue Shadow, Yinyue Shadow in Yinyue Well, the Moon Well lasts for ten thousand years, and the Moon Shadow lasts for ten thousand years."

This... is correct?

The boys and girls in the classroom were dumbfounded. They never expected that Qiao Yuncai, who came here to attend the Chinese studies class with ulterior motives, actually had such a profound knowledge of literature. He could think of the second line of such a difficult couplet in such a short time.

Not to be outdone, Li Tian said the second line of his own: "Listen to the bell pavilion, listen to the bell ringing, listen to the bell ringing in the bell pavilion, the bell pavilion lasts a hundred years, the bell rings a hundred years."

Oh shit!

Another neat second line!

The male and female students were completely shocked. It was already difficult to come up with one correct answer to such an absurdly difficult couplet, but now, two people from outside the school came up with one correct answer at once.

What's happening?

Are all the people outside the school so aggressive nowadays?

There was no trace of contempt in their eyes when they looked at Qiao Yuncai and Li Tian. Instead, their faces were filled with shock.

Lu Jiao opened her eyes wide and stared at Li Tian. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes and heard it with her own ears, she would never have believed that Li Tian had such a high level of literary attainment.

This bastard, how is it possible!

She now feels a little unreal, like she is dreaming.

Professor Guo looked at Qiao Yuncai and Li Tian with strange eyes, thinking that these two guys were geniuses. His first couplet had stumped many literary masters, but these two guys came up with the second couplet in just a short moment. This was too incredible.

He came up with another couplet: "If there are worms in the water, it will be muddy. If there are fish in the water, it will be fishy. Water, water, water, the rivers and lakes are vast."

hiss~

The boys and girls in the classroom took a breath of cool air. Chong is part of Zhu, Yu is part of Yu, three waters form Miao, and Jiang, He and Hu are all radicals with three drops of water. This is too difficult, it's simply hell-level difficulty.

Qiao Yuncai frowned, obviously feeling the considerable difficulty.

"You think about it first, I'll do it."

Li Tian liked this feeling. It was so refreshing to have understood the secrets of the Taishang Yijing. It felt like he could speak anything.

"This first couplet is difficult, but you figured it out so quickly?" A look of surprise crossed Qiao Yuncai's face.

"That's about right."

Li Tian smiled slightly, and then said loudly, "The roots are under the trees, and the branches are above the trees. Wood, wood, wood, pine, cypress, and camphor trees are densely planted."

Oh My God!

The boys and girls in the classroom couldn't sit still anymore and were all sweating.

It’s so strong, and it matches so neatly.

Everyone looked at Li Tian in disbelief, with shock in their eyes that could not be suppressed or hidden.

Qiao Yuncai also came up with an idea and said, "Gold becomes bells because of the ring, and gold becomes jade because of the jade. Gold, gold, gold, and bracelets are bright and shiny."

What the hell! What the hell!

Everyone was stunned. Such a hellishly difficult couplet could actually have two lower lines. This... must be fake, right?

These proud students from 985 universities began to doubt their lives at this time. They couldn't figure it out, but two people from society outside the school actually figured it out.

"Gu~"

Professor Guo couldn't help swallowing his saliva at this moment, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

No one in the literary world had come up with this first couplet yet, but today, it was unexpectedly worked out by two young people who had no reputation in the literary world. To be honest, he began to doubt his own literary level.

"Old Joe can."

"Old Li, you are even better."

Li Tian and Qiao Yuncai felt that they had met too late and that they were heroes who appreciated each other, so they hugged each other.

"Smoke the pond willow!"

Professor Guo was secretly more motivated and directly took out the first line of the couplet which was absolutely perfect throughout the ages. He didn't believe that he couldn't defeat these two guys.

As soon as this first line of the couplet came out, the whole classroom was filled with the sound of people gasping for air.

Many people know the first line of this couplet. A scenic spot once offered a reward of one million for the second line, but no one has been able to come up with it so far.

Smoke locks the pond willow. Structurally, the five characters use the five elements as radicals.

The artistic conception depicts a quiet pond with vapor curling on the surface and a thin mist lingering. The pond, willow trees, and stretches of paddy fields are looming in the mist. The willow trees are formed into layers because of the rising mist, sometimes hidden and sometimes exposed, as if locked in the mist.

The water mist, paddy field pond, pond and willow trees here are the main subjects of the painting, and the lock is the soul. The two words "smoke and lock" are used in the painting to form a fresh and cool hazy beauty, as well as a beauty of light and dark distance, and together with the rising water mist, form a beauty of movement and stillness.

It is almost impossible to come up with a matching second line!

Qiao Yuncai admitted defeat: "Professor Guo, I can't answer this."

He has a clear understanding of himself. If he can't figure it out, then he can't figure it out. This is absolutely true for all time. Those who can figure it out are both geniuses and freaks.

No one laughed at him. This first couplet was recognized by many writers as a dead couplet and it was impossible to have a complete second couplet.

Li Tianye frowned, his brain working rapidly as he thought about the second line.

Professor Guo looked at him and said, "Smoke locks the pond willows from Chen Zisheng's Zhongzhou Thatched Cottage Collection. Legend has it that during a palace examination, Emperor Qianlong gave this couplet and asked the candidates to answer it. Whoever answered it quickly and well would be admitted. However, none of the candidates could answer it. One of them said, 'Your Majesty, this is absolutely correct. I can't do it.'"

"Qianlong directly appointed him as the top scholar. The ministers around him were puzzled and asked Qianlong why. Qianlong said that he could tell at a glance that this was absolutely right and would not waste time on it. This showed that he was knowledgeable and knew how to arrange his time reasonably. He would definitely be a good official. I said this just to tell everyone present that it is not shameful to fail to come up with the first line of this couplet. After all..."

Before Professor Guo finished speaking, Li Tian spoke slowly.

"Peach blossoms burn on the golden river bank."

As soon as this second line came out, the air froze and one could hear a pin drop.

Li Tian explained it as follows: "Peach blossoms are in full bloom on the banks of the Jinjiang River, and they look like they are burning, covering the entire riverbank with red."

This……

How is that possible!

Everyone looked at him as if he were a monster. He had actually figured out what had been an eternal absolute in history. Not only did he get the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth right, but he even got the artistic conception right.

Professor Guo's hands were shaking and his throat felt dry. He subconsciously reached for the thermos to drink water, but got nothing but air. He looked down and realized that he had just been shocked and the thermos had fallen to the ground.

"Smoke locks the willows in the pond, peach blossoms burn on the river bank. Wonderful, wonderful." Qiao Yuncai admired Li Tian from the bottom of his heart that he could even think of such a second line.

The student named Chen Zihang said unconvincedly: "This doesn't match. The order of the five elements in the first couplet is fire, metal, water, earth, and wood, while the order of the five elements in his second couplet is wood, fire, metal, water, and earth. The order is different, so it can't be considered a match."

Unfortunately, no one agreed.

Although the order is not right, the artistic conception and the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are all right. It is very amazing to come up with such a second couplet.