Chapter 227 Please teach me
The time spent talking to the empress was always short.
Not long after, the royal chariot stopped in front of the Tianshi Mansion.
When I visited today, I had already been informed that at the door of the imposing Taoist main altar, there were already several old priests wearing priestly robes embroidered with red thin threads, waiting with their heads lowered.
Zhao Duan got out of the car with the empress and followed the team behind Xu Zhenguan as an "attendant bodyguard".
Suddenly it didn't look very conspicuous.
"Congratulations to His Majesty the Great Heavenly Sage Emperor for coming..."
The square-faced Taoist leader, holding a whisk in his hand, bowed his head respectfully, followed by many priests behind him.
Xu Zhenguan smiled and nodded.
In the past, as a royal daughter, she also lived in the Tianshi Mansion for a while and asked Tianshi Zhang for advice on cultivation.
Therefore, even though he is an emperor, he is dressed in the Kun Dao style today.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the group entered through the main entrance.
It is worth mentioning that the last time Zhao Duan came here, he was led in from the side door by the gatekeeper Taoist boy and did not walk through the main entrance of Tianshi Mansion.
Today, thanks to the Empress's light, I had the opportunity to see the true appearance of this Taoist temple that has been passed down for thousands of years.
When you step into the main entrance, you will see a very spacious square. The ground is paved with white stones, and a large Tai Chi Bagua diagram is inlaid in it.
The group of people walked on the Tai Chi diagram, feeling a sense of awe.
At this moment, there were many low-level priests standing far away on both sides of the square. Because they were far away, they could not see clearly, but everyone was carrying swords on their backs. Looking from a distance, the sword spikes were like waves.
After passing through the main gate, a second gate that looks like an archway rises from the ground.
The couplets on the left and right banners... Xu Zhenguan raised his eyes and looked at them, and couldn't help but let out a sigh and said:
"The sky moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement... The terrain is unfavorable, and a gentleman carries things with great virtue..."
She moved her eyes upward, and saw that the horizontal comment contained the four characters Dou Da:
Tao follows nature
"When I came here last time, I remembered that this was not the case."
Xu Zhenguan stopped to taste it, slightly surprised.
The old priest who led the way smiled and said: "It was indeed changed not long ago to persuade the young priests to learn from it."
Xu Zhenguan nodded lightly, his brows widened:
"Compared to the old couplets, it has a different look. I wonder who made it?"
The old priest shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about this. It's all because of the Heavenly Master's approval."
Xu Zhendian nodded and stared at the words on the archway carefully for a few more times.
At first glance, it is already amazing. If you look carefully... the upper and lower couplets are okay, but the four key words of the horizontal batch seem to be a bit inconsistent with the two couplets, as if they were pieced together stiffly.
But...it's a bit subtle and righteous.
But no one noticed that Zhao Duan, who was behind the empress, looked constipated, and complained wildly in his heart: "Old Wang, Old Wang, you are really not a thing. You don't pay me all the time. You think you are copying my sentences?" I used it, but it turned out that the archway had been replaced a long time ago, and it was delayed until I exchanged it for the Thousand-faced God..."
"Hey, come to think of it, the empress is here, why don't you see Lao Wang among the priests who are receiving you? Well, is it because your status is not high enough, or because you are a 'casual official' and you don't want to join in the fun?"
Muttering in their hearts, the group walked through the second gate. In front of them was the Patriarch's Hall with cornices and brackets.
Zhao Duan passed by from a distance last time and took a look from a distance. He knew that the portraits of the "Celestial Masters" of the Tianshi Mansion were enshrined inside.
After passing the Patriarch's Hall, rising from the ground is a huge bell tower that looks like a giant.
The bell tower is dusty, and a sundial is embedded in the wall in front of it.
When the sun hits the sundial, it will cast a huge "pointer" on the ground.
Further up, there is the "Yellow Bell" fixed at the top of the bell tower. Unfortunately, it is too high and it is not realistic to look up.
Zhao Duan looked at the clock tower with mottled walls and weathered weather.
Suddenly, I remembered the sound of city bells that I heard in the distance during the pouring rain on the day I traveled through time.
It is from this bell tower.
"You wait here, I will go to Zhang Tianshi's residence." Xu Zhenguan ordered the people behind him.
The bell tower is like a boundary, dividing the Tianshi Mansion into the inside and outside.
Zhao Duan noticed that the senior priests who were leading the way also stopped.
Apparently, he couldn't follow the Empress directly in... No wonder, the Empress said whether she could see the Heavenly Master depended on luck... Did she mean to wait for the summons?
Zhao Duan was a little disappointed, feeling that the situation was lost, but the old priest smiled and led the servants to a nearby hall to wait.
