Chapter 25
Su Ci carried the child to the sofa and let him sit next to him.
"Long...long...long, long, long..."
On the coffee table before them, in the clay jar, the spiritual seed was still emitting growth signals, but the sound was obviously not as enthusiastic as before.
Su Ci took the water cup on the coffee table and poured some water containing faint spiritual energy into the little spiritual seed.
Without special containers to store it, the spiritual energy contained in the water would quickly dissipate. However, with the water purification array, Su Ci no longer lacked this kind of spiritual water.
"Oh!" The originally listless voice suddenly became lively again.
"Long-long-long-long-"
Number One felt his mood improve as he listened to the little spirit's energetic voice.
"clatter!"
Su Ci snapped his fingers to get the child's attention.
Number One quickly retracted his gaze, sat up straight and looked at Su Ci, as if he was listening attentively.
However, Su Ci did not start teaching immediately, but first asked about the child's basic situation.
"Can you read?" he asked.
There are many elements involving words in the formation. It can be said that the formation of the human race is derived from words. If you can't even understand the words, it will be very difficult to master the formation.
Number One nodded.
In fact, he is not as young as he looks. He has been in the base for quite a long time, at least... ten years, right?
And he could understand those words from the beginning.
Su Ci looked at the child and saw that he looked serious and didn't seem to be pretending at all. So he rummaged through the space button and found a notebook and a pen.
When Su Ci was traveling in the human world, he had written with a brush before, but this was his first time using a hard-tipped signing pen. However, his hand had already formed muscle memory, and he wrote his name on the paper very smoothly.
Su's poems.
He took a look at it, then casually scratched the two words. The writing on the white paper disappeared without a trace, and the paper became clean, looking as if it had never been used.
"Give."
Su Ci put the pen in the child's hand and pointed at the paper and said, "Write your real name here, just like I did just now."
The child blinked and held the pen that the breeder handed him, with a look of confusion on his face. He just knew how to read.
He had never been able to touch the real objects before, so he had never written with a pen for so long... He just saw that the keeper's handwriting was so beautiful.
Su's poems.
This was the breeder's name. He knew the appearance of these two words before, but when the breeder wrote them stroke by stroke, he felt that these two words were no longer just words, as if they carried some kind of magic.
Whenever he saw those two words, he would think of the breeder.
Unfortunately, it was just wiped away by the breeder...
Seeing that Number One was in a daze, Su Ci did not disturb him, but looked at him patiently.
Under his gaze, the child finally held the pen and carefully wrote his name on the white paper, stroke by stroke.
However, even he was surprised...
Black ink fell on the paper, and as the pen tip moved in that little hand, what was finally formed was not the word "Number One", but -
"Zhou Yan?"
Su Ci recited the name, lost in thought.
Number One, on the other hand, stared blankly at the two unfamiliar words without blinking.
He knew how to pronounce these two words and roughly understood their meaning, but when they were put together, they felt so strange to him.
However, he had a mysterious feeling - when these two words appeared, he knew that this was his name.
Zhou Yan, that’s his name!
Looking at the child's puzzled and shocked expression, Su Ci smiled and said, "You didn't know this before?"
Number One nodded. Was that really his name? He belatedly realized that he seemed...
It has a name!
"Number, it's never your name."
Su Ci lowered his eyes and looked at the words written by the child on the paper. Of course, the so-called real name is not the name given by parents, elders or others after birth.
It is a symbol that every life is born with and exists between heaven and earth. In this world, there are very few people who know their real names.
Some practitioners may spend their entire lives without ever knowing their true names until their death, and thus will never be able to make any further progress in their practice.
The child has already won at the starting line.
Number One listened to Su Ci's words with a confused and puzzled expression.
But if he didn't know it before, how could he write it down? Suddenly, Number One thought of something and looked at Su Ci in disbelief.
He remembered that before he wrote his name, the breeder said to him: Write your real name here, just like I just did.
Language manipulation.
Isn’t this the ability of Number Five?
but……
Number One quickly suppressed the surprise in his expression, because he remembered that the breeder had just used a purification ability similar to that of Dr. Gu in Number Eight's room.
So the breeder's ability is not purification, but... replication?
Wow, that's a pretty cool ability!
As expected, the breeder is the best! And... He looked at his name on the paper, a hint of joy flashing in his dark red eyes.
Even he himself did not notice that from the moment he learned his real name, the look in his eyes became more lively, and even his thin and pale face became visibly rosy.
Su Ci's gaze remained on the paper.
