novelaction Chapter 1296 A Perfect Misunderstanding
Chapter 1296 A Perfect Misunderstanding
The Mo family's mechanical puppets were indeed a unique approach, achieving an exquisite level of sophistication in the context of the Three Enclosures and the Sea of Sin. At least when Gu Xiu first encountered them, he had to be extremely careful, fearing he might make a mistake.
But even so.
The first mechanical puppet plate that Gu Xiu crafted also reached the Earth-grade level.
Yes.
Gu Xiu succeeded.
As a cultivator specializing in spiritual energy, he successfully created a mechanical puppet disc that, in theory, only cultivators of the Mohist divine path could make.
This seems incredible.
In reality, after witnessing Pei Yanzhou's successful drawing, Gu Xiu gained a clear understanding of things he hadn't quite grasped before.
There is only one difficulty.
Gu Xiu did not have divine cultivation, or rather, he did not have the third power within divine cultivation—the power of will!
Furthermore, it must be a vow unique to the Mohists!
This is the power generated by faith. Because Gu Xiu did not want to get too involved with this power, he did not even think about taking the path of willpower when he was merging with the Great Dao Immortal Book. Naturally, he had an innate weakness.
Logically speaking, Gu Xiu really shouldn't have been able to succeed.
This was indeed the biggest problem Gu Xiu encountered when he was engraving the first mechanical puppet disc.
but.
When Gu Xiu was cultivating Xuan power before, although he did not intend to get involved in the power of will, he did make some attempts with the power of will and had many guesses about it.
The power of will belongs to the power of faith.
Essentially, the power of aspiration arises from the divine saints or Buddhist masters who create golden statues, gaining the approval and permission of heaven and earth, thus enabling them to be worshipped by all people and offered incense in the world, thereby taking power from the people and using it for the people.
This is the core of the divine path of the Three Enclosures of Evil Sea.
It was a method of self-salvation that was finally discovered by generations of wise predecessors in the Three Enclosures and Sea of Sin through countless failures and explorations.
but……
The power of will is not unique to the Three Enclosures and the Sea of Sin; it also exists in the Western Desert of the Vast Universe.
Think about it carefully.
What is the essence of the power of will?
Celestial power?
Spiritual power?
neither!
This is a completely new power that arises under the permission and recognition of heaven and earth!
But... is it really brand new?
it's not true.
Ultimately, this is also a power generated under the influence of the laws of heaven and earth. The difference between this power and the power of direct rules is that it cannot be directly mobilized. Rather, it is a power born after the connection between the saint's golden body and the beings of this world is established under the influence of the laws of heaven and earth.
This is equivalent to a line connecting two points.
One end is the golden statue of a saint.
A devout believer.
The line in the middle that connects the two ends is the power of rules!
The power of rules has another name.
The rhythm of heaven and earth!
These were all Gu Xiu's guesses. He wasn't sure if his guesses were accurate. He had previously studied the mechanical puppet disc with Sui Xing and Xiao Yao Pei, but since he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be difficult to do so even if he wanted to.
But this time, with Pei Yanzhou demonstrating in person, Gu Xiu finally had a chance.
Although Pei Yanzhou only drew it once in front of Gu Xiu and it wasn't a very serious teaching, Gu Xiu had already studied it before, so it wasn't difficult for him to remember it and copy it. Moreover, during the copying process, Gu Xiu also began to activate the Heavenly Book Talisman and mobilize the Dao of Heaven and Earth.
As it turned out, he succeeded.
This also means that his guess came true.
The Dao of Heaven and Earth is indeed something driven by willpower. It's true that Gu Xiu cannot use willpower, but replicating the mechanical puppet array plate is no problem. This replication is not completely without any changes; in fact, he has made subtle alterations to several key positions.
The main difference is that several more talismans were added while keeping the formation unchanged.
The effect is good.
Although Gu Xiu did not cultivate the power of will, he still managed to bring the entire mechanical puppet plate to life through the power of talismans, which are based on the rules of heaven and earth, even though he could not use his own power of will.
