Chapter 1604 - 589: Calligraphic Enlightenment (Part 2)

"Liu Siyun, Mo Ruxue, Yan Zheng, Zheng Bin..."

One name after another, like insects, fluttered constantly within Jade Capital City.

Granny Qian looked coldly at these names, watching intently; she noticed one name constantly swirling in the far-away corner of Jade Capital City.

This name seemed disdainful to mingle with the others, spinning alone.

Granny Qian focused her gaze and surprisingly discovered this name was "Zhou Xuan."

"Zhou Xuan?"

Granny Qian felt puzzled. Why was the name of the renowned Mr. Zhou of Mingjiang Prefecture in Bai Yujing?

But after pondering for a while, she decided not to think too deeply—Jade Capital City was vast, and its people were numerous. "Zhou Xuan" wasn’t an uncommon name.

In Jade Capital, people having the same name as the renowned Mr. Zhou of Mingjiang Prefecture wasn’t a difficult matter.

"Perhaps in Jade Capital, there is someone else named Zhou Xuan."

Granny Qian was just thinking about this when she saw the name "Yu Ruqing" rushing rapidly towards her.

If the other floating names were compared to playful butterflies, then the name "Yu Ruqing" was a moth rushing recklessly into the flames.

Its target was solely Granny Qian.

"Yu Ruqing, Yu Ruqing... This is Lord Sequencer."

Although Granny Qian had never seen the true appearance of Holy Order sequencers, their names were eternally engraved in the preface of the "Holy Heart Sutra."

She was more familiar with the name "Yu Ruqing" than her own.

"Lord Sequencer has come, Lord Sequencer has arrived."

Granny Qian’s heart was in fear and excitement; she instinctively thought to kneel before the name "Yu Ruqing," but her body was bound by vines, making it impossible to kneel,

The speed of "Yu Ruqing" was swift, almost instantaneously flying to Granny Qian’s side, then continued without slowing, directly entering Granny Qian’s body,

"Aqian, use your eyes to observe the human world Zhou Xuan."

Yu Ruqing’s crisp sound echoed within Granny Qian’s body.

Granny Qian dared not defy the sequencer’s command; she quickly gathered her Heart Spirit to observe the commotion in front of Lotus Temple,

While at Xuandu Palace, Mr. Ding was already observing the movement of Zhou Xuan in front of Lotus Temple,

At this moment, his right hand continuously pointed and drew in the air, as if afflicted by hysteria,

Not only did he watch Zhou Xuan with his eyes, but he also muttered words,

"Good writing, good writing, such mysterious brushwork, how did Zhou Dangzheng come up with it?"

"The vital energy is thoroughly connected, from the first stroke to the final stroke, the momentum remains undiminished throughout..."

He was entranced by Zhou Xuan’s writing, contemplating like mad...

"Did you say my script hides concealed weapons?"

Zhou Xuan pointed to the "Breaking Qiang Stele," asking Zhu Fuyao.

Zhu Fuyao nodded repeatedly, saying, "That can’t be false, I saw a giant axe sweeping across, aiming for my neck, and I had no choice but to submerge my form."

"So that’s how it is... I thought you Yujing people were naturally courteous, merely wanting to learn some trivial art of calligraphy, and again kneeling, again posing to tempt naive youths like me."

As Zhou Xuan spoke, Zhu Fuyao’s face blushed significantly with embarrassment, even though she was unperturbed, with rosy cheeks she said,

"Brother Zhou, if you are willing... many people in Jade Capital would kneel and pay respects, just to learn your mysterious penmanship."

"Sigh, you Yujing people, not practicing diligently but coveting a good hand of calligraphy? This leaves me perplexed."

Zhou Xuan bent down to observe his "Breaking Qiang Stele," only finding that this rewritten calligraphy, from an aesthetic perspective, was indeed far superior to the previous one.

But within this script lies hidden weapons capable of sweeping the Jade Capital Apostle, and he truly couldn’t see it.

"Is my insight that shallow?" Zhou Xuan kept murmuring,

Zhu Fuyao, however, began explaining Zhou Xuan’s query—why the Yujing people don’t love practicing, just crave a good hand of calligraphy.

"Brother Zhou—I tell you, the Saint once said,

The profound of the Three Realms lies mostly in the pen; the arcane of the Six Realms lies mostly in silver hooks,

The calligraphic family’s way is not trivial, Yujing people’s practice, half in elixirs, the other half is with the extremity of the pen, the iron brush silver hook,

For Yujing, learning calligraphy is practicing."

Zhou Xuan hearing this, suddenly raised his head, said to Zhu Fuyao, "Then can I understand—your Jade Capital could be seen as a Tangkou, called ’Calligraphy Family,’

Flowing pen dragons and snakes, is the secret to your practice?"

"Wow, Brother Zhou really has insight, understood instantly, although the principles are not so simple, yet using Tangkou as a metaphor is appropriate."

Zhu Fuyao now seeing Zhou Xuan’s calligraphy skills, spoke with even more enthusiasm, no longer called "Master Zhou" but directly "Brother Zhou."

Zhou Xuan mocked Zhu Fuyao’s theory on insight, said, "If I really had insight, I shouldn’t overlook the hidden weapons within my script."

Zhu Fuyao had some opinions on Zhou Xuan’s plight, "Brother Zhou, this issue, actually, there’s a saying."

"Oh? What saying?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

"In Jade Capital, there’s a saying, ’Failing to recognize the true face of the Book Mountain, only because one is in this mountain,’ one’s own script, they won’t be able to easily detect the mysteries it contains,