From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 32: Bursting with Understanding

If you ask how many characters there are in the Heavenly Book of Worm Seal, the answer is infinity.

Insect seal script is the manifestation of the rules of heaven and earth. There are as many characters as there are rules.

Each of its strokes originates from regular flow, which can be as simple as an arc or as complex as the interweaving of thousands of lines.

The rules of heaven and earth observed by each person at different times, places, and perspectives are subtly different. Therefore, the way of heaven is impermanent, and the heavenly book and insect seals are also impermanent.

This is why insect seal script tests one's understanding extremely hard.

If you want to learn this language, you must first understand all its strokes, otherwise you can't get started. But if you want to get started, you have to forget its stroke trends.

Being free and letting nature take its course is the true meaning of Heavenly Book Worm Seal.

Therefore, the Taoist scriptures say: "Chongzhuan is not merely a technique for writing, but a method for understanding the Dao. Although the characters are formed with the brush, the principles are hidden in the heart. Without understanding its meaning, one cannot realize its power."

Suddenly, You Ming jumped up, water vapor surged around him, and he arrived at Yuanling Mountain in a blink of an eye.

He looked up at the sky and the earth, but his mind had already discarded all strokes, trends and traces.

Are these strokes important?
it is not important.

At this moment, he seemed to be a Taoist sage from tens of millions of years ago, seeing the movement of heaven and earth, the cycle of the four seasons, the blooming and falling of flowers, and the rolling and unrolling of clouds.

These are all traces of the Great Dao.

The traces of the great way are so intuitively revealed in front of you, so why bother to go far away and memorize those strokes?

Those strokes are just imitating the trajectory of the avenue.

You Ming looked at everything in the world, and naturally, countless crisscrossing strokes appeared in his mind, and these strokes combined, disassembled, and changed with each other... to form everything in the world.

The Heavenly Book of Insects is surprisingly simple.

That’s right, this is a lesson that can be learned at a glance by those who understand it.

This is also why it is difficult for ordinary people to learn the Heavenly Book of Insects through the guidance of a good teacher. Because in the eyes of true geniuses, they really don't understand why it is so worth learning. Can't they learn it in one glance?
Since you can learn it at a glance, how should I teach you?

The road has always been here.

It is actually a very difficult task for someone like the chief clerk of the [Collection Department] to be able to break down this text bit by bit and continuously lower the learning threshold.

At least at this moment, You Ming had great respect for him.

Of course, You Ming was able to master the Heavenly Book of Insect Seal only because his comprehension was currently at +6, a state of peak comprehension. Once that value returned to normal, everything about him would be reversed.

Because the Heavenly Book of Insects is not a fixed script, once you lose your understanding, you will still not be able to see the changes in the brushstrokes from the world.

Therefore, he planned to strike while the iron was hot and at least improve his practice of the [Treasure Book of River and Sea Tides].

[Treasure Book of Rivers and Seas] The entire book has more than 20,000 words written in normal characters.

Written in Tianshu Chongzhuan script, there are only twelve characters in total.

Twelve three-dimensional patterns composed of strokes suddenly appeared in You Ming's mind.

In the past, he would never be able to imagine it, otherwise he would become confused and nauseous.

But at this moment, each of these twelve characters is clear, and like living things, they are constantly moving, changing, and reorganizing.

In a short time, these twelve characters were completely different from what they had been at the beginning. Everyone's vision of the Great Dao was different, so naturally, the Heavenly Book of Insect Seal characters written by each person regarding the same matter would also be different.

But in essence, everyone is expounding the great truth.

"The tide rises silently, destiny turns on its own; the flow of water never ceases, the path of Tao begins."

In You Ming's mind, the strokes suddenly spread out and turned into an endless ocean. Endless rivers converged together and finally became the sea.

On the sea, the tide rises and falls.

At the same time, the magic power around him seemed to be flowing like a big river, and his body was the entire ocean. The magic power around him constantly absorbed strength from the void, just like a river constantly absorbing small rivers and streams as it moved forward, and gradually grew stronger.

The sea was slowly surging, with waves covering one layer after another, eventually forming a terrifying and overwhelming water force.

"The tide is the surge of the energy of heaven and earth...it is change, it is breathing, it is ups and downs, it is the 'progressive momentum' among all forces."

"The changes in the tides between heaven and earth are all due to the pull of gravity. The stars hang in the sky; their sinking shakes the earth, causing the water to rise and fall, not because of the nature of the water, but because of the will of heaven."

Infinite insights emerged in You Ming's mind.

This is the terrifying thing about having strong understanding.

Not only can you quickly understand and learn the contents of the book, but you can even apply what you have learned to other situations, and your brain will be filled with countless inspirations.

"Boom."

A layer of mysterious light appeared outside his body. His mysterious light was formed by refining Taiyuan heavy water. Therefore, the mysterious light was extremely heavy.

The [Treasure Book of River and Sea Tides] that he practiced was based on the original meaning of "tidal changes", and the changes in tides were caused by the pull of the stars.

You Ming is now guided by the heavy mysterious light, and the tides in his body surge layer by layer, eventually forming a vast and majestic momentum.

At the same time, the flow of mana in his body was also changing slightly, becoming more refined and efficient.

In the little carp's brain, the Yao seed shone brightly, illuminating his entire body, allowing him to clearly see every route of the magic power's movement, and also preventing him from letting the magic power go to the wrong place.

The little carp fell into deep thought, and the circulation of magic power in his body became more and more refined.

As the saying goes, all rivers flow into the sea, so naturally, traveling in a straight line is the fastest and strongest. Although more twists and turns can avoid the risks of early stage practice, it will ultimately affect the speed of practice.

Now that You Ming has mastered the Heavenly Book of Insect Seal and seen the real [Treasure Book of River and Sea Tides], he naturally has to remove the redundant parts of the magic power route according to his own ideas and thoughts.

随着法力路线越发精炼，游鸣自身的法力值上限，也从LV3:5510/5510，逐渐地变成了LV3:5510/7550。

That's a fifty percent increase.

"Om."

At the same time, a mysterious light hidden in his chest and abdomen suddenly spread out, like a layer of mercury, or a thin film, spreading evenly in all directions.

Don't be fooled by the lightness and gentleness of this mysterious light. Wherever it shines, all sand, stones, and plants will be crushed into powder in an instant.

There was no surprise on You Ming's face.

His Xuan Guang was originally made of Taiyuan heavy water and was extremely heavy. Now, after gaining a deeper understanding of the [Treasure Book of River and Sea Tides], his control over Xuan Guang has become even more handy.

Although he is still mastering the relatively basic application of Xuan Guang, compared with before, it is a solid step forward.

(End of this chapter)