This is not the language used by modern humans. Apart from Su Ci and the child himself, probably no one in this world can understand these two words.
Being able to write his own real name, and to present it in such characters, proves that the child is very talented and is definitely not an ordinary spirit.
Su Ci suppressed his curiosity, took the pen from the child, and made a stroke on the "Zhou". As the pen moved, the "Zhou" that the child had just written disappeared on the paper.
"From now on, I'll call you A Yan." Su Ci said.
The child looked at him, then at the remaining character "Yan" on the paper. When the breeder said this, he felt as if a corner of his heart was touched.
Finally, he raised his head and looked at Su Ci seriously.
Su Ci understood what he meant without him having to say it out loud.
"Ayan." He called softly.
The child stared at Su Ci deeply, and the ignited fire of the soul in the depths of his dark red eyes seemed to burn even more vigorously.
"Um!"
The child responded excitedly.
From that moment on, he was called Ayan. This was the name given to him by the breeder, and he loved it!
Su Ci thought the child's expression was cute at the moment, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the top of his head. Only then did he remember the real purpose of his teaching.
So he picked up the pen again, eliminated the remaining character "Yan", and continued to talk about the formation with the child.
"Legend has it that when the universe was first created, dozens of strange characters appeared between heaven and earth. These characters are called the Way of Heaven, and later generations also called them divine characters."
"And the formation was derived by the human race through deduction and understanding from the seven divine texts handed down from generation to generation."
Therefore, it is not unreasonable for humans to call themselves the spirit of all things. There is indeed great wisdom in this race.
As the spirit of this land, Su Ci also learned a lot from humans when he was born, and formations were one of them.
A Yan listened to Su Ci's explanation and nodded, not quite understanding.
Divine text is a very powerful text that can be used to launch formations, so the breeder who masters the formations and can generate them at will is super powerful!
Looking at the child's increasingly bright eyes, Su Ci coughed lightly, and after a brief introduction, he began to teach him to write the first divine text.
As the oldest life on this earth, Su Ci received orthodox influence and education, so his requirements for his students were naturally higher.
He could have just taught Ah Yan the Water Purification Formation, but knowing the principles without understanding their reasons would be like forcing a plant to grow. If he wanted to be like him, creating and modifying formations at will, he had to start from the very basics.
Su Ci hopes that A Yan can truly master the formation, so that he can become his most powerful helper in the future.
He moved the pen tip and wrote the first divine text on the notebook, but did not explain the meaning of this divine text.
Because the sacred text cannot be explained or defined.
Every practitioner who is able to comprehend the truth may gain his or her own unique insights and realizations from it. Forcibly instilling the teacher's ideas into the students is to stifle their spirituality.
Perhaps that would allow A Yan to quickly become his assistant, but as time goes by, A Yan will eventually become lost in the crowd.
That would be a shame, but Su Ci didn't intend to do that.
After the child memorizes these seven divine texts, he will be considered to have entered the door. Only then will Su Ci formally teach him the formation.
A Yan didn't know what Su Ci was planning. He stared at the tip of the breeder's pen and learned very seriously.
But he soon discovered that although the breeder had only taught him one word, he could not even remember such a simple word.
I clearly opened the notebook and felt that I had memorized everything, but when I closed the notebook and tried to recall it, I found that my mind was empty.
He had no idea what the characters the breeder had just taught him looked like, and could only barely recall the trajectory of the breeder's pen.
A Yan raised his eyes and secretly glanced at the breeder. Seeing that his expression was calm and gentle, the uneasiness in his heart dissipated a little.
He opened the notebook again and devoted all his attention to it, a hundred times more serious than before.
A Yan didn't want to disappoint the breeder. Even though he was stupid and couldn't remember it in a short time, he would practice very hard!
Su Ci looked at the child's serious expression, and there was a bit more satisfaction in his eyes.
After all, this is a divine text. Ordinary people may not be able to understand it or even bear it when reading it for the first time, let alone remember it. Even if a child has extraordinary talent, it is impossible for him to learn it in one go.
He remembered that in the past inheritance of formation masters, anyone who could master the first divine text within a month could be considered a genius.
But that's the human race. As a spirit, Su Ci would have higher requirements for children...
About half a month, he thought.
If the child can comprehend the first divine text after half a month, he can start the second lesson. This teaching progress is quite easy for him.
Su Ci handed the notebook and pen to A Yan and asked him to study in the living room. Just as he was about to go out for a walk, a sweet and tender child's voice sounded in the room.
"You have a video call request from your contact list friend Song Zehe. Would you like to answer it?"
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