Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 271 The Defects of Talismans

The sudden appearance of Shi Xiaohan caused Gu Xu's speech to pause involuntarily for a moment, and made almost all the students' eyes fall on her.

Shi Xiaohan felt that this must be the most embarrassing moment in his life.

She lowered her head, looked at her toes, her earlobes were slightly red, and she wished she could dig a hole in the ground on the spot.

At the same time, Gu Xu saw her standing there in a daze, so he said to her with a smile: "Young lady, why are you still outside?"

His tone was gentle.

But it doesn't sound like a communication between peers, it's more like a teacher comforting a student.

Shi Xiaohan thought angrily: This bastard pretends not to know me!And still put the airs of teaching in front of me!
But under the watchful eyes of everyone, she didn't dare to argue with Gu Xu, so she could only blushed and stammered and explained: "I'm sorry, I... I overslept today, Gu... no, first... first Sir, I will come in now..."

Saying the word "Sir" almost exhausted all the strength in Shi Xiaohan's body.

Her voice became smaller and smaller, becoming like a mosquito, and the last few words were so vague that she couldn't hear them clearly.

Seeing Shi Xiaohan's expression like this, Tao Xi who was sitting in the front row of the lecture hall was quite surprised.

She never expected that Shi Xiaohan, who is usually lively, cheerful and carefree, would show such a shy and shy side in front of the public.

"Then move quickly, don't dawdle."

Gu Xu was also amused by Shi Xiaohan's performance.But he deliberately restrained his smile, and urged with a straight face.

Shi Xiaohan suddenly acted like a little rabbit, "swish" and slipped to the back of the lecture hall - with her petite body, it was difficult to find out in the crowd without using her mental perception. her figure.

She secretly made up her mind: Gu Xu bullied me like this today, I must deal with him severely in the future... I will find an excuse to fight with him, then beat him into a pig's head, and let him lie on the bed for three days Can't get up.

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In this eye-catching talisman class, Shi Xiaohan's suddenness was just a trivial episode.

Gu Xu soon continued to teach the course under the expectant eyes of the students:
"As talisman masters, you must all know the history of the birth of talisman seal art.

"According to the book, talisman seals are the language of the gods, and they are the medium to communicate with the heavens and the earth. It is the same as the method of cultivation, taught to us by the gods above the nine heavens.

"But in fact, the earliest talisman seals in the Great Wilderness are extremely rough, and their functions are extremely single. They have no more uses other than setting fire to kill ghosts...

"It is with the passage of time, under the continuous improvement and expansion of the talisman masters of the past dynasties, that it has today's various functions and a relatively complete theoretical system.

"The books written by the predecessors have greatly reduced the difficulty of drawing talismans-beginners don't need to understand the 'Tao' in the talisman seals, they only need to strictly copy the patterns and strictly follow the process to draw talismans with special functions seal.

"However, sometimes, it is this kind of 'convenience' that does not require thinking and studying, to some extent constrains our thinking and suppresses our desire to think deeper.

"...

"I will now give a simple example.

"Suppose you are a literati who makes a living by writing stories.

"One day, a scene suddenly popped up in your mind - a poor scholar fell in love with a daughter of an official family at first sight in a temple.

"This picture gave you a strong creative passion. You started to use it as the core to enrich the identity background of the couple, to complete the process of their encounter, to imagine that they were hindered by their families, and to try to construct the story. of the whole world.

"In the process of conceiving a story, what comes to your mind is probably not words, but some video clips, some pictures, some dialogues, and even some emotional fluctuations that make you feel excited but are difficult to describe in words.

"They're fragmented, they're abstract, they're meshed, they're chaotic, they're things only you know.

"However, the way readers receive information is always linear and sequential. You can't give them all the inspiration in your head.

"You have to organize the messy information in your head and put it into an orderly line.

"For example, first introduce the background of the world, the identity of the hero, the identity of the heroine, and then introduce why the two of them went to that temple...

"Even in the same scene, all kinds of information need to be arranged effectively-for example, describe the weather first, then describe the temple environment, and then describe the appearance, clothing, and demeanor of the two people...

"The ability to organize these information can be said to be an important criterion for measuring the level of creators. An excellent creator will make them smooth, rich, and easy to accept.

"However, text is not the jade pendant used by the Exorcist to record images. It cannot completely record all the details conceived in the creator's mind.

"After readers see the text, they will spontaneously restore the pictures, scenes and even emotional fluctuations in their minds.

"However, since the process of text transmission is bound to be accompanied by the loss of information, what the readers finally imagine must be very different from the original inspiration in the creator's mind.

"For example, the appearance of the heroine, maybe a thousand readers can imagine a thousand different looks.

"...

"Since the definition of 'symbol' in books is 'text' and 'media', it must also have the problem of information loss.

"Take 'Fire Flame True Talisman' as an example.

"The monk who first created the 'Fire Talisman' is like the creator of the story. One day, he felt the existence of the 'Avenue of Fire' and entered a state of epiphany.

"He had a strong urge to record the 'Tao' in his mind.

"But as we all know, 'Tao' is very abstract, and it is difficult to fully describe it in words.

"It's like an 'inspiration' for the creator.

"Therefore, the talisman seal he finally drew will be different from the enlightenment given to him by the 'Avenue of Fire' at the beginning, and will also miss a lot of information.

"This undoubtedly means that the talisman seals in our books are inherently flawed. There is still a lot of distance between them and the real Dao of Heaven and Earth.

"And our process of improving talisman seals is to continuously improve them so that they are closer to the 'Tao' and less information is missed."

Speaking of this, Gu Xu temporarily stopped teaching, took out a kettle from "Xianyunju", and used the water in the kettle to moisten his dry throat.

There was silence in the lecture hall.

Some students stared at him intently, trying to digest the content.

Some students lowered their heads and quickly took notes with charcoal pencils, trying to write down his words verbatim, and then take them back to think over them.

Jia Xiuguang, who was sitting in the first row, frowned more and more.

Tao Xi who was not far away blinked his eyes thoughtfully.

Only Shi Xiaohan, who was hiding in the corner of the lecture hall, was not on the same channel as the others at all.

She silently thought: "A poor scholar and an official's daughter... Gu Xu cited this example, is it because he thought of my experience with him?"

"But the problem is that we didn't meet in the temple..."

PS: I was not satisfied with the first draft of this chapter today, so I deleted it and rewritten it. Sorry for the lack of words.I will write more to make up for it tomorrow.

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