“Do you think the ground is clean now?”
Li Fan pointed to the spotless courtyard and asked Qing Chen.
Qing Chen fell into deep thought. His master was the ultimate in the Brahman Path; what Brahman principle was he testing him on?
How should he answer so as not to appear foolish?
But Li Fan had already beckoned him over, saying,
“Crouch down.”
“Lower your eyes a bit.”
Li Fan gently lifted a speck of dust from the crevice with his finger and said,
“See that?”
“Sweeping is never-ending.”Hearing these words, Qing Chen’s expression became extremely solemn!
“Master means, the ways of Buddha are limitless, exhausting everything under heaven!”
He had an epiphany.
Li Fan then casually pulled out a nest of ants from his sleeve and said,
“Here, I’ll give you something fun to do. From today on, you’ll catch ants!”
“A total of nine hundred and ninety-nine ants. When you can catch them all within a quarter of an hour, you’ll be ready.”
Li Fan released a nest of ants onto the ground, and they immediately scattered everywhere!
And Qing Chen was utterly flabbergasted.
Catch ants?
Watching those pitch-black ants, he could feel that each one could split the heavens!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine ants… if let loose, they would likely be an unparalleled ant legion!
“Master, don’t worry!”
He clenched his teeth!
No matter what, he believed the master must have profound intentions.
…
“From today on, you may begin learning how to fish.”
Li Fan then started teaching Long Zixuan the techniques of fishing.
Hearing this, Long Zixuan was stunned, fishing??
He swallowed nervously and glanced at the pond.
Previously when the master told him to fish, he was already fishing with trepidation.
Fearful of accidentally offending a big shot in the pond.
Now, he was actually being told to catch fish??
“Earlier I had you fish, and you should have some understanding of the fishes’ behavior. Now, you may attempt to catch them!”
Li Fan spoke, instructing:
“There are many methods of capture, such as casting nets, scooping with a gourd ladle, or grabbing with bare hands… Hmm, there’s also harpooning fish, accurate with every thrust, killing a fish with each stick, but that’s harder to master.”
Long Zixuan listened, eyes wide, one thrust, one catch, one stick, one kill?
He jerked in shock right on the spot.
“Would you like me to demonstrate? Bring the harpoon here!”
Li Fan spoke, saying that teaching must be hands-on, showing by example!
In the pond, the group of fish instantly froze in place, daring not to move, with only minor ripples on the water surface showing the trembling of the fish!
But Long Zixuan immediately became anxious, saying:
“No need, Master, please no!!”
“Disciple will start with scooping fish with a gourd ladle!”
He was practically begging!
Li Fan was taken aback for a moment and said,
“Fine then, we will start with the skill of scooping fish with a gourd ladle… However, these fish are quite wild. If you find it too hard, you could starve them for a few days, making them weak before you catch them.”
“This book ‘Teach You How to Become a Fishing Master in One Hundred Days’ is for you.”
Li Fan also handed him a book.
Long Zixuan respectfully took it, opened it, and was immediately shocked.
“Dragon-Subduing Secret…”
He felt dazed.
The master had him catch fish… to learn such a profound art!
To train in supreme life-and-death arts with True Dragons as the target…
He took a deep breath and quickly went through the so-called “gourd ladle scooping fish” technique.
Then, he picked up a wooden gourd ladle.
Trembling slightly, he reached out toward the fish in the pond.
Normally, his speed would be very slow, such that he would be unlikely to even touch the fish.
But those fish were extremely cooperative, one after another leaping through his gourd ladle.
Although he did not catch any fish with the first scoop, he observed countless traces of the great Dao!
The benefits were immense!
Li Fan looked at Long Zixuan and couldn’t help but nod. He hadn’t expected those fish… to seem so cooperative?!
Not bad at all.
“Your path of chess has reached the threshold of entry, and appears to be both offensive and defensive. However, its flaws are actually quite large. Do you know why?”
Li Fan turned around to give Jiang Li guidance in chess.
Jiang Li looked up and said,
“Disciple does not know.”
Lately, he had been plunged into distress.
The Chess Array carried by Xuan Wu had evolved even more, and from the initial Three Lives Chess Array, he deduced the Four Lives Chess Array, and recently he was even attempting to decipher the Five Lives Chess Array.
However, he found that no matter how he varied his chess strategy, it seemed unable to break through.
The Five Lives Chess Array represents life: the life of heaven, the life of earth, the life of humans, the life of immortals, and the life of saints!
“Because your path of chess is still only on the surface, and hasn’t touched the core of the offensive and defensive strategy,”
Li Fan picked up a piece and casually placed it on the chessboard borne by the tortoise, saying,
“You attack me and see.”
Jiang Li nodded and immediately launched a full attack!
Li Fan only defended, not retaliating at all!
After just a few moves, Jiang Li was sweating profusely!
For he realized that his attack, like a headless fly, was completely ineffective despite his full effort.