"Zhao Shijun, stay here." Suddenly, one of the middle-aged priests stopped him and said with a smile: "Priest Gongshu learned of your arrival and asked me to invite you to come over and have a chat."
Gongshu priest? Jin Jian’s fifth senior brother?
That fat man who cultivated the God of Craftsman... Zhao Duan was a little moved, but hesitant again.
The priest smiled and said:
"Don't worry, your majesty. Every time your majesty comes, he talks to the heavenly master for at least an hour. Moreover, if there are changes, he will naturally look for you and won't delay."
That's it... Zhao Duan nodded happily:
"I'd like to ask the priest to lead the way."
Zhenbao said that it was beneficial and harmless to have a good relationship with him, and Zhao Duan listened.
People in official circles have many connections and paths.
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"Haha, Ambassador Zhao is finally here. He just said yesterday that he would come over when he was free. I didn't want to meet him again today."
Zhao Duan was led to a courtyard.
At the gate, he saw Gongshu Tianyuan, who was wearing a wrinkled dark gold-threaded priest robe and a fat face with a hint of joy, and his small eyes narrowed, welcoming him with a smile.
However, Zhao Duan was shocked. ,
Because this young fat priest looked haggard, with huge dark circles under his eyes like a panda, and his smile was a little crazy. There was a hint of fire in his eyes when he looked at him.
"Why bother Priest Gongshu to greet you in person?"
Zhao Duan took a step back without leaving any trace, but was still forcibly shaken by the former. His hand felt greasy, and he wiped it behind him without leaving any trace, and said with concern:
"The priest looks a little tired."
Gongshu Tianyuan's fat face froze and he forced a smile:
"It's okay, I just haven't slept enough. Please come in quickly... Haha, my shabby room is shabby... I just learned that your Majesty came with you, so I took the liberty to invite someone."
More than just sleeping less?
I didn’t sleep at all last night!
Originally, with his level of cultivation, not sleeping for several days was not a big problem, but the premise was that he did not consume much energy.
If you stay up late, crazily squeezing your mental energy, running your mind under high load, thinking and experimenting... No matter how high your level is, you won't be able to bear it.
As for the "initiator", it is undoubtedly the lens principle that Zhao Duan left behind on the glasses drawing with a few random strokes.
This is why Gongshu Tianyuan is eager to invite him over.
Zhao Duan followed curiously and entered this workshop-style courtyard.
It is very different from the courtyard of the literati. The several large rooms in the courtyard are filled with all kinds of messy objects.
The room the two entered was quite spacious, but there was only a small bed in the corner. Other than that, there are only a few large desks in the room with various tools on them.
Beside the wall.
There are rows of shelves filled with all kinds of weird gadgets, like a crude industrial museum.
"Haha, the place is a bit messy."
When Gongshu Tianyuan saw Zhao Duan looking at him curiously, his chest rose slightly, and pride appeared on his haggard, fat face.
In his previous life, Zhao Duan had met some technical experts with his leaders and knew the temper of these people.
Without any small talk, he took the initiative to show his ignorance and curiosity:
"I heard that the high-priced video recording scrolls on the black market were written by priests? Is this the place where magic weapons are made?"
Gongshu Tianyuan smiled slightly. What he liked most was to show others his works.
Of course, the premise is that he likes someone.
Seeing Zhao Duan asking questions at this moment, he coughed, pulled him towards the shelf, and introduced:
"Yes, my line of practice requires continuous production of utensils. These are some of my works. For example, this one."
He casually took out a palm-sized plate from the shelf.
After tapping twice, a flame suddenly appeared on the plate. He flipped the plate back and forth, but the fire did not go out.
Gongshu Tianyuan smiled and said:
"This thing is called 'Wood Fire Tong'. I refine magic weapons and often use fire, so I made this thing. It does not need to be ignited and will not spread. It is like a candle. It will burn out the magic power inside." ”
Knock twice more and it goes out.
Lighter... Zhao Duan nodded, finding it interesting.
Turning around, he saw a wooden figure dressed as a foreigner from the Western Regions, holding a pot of wine in his hand, and said curiously:
"This is?"
Gongshu Tianyuan said "Oh" and said with a smile:
"This is a toasting fool. Ahem, I like to study and practice, but I am not good at socializing. Whenever I get together with my brothers and sisters, I am repeatedly toasted. I am very annoyed, so I created this villain.
As long as it is placed on the banquet table, it will toast one by one. As long as the realm of those who are toasted by it does not exceed the divine seal, no matter what they are doing, their bodies will be controlled and they will be forced to drink a glass of wine before they can break free..."
Well, what he didn't say was that when it was first developed, an operation failed and a group of warlocks were held captive for a whole night, and no one could escape.
It wasn't until I was so drunk that I slept for three days before I woke up...
"..." Zhao Duan took a deep breath.
