Fortune Teller

In the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda, Gu Xiuyun held a stone slip and immersed himself in reading.

There are many precious scriptures hidden in the seventh floor. In addition to immortal secrets such as Lichen Escape, there are also secret books such as [Five Elements Formation Forbidden], [Ancient Text Comprehensive Interpretation], [Emperor's Punishment Zhengang] and other secrets.

Among them, the ones that interest Gu Xiuyun the most are the Five Elements Formation Forbidden and the Comprehensive Interpretation of Ancient Texts.

The Five Elements Forbidden Formation talks about metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the five categories of immortal Tao prohibitions.

Most of the secret techniques of immortality are based on the Five Elements Formation Restriction, such as the Running Cloud Hand, which evolved from the Water Element Restriction.

Refining Light refers to the first four kinds of restrictions, which are also restrictions on the metal and water elements.

In addition to the Five Elements Restrictions, there are also Wind Restrictions, Thunder Restrictions and special alien restrictions.

"It turns out that there are sixty-four formations in the water element formation, and each formation has sixty-four variations." Gu Xiuyun nodded secretly.

There are 4096 variations in the water element restriction basis alone.

Low-level secret techniques must integrate two types of restrictions. For the water element alone, there are 16 million variations. If three or four types of restrictions are combined, it will be so vast that it cannot be exhausted by human power.

"No wonder there are so few immortal secrets in the Alchemy Pagoda. It is really difficult to deduce an intermediate secret!"

Gu Xiuyun shook his head repeatedly.

After reading the Five Elements Forbidden Formation, he had a preliminary understanding of the Immortal Dao's prohibitions, but he was even more at a loss as to how to understand the Immortal Dao's secret method. The Five Elements Formation Forbidden is only the foundation. All the Immortal Dao's secret methods in the world are based on this, and the changes are endless. ,

But understanding the basics does not mean that you can integrate the restrictions and understand the profound immortal methods.

The Five Elements Formation is like grains of sand. How to piece it together into a tall building, you have to practice it yourself slowly.

As for ancient writing, it is also easy to learn but difficult to master.

According to the classics, every ancient text is a symbol evolved by the ancient powers who understood the mysteries of heaven and earth and imitated the changes in the universe, and contains infinite profound meanings. Even if Gu Xiuyun had the supernatural power to know the meaning of a word in his previous life, he still had only a little understanding of it, not to mention that he has lost his magical power now.

Even if he was shown an immortal technique, it would be like a blind man trying to grasp an elephant. He would have no idea what it meant.

"I often hear my uncles say that in the cultivation of immortality, the exercises are mainly internal and the secret techniques are external."

"The immortal skills are all recorded in ancient writings, so if you want to practice to a high level, you must have extremely high attainments in ancient writings."

Gu Xiuyun already has a deep understanding of this.

The "Turning the Light and Breathing the Clouds" technique in the Alchemy Pagoda was originally a powerful immortal technique, but because there was only an annotated version translated by later generations and no official text recorded in ancient texts, the descendants of the Gu family even connected the spiritual veins. All will fail.

"The Five Elements Restriction is the foundation, as are the ancient texts. The chapter on asking and seeking truth that I have comprehended is only suitable for previous lives. Now I am Gu Xiuyun. If I still use the previous method, I am afraid there will be problems." Gu Xiuyun said to himself.

With this thought in mind, he buried his head and carefully read the comprehensive explanation of ancient texts.

There are very few ancient texts recorded in the Alchemy Pagoda, only 236 words. Almost every word has more than a dozen stone slips to explain it, so that the tribesmen can clearly understand the mystery.

While he was reading carefully, the protector guarding the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda came over in a hurry. "Mr. Yun, the fourth master has sent someone to summon you. Please come back to your house to discuss important matters."

"The eldest master called me back?" Gu Xiuyun frowned slightly.

There were many scriptures in the Alchemy Pagoda, and he was looking at them intently. He was not willing to leave, but since the great master specially sent someone to summon them, there must be something particularly important.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiuyun put down the classics and left quickly.

"Unexpectedly, after Mr. Yun successfully opened his pulse, he seemed to be a different person. He actually stayed in the Alchemy Sutra Pagoda for five days and five nights without putting down the scroll in his hand." The protector sighed.

He guards the entrance to the seventh floor every day, so the protector can clearly see Gu Xiuyun's actions in the tower.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Yun seems to have never rested?" The protector was secretly curious, but did not say this out loud.

Nowadays, Gu Xiuyun is a prominent figure in the younger generation of the Gu family, and he is highly valued by his fourth uncle. Who dares to criticize him?

…

Different from the festive scene in the north city, Gu's four rooms were all white and gloomy.

After Gu Xiuyun returned to the city, he also sent back the news of the death of the second master Gu Qingtu, so in the past few days, crying and howling could always be heard in the fourth house, mostly from the second master's courtyard.