Instead, his master defended passively but kept finding life in the game, on the dragon soaring chessboard, pushing Jiang Li to the brink of immobility.
“Disciple… is defeated!”
He spoke up.
“You defend, and your teacher will attack.”
Li Fan continued.
Jiang Li took a deep breath and began to make his moves.
But after a short time, he was just as tense.
For he found that no matter how ingenious his defense was, in front of his master, it was as vulnerable as an earth chicken before a house dog, a single move could overturn the entire situation!
“Do you understand now?”
Li Fan put down the chess piece and said,
“After grasping the basic logic of the path of chess, you must study profoundly!”
“Study deeply in defense, study deeply in offense; with your talent, practice defensive strategies for three years, offensive strategies for another three years, and perhaps you will achieve something.”
Hearing these words, Jiang Li was enlightened as if he had been filled with divine nectar.
He had completely understood.
The path of chess he had been cultivating, although not mediocre, after all, was just the basics, mere superficialities.
He hadn’t touched the essence.
“Disciple understands now, previously my learning was merely observing the undulating surface of the sea, oblivious to the true vastness beneath!”
He exclaimed!
Li Fan smiled and said, “A child who is teachable indeed.”
In fact, during the process of being constantly harrowed by the System, Li Fan had also realized a principle: most people truly only learn the superficial aspects of many fields of knowledge. It seems they understand everything, but actually they don’t profoundly understand anything.
And the most important thing in learning is to continuously approach the fundamental rules and logic that lie at the bottom of knowledge.
Soon after, Li Fan taught Lin Jiu Zheng the way of talismans.
“The way of talismans can broadly be divided into three realms: Mortal Talisman, Heavenly Talisman, and Supreme Talisman. Mortal Talismans rely on your own drawing, which you are already almost proficient at now…”
Li Fan briefly discussed Heavenly Talisman and Supreme Talisman.
Actually, he himself didn’t understand why such ghostly scrawls could have so much to them.
But Lin Jiu Zheng was extremely excited listening to him!
“Heavenly Talisman harnesses the power of heaven and earth; Supreme Talisman follows the principle of creation…”
He understood that all the hard work he had put into his training until now was just standing on the first step of talismans.
After Li Fan finished instructing, Lin Jiu Zheng buried his head in drawing talismans again.
“For the herbs in ‘Original Medicine,’ you should be familiar with them now. Knowing their properties and understanding their principles is the foundation of becoming a good doctor.”
“Once you understand the herbs, you can learn to diagnose diseases. Diagnosing can be divided into the four methods of inspection, listening, questioning, and pulse-taking. Master these four methods, and you’ll be able to discern the causes of illnesses and clarify the symptoms, thus entering the stage of treatment.”
Li Fan was explaining to Su Baiqian.
Becoming a doctor involves three stages: understanding herbs, understanding diseases, and being able to treat diseases!
Now that Su Baiqian had studied Original Medicine, she had just barely completed the first stage.
It was time for her to learn about diagnosing illnesses… although there weren’t really any patients in the village.
Su Baiqian, engrossed in Li Fan’s teachings, was mesmerized.
“So ‘Original Medicine’ is just the first stage…”
She sensed the vastness of the medical field!
“This ‘Ten Thousand Manifestations and Reasons of Life, Aging, Illness, and Death,’ read it well. If there is anything you don’t understand, your master will teach you in the future.”
Li Fan gave her a book.
As soon as she began to flip through it, she saw that its contents, very systematically, detailed the life, aging, illness, and death of mortals, the decline of years for immortals, and even the life secrets of exotic and rare beasts… Written extensively and covering everything!
Almost… encompassing all creatures in the world, all diseases, analyzed in a penetrating fashion!
Her hands trembled; at this moment, she felt the door to the way of medicine truly open to her!
Meanwhile, Gong Ya, seeing that everyone else had already learned new things, felt a strong desire herself and could not help but step forward with a slight tremble, asking,
“Master… may I learn something new as well…”
“I wish to do more than just prepare tea for you…”
Her eyes were filled with an earnest longing!
Li Fan was momentarily taken aback but immediately understood Gong Ya’s eager diligence!
He quickly took out several books and handed them to Gong Ya.
“These books might be what you need!”
He said.
Gong Ya excitedly took them, only to see titles on the covers such as “How to Keep a Man by His Stomach?,” “Being a Good Cook Is Not Enough,” “How to Make Him Never Stop Eating?”…
All skills indeed!
Gong Ya felt as if she saw a bright path before her.
“Thank you, master, thank you so much!”
She was extremely excited.
…
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
“Teacher, we have returned.”
The voice of Wu Dade rang out, and Li Fan turned to see Dugu Yuqing, Wu Dade, and the Big Black Dog entering; a big black dog was following them.
And perched on Dugu Yuqing’s shoulder was a small red bird, with him holding a small sapling in his hand!
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