"After the ’Vowel Reeds Book,’ there is a continuation."
"This book records twenty types of vowel reeds, but it’s just the foundation; there should be some auxiliary reeds."
"The number of these auxiliary reeds should exceed twenty."
"Perhaps the next time I pass the Qing Huangzi’s Xingyun Trial, I should receive a ’Consonant Reeds Book’?"
Ning Zhuo quietly speculated.
The ’Vowel Reeds Book’ in his hand was authored by Qing Huangzi, leaving his intention behind.
Intention is information that cannot be spoken or expressed in words.
However, through the Ideograph Brush, Ning Zhuo could perceive it.
As the author, Qing Huangzi only wrote a small portion of his inheritance. It was evident that the ’Vowel Reeds Book’ is the most basic foundation.
He did not write the continuation, but Ning Zhuo could glimpse the subsequent content through the intention contained therein.
"The Luoshu Book Pages, as a Taoist artifact, also provided me with immense assistance."
"Under its influence, I could always walk the correct path to understand this intention."
The result of this attempt seemed to open a window for Ning Zhuo.
His eyes flashed with brilliance, and he quickly thought: "If I want to explore the fundamental cultivation technique of a powerful cultivator, can I also comprehend the intention and test the mysteries of the cultivation technique through the other relics they leave behind?"
Ning Zhuo pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "The difficulty here should not be small!"
"At least these relics should be related to the fundamental cultivation technique, or else the intention left behind by the powerful one when writing would pertain to other aspects."
"Wait."
"Many cultivators observe battlefields and realize insights from the sword marks and lightning traces left by the confrontations of great powers, often gaining something."
"Isn’t this the same principle as using the Ideograph Brush?"
Ning Zhuo, realizing this, couldn’t help but let out a heartfelt sigh.
"There are truly too many ways to learn!"
"Learning is endless!"
Ning Zhuo placed the Ideograph Brush back into the pen box for continued nurture.
Just the recent imitation made the Ideograph Brush dim again, and using it again might damage its core.
"Alas, I’m not a Confucian cultivator and lack Literary Heart and Literary Energy. This results in my inability to use the Ideograph Brush long each time."
"If only I had multiple Ideograph Brushes to use in rotation."
Before commencing his daily routine cultivation, Ning Zhuo summoned Gongsun Yan and handed him a list of materials, instructing him to purchase them externally.
Although Qing Huangzi did not explain at all, since Ning Zhuo obtained the ’Vowel Reeds Book,’ he naturally had to refine the mechanism parts inside it more thoroughly.
Bam!
Ban Ji swung his arm, emitting mana, and directly smashed the last flowerpot in the cave mansion.
The cave mansion was already a mess.
This was the result of Ban Ji venting his anger and mindlessly attacking using mana.
"Ning Zhuo, I want you dead, I want you dead!" Ban Ji gritted his teeth.
He had been preparing for Qing Huangzi’s Xingyun Trial for a long time. But in the first round, he was brushed down!
Undoubtedly, it was all Ning Zhuo’s fault!
"And also my own!"
"I was too careless! In the clash of Divine Sense, my advantage was too significant, causing me to be complacent! If I had noticed earlier that Ning Zhuo, this little brat, was connecting with others secretly, and had been cautious, I would have had a chance!"
Slap, slap!
Thinking of this, Ban Ji slapped his face twice.
His cheeks quickly became swollen and red.
His eyes were filled with bloodshot, his entire being disheveled, revealing a sinister expression with a faint air of madness.
The swelling pain on his cheeks was nothing compared to the pain in his heart!
Qing Huangzi had long publicized, trying to draw in more cultivators to compete, helping him select the most outstanding successor, so upon hearing this, Ban Ji began his preparations early.
He prepared extensively.
"I even concluded and deduced the forty-eight sounds of reeds!"
"This time, the winners received the ’Vowel Reeds Book,’ containing only twenty types. There must be subsequent articles!"
"If I could pass the first round and retain competition eligibility, I would undoubtedly have a tremendous advantage in the subsequent trials and tests!"
But it was all too late; Ban Ji was brushed off in the first round.
This created a significant psychological gap for Ban Ji!
This failure added an intense sense of humiliation to him.
"Ahhhh!"
"It’s all because of you, Ning Zhuo, you deserve to die!"
"I want to kill you, I want to kill you, who cares about the Human Tribulation? I will crush you directly!"
Ban Ji roared, and suddenly the jade pendant hanging around his neck burst forth with a green light.
The light flowed like water, rapidly across Ban Ji’s body, eventually converging in his Divine Sea, awakening him directly.
Ban Ji’s anger disappeared, replaced by a look of horror.
"How dangerous, I almost had a deviation!"
This is the characteristic of Demon Skill—extreme, fast, and difficult to stabilize.
Ban Ji’s Demon Skill, ’Greedy Opportunity Demon Heart Technique,’ primarily cultivates the Upper Dantian Divine Sea, which results in Ban Ji’s emotions easily flaring, leading to extremes in thinking.
Huff, huff, huff...
Ban Ji panted, beads of sweat densely covering his forehead.
With a look of embarrassment, he wiped the sweat off his head, subconsciously gripping the jade pendant hanging around his neck.
This magic treasure was a heritage from the Ban Family, one of its foundations, repeatedly helping Ban Ji out of deviation dilemmas.
Gradually calming down, Ban Ji paced in the cave mansion, pondering how to deal with Ning Zhuo.
"This is my Human Tribulation... but I cannot act directly to eliminate Ning Zhuo."
Previously, Ban Ji had sent a sparring invitation, which was tactfully declined by Ning Zhuo.
Ban Ji intended to join the Myriad Images Sect. While there are few sect rules, any one of them can be easily violated.