Walking into the front hall, there was a gold-lacquered coffin in front of him, with many concubines and concubines kneeling on both sides, all bowing their heads and crying.

"Xiu Yun, you're back," Gu Qingzheng and Gu Qingyuan were sitting on either side. Seeing Gu Xiuyun walking into the front hall, they nodded slightly, "In order to welcome your marriage, the family has decided to bury the second brother in the dark abyss today. "

"So fast?" Gu Xiuyun was a little surprised.

It stands to reason that the funeral of a cultivator should last for a month to commemorate the grief of the clan, but it has only been seven days, and the family is too anxious!

"I heard that the fourth uncle has made a date with the Yan clan in a month, so the second brother's funeral can only be kept as simple as possible." Gu Qingzheng said.

The two masters and their children kneeling on both sides lowered their heads and cried much less loudly, seeming to be listening to the conversation between the two.

They also understood that Gu Xiuyun now had an extremely high status in the clan, and even the uncles in the main line were afraid of him. If they offended Gu Xiuyun, they would have a hard time in the future.

"Let's not talk about this matter, Xiuyun, you can follow us into the inner hall."

The two gentlemen stood up and walked back, and Gu Xiuyun quickly followed.

"Dad, uncle, what is going on? You want to send someone to summon me to come back?" Gu Xiuyun asked.

"Xiu Yun, look at this," Gu Qingzheng took out a black hexagram stick, "We have found some clues about the second brother's matter."

"Spirit Turtle Black Armor Lottery!"

Gu Xiuyun looked shocked and quickly took out the hexagram sign from his arms. Comparing the two, he found that the textures were very similar. It was clearly a hexagram sign refined by the same spirit turtle.

"Uncle, where did you find this hexagram stick?"

"Youning Nancheng, there are often wandering practitioners there. I heard that a man found a large tomb underground and found some black hexagrams. Later, someone discovered that if you feed the hexagrams with your own essence and blood, you can think about things. Done." Gu Qingzheng said.

"Is there such a thing?" Gu Xiuyun felt unbelievable.

The Black Armored Turtle is indeed born with miraculous powers, but after being raised with the essence and blood of practitioners, it can actually divination and deduce heavenly secrets on its own, which is a bit incredible!

"Why is there no news about such a magical treasure within the clan?" Gu Xiuyun asked doubtfully.

If his wishes could come true, the Spirit Turtle Black Armor Lottery would have become the target of everyone's pursuit, not to mention the Gu family, even the weak water sect would be attracted.

"Xiu Yun, you should also know that in the art of divination, there has always been a saying about the top sign," Gu Qingzheng sighed softly, "Although the black divination sign is magical, others can't tell which one is the top sign. Which one is the lottery? If it is the lottery, all your wishes will come true, but if it is the lottery, you will be on the road to death!"

"Not only that, the miraculous methods of the black hexagrams seem to be caused by the Taoist magic that was once planted by an expert. Each hexagram can only be used once, and then it will be useless. Who do you think would be willing to risk their own lives? Bet?" Gu Qingyuan followed.

"I see. No wonder the hexagram sign clearly pointed out the direction of the spiritual liquid pool, but the second uncle died on the way." Gu Xiuyun thought thoughtfully.

The black tortoise-armored fortune stick in his hand is a winning fortune. As the saying goes, misfortune lies where blessings depend, and blessing lies where misfortune lies. The hexagram not only guides the direction of the spiritual liquid pool, but also brings life and death to the second uncle. crisis.

"Ordinary practitioners really can't see the mystery of the Spirit Turtle Black Armor." Gu Xiuyun said to himself secretly.

The turtle's black armor sign is extremely mysterious. The texture on it corresponds to heaven's secrets above and the great road below. Only those who are proficient in the hexagrams of the Book of Changes can see the difference.

And in this world, he seemed to have never heard of any family that was good at divination.

"Xiu Yun, these two hexagram signs have been used by others and have lost their spiritual effect. They are just ordinary stone signs now. You don't have to worry too much."

"Dad, uncle, where is the wandering cultivator in Nancheng? I want to see him." Gu Xiuyun said in a deep voice.

"I can't see him anymore. I heard that he left the city half a month ago. Now there are only some used hexagrams left, which are still scattered in the hands of practitioners in Nancheng."

"In that case, I would like to ask my father and uncle to do their best to help me collect more black hexagrams. The money needed can be withdrawn from the main line accounting room." Gu Xiuyun said solemnly.

Of his one million taels of gold, he has only withdrawn 100,000 taels and distributed them to the guards under his command. There are still 900,000 taels in the main account room that have not yet been used.

I believe that with this gold, it is not difficult to buy some useless fortune tellers.

"Xiu Yun, are you looking down on your uncle and your father?" Gu Qingzheng laughed, "It's just a few fortune-tellings, the fourth family can afford it."