Next to the little man, he saw another wooden monk with a height of wine barrel, a broken bowl and a Zen staff in his hand:
"What is this?"
Gongshu Tianyuan rolled up his sleeves and recalled: "This is my early work. At that time, I didn't like the monks in Shenlong Temple, so I made a 'begging monk' and threw it away in Shenlong Temple. If you take out money and fill the bowl, you will get a "Thank you for the donation."
What kind of weird thing is this... Zhao Duan said warily:
"What if I don't give you money?"
Gongshu Tianyuan pondered for a moment, patted the monk's bald head, and said calmly: "If it doesn't give, it will raise the Zen staff and teach the other person some punches and kicks until it succeeds in alms and returns."
Zhao Duan: "..."
Gongshu Tianyuan looked regretful: "It's a pity that the bald donkey from Shenlong Temple came over quickly, and the master scolded me."
Zhao Duan calmed down and looked at a yellow paper skirt hesitantly: "This, you won't attack people, right?"
"Oh, this is a good thing," Gongshu Tianyuan's eyes lit up and he said proudly:
"When female monks are walking outside, they are often most afraid of menstruation... Due to unstoppable bleeding, the Great Mother Goddess will cause the female monks to lose their magic power and enter a period of weakness that lasts for several days. All you need to do is count the days, wear this paper skirt in advance, and then By taking it off, you can relieve the weakness caused by menstruation...
Unfortunately, it is difficult to make and expensive, and few ladies in the capital are willing to buy it.
Only the female monks were willing. I once went to Jizhao Temple and tried to sell it to those Buddhist female Bodhisattvas, but they didn't know the product. "
Speaking of the latter part, this man with a clear mind looked lonely.
He seemed frustrated that his work was not recognized.
...No, how much hatred do you have against Buddhism? Although this thing sounds powerful, will it really not be regarded as provocation and harassment...
Also, this is a completely different style from what I imagined, a master of weapons who can forge magical weapons, or a Taoist priest who can refine a furnace of elixirs in a century... Zhao Duan's expression was complicated.
"Haha, I made you laugh. You also think these things are flashy, right?"
Gongshu Tianyuan laughed at himself and suddenly sat down.
In the corner, a round stool with long legs came over and grabbed his butt.
No... this is not a flashy question... Zhao Duan is not easy to evaluate.
The look of loneliness on Gongshu Tianyuan's face became more intense.
Suddenly he turned from excitement to depression, and he muttered: "I don't have to create these weird things. I am actually of the lineage of craftsmen. If I want to make a breakthrough, I must create a breakthrough creation." .
Swords, armor, objects and whisks, etc., the warlocks of the past thousands of years have raised them to a very high level... Even if I imitate a thousand, I will not be able to break through the realm of cultivation, I can only find another way..."
Zhao Duan was moved. He didn't expect the sorcerer's practice to be so strenuous:
"Didn't you ask the heavenly master for advice?"
Gongshu Tianyuan lowered his head lower and lower: "Master also said that I went in the wrong direction, saying that the God of Craftsman was created by the belief of mortals. Therefore, the God of Craftsman originally created things for thousands of people, and I The magical weapon created has extremely narrow uses...
But I couldn't think of anything new that the people needed...until I saw your drawing! "
Gongshu Tianyuan, who had dark circles under his eyes and dirty robes, suddenly raised his head and looked excited:
"Although the ice-making method has benefited all people, it is really not a craftsmanship. But the few words mentioned on the drawing called glasses you gave Sixth Junior Sister made me see a new possibility!"
He jumped up and grabbed Zhao Duan's hand. He looked excited and spoke sincerely: "I invite you to come here this time just for the principle of light refraction you wrote. Can you please Explain in detail?"
Zhao Duan was stunned.
His expression slowly turned weird.
Only then did I finally understand why Zhang Tianshi, the fifth disciple, came to find me.
"This...could it be that the priest is overthinking it? It's just common sense..." Zhao Duan pulled his hand back but didn't pull it.
Gongshu Tianyuan shook his head with a firm expression. He had a strong hunch that if he could figure out the so-called principle, he might be able to create wonderful artifacts that did not require magic support.
As Master said, this is the right way to practice, and it is also an opportunity for you to make further progress.
"Please teach me!" Gongshu Tianyuan spoke sincerely and burst into tears.
Zhao Duan sighed softly and said:
"Then I will tell you briefly, but I can't guarantee whether it will be helpful to you."
Gongshu Tianyuan was overjoyed and hurriedly took out the drawing and pulled out a whiteboard for easy use.
Zhao Duan coughed, turned around, wrote a few words on the whiteboard, and said at the same time: "If you want to explain light clearly, you must first understand two words."
It was like returning to the Xiuwen Museum again.
Zhao Duan wrote two big words on the whiteboard:
"physics"
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