Furthermore, because he was already favored by Wan Yun, and his divine soul power was extremely terrifying, the mechanical puppet array plate that Gu Xiu created would be far more powerful than those of others.
Therefore, apart from the first puppet disc used for experimentation, which only reached the Earth-grade level, Gu Xiu's other puppet discs all reached the Heaven-grade level.
To some extent, Pei Yanzhou was right when he said that the word "genius" was not enough to describe Gu Xiu.
because.
He truly became an extremely rare person who could draw mechanical puppet discs without cultivating the divine path, all through this method!
However, Pei Yanzhou was clearly unaware of these things.
He even genuinely believed that Gu Xiu was pursuing fame and fortune, and was deliberately disregarding the facts to create such an identity for himself, so he kept praising him against his will.
Gu Xiu simply couldn't be bothered to explain anything.
After all, Pei Yanzhou's lifeline is now in his own hands. Rather than wasting breath explaining this nonsense to him, it's better to let him be so self-righteous and learn all the shapes of the mechanical puppet discs he knows before we talk about it.
So for the next two days, Gu Xiu stayed indoors and didn't leave the house.
He was busy drawing and carving mechanical puppet discs in his own courtyard.
It was a hardship for Pei Yanzhou.
He originally thought that Gu Xiu was just trying to create a false reputation and would just put on a show. But he never expected that Gu Xiu would not stop there. Instead, he seemed to get addicted to the performance and learned the array from the first-level array plate all the way to the eighth level.
They were completely pushing themselves to the limit.
Before reaching the fifth rank, Gu Xiu learned extremely quickly and was also extremely fast at drawing. Basically, after watching Pei Yanzhou draw once, Gu Xiu was able to quickly complete the drawing of the puppet plate at a speed no slower than Pei Yanzhou.
However, the difficulty begins to increase after reaching the fifth level.
There's no way around it. This thing is essentially like an array plate, an extremely complex and precise chain array made up of countless small arrays linked together. Each link is interconnected, one after another. Every seemingly insignificant pattern could actually be an important node.
Gu Xiu ultimately lacked divine cultivation, and faced with the increasingly complex puppet disc, he needed to make some attempts. Therefore, he specifically instructed Pei Yanzhou to slow down, and afterwards, he no longer simply drew the disc once.
His earnest and studious attitude once made Pei Yanzhou wonder if he had misjudged Gu Xiu, or if Gu Xiu was really a genius. Otherwise, if it was acting, how could he be so serious and spend so much time on it?
However, this idea was completely dispelled after he saw several of the mechanical puppet discs drawn by Gu Xiu.
What the heck?!
At least others can copy it completely. Although you can't succeed by simply copying it, at least you've become familiar with various puppet discs and won't make mistakes in drawing or engraving.
But what about Gu Xiu?
He can even make mistakes when copying something; he's utterly hopeless!
This time, however, Pei Yanzhou was smarter and finally dared not go against Gu Xiu anymore. When he realized that Gu Xiu was plotting to create a false reputation, he not only could not expose Gu Xiu's mistake, but he also had to praise him.
Highly praise it!
Praise it to the extreme!
He not only praised it himself in the courtyard, but he would also praise it when he went out occasionally. Even two days later, at the banquet when Gu Xiu was officially appointed as the deputy city lord of Sihuo City, Pei Yanzhou took the opportunity to publicize that Gu Xiu was able to create mechanical puppet plates.
It wasn't just about publicity; he also created several mechanical puppet discs of his own making. Whenever someone questioned him, he would immediately pull them out and say that Gu Xiu had made them.
He has finally come to a complete understanding of his own position.
Gu Xiu wanted a name.
Then we must do everything we can to help him preserve his reputation!
Anyway, as long as you don't say that you created it yourself, and just say that Gu Xiu created it, no one can tell the difference.
Gu Xiu was happy to have someone cover for him.
This can be considered...
A perfectly timed misunderstanding?