Chapter 147 This is too difficult
Ning Caichen was packing up his teaching aids and about to leave when he suddenly heard a delicate voice asking.
Ning Caichen was very familiar with this sweet voice. It was from a fox girl named Caiwei, whose name was changed after Ning Caichen read the Book of Songs to them.
The fox girl is passionate and admires talented men.
Caiwei was the female vixen who teased Ning Caichen the most. She would often come close to him under the pretext of knowledge, always getting very close to him, letting the faint fragrance from her body linger around Ning Caichen's nose. She would look at him with a pair of affectionate eyes, and touch Ning Caichen's body intentionally or unintentionally with her slender pink fingers.
Ning Caichen often had headaches. If she hadn't taken a step closer, Ning Caichen would have screamed for help.
It wasn't that the fox girl wasn't pretty, but firstly, there was a teacher-student bond, and even if she was a fox, she couldn't mess around. Secondly, he really couldn't be distracted. The Autumn Examination was approaching, and he and Ma Junji didn't have enough time to read, so how could he have the energy to hang out with the fox girl?
At this time Caiwei came again, but Ning Caichen's expression remained unchanged, because if there was any change, Caiwei would become worse, and by pretending to be stupid, he could ignore her resentful eyes.
He looked over and saw Caiwei holding a piece of paper with the words "People can spread the Tao, but the Tao cannot spread people."
Ning Caichen exclaimed "Huh", because in the past, when Caiwei came to ask questions, he mostly asked about poetry and songs. He liked to listen to him appreciate poetry, but this was the first time he asked about the Analects of Confucius.
Ning Caichen smiled faintly and said, "I already said this when I was reading the Analects last year. Have you forgotten?"
Caiwei blushed and said, "Please forgive me, sir. I was distracted while reading, so I forgot."
Ning Caichen explained this by saying, "There is no Dao outside of man, and no man outside of the Dao. The human heart is aware, but the Dao itself is inaction." He said, "The mind can fully understand the nature of Heaven, so man can promote the Dao of Heaven. However, if one understands the nature of Heaven but does not cultivate one's own heart, then even if one possesses the Dao, it will be difficult to benefit others."
Caiwei seemed to understand something and smiled, "Thank you for clearing up my confusion, sir."
She smiled so brightly and charmingly, as if she was really happy after having her question answered. Then she did not pester Ning Caichen, but quickly wrote down Ning Caichen's solution and shared it with her friends around her.
"Is this a new trick?" Ning Caichen was confused. He stared at Caiwei silently, trying to see if there was anything else going on.
But Caiwei noticed his gaze and quickly waved her hand, saying, "Goodbye, sir." Then she turned back to do her own thing.
"How strange." Ning Caichen muttered and turned away.
In the following time, the two gentlemen found that the atmosphere in Fox Courtyard had changed drastically.
Although we both teach and learn on weekdays, teaching is difficult for one and learning is painful for the other.
Foxes are often mischievous in nature. They tease and fight with each other, show off their charm and compete with each other for beauty. When they don't want to listen to the class, they can play with it even by staring at a piece of white paper.
But now, it seems that everyone has restrained their minds, those who study hard, those who practice hard, coming and going in a hurry. There are no people climbing walls or digging holes between buildings, and no people catching bees and butterflies among the trees and flowers.
When they don't understand something, they ask questions and seek advice frequently. They are simply model students that the private school teachers would drool over. If they occasionally slack off, there are other foxes to encourage and comfort them.
Even the newly recruited foxes seemed to be particularly obedient and sensible, and were far less difficult to control than the first batch of foxes that attended class last year.
Until one day, Ma Junji heard someone crying in the corner.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fox in fox form crying. He quickly asked, "Why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"
The fox's eyes were filled with tears. When he saw that it was Ma Junji, he wiped his tears and said with a sob, "Thank you, sir. No one bullied me."
Ma Junji squatted down to her level and asked, "Then why are you crying?"
The fox sobbed, "It's too difficult, too difficult. Mr. Gong taught us the art of telepathy, which allows us to listen to the voices of other creatures. I'm lying here listening to the mice, but I don't understand. I just don't understand. Wow—"
"Why is it so difficult, wuwuwuwu."
Ma Junji was puzzled and asked, "Why do we have to listen to the mice's calls?"
"Mr. Gong suggested we start with small-brained creatures. Mice have small brains, so even with a bit of guesswork, they can probably understand what the words are trying to convey. But I still don't understand. Why am I so useless..."
Ma Junji didn't know what to do, so he could only comfort her: "Take your time. Learning the Dao requires one to proceed step by step. If you rush, you won't be able to learn it."
The fox wiped his tears and said, "Sir, you are right."
She sniffed, "The assessment is in July, we can't waste time like this."
Ma Junji understood. It turned out that it was for the assessment. No wonder everyone seemed to have changed their personality these days. They were so hardworking that even the two gentlemen felt ashamed of themselves.
However, Ma Junji still advised: "Relaxation and tension are the way to study. If the bowstring is too tight, it will be damaged."
The fox hummed twice perfunctorily and continued to lie by the wall listening to the mice squeaking outside.
Ma Junji shook his head, and finally discussed it with Ning Caichen, and told Gong Mengbi about it.
Gong Mengbi explained it to them.
As Gong Mengbi had said before, the path to immortality was difficult to achieve. The fox's awakening of intelligence was already a stroke of luck, but for a wild fox to achieve immortality was still extremely difficult.
Foxes exist between the living and the dead, between immortals and demons, and between humans. This is the fox's nature. It is also the gift that allows them to serve as messengers, as sorcerers, and as a bridge between immortals and gods.
The assessment of Tianhu Academy often places great emphasis on talent development, which is why students have to learn bird language after being admitted.
Unfortunately, most foxes with such talents will fail the exam due to ignorance, evil and other reasons.
Gong Mengbi taught them the magic of telepathy, which was also a new insight he gained after practicing the Tongtian method. It was a Taoist method to develop the talents of foxes and could increase their chances of being admitted to the Tianhu Academy.
Gong Mengbi said, "I've advised them to have a balance between hard work and relaxation, but some students always work too hard. I'll try to think of a solution, and I'd also like to trouble you two gentlemen to give them some more advice."
When it comes to life and destiny, especially when it is full of hope and success can be achieved through hard work, it always motivates the fox.
Gong Mengbi thought about it and decided to hold a sacrificial ceremony on the fifteenth day of every month.
One is to offer sacrifice to Mount Tai, the other is to offer sacrifice to the bright moon.
There is no need to transform into a human during the sacrifice. Gong Mengbi took the lead in transforming into a fox, howling and dancing around the bonfire and the altar.
The smoke from the small golden stove changed, the bonfire kept jumping, and the foxes surrounded the bonfire, paying respect to the gods and praying for blessings.
This is an evolution of Gong Mengbi's magic method of offering sacrifices to the moon, except that Mount Tai has been added as the object of worship.
He has the Taiyue talisman, the statue and spiritual response of the Goddess of Mount Tai, and he practices the moon-worship method and has the Taiyin magic talisman, which allows him to go from illusion to reality, and then from reality to illusion.
Gong Mengbi also has a lot of understanding of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion.
During the sacrifices, the foxes often merge their spirits with Mount Tai and the bright moon, gaining the favor of Mount Tai and the bright moon, becoming more intelligent and able to practice more easily.
Sacrifice is held once a month.
The day of the sacrifice became the time the foxes looked forward to the most. At that moment, they could forget all their worries and merge into the vastness of heaven and earth.
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